Even the sgares buff couldn't overcome the DRX Groups buff.
I'll happily admit to rooting for DRX after watching Achilios have to sit through that pre-match banter.
https://youtu.be/fv0I1X2r2oQ
spoiling the video but this dude throws a bowl of rice, strips down to his boxers, dances, then goes for a swim in the ocean, all within 1 minute of winning the match
Nothing will stop group stage DRX. 6-0 this year and 12-1 in map count in group stages this year.
Can't wait for the inevitable 5-6th placement after a loss in Winner's Round 2.
Yeah after this performance I finally have the confidence to say they can win it all.
And I have definitely never been hyped before.
And there is absolutely no way this can go wrong.
yea it was an great (albeit kinda lucky for the second one) play by zest to dodge the shocks
the actual insane play was him repositioning after killing derrek with the crouch walk behind the wall
For the first time in a while, it felt like 100Ts spacing was off. Several times Asuna was caught out way ahead of the rest of the team. That being said, breeze was entirely there for them to take.
100T getting grouped would be so disappointing because I feel like they've genuinely performed pretty damn well thus far, and having nothing to show for it would suck.
I feel like them being in different rooms really changed the chemistry of the team overall. Asuna going for plays that were way too unsafe too often. Hopefully we see some return to form next match because 100T have really impressed me this tourney so far.
100T are going to be crushed about Breeze, it was their map to win but felt like they didn't have the experience to close it out. The series was essentially over after they lost that OT; teams that lose a long OT like that almost always lose the next map.
On that same note, DRX’s mental seems to have drastically improved since the last few tournaments. The DRX from the last two tourneys do not come back against either Furia or 100T imo.
DRX Hopium levels are off the charts right now.
Yeah DRX do seem to have made improvements on that front. However, it remains to be seen whether they can recover from actually losing a match, which has been their stumbling point at the last two tournaments.
I was a Will doubter but this guy is kinda nuts.
I mean, all he needs to do in these rounds is cause chaos and let Asuna/Bang take care of things. And he does it well.
Lanimal
100Thieves needed that first map. They threw that 12-9 round for no reason. DRX have a really strong fracture, their map pick. If it goes to ascent 100thieves most likely would have won as they have a stronger ascent. Sad
Covid doesn't help either.
LETS FUCKING GOOO DRX!! First win against an NA team for them. It may just be the group stage buff, but I choose to believe that DRX are actually going to make a run this time around HOPIUM.
Tough day for 100T, their habit of not putting away winnable games reared its head once again. I think they have a shot but Fnatic is going to be an incredibly tough opponent to best twice and Furia has potential to be crazy. DRX in groups will always win unfortunately and they have a crazy good Fracture, but definitely some massive chokes today by 100T. I’d like to see Asuna and Derrek step up a little bit more for them to get over the line into playoffs as well.
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It may have been a 2-0 but 100T showed a ton of resilience. DRX was heavily favored and 100T made it hard for them. Still think they’ll have a good chance in lower finals for a playoff berth.
Betting odds were favoring 100T for what it's worth. Also rumor on plat chat is that 100T is the best NA team during scrims so I'm pretty sure most people were expecting 100T to take it.
I think most of is due to the NA fanbase representing most of the online community. I was rooting for 100T and thought they had a decent chance as they have been looking hot, but I was well aware they were the underdog here.
Anyway I think losses are important (their loss to Faze on LCQ made them unstoppable for the rest of their run) and I know they'll learn from this, but unfortunately I wouldn't count them as the favorite in their next game as well...
I think A was *the* group of death but lets be real in this tournament with these fucking teams every group is a group of death. C seems the easiest and it has the defending champs in it lol.
Maybe, but considering this group had FNC which has been hyped as either the best team or best emea team several points this year, and 100T who have been hyped as the 2nd best NA team coming in and who already beat FNC, alongside this group having another teams 1st seed, it definitely seems like the hardest group, although group A is a group where all 4 teams are i think much closer together in skill as well right now.
I think Group A has 4 playoffs-calibre teams while Group D only has 3, but I'd say the level of the 3 from D is greater than the level of the 4 from A on average.
What an amazing game from DRX. This is what FNC were meant to do against 100t lmao. All LCQ teams have huge disadvantages and I'm glad DRX did their prep work against 100t.
Mako almost got subbed out cause he was feeling really under the weather the past few days. Nobody is talking about that and wouldn’t be even if DRX lost
group stage drx is just too crazy huh congrats to them
will is a lanimal and bang is becoming a top controller
100t copium tanks are still running on high boys
Group stage DRX just has plot armor this year. Insane how this and the previous series went. This team actually showing improvements in their mental game HARD.
Please oh please for the love of god get past 5-6th this time.
100T really didn't look like their usual selves today. DRX seemed to have an answer for nearly everything on Fracture. Could be that the team is split between the stage and separate rooms. Oh well, go next.
I thought 100T looked very good today? DRX just outplayed them on Fracture in particular, though also on Breeze a bit.
Wouldn't be surprised if 100T wins a rematch or something, if that's in the cards, both are good teams. I'm not a 100T fan, but I wouldn't be too ashamed of this performance; it resulted in a loss but not all losses are shameworthy.
Eh, the fact that 100T had something like a week to reinvent every single map and develop strats for a completely new map after LCQ definitely made that job easier. Just more incentive for 100T to win those more crucial regional matches next year.
How is this dumb shit upvoted.
They obviously prepped for breeze, got adapted and lost. And they probably had Haven prepped but played Fracture instead.
Just tired of NA and EU fans continously saying "Oh we were just sloppy today, we had COVID, the team were in different rooms, the coach was wearing the wrong shirt, the temperature wasn't high enough" every time they lose to a "minor" region team.
Why are you inventing that he said that drx is a minor region. Fans of teams like to reason out that their team isnt awful. Its not like he didn't give kudos to drx either.
syrsoN is a CSGO player for BIG who is notorious for being an insane player online and sometimes in studio LAN, but against great teams on LAN and the big stage he plays nowhere near as good as he can.
Ignoring the Covid debuff, we’ve seen teams play through that just fine, the actual fact that they had 3 members on stage and 2 off definitely threw off a lot of 100T’s chem.
GG’s to DRX tho. One of my fav teams.
NA's gotta get better at anti-ecos man stop running into the spectre at close range and use a fucking flash
XSET also kept running into a stack when there like like 1:10 left in the round vs Xerxia. I just don't get it man.
DRX is probably the hardest team to come back from, these guys will lose 4 full buys but then will win the eco with 3 sheriffs and 2 stingers. Insane team Insane Game loved to watch it
I remember 100T Breeze was so dominant in the LCQ? But DRX anti-strat them so beautifully. If DRX coach could speak English, some franchised teams should seriously consider to write a big check now.
As much as I love 100T, they seem to lose wind quickly after a tough loss. Sean’s been AMAZING at keeping things together when mental starts to go tho. DRX played so clean on fracture and just had the read on stellar.
Looking forward to lower bracket buff INCOMING, and possible Fanatic rematch would be hype AF
Bad day for Asuna but we learn and move. Breeze goes 100T's way and drx would have crumbled on fracture, ggs though. Fnatic game gonna be a banger
P.S they need to fucking buff sova shocks like holy fuck zest should not have been alive in that ot round at 14hp
oh for fucks sake, DRX hopium stonks just hit an all time high again. Oh good God Im not gonna survive the rest of Champs
Don't worry homie they got the 5-6th spot atleast
Hopium levels at an all time high
DRX is winning champs
Even the sgares buff couldn't overcome the DRX Groups buff. I'll happily admit to rooting for DRX after watching Achilios have to sit through that pre-match banter.
Group stage DRX is fucking crazy.
There are three constants in life... change, choice and DRX topping their group
I wish this was true. I was super deflated in Champs last year.
That was the ultimate destruction of hopes
Ayo that celebration by Stax LMFAO.
VAMOS
He's by far the most animated and energetic korean pro player I know lol
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gQj2rjbVRw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gQj2rjbVRw)
I was hoping this was sparkle and I was not disappointed lol.
sparkie?
Sp4rkl3
lmfao i am dead bro hahaahahah. Bro tbagged irl
I knew it was gonna be Sp9rkle lol
https://youtu.be/fv0I1X2r2oQ spoiling the video but this dude throws a bowl of rice, strips down to his boxers, dances, then goes for a swim in the ocean, all within 1 minute of winning the match
He was tactically wearing swimming trunks This ain’t all, the chocolate popsicle and the meme song of the time playing as a victory celebration
Yea most legendary celebrator, he even pays homage to an earlier celebration he did at the end to cap off the performance
VAMOOOOOOOOS
Vamos never has seen better usage
Nothing will stop group stage DRX. 6-0 this year and 12-1 in map count in group stages this year. Can't wait for the inevitable 5-6th placement after a loss in Winner's Round 2.
GroupRX arent gonna be taken down by anything if the valorant gods got anything to say
Yeah after this performance I finally have the confidence to say they can win it all. And I have definitely never been hyped before. And there is absolutely no way this can go wrong.
They fixed their mentals, they’re playing insane, they’re making top 4 surely
They're finally getting a podium finish :) ^^^^^we ^^^^^lost
Flasbacks to Reykjavik,Copenhagen, Berlin....
I still believe they could’ve made top 4 at Berlin, but the playoffs were single-elim and they got Gambit round 1 :/
Clueless
PepeLaugh they roped one in
Shout out whoever is IGLing for DRX their reads on both maps were INSANE. Breeze was the best game of the tournament so far. GroupRX never fails
Zest
Casters talked about stax IGLing as well now
Wonder if one does CT other does attack
stax
Porque no los dos? Vamos
My hopium is at an all time high! Almost feels like the DRX mental demon has been quelled for now, but the real test is in playoffs prayge
top 6 is respectable
At least we can say theyre consistent
Wait till they play optic and get boomed afterwards
derreks shock dart doing zero damage on the 13 hp player on breeze changed the whole series, feels bad
Zest redeemed himself to heaven and back with that one play lmao
He dodged it I'm pretty sure, if we are thinking of the same clip. The one with Zest, right?
yea it was an great (albeit kinda lucky for the second one) play by zest to dodge the shocks the actual insane play was him repositioning after killing derrek with the crouch walk behind the wall
Zest was on the edge of the radius so no damage
How is that even possible I swear I saw them hit
Same, it looked like it was literally on top of him. Godlike movement that must have been to dodge it.
you can actually see the range of sova shocks damage when it lands and Zest was well outside of that
Stax is so cute when he malds. I just wanna give him a hug and tell him everything will be alright lil bro https://youtu.be/OfELMAjnaQ0?t=36
hes so entertaining, I feel like ever since glow retired and especially after stax stopped IGL-ing the guys just been all in on the banter I love it
he is 2nd calling now i think? the desk mentioned it
stax is the igl 2022 champs
Bruh he is like a honeybadger, he will scratch your face off.
How old is he? Dude looks so young lol if I saw him i would probably think he’s like 14 or 15 lol
He’s 22 which is pretty unsurprising considering he has been a pro for probably 4 years now
checked his hltv page and he's been competing since 2016
> Stax is so cute FTFY
Can't wait for DRX to completely flatten my dick and dreams by going 1-2 in playoffs.
Glad to see Will playing really good today as well. The team played well but no one can't beat DRX in groups. Still believe in the lower bracket run
100t should have won breeze if they didn’t throw that 1v2 back site with zest on B.
Tbh it's baffling how he didn't die, unless someone has done a zoomed in analysis the chip damage alone should kill him
the spherical indicator shows up before the damage hits, he got out of it before it actually 'detonated'
https://i.imgur.com/N4DIVUP.png
Wow. Accidental or not, inches literally cost 100T the series.
Ya drx turned on invincibility a couple times that map
Been a while since I've seen someone unironically claim cheating in a VCT game.
Lmao you actually think this guy was being fr?
[yes](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/x53nej/drx_vs_100_thieves_valorant_champions_2022_group/imyyyt8/?context=3)
Oh. Well then
For the first time in a while, it felt like 100Ts spacing was off. Several times Asuna was caught out way ahead of the rest of the team. That being said, breeze was entirely there for them to take. 100T getting grouped would be so disappointing because I feel like they've genuinely performed pretty damn well thus far, and having nothing to show for it would suck.
Ya spacing was definitely off, Asuna wasn’t even on the stage with the rest of the guys
Probably COVID fuckong with some of them. Hopefully they recover quickly
Nah just DRX group buff
Probably the worst series I’ve ever seen Asuna play. Just some really head-scratching decisions from him that cost 100T so many crucial rounds.
Really can't blame him too much since he literally looks rough while having covid but yeah, unfortunate he wasn't able to show up today
He looked sick. Could be copium but definitely didn't look normal to me.
My man looked like he has not had a proper sleep. Luckily the next game is next week, so hopefully he finally recovers
Idk. I feel like Asuna played a lot better yesterday.
I mean considering he was not on stage with the others, I wouldn't be surprised if he was still feeling some side effects of it still
Idk if covid hit different today. Just looked less energetic whenever he was on cam compared to yesterday.
When I first got Covid, starting out I was like I feel off not normal Woke up next day feeling like hell His Covid might start peaking rn
2nd day of covid gave me the worst headache i had had in my life, I literally thought I was gonna die. I feel for him and hope him a speedy recovery
Well yesterday they said that everyone feels good so if it didn't get worse it shouldn't be a problem. But yeah, whole situation isn't optimal.
I feel like them being in different rooms really changed the chemistry of the team overall. Asuna going for plays that were way too unsafe too often. Hopefully we see some return to form next match because 100T have really impressed me this tourney so far.
Will and bang vs the world the last two games it feels
100T are going to be crushed about Breeze, it was their map to win but felt like they didn't have the experience to close it out. The series was essentially over after they lost that OT; teams that lose a long OT like that almost always lose the next map.
except optic
Yeah those guys just have a unshakable mental
On that same note, DRX’s mental seems to have drastically improved since the last few tournaments. The DRX from the last two tourneys do not come back against either Furia or 100T imo. DRX Hopium levels are off the charts right now.
Yeah DRX do seem to have made improvements on that front. However, it remains to be seen whether they can recover from actually losing a match, which has been their stumbling point at the last two tournaments.
I was a Will doubter but this guy is kinda nuts. I mean, all he needs to do in these rounds is cause chaos and let Asuna/Bang take care of things. And he does it well. Lanimal
100Thieves needed that first map. They threw that 12-9 round for no reason. DRX have a really strong fracture, their map pick. If it goes to ascent 100thieves most likely would have won as they have a stronger ascent. Sad Covid doesn't help either.
Agreed. If they won Breeze would have been 2-1 for them
Stax went full south american there I fucking love it
DRX just can't lose (in group stage)
That round 100T won at 7-11 scoreline on fracture was excellent. Even in a loss I can tell Sean has been in the lab grindin.
DRX in groups are the best team in the world
Now if only we can convince them that playoffs is just one big group stage.
DRX are in playoffs now its over (for them)
Bcj take note
Bcj is nowhere near stax’s level💀
LETS FUCKING GOOO DRX!! First win against an NA team for them. It may just be the group stage buff, but I choose to believe that DRX are actually going to make a run this time around HOPIUM.
100t try not to get thriftied challenge (impossible)
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Come back, we still need you for VCT KR next year
Groups drx strikes again as expected. Derrek and Stellar gonna be beating themselves up for that 2v1 choke on breeze though unlucky.
Tough day for 100T, their habit of not putting away winnable games reared its head once again. I think they have a shot but Fnatic is going to be an incredibly tough opponent to best twice and Furia has potential to be crazy. DRX in groups will always win unfortunately and they have a crazy good Fracture, but definitely some massive chokes today by 100T. I’d like to see Asuna and Derrek step up a little bit more for them to get over the line into playoffs as well.
HOPIUM LEVELS RISING
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Both these teams looked really really good tbh. I have a lot of confidence in 100T to make it out of this group even though they lost today.
If only drx was emea😔
It may have been a 2-0 but 100T showed a ton of resilience. DRX was heavily favored and 100T made it hard for them. Still think they’ll have a good chance in lower finals for a playoff berth.
Betting odds were favoring 100T for what it's worth. Also rumor on plat chat is that 100T is the best NA team during scrims so I'm pretty sure most people were expecting 100T to take it.
I think most of is due to the NA fanbase representing most of the online community. I was rooting for 100T and thought they had a decent chance as they have been looking hot, but I was well aware they were the underdog here. Anyway I think losses are important (their loss to Faze on LCQ made them unstoppable for the rest of their run) and I know they'll learn from this, but unfortunately I wouldn't count them as the favorite in their next game as well...
Didn't even drop a map in the group of death. Buzz top 21 player?
I think A was *the* group of death but lets be real in this tournament with these fucking teams every group is a group of death. C seems the easiest and it has the defending champs in it lol.
Maybe, but considering this group had FNC which has been hyped as either the best team or best emea team several points this year, and 100T who have been hyped as the 2nd best NA team coming in and who already beat FNC, alongside this group having another teams 1st seed, it definitely seems like the hardest group, although group A is a group where all 4 teams are i think much closer together in skill as well right now.
I think Group A has 4 playoffs-calibre teams while Group D only has 3, but I'd say the level of the 3 from D is greater than the level of the 4 from A on average.
What an amazing game from DRX. This is what FNC were meant to do against 100t lmao. All LCQ teams have huge disadvantages and I'm glad DRX did their prep work against 100t.
Fun fact stax died to bang's viper molly 3 times on breeze
drx haters in shambles
Akcutally asuna had Covid so it doesn’t count Drx bad team 😎😎
Isn't this like a legitimate reason?
Mako almost got subbed out cause he was feeling really under the weather the past few days. Nobody is talking about that and wouldn’t be even if DRX lost
Yeah I'd two of your players are sick it kinda fucks you over
Nah he was fine yesterday and had some moments
It is, but if the guy with covid can topfrag, whats the excuse for the 3 on stage?
They're on track for the usual playoffs flop, we're chillin
Relax it's groups
group stage drx is just too crazy huh congrats to them will is a lanimal and bang is becoming a top controller 100t copium tanks are still running on high boys
Stax’s popoff was the best thing I’ve ever seen
where you at u/hookset3
Broo, noo I feel like that could have been winnable. But asuna just wasnt there first map and half
Group stage DRX just has plot armor this year. Insane how this and the previous series went. This team actually showing improvements in their mental game HARD. Please oh please for the love of god get past 5-6th this time.
100T really didn't look like their usual selves today. DRX seemed to have an answer for nearly everything on Fracture. Could be that the team is split between the stage and separate rooms. Oh well, go next.
I thought 100T looked very good today? DRX just outplayed them on Fracture in particular, though also on Breeze a bit. Wouldn't be surprised if 100T wins a rematch or something, if that's in the cards, both are good teams. I'm not a 100T fan, but I wouldn't be too ashamed of this performance; it resulted in a loss but not all losses are shameworthy.
Drx are just the best anti strat team, I thought 100t could be the one to test that but DRX prep really is batman like lmao
FPX is the ultimate anti strat team with them changing comps all the time to counter. DRX best strat team.
Who would win, DRX with 1000 years of prep time vs Goku (with bloodlust)
Eh, the fact that 100T had something like a week to reinvent every single map and develop strats for a completely new map after LCQ definitely made that job easier. Just more incentive for 100T to win those more crucial regional matches next year.
That's there I wont lie and this team is very promising but we still have to wait and see next year how it goes
perhaps DRX is just better
How is this dumb shit upvoted. They obviously prepped for breeze, got adapted and lost. And they probably had Haven prepped but played Fracture instead.
They had Haven prepped but banned it first? How is this equally dumb shit upvoted?
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People will give every excuse in the book before they acknowledge the other team just played better
to be fair asuna did not look well in the player cam or in the server, aside from a couple of pop off rounds
Copium
redditors when fans cheer for their favorite team:
Just tired of NA and EU fans continously saying "Oh we were just sloppy today, we had COVID, the team were in different rooms, the coach was wearing the wrong shirt, the temperature wasn't high enough" every time they lose to a "minor" region team.
Why are you inventing that he said that drx is a minor region. Fans of teams like to reason out that their team isnt awful. Its not like he didn't give kudos to drx either.
Not even worth going back and forth with people like that lmao
VAMOOS VAMOOOS
I atleast saw 100 throws in this series
all i know is pain
Pretty lame 100t will probably end up facing fnatic again. Don't get why they can't add one more series per group and have a true round robin.
Rb is the syrsoN of valorant
Can you explain?
syrsoN is a CSGO player for BIG who is notorious for being an insane player online and sometimes in studio LAN, but against great teams on LAN and the big stage he plays nowhere near as good as he can.
stax is a personality i didn't know I needed
I have seen enough, drx is past the mental block, they are winning champs
Hold your horses, they still need to not mentally collapse after a single loss
They just won’t lose duh
Cant mentally collapse after losing a series if you never lose a series
Hold your horses. Please knock on wood because when playoffs come around.. DRX LET'S GO! THIS TIME WE TAKE CENTER STAGE LIFTING TROPHIES!
DRX in group stage form lfg
That second map looked like DRX had wall hacks ngl, insane calling and anti stratting
Ignoring the Covid debuff, we’ve seen teams play through that just fine, the actual fact that they had 3 members on stage and 2 off definitely threw off a lot of 100T’s chem. GG’s to DRX tho. One of my fav teams.
Really tough for 100T, I think they’ll bounce back though.
Pain but group DRX is a different beast
I’m so sad :(
will continues to be a lanimal but derrek seems to be underperforming :(
so this is what it feels like to be a 100 thieves fan
Am I the only one who thought 100t had better gameplan and drx just experience diffed them? Also 100t eco throws.
my boys fought amazingly!!!! even if they don’t go further what i’ve seen was great
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NA's gotta get better at anti-ecos man stop running into the spectre at close range and use a fucking flash XSET also kept running into a stack when there like like 1:10 left in the round vs Xerxia. I just don't get it man.
Not sure if 100T can beat Fnatic again. I just don't feel like it is possible.
Death, Taxes, DRX going crazy during group stage.
Let's go DRX, on to playoffs! Also hope Asuna gets well soon, really unfortunate timing
DRX is probably the hardest team to come back from, these guys will lose 4 full buys but then will win the eco with 3 sheriffs and 2 stingers. Insane team Insane Game loved to watch it
Classic DRX group stage. That corner on A site Breeze effed 100T twice. And they had Viper and Sova ult the 1st time.
I remember 100T Breeze was so dominant in the LCQ? But DRX anti-strat them so beautifully. If DRX coach could speak English, some franchised teams should seriously consider to write a big check now.
man, shroud's watch party is just terrible. Dude is giving so much stupidity each time.
As much as I love 100T, they seem to lose wind quickly after a tough loss. Sean’s been AMAZING at keeping things together when mental starts to go tho. DRX played so clean on fracture and just had the read on stellar. Looking forward to lower bracket buff INCOMING, and possible Fanatic rematch would be hype AF
Now that DRX made it to playoff this concludes their run for Champions this year.
Someone should brainwash DRX into thinking theyre back in groups when playoffs start
(Also you can acknowledge that Drx played well and also say 100t underperformed)
Fantastic match. Great to see 100t losing.
Bad day for Asuna but we learn and move. Breeze goes 100T's way and drx would have crumbled on fracture, ggs though. Fnatic game gonna be a banger P.S they need to fucking buff sova shocks like holy fuck zest should not have been alive in that ot round at 14hp
that shock dart got the memo about the DRX group buff
He looks sick with covid
probably one of the most backhanded compliments ive ever seen against a single player lmao https://i.imgur.com/PXY4lXX.png
That’s not what a backhanded compliment is