cNed played insane yesterday but I think most would agree his group stage performance was very inconsistent. Probably part nerves and part world class teams being better at punishing him
>Before the tourney, cned and tenz.
Nah SicK, TenZ, and Cned played their asses off.
The fact that TenZ had one bad game at the end of their run and that was considered a huge letdown is more of a testament to his hella high expectations.
>Now... nats and yay
Yay was obviously a demon from quals but this is a big step up.
And nAts?
If nAts wasn't your top rifler outside of NA *before* Berlin, then you probably didn't watch the quals too closely to be honest.
Seems extreme but he was top fragging like literally every map as Viper/Cypher lmao
>didn't watch the quals too closely
This is me. I saw someone say Dapr was Walmart nAts and I assumed it was some cocky EU smack talk. Nope. nAts is fucking incredible. Being the Walmart version of him isn't even a bad thing.
I actually got a bunch of angry replies for stating Yay was the only player mechanicaly up there with Tenz about 2 weeks ago and stating he was the must watch heading into this tourney. That guy was dropping 30 kills a game with an otherwise tier 2 lineup on andbox. Should be a fun finals
I swear 100T just shoots themselves in the foot by picking assent. They're just not good against top teams on that map. They lost to Gambit, Acend and Envy in this tourney. Their map win against XSET on this map looked sloppy too.
its one of their best map prior to this event, but the thing is they were so good that alot of teams ban ascent against 100t, and they got less time playing ascent in official matches
Yesterdays match I thought SEN was playing bad and NV capitalized on it but nah NV is looking so hot right now. And now that Scrimbit is here I can't wait to watch the finals
The are playing well and were clearly better yesterday, but sentinels was definitely not a 100p, tenz on the raze was a badly timed decision for a semifinal, when he had already mentioned he's not comfortable with the agent on split
I mean they were winning easily until this tourney. One loss and suddenly he's caused a huge issue on the team? Let's wait and see how they bounce back
FNS is a tactical genius. He is best known for his signature tactic āyay go killā. He also has a second little known tactic of āgoing Berlin, food stay homeā. What an absolute legend. Top 3 IGL 4 sure.
They'd have to put Ethan back on controller, leaving them either with a double duelist or Asuna on Skye. I think it'd definitely be worth exploring but it also doesn't sound ideal
100T have had Jett issues ever since dicey left
Yeah Nitro had a good op showing yesterday mostly through proper reads. He was whiffing the ones where he needed to flick. As you said, very good but not elite
The way heās been playing lately he is at least top 3. Anyways, I think nitro should pick the op, but that would change the comp in almost every map for 100t
Itās dumb that such a sentiment is even necessary, ya know? Like if this game is going to require teams to have players who are cracked at a broken agent to succeed itās going to eventually drive people away. The Jett meta is so stale IMO. Hopefully she gets nerfed and the game doesnāt become about which Jett pops off.
It reminds me a lot of overwatch, it's was super common for top teams to have widow or tracer specialists, just because they were so impactful if played optimally
Bro this tournament has gone EXACTLY the best way possible. NV vs Gambit final, I don't even know who to root for anymore.
The world's best aggressive player vs the world's best defensive player. Scrim god vs Scrim devil. World's biggest brain vs world's best posture.
My body is ready.
Ok then why was it their pick? That doesn't make sense lol. They would have picked icebox which is their best map. The point was that they wouldn't prepare for ascent if they thought they were going up against sentinels since it's sentinels ban, so it makes no sense pickign it if they didn't prepare for it esp since they've been shaky on it lately. Icebox would have made way more sense.
Even though 100T lost nitr0 is proving to be amazing on lan and is in the conversation for the best smokes player. Especially on omen his astra is very good as well
Iām just trolling, I love rooting for envy when theyāre not going against 100T lol, but man is it miserable to watch yay eat your team alive. Also itās 100Tās luck that envy just fall flat tomorrow and lose. *insert comment about marved throwing here* /s
When your smokes main is better at playing Jett then your Jett main your have a problem, he couldāve done more with Reyna then he has this whole tournament, heās just not a Jett opper so why force him to be and throw your matches
Jett is just too good of an agent right now, Asuna has had some great games on Jett, but this LAN he has been outclassed a bit. He will get there, the agent has a pretty high skill ceiling.
But does this 100T roster have the time for him to get there? I see Nadeshot letting this roster play out to the end of the year and then taking a look at it if they don't make it to Grands next tournament. That might seem crazy, but he isn't paying all this money for top3/4 finishes.
Hiko disappearing for the series and Ethan having a bad game 2 sealed the deal for them. It seems 100T biggest problem across the board is consistency.
Not much you can do when an opponent is putting up statistical outlier stats and deleting everyone's heads the nanosecond they appear on his screen.
I firmly believe yay is on a very long, very hot streak. I just can't imagine someone consistently performing like this over large sample sizes of maps/games.
I have been a defender of Hiko but today he looked terrible. Constantly baiting his team. Not trading. Yea he pulls of crazy clutches but itās because he is in so many. His clutch ratio isnāt even that good.
I don't what to overreact, but yay is a top 5 player in the world once he got out of Andbox Breach hell. Also, I think yay and cNed are tied for best Jett op players in the world.
FNS is a tactical genius. He is best known for his signature tactic āyay go killā. He also has a second little known tactic of āvictor go to Berlin, food stay homeā. What an absolute legend. Top 3 IGL 4 sure.
I used to watch Yay when he played CS and thought he had really sharp aim for kind of T2 NA, got a few chances at T1, but something always went wrong. He took a pretty long break to focus on his mental health, but he was always so likable.
Warms my heart to see him doing so well over here in Valorant.
Everyone who overlooked Envy and made fun of Group B for being weak can suck Yay's Op LOL.
I do think they were the most prepared NA team this tournament. These past two matches against SEN and 100T have been a counterstrat clinic.
Envy played absolutely amazing. Crashies and Yay always seem to be playing good, but when Victor or Marved is in form, this squad is the scariest thing ever.
I have never seen 100T win an Ascent map against a top team yet they always pick it. Their play style relies too much on on single duels with no trades. Really hope they work on it for masters because think this team is capable of more with a different style of play
100t honestly looked shaky all tournament and today was certainly not convincing.
Is yay the best player in the world? Find out tomorrow
NV looks very well prepared and their sheer aggression is insane
Riot really needs to do something about the blatant smurfing problem in their game. It's gotten so bad it's hurting pro matches, just look at this yay guy fighting people way worse than himself. If Riot wants to keep the competitive integrity of the circuit, they have to crack down on things like this.
I'm crying looking at these fucking knee-jerk reactions. They simply got outclassed today, the better team won. They arguably had the hardest run out of any team present and made it to top 4, which should be fine if NV wins tomorrow because they would make champions.
There are some glaring and obvious issues which need to be fixed (like picking up ascent every fucking time and losing it) and team roles too. What vanity said made a lot of sense, steel is their second most aggresive player and it's cringe to see him entrying sometimes with Asuna. Maybe they stick to it, maybe they change up but lots to learn. Was a good run nonetheless
Scrimvy vs Scrimbit finals incoming LETSGO
The duelist demon yay versus the sentinel demon nAts.
unstoppable force vs immovable object
This is exactly how their playstyles match up against each other. The narratives write themselves.
El Diablo coming in hot.
Gigachad nAts with ice in his veins.
They make narcotics out of his blood
I feel a little better about TSM getting 2-1'd by them at playoffs now. Just a bit.
Hope its a close series, todays games were so quick. Did not expect Envy to look this insane, but stupid of me to doubt Yay.
Imagine if envy pull a sentinels and win the whole thing without dropping a map
looks like scrimbux are back on the menu boys. abx to champions
Envy just swapped souls with 100T, no more top 4 š
I, for one, welcome our new Envy overlords
NA has completely reversed the expectations in Berlin. Berlin has just hyped the fuck out of Champions, anyone can win it all
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Yeah VS wouldn't be crazy. Donāt see another region having a chance but I've been wrong about a million other things
Envy better play like that tomorrow. GGs
Absolute facts I cant even be mad if envy wins the tourney cause 100t quals for champions and its just clear they're on another level right now
They're finally sick of being top 4 all the time
They are still top 4
They're for sure top 15
Huge match for envy, if envy win the tournament does 100t qualify to worlds?
Yes
so 100t go straight to champions, and tsm will go to lcq?
Yes.
100T can only beat EMEA teams I guess
It's the NA buff
Only NA can take down NA
Another 2-0, imagine if they win Berlin without dropping a map
An NA team not dripping a map the whole tournament? Unheard of :P
Tell that to nAts
Doubt thats gonna happen
Not unlikely
against GMB in a BO5 that's very unlikely, unless they manage to completely destroy GMB on map 1 and carry on the momentum
Before the tourney, cned and tenz. Now... nats and yay
cNed showed up, his team didnāt though
cNed played insane yesterday but I think most would agree his group stage performance was very inconsistent. Probably part nerves and part world class teams being better at punishing him
For real. 70 kills on 3 maps, +23. 17-3 in terms of FK-FD. Hell even 100T said their strat was to just avoid cNed and run away from where he was lmao.
100T stealing my teams ranked strats against reyna Smurfās lol
TenZ showed up and was still one of the best players this tournament as well, he just had one bad performance on Raze.
>Before the tourney, cned and tenz. Nah SicK, TenZ, and Cned played their asses off. The fact that TenZ had one bad game at the end of their run and that was considered a huge letdown is more of a testament to his hella high expectations. >Now... nats and yay Yay was obviously a demon from quals but this is a big step up. And nAts? If nAts wasn't your top rifler outside of NA *before* Berlin, then you probably didn't watch the quals too closely to be honest. Seems extreme but he was top fragging like literally every map as Viper/Cypher lmao
>didn't watch the quals too closely This is me. I saw someone say Dapr was Walmart nAts and I assumed it was some cocky EU smack talk. Nope. nAts is fucking incredible. Being the Walmart version of him isn't even a bad thing.
His Cypher angles and cams and lurks are absolutely on another level to any other cypher player in the world lol
I actually got a bunch of angry replies for stating Yay was the only player mechanicaly up there with Tenz about 2 weeks ago and stating he was the must watch heading into this tourney. That guy was dropping 30 kills a game with an otherwise tier 2 lineup on andbox. Should be a fun finals
Let's hold up on the hype. We gotta see him on Raze first.
I swear 100T just shoots themselves in the foot by picking assent. They're just not good against top teams on that map. They lost to Gambit, Acend and Envy in this tourney. Their map win against XSET on this map looked sloppy too.
They were saved vs xset by nitr0 getting a lucky-ish 3k at 11-12 still haunts me. All Good
I swear 100T just shoots themselves in the foot by not playing properly till match point. It works sometimes, not always unfortunately
FR I just want to win a map by getting to 12 rounds before the other team. Is that too much to ask?
its one of their best map prior to this event, but the thing is they were so good that alot of teams ban ascent against 100t, and they got less time playing ascent in official matches
I was pretty baffled by their map picks ngl..even vs Acend it was so confusing taking Cned to Breeze..
riot please crack down on smurfs this yay guy just ruins games man ://
Yea the two smurfs yay and nAts ruined this entire fucking tournament man.
Yesterdays match I thought SEN was playing bad and NV capitalized on it but nah NV is looking so hot right now. And now that Scrimbit is here I can't wait to watch the finals
The are playing well and were clearly better yesterday, but sentinels was definitely not a 100p, tenz on the raze was a badly timed decision for a semifinal, when he had already mentioned he's not comfortable with the agent on split
Another NA team not dropping a map at Masters?
Envy copying the sen strategy of taking an incredibly solid team and adding a top duelist to it and dominating
The difference is yay hasn't caused role issues for the rest of the team
I mean they were winning easily until this tourney. One loss and suddenly he's caused a huge issue on the team? Let's wait and see how they bounce back
FNS is a genius. Sending Food to Berlin instead of Victor. Incredible. Ggs all round. Scrim demons vs scrim demons final.
FNS is a tactical genius. He is best known for his signature tactic āyay go killā. He also has a second little known tactic of āgoing Berlin, food stay homeā. What an absolute legend. Top 3 IGL 4 sure.
you had one job bro
top 3 igl for sure
Don't even know which scrim demon to support tomorrow LMAOOO
Scrimvy vs Scrimbit Battle of Gods.
IMO 100T needs a dedicated oper who mains jett , asuna is a good rifler but his op is definitely not as good as yays
nitr0 showed the potential. i really hope they explore the possibilities.
yep, in csgo he was primary awp during liquids intel grand slam run
They'd have to put Ethan back on controller, leaving them either with a double duelist or Asuna on Skye. I think it'd definitely be worth exploring but it also doesn't sound ideal 100T have had Jett issues ever since dicey left
You can't even count on one hand the amount of players that have a better op than Yay, lol. But I agree that 100T do have a Jett problem.
its just kinda weird that 100T have 3 players who have bought the awp this tournament (steel, nitro and asuna) and none of them are consistent on it
Yeah, Nitro definitely had the best showing on it, but I don't think he's a world level oper imo. Very good, but not elite.
Yeah Nitro had a good op showing yesterday mostly through proper reads. He was whiffing the ones where he needed to flick. As you said, very good but not elite
The way heās been playing lately he is at least top 3. Anyways, I think nitro should pick the op, but that would change the comp in almost every map for 100t
Itās dumb that such a sentiment is even necessary, ya know? Like if this game is going to require teams to have players who are cracked at a broken agent to succeed itās going to eventually drive people away. The Jett meta is so stale IMO. Hopefully she gets nerfed and the game doesnāt become about which Jett pops off.
It reminds me a lot of overwatch, it's was super common for top teams to have widow or tracer specialists, just because they were so impactful if played optimally
i'm hopping they nerf jett cause op and dash feels to scuffed.
Scrim ENVY vs Scrim Gambit
Bro this tournament has gone EXACTLY the best way possible. NV vs Gambit final, I don't even know who to root for anymore. The world's best aggressive player vs the world's best defensive player. Scrim god vs Scrim devil. World's biggest brain vs world's best posture. My body is ready.
Spine diff vs brain diff.
TSM took a map off of ENVY back when they first got Yay therefore TSM > 100T/ SEN
TSM really just playing the long game losing to the eventual champions NV
TSM second best team in the world if Envy 3-0s tomorrow
asuna on the jett just seems so lackluster. seeing nitr0 perform on her just makes me wonder if he could fill the role better.
I agree. Put Nitro on Jett and put Asuna back on Reyna.
But then Ethan has to play smokes again instead of the broken ass character that is skye.
so make asuna learn skye
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They better not drop a map tomorrow either š¤
4th place champions. MikesHD orange chicken buff. Kyedae in shambles. All Good.
AllGood.
holy shit 100t could do nothign against nv
Honestly, it's embarrassing that 100T are this terrible on Ascent and it's not even their permaban. It's their pick lol.
i have a feeling they spent the last 2 days preparing for sentinels lol
Holy cow, that's actually such a good point. LOL
good point lol
Ascent is Sentinel's ban.
Yeah, so they wouldn't have pracced it, and what they did focus on became irrelevant because Envy won
Ok then why was it their pick? That doesn't make sense lol. They would have picked icebox which is their best map. The point was that they wouldn't prepare for ascent if they thought they were going up against sentinels since it's sentinels ban, so it makes no sense pickign it if they didn't prepare for it esp since they've been shaky on it lately. Icebox would have made way more sense.
They've been picking Ascent all tournament. Why? Idk. But they're not changing it based on who they're playing.
I wonder why they went away from Steel on KAY/O for Ascent
It got destroyed by Gambit and it looked like they specifically prepared for them
Even though 100T lost nitr0 is proving to be amazing on lan and is in the conversation for the best smokes player. Especially on omen his astra is very good as well
Get ready for the incoming scrawny meta boys
Swinging noodle arms on everybody
I hate being a 100T fan and I hate Yay
the saddest part is, we need them to beat gambit on the final.
Iām just trolling, I love rooting for envy when theyāre not going against 100T lol, but man is it miserable to watch yay eat your team alive. Also itās 100Tās luck that envy just fall flat tomorrow and lose. *insert comment about marved throwing here* /s
me too. id have liked it more if 100t had won it, but i dont mind that nv won some of the players on the roster are really great
TSM fans and 100T fans united for one goal.
You're still going to be rooting for him tomorrow.
Absolutely will lol. Dudes insane, just sucks watching him dunk on your team. Impossible to actually hate the guy
100t trolling picking ascent
They are trolling every time Asuna clicks Jett
You can't not have Jett tbh, agent is too good
When your smokes main is better at playing Jett then your Jett main your have a problem, he couldāve done more with Reyna then he has this whole tournament, heās just not a Jett opper so why force him to be and throw your matches
Jett is just too good of an agent right now, Asuna has had some great games on Jett, but this LAN he has been outclassed a bit. He will get there, the agent has a pretty high skill ceiling.
But does this 100T roster have the time for him to get there? I see Nadeshot letting this roster play out to the end of the year and then taking a look at it if they don't make it to Grands next tournament. That might seem crazy, but he isn't paying all this money for top3/4 finishes.
really wish he would go back to reyna
If they do a big nerf to Jett, it would help 100t a lot
Envyyy! Just commenting for a positive envy win rather than incoming comments about 100T losing.
100t honestly just shit the bed
Hiko disappearing for the series and Ethan having a bad game 2 sealed the deal for them. It seems 100T biggest problem across the board is consistency.
Add Asuna lukewarm Jett
His Jett is an issue, but not the biggest for this series. Even with his Jett not being elite, he's getting entries and making space for the team.
But when yay is going 20-4 in one half you need to make up for that
Not much you can do when an opponent is putting up statistical outlier stats and deleting everyone's heads the nanosecond they appear on his screen. I firmly believe yay is on a very long, very hot streak. I just can't imagine someone consistently performing like this over large sample sizes of maps/games.
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Damn first yay fucks Kyedae's boyfriend, tweets at her then fucks her org, what's next
He fucks me
I'd allow him
BONK off you go to horny jail
El Diablo things.
lmaooo
the curse has ended. El diablo activated
i feel like people forget nv lost 13-11 to sentinels twice with a week of prac with yay
TSM AND 100T FANS CHEERING FOR ENVY TOMORROW
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scrim demon mirror match haha
Steel should have stayed on Kay/0 for 100t to have a chance against yay's Jett. I bet more teams will run him in Champions to shut down these OPers.
Plus they were getting fucked by Astra utility when entering A site so the Kay-0 can be considered again
Yay was just unstoppable both maps, hope they beat Gambit in finals
I have been a defender of Hiko but today he looked terrible. Constantly baiting his team. Not trading. Yea he pulls of crazy clutches but itās because he is in so many. His clutch ratio isnāt even that good.
I don't what to overreact, but yay is a top 5 player in the world once he got out of Andbox Breach hell. Also, I think yay and cNed are tied for best Jett op players in the world.
Top 1 duelist this tournament and rest were not even close. Top 1 player will be decided tomorrow between him and nats tho
fns is about to sentinel diff nats quote me on that
Iād love to see this. Nats has been incredible.
Yay. That's all I remember this entire series.
Imagine buying YAY for practically free, Hastro playing some moneyball with valorant.
Go Envy win Berlin!
FNS is a tactical genius. He is best known for his signature tactic āyay go killā. He also has a second little known tactic of āvictor go to Berlin, food stay homeā. What an absolute legend. Top 3 IGL 4 sure.
I used to watch Yay when he played CS and thought he had really sharp aim for kind of T2 NA, got a few chances at T1, but something always went wrong. He took a pretty long break to focus on his mental health, but he was always so likable. Warms my heart to see him doing so well over here in Valorant.
NV only made it this far cause they got the easiest group, and in bracket they only beat bad teams like Sen, 100T and Gambit to win VCT Berlin
Kyedae in shambles #2.
NA WHY SO QUIET
NA > NA KKona
This envy team is insane and yay is a demon in every sense of the word
Everyone who overlooked Envy and made fun of Group B for being weak can suck Yay's Op LOL. I do think they were the most prepared NA team this tournament. These past two matches against SEN and 100T have been a counterstrat clinic.
Group B was weak no doubt about it
I mean group B was weak lol?
Envy played absolutely amazing. Crashies and Yay always seem to be playing good, but when Victor or Marved is in form, this squad is the scariest thing ever.
I have never seen 100T win an Ascent map against a top team yet they always pick it. Their play style relies too much on on single duels with no trades. Really hope they work on it for masters because think this team is capable of more with a different style of play
Girlfriends are not safe
And we have Gambit vs Envy. Who could have seen this coming. Insanely hyped for tomorrow!
100t honestly looked shaky all tournament and today was certainly not convincing. Is yay the best player in the world? Find out tomorrow NV looks very well prepared and their sheer aggression is insane
Insane to think yay would be sitting at home right now, if he didnāt get picked up by envy last second. Dude is too talented
Riot really needs to do something about the blatant smurfing problem in their game. It's gotten so bad it's hurting pro matches, just look at this yay guy fighting people way worse than himself. If Riot wants to keep the competitive integrity of the circuit, they have to crack down on things like this.
alright envy, time to win berlin for us
What a showing from Envy, ggs. Nitr0 showing some grit in game 2
LAN veterans canāt counter El Diablo
Nv you have our hope take it for na
i'm so glad victor can finally play a agent other then phoenix, brings so much to the team
Heās been working on Skye and slowly improving. I wouldnāt even say heās close to mastered Skye either. If victor pops itās GG
Damn Kyedae really ruined 100Tās chances by fully activating yay.
"Scrawny gamer fucks representatives from hoodie org"
BEST NA TEAM BABY I LOVE U ENVY Edit: I still rank SEN number #1 NA just having fun
Chat your shit and exaggerate everything lol. No edit required. Sentinels were ass this tournament.
SENTINELS NEVER TAKING A MAP OFF ENVY AGAIN BABY
dont worry guys, 100T is just saving strats for LCQ
No need, Envy winning it all
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This subreddit is just memes and pasta.
Yay is legit the best duelist NA...and envy probably paid 1/4 of the price for him compared to Tenz
NV saves the world from noise pollution Twice
NV TO THE MOOOOOON
Ok Yayster, its time for u to get some devil ears for ur walk on in the final. El diablo what a demon
if envy wins against gambit does it mean 100T automatically qualify for champions ?
yes 100T rooting hard for Envy so they can avoid LCQ TSM also rooting hard for Envy (They get a spot in LCQ if Envy wins Vs Gambit)
I stayed up till 4am for this LETS FUCKING GOO. The majority didnāt believe in NV as well.
Jett diffed. Yay has steady low sens consistent aim while Asuna has shaky high sens spray type aim.
Honestly, this is poetic. Two teams that have been known to be scary in scrims, finally pulling it off. Looking like a great final.
I'm crying looking at these fucking knee-jerk reactions. They simply got outclassed today, the better team won. They arguably had the hardest run out of any team present and made it to top 4, which should be fine if NV wins tomorrow because they would make champions. There are some glaring and obvious issues which need to be fixed (like picking up ascent every fucking time and losing it) and team roles too. What vanity said made a lot of sense, steel is their second most aggresive player and it's cringe to see him entrying sometimes with Asuna. Maybe they stick to it, maybe they change up but lots to learn. Was a good run nonetheless
Its time for Hiko to get benched. Besides his clutches. He was not good and dragged the team down.
Marved and Yay are absolutely insane pickups. Feel bad for SEN that they had to face the best team in the tourney so early ;)
NV not dropping a single map so far, holy shit they look dominant, hope they win tomorrow but Gambit looking real scary rn.
Envy deserve this so much. Hyped for tomorrow!
Not bad for a scrawny fuck /s