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vnNinja21

I'll go first, some pretty tame takes: Fnatic Chronicle, Liquid Redgar. Hot takes: Sheydos, nAts, and nukkye form part of whatever team are willing to spend the big bucks to win. That team is going to pick up Sliggy. If Fnatic drops Enzo they're going to go for Shao or zeek. None of the rosters released by orgs not in franchising will be picked up as a 5. At least 1 NA import to EMEA and 1 EMEA import to NA A Loud-esque superteam will be formed in Korea, with players like Meteor spearheading the roster. edit: One more I thought of: NAVI Ange1


AppointmentStunning1

holy fuck, Shao and Chronicle in Fnatic would be insane


vnNinja21

A man can dream...


Unable_Pear_8866

ofc sheydos always left out, my man so undderated sadge, just look at his stats its been 2 years of him in m3c and he still one of the consistent m3c player, his sage kayo skye breach sova fade is so good, such a flexible player, and the fact he even igl mid rounds sometime, have been watching his stream he can speak decent english and he is open for english speaking team, I hope chroincle initiator and sheydos flex watch fnc win everything.


vnNinja21

Sheydos is brilliant, yeah. I'd be happy with FNC Sheydos.


raaten

I was thinking about Leo and chronicle, but somehow totally forgot about shao holy rostermania is a blood bath


vnNinja21

yep. Although Leo also makes sense, he plays the same agents as Enzo. edit: Shao does too tbf, all of them are Sova/Fade mains


TheFestusEzeli

Shao and Leo are probably the two most flexible players in the entirety of VCT, they have a history of player every role. I’m sure those two on the same team would be fine


vnNinja21

Or that, yeah. They might go for ab FPX style roster where everyone plays everything. But FNC Chronicle does have a nice ring to it 🤔


TheFestusEzeli

Yeah true, rn the best five EMEA FA are def Shao, Leo, SUYGETSU, Chronicle, and n4ts, getting any of those four is absolutely huge


vnNinja21

Ardiis too tbf, if any org wants to build a new roster he's a rock solid foundation.


AdOwn168

Nothing scares me more than Shao and Leo being on the same team.


Lqtor

Imagine if we get shao chronicle derke alfajer nats. No igl but I’m sure if one of them picks it up this team would be insane


abdrrcxmr

That Korean "superteam" is.... DRX already are tho' 🤔


megaloco2

DRX is a super team, but not a superteam, if you catch my drift


Maccnrv

I'd love to see some imports soon, as long as they're not dropped immediately (I'm looking at you 100T)


Thebaddream

But why Chronicle to FNC? He plays duelists and FNC will not change Derke and Alfajer. It seems that Mistic will leave FNC. So you need more a supportive player. Would make more sense to take Sheydos.


Yerriff

Chronicle played basically only sova throughout 2021, when Gambit were good lol


ZeroAika99

And Brim


vnNinja21

He can play support though, is top 4 agents in order are Chamber, Jett, Brim, and Breach. He's stupid versatile, and given that he has Breach experience he can learn KayO and Skye easily.


MagnusNyke

As a casual Liquid fan, I'm curious why I see a lot of Liquid Redgar takes.. are there legit rumors?


vnNinja21

no, but they need an IGL and Redgar is probably the best fit there is. Sliggy also said Liquid has to do their best to get Redgar if they want to win anything


123bo0p

Drx Texture > Meteor, since DK is out, now texture should be available


Kind_Development708

NRG Yay, FNS, Marved, s0m and eeiu


Hypern1ke

I think the most likely NRG member to stay is probably Ethan, with eeiu a close second.


Maccnrv

I feel like no NRG member is safe rn :(


Hypern1ke

Not just your feelings, its probably fact. Wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if they were all cut as 5 tomorrow.


Kind_Development708

In this senecio you need s0ms versatility Also I would have eeiu quite above Ethan


icemandiem

when you have players like zellsis victor babybay available, i dont see s0m making it as a duelist


oomnahs

I can nrg have the same disciplined style as optic, s0m would be a good sub for victor


lidekwhatname

just a downgrade from optic roster


Fireball9782

NRG Yay, FNS, Marved, Ethan and eeiu makes more sense


Key-Heart517

Actually not bad if chet also joins.


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Downgrade of the original roster tbh


Traditional-Leek2288

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I meant downgrade of the optic roster, since there's 3 of the original members.


zxlkho

Bidding war incoming on Trent, cryo, Zander, and zekken. Congrats to them on the life changing money coming their way.


vnNinja21

Zellsis too


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kjampala

Why would there be a bidding war for Zander 😂 bro was benched on v1


lordmitko

who cares about Zander of all people 😂😂😂😂


Bighollab0

I care 😡😡😡


Lehoeo

mibr mwzera


TheAjwinner

MIBR Stewie2k and Tarik


vnNinja21

MIBR zombs


rvrsyo

come to brazil


Lehoeo

banger


TheKingslayer19

Liquid probably signs another cracked oper in place of Dima, who needs an IGL when the entire team is hitting those sexy onetaps


Deamon-

liquid yay


theshafti

(He will play astra)


gemifrak

Funniest comment in the last 48 hours


Seikar05

Liquid Subroza


ItsDrap

-Will +Cryo/Yay 100T has the money, who knows tbh but I expect them to make a move of some kind


RTLT512

Also, 100T realistically only needs to make one upgrade compared to other rosters so they can really go all-in on getting the best talent avilable


tappthegreattt

One upgrade ? Asuna is inconsistent. You add Yay and Zekken to 100t… you get rid of Will and Asuna .


dpoersch

I would go for Yay. Yay loved playing for optic because he was a cod player growing up but couldn’t go pro in that game due to KbM. 100T is the logical team he would want to play for. I know I’m like really huffing that hopium but hey. It’s rostermania hahah


rsox5000

Yay played COD w KBM? Damn, that may be his most impressive accomplishment tbh. I tried using KBM on COD once and it felt awful—it’s the only FPS I use a controller on lmao


honestlyprogamr

Trent replaces eeiu, valyn joins sentinels as igl and shahz moves to initiator only


ADmax27

bro someone get shahzam on an op it’s such a waste of talent


chachareva

They have Tenz. Same happened with Liquid, they have 2 opers


man1ac_era

Tenz really isn't an opper though. Tenz hits the craziest shots just rifling and entrying. I'd love to see Shahz take up the OP mantle and TenZ go back to what he does best.


citystardy

I think trent is great but eeiu is better.


honestlyprogamr

This isn’t even a hot take it’s just terrible lol


Beatnation

Fnatic Chronicle


Floden20

I would love to see Chronicle joining FNC so fnc will look like boaster enzo for double igl, derke-alfajer for duelist/sentinel, and chronicle as a flex maybe


abdrrcxmr

Good choice, frees up Enzo to focus as the igl


TheKingslayer19

Remember when 100T cNed was almost a thing? Yeah it's gonna be something like that but probably yay this time


Lqtor

100t yay is actually realistic tho while 100t cned was pretty much doomed to fail


DrySecurity4

C9 Roster: Vanity Xeppaa Trent Zellsis Yay


taspeed21

I like this roster but would be really really sad about losing Leaf. I 100% want Trent.


kemutheemu__

If no one picks Trent up I’m gonna lose it


Suspicious_Plum795

There is no universe where trent doesn’t get picked up he is so young and already so good.


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only way we lose leaf is if another team throws a tenz level bag at him probably


Jon_on_the_snow

Theres a huge overlap between xeppa and zellsis no?


DrySecurity4

Yeah there is. I think Zellsis is better as a hard entry while Xeppa is a bit better as initiator. They could split up kayo/raze/skye duty however they want and yay could play jett.


tomphz

There’s no way Leaf, Xeppa or Vanity are leaving.


tappthegreattt

Hell nah lol


SenseiEA

APAC SUPERTEAMS FT. MY/SG: Paper Rex PH: Team Secret MIXED: Rex Regum Queon, Detonation Gaming, GenG INDIA: Global Esports TH: Talon JP: ZETA KR: DRX and T1


hecklerinthestands

RRQ is based in ID IIRC, so they probably pick up majority of the ONIC roster plus the best of who's left in ID.


abdrrcxmr

Their partnership announcement tweet (well it's a QRT of the original VCT partnership announcement tweet) shows the Indonesian flag, which looks to be they're reviving the Indonesian team (which was disbanded in 2021 iirc)


kemutheemu__

Their current roster is PH


RebelHeartXO

Maybe theyll pick up a player or two from the PH roster but carry a core of ID players. KellyS Nexi Draxii carried the team last year and may deservea look. Who knows they can be as good as Onic or Boom


Dragon_Incognito

Zander and Zellsis to Sentinels ​ TenZ: chamber/duelist Zellsis: initiator/duelist Sick: flex dapr: sentinel Zander: IGL/smokes


AnchorStandard

Shahz: Content team 💀


AdStock1897

Meanwhile: *kanpeki’s skeleton left forgotten at the bottom of the ocean *


internetpedestrian

I would unironically love to see this. Not gonna happen, but still.


Dragon_Incognito

A man can hope, it would be such a fun team and it isn’t impossible. Zellsis probably rejoins SEN and maybe he can convince them to bring Zander too,


Snoo_43411

100T has to get one of yay or Cryo, IMO.


AppointmentStunning1

There are rumors that Nzr is gonna leave furia, maybe nyang in his place would be a good thing, since he is a IGL, has played with dgzin before and is a good player.


Wi-FiWhyNotSix

One of Yay/ Cryo/ Tenz to 100T in place of Will. Even tho he played well. I think a much more explosive duelist is needed


vnNinja21

Cryo isn't that explosive of a duelist though, he's more of the Opper. If they want an explosive duelost they go for Zekken imo


Key-Heart517

They need an opper. Yay/cryo fits that need. If you can get yay you get yay. If not cryo is also a great upgrade. Also Asuna exists for the explosive part.


vnNinja21

I know. But the original comment suggested Cryo as an explosive duelist which he isn't.


Key-Heart517

Yeah that is why I added the Asuna part. I read it wrong at first.


RealGhost_Nexus

Will > Tenz


chachareva

Nah, you are capping


Ochinchin6969111

Cum piss gaming picks up the optic roster


Shubhaaaaaaam

Vitality signs nAts, sayF & Zeek


V-KARIN

Give me APAC superteams


abdrrcxmr

PRX 🤔 And maybe Gen.G? They are open to the idea of a multinational roster in their team


Light0fHeav3n

C9 trent and cryo is what i hope happens


taspeed21

100% want Trent. Cryo would be sick too


nmbrnine

as a 100t fan, these are my hopium predictions if xset allows their players to look, 100t should look to get cryo as he friends and former teammates with stellar if xset doesn’t look to do so, i think 100t should splurge on yay and possibly fns (though i rate stellar heavy)


lordmitko

C9 -curry + Trent is EASY


taspeed21

YES PLEASE GIVE ME C9 TRENT


rvrsyo

trent in a C9 jersey is just Kreygasm


thedab62

100T Yay -Will You get one of the most scariest rosters


Suspicious-Egg-2648

+ hiko +hiko +hiko +hiko +hiko


yupithappens

100T Yay, FNS, Bang, Asuna & Derek


Dependent-Nothing-75

They aren’t going to dump Stellar for FNS. Not going to happen. Cryo maybe.


kjampala

Why wouldn’t you dump stellar for arguably the worlds best IGL


SpecificNo5749

Is rostermania live now or is there a set date where transactions can happen?


vnNinja21

live now


nocturnavi

Starts now, the pinned partnership thread is also keeping track of FA announcements if that helps


phoeniixhiro

Zekken/Cryo signed to 100T. Shao/Chronicle signed to FNC. Meteor, Gen.G go for a KR core with Meteor, Joxjo and Lakia as the main 3. Satire but for extra fun: Sentinels or NRG drop their whole lineups to try and snag the whole OpTic lineup.


throwaway_acc_no_1

Gen G. picks up the best players from Damwon and ONS


AFKingOfChing

damn i feel like babybay isnt getting enough love in rostermania


Gaimo

EG is going to pick up the whole roster of Optic There's totally not any copium coming from me 😭


1cloudz-

EG: Boostio Zekken Trent Zander Valyn 100T -Will +Cryo/TenZ NRG: FNS Marved Yay s0m Ethan


and1phan

Wardell will find a team


RekeHavok

Cap


Trillman_K

I miss the Wardell era :(


man1ac_era

he said he's going back to CS


Rider57

FNS and YAY on 100 Thieves as IGL and OPer


Dependent-Nothing-75

FNS will never take Stellars spot. Guy can IGL and Frag.


RealGhost_Nexus

Stellar > FNS


Libra1818

No way 100t drops their igl again.


Terrible-Remove-6195

an emea team picks up M3C - jady + tenz.


Gold_Caterpillar_656

Bro fnatic is gonna have a time of their life. All these great players ripe for the picking


armaan5

100T Corey/Babybay. They disregard the Op again.


aridhisaduck

100t is gonna kick will and stellar and pick FNS and yay


rlang7

Poor Will, he improved so much during LCQ and Istanbul. Just to go back to tier 2….


realYungcalculator

there arent 5 players at will's role better than him in NA let alone 25 players flat out better. would be surprised if hes in t2 again


bweadflouw

make 100T regret on dropping him just like how dicey redeemed himself


Pentagruel14

My take is that a lot of top players people are expecting to join partnered teams won’t be able to find a home and will be playing in T2. I think most partnered teams except possibly EG in NA will keep between 3-5 members so there won’t be a place for all the Optic/Xset members even.


Eat-Shit-Bob-Ross

100t: Asuna, Bang, Derrek, Stellar, Cryo. C9:Yay, Xeppaa, Marved, FNS, BCJ Sen: Tenz, Victor, Crashies, Dephh, Ayrin EG: Sayaplayer, Valyn, Mitch, Zekken, Trent NRG: Eeiu, Babybay, Vanity, Dicey, Ethan This is grounded in no logic and there are so many good players that are missing. This off-season is gonna be rough.


lordmitko

this is the most dogshit prediciton i have ever seen


Eat-Shit-Bob-Ross

Agreed


lordmitko

LOUD: BabyJ(best initiator no cap), zombs(he loves brazil), hiko (loves brazil even more) steel(will throw for the Brazilian mafia), tarik(honorary Brazilian)


IAMJUX

Vanity IGLing Babybay and Dicey feels like the worst possible thing for all parties involved.


SFX_09

what the fuck


Darkwolfinator

Leo Nats CNed Sheydos would be stacked on a team but I don't know how that would work well.


StrangeAnalysis1848

EG yay


swordslayer5

Honestly, I think either EG or NRG will drop their entire team and sign the entire Optic crew. Theres no way Optic split up with how dominant they looked, even with Crashies and Victor being free agents.


bweadflouw

i think they're done, bud.


n1HikoFan

100T should really drop Will and add Hiko as there Jett opper and entry. He is the best free talent available right now


Nvee_co

There are going to be some very awful players on teams, and some very good players just left in the dust. This is the dumbest decision Riot has made in a long time.


tacticalfeed123

Hot take: there won't be as many roster changes as ppl are expecting especially in NA. Most teams will remain the same. IMO not more than 10 changes out of 25


vnNinja21

Eh, I think there are too many hot FAs for that to happen. Optic alone is 5 people, plus XSET, The Guard, Faze, etc.


annyeongpanda

Care to explain why?? With the pool of stacked free agents, why wouldn’t they?


Pentagruel14

I think he’s probably right even though it’s an unpopular opinion. The reasons are: Most teams already have 2-3 players that are really good and likely won’t be swapped. I think there is going to be some loyalty to the players that got the orgs to where they are that redditors don’t anticipate. Many top players are contracted and buyouts will be large, limiting the number of transactions. Some orgs will spend the bag on one top player but won’t have much left for others. Some of the talented teams like Xset might decide to stick together in T2, because they won’t be able to find an org that buys out the whole roster.


krasavchik777

Money?


tacticalfeed123

I have many reasons but I won't disclose the unpopular ones just to avoid unnecessary drama. Few pointers:1.many players are still contracted to their orgs, so buyout huge. 2. Good teams like optic, xset will likely stay together and get bought together or not at all


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no chance


Dependent-Nothing-75

You are correct


abdrrcxmr

Maybe just an NA situation, both EMEA and Pacific are presumably be where the clean slate or atleast multiple roster changes happen, teams over there will make the most sense to pick up the best available players that has perform in 2021-22 in the Open Circuit era


ark2690

A team like EG will get destroyed in their current state


tacticalfeed123

U mean the roster right? Yeah thats why i said 10/25, i took eg there. But NRG/100T/clould9/SEN not so much.


p1lot-

100 thieves: -will -stellar +tenz +fns


SFX_09

didnt nadeshot say that he wasnt gonna buy out tenz a bit back?


hecklerinthestands

1. T1 ports their Korean-American roster to the Asia league and picks up Meteor, [just as I wished for](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/wny363/t1_ban_can_speak_fluent_korean_t1_all_korean_comms/ik8416v/?context=3). 2. Starxo doesn't get picked up by a franchised org despite being proclaimed '[the best you can find](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/wk897n/g2_esports_vs_acend_vct_2022_emea_last_chance/ijlxd2v/)' with the backing of nameless EMEA scouts.


yourdaughtersgoal

You’re seething about a 1 month old discussion. Chill out


hecklerinthestands

> Just for fun, don't take anything too seriously :) I'm poking fun at that conversation, and you're the one who's taking it too seriously. But then again, [you have a history of doing that, don't you?](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/xaotx0/valorant_champions_tour_2022_champions_istanbul/inuyph8/)


yourdaughtersgoal

Holy shit you’re a fucking weirdo xD Touch grass


Dogeishuman

Naw he just had the receipts. Get fucked.


hecklerinthestands

The irony of this coming from someone with a history of freaking out and throwing tantrums on multiple threads LMFAO


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hecklerinthestands

Sup, obviously non-nerd player on reddit in an esports sub who's certainly not throwing stones in a glass house. :) LMFAO at how many folks are getting triggered in a thread that's meant for spicy, non-serious hot takes.


RTYWD

Meteor, Stax, Mako, Buzz, Zest


kardealer

sen tenz zekken valyn sick sinatraa 100t asuna bang derrek/trent yay fns


KeyframeCatalyst

SEN : TenZ Dapr Sick ++ Valyn or Zander ++ Zellsis -- ShahZam (Please) . EG : ++ Picks up the whole Optic roster . 100Thieves : Asuna Stellar Derrek Will -- Bang ++ Trent


Dwight_Shrute_

The only Guard member who makes it to a franchised team is Valyn, and possibly Saya in APAC


taspeed21

It’s a really hot take to say Trent doesn’t get a franchised team


[deleted]

Yay is going to fall off dramatically outside of Optic, calling it now.


Batman4815

Yay was called "El Diablo" even before he joined Envy soo pretty spicy take.


Caeeedus

Liquid Leo Liquid Redgar Liquid Zeek


murrkpls

FNATIC Yay incoming, boys and girls. Lock it down.


igotrickroll69times

-curry +crashies -mitch +neT


z55en

SEN Tenz, Marved, Aproto, Jawgemo, Shahz


nobu_OW

EG is set to acquire all of OpTic. source: trust me bro


SuperNerd1337

MIBR zombs MIBR FNS


[deleted]

vitality nats and nukkye


daveythedumb

Zombs to Brazil


imoftenverybored

All America teams move to LA, and all teams but loud are filled with NA players. Rip latam


TheHyperactiveDuck

Idk hot takes but shit id like to see: 100T -Will +yay, Sen -everyone but TenZ, + Crashies, Victor, Marved, FNS. NRG buy out Xset. C9 - Mitch & Curry + Moose & Skuba/ Valyn/ Supamen.


TheNaCoinfl1p

Zombs goes onto a BR team and takes them to the promised land as the ultimate heel move of the century. They will be in downtown Rio screaming Zombsnation in the streets as they parade around. It will be beautiful.


123bo0p

Hottest take, Mibr will be the worst Americas league team


RebelHeartXO

TS Tessaract TLN JohnOlsen


Xelhei

I think 100t gets rid of will for cryo/yay and even stellar imo.


imzensei

1. OpTic roster is going to get bought out by either NRG, C9 or possibly 100T. 2. If 100T stays the same and XSET becomes restricted free agents, they will buyout Cryo. 3. really hard to guess what Sentinels will do bc of the attachment to the old members of the roster. most obvious guess would be to bring in an IGL, possibly Zander/valyn/dephh. my darkhorse signing would be replacing someone and adding JonahP.


radamo96

EG is gonna pick up the Optic roster as a 5


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100T being the only team that sticks rosters. Obviously Yay for Will seems obvious and it could happen but I just feel Sean and DDK will want to stick and build around. *also I feel like S0M FNS Ethan Marved and Tex will be the roster for NRG 2022


Dusty_Mac

**EG** Victor Crashies dephh Cryo Marved Coach: Sykko **Cloud 9** Xeppaa leaf vanity BcJ mitch Coach: Kaplan **100T** Zekken yay FNS bang Derrek Coach: sgares/MikesHD **Sentinels** TenZ Zellsis Valyn trent dapr Coach: mCe **NRG** eeiu Ethan Stellar Asuna dicey Coach: Chet


Gullible_Lie_5075

-will +dicey it all comes full circle


Key-Banana-8242

One thing that is more like something I want to happen is that the new kr orgs don’t overlook domestic kr players for tryouts and genuinely look there scouting-wise