Weren't you the guy shittalking guard 2 days ago lol

V1 are not selling, they looked like one of the best teams this qualifier, but had ONE bad game vs LG, then had to face one of the best teams in NA. Really excited to see them back for the next challengers.

Sinatraa best player NA...I want some of your crack pls

Thank fuck

LMFAOOOO SURE MAN

Honestly the fact that trembo seems serious makes him the best baiter around here

Genuinely I feel like they could all play any roles it's kind of amazing

Imma be real, I already respected tarik as a great streamer and professional competitor, but after this my respect for him as a person shot through the roof.

Rare to see a W take from a TSM fan but you're right

Yeah I bet they'll lose at least one initial match, but then crush them again in the elimination bracket

Sentinels: trash this year, V1: had a bad time, C9: Lost fair and square. I personally thought V1 and C9 would make it, but I'm also glad that Optic and Guard did it. V1 and C9 will be back better than before.

Sure any team that has one of the best coaches in NA, a group of mechanically insane extremely hardworking players, and an unbelievable capacity to learn new comps and strats

I can't WAIT to see them on lan

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO

It seems super inconsistent over there ngl

He's a vlr user, it's not gonna happen

Alright but he's making up for it now, going absolutely wild

THEY WON IT WOOOOO

Bro what are you smoking

https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/829/champions-tour-brazil-stage-1-challengers-1?exclude=9571.9572.9573.9574.9575.9215.9216.9086.9087.9092.9093.9094.9095.8890.8891.8876.8877.8878.8879.8880&min_rounds=0&agent=all

Overall I think C9 will win bc experience diff this time, but in the next challengers Guard will shit on them. I'd say Leaf is slightly better than Saya rn, Trent is better than Xeta, Xeppaa just beats JonahP off of firepower (look at his insane clutches vs XSet), Vanity is a worse fragger than Valyn but probably a better IGL bc experience, and Mitch > Net except on pistol rounds when Net's classic goes INSANE. I think as Guard as a whole get more experience, their nerves will be a lot less, Net will stop being quite as inconsistent, and they'll start smashing T1 even more. As much as I would love to see them on LAN in a few weeks, I don't think it's happening.

BRUH

I can't see it either :(

Yeah but tenz pops off once and a blue moon + sentinels are a gajilion times worse than c9 rn

Valorant changes too much give it 3 years and we'll have a more definitive set of good teams

Yeah exactly. They're still super young, plenty of room to improve

Fnatic? They play similar to v1 although they just had that super rough game vs FPX

Sad to be right :(

I'd agree with that. I bet in time, they'll be even better

Nice job upfragging yourself lmao

Yes I made a prediction that sadly is looking correct at the moment

No they're def the real deal. Yay's just going crazy

For a second I was like damn this is a bad take then I saw the user and was like, nvm this is the boring usual

Nah I've had their flair since NSG Open 14 and I love them. I'm just saying what I think's gonna happen based on previous gameplay of both teams. Just cause I don't delusionally say my team's going to win everytime doesn't mean I'm not a fan. The guard have far more potential than optic long term, and even now they have room to grow and develop as a team and as individuals. Even if they don't make masters, I'll be rooting for them in the future :)

Two reasons: I've seen Optic play on bind, and I'm tryna hard jinx

I don't think it was net trolling as much as Yay just balling. He's an insane player.

I can't see guard beating optic on bind. They really needed that 11-10 round and they didn't get it. Sadge.

Rare W vlr user

If optic perform like they did against C9, them. If they fall apart (also possible), Guard.

Apparently they got 13-0'd???? I'm so confused what's even going on in EMEA.

I agree but I'd say not fns there. Smokes should be Zander and sentinel should be Mitch OR Smokes is Vanity and sentinel is Wippie. I'd say the gap between wippie and mitch is more than Zander over Vanity, so I'd go with the second one.

Damn this is hard. Imma try one for EU.

CNed (I really wanted derke but only boaster worked well for IGL and lets not forget that CNed is still insane)
Chronicle (I mean just look at him)
Shao (Pretty underrated, he can do sova incredibly well)
Boaster (Great IGL, he's been popping off recently, super good kayo util too)
L1nk (I think Nats would be the best controller, but we already have Chronicle)

I know you're biased but even you have to admit derke's doing better than scream these days

Honestly good list I agree

I think Leaf is doing better than Yay these days. For EU I'd put chronicle instead of nats ngl, but DEFINITELY keep derke. That guy has been crushing everything.

I think X10 became Xerxia

No way LMFAO. They're winning the next masters unless Russians get banned from everything, I'm calling it.

Obviously that's a big upset, but they were always much more inconsistent than M3C in the latter half of 2021, and to be frank, they looked a LOT worse at the start of this season. M3C looked godlike in groups (apart from that FPX nailbiter game) and even in playoffs they looked incredible. Their match against fnatic was some of if not the best valorant I've ever seen. Lowkey it feels unreal that they flubbed it afterwards.

Honestly the only weird part there was M3C, and it's probably because they got exhausted af and had an awful game when they needed to perform.

0/8 lol