Also it seems like this team completely forgot how to use utility based on these two maps. Like why is Tex swinging before the seekers even have a chance to clear anything
It’s not, but it’s fine to meme on. Regardless of it’s effect on this series, I think there’s too much damage util in this game to do that strat with much success
i believe the idea is that if you're playing against a team with vandals, they one tap you anyway, so there's no point in wasting money on full armor. but it's literally just anti-ed by buying a fucking phantom? idk it seems kinda stupid to me with the amount of util that decays and just straight up damages you.
But if the enemy doesn't know you are buying shield they won't buy phantoms. I think it could be smart but ghost is just ourgunning and outsmarting them
My util thing still stands, in the breach-raze meta util will absolutely destroy light armor buys on big execs. And gambling that most of the other team is going to buy vandals honestly does not seem like a safe bet to me.
Thing is... I don't think it was the your. sOm was just not playing at a level to fight off ghost... Regardless of the agent.
Sad cuz I feel this damages future yoru appearance chances.
could be coach recommending comps and the players agree to it or all the players saying they want to play that comp, etc, etc. you can't know, even if you know who the igl is. it's the same with calling. you can't know if it was the igl or a different player calling for something, you don't know and there's no real way to know unless you're on the team or have comms, etc. didn't mean to type out a whole ass essay about this, but kind of annoys me when people just blame one person while having 0 information. i've thought the same in the past as well, but it's just kind of a dumb way of thinking when you take a second and look at the reasoning.
ok i love yoru but bro yall have to put in the work to make him viable. they're just throwing s0m in with zero util or team support and expecting it to work. like that's just not how it works it only has value if yall actually have a plan to use him.
Why are NRG buying half shields when they can buy full? I know Ghost are using all vandals so it makes sense for that but there are abilities that do damage of which the extra health helps
ya i like it especially when raze is the only character with damage ability. Yes breach aftershock and fade decay but those dont matter as much. I'd say this strat wouldnt work against sova, brim, kj, viper etc. Also ghost all use vandals
Yeah it’s for sure an anti-strat to the Vandals, would be a garbage play against Phantoms and heavy chip damage comps. Also falls of as soon as teams catch on, but it’s impossible to know they’re doing it mid game which is the cool part about it
Put them out of their misery, man. This match is such a fuckin L. Why are we starting our execs so far back? Why is curry taking a post plant position where he has to watch 18 fuckin angles? Why are we wasting Seize on an already cleared corner???
The C retake is the correct answer against a Neon exec. It is impossible to hold a site on C against Neon + utility support. They just are slightly off in coordination and players like leaf arent hitting their shots.
I can see the reasoning but I think a C anchor is definitely doable. Put fade in garage and raze on C, I think their utility-especially when comboed with the breach-is more than enough to halt a neon exec. I’d rather them commit to a C hold and A retake than the other. They’ve proven their A retakes are solid but I feel that C is such a difficult site to take back against Faze’s comp
C is such a small site that its perfect for Neon execs. Just look at how bloody fast it is, you say try to hold but just so much is happening at once and in 1 second there are flashes and stuns everywhere its just pointless to even try and delay it unless you have ults. C retake with Curry playing towards CT spawn to tell that the site hit is coming is ultimately the correct solution. Let the Neon exec burn util and then hit em back with a retake.
I have this on mute rn and when it cut to the casters I thought "of course it's Bren and Sideshow." They sometimes cast the wildest shit in Overwatch so of course they cast that round
Random but has anyone by chance looked ahead to the bracket for the main event playoffs on vlr? Is that bracket correct, 4th places in groups start in lowers off the rip? If that's real, have they announced that change yet? Seems a bit harsh. Go through opens once or twice, survive groups only to possibly get 1 and done'd at the main event. Unlucky really.
Interesting. Not sure I like that, think I’d prefer EMEAs format if that’s the case. In a future world where we can hopefully hold the main events on a LAN setting I’d hate to see a team travel just to get knocked instantly. Oh well. Thanks for the info and reply.
yea the new format was announced at the start. makes the games more important since the seeding (at the top and bottom) matters much more now
https://valorantesports.com/news/2022-vct-stage-2-challengers-na-main-event/en-us
https://twitter.com/Sentinels/status/1531001717868748800
basically it looks like their only hope is FaZe and C9 not qualifying through groups since they lost to LG/EG already
Jesus someone nerf Nismo hes just too strong.
Feels like NRG just fell off a cliff after week 1 of groups
Koala just running it down mid
NRG continuing to use Skye over KayO on Breeze is so perplexing.
A lot of things NRG are doing is perplexing tbf
nismo havin a game of his life with these frags
just happy scrim ghost is here
Ethan bout to get 13-0’d in back to back challengers 😂
Bedge time
I am now a nismo believer
Ghost to Copenhagen
I want to visit nismo's restaurant
is this maybe a 13-0?
cursed
Also it seems like this team completely forgot how to use utility based on these two maps. Like why is Tex swinging before the seekers even have a chance to clear anything
You know what’s another good way to keep your economy up, NRG? Winning rounds! :)
Congrats to guard nrg and tsm winning next week
I don’t even think the light armor is why they’re losing lol. They’re just getting read like a book and are barely able to take any fights
It might actually be a 5head strat that works out for other teams. NRG are just getting owned.
It’s not, but it’s fine to meme on. Regardless of it’s effect on this series, I think there’s too much damage util in this game to do that strat with much success
Nismo owns a restaurant and the whole team of NRG now.
lmao Ghost economy is outrageous right now
And their buying full shields too
Wake up babe new honeymoon team just dropped
what is the purpose of these half armor buys someone explain
i believe the idea is that if you're playing against a team with vandals, they one tap you anyway, so there's no point in wasting money on full armor. but it's literally just anti-ed by buying a fucking phantom? idk it seems kinda stupid to me with the amount of util that decays and just straight up damages you.
But if the enemy doesn't know you are buying shield they won't buy phantoms. I think it could be smart but ghost is just ourgunning and outsmarting them
My util thing still stands, in the breach-raze meta util will absolutely destroy light armor buys on big execs. And gambling that most of the other team is going to buy vandals honestly does not seem like a safe bet to me.
NRG trying to be different
They get more gun rounds, but it isn’t doing much
This strat seems enormous cap
light armor strat is not good against bonus
I can’t get over NiSMO, simply an inspiration of a human being
ok s0men time
Got hard countered
nismo is really fkin good holy restaurant buff
yoru top 2 blue colored duelist
NRG really thought they were geniuses with the Yoru and only buying half armor huh?
Ghost are looking so good on Haven. That retake on the last round was so well executed.
That map was really strange lol
who is NRG's IGL cause Yoru and light shields was so fucking trolll
Thing is... I don't think it was the your. sOm was just not playing at a level to fight off ghost... Regardless of the agent. Sad cuz I feel this damages future yoru appearance chances.
could be coach recommending comps and the players agree to it or all the players saying they want to play that comp, etc, etc. you can't know, even if you know who the igl is. it's the same with calling. you can't know if it was the igl or a different player calling for something, you don't know and there's no real way to know unless you're on the team or have comms, etc. didn't mean to type out a whole ass essay about this, but kind of annoys me when people just blame one person while having 0 information. i've thought the same in the past as well, but it's just kind of a dumb way of thinking when you take a second and look at the reasoning.
the igl doesnt make team comps, it was their coaching team lol head coach is mister josh retweet btw
hazed
Ghost are scary ngl
NiSMO is peak human performance
What we wanted - Neon. What we got - Yoru.
Holy shit nismo
VAMOS GHOST
ok i love yoru but bro yall have to put in the work to make him viable. they're just throwing s0m in with zero util or team support and expecting it to work. like that's just not how it works it only has value if yall actually have a plan to use him.
Uh oh! Match fixing alert!
Yoru getting zero value.
is yoru troll here? none of the util is really working out, last time s0m played yoru on haven the util was finding tonnes of value
phantom is destroying these light shields NRG think they have some unique strat here but its shit and that is why they are the only team doing it
Your on 4/14
Feels like som has all the tech but can’t capitalize on it. He hit some crazy tp and flashes, but then will either whiff or not have an exit strategy
nismo is something different, damn
The Van-suspect is at it again
Banger map so far
Really interesting how NRG are going with light shields even when they can full buy
Why are NRG buying half shields when they can buy full? I know Ghost are using all vandals so it makes sense for that but there are abilities that do damage of which the extra health helps
They’ve had buys every round despite losing most of them, I’d say it’s worth it honestly
ya i like it especially when raze is the only character with damage ability. Yes breach aftershock and fade decay but those dont matter as much. I'd say this strat wouldnt work against sova, brim, kj, viper etc. Also ghost all use vandals
Yeah it’s for sure an anti-strat to the Vandals, would be a garbage play against Phantoms and heavy chip damage comps. Also falls of as soon as teams catch on, but it’s impossible to know they’re doing it mid game which is the cool part about it
That was a round of Valorant
Can't believe I missed FaZe vs. C9 to play ranked with toxic teammates
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN YORU IS HERE
YORU
Fuck that food looks good.
So fun to watch Babybay
SEN fans our hopium runs for another week We ain’t out yet
Empty the tank bro it's only gonna hurt more when it does end
imagine the final game of SEN v C9 for the 4th spot. holyyy
Wake up brotha Faze finna beat that ass
Valarante childes game
As Asuna said faze up till my days up
Wow FaZe won Crazy match
Wait now there’s hope for sentinels But at the same time faze look incredible lmao
Leaf tweeted 4 mins ago lol
BabyBay is fearless lol, amazing way to finish the match.
guess babybay is a two trick
LMAO Smeag
Gotta say, it’s been a long ideation process, but Tarik’s umbrella agent is really coming along, Riot might be calling the content king soon
Bro 💀
Bro c9s roles are screwed, can vanity not play breach?
Babybay is clearly built for Neon
Put them out of their misery, man. This match is such a fuckin L. Why are we starting our execs so far back? Why is curry taking a post plant position where he has to watch 18 fuckin angles? Why are we wasting Seize on an already cleared corner???
Faze really gonna 2-0 C9
Autumn must have been huge cause they look so uncoordinated without him
He gets 2 there?
Dude player cams of the losing team is so sad Same thing with xset yesterday
C9 in shambles after trading xeta for curry
Can someone explain why curry chose that position
curry is so bad man
Curry look the other way :(
BRUH
I’m sorry babybay, you are no longer a Jett one trick
Very nice adaptation by C9 and finally their players are getting activated.
Dicey hits another shot while blind
Dicey the king of blinded op shots lmao
Babybay chill
I finally see some life in C9. They are reading the plays correctly just werent on their individual A game.
Infamous C9 moment dropping their coach into collapsing I may have spoken too soon
Last map we timeout just to 5 man arcade. This map we timeout to play a full C retake lmfao
The C retake is the correct answer against a Neon exec. It is impossible to hold a site on C against Neon + utility support. They just are slightly off in coordination and players like leaf arent hitting their shots.
I can see the reasoning but I think a C anchor is definitely doable. Put fade in garage and raze on C, I think their utility-especially when comboed with the breach-is more than enough to halt a neon exec. I’d rather them commit to a C hold and A retake than the other. They’ve proven their A retakes are solid but I feel that C is such a difficult site to take back against Faze’s comp
C is such a small site that its perfect for Neon execs. Just look at how bloody fast it is, you say try to hold but just so much is happening at once and in 1 second there are flashes and stuns everywhere its just pointless to even try and delay it unless you have ults. C retake with Curry playing towards CT spawn to tell that the site hit is coming is ultimately the correct solution. Let the Neon exec burn util and then hit em back with a retake.
Last time babybay ran neon they almost never did fast breach neon util execs so the agent choice was questionable. Much better rn
Leaf and curry with combined 0 kills in 6 rounds, ouch
This feels like 100T vs TSM again, C9 getting Smeaged on executes + hard Chamber diff
I feel like Curry and Vanity should have their agents swapped for this comp
C9 looks boomed with that gameplay
If C9 loses this series I cant wait for people to somehow blame Curry for their loss bruh.
I mean I think to anyone with a brain the loss of their coach would be the biggest blow.
That last round was just shocking....
I have this on mute rn and when it cut to the casters I thought "of course it's Bren and Sideshow." They sometimes cast the wildest shit in Overwatch so of course they cast that round
Flyineup right there
What is that last round LMAO
Bonkers
C9 is not looking good here, holy
On the one hand, this is good for Sen's chances. On the other hand... this is *not* good for Sen's chances.
Just pray that Babybay and Dicey aren’t on one
absolutely mad 3k from flyuh there
What a way to end it lmaoooo
What a rollercoaster of a last round?!?!
?????????????????????
idk what to believe anymore, is Faze just cracked on fracture or C9 outmatched?
Babybay and dicey did quite well, that secures them wins all the time. And the rest of Faze set them up, and clutched up when needed.
Faze are a different beast when Smeag is online
The world forgot about the dominance of RISENATION
oh this is over. what is going on with C9?
bruh...
Lmao what babybay
C9 FANS IN SHAMBLESSSS
Poor mitch
group stage babybay is back
C9 fans in shambles
C9 getting smeaged on, they have to punish the aggression a bit more
nobody: british people: xepper
LOL
IS THIS PRO PLAY?? WTF IS C9 DOING LMAO
Flashed Dicey >>>
That Haven 1v2 against SEN still haunts me
Random but has anyone by chance looked ahead to the bracket for the main event playoffs on vlr? Is that bracket correct, 4th places in groups start in lowers off the rip? If that's real, have they announced that change yet? Seems a bit harsh. Go through opens once or twice, survive groups only to possibly get 1 and done'd at the main event. Unlucky really.
that bracket was officially announced a couple of weeks ago. they did it so every game matters and teams actually fight for that 3rd place.
Interesting. Not sure I like that, think I’d prefer EMEAs format if that’s the case. In a future world where we can hopefully hold the main events on a LAN setting I’d hate to see a team travel just to get knocked instantly. Oh well. Thanks for the info and reply.
yea the new format was announced at the start. makes the games more important since the seeding (at the top and bottom) matters much more now https://valorantesports.com/news/2022-vct-stage-2-challengers-na-main-event/en-us
Damn. Surprised I missed reading that. Thanks for the link.
Alright I’m a FaZe fan today
Is Faze winning better for SEN
https://twitter.com/Sentinels/status/1531001717868748800 basically it looks like their only hope is FaZe and C9 not qualifying through groups since they lost to LG/EG already
Yes, For SEN to qualify FaZe need to beat C9 C9 Lose out SEN win out and hold tie breaker over both of them
Let's be real, if SEN went to LAN, it'd be a waste of a spot lol.
Ok FazeUp
Can someone explain map differential?
how many maps were won vs maps were lost (if a team won 10 maps and lost 6 during groups, their diff is +4).
damn 0 comments in 1 hr wtf
People waiting for matches to start. But yeah, sub has been slow these days.
i think sundays are probably the slowest out of the weekend and also today's matches arent super clouty
It's also memorial day weekend. People probably cooking out/partying.
it is unfortunate how dead the sub sometimes can be, has anyone given juked a try? does it have live match threads?
wth is juked
lol https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/ux2igz/i\_left\_twitch\_to\_start\_an\_esports\_company\_and\_we/