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Only players like aspas take over most times. bang is not aspas obviously but if he's not taking over, he still stays very reliable.
And if a team being bad is a team that can still make internationals then that's crazy standards.
As for the last point, iirc that one platoon vid to determine the best players of 2024 through stats had bang top5 deadliest players (weighted duel probability).
Also sen would have not chosen bang if he was just mid.
Ah yes when he's double headshotting someone in a 1v1 that's also a lucky spam LOL.
The heck you're saying. He's the type of player that can take over a map. He has been the best player on his team before. And he's super hard to win against in a close range 1v1.
im a bit confused cause every comp for every team has a controller agent, this role is just too essential in valorant. SEN is not making comps choosing to play at least 1 controller bcs bang cant play anything else but bcs having smokes is necessary. It's the way the game is, the main controller player is the least likely to ever play a different role.
edit : as for history, if we just keep it to t1 level, bang has played flex for tsm and 100t (pre-gares), playing astra sage raze reyna phoenix omen for tsm, and kayo breach skye reyna on 100t. (When he was full time duelist before tsm, im pretty sure he mostly played raze and surprisingly has one of the highest rated raze on vlr)
good post just a note : bang was also a flex player before becoming a full time controller player when 100t rebuilt with sgares. He has played every role (senti was just sage though). But with him being the best at playing any smoke agents on his teams, makes it literally stupid to put him on another role (+ he likely hasnt really practiced those recently). So it's not that he isn't flexible but more than him flexing is useless since u need smokes on every map.
0020 is zekken, johnqt 23, bang 22
kaplan was the one who said before the first showmatch? that they only trialed one player besides n4rrate and bang. Jawgemo recently confirmed he trialed for sen in a pedro interview while zander has said he never trialed for them nor got contacted to his knowledge.
still didnt get a sen offer, you're just speculating
when did verno get a sen offer? sen only trialed 3 players : bang, n4rrate and jawgemo
well about that...
well well well
i mean i wasnt saying top1 either but he's definitely someone to consider for top3 imo. Bang was a top10 rated player in americas overall this year. He did great in split 1 obviously but also was best rated controller in split 2 playoffs. Like regionally he's for sure up there performance wise despite fluctuating team performance and he can play all the controller agents for his team.
both 2022 and 2024
in 2022 ppl placed him after marved and pancada, had a down year in 2023 and this year was at the top again along kingg and valyn/tenz (if u still count omen only as a controller).
I think it’s more about zellsis being comfortable on brim on bind as he has been playing it all year on sen. And well bang was also on viper this year on bind. It’s just easier to keep it this way. Idt bang minds brim at all, he was frying on that agent in the past and even played it in the sen showmatch on fracture just 2 months ago
cryo, his op has just always been really good and this year once again he showed how good he is when this gun is in his hands
yeah the korean version is doing ok-ish but the global one is definitely struggling a lot
dont know abbout sliggy but gares has made a soop account for it and was announced as an official co-streamer. Link to his channel on the tweet https://x.com/SOOP_EN/status/1866363548848587097
months? they had 12days of prac and tested new stuffs. it's not that deep
that's bcs the guy above said 'every statistic backs this up as well as eye test'. Unlike what that person said, according to stats cryo and eeiu were not 10x better. + all three of those players made the top10 of best rated americas players: eeiu and cryo with 1.12 and bang with 1.07. That was undermining what he did for team wayyyy too much
In the nrg showmatch last month lol. It isn't on vlr though
the other 100t players were great but so was bang
watched this vid earlier and he was definitely doing a lot individually (links with time stamps to where he's mentioned)
https://youtu.be/_L3zIU5J9Qk?si=htrMT3NHG3P8Eswy&t=511
https://youtu.be/_L3zIU5J9Qk?si=MgtfVyVAC7oFu8VD&t=876
It's not just him, other players have mentioned on stream how they did not treat scrims seriously this year. that's not news. Complete opposite of last year under stellar where they took them too seriously. They need to find a balance.
they were already scrimming with johnqt during champs. Though zellsis was indeed a sudden sub. They played t2 teams and a g2 long before they were good. that's good that they had good results but that's also normal for not everything to go right during off-season. People are overreacting wayyy too much. IF anything they should learn a lot from those losses against nrg to fix things and go in the right direction
When tenz was in japan, they only had a few days of trials then scrimmed with the redbull roster.
ok you're stupid. this team has been practicing for like 2-3weeks? and you expect them to look like masters winners at an off-season event?
bang's firepower was great, he was the best smoke player at this event. That's literally a non-issue. The issue rn is that the team is new and are testing things like role swaps and new comps.
no im not lol. 335 rounds is a lot and it's just to show that while they lost one of the best omen, they got another one of the best omen. If you watched this tournament and thought bang's omen wasn't top tier then there's no point talking lmao
edit: trexx is actually good too though, was one of the best players in emea. Both him and sayf were carrying vitality in emea
they trialed both sym and icy for so long. im sure they chose who fit better
yeah someone did imply without confirming it but now it is confirmed thx to the sen podcast
no they haven't, they didnt start scrimming with sen on their mains until the day they were announced (oct 8th). Before that they trialed for like a few days early-mid september but they were using other accounts.
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these ppl dont know about bbg bang who was farming on skye. He also has a skye split ace 1 bullet left on 100T (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTVWxRMTbww)
he was not, just look at bang and 100t's players tweets. He said it himself, it was his decision and the others all called him a snake for leaving
edit w/ links : https://x.com/bangzerra/status/1841933456873541914 https://x.com/100T_VAL/status/1841941340973891948
bang's not even a reject, he left the team bcs of the sen offer. 100t wanted to run it back
close enough, welcome back 2024 nrg
that was in 2022 when marved was rumored to join 100t bcs of some fake edit that got traction on reddit. Also does not apply here anyway cause bang is not getting kicked out from 100T
i'd say their mechanics are a bit different. What bang excels at is micro flicks, i dont think anyone does that better than him. Both players have really good aim for sure.
bang had a great year. 7th best rated player in americas. Proven at a tier 1 level. Nasty anchor player. Amazing mechanics. Highly rated by other coaches and players. Easy to work with. SEN has played both players all year long in scrims so kaplan knows well their value. And bang kinda destroyed sen by himself during their last official. Of course zander is a great player too but bang is an amazing pickup and getting very underrated here for some reasons. 100T would not have let him go easily if he wasn't f/a. All i can say is trust kaplan.
Stay delusional ig. Cause that means everyone but aspas is shit lol. And he was definitely top5 in stage 1 btw :). Contrary to what u seem to believe, bang is very good.
Apply that comment to yourself lmao. I stated a fact https://x.com/willminder/status/1815839974899736628?t=PjCuW1kgMmuHTbNUssi6bg&s=19
bang is the one choosing not zander. As wild as it can be for yall, this is the reality
Bro bang was literally the 7th* highest rated player in americas for the whole 2024 season lmao.
He did not get cut and had 3 offers here according to anonimotum. Contrary to most sen fans' beliefs, bang is one of the best signings teams can do this off season as he is f/a
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