fr get my man a trophy before it all ends

lol navi raised from the dead?!

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PLEASE LOUD/FNATIC SEND THEM HOME

LETS GET THEM BOIS ALL TEAMS UNITE AGAINST THE T-BAGGING LOSERS

saya
mako
munchkin
zest
stax (igl)

korean all stars goat squad

bro made the iron-1 5-stack duellist dream

FNS Supernova (the king of valorant)
SEN TENZ
ZEKKEN
PANCADA
SACY

wins both masters and champions cus

fr - they dominated on the reverse sweep against drx today, but their bind today was awful - even had coach mini groaning at the end "use ur ults man, use your ults" at what looked like advice you'd give to an iron 2 lobby, not the top team in the world

fnatic got a lot of reviewing to do

Not gonna lie, they are all good, but not that great. DRX doesn't get carried by a top player like KK, derke, jingg, demon1, etc - rather they rely on the team.
I guess they just need to practise on more maps and adapt to rising teams - esp. practising their attacking side.
Maybe a long time (few years) the KR valorant scene would have grown enough to have grassroots impact, where we can inject some younger, more fresh blood into the team becoming more stale

Foxy9 is ok, but needs to be more refined and less aggressive to fit into DRX's greater vision as of now.

true - folding to full reverse sweeps from prx (apac finals) and fnc points to mental ig

i completely agree - but that's the thing - whatever it is, their games are less than the sum of their parts for some reason - it might be worth just experimenting with worse players to find a new sort of synergy

with other teams adapting, changing rosters, discovering new playstyles and a whole new rise of the chinese region, I feel like constantly VODded teams like DRX aren't going to place any higher in retaining the same old strats.

(and i don't even honestly think that your description of the players are that accurate - rb is still a great clutcher and mako maintains a very high acs but stax and rb in particular have had a mid performance this champions when you look at the stats)

yeah ig but they comm in korean so no brainer to get a korean player

I think big roster changes are needed - drx have basically been running the exact same roster (exc. GenG k1ng) for one of the longest for franchised teams - maybe more experimentation with Foxy9 instead of buzz as jett/duellist in a slightly more aggressive playstyle. We know that a slightly more radical playstyle works e.g. the 12-1 against fnatic today - in contrast to the age-old DRX calculated playstyle. Maybe signing of other players instead - Saya to create Korean dream team?

I just think that they need a Korean duellist replacement or if not a changed playstyle - Drx are looking quite stale with only ONE podium finish in the many internationals that they have qualified for.

Its the bitter realisation fr
Fnatic needs to pick up their strat game for lotus

gl fnatic - next match gonna be a banger no matter the result

Ur right - loud win over fnc was only a fluke - rip drx man

isn't loser of the upper bracket game between loud prx going to be automatically slotted with fnatic not edg?

?? they banned both lotus & fracture - to replace them with breeze and a new map...

I agree wholeheartedly - but I there are a few reasons why the venue can't be that currently:

• valorant esports is extremely fresh compared to other legacy esport tourneys - but is already being affected by a noticeable drop in viewership (see Esports charts valorant)
• profit-wise I think valorant is relying mainly on the annual champions skin bundle - which makes a lot of money but not that much - other esports have a lot more streams of income
• ig not enough culture event-wise to hold the attention of larger audiences that comes with larger venues and larger prize pools, etc - like league has global pop artists, celebrities, and millions more fans to create the level of fan engagement to drive demand for larger venues - but for valorant esports attention is quite low - I've asked randos in my unrated what their fav esports team is and many don't even know anything about vct

Yeah agree - but honestly it’d be colder and just overall more sportsmanlike if he stuck with a statement like that ‘edg are going to lose because we are a better team’ than taunting ‘bye bye, bye bye’ after winning. Imo theres a difference between mocking the opponent vs being self assured esp in the context of AFTER a match. Do what ever you want before and carry it through - but why do it after the game?

my man’s copping straight hate out here - but fr what is bro on wid the buzz d4v4i and boostio

like buzz and d4 are one of the best raze and skyes respectively

BRUHH THE ARDIIS SHADE LETS GOOOOO

aged like milk :(

No one gonna talk about how dep is hot af as well with his hair - zeta bringing the looks but not the skill fr

stfu matildas clears (ez against poms in semis) lets go australiaaaa 💚💛

hint - check results for each regional tournament

this is going to be so exciting - i predict nrg revenge vs bilibili, fut clearing t1 again, edg hold on giants, loud clears navi
group stage was alrready so tough - still haven't got over the winners of the two strongest regions - tl for emea and loud for americas - fighting at the ELIM stage of group D

Does anyone know when playoffs revealed? I'm assuming right after last group stage match btwn nrg vs bilibili?

cover photo cold asf not gonna lie - hope loud makes it out of group stage - i just wanna see how deep their playoff run can be lol

ngl looks pretty ass exc ion vandal - which still only has a mid discount
i copped the origin vandal - my first skin at 45% off it's pretty bussin

yeah thats true but again - gambit and fnc weren't carried by chronicle tho, they all had great players. Chron isn't the top fragger in fnc currently by a mile - alfa is more consistent. Chronicle definitely good - top ten - but he could also just have been in those teams in the right place at the right time - trophy analysis isn't really accurate

fam loud is not winning champs - learn to face the fnc wall
and alfa probably better than derke - nevertheless, too early to say GOAT - valorant still in its volatile infancy for esports and teams like fnc operate on collective skill so hard to point out a definite GOAT ig

Everyone knows optic-core vs loud rivalry - but now both teams kinda washed now (possibly both on brink of elim - alth i believe loud will get thru) but no one really talks about legendary battle of the rxs

like they've gone head-to-head 6 times alr - and f0rsaken and d4v4i confirmed in a korean yt interview that they were drawn AGAIN with DRX for champs 2023 but then riot enforced different regions in groups policy

i remember watching prx vs vision strikers berlin masters 2020 - surprised how well an unknown apac team did in almost beating asia's unstoppable power (at the time)

now we all have to accept prx completely outclasses drx - they've come so far

wishing both teams best of luck! hopefully podium finishes from both of them (drx looking a little better by topping group of death)

least mental eg fan