XMS either had the worst 2 series of his life, or is not cut out for tier 1 comp. He was horrific, especially on split

I genuinely thinkEG are overly slept on and could already be a top 8 team here.

Can you confidently name 7 teams here that are almost guaranteed to be better than them?

Meant mibr. Corrected

PRX
MIBR
KOI

KC and heretics I didn't expect much from. But they still fell below my expectations.

I feel that's underestimating EG and Talon a bit much. KOI don't look bad, but as it stands they don't look like top 8 in tourney. At least based on their performance Vs optic.

100% true.

But fnatic and high expectations is a chokefest as we've seen many times.

We also haven't really had any upsets yet in any match, watch liquid secret be the one haha.

Vlr got weirdos, it's all good

Wait where's the cope?

All I see is people of all regions say KC suck and xms is a bot

How is EMEA dealing with this?

We ain't. XD

Not a single upset, sure there was some KOIpium, but every result has gone as expected. Which sucks, but we are not far removed from reality.

Basically old liquid

Thoughts on KC.

Didn't really expect much, but was somehow even more disappointed than I thought possible.

Hard to even judge how good the team is when they're playing some goofy comps and we have screaM forcing kayo.

Maybe he needs more time to get better on the agent, but we have alot of data and past matches that shows us his kayo is mid, and duelists+sage are easily his best agents.

Meddo is mid, not a big improvement over xms

Accurate summary

It's just mind boggling. ScreaM is determined to not play to his strengths. He has countless god tier performances on duelist, but for some reason is back to playing kayo as igl.

This team isn't going anywhere. Bottom half of EMEA for sure

Expected result.

We are getting destroyed lmao

Can't even be mad, enjoy that Pak bro

Reactionary and dumb

genuinely a 1.6 and CSS legend

Hard Agree

I take it you didn't watch KC game yesterday.

Oofh, honestly at this point, NA >>> EMEA shouldn't be a hottake.

The best EMEA teams are carried by CIS players really. How it got like this so quickly after 2021? I do not know.

Fnatic are perrenial chokers, and I do not think that SEN game is free for them at all, though I'd like to see them get a win and play to level we know that squad is capable of.

NAVI and Liquid both solid, but will likely end up knocking each other out.

Probs 2-0 in favour of LOUD
13-6 and 13-7

Balanced take, but not really true. NA is just better at the moment.

We'll see how the rest of the year pans out

Expect the expected with this heretics roster.

Mixwell + Avova have been mid for like 2 years now.
Boo during OGLDN was never able to achieve much.
Zeek and kelowz have high ceilings but aren't consistent.

Shame, but heretics was never anything to get excited about

Ahh of course, champs 2022. I stand corrected

Bro, NA is actually looking decent, what are you worried about?

If EMEA qualifies out of Alpha, that would be surprising.
I got love for KC, but they won ugly yesterday.
Giants looked good, but no conclusions at the moment, DFM is hardly a first rate team.

Damn, accept it guys, PRX are falling off :(

You have brain rot, see a doc

DRX are yet to beat an American team right?
C9 got this probably

If you don't find it odd that a so called valorant coach isn't aware of ANY of EG's players bar Ethan, there's no hope for you.

you have a gas leak in your house.

He only knows Ethan from EG and so predded heretics over them easily 💀.

He's never even heard of Bcj who's attended more International Val tournament than Ethan

Fixed so they don't win. Dw

Riot and L formats is a match made in heaven.

But best way to do 10 teams would be to embrace BO1s in a group stage of 2 groups of 5 in swiss and then seed top 4 of each group into an 8 team bracket.

That will never happen though.
So we'll probably get some goofy Reykjavik 2021 format

If a comeback from 7-1 doesn't count as stun, what the fuck does?

hey man, fair take until proven otherwise! 🤝

LMAO

twitter feed i guess.

Cloud ate LUNCH. Sheydos and trexx were also monsters. The day we see another full CIS roster...

mans just described lack of confidence, but used more words xD

Is what it is! Better team won. KOI will be back stronger soon.

CIS carry

I really like NRG, and want them to do well this year.

But it'd be so much more hype for KOI to start off with a banger win. Damn this format.

4th at iceland 2021
4th at champs 2021 (scalping 2 NA teams)
6-8th at both 2022 events.

But I guess you only need to be half right to not be called completely invalid. you invalid

vanity doesn't have a domestic trophy, let alone a masters one

lmao

OP is correct, but most people here don't give a fuck about logic, so don't stress yourself out over vlr opinions and shitty takes.

Close thread. Ethan already cooked him, well done. Shoe leather style. No juices. Put ketchup on it. Charcoaled the homie. Barely edible. You call this a steak? Get out of my restaurant.

My guy. Pun gang