e-xolos lazer? i trust your judgement

are you reading the manga? what do you think about the new arc? i really want to hear your opinion on it

i don't know how but you've done it. this take is simultaneously based AND cringe

i think headhunter is mainly fine where it is, it just costs too much and i'd like to keep it in line with other agents, but i understand if that doesn't work out, i'm not too picky about that gun.

my issue with the first idea is that ideally chamber should not be playing like a duelist and actively seeking out kills at all, that's my idea with this kit. and my only problem with 150 cred bullets is it makes his kit WAY too expensive. i guess with 4 it could be tolerable though. my idea with keeping tp at 30 is that the trademark buff actually nerfs his rendezvous by proxy.

maybe, but i think without the slow, his ult is the same thing as headhunter but better, and that makes q feel redundant. again, i don't think your idea is bad, in fact, i think riot is more likely to implement your suggestion than mine.

the idea is that he is very powerful on his site but if he has to leave his site, he is significantly weaker

the idea is to increase the skill ceiling yeah, the problem with a lot of things you suggest is that anything worse probably kills chamber entirely. the ult works like the golden gun, so if you miss the first shot and hit the second on the first enemy, you only have one shot to hit the second enemy with (you are only allowed to miss once). if you can get 3 kills in a row missing a maximum of one time, i feel like you deserve it more than getting three kills but missing once on two of them? there really is no perfect answer haha

interesting take! my personal opinion is that the slow is integral to him behaving as a sentinel so i'd like to work it in in some capacity if possible, and i think having only two bullets balances this out. i could see your idea working, it's just not my preferred way i'd like chamber to work.

ik i realized halfway through but couldn't be bothered to shorten, that's why tl;drs exist

(there are tl;drs for each ability if you hate reading)

I know, I know, everyone and their mother has already posted their take on how to fix Chamber. I'm not posting this because I think my ideas are objectively better, but because I'm curious how the VLR community thinks these changes would affect the meta, and if they would make Chamber more or less annoying.

Rendezvous (E) - I think 30s is an alright amount of time, but I think the range should have been kept at 21m for reasons that will be explained further down this post.

tl;dr -> 20s cooldown -> 30s cooldown
21m range -> 21m range

Headhunter (Q) - In its current state of 100 per bullet for 8 bullets, pound for pound it is effectively better than a Jett ult. Don't even try to argue that right-click exists, that mechanic is more inaccurate than my ability to headshot with a Marshal. 150 for 8 bullets seems fine until you consider that in order for a Chamber to have 8 bullets they spend 1200 credits, which is more than most agents' entire kits! From an economy standpoint, I would have preferred 100 per bullet for a maximum of 4 as it brings his economy on par with other agents. 4 bullets may seem insane, but it prevents a Chamber from acing the enemy with Headhunter bullets alone. I would also like to point out here that Reyna only getting access to two orbs seemed insane at the time, but it makes perfect sense now. Similarly, 4 bullets in my opinion is more than enough to get value, and causes you to value individual bullets more.

tl;dr -> 100 per bullet -> 100 per bullet
8 bullets -> 4 bullets

Trademark (C) - A lot of people complain that Chamber is this weird Duelist/Sentinel hybrid, so why don't we make him more like a Sentinel? The point of one is to lock down sites, so my idea is to give him back his second Trademark, but make the Trademarks have a maximum range, similar to Killjoy. This seems more than fair to me given how powerful they are at stopping pushes. Another consequence is that it puts a price on using Rendezvous: if the Chamber TPs off site for free, they more than likely lose access to one or more Trademarks, which is why I think that the current 21m radius is okay. This hence motivates Chambers to be better at locking down their site instead of TPing away at the first site of danger.

tl;dr -> 1 trademark -> 2 trademarks
give trademarks a maximum range, like kj

Tour De Force (X) - Tour De Force is kind of busted right now. Let's make it more skillful(?). You know the Golden Gun from Spike Rush? Similar concept. Chamber gets 2 bullets in the Tour De Force total, but gets a bullet back for a kill. This incentivizes actual skill and aim as opposed to spamming Tour De Force bullets through a smoke and destroying an entire push if a stray bullet connects. I am pretty ambivalent on the duration of slows, lmk if you think the duration should be 9s, 6.5s, or something else entirely with this system.

tl;dr -> 5 bullets -> 2 bullets
get one bullet back per kill, like golden gun
could not care less about slow duration, lmk

Thank you for reading this if you did. If you're going to ratio me, at least be creative. I put a lot of effort into this, the least you could do put some effort into your baits.

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i didn't realize fnaf-rolling was a thing and i am now very upset

I will never stop believing in E-Xolos. Vamos!

shocked no one has said dandadan yet

sen beats fnatic and then drops out to make more content so zellsis can get verified ez

you can really feel the momentum building but prx win this in my heart

was curious what most people thought of the "9-3 curse". do you think the spam is overdone? and more importantly, does it still apply if the score is 3-9 and not 9-3?

-60C is pretty cold indeed but i think saturn players are colder, what happened against pluto was unlucky really

idk i feel like mars is a bit overrated too, sure they haven't played lan yet but i think their lack of an atmosphere will lead to them choking

no SHOT you put antarctica that low, those penguins cracked af and they clear korea ez

That was so incredibly intelligent from Leviatan. All 4 members making sure to die to Cryocells so his Mr. 4k curse activates, rendering him unable to kill Tacolilla in the 1v1? Truly a 1000 IQ move, you can really see how the tactical depth of Onur and Betony brings so much to this squad.

as someone who upgraded to 11 i regret it, don't make the same mistake i did

you can't even really call it that, they showed back in champs that they were good, now it's just a run

i will change my flag to whatever you wish if guild qualify through winners, respected user ufc.

def on the krupium this event, kru make top 8 thru lower bracket let's gooooo

DONOOBS 2-0 LITERALLY TOO EZ LFG

qor 2-1 produce

LFG DONOOBS

i don't disagree but winning 1000 points from winning copenhagen essentially guarantees you a spot regardless, so i doubt they change it :(

optic will lose to xerxia at least once, it's doomed to happen

E-xolos but I am already aware it won’t happen if latam, Brazil and na are merged

No movement abilities so wall and slow kill pushes iirc

BASED

THEY DID IT ONCE THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN VAMOS E XOLOS

One thing I am confused about is why bbl are def out. If bbl win and Navi somehow beats guild won’t it go to round differential? If either bbl or Navi somehow win by massive amounts isn’t there a chance for either of them?

81?

Some form of dual pistols. No real reason

Gonna need to see kill sounds/animations before I make a call on this one

also my dumbass read it as seven's team secure playoff berth :(

sadly no. if two teams have the same number of wins, head-to-head is compared. since faze beat c9, faze is guaranteed to place above c9

ever heard of a little team called t1?

probably metal fusion but (bad take alert) i think shogun steel is unfairly disliked, it's pretty fun

Phantom because I am a smokes main
I really like radiant crisis because of the kill sounds as well as the fact that it is relatively clean and doesn’t take up too much of my attention otherwise

I guess I’m OG since I’ve lurked around since maybe sept/oct 2020? Don’t really feel accomplished tho…

Obviously m3c are a very good team but they’re in a bit of a slump rn, maybe the political situation is playing a part so I’m not going to judge them too harshly. But consider:
DRX have only been 2-0ed twice in VCT history if I recall correctly (vs nuturn in stage 1 2021 and vs ons in stage 1 2022). Note how none of those were international. They are insanely consistent and people really underestimate how close they bring it.

VAMOS E-XOLOS

Unless valor go insane and 13-1 13-1 p5 or something along those lines, yes.

I think mathematically global has gotta place 2nd, so it will in fact be fpg vs ge

While I don’t personally agree, I am a big fan of how you actually had reasons for your choices and didn’t just call players bad or washed. Was a fun read!