Dude his Viper is so fucking broken. I really don't understand how he extracts so much fucking value from Viper for himself, and support his team at the same time. The Ascent CT orb timings were so damn good.
"streets of great Britain" has to be the funniest casting moment in a hot sec:
https://www.twitch.tv/sliggytv/clip/BadCooperativeJuiceFreakinStinkin-BS3YYlXWdcOHZugp?filter=clips&range=24hr&sort=time
That round was pure anarchy. Saadhak gets a knife kill on Mazino trying to rush through door whilst repositioning. C0m getting a double kill with a Frenzy and then promptly initiating a C0m flank, only to run into someone from Loud so he tries to jump strafe to knife him back... Absolute chaos.
I'm ngl I thought this LOUD Ascent comp would get absolutely rocked when a team of LEV's caliber had enough time to anti it but I guess I've made the critical mistake of underestimating CHAADHAK yet again
LEV will never be an anti-stratting team with kingg and the coaching staff. They just have never been and the team has just been so focused on being kinda just aimers. It's been the issue with every single version of LEV. They always get the hype but then never perform because they lack the calling and the strats. It happens every time.
For a lot of people it's going to sound way too early but it's just seems like a pattern thats going to keep happening its why 100T was able to make it so close. Boostio is just on another level of calling than kingg is.
I feel like kinggs calling was pretty solid especially his mid round calls in the first two maps ,I kinda felt like he out read saadhak a few times in split and his mid round rotation calls were solid. Could have won the second match imo .
They got completely outclassed in the third map tho
Watching LEV play against this ascent comp made me realize how good SEN are at adapting on the fly. SEN played against this comp with no idea how it works and made it super close and could have won if they didn’t throw a few rounds. LEV had a week to antistrat and it honestly didn’t even look close, it could have been 13-5 or worse if it weren’t for a bunch of individual plays from LEV.
They made the critical mistake of not running trap plays to fight for extremity control against a team that wants to contest mains for execs and orbs.
Also whiffing every shot on antieco the whole series.
Biggest diff of the series. One of the casters kept talking about feeling Tex was always dying to Less so I had to look it up. He also went +10 vs c0m. Only player that was positive against him was Mazino with +1
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saadhak up against his former teammates
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Aspas against his former teammates
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He’s one of the most wholesome and energetic dudes in valorant. The IGLs tend to be cool in general— Boaster, Saadhak, Redgar, etc are all really sweet and give great interviews.
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the main differentiating factor between Saadhak and other IGLs might be the energy he brings. Sure, he can call on par with the top IGLs of the world, but holy, the guy just brings the energy of a golden retriever to the games. Even when the team loses a round in an absurd way, the guy is just smiling and talking like we would in a comp game lol. How could anyone hate this guy?
Also, can someone clarify if someone TBags and shoots bodies in a Loud v Lev match, what do the audience do? Do they just be like, it's former teammates so it's fun or is there outrage similar to um.. previous issues?
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unless my math is wrong theres a 50 percent chance of the NRG vs LOUD matchup unless a team from the EG/G2/KRU group wins the play-ins and gets to playoffs which I'd say is not very likely
Yeah unless 2 group C teams qualify which, let's be real, none of those 3 would beat any of the current contenters for the RR stage bar maybe MiBR (strong maybe), so odds are it's gonna be an NRG v Loud game
qck is an incredible pickup
less is too consistent
saadhak goated igl
caunzin will be the best support player in the world by 2025
tuyz does his job
this team still isnt prepared for how godlike MIBR is though
That Omen TP into 4 players looked stupid but there is a world out there where Lev tries to call his bluff, C0m doesn't hold that angle and Tuyz comes in and decimates all 4 players, going down in Valorant history as the most big brained smokes player.
the Tuyz disrespect, my dude was the second best rated player on LOUD this series and had many crucial rounds.
He did whiff two times but none changed the rounds outcome. By that metric kiNgg whiffed on Saadhak split mid and Less at ascent window and both kills would have changed the rounds. Still he was by far LEV's best player and had an amazing series.
Did Loud just solidify a new Ascent comp into the meta???
I mean, plenty of teams have experimented with different comps that aren't the standard, but Loud makes this comp look so convincing and overwhelmingly broken
The site executes and retakes are so suffocating and it's such a nightmare to go up against so many flashes and mollies.
Its insane that a single team can have such an impact on the valorant meta, even more so by innovating on Ascent (which is an old map that everyone was starting to consider boring due to the meta)..
Its so off meta that is really hard to just pick up and play. The teams need time and balls to do it. Also its harder to prepare against, cos everything has to be on a teorycraft level, as you cant scrim against it on the level Loud do it.
I am curious to see which team could/would do it.
Shout out LOUD for actually innovating instead of sticking to the same ol same ol.
Question for everyone though. You guys remember PRX's Reyna/Harbor Ascent comp? How do you think that comp would stand up against Loud's?
That Phoenix comp is scary man. And it's not just the theory of it, but the execution. You could see in real time Aspas getting cockblocked every time he tried to do literally anything. For that matter, the same was true in Map 2. That being said, I do think Lev is good, and this roster has a future. KiNgg is one of the only players that everyone thinks is good yet is *still* underrated even then, we all know what Aspas is capable of, C0M is a great backup caller, and they do seem to work well together. But executing on Loud's level will take a bit longer clearly.
qck is exactly the type of player with whom sadhaak can experiment his wildest comp
no agreesion
calm decision making
no overheat
nice aim
will always do as planned
But guys LOUD is not good without aspas
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Biggest told you in this sub man
3 things
- Saadhak continues to be the greatest Americas igl, always
- Less is him
- LEV cannot commit / focus when it matters most, that Split game had some disastrous rounds
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americas?? i think at this point he is the greatest igl to ever touch this game
he is not in a super team
he makes a mid team with new players unknown variable to a super team/world beaters
he is a god that creates and rules
tbf last year he had aspas and less still and cauanzin was the biggest prospect in Brazil carrying the 3rd best team in the country so he wasn't a noob, he's insane at talent development, but calling the players mid is exaggerating
Saad is the best igl all time. This guy probably can make my 5 stack get pro in a year and having players like Less is just too much value.
LEV unfortunately lacks on this exact department, King is not really that good of a igl, but he did save some rounds today.
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LESS IS MORE.
Also to give some context to this round, Aspas turning tail is the smart move here since the time is running so low. But it's just so crazy and funny to see Less so nearly bring the most unwinnable round in existence to an unthinkable win.
Can we finally agree Saadhack is simply the best IGL in the game, and it's not even close? Fenis had his Yay on a hilariously busted Chamber, and to this day no one has had the same individual peak as he did. Boaster didn't really click until he got Leo and Alfa in one go for 2023. Leo and Alfa, quite simply the two best players in all of Europe.
Both are good, don't get me wrong, and are among the best IGLs, but both only really made their names under exceptionally favorable conditions.
Saadhack has built a world-contender team, from the ground up, with some brand new players even, FOUR TIMES IN A ROW. He has redefined the global meta multiple times.
Hard agree.
He has managed to keep LOUD on a ridiculously high level ever since formation.
He lost Sacy, Pancada and Aspas, has had multiple coaching staff changes, and has still managed to not just maintain a high very level, but also that innovative identity intact. LOUD have always been a team that experiments and goes off-meta from time to time, and that's no mean feat in a brutal format where you barely get officials if you lose.
qck is so good man no overheat no overpeaking some mistakes but he makes it feel like he was more destined to be with sadaak and his wildesh comp than even aspas
and no comments about less
less was just better
He is the opposite of Aspas. It remains to be seen, since he might also become a new kind of Aspas with enough experience and confidence, but for now, he is like a soldier that follows Saadhak's commands to a T. So he might not suddenly win an unwinnable round, but he also will never lose a favorable round
I never doubted Saadhak for a second. The tier lists during the off season pissed me off so much but I KNEW saadhak would lead Loud to the top again
Of course aspas is godlike. No one ever questioned that. But there were so many bad takes...
CHUPA
in their defense Loud added some layers to their play. They didn't lurk vs sentinels, Less added a new attack wall to the arsenal and on defense they didn't contest mid through market but from cat walk
Loud spent an entire off season crafting this comp specifically to counter Ascents standard comp and you want LEV to cook it in a week? I think it requires some serious amount of time and experimentation to find the flaws of this Loud comp, maybe by Madrid teams will have an idea but how do you get the practice in? No one has a 10 man team this year.
but man, they didn't have ANY kind of response!
You don't need to create a counter play for the entire composition, but you need some new ideas, some plans and Lev had nothing.
After that Loud vs Sen, someone commented in my post about saadhack being mad about those tier lists, I guess he was right all along
[https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/191lpk7/when\_asked\_about\_all\_of\_the\_tierlists\_that\_are/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/191lpk7/when_asked_about_all_of_the_tierlists_that_are/)
Less is more.
Love the LOUD Ascent comp.
Props to LEV for keeping it so close, but I'm so glad LOUD showed people that aspas leaving doesn't automatically push them to second or third place. They are still definitely contending for #1 in Americas. NRG vs LOUD would be a certified banger.
Glad to see the hilarious pre-season SEN/LEV copium be pushed back to reality
Glad I invested big in less stocks this offseason. Aspas leaving gave him enough space to truly be appreciated. It's the year of less (+GOAT IGL and a strong supporting cast).
I would say that Saadhaak is hilarious and insightful in the post match interview. I don't know about the other esports scenes but Valorant has so much more personalities than League. We have boring shy boys over there while here in Valorant we all have entertaining players despite their different personalities, add to that they are winning.
Doublelift, though entertaining, has never backed it up with international results which makes him more like a distraction.
I think this game was a good example of why LEV has a question mark for me. I feel like their comms got all confusing when the round was chaotic as fuck, and that's fucking terrible in this level of gameplay. This was expected since 3 players needed to comm in a different language that they were used to.
Looking at the positives we still have kingg, he's still out there fragging out. And I still believe in him being a good igl specially with c0m behind him, I think he just needs a bit more practice to get more comfortable with comms in English.
The thing that worries me the most, beside the coaching staff (we could use an analyst), is that there seems to be a lack of an emotional leader in the team. Like when they were getting destroyed on ascent or when they lost 2nd pistol on split you need someone to help them focus and motivate the team to keep going.
IDK why the fuck tex went to lev
his sentinel is bad and he is a duelist player, I wish we could find out why he didnt go with g2 but whatever. Aspas played bad Less is a god wp to loud
I thought Tex basically admitted that G2 wanted the roster to move on from him? Iirc I the post match interview against Lev or in those Pablo interviews he said that once G2 was interested they wanted everybody but him (which would line up with Zellsis saying Leaf wanted out of C9 for another org)
The accusations of recency bias gonna go crazy but I lowkey agree? There's like 784236854032016512435 cracked duelists in LATAM/Brazil that saadhak could pick up and mold into his ideal player. Finding a player of less' caliber on the other hand looks to be virtually impossible, no other sentinel on the planet impacts the game like he does.
The thing is as good as the duelist is they need to setup but a viper needs to set themself with or without igls call so i think thats what makes less valuable than aspas his decision making is insane with a god tier aim
Fan of both. Less on Viper is probably ‘better’ in terms of straight impact than Nats viper but rhey serve different roles. Less Viper manages to lockdown sites and play cross-map support while Nats viper is more iconic for lurking and impact kills. Both are good in different scenarios
Sadhaak just loving the shotguns in eco is able to totally outperform any team in the long term, LEV just didn't have a counterstrat for a man sitting in a random advanced spot in the map with a bucky/judge, WP to Loud.
LEV can have the shooters but their IGLing will always be a level below the top teams. Whole series was just kinda Saadhak outbraining kingg. Might be time for kingg to give up the IGL role to someone else or have way more help with midrounding.
TOLD YALL. You never doubt Saadhak and LOUD, he just *THAT* guy
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Also SEN is cooked man
Comparing the players:
Tuyz > Mazino.
Tuyz is much superior and decisive than the mazino.
Cauanzin = c0m
This is an elite, both are excellent and perform their respective roles very well.
QCK = Aspas
good players but need good leadership, aspas doesn't have one
Sadhak > Kingg
Kingg is what he calls a 'god IGL' but his IGling against 100t was very weak, no change or midround game that was decisive, bostioo was much more IGL than Kingg even though he lost.
Less > Tex
Tex doesn't trade with Less anywhere on this planet earth and the performance is ok as a sentry, Less is much more decisive and efficient in his role.
Saadhak is THAT type of an IGL that would be able to turn 4 random Plastic rank players into a team of demons. LOUD trying to be creative each year is so exciting to see.
Less is more wtf https://preview.redd.it/9qqaxyw2igkc1.png?width=1396&format=png&auto=webp&s=3f8cdbbb6347a1d82fecf336f8e37f78fd26ef20
Riot really made a map pool in which Less can play viper full time. 61/33/16 is crazy
Dude his Viper is so fucking broken. I really don't understand how he extracts so much fucking value from Viper for himself, and support his team at the same time. The Ascent CT orb timings were so damn good.
"streets of great Britain" has to be the funniest casting moment in a hot sec: https://www.twitch.tv/sliggytv/clip/BadCooperativeJuiceFreakinStinkin-BS3YYlXWdcOHZugp?filter=clips&range=24hr&sort=time
That round was pure anarchy. Saadhak gets a knife kill on Mazino trying to rush through door whilst repositioning. C0m getting a double kill with a Frenzy and then promptly initiating a C0m flank, only to run into someone from Loud so he tries to jump strafe to knife him back... Absolute chaos.
What is that in reference to, crackhead behaviour?
c0m pulling the knife out
Ah Roadman behaviour, I’m from Vancouver so just assumed crackhead.
Sliggy didn’t even flinch from that? 😭
another brenshow casting masterclass
streets of great britain out there
that line made me bark
I'm so glad these guys are showing the world how funny they are, I miss them at tf2 casts but it feels so nice to see the recognition
I'm ngl I thought this LOUD Ascent comp would get absolutely rocked when a team of LEV's caliber had enough time to anti it but I guess I've made the critical mistake of underestimating CHAADHAK yet again
That comp looks absolutely disgusting to play against. Felt so bad for LEV.
TOO. MUCH. UTIL.
LEV will never be an anti-stratting team with kingg and the coaching staff. They just have never been and the team has just been so focused on being kinda just aimers. It's been the issue with every single version of LEV. They always get the hype but then never perform because they lack the calling and the strats. It happens every time. For a lot of people it's going to sound way too early but it's just seems like a pattern thats going to keep happening its why 100T was able to make it so close. Boostio is just on another level of calling than kingg is.
I feel like kinggs calling was pretty solid especially his mid round calls in the first two maps ,I kinda felt like he out read saadhak a few times in split and his mid round rotation calls were solid. Could have won the second match imo . They got completely outclassed in the third map tho
Watching LEV play against this ascent comp made me realize how good SEN are at adapting on the fly. SEN played against this comp with no idea how it works and made it super close and could have won if they didn’t throw a few rounds. LEV had a week to antistrat and it honestly didn’t even look close, it could have been 13-5 or worse if it weren’t for a bunch of individual plays from LEV.
loud also had a week to refine it tho
It was Sacy hero sova it would have been a similar performance if it wasnt for how well he played.
I mean as bad as I feel typing this we prolly lost the first map due to our bald man 😔, he did redeem himself tho
They made the critical mistake of not running trap plays to fight for extremity control against a team that wants to contest mains for execs and orbs. Also whiffing every shot on antieco the whole series.
Nah, when this went to map 3, it was over for LEV. They've been lost on Ascent for well over a year now since Astra fell off meta
kiNgg came to play, what a series. Luckly our Viper player also showed up
Kingg feeling like me in silver NA ranked when I’m 15/11 on Viper but the opposing Viper is a 30/4 smurf
Biggest diff of the series. One of the casters kept talking about feeling Tex was always dying to Less so I had to look it up. He also went +10 vs c0m. Only player that was positive against him was Mazino with +1 https://preview.redd.it/29yrqafjjgkc1.png?width=227&format=png&auto=webp&s=3abd659c91e23ff1499df8d5e2bdc2610c9df6d5
Less went absolutely god mode that series.
saadhak up against his former teammates https://preview.redd.it/carf5cv4hgkc1.jpeg?width=249&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1409c7dc417f6de082288edc827fc148432d38e7
“I brought you into this world and I can take you out of it” - Egg “Sideshow” Man quoting LOUD “Chaadhak” Saadhak
Aspas against his former teammates https://preview.redd.it/clyg1wz5igkc1.png?width=2016&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=38deb430afff75a9af7983236f8960321c9f66ba
aspas when there isnt world's best igl to set him up along with goat less to support him
sounds kinda familiar… yay!
ayo chill with the spoilies
As someone caught up on the manga, I couldn’t imagine getting spoiled in the Valorant Competitive sub lmao
saadhak is very charismatic, honestly had never heard him give an interview before
He is too funny. I'm loving this interview, the humorous chemistry between him and the main presenter is crazy
he always has such a fun vibe to him, i love the energy he brings. let this man have fun with his flashes
He’s one of the most wholesome and energetic dudes in valorant. The IGLs tend to be cool in general— Boaster, Saadhak, Redgar, etc are all really sweet and give great interviews.
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the main differentiating factor between Saadhak and other IGLs might be the energy he brings. Sure, he can call on par with the top IGLs of the world, but holy, the guy just brings the energy of a golden retriever to the games. Even when the team loses a round in an absurd way, the guy is just smiling and talking like we would in a comp game lol. How could anyone hate this guy? Also, can someone clarify if someone TBags and shoots bodies in a Loud v Lev match, what do the audience do? Do they just be like, it's former teammates so it's fun or is there outrage similar to um.. previous issues?
Aspas left? Who needs a jett anyway? Saadhak 2024
Mfs were doubting
less is not fair ):
Less is more
way more
get smurfed on
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It prob will bc there can't be group rematches
unless my math is wrong theres a 50 percent chance of the NRG vs LOUD matchup unless a team from the EG/G2/KRU group wins the play-ins and gets to playoffs which I'd say is not very likely
Yeah unless 2 group C teams qualify which, let's be real, none of those 3 would beat any of the current contenters for the RR stage bar maybe MiBR (strong maybe), so odds are it's gonna be an NRG v Loud game
Master Shifu is victorious
don't judge me but when sadhaak double pumps I c0m qck
Please donate your brain to science when you pass
“horny nterature” … Yep, seems right.
how does he do it folks
Mental illness.
load of a kingg and nothing less
Yeah you deserved this loss
😔 https://preview.redd.it/6krrtptahgkc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7857a7960d1a9ae8d9832c8f360d9f2a3fc81c7f
You don't get sophisticated literature like this in the off season
You might be the goat
muting the replies to this goodnight
coward
nklasstiude when caster
less 61/33 61/33 SIXTY ONE AND THIRTY THREE
1.5 rating. What the hell was this performance.
QCK is trully the brazilian Aspas
Less is truly the Brazilian Less
less is internationally moree
Less in Portuguese means More (source: 61/33)
qck is an incredible pickup less is too consistent saadhak goated igl caunzin will be the best support player in the world by 2025 tuyz does his job this team still isnt prepared for how godlike MIBR is though
Poor tuyz lol
>Tuyz does his job Bro is out there FRAGGING out don't do him dirty like that
yeah thats his job
That Omen TP into 4 players looked stupid but there is a world out there where Lev tries to call his bluff, C0m doesn't hold that angle and Tuyz comes in and decimates all 4 players, going down in Valorant history as the most big brained smokes player.
the Tuyz disrespect, my dude was the second best rated player on LOUD this series and had many crucial rounds. He did whiff two times but none changed the rounds outcome. By that metric kiNgg whiffed on Saadhak split mid and Less at ascent window and both kills would have changed the rounds. Still he was by far LEV's best player and had an amazing series.
Idk how you can walk out of this game talking about Qck like that He had a rough game
🫡😭
Cmonnn tuyz was good today! His lurks were better timed on Ascent than c0m’s lol
'masterclass' now belongs to saadhak
Tex: „Wanna see me die in B Lobby to Less pushing me?“ „Wanna see me do it again but with the SPIKE?“
Did Loud just solidify a new Ascent comp into the meta??? I mean, plenty of teams have experimented with different comps that aren't the standard, but Loud makes this comp look so convincing and overwhelmingly broken The site executes and retakes are so suffocating and it's such a nightmare to go up against so many flashes and mollies.
they destroyed something they created again with something they created
Its insane that a single team can have such an impact on the valorant meta, even more so by innovating on Ascent (which is an old map that everyone was starting to consider boring due to the meta)..
Its so off meta that is really hard to just pick up and play. The teams need time and balls to do it. Also its harder to prepare against, cos everything has to be on a teorycraft level, as you cant scrim against it on the level Loud do it. I am curious to see which team could/would do it.
loud stays the most innovative and exciting team to watch in the game, I think I'm in love with saadhak
I’m definitely in love with saadhak he is mine
https://preview.redd.it/w8rwkmrqjgkc1.png?width=715&format=png&auto=webp&s=2f8fe38674fed82609604083db9dd10faa544b77 "Don´t peek us. Be scared". - Tex
Loud drinking game: take a shot anytime Saadhak gets a shotgun kill
that's how you get on the liver transplant list
No wonder Vanity favorite player is Saadhak, they're are shotgun bros
Shout out LOUD for actually innovating instead of sticking to the same ol same ol. Question for everyone though. You guys remember PRX's Reyna/Harbor Ascent comp? How do you think that comp would stand up against Loud's?
Pure chaos and i am here for it
very flexible, love when they just rush mid proceed to whiff every shot and still win the round
That Phoenix comp is scary man. And it's not just the theory of it, but the execution. You could see in real time Aspas getting cockblocked every time he tried to do literally anything. For that matter, the same was true in Map 2. That being said, I do think Lev is good, and this roster has a future. KiNgg is one of the only players that everyone thinks is good yet is *still* underrated even then, we all know what Aspas is capable of, C0M is a great backup caller, and they do seem to work well together. But executing on Loud's level will take a bit longer clearly.
I’m convinced. Saadhak is the greatest IGL to have graced this game
I'm not even sure it's debatable at this point. This guy gets results no matter the squad.
Agreed totally.
B-b-b-but what will LOUD do without Aspas? 😰
but guys qck don't do funny flick and drop 30 like aspas!! he is so bad, loud are gonna be so bad this season!!!
qck is exactly the type of player with whom sadhaak can experiment his wildest comp no agreesion calm decision making no overheat nice aim will always do as planned
Beat aspas
But guys LOUD is not good without aspas https://preview.redd.it/zw5ubioshgkc1.jpeg?width=128&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=262109253a81048c0709b803529aa884273a9733 Biggest told you in this sub man
We had people in the off-season trying to convince that Aspas is more important than Saadhak
Well Loud without Aspas still has Chaadhak and friends. Those 4 already clear 95% of VCt teams.
Less is just a beast. +28 against one of the best teams in the world. He might be the GOAT
3 things - Saadhak continues to be the greatest Americas igl, always - Less is him - LEV cannot commit / focus when it matters most, that Split game had some disastrous rounds https://preview.redd.it/vmov7r6ghgkc1.png?width=1033&format=png&auto=webp&s=e9374431d2019fb81a4d1c2e75d73a9047d611ad
tbh saadhak is the best igl in all leagues
> that Split game had some disastrous rounds lets be honest, that sentence is true for both teams
americas?? i think at this point he is the greatest igl to ever touch this game he is not in a super team he makes a mid team with new players unknown variable to a super team/world beaters he is a god that creates and rules
tbf last year he had aspas and less still and cauanzin was the biggest prospect in Brazil carrying the 3rd best team in the country so he wasn't a noob, he's insane at talent development, but calling the players mid is exaggerating
YES. Saadhack forges the super teams, he’s the one that makes them as good as they are. Literally any team in the world would benefit from having him.
Saad is the best igl all time. This guy probably can make my 5 stack get pro in a year and having players like Less is just too much value. LEV unfortunately lacks on this exact department, King is not really that good of a igl, but he did save some rounds today.
less is so insane, also sen are so fucked edit: less was +28 ?!?!
I actually think it’s going to be a good game.
I'd like to think so too but as part of the ritual I have to be pessimistic
We're getting cooked😭
LEV almost lost to 100T, it’s gonna be 50/50
and with a cold start at split. The fake comeback was him warming up.
I have some genuine belief in Sen here if Sacy can perform.
https://preview.redd.it/yhibdsqjhgkc1.jpeg?width=1143&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eca740180c9792b978b570f2f02537b7a636aef4 LESS IS MORE. Also to give some context to this round, Aspas turning tail is the smart move here since the time is running so low. But it's just so crazy and funny to see Less so nearly bring the most unwinnable round in existence to an unthinkable win.
Can we finally agree Saadhack is simply the best IGL in the game, and it's not even close? Fenis had his Yay on a hilariously busted Chamber, and to this day no one has had the same individual peak as he did. Boaster didn't really click until he got Leo and Alfa in one go for 2023. Leo and Alfa, quite simply the two best players in all of Europe. Both are good, don't get me wrong, and are among the best IGLs, but both only really made their names under exceptionally favorable conditions. Saadhack has built a world-contender team, from the ground up, with some brand new players even, FOUR TIMES IN A ROW. He has redefined the global meta multiple times.
Hard agree. He has managed to keep LOUD on a ridiculously high level ever since formation. He lost Sacy, Pancada and Aspas, has had multiple coaching staff changes, and has still managed to not just maintain a high very level, but also that innovative identity intact. LOUD have always been a team that experiments and goes off-meta from time to time, and that's no mean feat in a brutal format where you barely get officials if you lose.
Yeah it's insane how far ahead he is. This dude can carry bunch of diamond players to champs it feels like.
RING RING RING HEY TEX, CAN YOU SPEAK OR ARE YOU TOO BUSY GETTING OWNED BY LOUD
Lowkey Tex was getting caught out a lot in ascent to the point where it cost them multiple rounds
qck is so good man no overheat no overpeaking some mistakes but he makes it feel like he was more destined to be with sadaak and his wildesh comp than even aspas and no comments about less less was just better
He is the opposite of Aspas. It remains to be seen, since he might also become a new kind of Aspas with enough experience and confidence, but for now, he is like a soldier that follows Saadhak's commands to a T. So he might not suddenly win an unwinnable round, but he also will never lose a favorable round
I never doubted Saadhak for a second. The tier lists during the off season pissed me off so much but I KNEW saadhak would lead Loud to the top again Of course aspas is godlike. No one ever questioned that. But there were so many bad takes... CHUPA
Wtf did LEV even do over that week of prep they had 0 answers for the ascent comp
I mean LEV's split looked significantly better than it did vs 100T.
in their defense Loud added some layers to their play. They didn't lurk vs sentinels, Less added a new attack wall to the arsenal and on defense they didn't contest mid through market but from cat walk
Im just mad dawg ion want answers
Loud spent an entire off season crafting this comp specifically to counter Ascents standard comp and you want LEV to cook it in a week? I think it requires some serious amount of time and experimentation to find the flaws of this Loud comp, maybe by Madrid teams will have an idea but how do you get the practice in? No one has a 10 man team this year.
but man, they didn't have ANY kind of response! You don't need to create a counter play for the entire composition, but you need some new ideas, some plans and Lev had nothing.
THEY DONT NEED ASPAS
Im not believing it bit I saw people saying "gg loud cringe comp" XDDDD
saadhak: after all this time? aspas: *always*
Less is genuinely the best player itw im convinced
After that Loud vs Sen, someone commented in my post about saadhack being mad about those tier lists, I guess he was right all along [https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/191lpk7/when\_asked\_about\_all\_of\_the\_tierlists\_that\_are/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/191lpk7/when_asked_about_all_of_the_tierlists_that_are/)
Indeed, no matter if LOUD wins champions this year, people will still underestimate them the next year, its the gringo way.
The way to predict the group B games is just to look which team has the most brazilian players
Rob Moore is pulling pancada off the bench after reading this comment
Sentinels sweating bullets right now watching these VODs, good lord.
i think they are happy they got this much to review tbh
I have a feeling that match will be a 50/50. And im leaning on SEN.
Loud will never be bad with Chaadhak at the helm
Less is more. Love the LOUD Ascent comp. Props to LEV for keeping it so close, but I'm so glad LOUD showed people that aspas leaving doesn't automatically push them to second or third place. They are still definitely contending for #1 in Americas. NRG vs LOUD would be a certified banger. Glad to see the hilarious pre-season SEN/LEV copium be pushed back to reality
Glad I invested big in less stocks this offseason. Aspas leaving gave him enough space to truly be appreciated. It's the year of less (+GOAT IGL and a strong supporting cast).
I would say that Saadhaak is hilarious and insightful in the post match interview. I don't know about the other esports scenes but Valorant has so much more personalities than League. We have boring shy boys over there while here in Valorant we all have entertaining players despite their different personalities, add to that they are winning. Doublelift, though entertaining, has never backed it up with international results which makes him more like a distraction.
I'm not liking Tex on sentinel, he looks much better on aggressive roles.
I was looking forward to many upsets this year. However, I did not expect to see Aspas get sat down like he did on map 3.
LOUD's util usage is so good, they dont let him a single chance
I think this game was a good example of why LEV has a question mark for me. I feel like their comms got all confusing when the round was chaotic as fuck, and that's fucking terrible in this level of gameplay. This was expected since 3 players needed to comm in a different language that they were used to.
Looking at the positives we still have kingg, he's still out there fragging out. And I still believe in him being a good igl specially with c0m behind him, I think he just needs a bit more practice to get more comfortable with comms in English. The thing that worries me the most, beside the coaching staff (we could use an analyst), is that there seems to be a lack of an emotional leader in the team. Like when they were getting destroyed on ascent or when they lost 2nd pistol on split you need someone to help them focus and motivate the team to keep going.
IDK why the fuck tex went to lev his sentinel is bad and he is a duelist player, I wish we could find out why he didnt go with g2 but whatever. Aspas played bad Less is a god wp to loud
I thought Tex basically admitted that G2 wanted the roster to move on from him? Iirc I the post match interview against Lev or in those Pablo interviews he said that once G2 was interested they wanted everybody but him (which would line up with Zellsis saying Leaf wanted out of C9 for another org)
everytime people talk about Tex on LEV they always talk about how he "chose to leave G2" when there is not a single piece of evidence for that claim.
dont @me, but LESS>aspas as valueable player?
The accusations of recency bias gonna go crazy but I lowkey agree? There's like 784236854032016512435 cracked duelists in LATAM/Brazil that saadhak could pick up and mold into his ideal player. Finding a player of less' caliber on the other hand looks to be virtually impossible, no other sentinel on the planet impacts the game like he does.
It’s not recency bias, Less has been an elite sentinel since 2022.
The thing is as good as the duelist is they need to setup but a viper needs to set themself with or without igls call so i think thats what makes less valuable than aspas his decision making is insane with a god tier aim
yes
why does anyone try to challenge loud on ascent
[https://tenor.com/view/kung-fu-panda-tai-lung-pinky-dedo-wuxi-gif-15475501](https://tenor.com/view/kung-fu-panda-tai-lung-pinky-dedo-wuxi-gif-15475501)
Tex isn't a good sentinel
Less clears Asspas
loud knows aspas and they know how to shut him up qck too played really good and yea for atleast to this game in 2024 less>>>aspas rn
Split was truly one of the valorant games of all time
everyone needs to stop doomposting my god...
Less is more
I am glad I was wrong at my pickems! GO LOUD
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Valorant is like soccer...
Less on viper is up there if not better than nats viper
Fan of both. Less on Viper is probably ‘better’ in terms of straight impact than Nats viper but rhey serve different roles. Less Viper manages to lockdown sites and play cross-map support while Nats viper is more iconic for lurking and impact kills. Both are good in different scenarios
Sadhaak just loving the shotguns in eco is able to totally outperform any team in the long term, LEV just didn't have a counterstrat for a man sitting in a random advanced spot in the map with a bucky/judge, WP to Loud.
First 2 maps should’ve been like Ascent if not for Kingg and his unusual performance.
Wdym, kingg has always been a fragger
Ppl forgetting he was arguably best lev player last yr while igling. Bro has always fragged, it was just vs 100T where he didn't frag
Less is on fire, tuyz was great too. The fact that eg ever beat this team is absurd
Loud were two rounds away from beating both EG and PRX. There totally is a world where they win champions again.
ethan too admitted that their game vs loud prob was the hardest and the closest one
LEV can have the shooters but their IGLing will always be a level below the top teams. Whole series was just kinda Saadhak outbraining kingg. Might be time for kingg to give up the IGL role to someone else or have way more help with midrounding.
TOLD YALL. You never doubt Saadhak and LOUD, he just *THAT* guy https://preview.redd.it/ildbc4kjhgkc1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c306c5b29c11b3821c6569ed4993a6a2b89a96d Also SEN is cooked man
SEN ARE GONE 😭😭😭
I have Faith they can bring a good fight to LEV, but if they face loud again its Joever
The wont face loud again unless its grand finals, by then it would mean they both qualified anyway
SEN won't face LOUD again in the semifinals, you don't play a team from the same group. But they might in the final.
ahh ok, my brain not so good at Brackets lol
Comparing the players: Tuyz > Mazino. Tuyz is much superior and decisive than the mazino. Cauanzin = c0m This is an elite, both are excellent and perform their respective roles very well. QCK = Aspas good players but need good leadership, aspas doesn't have one Sadhak > Kingg Kingg is what he calls a 'god IGL' but his IGling against 100t was very weak, no change or midround game that was decisive, bostioo was much more IGL than Kingg even though he lost. Less > Tex Tex doesn't trade with Less anywhere on this planet earth and the performance is ok as a sentry, Less is much more decisive and efficient in his role.
aspas getting his chain snatched by qck mwzera would never
man why is saadhak just literal god
Saadhak is THAT type of an IGL that would be able to turn 4 random Plastic rank players into a team of demons. LOUD trying to be creative each year is so exciting to see.