• Finland
• Haven
• maybe Jamppi or Redgar (he is so wholesome)
• Sheriff is most satisfying

true good tips! thank you fellow vlr user

my current one is using my irl name and nickname

watching streams and trying to figure out possibly new gamertag but its hard

Viper with mask on > everyone else

Top streamers make crazy amounts of money. The fact that even some 500 avg viewer andies can do streaming full time tells a lot. And just think when you get 30k viewers on average.

On stream Jamppi picked Reyna twice in a row while Nivera picked Cypher. Omg maybe I cracked the code.

Sad that only 1 of those can make it. G2 looked really solid in Berlin, and TL with Nivera should be really good as well.

I was expecting Nivera, but this could make sense since they have been struggling with IGLing stuff and Ec1s is IGL(iirc?)

unexpected tbh

Nah. Acend is still good as long as all of their players perform. I don't know how they will perform when Skye drops from meta, but I have way more hope on them than on Fnatic. They literally dominated EU and even EMEA (outside of Gambit and SMB). They just didn't show up on LAN and players like Bonecold had bad event stat wise.

He was the best during his prime. I mean Valve literally nerfed AWP because of him or at least that's how it felt like. But there is a reason why he got benched and isn't seen as the best anymore. Multiple AWP players have gotten past him.

Liquid with Nivera could be fucking good. But, I still think that G2 will make it over them. But, tbh I would rather take Team Liquid and G2 over Fnatic.

How so? Tell me one top tier ex CSGO player who haven't been doing well in Valorant after switch. kennyS has been dominating on LAN for years. Its not even a question that would he do the same in Valorant. He has been in more stressful high stake moments than any of the current Valorant pros in front of thousands of people. Yes he is little washed (like most CSGO pros who made the switch) and has to learn agents and stuff like that. But he could easily play in tier 1 Valorant with his mechanics and with his experience. I'm not saying he would automatically become number 1 player, but he would be able to compete among the best.

Hopefully they will go full Finnish so they can make Finland number 1 in Valorant. I doubt it though especially now when they have international CSGO team and have more experience of having international teams. Also there isn't many LANs in Valorant currently so its even easier.

Finest best team in the world confirmed. Finest > BBG.

his aim was pretty good during Iceland, but it got little worse after that.

Fracture is dogshit map. I'm dogshit player as well, but that map is just so unpleasant to play. Confusing design, many ways to enter site, many places to hide in, really fast paced etc. I could imagine that map being bad in pro play as well.

I don't main anyone, but I like to play Killjoy, Raze and Sage the most. Just agents that are easy to play on solo queue and don't require much of communication/timings.

One Plus 5

he was talking about the impact against them. nAts didn't have that good series against them while Yay was rolling them.

nAts had weaker game against 100T that's why. He was pretty invisible in 2nd half of Icebox and Split. Like only Sheydos was having impact and other's were no where to be seen. At least felt like it.

Dream EMEA (EU) team (no Gambit, because otherwise it would be too easy):
Entry: cNed
Flex: Nukkye
Controller: Avova
Initiator: Soulcas
Sentinel: Magnum
Magnum would need to learn Viper and Soulcas would need to learn Sova, but otherwise its pretty good IMO. Soulcas would be the IGL.

How the tables have turned KEKW NA talked shit all around the internet when SEN won, but now they cry and try to fight against geography lol

Fnatic is British organizations, so does that mean NA didn't win over EU in Reykjavik? Outside of Liquid.

Maybe not the problem with NA yet, but stuff like this has always been problematic for NA. Old dogs stay on top while young players don't have get any chances at top level. Not problem yet, but could be in year or two. Has happened in other esport games as well.

Dude fucking France and UK are in Eurasia as well

Its crazy. They just play so different and random Haven that no one can properly prepare for it and counter. They just run all over the map taking duels or making super fast attacks or aggro defensive plays.

Because why would they want to run traditional comps against Envy on Haven? Comps like this may be worse, but at least teams are not too familiar playing against them. We can already see Gambit doing really aggro plays around the map and Envy are getting caught off guard.

Haven is their perma ban and look at their comp.

I would imagine something like
Redgar: Astra
D3ffo: Jett
Sheydos: Skye
nAts: Cypher
Chronicle: Sova
but, they could just throw it like they did in EMEA and put Redgar on Reyna again or some shit. Maybe play Chronicle on Brimstone again or some shit. Hard to say, but should be pretty easy win for Envy anyway, so Gambit may not focus too much.

Normally maps are NA - EU - ASIA, but some American maps have it like ASIA - NA - EU for some reason. They just cut EU and Asia like that.

They are giving Envy way too much space. I mean that's kind of Gambit's playstyle just wait in spawn and go in last second, but its so risky against Envy who reads teams really well.

Yes. Only problem is that some people see EU as Europe and other see EU as European Union. Realistically it means European Union, but in terms of regions in games and such EU means Europe.

Don't Americans put North America and South America into middle of world maps? At least some do. I don't know how popular it is though.

I don't understand why some people even try to argue about this? They play for CIS and EMEA regions. And in this case EMEA represents all of Europe, CIS and Turkey. And that will be the case until these 3 regions get their own spots for Masters events. Also Russia isn't a continent.

I mean Gambit were about to 2-0 100T with 13-5 and 11-3(?) score, but couldn't close it and choke. Also SEN lost 2-0 to G2. Envy still has good chance, but just saying.

Gambit has been part of same EMEA family from the start. Anyone who at any point has said otherwise is just delusional. They literally fight for same spots and scrim against each other all the time. Just like Turkey. Also NA likes to call Gambit EU the moment Gambit is losing, but when Gambit is winning its not EU anymore.

In context like this EU = Europe, not European Union. You would call Norwegian team EU team even though they aren't part of European Union.

They are CIS, and EMEA with EU and TR. And they are European.

Europe is lucky to have them

Gambit has higher peak, but they might choke. So, maybe them.

nAts for me. I mean he puts crazy numbers fragging wise while also playing sentinel role and being one of if not the best at that. His positioning and gamesense is top tier as well.

Before Berlin yes. But we didn't know how well he would perform.

WHY SO QUIET NA AND EU??? KEKW

Hard to say. I like both teams. G2 is the true representor of EU and I really like that team personality wise. But, at the same time I really like Gambit as well and I think they have higher peak meaning that they have higher chance at winning in finals IMO. Obviously they might choke, so then G2 again could be better option. I don't know... I'm happy with either one.

Let's be friends!

I think EMEA will eventually become the best region. We have seen this with pretty much every major game outside of LoL and even there we are better than NA. EU as a region just feels better for developing new talent and overall seems to develop in a faster pace. NA has always had the same problems that stops them from getting better. We have seen this over and over again where NA looks the best at start, but end up falling eventually. One big problem for example has been that existing tier 1 talent tries their best to block new talent from getting in. And because of this already kind of washed players stay on top while young players with insane potential can't get into tier 1 or get experience/supprort. Happened in LoL pretty much and I wouldn't be surprised if same thing happened in Valorant. Hopefully this won't be the case.

Any of the 4 can win it tbh. 100T looks the most consistent especially due to their clutch factor (their 1st maps are bad though). And Gambit's peak is maybe the highest, but they aren't the most consistent team. Anyone can take it tbh, but I expect 100T vs Gambit finals.

Sentinels' comp was hot garbage (for them). TenZ just can't play Raze and Sick's Skye is meh. Tried to copy G2 and it didn't work. G2 exposed their old comp. Great game from nV though,