So IGL's in EMEA are a massive pain point, with most of the big pre-franchised IGLs or IGLs from CS are retired or turbo washed, and unlike the other regions there really don't seem to be many up and coming IGLs who's first game is Valorant

Which made me think about who actually should get a spot in 2026

Boaster, Boo, nAts, MrFaliN, Cloud and Jamppi I think 100% stay in the league

ANGE1 is ofc retiring

Minny I think is good enough for T1 but not as IGL

MOLSI and flyuh are guaranteed gone from the league but also definitely not getting signed again

UNFAKE and Saadhak I think were kinda ass this year

Which leaves 6 slots for IGLs to come in

Personally I think RobbieBK back to EMEA is a slam dunk pick cuz I thought he was dealt a kinda shitty hand this year and still managed to do decent with what he had. Then zeek has of course been farming T2 as the IGL for EP and keeping up in terms of fragging, and he seems on track to win Ascension. Then if Kr1stal is looking to come back to EMEA I can see him getting picked up as an IGL for a lower table team or team doing a full rebuild. Then if ceNder is still looking to compete I could see him being picked up cuz I honestly thought his calling on 2024 VIT was pretty good and he kinda got dragged down by having runneR on his team

runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
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runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
runneR? What is bro running from? The dementia? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
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Rose has been one of the more strategically impressive IGLs in T2 but his fragging is straight ass. Highly likely PCIFIC makes it through Ascension and he ends up in T1 anyway though so he's definitely in

Redgar is LFT sign him as a Reyna one trick human drone who IGLs from spectator cam KC Sexgar Champions Shanghai winner 2026

I hate the Chamber was a duellist narrative

He was a senti who could take first contact and get the opening pick before easily escaping back to site to anchor, and on attack he was more often than not lurking or contacting around the map with his team. Functionally he did nothing like a duellist except walk down space on defence which most agents can do with enough solid setups from their team anyway

Being a high fragging potential agent doesn't make you a duellist

He was never really a duellist player though. Jett was the only one he regularly played. He's an absolutely goated flex player though and I thought he was insane the first half of 2024

VIT are already rumoured to be Derke, Jamppi, PROFEK and Sayf subbing in until Sayonara turns 18. That lineup with nAts second calling/calling on defence side and deciding setups + motivational speeches would go fucking HARD and probably have way better vibes than VIT this year

Also would be really funny to see 3/5 of 2023 TL

I imagine he'll probably have a massive revival if he lands on a team with strong support players and a system that actually looks to set up their duellists instead of the TH system where more often than not RieNs and Wo0t are the stars and MiniBoo is forced to dive in by himself and get baited

I still remember how insane he was when paTiTek was still on the roster and he was the superstar that the team played around

We losing to Furia with this one

Pack it up bro wallahi it's finished
https://www.vlr.gg/545620/wadadaa-vs-empire-3-game-changers-2025-north-america-stage-2-ubqf

It's not necessarily that they're looking to let him go, his contract just expires this year and after such an insane season it's expected that tons of teams will be looking to throw the bag at him and poach him from TL

Derrek - Flex - the only player on their current lineup they seem intent on keeping

reduxx - Duellist - I doubt there's a spot for him on SEN and his stocks are low enough that no other team would realistically go for him, but he's still demonstrated in the past that he can be a decent duellist

neT - Senti IGL - Announced LFT and the fact he's willing to IGL, and is probably desperate enough to take whatever offer he can get in T1

bang - Smokes - I seriously doubt SEN would keep him, but I think he's been good enough in the past that he could get a spot on EG

Kess - Initiator - I doubt any other team would take him and he had some flashes of being decent in T1 whilst off role, so if he was put back onto his comfort role I think he could be ok

Nah valid tbh bro wants to get out of LA at any costs

F0lc0ns, cancer ass org

Then there are gonna be riots over ts I can already tell

Ngl Tejo is one of those agent designs that makes the game worse to play and watch the better his kit is and Riot should never consider releasing another agent like him ever again so I'm glad he's dead for the foreseeable (and hopefully long term) future

I hate whenever people say this

Like bro no one's claiming their better than the teams they shit talk they're obviously referring to relative to the pro level + by this line of thinking no one should express their opinion on anything in the esport and just watch like mindless drones because they don't have the highest level insight

Bruh how tf they supposed to win a round with Xyp9x unable to lose a 1vX

Nah it's cuz u got Astralis on the other team like bruh how is a random GC team gonna compete with ts

dev1ce just too unfair man

She said her mum was ill so she had to look after her little brother

C9 yay run it back

Goth girl cancelled meeting up for drinks on my birthday, fuck my life

TH - any game where they looked good in the previous game they played

That team 1 is so ass in terms of roster construction, you have 4 players most known for playing duellist, one who's so indisputably better than the other 3 that it's painful to even imagine putting him off, then mw who's util usage is so infamously bad there's a whole copypasta about it and dgzin who I don't think has ever been seen off role

TH Chronicle please bro I could write a thesis on how it would push them over the edge into a dynasty level team

yay had the highest peak of any player ever, was the face of an entire meta and era of the game, won esports player of the year, slumped because of things largely out of his control and thus no competitive team was willing to take a risk on him. s0m has streamer clout and obviously just won Champions but I don't know if anything will ever top 2022 yay

I'd say yay over s0m by a fair margin

People probably thought the same of Derke last year so there's always a chance

Or one to Germany who literally have their own T2 league and is the country EMEA is based in, plus MOUZ is a CS legacy org which I feel like should take massive prio over some random streamer run org from France who literally are just there for the viewership (aka French KOI)

The mates are too gentle unfortunately

I'm praying for MOUZ tho ngl

What are the dream roster changes for your team?

For me it's TH going big and offering Chronicle all the EWC money since his contract with FNC expires this year and then having Wo0t go to duelist. I feel like having a veteran presence on the team is what'll push them over the line to finally be able to perform under pressure.

Plus it finally gives TH a solid support player who can fully take a back seat and enable whoever plays duellist to take over, which was their biggest issue with MiniBoo imo. Wo0t and RieNs were almost too good to the point that they were the ones that were set up to succeed within their comps and set ideas, kinda leaving MiniBoo to be the one to play for info and throw himself into sites without enough support to actually frag out. That's also why I think MiniBoo peaked with pati on the team instead of Wo0t. He had someone fully committed to setting him up the way almost every star duelist does. But with Chronicle being the support player for Wo0t, they can finally have the X factor of a freak of nature duellist player that gets set up to succeed.

Ngl at 2-2 I thought FNC had the mandate of heaven and this was NRG's yearly canon event along with cove, BLG, getting touched by LEV, 12-5 and FNS whiff at kickoff but nah they overcame the curse

Rookies just mog legacy teams ig

John Riot told the scriptwriters to do the yay comeback arc

Dead team with Ethan on who make a mid season change and then win Champs

Fr*nch

If a mf hits the macarena on you mid game it's chalked, pack it up

My GOAT finally gets his bag by 3 degrees of removal from a final in an event he didn't even play

Cuz he taught his son s0m the art of being a judge merchant

NRG win like 13-7 or something and just make Abyss an anomaly

Ur not deadass about to tell me FNC violently pissing everywhere and putting up zero fight is in any way entertaining to watch. Boring 3-0 stomp is boring and it'd be the same if FNC were doing this to NRG

This shit is so boring to watch

"Um akshually Demon1 was signed in the off season as part of EG's 10 man roster they just subbed him in mid season 🤓"

I think he just really struggled playing against Yoru as well as Tejo in the earlier part of the year. Just meta diffed ig

SheepEsports reported he was gone and they're right like 90% of the time

o7 Boo brothers on the same team but I'm thinking this might be best for MiniBoo's individual form tho cuz I remember when paTiTek was still subbing in for Wo0t he was set up for success and actually a really high fragging duelist who was enabled to take fights, but when Wo0t came in it felt like the dynamic of the team kinda flipped and he turned into the sacrificial human drone type player to enable Wo0t and RieNs to play off him

I'm thinking he can have a massive resurgence if he lands on a team that sets him up to be the star player again like he was pre-Wo0t TH

I mean if FNC don't win Champs then they're probably best team of the year winning an event and coming top 4 in Champs so yh real shit

Yuh unless I'm just getting one guyed but even if there haven't been any actual rumours MiniBoo is gone and Keiko's contract is ending so TH could nab him and have him and Wo0t swap around duelist duties

Keiko reportedly trying out for TH pack it up bro

Does Leo count for this?

Cuz if so

FNS
Leo
TenZ
ardiis
Sayaplayer

OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS I WILL BE THERE NO MATTER WHAT

Do you mean extreme metal like death, black and deathcore? Cuz heavy metal is the subgenre that's closest to just being hard rock and mostly consists of early stuff like Judas Priest, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden

LEV have a chance to do the funniest thing

All time it's probably Bring Me the Horizon but rn I'd probably say it's either Megadeth or Necrophagist