Yeah I can only think of Skuba, Marved, Valyn, and Zander as contenders in NA rn. That's so few compared to the massive number of duelists (yay, saya, cryo, tenz, ban, babybay, seven, etc).

I think Faze might be able to beat XSET if they have truely insane individual performances from Babybay and Dicey

I give Akrew a 65% chance to win here.

I agree with this. The biggest differnce in Sen between this qual and last (where they looked somewhat better than now) is Shaz's underfragging and abysmal utility. I don't know if he let the hate get to him, but he was genuinely a fantastic player all last year including at champs, and he looked pretty good individually last qualifier as well. This tournament he's been so much worse. I don't think Dapr is underperforming either, he's always putting up consistent performances. Overall I'd say neither of those individual things would matter if they had a game plan, good strats, cool set plays, and good coordination. However, they have none of that. I'd honestly take Akrew 65% of the time in this rematch.

I almost want to make Xset in their own tier, below C9 and Guard, but above the rest.

The difference between their form last stage and now is ridiculous. They had a truely spectacular fall off.

BONECOLD BADDYG AND H1BER SIGN ME TF UP

Because I’m fucked in the head idk what to tell you

You're absolutely right; I recommend never reading the forums part again. My mental health was at an all time high when I went on break and I'm not a player who has to deal with a ridiculous amount of shit.

Bro would you have expected them to beat V1???

BBG has A roster

Because I avoid the brain rot and don't read other people's messages. This is MY echo chamber buddy.

If girl kissers qualify and an org doesn't pick them up...

HOW DID V1 LOSE THO

Ok good points but at the same time DERKE NOT GOOD AT RAZE??? WHAT are you smoking. On split he literally got the first blood in almost every damn round for Fnatic.

I cannot believe it. Respect trembo, you might have horrible takes but you're good at the game

LMFAOOO sure mate

V1 is the only team I'm confident in

That was a fantastic match. Honestly GMB had so many good matches last year (grand finals vs ascend was amazing too). I'm really excited to see them play again.

This is a good thread I like this one

I think M3C vs Fnatic is one of my favorite games ever. It was just so tense and the gameplay felt so good.

Girl Kissers

Ghost

TSM are absolutely not qualifying lmao. I do think they could beat XSET but none of the other top 4. Excited to see the matches tho.

Dre is kinda cap but I like the rest a lot.

9/10 times? Absolutely not. Loud is fantastic but they literally got 3-0'd WHILE being able to ban Optic's 2 best maps. They're even as teams at best.

LMFAOOO have you watched any valorant since fucking May 2021???

Because he's specifically the one not accepting coaches.

People have been saying this since champs. The issue is the ego of the players, especially Shazam at this point.

Redgar also streams vod reviews and is always thinking abt the game. Shaz only streams ranked.

LMFAO

Their egos are too big to play in em lol

I fence which is pretty fun but not much apart from that

Obviously

Chronicle exists

Optic kinda balls on bind tho

But based on Iceland I'd have to go with Yay, he's consistently cracked.

I'm convinced Chronicle is the best player in this entire game and he'll prove it when M3C play again.

He read this for the last round

Rebranding

Sure if SEN had a work ethic

M3C is probably better than LOUD plus they're probably going to go on sale soon anyway.

LMFAOOO ok this is actually funny thank you. I love military revolutions myself.

Heat is great but Tenz ain't the problem on SEN

Idk why Nismo is ahead of Xeppaa and I think Zekken is worse than Zellsis + Victor but otherwise yeah I agree.

Bro they are def tier 2 now. Just look at the lack of coordination and strategy PLUS they're not aiming that well (aside from tenz)

Practice lmao

Bruh we haven't seen Sinatraa play since 1845 AD

I personally think TariksLeftNut was looking phenomenal out there

TGRD played literally the worst possible team for them in elims. Playing against a team as aggressive as PRX when you’re a bunch of nervous kids in your first lan is never gonna go well.