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Primmie after he wins all 3 events this year
IMO i wouldnt compare them using their replaceability. it's true that chamber was a very prominent pick
chamber was good because he had a fail-safe function and you had to use utility to sniff him out. but these positions could still be technically held by other agents like raze or jett, so it's not as if these were completely new positions to the game.
neon has been given a mechanic that hasn't been given to any agent previously unless you count jett knives maybe but even then that's an ultimate ability, while neon can use twice and up to four times in a single round. so i'd say she's better than prime chamber in that sense. but her new ability will become more saturated as time passes
should it? is dodging such a big deal? i mean obviously it'd be really annoying to spend 10 minutes looking for a game, especially on a time crunch. but there is a lot of reasons you'd want to dodge. cs had a map picking function. and overwatch has an avoid as teammate feature. maybe riot should try accommodating the reasons you'd want to dodge instead of increasing the penalty
they did it premiere but not for their normal game. probably cause people still end up buying skins on other accounts like if they get a good offer in the night market (i've bought xenohunter and ion vandal on an alt account so im unfortunately proof) so it's unlikely...
TLDR: too many smurfs, throwers and people who dont know how to play the game. riot matchmaking sucks.
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I've only played a handful of competitive shooter games (fortnite, overwatch, r6 siege) yet Valorant seems to have the most abundance of throwers/smurfs out of all of them. I'd attribute it partly to new accounts being so easy to make. I, myself, have four total accounts with competitive unlocked (including my main account) that I leveled up completely by myself and played competitive on at some point in time. Often times, I'll play on one when I'm in an inferior condition (sick, lagging, etc) and riot needs to stop people like me as it's not fair to teammates. Competitive is so easy to unlock that making another account is even recommended by some people as an alternative account can reduce the nerves of losing games.
Smurfing gets very diluted as you reach higher ranks and it's becomes less noticeable since there's less skill gaps between ranks. As well as some outlier star players appearing who are simply in the wrong rank. Smurfing can also be outplayed sometimes by a smart group, as it's merely one guy. In contrast, smurfing can be very hard to combat if it's a duo or trio of smurfs, nearly impossible. Though perhaps Valorant seems more populated with smurfs because it's easier to see the impact of a single person, while in a game like Overwatch they'd probably have to play a specific agent like Widowmaker or Tracer. I don't understand why smurfing is not being taken care of more aggressively by Riot. Other games have speculations of mechanisms in place to make your earlier lobbies easier so you have a higher chance of sticking to the game, yet Riot would rather your earlier lobbies be the hardest you'll ever have during your time playing Valorant.
I'd argue strongly that having a teammate that is throwing is worse than the opponents team having a smurf. There is still an opening to outplay a single smurf player while a throwing teammate, if not just not playing, could be actively harming your team. I recall there was a time when I was in gold and I was duo-queuing and we had some five? straight games in a row where one of our teammates was AFK. It was ridiculous. There's also often dumb conflicts that happen between my goofballs of teammates that causes one of them to start throwing, even if this player is on their main account. Another time, I foolishly queued during daytime hours on a break day and a younger fella was in my team and he was tossing shit at our teammates but when they spoke back he had left the game, despite our team having the lead and on a clear path to win the game.
Something that has yet to be mentioned; players who have just reached level 20 or have recently (I'd say 40-50 is still recent) just aren't going to have the same level of gamesense that my level 800 diamond enemies are going to have (obviously). Why should my elo be sacrificed so the game knows this guy doesn't belong in my lobby? On the other hand, I've also come to realize that people who are lower level are usually on secondary accounts and not simply new to the game. I've had a couple games where one of my teammates was not EVEN level 20, they were lower. Their crosshair was sweeping the grounds, 700ms reaction time, and we had to explain to them, like a child, how we needed them to use their ultimate ability to help us win the round. I don't know who's idea it was to let players who made their account before the level requirement, completely ignore it. These accounts have not even played enough games to reach level 20 and the games they had played, were so fucking long ago!!!!
One of the most mid skins for it's price. Sfx + vfx just to look like a bp skinline kinda crazy
idk how people do it cause even on 80 ping i feel like im so disadvantaged
even in ascendant these problems persist? 😢why are people so scared of smokes ur life isnt that important bro 😭
KRU they were the 4th best americas team last year and they just upgraded their team and the people put them top 7-10, they replace heat
Do you understand that KRU making it 4th last year doesn't equate to 4th this year? Americas this year is looking much better than last year. There were many weak teams in Americas last year, Furia, MIBR, C9, EG, NRG, LOUD, but now the strong teams outnumber the weak ones. I will be surprised if KRU can squeak out top 5.
natank that was in one of the worst teams in emea last year, he is good but not better than mazino.
Natank isn't replacing mazino's roles, Demon1 will. Likely only taking over duelist to play Jett
but i have doubts with fns and S0m.
Your doubts are misplaced with S0m, he's a very consistently good player that has been highly rated year after year without much doubt.
Mibr, they are top 1-5 for sure, they just sing the best player in the world and also cortezia that is insane and nzr
I can see MIBR doing some damage for sure. Though I still think you are being too wishful with the LATAM teams
not worth it for plat. you'll probably get more value just watching pro matches and it's more fun. just aim train a little, don't queue if you aren't feeling good. when you die understand why you died and what you could've done differently. ez rank up
Bias doesn't have to be all in. You can still be biased enough to put KRU 3rd.
So is it likely the are bought accounts that someone had made in mass or?
In one of his games, his teammates are level 12 and 19 yet have competitive unlocked? I also once had a teammate who has <20 and was in my (normal ranked game not 5 stack) and it was very clear that they were not supposed to be in my rank
I dont even know what it's supposed to be. I see the two and that's all
immense swag... i swear this swag crap died years ago
jong doesnt have to disclose everything. could be real, could be not doesnt really matter
Idk but they won't need another initiator player for awhile
Good picks. though sacy gekko is a little strange, gotta be some better choices for gekko. i'd probably give that to something too for lack of remembering anyone else who plays gekko. or riens maybe but he's a little newer
Pretty much confirmed. I'd say EG is looking quite evil this year without any of the leftover talent
i'm sorry to hear this happened to you. it's kind of hard for me to grasp the situation of how this came to be, surely there was something underlying that's more than just not knowing you that well. the people that go to my school would jump on the opportunity to have another person who plays the same game as them. honestly i'd be devastated that's fucked man.
for sure, you can just spam this one. previous one you had to use utility or sacrifice a teammate to break
Brimstone molly - 60 damage/s lasting for 7 seconds
Viper molly - 12.5 damage/s lasting for 6.5 seconds + vulnerable
Killjoy molly - 45 damage/s lasting for 4.5 seconds
Phoenix molly - 60 damage/s lasting for 3.25 seconds + rechargeable
Kayo molly - 25-60 damage/tick lasting for 4 seconds
Gekko molly - 10 damage/s -> 25-50/0.2s lasting for 3 seconds
checked all of the mollys for you. brimstone does do the most damage per second and lasts the longest so i'd say you are correct though i guess an argument could be made for gekko molly since it is the largest and can do the most burst damage. i thought it was interesting that with every newer agent the molly duration was reduced with the only outlier being phoenix
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