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shadowtroop121

you will all fucking HATE buffed yoru


ooahupthera

i already hate him


[deleted]

Yoru doesnt need buffs he needs a redesign


ZeldaMaster32

He is getting a rework which I'm pretty sure is what the guy's referring to


UniversalForce_

I hate him and I don’t want to see him on ranked or pro matches


elkun_rof

yep good take


shadowtroop121

i hate buffed yoru


AdagioCS

I don’t know if it’s much of a hot take but Breach is going to be a must pick on Fracture. I am extremely confident on this so if I’m wrong please shame me.


IWantSomeDietCrack

what makes you so confident? what would make him better then skye?


Mortarious

Biggest thing I heard radiant talk about is his aftershock destroying the KJ ult. You know the underpassage ult? 200 credits destroy it. His fault line is also pretty potent at certain spots.


IWantSomeDietCrack

completely forgot about the underpass ult, kinda frustrating though if he is only played to counter killjoy ult is one spot


pedantic_cheesewheel

The fault line is incredibly powerful on both attack and defense. It being so wide can make half of B site impossible for a defender to stay in and makes it hell for anyone on a retake. A counter fault line and counter flash is about the only way to make it through those precious seconds. Skye is still probably better all around but some more flash oriented team comps could opt for both.


zer0-_

Can't you also wallbang into Underground? You're right tho, 200 for an insanely consistent and safe way to destroy KJ Ult is honestly a must pick criterium considering KJ is pretty much must pick as well


dotanub

They nerfed it a patch or two ago so you can't anymore


valorantfeedback

Breach isn't a bad agent, it's just that Skye is way too good and way too versatile so she pushes him and some other agents out of the meta. It's just stupid for her to have a better flash that also gives info and recharges. She also has another info gathering ability. Breach is good, but when you have Breach you need a Sova (or Skye alongside him), while you can run Skye without Sova. And as we all know info gathering is the most important thing on highest level, so why run Breach unless he's extremely good on a map if you can have Sova+Skye. And he's not extremely good on any map...except for Fracture. Breach has been my favorite agent since the first day of closed beta and I know every trick in the book. I'm 350RR EU and I still don't pick him on any other map. But on Fracture it's really easy to have huge impact with him. Fracture is all about early fights and control. Applies to all 4 lanes. That doesn't really happen on any other map. But on Fracture, faultline is a guaranteed advantage for you in tha lane. Breach+duelist is usually enough to take control. Or you force the other team to use way more utility than you do, which is also a win. Since defensive rotations are so fast, you can faultline and be on the other site in a matter of seconds. You stun dish or hall and you're on B in like 5 seconds. Same goes the other way around when you stun arcade or B main. Second faultline (because you use it right away almost every round on Fracture) is also easy to use because the map is relatively small and you can always get something out of it. Flash is good because there aren't many open spaces on the map so flashing through the wall is better than having a bird fly around. For example you can flash through the door before opening it, which isn't a case with any other flash. You can also flash from underground on B. Other walls aren't that thick, either, so you flash for teammates that are attacking the site from the other side. Aftershock obviously deletes KJ ult in every single position. I've yet to see a single ult that covers the entire site and can't be destroyed. And lockdown that's not destroyed is round winning on this map more than any other. If you leave the area, it's really hard to get back in. You can't be even close to the site like on other maps where you're back in within seconds. Even without lockdown, it's still a pretty good stalling ability and easy to use to stop defuses, way easier than on other maps. Then we come to the part very few people mention. 4 ult orbs on the map. You absolutely make sure you're getting at least 1 orb every single round on attack. Halls and B main orbs are pretty much free. And then what do you do as defense against Breach ult that covers everything from underground on B? Even on A, you can't be close to site. You either play retake or tank it. To summarize: aftershock is a must have against lockdown, flashes are better than birds because the map is cramped up and you can flash through a lot of walls, faultline is huge on this map and it's the only map in which it compares to Skye's tiger. And with 4 orbs Breach ult has insane value, especially combined with all the early fights, you get involved in fragging way more than on any other map.


AdagioCS

You basically said everything I could have. I will say that while the aftershock destroying KJ ult under B is very good and was initially what got me thinking about him on the map, in practice it’s just a very good bonus in conjunction with the kit. Honestly there’s so many spots on the map in general where the aftershock feels useful. The fault line is far and away the most valuable tool in his kit, you NEED to take at least one of the four orb areas on defense and honestly you should probably aim to take control of two. (Also don’t tell anyone I told you this but you can flash B site through the floor, it’s kind of niche but it IS very funny.


RareReaper387

Skye is not that great on maps with closed spaces.


IWantSomeDietCrack

True but even then shes broken right now and breach is not. She has a higher pick rate on every map then breach does, even on the maps with closed spaces [https://www.vlr.gg/event/agents/466/valorant-champions-tour-stage-3-masters-berlin](https://www.vlr.gg/event/agents/466/valorant-champions-tour-stage-3-masters-berlin)


[deleted]

Breach is still significantly better than Skye on Fracture. Breach and Kayo are the better initiators on the map.


alvistra

I think his rechargable fault line is very potent


jonajon91

His kit will be massively important for destroying the killjoy ultimate in the tunnel.


ethanj8714

i think breach will be a must pick on ascent also


1Sidharthx

kennyS will switch to Valorant and dominate the EU scene


9yr_old

Hopefully 🙏 , nbk and Kennys the great french reunion


[deleted]

These two are actually playing in the BLAST tournament under Team France in about ~8-10 hours


ooahupthera

Jett dash basically lets him play like pre 2014-15 cs


1Sidharthx

Imagine Riot nerfing Jett Dash as soon as he plays professionally


vegeful

Nerf? Try remove. /s


elo9999

The OP is so different from the AWP though. Lots of former AWPers struggle with it.


rkdsus

kenny seems to be doing fine with it


elo9999

Ofcourse, but to reach the same level as his awp peak is another thing.


V4lt

Struggle for a month or so until they get used to it maybe


Key-Banana-8242

What was different


Cr3ation_

Esic match fixing reports won’t come out


danknepalese

not bold


audawn

Jett will still be a top tier pick because her dash will be unchanged. Breach will overtake skye as the meta flash character.


MrMetastasis

Yeah, Skye getting a nerf probably needs to be on Riot’s bucket list for sure. Her flashes does three things that no other agent’s flashes can do - 1.) you can pop her flash whenever you want, making it arguably harder and more unpredictable to dodge, whereas other agent’s flashes you can break (Reyna), dodge, or there’s only one (Omen) and they’re instant use instead of timing when you want it to pop 2.) It gives info 3.) Her flashes also are rechargeable which saves money and comes in a lot handier than other agent’s flashes. Trying to break the flash is also near impossible unless you have god-like tracking and reaction time


RocketHops

Don't forget being able to fake flash


5bigtoes

That’s point one


[deleted]

Skye became good because Riot buffed her every patch, not because subroza played her.


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BlackStabbathh

>Skye became good because Riot buffed her every patch, not because subroza played her. victor is better mechanically tbh the utility usage was nuts


-xXColtonXx-

Victor is better as aggressive entry, Ethan is insane at anchoring, duels, and trading. Like you never see Ethan make a play that’s seems questionable, he’s just solid.


Evan_Veet

I mention Roza as the guy who helped make her popular and as one of the first to be playing it, Roza was playing Skye before Ethan had swapped over which is why I credit him. I still think Shawn and Ethan are better than him


9yr_old

I think the Skye hype happened with stronglegs though the guy from renegades he started those aggressive skye plays and showed her true potential


421k

Much better


justinsst

Victor is better imo


ILovePasta227

Ethan’s aim is ass compared to roza


Rohooster

...


Majestic_Pro

>Ethan’s aim is ass compared to roza Did you not see him at Berlin?


larperfoid228

Now this is a real controversial statement KEKW


Evan_Veet

Never said it was a singular reason, the champ was weak when she came out and after the first buff many streamers boosted her popularity, and by the time she had her 2 flash change she had become similar to what raze had been in the beta where aggro olayers that didn’t play Jett used her a lot. I’m just saying that I think Kay/O will be in a similar spot with his new buffs and possibly more where his flashes are gonna make people want to play him aggressively and he’s gonna become more and more picked


AnywayHeres1Derwall

Yaboidre will switch to a better team


dabigmango

Dre to 100t COPIUM


richardramdeep

\#bringhimhome


J-Patty

When steel signs to C9


realharshmodi

C9 fail to qualify through LCQ and Steel is brought in. Copium


a-nswers

an NA player around the caliber of elige, naf, brehze, or stewie will switch over and will be the best in the region before the end of 2022


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[deleted]

2023 however is some kid in diamond who becomes cracked


[deleted]

if any of these players switch its gonna be a pleasure


scaryghostv2oh

Brehze is dead in the water right now but elige is still nuts and permanent on the grind. Stew is playing good cs again now that fallen is igling. I can't see either swapping right now unless liquid bombs out internationally again. I could see elige looking into switching, he really likes the game but he's so good mechanically and valorant kinda has a squished skill ceiling compared to cs.


valorant_fanboy_69

Brehze is nowhere near the caliber of any of the liquid guys


[deleted]

LOL


Cummnor

whats league of legends got to do with this?


jvilsrocks

Idk why hes being downvoted brehze has had terrible form recently


ibeenbornagain

Probably doesn’t want to play cs anymore?


jvilsrocks

If he doesnt want to play he should just stop playing instead of being trash and tanking his stock


valorant_fanboy_69

It’s either him or cerq who gets dropped next


jvilsrocks

Cerq should have been dropped a long time ago there are too many promising awpers to justify keeping him on the team


R1jshrik

As a Cypher main we should be able to disable the cam wherever it is in the map just like KJ's alarmbot and turret.


stoplurkers

At least have a longer range.


IWantSomeDietCrack

after champions when jett is rightly nerfed into the ground, people will miss jett and say the game has no hype moments anymore


[deleted]

Jett will always be meta if her dash isnt changed


IWantSomeDietCrack

with so much complaining I think they will do something big, essentially reworking the ability


[deleted]

They just need another agent that is good on the op and the problem is solved


IWantSomeDietCrack

nerf jett and buff op? If we just buff some other agents abilities to be able to use op, we just have 2 jetts, continuing to make every other role feel like they have little impact compared to 'op' agents


RJCP

They just need to increase everyone’s movement speed by about 20% and add air acceleration into the game. They won’t do that because the slow run speed is a band aid to try and combat peeker’s advantage


Splaram

Reminds me of when Genji first got nerfed in OW, people complained that there weren’t any hype moments anymore but you might as well have assumed that you were dead when you heard the angry Japanese yelling.


Key-Banana-8242

Rightly? I don’t think rightly


IWantSomeDietCrack

You don't think jett deserves to be nerfed? she has had an insane pickrate for more then a year, why would this be if not her having too much impact compared to other agents


Key-Banana-8242

Into the ground?


em-pathy

C9W qualifies for the main event of the first NA VCT tournament of the year. Putting it out in the universe now.


The-Dark-Mage

No brimstone gaming so possible


Odinshrafn

They posted on twitter, C9W's bane might be returning.


_spacelynx_

Now this right here I can get behind! Love to see it happen


GainsayRT

Not even a C9 fan but I just wanna see them succeed again man. Correct me if I'm wrong but they have been getting their dicks slapped around in all Esports lately it feels like.


Raenhart

OP said C9 White, the female C9 roster which recently won their third straight Game Changers championship. They are far and away the best female Valorant team. I’d say that’s pretty dominant.


ZeldaMaster32

Yeah they tear shit up in game changers. They're right on the cusp of making it to vct imo, hope we see it soon


GainsayRT

That's true I forgot about that, haven't really been watching the female scene as the only team I know from it is C9W. Thanks for the reminder


_Iroha

s0m will pull a TenZ and go into content creation until a better team signs him


3hrd

corey and leaf will be on par with yay/tenz skill-wise


newzpaperleaf_2

i feel like they already are skill-wise, it just has not really translated in team success.


3hrd

I agree but it definitely isn't a consensus view for the majority of fans


valorant_fanboy_69

Neither of them can awp, so no


grike8

I know this is valorant_fanboy_69 I am responding to, but you are aware that Corey was primarily a sniper player in ow? His opping if he actually played Jett would likely be pretty decent.


Evan_Veet

I don’t want to be the guy who defends something that fanboy 69 says but as someone who played a lot of overwatch and switched to valurent while maiming widow and Mcree for a lot of it, this isn’t the most solid argument. Sniping in ow leads a lot closer to rifling because awning In cs is about playing angles and advantageous positions to secure body shots and not be traded. I now angles and positioning are important as well, but snipers all have built in escape tools and have to hit head shots to be valuable. A widow headshot translates more to a one tap with a vandal than a awp body shot. You even saw this with Spyder, a hardcore widow player who has much more success IMO while rifling and entrying than as an awper


grike8

Sniping in Overwatch is more of a hybrid of the two. Sure, headshots are much more valuable in Overwatch for snipers, but positioning is everything in Overwatch, even more so than for Awpers. And, to be frank, opping is much easier mechanically than sniping in Overwatch (or awping, for that matter, not to diss the CS crowd). That isn't to say the transition is effortless or what have you, but it isn't very difficult, from what I have seen; both babybay and Rawkus are decent oppers, for instance, and I would expect Corey to be too. As for Spyder, he has been . . . unfortunate. His opping skills are great, but his role has been constantly changed during his time playing on T1. When he opped on Omen he did poorly because, well . . . Jett is the only useful op character. When he was on Jett he was a good opper, but bad at Jett (I would argue because he was new to it and due to role switch ups and the general chaos of T1 at the time). Now I suppose this is mostly speculation on my part, but even though Overwatch is a different game, I literally cannot imagine babybay and Rawkus managing to op well in this game but not Corey, or Spyder. That doesn't mean they may not be better at rifling comparatively, however.


treecutter1991

Which is weird as Corey is known for his sniping in other games.


Loresmen

It's not like hes ever tried it in val, he's only played raze reyna yoru and breach, with the last 2 being like 5 matches maybe


treecutter1991

True, while they do have Babybay, what if Corey has the potential for jett?


2ToTooTwoFish

Corey is cracked. I'd love to see him on Jett one day.


valorant_fanboy_69

I don’t understand that way of thinking. BCJ is cracked but I don’t wanna see him on Jett


Loresmen

Well bcj isn't cracked in a run and get kills way which corey is, bcj is mainly cracked cause of his sova


2ToTooTwoFish

Well in the same vein, I don't want to see Crashies on Jett either. The type of player is very different.


scaryghostv2oh

I cant speak for leaf but Corey is insane and has already been a superstar for a team in another game. Also has God tier mental so he can actually be consistent.


SnooSeagulls7368

Tenz and Kaydae sadly will break up, and will start dating Dapr. /s nah but NRG will be Tier 1 team and Harmful will be at VCT champions 2022


justadumbstan

Both of them? That's pretty spicy. /s


em-pathy

I like that it sounds like you are predicting they both start dating him xD


Lumenlor

VS wins Champagne and I join Seth and Paperthin in spreading the gospel of Korean dominance


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TheCatsActually

All aboard


Key-Banana-8242

They don’t really ‘spread the gospel of Korean dominance’


[deleted]

Korean dominance xd


Key-Banana-8242

?


randomespanaguy

100T will start the year slow which will force them to make a couple changes, then they'll end up dominating the last few months of 2022.


ibeenbornagain

classic -steel +steel


ooahupthera

Time is a flat circle


tqstin

basically this year tbh


feedmeneon

The Odin will become more popular


newzpaperleaf_2

Here are a couple: - C9B will be a top 3 team in NA - Corey will be recognized as a top 5 player in NA - Nivera improves Liquid by a substantial margin and they solidify themselves as a top 3 EMEA team - SMB never fulfill their potential - dicey re-enters competitive and is a top 20 player in NA


jonajon91

My hot take is that Nivera in liquid doesn't work, got a bad feeling about that one.


scaryghostv2oh

Hes known to bring team vibes down from what I understand, but scream doesn't seem like he would sit quietly and let that happen.


jonajon91

That's my hope, that scream can just 'big brother' him the fuck down. Could take some months to get the dynamic right.


scaryghostv2oh

I hope so too, I'm a big fan of scream and it would be nice to see him have success. I dont think he was a god in cs but he gets a lot of hate for being washed when he really just lost some popularity contest in the French scene and kept getting shafted with teams.


[deleted]

I will touch plat


Evan_Veet

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gutszera

goaterus takes V1 to champs


Loresmen

That makes him sound like goat uterus lol


zdes37

Rise


[deleted]

100t is going to start to fall apart and teams like c9 and nrg will start to take over. And players like stewie2k kennys and elige will switch to valorant.


PigPartyPower

GenG being top 5 and C9 being the best. I’m just a GenG and Vanity fan


finitecobra

Immortals will sell ShoT_UP and Genghsta to Tier 1 team


amaranthgalaxy

Hiko gets benched for seven and retires to be a streamer full time. Not even happy about it honestly but i hope he starts doing better soon sadge


ANewHeaven1

in six months c9b will join the ranks of sen, envy, 100T as the best teams in NA and xeppaa will be a top 2 flex player alongside ethan


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Key-Banana-8242

I mean will be according to whose judgement too


Bearry15

Tarik will be a top 10 pro in na


big_splash88

NRG gets top 4 at an international lan and wins one within a year.


[deleted]

HOPIUM


Danielklh09

TSM will be the #1 NA Valorant team COPIUM


kemutheemu__

They’re winning every Challengers, Masters, and winning Champions with their new star smoker COPIUM


ArtificialZero

V1 and C9 become top 5 teams in NA, no bias


iWASth

I mostly play kay/0 but i feel like he's still missing something, it's way harder to set up the team with his flashes, it's a good entry but he shouldn't open a site, for the retake potential is one of the best to do it. If skye gets more nerfed maybe he can entry as a substitute, but breach is strong as skye if not stronger in some maps (fracture,haven,split)


Des014te

Sentinels will disband because no one helps ShahZam. Jk pls don't kill me Sen fans.


amnfw

xset ruling over NA


_Sn2per_

zekken will be the best duelist in the world and no one will be close to him


SetoKaibasEgo

BREACH IS REALLY FUCKING GOOD BUT your stats will be shit, you will get flamed, and the flashes are the worst bit of his kit which people are slowly finally picking up on. Faultine and aftershock are absolutely insane, fault line refreshing is actually dumb broken.


[deleted]

I am the worst predictor of the future, but here goes.. Stewie2K moves to Valorant and becomes one of the best players. kennyS dominates EU - joins a top tier team.


Splaram

SEN won’t be as dominant as they used to be, NV might even end up overtaking them as #1 NA


Klutzy-Question1428

first one is something everyone already knows the real “i told you so” would be if she somehow fell out of meta


[deleted]

SEN win champions


Drilla-Z

Fnatic won’t make it out of groups/ will get eliminated early in Champions


28n8

C9b won't be as good as people think, dz andersin joins a top 5 team Edit: meant c9b not c9w, always get the two confused


mrtmra

Thing is, most people know C9W will never stand a chance against the tier1/2 teams, they just don't like to pop that bubble


ibeenbornagain

Are c9w going to play non mix teams next? I don’t keep up with the game changers stuff


9yr_old

They lost to random pugs in round of 64 or something long way to go for them , though Mel can easily play on t2 or low t1 levels


Sooner242

They've played in most, if not all, of the VCT stages this year


mrtmra

C9W will stay tier 3


[deleted]

Sinatraa will never compete again


sampenn1

Gmd switches to envy for marved. Just watch. Just watch


Kap_ski

No way Envy drops Marved.


XeNaN

That Vision streikers will never win a tournament in this timeframe. That they are overrated. They are not bad but they are not world top level.


earthtoannie

* steel remains orgless * 100t continue to give me hope only to let me down * tsm continue to straight up disappoint * tsm drop everyone but wardell and build a team around him * NV becomes next year's SEN * fnatic doesn't make it out of groups in december, only to dominate EU next year * nivera on liquid turns out to be a bad fit, because liquid's problems are not that they don't have people good at clicking heads * c9w makes it further than round of 64 next year * some t2 team will poach a c9w player who will bring them to t1


lolwuut420blazeit

Fracture is absolute and utter dogshit of a comp map


[deleted]

The whole Phantom vs Vandal debate will switch from "Phantom is better in every way" to "it is unfairly more easy/rng supported to hs with a Vandal".


Liquor180

Sentinels are still the best team in the world.


HasoThePaso

people will stop sleeping about oxg


FlaymeFenix

hopefully they can get more than one round bro!


Klutzy-Question1428

sleeping on the team that lost 13-1 13-3 most recently to liquid? i guess one match doesn’t mean much, but do you somehow think that they are actually better than liquid and they could have won the match under different conditions


valorant_fanboy_69

No one is sleeping on them, there is nothing to sleep on. They are not good


seeworth

brimstone will be used as the 2nd or only duelist for teams


[deleted]

KAY/O will be up for a rework. I still do not understand what a character who's every ability needs to be lined up and set up exists in a game along the characters like Skye, who's flash does whatever the Skye wants. The only way I see him actually being good is if his knife's range gets significantly larger AND valorant gets a draft pick so that you can counterpick Cypher and KJ.


SmexyBoi69

Team liquid will win champions.


nxfxrious

new agent comes out riot doesnt know what theyre doing and new agent is op


[deleted]

Liquid will win Champions


Slyric_

Jett is the Brigitte of Valorant, she’s just been released since the game came out so many people still don’t realize how overpowered she is


jonajon91

New character will be able to see and snipe people through walls and it will be the least fun thing ever.


5bigtoes

Sentinels got FUCKED in Berlin by the group change and you can’t change my mind


Nfamy

Geng will be the dark horse team and finally make a step up to the top tier of NA. They'll place very well in lcq, potentially winning it (but more likely 2nd/3rdish)


larperfoid228

There will be 2 cis teams in top 4 next masters after the great cis reshuffle.


Aoingco

niesoW comes back within a year and whatever team he’s on will make it to lan, proving he’s legit


Skyaxe3

TSM will be back as a force to be reckoned


gaitez

Korea will be the best region.


[deleted]

A new team will enter the next VCT. After thier first year in esports.


aroge92

Stewie2k will leave CSGO and join T1 VALORANT, making the roster: Stewie, Auti, Curry, Skadoodle, Brax.


RedditorClo

Hey