He isn't. He is really flexible and his mechanics are really good when he is on. He is maybe bit inconsistent at times and its not too rare to see him bottomfrag, but people also forget that Soulcas has always sacrificed so much for this team. He plays anything the team needs him to meaning that he can never get super comfy on one role. Its easy to be someone like yay playing Chamber all of the time than jumping from Raze to Astra to KayO to Fade.

He isn't a superstar, but really solid support player that deserves his spot in Liquid. Can't wait to see what he can do under actual IGL (even tho I wasn't high on Redgar in 2022)

Its not crazy. He was like first pro to actually master Skye and was strong candidate for the best Skye 2021. And had really good Skye in 2022 as well.

But isn't it kind of logical considering the clout factor? There's still hundreds if not thousands of people who think TenZ is the best player in the world currently and people who think Shahzam is the best IGL in the world etc.

fucking reyna/jett instalocks who add no value for the team and don't fulfill their role

its not a suggestionl ol

same

DDOS attack aka simplified attack on Riot servers putting them down and causing issues

I can't even open Valorant. I'm pressing the icon with admistration mode and everything and still can't open Valorant and Riot Launcher says error. Apparently Riot is getting DDOSd. I was playing like hour ago, but after closing it and trying to open again I couldn't.

What are this shit and useless modes? Make retake mode, add 1v1, 2v2 mode or fix your shit dm but no lets add useless modes. What is the point of TDM in game like Valorant?

Its surprising that we don't see many German player in tier 1 of any esport tbf. They have like BIG in CSGO and ofc LoL has some players, but overall its pretty weak considering how big and advanced country they are.

Guild had an actual IGL though and Sayf's form was so good during Copenhagen and LCQ that he would have challenged the best Chambers in Champions. And then you ofc have Leo and Trexx.

its not as well made as artisan but it clears any steelseries, logitech etc- for pretty similar price

2010-2013 was goated, maybe my favorite years ever

Favorite agent : Killjoy
Favorite map : Haven
Favorite Player : Jamppi
Hobby : vlr

Lethal Gaming Gear Saturn
I would highly recommend, good brand for quality/price value. Pretty much one of the best quality pads for around 40$.

Balkans

KOI vs NRG. Overall any KOI, Giants or Vitality match. Teams I'm by far most excited of seeing. So much potential, but also so many questions.

just for fun, first come to mind, no language barriers etc:

Jugi - duelist
wo0t/tomaszy - flex/entry (young guys so can learn anything fast)
Mistic - controller
RobbieBk - initiator/IGL (I have no idea is he good IGL, but some people have praised him)
vo0kashu - sentinel

Its pretty much Last of Us 1st game turned into series with cuts from the game obviously. And Last of Us 1 is great game. I really liked 1st episode, but 2nd was bit meh though still pretty good.

Wireless ofc. Once you go wireless its hard to go back.

That is fucking cap. EMEA as a whole has always been stronger than NA. OpTic carried NA 2022 and outside of them only XSET did something and even that was only in Champions. Those 2 were clearly above rest in NA outside of The Guard during Stage 1 who flopped on LAN. EMEA was dominated by FPX and Fnatic this year, but outside of that you had Guild, Liquid, M3C even G2 who were all contending for 3rd spots, while NA was just shitshow of anyone outside of OpTic and XSET beating each other with week preparation time and showing how inconsistent and mid they are.

EMEA has always had clear tiers of teams in VCTs because these teams are actually competitive and actually good and while being so its messing up how you see the regions. EMEA has always been way more predictable, but that doesn't mean they are worse actually its the opposite. You could take any lower tier EMEA VCT team like NaVi, BIG, BBL etc and they would have competed among most of the NA teams.

NA 2022 in nutshell: "NRG won vs 100T omg! LG won over NRG omg! C9 won over LG omg! These teams are so competitive!!" while in reality it just shows how bad and not competitive these teams were and how most of them were just mid tier and couldn't keep winning like good teams actually do. While in EMEA you would never bet BIG over Guild or NaVi over M3C because teams like Guild and M3C were actually good on consistent level and were only competiting against best of EMEA. In NA these teams would have been strong contenders for 3rd if not even 2nd spot.

Some Asian language likely like Chinese, Korean or Japanese

Depends a lot on Wolfen I think. Rest of KOI is pretty close to NRG on individual level, but Wolfen is unknown factor considering that we don't even know for sure what role he will be playing(unless there's new info).

possible he is also so young wtf

He has been popping. Nice to see relatively unknown players like him with clear potential pop off in different leagues

Omen/Astra, Killjoy, Raze, Kay/O, Breach

true fluke tournament already

luzuh kinda good huh

Omega. They have EMEA's 3 strongest on paper teams.

Giants and KOI. I would say the most underrated teams heading into Sao Paulo.

Yeah today they were on form. I was bit worried of guys like Magum and even Enzo, but they have performed well so far.

same hair, but yeah Keiko is definitely a promising prodigy

I actually think Fade is better on A and C. I tried to play Sova, but IMO Fade util gets so much more value on both attack and defend(especially).

Pretty nice lineup! But overall I prefer Fade on this map. Not many lineup possibilities, but you don't really need many because of fast fights in pretty close areas and prowlers are so nice on this map with the doors etc.

SMB maybe, but its too early to tell

Nice seeing ec1s and Polvi on this team. Makes Human Tripwires more interesting for sure.

Lotus - Fade
Ascent - Fade
Bind - Fade
Breeze - Neon
Fracture - Breach
Icebox - Sova
Split - Breach
Haven - Killjoy
Pearl - Killjoy

I pretty much like Killjoy and Fade most

DRX ofc. I don't have much fate in PRX, but single elim bracket might benefit them.

Clarifier and then something from that like Clarifierr. Or Clarifer. Sounds like mechanic part tbf but its not bad IMO.

What I saw on someone's steam today, not full results and unknown opponents(if I remember correctly around scores):
NAVI 13-1 vs [unknown team]
Giants 3-12 vs [unknown team]
Heretics 7-5 vs Apeks

Sentinel - nAts: pretty much perfect sentinel. Insane gamesense/decision making combined with really good mechanics. Can play any sentinel agent.
Controller - MaKo: has been consistent top 3 controller for long time already. Also plays every controller on top level.
Duelist - Derke: can play top level Jett, Chamber and Raze. Has insane rifling and his oping is good. Aspas good as well, but hasn't played much of Chamber.
Initiator: Leo: he isn't proven best initiator yet, but I do rate him as the best in my mind. Really good and really flexible. Used to be literal star of a team as initiator main.

NOO NAVI WAS LEADING SCRIM 13-1 AGAINST UNKNOWN TEAM BAAT

Haven maybe. I kinda liked Bind as well.

Weird map tbf. Its like constant fighting and rounds feel really fast like if it was really small map. But maybe its just because people have no idea how to play it yet so a lot of times people just stack on attack etc.

Sliggy maybe? I mean he already had day in EMEA VCT and was there for RedBull Homeground so I think he could be potential option for Riot if he is open for it. Has bunch of knowledge and guys like him (ex-pro/coach) are perfect for desk talent. We haven't heard any news of him joining any team yet.

also its possible that they just want to have as small group as possible. Leagues next year mean that the talent will likely have more consistent contracts so they won't need as many people. Especially when they are likely focusing way more on NA Valorant.

One of the best during early days of OWL. Didn't watch much OWL pre season 3, but during the time I watched he was always decent at least, but heard that during final season he was pretty bad.

I saw NRG being up 3-0 in custom game on someones stream today

Pancada, Mako, Sugarz3ro(Marved if you still count him)

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Very possible. Good time for Fnatic fans with them having one of the best LEC roster and on paper one of the best Valorant rosters. And they can't really go wrong with either one. Both should I'm for top 3 finishes at all times really.