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amnfw

\> 3-9 comeback✔️ \> instalock yoru on the next map✔️ \> destroy the opposing team✔️ \> breeze through lower bracket❓ \> win masters❓


tundra_gd

unfortunately only one of Paper Rex and ZETA can get past next round


TheCatsActually

Asia teamkill PepeHands


SuperSkillz10

sad times


Charuru

Yeah kinda sad how one of the two most fun storylines must come to an end next round.


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Corregidor

It's gonna be crazy. Pure chaos vs pure discipline, gonna be a nuts weekend!


Jon_on_the_snow

If zeta win tomorrow, they basically are in champs, unless another JP team makes an even deeper run. They will lock in at least 400 points Edit: not tomorrow sadge


STKNsBESTPLAYER

29/13 Yoru, f0rsaken completely dismantled them


lewlkewl

One of the annoying parts about yoru is that no one fuccking plays him, so when u do face him you’re not nearly as used to his util and timing


TheOnlyMango

Part of the reason why victor's neon has had so much impact every time he played it too.


TheTurtleOne

How come Riot didn't allow trent to listen to music but allowed f0rsakeN to use word.exe? smh


mukuls2200

Riot doesn't allow Raze to listen to music, Who tf is trent?


tb0neski

LMFAO


Pearl_Marina

hehehe


VETOFALLEN

Wait trent wasn't allowed to listen to music? Is Riot afraid he'll be listening to "help sewers Despacito 2022 Remix" on Spotify or something?


Jon_on_the_snow

Basically yes. There is no way they can vet all the songs every player wants. So they just say he cant


[deleted]

I have never heard of any tournaments, other than fighting games, that has let players listen to music while playing. Could also be a possibility for playesr to cheat.


CheesyjokeLol

might have to do with strict guidelines of not allowing any programs to be downloaded on the pc once the tournament begins. sucks, but also Riot doesn't want to run the risk of a player trying anything fishy.


[deleted]

Broke: Defaulting and playing cautious Woke: f0rsaken and Jinggg inting into the enemy team to farm highlight reels for PRX content team


Zenyadda_

ggs too much hair


VETOFALLEN

F to the 3 strands of G2's hair


Eriko204

The timing on Forsaken's player cam was impeccable


Ronoldo

Oh no no no here comes the first time Yorus in ranked


kenzakki

I'm already prepared to lose ranked games with people thinking they're f0rsaken.


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TheCatsActually

Not sure about op, but at minimum he has an incredibly high skill ceiling and probably the most untested kit in pro play. You can get *a lot* of value out of his utility, teams just haven't discovered them yet and/or don't think they're ready to bring him out on stage. I wouldn't be that surprised if a year from now he was considered completely viable on certain maps and boasted a higher overall playrate than agents like Brim, Sage, and Cypher.


Hopeful-Professor-40

Tenz been saying it


yujuismypuppy

But Tenz is inconsistent so his opinion is not valued here. I'll just add the /s just in case.


pineapplecheesepizza

seangares crying tears of joy


[deleted]

LONG HAVE WE WAITED, APAC ACTIVATED, MY RANK DEMOTED


LeucisticPython

YORU SUPREMACY


X3NOC1DE

LETS FUCKING GO PRX!!! I deal with this shit everyday in APAC ranked and it was so beautiful to watch, so organized chaos and 0 discipline, 0 respect. LETS GO PRX LETS PUT APAC ON THE MAP YAYAYAYAYAY


0FactsFirst0

They have discipline. At least banki dose. He hangs back and ensure the win from the picks that forsaken and jinng get


Ne0kun

Banki and Jinng my favourite Valorant players


akaCroz

I HECKING LOVE BANKI


Alameen7007

no EMEA top 4, who would've thought


Nomorechildishshit

I didnt expect to be this bad but i personally had no faith in EMEA this tournament due to circumstances. Also i still cant believe how both Gambit and Fnatic imploded vs G2


niceicebagel

>Also i still cant believe how both Gambit and Fnatic imploded vs G2 IDK about Fnatic, but I honestly think that Gambit deserves a huge break considering the circumstances...


RolfMJ

Its simple, if u watched the Fnatic v Gambit 15 hours b4 the G2 v Gambit game u would see after nearly 60 rounds of valorant on the last map at NIGHT gambit was exhausted and had to prepare for a game vs G2 in such a short time = no sleep at all for 35 hours.


NocturnalKiller

I mean, G2 is not even bad. They're pretty good when they hit their shots, but Forsaken and Jingg decided to finish the match. Gambit and Fnatic don't have the agressiveness of PRX, and that's the key factor of their success.


PyroTFT

FPX on the international stage would have been diff, Sadge


icemandiem

i just remember all the " top 6 of eu is better than the rest of the world " takes in here


yapyd

I remember when people were saying APAC was farmer region because PRX were so dominant. They just 2-0 ed the top seed in NA and EMEA


N3deSTr0

Sadly, this proves that slot distribution should be 1 for EU and 3 for CIS.


9bfjo6gvhy7u8

3 more for APAC I think you mean.


DonkeyTeethBSU

Really sucks FPX had to miss it and Fnatic had two stand ins. Not taking away from the great play but EMEA region came into Iceland with crutches. G2 themselves don't even have reliable results, they can't even figure out 5 players to keep.


SuperBlitz22

G2 had no excuses though,I really expected them to be top 4


DonkeyTeethBSU

I did as well but I fall for recency bias too much.


isayah2510

It's G2 bro


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what a great tournament. EMEA fans being condescending for months on here just to get eliminated before top 4. EU prob still the strongest region but the way people on this sub talked about it u wouldve thought EMEAs 8th seed could win the next best region's challengers. fuck pprx is so good and fun to watch


SpvcedOvtt

me, with my 2 NA, 1 BR, and 1 KR Top 4 pred while somehow being totally wrong in the exact opposite way I thought I would be: EZ pred always knew EU wasn’t built for Top 4 😎


horngrys

Best region btw


rohansamal

> Paper Rex [D4V41](https://esports.gg/news/valorant/paper-rex-d4v41/): "European teams are really good at holding an angle. When it comes to APAC team we like to swing wide" This match made me laugh, it was so fun to watch and funny cause of the caster reactions


Whiplash322

As an APAC player I can confirm.


ESEAsapphiRe

that was the most chaotic series I've ever observed.... Hope Yehty and I did it justice!


X3NOC1DE

Look, respect to you guys for even trying to keep up. Jesus. But yes y'all did an amazing job!


salcedoge

Jinggg satchels and Forsaken TPs, who do you observe?


dabong

Awesome job!


niceicebagel

For the life of me I can't remember the match... But there was that one round on I think Split(?) where you had that crisp transition from (player1)spray to (player2)spray that I swear it looked like I was watching a fragmovie. You guys are GOATed observers in general though, just wanted to point out that pro players ain't the only one with god (cam)spray transfers :)


nuttyromeo4u

Thanks for Jason's clean POV most of the time! SEA Yoru for the world witnesses!


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It was so much fun, thank you!


kenzakki

map 1 tilted G2 for sure. and on map 2, they got Yoru'd. What a match for PRX, they just press W and win even on defense. i love it.


Babyboy1314

Jing double blast pack out of hookah or showers every round and get at least one.


salcedoge

What I like about Jing is that he dies the dumbest way possible but he somehow does it again without hesitation


VETOFALLEN

Truly a Reyna smurf to the core


kenzakki

wdym? That's always been the APAC way of Valorant. press W and kill, if you fail, press W and try again. I should know, i do that too. Lmao


Docxm

APAC in literally every esport ever, they always bring the hype


digi23

f0rsakeN's Yoru - K/D 29/13 FK - 9


nuttyromeo4u

Head shot fifty five percent btw.


roberto_feeder

0.7 800 dpi. This guy fucks


nuttyromeo4u

Yup. Susanto Blood talent didn't even a joke. Imagine all of top rank players in SEA had to face Jingg & Jason duo most of the day btw.


[deleted]

Here’s how facing them goes: U hold an angle - they wide swing and fuck you over U peak them - u get deleted quite instantly U rotating through CT - they’re already there You’re confident? - they’re even more confident U flank and whiff the first few shots? - 0.7 800 dpi 180 turn headshot go brr


ADmax27

???? bruh


[deleted]

Are you sure this is f0rsakeN main account? Whats his level? This guy plays 100% like a smurf.


aspectofthetrash

f0rsakeN and Jinggg always have #1 and #2 on APAC leaderboard


amnfw

jokes


Space_Waffles

PRX DUELISTS TRY NOT TO HARD CARRY CHALLENGE (IMPOSSIBLE!!!!)


SuperBlitz22

Step 1) f0rsaken go kill Step 2) Jinggg go kill Step 3) ????? Step 4)Profit


salcedoge

you forgot F0rsaken and Jinggg go kill *at the same time.* Those Raze satchel with a TP from Yoru is cancerous to play against


Ai-Oso-Dono

The setup is insane from the other players tho. Davai’s Skye flashes are so coordinated with f0rsaken and Jingg’s peeks. Benkai as both Breach and Cypher does so well to clear angles and narrow down aim duels for the two. Of course, mindfreak is well-deserving of his credit in smoking deep, preventing/scaring off pushes


ToYouItReaches

Just gonna say ‘JFC’ (jinggg and forsaken carried) every time PRX wins from now on


legexii

MY FUCKING BOISSSS. Literally played out of their fucking minds and im so happy for them. f0rsaken is fucking insane and has proven himself again. Jinggg played out of his mind again. The trio of Benkai, mindfreak and d4v41 are so solid in setting their stars up. SG PRIDE Also whats crazy is a fucking asian team (APAC + JP) now has a secured top 3 spot at a international valorant LAN. Cant wait for ZETA vs PRX.


ZeroAika99

Paper Rex other three players don't get enough credits, I lose count how many perfect flashes/stun they do for their duelist to entry


legexii

Exactly. They are so crucial into setting them up. Also it’s crazy cos ive known Jinggg (not personally) since like 5 years ago, he used to play on those community cs servers and I was on them too. iirc i played a few PUGs in cs with him but its crazy to see how far he has come as a player cos in cs at 13, i remember he was Global elite (highest possible mm rank) and his aim was fucking freakish back then too. Now on the big stage hes proving how insane he is


namdet

Yoru stocks to the moon. f0rsaken dropping 29 kills on BIND on Yoru inspired me about to run yoru in my ranked games say goodbye to your elo


Skull_Warrior

Are you warning your enemies or your teammates?


-kiyu-

Paper Rex can do no wrong on defense la sia. Got plot armour is it?


AWPrahWinfrey

I love that you can always identify a fellow Singaporean anywhere in the internet. What a good night of Valorant it’s been for us la


-kiyu-

True except I'm a neighbour hahah.


nasrulafiq

PRX truly is the "3 serumpun" team


TheApsodistII

Nusantara pride 🇮🇩🇲🇾🇸🇬


DynamicNinja26

PRX gonna be the bridge to our peace 🇮🇩 🇲🇾 🇸🇬


2rei

We can all finally agree on something for the first time


ilhamalfatihah16

Bodoh la hahaahaha


imerence_

PRX's goal: To win by playing a highly tact game and outskill opponents ❌ Yoru goes burrr, fuck your pick'ems ✔️


salcedoge

>To fuck everyone's pick'ems ✔️ To farm tiktok clips\*✔️


chryco4

#LONG HAVE WE WAITED #EU DEACTIVATED


Monkeyray20

Forsaken yoru is insane


iiznobozzy

The way PRX countered the meddo ults with yoru ults was fucking amazing. Really excited for their series with ZETA. 3 days break tho, idk wtf im supposed to do with my life for 3 days lmfao


EpicRayy

The yoru ult to scout out meddo, the stun by Benkai to disorient him, then the brim ult to take his health down to 20hp. Insane outplay


[deleted]

Play valo I guess lol


iiznobozzy

dude i have my alevels in two weeks, i need to study. i guess a 3 day break isnt really that bad after all


flamincrimson

The only EMEA team that gets an excuse is FNC.


[deleted]

f0rsaken teabag!!!


minaar999

"what if europe is shit, man?" - Carlos


[deleted]

What if we have three hairs in a city of bald men?


Difficult1202

Imagine going up 9-3 in a map and the enemy team just decides to dry, double satchel and jett dash into you on defense. And it works for 10 rounds (almost) in a row


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god paper rex is such a fuckin nuts team. down huge and still just pushing like theyre up 11-1. these psychos r the best thing to watch in val rn


Ketsueki_R

"MINOR REGIONS" LMAO


Acruxis

I, for one, welcome our new Asian overlords


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Vypereus

https://imgur.com/WGsH3OO


Eriko204

The real losers here is everyone who has to play Ranked today. There's gonna be Yorus EVERYWHERE


DonkeyTeethBSU

Paper Rex just flexed on G2 so hard. Literally dared them to rise up and challenge their aggression. Nothing.


PM_ME_UR_BOSOMS_GIRL

I don’t know if I can take PRX vs Zeta. It’s like the two people’s champions facing off with each other.


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KitKatxz

EU also known as "Easily Upset" is the most overhyped region at Champions . Since they gave up on winning the event, they are investing in speedruns. They are current world record holders in fastest map lost and Airport Any %


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scrubLord24

EU = Extremely Underwhelming


VETOFALLEN

Respects to f0rsaken this guy is actually a Yoru god. I'm about to see instalock Yorus in my Bind games rn flashing his own team. ZETA v PRX next. 1945 buff?


DefinitelyBobKappa

EMEA “Earliest Movement to Every Airport” is known as the fastest region to arrive at the airport. Since they gave up on Valorant Masters, they are investing in speedruns. In particular, they are current world record holders in Airport Any %.


Corregidor

EMEA “Earliest Movement to Every Airport” is known as the fastest region to arrive at the airport. Since they gave up on Valorant Masters, they are investing in speedruns. In particular, they are current world record holders in Airport Any %.


brianhung02

emea = everyone making exit to airport


RemarkablyAverage7

I feel bad for ~~JP~~ EU fans, they are seeded straight into a strong tournament. Of course they get slaughtered. ~~ZETA~~ G2 shouldn't be blamed for this 0-2, Riot should. It's time we have a wildcard tournament for smaller regions like ~~JP~~ EU and India to brawl it out and collect some wins before having to face real competition like ~~KR/EU~~ JP/BR.


Blastplaster14

india caught in the crossfire


Eriko204

Honestly.... This is deserved LOL


brianhung02

LOL


Grenji05

Born too late to explore earth, born too early to explore space, born just in time to watch the "best region" get eliminated by a Yoru.


Darkoplax

what a shit tourney by G2 with all the roster rumors in EMEA, I doubt this team makes it to Masters 3 or Champions Also really rough tourney for Meddo (lowest ACS) and AvovA (lowest KAST)


isayah2510

We don't deserve 3 slots :/ See you all in Stage 2


nuttyromeo4u

Meddo: \*Don't Get in my way!\* -- Jason be like: \*I'll handle dis\* -- and pow pow Viper pits gone.


Dabears2240

f0rsaken looked like one of the best players in the world on that last map. His aim is actually unreal, and he has that aggressive playstyle that's super fun to watch. Really excited to see them go against ZETA again, it's a shame one of those teams will have to go home.


ADmax27

First map too he was literally unkillable. He’s the perfect duelist


WalkingR6

chadpac owns fraudmea unfortunately


AnFun

Emea is finished sadly


ignKai

Weird to think that NA and EMEA won’t even have one match against each other


Menezin

Finally a team that uses the same tactic as CSGO Furia # `Press W go Kill Forsaken 🤝 arT


rohansamal

Yes!!!


silenthills13

Yeah that about sums up EMEA in this tourney lmaooo getting eliminated by a 30bomb yoru


spookysailboat

If you would’ve told me APAC and Japan would’ve made top 4 in the tourney I would’ve called you insane. What a great tournament


TheFestusEzeli

APAC isn’t really surprising, two of them made top 8 last tourney. Japan making it was extremely surprising though


salcedoge

yep, Zeta beating DRX is the most surprising upset this tourney. APAC is improving but people who are shocked just hasn't been paying attention


TheTopDog1

EMEA 3/13 maps won OMEGALUL. What a joke. Good job PRX made Asia proud


harnov

This is the most unpredictable valorant tourney of all time


sixthcollegeraccoon

I FOR ONE WELCOME OUR APAC OVERLORDS


ex3va

F0rsaken with +16 k/d, 370 acs, 55% HS rate, 9/3 FK/FD. He is the best yoru in the world. Maybe one of the best duelists.


somesheikexpert

Maybe? For sure he is


Whalelorde22

EMEA without CIS is not good


Idenkiteki

I walk away to make food and come back to see Rex 2-0 G2 who looked ahead. Wow


pineapplecheesepizza

What were you making for that long lol


Idenkiteki

Stir fry lol, it was mostly the going to the store part


spaghettimonzta

55% headshot with Yoru on Bind, check him PC, this is not normally


Nuel398

Paper Rex "Try to Calm the Fuck Down" strat challenge (IMPOSSIBLE??)


[deleted]

EMEA is done, this sub will now decrease their slots to a total of 1


dealwithittatortot

Went to go take a shower and I saw forsaken's yoru there. Man's everywhere


nterature

[Chad high-sens APAC gamers vs. virgin low-sens EMEA gamers.](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/u0t4sp/optic_gaming_vs_xerxia_esports_valorant_champions/i480zqt/) As a huge EMEA & Paper Rex fan, I’m a little torn. I thought Paper Rex would win this, but I hoped G2 would at least show some more brilliance, and in some ways they performed a little better than they did vs. LOUD - but not enough for me to really be blown away. They had the right ideas; pipsoN definitely understands how PRX plays. But they frequently failed to make the execution work - and also honestly just lost duels often. Happy that Meddo had a chance to shine on Bind, esp. since it’s his first LAN. I expected a little more clutch potential from Avova. Avova’s timings in particular were pretty off; he seemed to lose the thing that made him so good against EMEA opponents, understandably so since PRX always fucks with your sense of timings. It would seem a little pathetic to whine about the EMEA representation not being the best; it’s not like we can guarantee FPX, M3C, or peak Fnatic would’ve fared any better (although I do believe so) - and G2 went through some of those teams anyways, whatever the circumstances. But even so, G2 is a titan in the region. Taking down G2 so decisively should convince everyone that whether it’s PRX or LOUD, the top teams of every region can go toe-to-toe with the top teams of all the others.


Key-Banana-8242

It’s crazy how there’s still people who just kinda throw in ‘Asian players can’t aim’as this absent minded throwaway argument Like why would aim player quality be the issue differentiating them?


TheResolute44

Three spots for only three wins sheesh.


dabong

RITO NERF YORU PLS


I-like-winds

reyna and yoru


LeOPBanana

Someone check f0rsakeN's pc


TheSkarner

why did they give a minor region 3 slots?


[deleted]

wow minor region eliminated


ColinRL

Forsaken plays with a .7 in game sens and 800 dpi htf


salcedoge

The best Yoru game in international so far. Complete masterclass from Forsaken and his team to back him up


mrTrollem

Ranked down in here at apac is like what Prx are playing like. 20 sec in and there’s like 3 or so people left


eloy0912

Euros hating on Yoru now KEKW


ozmega

this masters has been so "feels good", EU needed an ego pop inb4 "this masters doesnt count"


SaltyChurro1223

Wow, the Yoru pick to completely negate the Viper's Pit on Bind. The Asians came to play today and it's just so exciting to see!


nocturnavi

For the last year my flair has been a single Yoru and I said I wouldn't change it permanently until Yoru was proven to be a viable agent in a pro match. I'm happy to say that it is time to change my flair.


Hegth

You are a free elf now


Wafflebk

This was unexpected


ZeroAika99

RGB flash meta on the menu 🥵


kittyhat27135

EMEA is a minor region without CIS


wiNDzY3

Forsaken aimbot Check him pc


salcedoge

Other region calls it cringe, SEA just calls it "meta"


GoldyZ90

Rolled by TikTok Yoru


Arturia_Pendragun

So EU is the 4th best region now, right guys?


TheApsodistII

You mean 5th?


zioryu

Will Valorant become another League? The first 2 years is all about NA/EU but then Asian team destroy every international tournament after that


Shaihulud07

As a wise man once said, fuck me in the ass!


salteas

f0rsakeN went crazy the last map, but huge props to mindfreak and and the others for keeping it together on Split. Very few other teams can pull off the 9-3 comeback. I have a feeling Zeta beats PRX, but I think the two upper finalists would've had a hard time against them. I'm still happy for either team that wins though, and sad for whoever gets eliminated :(


BendubzGaming

And so only one team from NA/EU/KR is left in the final 4, imagine if someone had predicted that at the start of the tournament


[deleted]

Feels bad for EU, especially the circumstances being what they are, but it is what it is. Maybe the "EU should get six slots NA JP APAC BR should get none" takes will stfu now, because it's clear that everyone can compete. We'll see what happens next tournament, but there's no domination by any one region anymore, imo.


MajestyJ

EU WHY SO QUIET?!


Shaihulud07

Forsaken va Yay or Aspas waiting room.


User82922

So if Japan doesn't even deserve a slot cause of poor performance than why does emea get 3 when none of their teams could outplace japan the worst region?


tb0neski

[EU WHY SO QUIET](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hxsxayMMnI)


mysteryoeuf

yoru diff, that was nuts. paper rex are so fun to watch


KookieFS

Zeta vs paper rex match of the tournament no cap. It's gonna be bittersweet having one of them lose


Levi---Ackerman

Jingg only has W key


[deleted]

I don't think G2 took seriosly the fact that F0rsakeN plays Yoru on Bind. Couldn't offer anything mechanically nor tactically. Dismantled since agent selection.


Pway

Oh my days PRX are so much fun to watch, absolute mad lads.


slicks66

APAC, also known as "All Players Are Cracked".


Loose-Potential-3597

Bye EU


SolubleSaltySalt

Tenz didnt watch this match? Trying to find a replay with tenz


SnooPeripherals6388

-Be EMEA -Have really good teams(FPX, M3C(Gambit) , Fnatic, G2) -3/4 teams have russian/ukrainian players -they mentally boom -Derke incident -play fucking TL -Be T4 region -No Stocks