But technically it's not a roster move. PRX only filled the huge gap for their lack of agent pool because they're not a specialist of certain roles outside of Duelist and Controller (mindfreak). It's still a good move to a better direction regardless. Pacific has strong aimers so they're not the only team that can get away with just fragging everyone and make clutches.
well if you fall short time after time again at somepoint you have to prove its gonna work or change something at least thats i view this and i think most players would to
I think they got B because they just got rid of someone and didn't get anyone to replace. Like they just lost a personnel lol. they only have a negative
PRX should have maybe made a change and didnt TLN added late to the season a player with potential so they give the team another shot with more time Completely different rosters with completely different contexts
Not exactly,PRX were a top 3-4 team for 2 years then fell off immensely by Champs,it was clear that a change would’ve been ideal. Putting jinggg on different roles is a step in the right direction for sure tho
Is it weird to say I feel like that was from Oxy’s insistence? He looked way more disciplined with Rossy IGLing, but my man likes to take stupid fights and ego peak. Either him or Xeppa tbh.
You have to keep in mind that some orgs like KC probably wanted to leave N4RRATE on the roster but if the player wants to leave what else can they do, same with EG and Jawgemo
KC had a weird situation where they desperately needed an IGL that can mid round and the best they could find is saddhak but you can’t have both since import rules so they needed to choose either a really good player stats wise and a really good igl that can lead,mid round, help with strats and comps. I don’t think you can let go of a chance like saddhak since EMEA is lacking in decent igls and it’s easier to replace a player like N4rrate who’s just really good at going pew pew
Brilliant presentation TMV.. You can try adding effects to make your presentation more mesmerizing tho. Still a great presentation A+ for your efforts.
To be honest Bang is probably a better controller player than TenZ seeing as TenZ could only really play omen in that role and Bang being Astra and Viper to the team, still TenZ is TenZ.
@@toastbrot2774 i mean its just that omen was played on every map so he only needed to practice omen, im sure he wouldve been very good on viper/astra if he needed to play them, but his viper/astra still mightve been worse than bang's
Imo tenz was more of a flex initiator than anything. I almost wish we saw more of him playing those initiators, but I understand why he was an omen player. I think Bang will be great
This is just my opinion, but Tenz didnt play Astra because he couldnt, more so cause she was shit last act. Now shes good, but before that he had no reason to. Could he have done it aswell as Bang? Maybe not, but I dont think you can say he just couldnt. But yes, they still expand their agent choice with Bang
Zander is very good but bang was a proven top tier controller in NA tier 1 last year while zander was amazing on m80 hes still an unknown quantity in t1, i still think zander will do great tho
also icy was on the practice team on EG when the won champs, he already has a good relationship with potter and is generally underrated given his potential ceiling
I feel like NAVI will definitely be better. Hiro performed insanely well on Fanatic in Leo’s absence and I think Koala has a really good agent pool for a duelist, especially post-Neon nerf.
Just to clarify: prx looked into roster changes but they couldn't get anyone bc they either were too expensive or they players wanted to play for their region i.e Japanese players play for japanese teams. Basically alecks is toughing it out and it looks good at the moment
Yeah, alecks said he tried to get Primmie and Korean players (some suspected it was HYUNMIN) to play for the team. As for Primmie, it was funny because alecks already reached out to Primmie first and he was interested to play with the team. But few days after both met each other, Crws visited Primmie's family and made Primmie changed his mind immediately. Also as Victoria (ChubbyNinja, Pacific talent and alecks' GF) said on Sliggy's stream, Primmie's parents wanted him to play for a Thai team first. alecks also tried to get new players because the team had a fight before. Maybe the one that d4v41 and mindfreak complained with how the team played incoherently during Masters Shanghai.
@@user-vbjh9086L Because clearly they're trying to find aim demons to keep up with the rest of the team. Even above average aim isn't enough for PRX. As we can see, both Primmie and HYUNMIN are aim demons. You're not replacing Jinggg or something with players like Wayne, grumble, or Vera. That would be a downgrade.
@@fikryahmadg4865 Nah, I think PRX could be a team where the role changes depending on the map they play. They have 3 different players playing different Duelist agents. f0rsakeN: Neon, Yoru Jinggg: Phoenix, Raze, Reyna something: Jett, Reyna They only don't have a player that can play Iso reliably. They also use different players for their Sentinel & Initiator role. You got Jinggg, d4v41, and f0rsakeN playing Sentinel on different maps. They also have d4v41, something, and f0rsakeN playing different Initiator agents depending on maps. PRX can maintain their mental and stamina properly by some players playing different roles each map. Sometimes their Duelist players can get exhausted after a long and excruciating match. I can't wait to see them trying to do this next season.
@@n_corewho said grumble is downgrade he was one of the best in dsg even chobra/sliggy idk who exactly has mentioned he should be getting picked out of all the members
BuZz left DRX on his own(didn’t re-sign and his contract ended) BuZz mentioned in an interview that DRX gave him a large offer but he didn’t accept it(T1 prolly offered more)
I feel like contracts should’ve also been considered. DRX and GenG for example didn’t want buzz or meteor to leave but their contracts expired and they choose to go elsewhere
I disagree with the Loud one, I'd probably give them a C or B-, just because the only real loss there was Less. Saadhak igling was really questionable this year and their team arguably needed a change in their IGL after 3 consecutive years with him. Also, DGzin is the best duelist LOUD has gotten since Aspas left, so in that role, is a major upgrade from QCK and Sadhaak/Tuyz filling in that role for the later games. Plus, keeping Tuyz, Cauanzin and Pancada, who have previously won an international tournament with Loud and are well known for being A+ tier, I'd say that's a good thing. But will they be good this year? No freaking idea.
I think you didnt really take into account who wanted to leave as in did Jawgemo want to leave Eg but I guess its hard to tell which people wanted to leave vs forced out like derke
Ok let me preface my comment by saying that i am not a SEN fan. But with that being said, i would give SEN and A+ or an S with regards to their roster moves for one reason. They didn't have a choice to keep their existing roster in place since Tenz and Sacy wanted to retire and were forced to make changes, and i feel like they literally could not have picked up better players. As you said, N4RRATE is a proven S tier player, and for their controller, some might say Zander is better, but Bang is a known quantity and has T1 experience. Would love to hear your thoughts on if there were other players you thought SEN should have picked up though
What if instead of being spread across KC and Vitality, one of the orgs absolutely splurged and got Saadhak, Less, Suygetsu, and Derke all on the same team (their fifth being whoever you want, really)
Heretics not getting A+ for keeping hold of 5 players good enough to win champs when woot, riens and benjy all mustve seen big money offers is surprising to me
I think the sentinels situation is complicated because while I do think you can't put either tenz and bang on top of the other I think the way tenz popped off sometimes is something you can't replicate so it makes me nervous that even if bangs proves to be better and more consistent that they might not win some games they would win with tenz bullshittery.. also cloud9 gets an F, I have nothing against the players, I personally love v1c.. well, Oxy left we with a sour taste with how he reacted to Rossy leaving but I have nothing against the rest of the players but you can't just do that to a man
NAVI should have NEVER broken up. Losing doombros was devastating mid season. He should have never been fired. Suygetsu and Zyppan should still be on this team. Replace ardiis with Koala and add Happy as assistant coach with Doombros and that roster is best in EMEA hands down
If loud is D Sentinels should be B-. Thinking about that Sacy and Tenz both were the goats, johnqt ain’t olaying as a sentinel anymore but I believe the made the right move just like Loud no one else in Brazil could replace both of them
So Apeks get an A because the move was interesting....? Should be a D realistically considering it's a big downgrade from Kaajak to Flor even if it isn't their choice. Same with Soulcas to whoever they get since whoever they get is not realistically going to be much better than Soulcas.
@@syndefi_x doesn't matter if she's from gc or not, that's if for example petra joined, because she's from emea, flor is from either na or apac idk, she's considered an import
giving apeks anything above a d+ is crazy... flor should have been LOW on the list for duelists. Also, why did they let their two best players go??? let go of everyone BUT soulcas and kajaak!
As a Team secret fan I disagree with the rating, keeping the team was their best action for this comptetitive year. They have new and young players come in and they played well with little playing time together. Their ceiling is very high and the players are very mechanical
I think the global esports changes were terrible. Why are we getting rid of lightningfast. Literally there are indian teams better than GE rn. Also Russ blazeking and Lightningfast is good. You couldve just kept that core and swapped out a couple players.
i honestly think that the kaajak vs derke debate is a whole lot closer then ppl think, because what kaajak lacks in terms of experience on the stage he'll make up for that with his agent pool which is far better then derke IMO. the guy just looks a whole lot more confident and cozy on yoru then derke did. Add on top of that that he has played neon in pro matches. and yes sure his jett and raze are worse, but the only person that can really rival derke's raze and jett is aspas.
tbf its just 1 big name is gone, and 1 new name is there ... and that's what people are scared of ... the same would happen if Chonicle, Alfa, Boaster or Leo would go... its always the same if your Team consist of 5 Top player. After an (international) more or less mediocre year, FNC wanted/needed some changes and changing your Duelist (even its arguably the best player) for a new, younger, (maybe in 1-2 Season better) Duelist is just smart ... Its not like FNC thought Kaajak is better than Derke (he´s not (yet)) but he´s more affordable, formable and prob. an investment in the future of FNC Valorant. I predict FNC will "struggle" for 1 Season (like 2024) then comeback as a well oiled machine :D
@@LeagueLP1I think fnc will be keeping their as a long term project since they are absolute best they have after a long time the only one I doubt about is boaster his days seems numbered because it gets really harder to defend him as a IGL not being able to frag and people even dragging him more down when boaster leaves probably Leo or chron would take up as igl role
I should also note financial situations were not really considered in this whatsoever, Idk if any these orgs have money so don't factor that in!
Are you poor-shaming the orgs who don’t have the money? Cause I am
Nothing to do with money, just role issues and vibes
If they don’t have money then what are they even doing signing players? Giving them IOUs?
@@z34567890123456 some players just cost more than others cause theyre better!
@@z34567890123456 sufficient* money to make an upgrade
“I hired a 1998 graphic design graduate to design my PowerPoint presentation-this is what he came up with”
TMV is growing old. Let him manage.
Function over form babyyyyyy
I personally think Apeks should have brought in Faker and s1mple
Nah fuck it, they should've brought in Sideshow as a duelist and Bren as a coach.
Lmfao 😂😂
Yes faker can be the IGL Midlaner and simple can be the AWPer
the flor pick up was troll af imo hes gonna get farmed now that he cant farm in girls league
The other player is Turkish
vid starts at 0:00 for anyone who can't find it
Thanks, finally i could watch the video intro
This helped me with my deaf ears. I appreciate this.
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Watched the whole video and had no idea where the beginning was. Thanks!
Cloud9 should have Got F- but Tmv oiled up to D that is very generous of him
Not generous, D is where be rates Clove and Reyna in his agent tier lists 😅
@@effluxi9587I mean that’s fair. Neither are absolute disasters in Tier 1, especially in APAC. FNC also saw significant success on Bind with Clove.
True
i think PRX just fixing their role issues is a A-rank "roster" move
But technically it's not a roster move. PRX only filled the huge gap for their lack of agent pool because they're not a specialist of certain roles outside of Duelist and Controller (mindfreak).
It's still a good move to a better direction regardless. Pacific has strong aimers so they're not the only team that can get away with just fragging everyone and make clutches.
@@n_core brother, it was a joke
PRX getting a B while TLN getting B+ I guess shows that people just have a really high expectation for PRX to perform
well if you fall short time after time again at somepoint you have to prove its gonna work or change something at least thats i view this and i think most players would to
I think they got B because they just got rid of someone and didn't get anyone to replace. Like they just lost a personnel lol. they only have a negative
PRX should have maybe made a change and didnt
TLN added late to the season a player with potential so they give the team another shot with more time
Completely different rosters with completely different contexts
Not exactly,PRX were a top 3-4 team for 2 years then fell off immensely by Champs,it was clear that a change would’ve been ideal. Putting jinggg on different roles is a step in the right direction for sure tho
They need an assistant coach before alecks starts trolling again with his comps
C9 dropping Rossy still baffled me a lot.
Is it weird to say I feel like that was from Oxy’s insistence? He looked way more disciplined with Rossy IGLing, but my man likes to take stupid fights and ego peak. Either him or Xeppa tbh.
he also seemed happy when rossy was dropped sooo yeah
@@cloudyskyz2237xeppa gotta have dirt with tbe c9 ceo
@@cloudyskyz2237 according to the podcast with rossy, oxy actually wanted him in. It was moose and v1c who wanted him out
You have to keep in mind that some orgs like KC probably wanted to leave N4RRATE on the roster but if the player wants to leave what else can they do, same with EG and Jawgemo
KC had a weird situation where they desperately needed an IGL that can mid round and the best they could find is saddhak but you can’t have both since import rules so they needed to choose either a really good player stats wise and a really good igl that can lead,mid round, help with strats and comps. I don’t think you can let go of a chance like saddhak since EMEA is lacking in decent igls and it’s easier to replace a player like N4rrate who’s just really good at going pew pew
@@deskohvc2037they could get ange1 who could run it down as omen and die leaving the team with no smokes
Brilliant presentation TMV.. You can try adding effects to make your presentation more mesmerizing tho. Still a great presentation A+ for your efforts.
Bro didn’t include the NRG coaching change even tho it’s definitely a positive for the org
Yeah they pretty much got the best initiator available and 3rd best duelist available behind Derke and Jawgemo,not bad at all.
@@king_thanos_2116and aspas
@@wolfliondog17 aspas was never going to NRG tbh. It was Pacific or a South American team. That’s why I didn’t mention him.
8:00 Kc really wanted to keep Narrate but he wanted to leave because he wanted to play in americas
To be honest Bang is probably a better controller player than TenZ seeing as TenZ could only really play omen in that role and Bang being Astra and Viper to the team, still TenZ is TenZ.
Tenz was also a bit lucky that Omen was meta on almost every map
@@toastbrot2774 i mean its just that omen was played on every map so he only needed to practice omen, im sure he wouldve been very good on viper/astra if he needed to play them, but his viper/astra still mightve been worse than bang's
Imo tenz was more of a flex initiator than anything. I almost wish we saw more of him playing those initiators, but I understand why he was an omen player. I think Bang will be great
As much as I love Tenz, gotta agree with you there.
This is just my opinion, but Tenz didnt play Astra because he couldnt, more so cause she was shit last act. Now shes good, but before that he had no reason to. Could he have done it aswell as Bang? Maybe not, but I dont think you can say he just couldnt. But yes, they still expand their agent choice with Bang
That thumbnail gives me nightmares
Jeff the killer aah pose
ngl surprised with SEN not picking up Zander considering John's chem with him. guess they're going by individual value.
Zander is very good but bang was a proven top tier controller in NA tier 1 last year while zander was amazing on m80 hes still an unknown quantity in t1, i still think zander will do great tho
Oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh 0:00
also icy was on the practice team on EG when the won champs, he already has a good relationship with potter and is generally underrated given his potential ceiling
Warning, Jumpscare alert at 0:00!
I didn’t know sees was a sub for dfm… he looked great in this off season to me I was excited to see him this year
You know the power Sentinels hold when tmv saved it for the absolute last.
I feel like NAVI will definitely be better. Hiro performed insanely well on Fanatic in Leo’s absence and I think Koala has a really good agent pool for a duelist, especially post-Neon nerf.
Just to clarify: prx looked into roster changes but they couldn't get anyone bc they either were too expensive or they players wanted to play for their region i.e Japanese players play for japanese teams. Basically alecks is toughing it out and it looks good at the moment
Yeah, alecks said he tried to get Primmie and Korean players (some suspected it was HYUNMIN) to play for the team.
As for Primmie, it was funny because alecks already reached out to Primmie first and he was interested to play with the team. But few days after both met each other, Crws visited Primmie's family and made Primmie changed his mind immediately. Also as Victoria (ChubbyNinja, Pacific talent and alecks' GF) said on Sliggy's stream, Primmie's parents wanted him to play for a Thai team first.
alecks also tried to get new players because the team had a fight before. Maybe the one that d4v41 and mindfreak complained with how the team played incoherently during Masters Shanghai.
@@user-vbjh9086L Because clearly they're trying to find aim demons to keep up with the rest of the team. Even above average aim isn't enough for PRX. As we can see, both Primmie and HYUNMIN are aim demons.
You're not replacing Jinggg or something with players like Wayne, grumble, or Vera. That would be a downgrade.
@@n_core I think PRX just need pure sentinel player to guard their base effectively on defender round 😅
@@fikryahmadg4865 Nah, I think PRX could be a team where the role changes depending on the map they play.
They have 3 different players playing different Duelist agents.
f0rsakeN: Neon, Yoru
Jinggg: Phoenix, Raze, Reyna
something: Jett, Reyna
They only don't have a player that can play Iso reliably.
They also use different players for their Sentinel & Initiator role. You got Jinggg, d4v41, and f0rsakeN playing Sentinel on different maps. They also have d4v41, something, and f0rsakeN playing different Initiator agents depending on maps.
PRX can maintain their mental and stamina properly by some players playing different roles each map. Sometimes their Duelist players can get exhausted after a long and excruciating match. I can't wait to see them trying to do this next season.
@@n_corewho said grumble is downgrade he was one of the best in dsg even chobra/sliggy idk who exactly has mentioned he should be getting picked out of all the members
omg such a good video
im still watching the ads
W list thinking mans valornut
good sum up to catch up on offseason
almost perfected rated every team!!
Tmv’s ranking let’s go
the oooooo at the beginning 😂😭
BuZz left DRX on his own(didn’t re-sign and his contract ended)
BuZz mentioned in an interview that DRX gave him a large offer but he didn’t accept it(T1 prolly offered more)
Pretty good list honestly speaking there’s not much to disagree with.
I feel like contracts should’ve also been considered. DRX and GenG for example didn’t want buzz or meteor to leave but their contracts expired and they choose to go elsewhere
You can’t just escaping the oiling by WEARING GLASSES
9:50 South America and North South America lmao, nice reference 😂
I disagree with the Loud one, I'd probably give them a C or B-, just because the only real loss there was Less. Saadhak igling was really questionable this year and their team arguably needed a change in their IGL after 3 consecutive years with him.
Also, DGzin is the best duelist LOUD has gotten since Aspas left, so in that role, is a major upgrade from QCK and Sadhaak/Tuyz filling in that role for the later games.
Plus, keeping Tuyz, Cauanzin and Pancada, who have previously won an international tournament with Loud and are well known for being A+ tier, I'd say that's a good thing.
But will they be good this year? No freaking idea.
Tuyz and Cauanzin didn’t win anything with Loud but maybe I misunderstood and you only meant Pancada in that case
@@a.w_.They won VCT Americas
the Last for apeks is batujnax
What happened to thorns? The redhead shout casters that got angry at everything?
I wish cned still gets a spot this season even if mid season hes my goat
I think you didnt really take into account who wanted to leave as in did Jawgemo want to leave Eg but I guess its hard to tell which people wanted to leave vs forced out like derke
Ok let me preface my comment by saying that i am not a SEN fan.
But with that being said, i would give SEN and A+ or an S with regards to their roster moves for one reason. They didn't have a choice to keep their existing roster in place since Tenz and Sacy wanted to retire and were forced to make changes, and i feel like they literally could not have picked up better players.
As you said, N4RRATE is a proven S tier player, and for their controller, some might say Zander is better, but Bang is a known quantity and has T1 experience.
Would love to hear your thoughts on if there were other players you thought SEN should have picked up though
Johnta also joined Zeta
5:20 ScreaM
does anyone know why they got rid of rossy from c9? they were looking good together in homegrounr
What if instead of being spread across KC and Vitality, one of the orgs absolutely splurged and got Saadhak, Less, Suygetsu, and Derke all on the same team (their fifth being whoever you want, really)
Actually, I guess Sayf would be that fifth, huh
can’t do less and saadhak cuz only 1 import is allowed per team
@@zachconway9490 oh yeah, i’m stupid
Heretics not getting A+ for keeping hold of 5 players good enough to win champs when woot, riens and benjy all mustve seen big money offers is surprising to me
If PRX don't cange their roster next time too they're becoming an OG
i think navi changes are B+ at least. the roster just did not work at all plus these new players aare absolutely phenomenal
I think the sentinels situation is complicated because while I do think you can't put either tenz and bang on top of the other I think the way tenz popped off sometimes is something you can't replicate so it makes me nervous that even if bangs proves to be better and more consistent that they might not win some games they would win with tenz bullshittery.. also cloud9 gets an F, I have nothing against the players, I personally love v1c.. well, Oxy left we with a sour taste with how he reacted to Rossy leaving but I have nothing against the rest of the players but you can't just do that to a man
100t also got rid of mikes and brought in two couches
Sen also dropped DrewSpark and picked up Gunter
NAVI should have NEVER broken up. Losing doombros was devastating mid season. He should have never been fired. Suygetsu and Zyppan should still be on this team. Replace ardiis with Koala and add Happy as assistant coach with Doombros and that roster is best in EMEA hands down
1 question TMV ... how many years until you learn "more" about the CN league ?
maybe SEN A or A+ for also picking up a really really good sub player
Redux is amazing
you mentioned milan joining fnatic but not any other big coaching moves like Bonkar to NRG
hating sentinels begins at 0:00
South america and north south america
If loud is D Sentinels should be B-. Thinking about that Sacy and Tenz both were the goats, johnqt ain’t olaying as a sentinel anymore but I believe the made the right move just like Loud no one else in Brazil could replace both of them
If I see Sentinels put N4rrate on cypher and Johnqt on fade 1 more time, I am going to go insane.
So Apeks get an A because the move was interesting....? Should be a D realistically considering it's a big downgrade from Kaajak to Flor even if it isn't their choice. Same with Soulcas to whoever they get since whoever they get is not realistically going to be much better than Soulcas.
tl patitek could get a bit more glaze pretty please
I was sad about saya leaving T1, i thought he was rly good on it
Beyn and lememore were good right?
nice oily frame TMV.
Are China's rosters not locked in?
perfect moment, I was about to edge. nothing better than edging to TMV while eating lunch
what about CN region
Bro forgot about Happy going to NAVI
Why cned gone from fut?
5:20 maybe yay
+rossy - rossy lmao
red on red background kinda hard to read ngl
My favorite regions: South America and North South America 😎
North SA
financial situations not being considered is certainly tory behaviour
Aa a fan, financial situations shouldn’t matter. I do not care about an Orgs financials in the slightest.
Calling tenz equal to bang 😂😂😂 bro is brave
Vitality even deserve an S on that changes
Guys what happened to Kamo and how did he get picked up by team liquid I heard he had some serious allegations.
It would be hella funny if Rossy join Apeks
He can't, apeks already has an import
@@diogoferreira7427gc players aren’t considered to be an import
@@syndefi_x she's american or vietnamese, either way she's an import
@@diogoferreira7427 but riot has stated that gc players aren’t considered an import so they could still get rossy
@@syndefi_x doesn't matter if she's from gc or not, that's if for example petra joined, because she's from emea, flor is from either na or apac idk, she's considered an import
Talon removed b0i as AC pretty sure
giving apeks anything above a d+ is crazy... flor should have been LOW on the list for duelists. Also, why did they let their two best players go??? let go of everyone BUT soulcas and kajaak!
I dont understand why gen g changed rosters. I thought they had a solid team that would do really good this next season. Anyone know why?
Expensive contracts probably. Definitely couldnt take Karon Texture Munchkin and Meteor
Money. Players prolly wanted more and org couldn’t support
Lev roster changes are at worst a sidegrade (I'm drowning in copium)
nrg brought in bonkar too
A+ for giants they are making an international
If I was was team liquid I would get rid of Kamyk and kamo and pick up scream and rossy as an igl
LOUD is Tier C-
not loving the glasses, gets me too oiled up.
Lev trying so hard to forget about SA nd start beign an NA team
I'd give T1 an S grade.
Cloud 9 deserves an F and I’m a C9 fan. Wtf they doing tbh
Tory Mans Valorant
哥们，怎么没有VCT CN那？你对VCT CN 有什么意见？！
At 0:29 he says he doesn't know enough about the players to give a fair and balanced view.
@@JorisJokubauskas-wl5kp可惜，不理解VCT CN，也看不好VCT CN。我没话说。
did u eat the dog in ur pfp?
@@SkorpionYassine 这是一个笑话哥们？肯定没有！
no more bbl reazy 😔
Nerdge Ed Sheeran
As a Team secret fan I disagree with the rating, keeping the team was their best action for this comptetitive year. They have new and young players come in and they played well with little playing time together. Their ceiling is very high and the players are very mechanical
Prx need Benkai ass an assistant coach
I think the global esports changes were terrible. Why are we getting rid of lightningfast. Literally there are indian teams better than GE rn. Also Russ blazeking and Lightningfast is good. You couldve just kept that core and swapped out a couple players.
i honestly think that the kaajak vs derke debate is a whole lot closer then ppl think, because what kaajak lacks in terms of experience on the stage he'll make up for that with his agent pool which is far better then derke IMO. the guy just looks a whole lot more confident and cozy on yoru then derke did. Add on top of that that he has played neon in pro matches. and yes sure his jett and raze are worse, but the only person that can really rival derke's raze and jett is aspas.
tbf its just 1 big name is gone, and 1 new name is there ... and that's what people are scared of ... the same would happen if Chonicle, Alfa, Boaster or Leo would go... its always the same if your Team consist of 5 Top player. After an (international) more or less mediocre year, FNC wanted/needed some changes and changing your Duelist (even its arguably the best player) for a new, younger, (maybe in 1-2 Season better) Duelist is just smart ... Its not like FNC thought Kaajak is better than Derke (he´s not (yet)) but he´s more affordable, formable and prob. an investment in the future of FNC Valorant. I predict FNC will "struggle" for 1 Season (like 2024) then comeback as a well oiled machine :D
@@LeagueLP1I think fnc will be keeping their as a long term project since they are absolute best they have after a long time the only one I doubt about is boaster his days seems numbered because it gets really harder to defend him as a IGL not being able to frag and people even dragging him more down when boaster leaves probably Leo or chron would take up as igl role
C9 should’ve been left off the list
keep talking im almost finished
cloud 9 should be rated lower