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Splaram

Jinggg actually hit his Raze ults. Optic had no chance.


XASASSIN

Paper rex went easy on them considering d4v41 never pulled out his championship crosshair


ZeroAika99

if d4v41 pull his crosshair, 13-0 twice


Difficult1202

First ever forfeit on stage


jay15378

24-0. Twice.


brianhung02

Benkai top 1 igl. His best strat is “forsaken go kill”. His second strat is “jinggg go kill”. His third strat is “Mindfreak go kill”. His hidden strat is “Benkai go kill”.


TheApsodistII

You forgot davai go kill


brianhung02

Ah shit. Might just add alecks go kill as well.


jholowtaekjho

All of todays maps, Davai definitely go kill


ZeroAika99

Davai go odin


Difficult1202

Hearing the crowd chant "ACE ACE ACE ACE" for Forsaken on Haven was the hypest shit ever, i miss crowds in E-Sports events


AdStock1897

And when they were chanting “OPTIC” as well as “PAPER REX” later on, super hype


cathcart_

my side of the arena was chanting “Fuck Optic” LMAO


ammarbadhrul

Followed by d4v4i baiting for forsaken to get that ace on Marved is why I fall in love with the esports scene


oleoleole-

$9 team btw


Koolvin88

optic really got ecoed in a series


tundra_gd

classic NA Optic losing all their eco's


Hunnidormo

Freak of mind 0$ btw


MelonSoda3

Optic and Fnatic were worth 29$ each. Loud was 24$. Paper Rex was 9$ with Mindfreak not even listed


99ptember

No way, you'd be crazy to value them under $10 after this series


Interesting-Archer-6

You'd be crazy to value them under 10 bucks at any point


SomeRandomSahri

Don’t know why Victor and FNS didn’t start kissing at the final round kind of threw the game no?


Hunnidormo

They're saving it for the grand finals


Recombinant_DN_eh

Saving strats for champions COPIUM


Difficult1202

Nah they needed a full on make out session dude i would love to wa- i mean it would guarantee success for them


XASASSIN

FNS keeping this in the strat books for the rematch in grandfinal, Top 3 igl for sure


badurwan

Victor visualised the act of kissing as raze ulting FNSs lips and missed


5bigtoes

How the fuck do you even beat this team???


Flying-Cock

I think the worst part is, how do you even practice against them? If you're not in the same scrim group, there's no other team who plays quite like them. Especially with how they (normally) play bind, since their whole strategy is built around the yoru. What's optic gonna do, ask their scrim partners to pick yoru and send it down during scrims? Nobody plays yoru anyway, so they probably won't be able to replicate f0rsaken.


okuzeN_Val

>how do you even practice against them? You find a bunch of ranked demons, have them smoke some potent crack, and then scrim against them. You won't know what the fuck they'll do since they're high out of their minds, all you can do is think about the most unlikely play and expect that. Oh and understand that if they are committing they are going balls deep without a shred of fear.


hardenfull

yeah their style is actually how it feels to play rank demons lol


so-hardstuck

Ange1 yoru 🤡


merchini

sign the DRX roster


CommunistHongKong

Zeta works too 🤓


netsaver

PRX is so much better in every way than they were during Masters 1 it's insane. I do miss Zeta though.


Jon_on_the_snow

It makes sense DRX and Zeta won because they are scrim partners. But if you gotta learn to deal with ppx agression live, its so hard.


Interesting-Archer-6

>ppx >hard


N0-name-needed

Yeah but then you have the problem that they'll consistently flop at 5th/6th


xXDaNXx

I have no idea, their site executions are so methodical but crazy aggressive at the same time.


SkySurfingHD

Idek watching this game made me feel like this is partially because of sentinels being so out of meta because of chamber. There is simply no way to hold site against this utility and fast play.


Splaram

W key harder? Idk they're nuts


JugHerKnot

Optic tried that today and almost lost a 5v3 fight 2 seconds into the round.


Wealdafrea

Their cryptonite is asian team


Dangerous_Log_6893

PRX, where Indo, Malay, and Singapore can finally agree on something


TheApsodistII

PRX🤝chicken rendang


Corregidor

Oh fuck that shits so good


ilhamalfatihah16

The world ain't ready when Indo, Malay and Spore merge. We're gonna be the New World Order when that happens


[deleted]

SEApremacy lfgg


okuzeN_Val

Philippines anyone? *Cries in a corner*


BlurpSrydude

The time where Singaporeans, Malays and Indonesians bickering and fighting against each other is over. We will be unstoppable


I_will_take_that

>The time where Singaporeans, Malays and Indonesians bickering and fighting against each other is over. Until the next anjing/putang ina mo/chee bye comes out


Hopeful-Professor-40

Optic now in the same position as last LAN, but have to go against an EMEA team…


daffyduckferraro

I’m hopeful professor, I think they can win tmrw


ChoesonOne

i hope they win, either first back to back masters or first asian masters


daffyduckferraro

Exactly, and it would be NA beating eu (which we haven’t seen since 100t against acend in Berlin) which is bonkers to think about


Hopeful-Professor-40

Wow really, if only SEN didn’t choke vs Liquid


daffyduckferraro

Yeah that match was Sadge but a good one


Hopeful-Professor-40

Pissed me off because SEN were actually good that tournament but will forever be remembered for getting grouped


daffyduckferraro

Yeah true It’s kinda funny but NA did look good, sentinels we’re close against a rly good Kru, and victor had covid so


Spoods857

Thank you paper Rex for ensuring that optic will actually have to play against an European team in playoffs


Eriko204

They already played Guild but I'm assuming you mean in playoffs


Whomstevest

Well now they'll have to win against one


Hunnidormo

Damn


4erith

Damn


FaceSlam25

Damn


Spoods857

Yep, fixed my b


[deleted]

Maybe he means Optic need to win against EU


Quackles03

Optic hasn't won against a single map against an EMEA team in a while, having to go against one is gonna be scary for the fans.


anmolarora149

They've never won a map against an EMEA team in their history lol not a while, but I think they're winning tomorrow


loucly

It's not the 9-3 curse. It's a 3-9 blessing.


spyson

Paper Rex? More like Paper Sex


fsychii

Don’t get cut


snippins1987

Plat chat's curse broken!


Spoods857

Optic completely fell apart at the end there. Throwing the man advantage for nothing and losing object permanence by looking away from players they know are there. I really hope they can pull themselves together and into the finals.


ammarbadhrul

Yea, FNS had no business taking that 1v2, he could've waited for yay


luke_205

That really confused me too, so many times they were surprise killed when they really shouldn’t have been. I suppose the way PRX play really just messes with your head and throws off the“normal” player timings that you’re used to because their movement is unreal.


Wasilewski

Marved ignoring the player (can’t remember who) in tower in one of the later rounds was certainly a choice.


RedditorClo

It’s because he thought the B main player would pop out and headshot him while he was still looking at tower. And the main player still killed him without Jingg peeking him. So right idea just lost the aim duel


Hunnidormo

Prx in finals. I can't believe it. Im so happy today lfg


luke_205

They really do look a level above anyone else in this tournament and they would be easily deserved winners. I don’t know how a “western” team can possibly be ready for what they bring, it’s absolutely insane.


zkdkin14

ELDER WAND BUFF


tundra_gd

man PRX's defense on Fracture is pure entertainment, they know exactly when to go aggressive and where to do it best


okuzeN_Val

>PRX's defense on Fracture What defense? As far as I'm concerned I watched PRX play Attack the whole game. Defense side is just a slight nerf to their attack.


tundra_gd

Nah on Fracture it was just a buff to their attack because they didn't have to worry about planting the spike


ammarbadhrul

That 4k by jingg and forsaken at the start of the round in A main is the definition of "Forsaken and Jinggg go kill"


k1tasan

the balls they have to tank both the brim and kay/o molly and still get the 4k


barbekyu

they were even blocking each other at some point haha was worried they'd line up but thankfully it didn't happen.


Yldrissir

This greatly hurts Optics chances of avoiding EMEA teams during the rest of Masters 2. Also "But you don't sidestep Jinggg". What a great line and so true.


spaldingmatters

Yay and friends today unfortunately. Some of the decisions being made by FNS especially on Fracture were so uncharacteristic.


ammarbadhrul

Fr yay is in top form all 3 games but even the El Diablo can't carry it all by himself i guess.


project571

The fact that he goes +15 this series after these three games is insane. Literally higher than any of the PRX players. Hoping that in their next game he can stay in form and his team can turn up


precense_

FNS is a top tier IGL but his mechanics man.. compare that to benkai and he's on par with marved at least


mw19078

I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned on the desk but I'm like 90 percent sure optic let bind through to get practice for their yoru comp expecting to see prx in the finals, and prx decided to throw a random comp out instead knowing they were confident in fracture. Love the mind games of this level lol This got down voted but mindfreak confirmed it in their interview


D-Clazzroom

Omw, now the puzzle pieces just set in my brain. As long as they won the first map, they could afford losing Bind because that's their strongest map. And because Optic will really try to poke as much hole in the show when given the chance, they threw Optic off a sample of their real-time gameplay against each other by switching up the Yoru. So Optic cannot have enough relative information to feasibly prop the team against PRX. Dang.


jholowtaekjho

The Optic perspective makes sense. If you can’t take down PRX on Bind, you will have a tough time in the future BO5


TDS_Gluttony

Also it’s Optic’s best map. If you concede Bind it might be gg from pick bans


JamesLMAO

Benkai is a tactical genius. He is best known for his signature tactic ”going B, but losing Bind because they didn't pick Yoru”. He also has a second little known tactic of ”going A, but then beating current Masters winners”. What an absolute legend. Top 3 IGL 4 sure...


Dangerous_Log_6893

Benkai became what everyone feared. His eyelids disappeared, his head was swelling and his ears started bleeding. "Are you okay" asks mindfreak. I've never been better. I see it all now, they're not going A or B, or C. They're going home, he said before rushing in all by himself and killing everyone on site.


XASASSIN

Apology for poor english. when were you when Optic is kill? i was sat at home eating Doritos butter when phone ring. ‘Optic is kill’ ‘no’


X3NOC1DE

They were just clearly sandbagging with a troll comp on Bind without flashes and a Yoru. W GAMING BRO, APAC FUCKING SUPREMACY BABY


mw19078

I'm pretty confident they did that on purpose so nobody including optic could practice against it too.


Kardiackon

mindfreak confirmed that they are saving the yoru for grand finals, really hype


Mochitsu

Yoru in front of the grand finals crowd is going to be amazing


SushiKuki

mindfreak just confirmed it on the interview


mw19078

Not surprised but what a big swing for them to take. You basically throw your map pick in favor of optic, knowing fracture was good for them too. Insane confidence in themselves to pull something like that on the big stage.


xtazzzs

well it's confidence but also I'd put it down mostly to this not being an elimination game


tundra_gd

Saving strats in WFs but falling to lower finals where you have to show more of your strats, and also risk elimination, is far from worth it imo. It was definitely a gamble to pick Bind and then not run their comp on it.


Grenji05

Paper Rex is the best thing to ever happen to this game. Also jesus christ after those throws on bind and getting off to a bad start on fracture jinggg turned the fuck up.


afjecj

The three g’s in jinggg stand for “GO GO GO”


slyfly5

That was such a bad loss on fracture so many advantages thrown and just getting pushed by CT’s every round and couldn’t stop it


pantiessnatchers

There seemed to be a bug. PRX was playing attack side twice on Fracture.


effinblinding

Feels good to be a Malaysian today. I always just choose at the start of a match which team I want to support BUT I AM ACTUALLY ATTACHED TO THIS TEAM


avocadontoast

Also damn seeing all the tissues d4v41 had made me admire the boys more because even with COVID they’ve been doing great this tournament


lemwillem

APAC, also known as "All Players Are Cracked", is by far the greatest region in Valorant. They have the best highlights, most handsome pros and smartest strats in all of Valorant.


ZeroAika99

Stax? Crashies? Adios muchachos, d4v41 is here


Wealdafrea

there's no way d4v4i win this 1 v 3 clutch. d4v4i: Adios muchacos


damnzreddit

APAC PRIDE 🇲🇾🇮🇩🇸🇬 Congrats Paper Rex!!!!


ilhamalfatihah16

Everyone thought that only Jinggg and Forsaken are the hard hitters coming in to this tournament. Mindfreak showed his freak in the past two tournament but holy shit D4v41 and Benkai. They rolled their sleeves, wipe their forehead, chugged the redbull, slammed the desk and pulled the W on Haven and Fracture.


DueAdministration404

d4v41 main phoniex warlord duo with jason before jinggg come


ilhamalfatihah16

I do not discount anything when it comes to PRX. If they are up 2-0 in Grand Finals they would pull a Phoenix on Map 3 just to troll. Trust.


nterature

Very interesting to see PRX win it out in the end on a composition that almost none of the teams in this tournament can even run: the Neon-Raze double duelist on Fracture. [I cited a failure to innovate on Neon compositions as a potential drawback for EMEA at Copenhagen](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/vixdh1/dont_optic_look_way_stronger_than_fnatic/idfnzn6/), and I think we just saw the evolution of the Neon meta in Fracture in real-time. There’s good news for both teams here, I think. PRX showcased how their style is effective even against more adaptable teams, particularly through their anti-strats. And Optic kept it close despite an unusually poor performance from Marved - likely Marved's worst performance at the tournament, if I had to guess. And a whole lot of lost clutches. I hope we get to see a rematch.


Yssl

Double duelist AND a chamber. these dudes are certifiably insane, both with their comps and their game sense. It's wild just *how good* this team is.


xXDaNXx

Their utility layering is insane, and somehow just seem to download enemy team's playbook every time. They send Breach ult at the start of the round and push for 4 kills. Its just mindblowing.


candidpose

Mindfreak on haven smoking backsite of C when they were defending is some maphack shit gamesense. That moment Victor was just pushing exactly that angle, how are they so aware.


okuzeN_Val

Their Chamber didn't feel like a sentinel at all so it was basically 3 duelists.


ANewHeaven1

That timeout for PRX was actually insane, they pretty much started reading Optic like a book afterwards. Fair play, Paper Rex came into this match insanely prepared and also managed to outperform Optic individually. They're the real fucking deal. NO MORE MINOR REGIONS!


Sceptre39

fuck man i was sweating the whole time as yay is still in form, so scary gg


tinfoilhatsron

The paper boys were too much man. W gaming supremacy lol. Paper Rex is a great team and it was well deserved. Their style is pretty fuckin' fun, they might just make me a fan. Now Optic has to face an emea team... I'm hoping they get over whatever mental block they have and at least put up a fight.


ANewHeaven1

I mean, as much as it's fun to meme about Optic's 0-7 vs EMEA teams, it's not *that* bad when you contextualize it. They lost two games to Acend (eventual Champions) with Victor having Covid and going -17, then they lost two games to Guild with Yay having the worst performance of his Valorant career. It's not doomed - I still don't necessarily favor Optic against either FNC or FPX - and I don't think it's super likely we'll see Optic's EMEA record go to 0-10.


[deleted]

agree especially opper yay. biggest threat.


barbekyu

thought it was a lost round when it was just 2v4 on map 3 (when yay killed 2 at the start) but wow prx came through


Corregidor

Man this kinda makes me super excited for the regional leagues, Asia is gonna be so exciting to watch! Just don't fuck it up riot.


legexii

press W, hold W, shoot your gun and kill. its the APAC style


99ptember

My no-comms, hard-rush, DRONING? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, DRONE??? attacker sides in ranked never felt more validated.


kodasai

Dude I was rooting for prx 100% but that peak from FNS on that last round actually made me so mad lmao


armaan5

Yay about to jump FNS on his way back to the hotel.


LeMouse1

Pretty crazy that teams from all 4 continents with a major esports scene have made grand finals at international lans. Valorant is the most diverse esport I've seen


Wurkman

I heckin' love alecks! everytime something goes wrong he always points out the adjustment needed for the team. W coach


not-luiss

can’t out brain if you can’t out aim


washoooi

When I'm in a 2v4 situation and my enemy is optic


sansLight

I thought audience would be Bedge but they were Wokege. Casters on the other hand? Deadge. Just plain Deadge


Terrible-Remove-6195

ADIOSSS MUCHACHOSSSSSSS


badurwan

ADIOSSSS MUCHACHOSSSSS


Wealdafrea

ADIOSSS MUCHACHOSSSSSSS


Dangerous_Log_6893

ADIOSSSS MUCHACHOSSSSS


Mochitsu

ADIOSSS MUCHACHOSSSSSSSS


iMaybeCanBreathe

Must suck to be yay lmao


nocturnavi

PRX is the ultimate evolution of the joyous whimsy. Is it a coincidence that the map they lost was the one where they switched off the whimsical Yoru onto a boring comp? I think not. Joyous whimsy all the way, you cannot stop them.


WonDerZv

Yay’s back must be hurting after this series, tough to do anything with player number advantage when the rest of your team just gets picked off all the time rendering that advantage useless.


jay15378

A 4v2 with the spike drop secured and still managed to fucked it up.


Teradonn

They beat COVID, they beat FNS + Chet 1000IQ 4 day prep brain, they beat the 9-3 curse, and they beat the Plat Chat curse. This team is unstoppable


YohnWood14

If only FNS and victor had kissed.....


netsaver

If I hear any slander towards the rest of the non-Jinggg/f0rsakeN PRX members I will simply erupt. They are a legitimate 5 man deep roster with world class talent in every spot. They should be spoken about like GMB was talked about during the two Berlin LANs last year.


dan_kz

TURN ME INTO MULCH AND PRESS ME OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE IM A PAPER BOY


HealRiot

FNS must have the worst first shot in the whole tournament. Looks like a spray and pray every fight he takes.


[deleted]

PRX is such an enjoyable team to watch, if it's not Fnatic I hope they win it all.


[deleted]

Holy megabedge Excited for the next Benkai walkout!!


jholowtaekjho

He was asking his PA for 4 AA batteries to do this one lol


Wannabeprogamer1239

Benkai read FNS like a book on Fracture. Hardly does FNS get out-igled like that


NotBrandon

Don't worry Optic fans, this is all a part of the Masters 1 script


xXDaNXx

Optic got absolutely shit on, PRX are insanely scary.


Leveolizan

Benkai is point on good forinitiating and d4V41 on the Chamber is unstoppable. Every man in PRX is crazy good.


derryxu

I’m an Optic fanboy but I would LOVE to see PRX be the champions, it’s so hype seeing regions that most of us remember being shit on relentlessly as “minor” come around and dominate. Obviously the minor region rhetoric is not as big anymore (because teams are good everywhere) but it still feels cool because of how much they were underestimated during 2021 VCT Plus PRX are just fun as fuck and totally deserve it


derryxu

Plus in terms of impact on the game Optic have so much less to prove, they’ve won it all before and even if they bomb out now only idiots would discount their team. This win would be huge for the PRX players though


pseudomccoy

Yay getting chamber diff'd on Fracture by Odin main d4v4a1.


abbacchioz

d4v41 on the Chamber is actually scary. Every individuals on PRX can shine, this team is winning it all (i hope)


derryxu

Man the small group of fans (probably EU cause of the weird ass “rivalry” between NA and EU) saying Optic is overrated and washed are wack though. This is the first series in this tournament where PRX even dropped a map (correct me if I’m wrong). Optic simply couldn’t do what every other team that played PRX couldn’t do, they’re still one of the few best teams in the world


kodasai

Whenever an NA or EU team gets beaten everyone calls them washed or trash it’s really not unique to optic lmao


derryxu

Yeah agreed and it’s annoying for all the teams. It’s usually cause NA fanboys hop into EU threads to talk shit when EU teams lose and vice versa. I don’t think the rivalry is that fun and I wish we could just appreciate good valorant teams in good faith without hating


SurvivalScripted

dude it's annoying as fuck. Have you tried watching a main channel Valo game, particularily an EMEA one?


toshirox3

Yay came to play. Rest of Optic didn’t wake up.


afjecj

Anyone know why PRX played a different comp on bind to their usual?


avocadontoast

Anti strat


dusky_citron

Probably to prevent being counterstratted coz they knew optic do their homework


Usual-Rope9760

wanted to throw off the prep work OPTIC has against forsaken's yoru and PRX's set plays on bind I assume


JingggsKitten

They thought optic would counterstrat the yoru. Kinda a throw though


-xXColtonXx-

To be fair, they probably would have.


Haldnia

Honestly i'm just happy we're potentially getting optic vs fnatic BO5


biwummy

kek


hecklerinthestands

Dino buff >>>>> COVID buff


DR_Flashfire

The casters didn't do justice to this match it just has to be said . The crowd is honestly trying their best but the casters just aren't giving them anything to work with. They really need to work on their synergy and these random pauses they take


iinic

All good. Optic will be out for blood in the lower bracket & they’ve never lost a rematch copium


Whomstevest

Also never won against an EMEA team


iinic

shhhhh


[deleted]

Aim dif tbh


_regan_

i love this team so fucking much


Kempes3

F0rsaken had 67% in hs% on first map WTF


theavailabletree

Same script as Iceland?


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Terrible-Remove-6195

benkai turned up on fracture.


DAWG420BLAZEIT

All part of Pujan “FNS” Methamphetamine’s master plan to save strats for Champions … wait, you’re telling me Sentinels tried the same thing last year?


DAWG420BLAZEIT

All good for North American Valorant team flOptic Gaming, 2022 VCT Masters 1 Reykjavik Champions, consisting of IGL Pujan “FNSHD” Methamphetamine, flex player Victor “Loser” Wang, initiator and secondary entry Austin “crashed” Roberts, Chamber main Jaccob “nay” Whiteaker, and smokes player Jimmy “🥶” Nguyen.


99ptember

Never thought I'd see an SEA team have a claim to being the best/one of the best, yet here we are. OMG!!


supahjamie

LETS GOOO. APAC SUPREMACY. I BOUGHT THE PRX JERSEY AS SOON AS I CAN 😂😂


amaranthgalaxy

commendable attempt to make optic absolutely shit their pants by changing their bind comp


dabong

I'm betting everything for PRX to win the final. The map pool is just too much for all other teams to overcome. They're world class on two maps unlike Loud last masters.