I don't understand why everyone is so hyped about DFM. I think that DFM is overrated and is going to flop during the season.

DFM is exactly like DFM (2023).

Everyone is hyping up popgachi and Anthem, but the reality is that popogachi and Anthem are washed and fraudulent paycheck stealers.

DFM doesn't have anyone who can properly fufill the responsibilities of any role and will fail because of this.

DFM fans are delusional and will be crying when DFM loses to PRX.

keep in mind that "weird" can mean anything that isn't the meta pick for example fade or astra. so i wouldn't jump to any conclusions, but we'll see.

no point like 75% of these guy's posts lmao

wish it was me tbh

good reply, would upvote twice if i could

based! also what's ur yt channel i might give it a watch

and yes this is arguably the most interesting meta time since the chamber nerf, hope to see more yoru and gekko being played

this is a really interesting question tbh. i like the point in the meta we're at rn, where teams have a choice of weather or not to pursue double controller and if they do, they can either do no flashes (like the FNC lotus comp), flashes with solo skye (now has a huge downside ofc), or even go for the yoru duelist and keep both flashes and recon (this is the wilder, but arguably better tradeoff).

or you could be boring and go back to double initiator. we'll see what comp approach ends up coming on top, but i love that we now have 4 or potentially more styles of comp that may clash against each other. truly a great time for diversity on most maps.

also are you TMVpilled by any chance

i disagree with this, anderzztv brought up a really interesting way of looking at it, called angle denial consistency. if you can jiggle or dodge flashes then they really have low effectiveness at pushing someone off an angle. we see this especially with skye and breach, where pros are just used to dodging the flash that it is rarely effective at getting someone off an angle.

why did you move to canada mr frenchtoast?

based nachtel as always. we believe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXgY8zRLa-s

These documentaries that VCT Americas is putting out are awesome, it's so cool to see the history and life of a player. This one and the Sadhaak one that came out yesterday are amazing, go watch them!

i think ethan just meant that they didn't antistrat in a super typical way, coming into the game with set plays to counter your opponent. all the antistratting was drilled in prac, and honestly the really fluid style they had also lends itself well to on the fly adaptation, so maybe ethan wasn't aware that stuff boostio was calling maybe had the enemy team's plays in mind.

i watched the bind map - it was actually pretty impressive to see him call his way around, and he seems like a very emotionally adequate leader as well. impressed!

this match is 70% turkish, 20% lithuanian, 10% english. pretty funny to me ngl

true. altho i think thief was controller main anyways, and if they do the partnership with SEN then pancada goes to play on MxS

11 team bracket was always gonna be shit tho, at least this rewards last years performance. and prx has to win 2 games to qual for madrid, not 1

lexi alt account spotted

actually that makes sense wtf...

i think last year showed that we should never underestimate potter's coaching

however this year looks even more stacked than last so idk if they'll qualify for anything

close series, happy SR can now focus on Challengers qualifiers though!

historically we have seen many teams play different agents in that 5th spot. some people think duelist is better (yoru), others think senti is better (chamber, cypher) and a decent amount of teams play double ini (kayo, fade). even loud played triple controller during champs.

so it's totally plausible and fits the meta for bind. moreover, it doesn't matter what you think but what chet and his staff thinks lol

I mean what he says in the linked tweet doesn't contradict the other one. I think Faria means that they are happy with splitting the round robin into two splits (considering they'll eventually have ~14 teams in each league, this makes sense to me). I would recommend anyone watch the sideshow video on the topic where he talks about how it was literally impossible to squeeze two full round robins without having double match weeks this year.

I do totally understand the backlash due to the G2/TGRD situation, that was communicated very poorly. And my point with my post was not about how Leo is a saint or doesn't make mistakes (he has made them in the past), it's more about the disproportionate backlash that he receives from the community, in my opinion.

And personally I prefer a dude who is very open about things than another person who may not even take the time to respond to the community.

i personally don't like it, because now you need to play a sentinel (cypher) so your composition diversity is not gonna be that high.

previously no sentinel was viable but now it's downright suicide

no idea why people (and this site in particular) have such a raging hate boner for Leo Faria. a lot of people act like he is the sole person making the decisions, and not just a figurehead in charge of communicating them. on that point, he is more transparent than practically anyone else with that role.

it's a little sad to see that people don't really think critically when it comes to these issues (not saying people can't have an opinion on the schedule) but every time something happens that the community doesn't like people go after his head like crazy

youre 5 years ahead of the meta... come back in 2029 to show these fools you were right all along

LMAO

that we've seen so far

we haven't seen FNC, LOUD or NRG's sunsets yet

yeah, some of the trading is still off and stuff. but overall, not looking as bad as i thought they would!

zikz and potter are the certified goats of coaching

sunset breach is still somewhat common. but yeah breach is struggling, especially with double controller being so meta even on haven

maybe it's just me, but even during their champs run i never really thought boostio igling was super impressive but this series especially the sunset map shows that he knows how to call against team weaknesses (c9 with no senti, slowing it down and getting lurks, dodging skye flashes, late rotations)

we'll see what happens, but i personally don't underestimate less cauan and tuyz

okay bear with me for a minute here while i put on my tinfoil hat...

i think qck was signed to LOUD not because he would be a straight replacement for aspas, but because he provides agent versatility that Saadhak wants for this new era of LOUD. if you look at the comps they ran (no sentinel on fracture, breach-fade on ascent and pearl, even though they failed a bit) it shows to me that he wants to take the team in a very crazy, maybe even PRX style direction with weird stuff.

and so maybe he recognized that aspas is literally irreplaceable and they're gonna try something different, with more versatility. maybe they even go the no duelist route with some maps in the agent pool, or lean into the Neon. who knows. my faith is in the goat chaadhak.

for proplay, but they fill a certain niche in ranks especially lower down the ladder (which is the majority of the playerbase)

not every agent added to the game will be meta breaking, most are just niche in proplay and decent in ranked. i think with this buff and maybe another one deadlock will be in the same position as sage

most normal valorant user (same)

jajajaa i wonder who this is

agree on most except the raze, duelist not needed

We'll see :)

Keep in mind this is asc-immo lobby, not proplay so we're taking some liberties to try things out

And if the gekko doesn't work we will switch to something else

actually i can 😎
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change champs 2021 to cned

aside from that, W list

gekko has some pretty neat info flashes on A and B, but yeah that's the biggest weakness imo.

initially we were gonna go for the sova instead of gekko but decided to go all out on the weirdness, maybe we'll change it later

not just this but having another source of income if things go to shit (like shahz, where his proplay career looks pretty bleak rn) is always good

so i was throwing ideas with my team, and came up with this:

-viper: obvious reasons
-harbor: double smoke is good, also great walls on attack and defense + ult to play retake (80% of rounds anyways)
-killjoy: obvious reasons

now this is where we got a little crazy, because we started thinking. since we don't need duelist, maybe we throw in an omen to create even more vision blocking and abuse the vertical angles. plus the paranoia is great for taking A site. and on attack his tp can work as a dash a bit.

and since icebox is really just planting and playing back, maybe we add gekko for our last spot. he combos very well with harbor with the wingman + cove to safe plant, and sova drone isn't needed on b anymore since a gekko flash will clear the entire area now. also this comp can do easy b splits through mid.

still have to test it out in the coming weeks, but thoughts?

yeah exactly, at least in proplay and higher ranks

would go against the agent design though, she's not a traditional sentinel and was never meant to be one

There's some great TP spots on the defensive side, so he can potentially bring value if you set him up with the op on A or C. You would have to play quite differently, enabling the chamber on defense and doing lots of contact walks on the attack (if you opt for double senti, something like the KRU Haven comp) but it's viable.

I can see different teams trying it, it would fit Zeta's play style for example.

it's not meant as an anti lurk ability, devs always said she was a "reactive sentinel" like sage

the agent is still shit but idk why people complain about this specifically

tierlist (also in order)
S tier: Fracture, Haven
A tier: Bind, Pearl, Sunset
B tier: Split, Lotus
C tier: Ascent
D tier:
F tier: Icebox

Absolute ass tier: Breeze

I think people blame franchising for stuff that isn't the system's fault.

People love to pretend things were so much better before franchising but the reality is, that there were only that many teams investing the money because of the possibility of them getting franchised. It makes complete sense that we would see a crash of the T2 system because this year teams that played in Tier 2 were spending like they were Tier 1 teams.

There's a big disparity between what people expect the second division to be and what Riot wants for their esports. They're not prioritizing meritocracy, they prioritize long term stable orgs who can bring fans and money into the ecosystem.

In the long term, I think having more yearly promotions is a good measure to implement. Fixing the calendar (something riot did do for 2024) is also a huge improvement.

I think it's just that orgs have been spending way too much for what's financially feasible and lots of players have the wrong perception of what Tier 2 means in Riot's eyes. It should never be a place to stay, rather a way to get into tier 1.

Lots of people are gonna disagree with my take that franchising is actually better for the long term survival of the esport, but that's just my opinion lol

this, once you get the ball rolling it will only get easier from there
and if youre really serious about it, think about interacting with spanish speaking communities and consuming all the media in spanish!

ngl i think ppl are kinda overrating china a bit. theyre still a bit away from being at the rest of the region's level

i would say
1) americas
2) emea
3) apac
4) china

but everyones opinion is valid! let's hope next year brings lots of good valorant everywhere in the world