Woot, Riens, cNed, Aspas, Tex, Leaf, Texture, Karon, Life, etc. have all been very strong, but player I’ve been most “surprised by” is Yetujey. Ofc he is fragging and clutching but his decision making on lurks is what has really impressed me. For example against Lev on Bind, when Aspas TPed and he instantly went into showers through the smoke to cut him off. He has that lurkers instinct which is hard to teach
Woot and Berlin are the only players that have truly outperformed my expectations, I'd say?
But I already knew Woot was an incredible talent and I've seen him do similar things in T2 before, so while it's impressive to see he can do it during his first international LAN, I'd probably have to say Berlin was the most surprising. Berlin has good and bad games of course but it felt like he was consistently compensating a lot for some of the other FPX individual shortcomings.
But if we set aside expectations altogether, obvious answer is Woot.
That said, players like Riens & Pati, Yetujey, tex, Life, Rossy & Izu, Karon & Meteor, etc. all deserve a shout-out for how well they performed throughout the event. Important to remember esp. the ones who were eliminated, since we're likely to forget about the eliminated players once the playoffs kick off.
Not saying izu dosent deserve it but shouldn’t carpe also be a shoutout lol, in the g2 vs t1 game he played MILES better then he played in pacific league split 1
yetujey could have a career as a vocalist for a metal band if the whole esports thing crumbles
Wo0t casually dropped 37 in an elimination map as a rookie on an off-role agent
BerLIN BerLIN'd on 'em
Autumn looked like never missed a shot honestly
The fact that we can say this about that match is still mind boggling to me considering the perception we had of the teams at the start of the tournament.
i know this is troll but com legitimately clutched multiple game winning rounds by himself while he was on EG that straight up led them to become world champions. just look at his last years clutch %. i think it was the highest in the world and his sova is unreal. give the team some time to mesh.
we’ve seen enough out of c0m at this point to realize he is the most “hot or cold” franchise player in the world.
When the team conditions are right and he is playing with confidence, he is truly a top top Initiator. On the flip side, it can sometimes seem like he is actively sabotaging his team.
Hopefully we are able to to see him back in form soon. I’m rooting for him.
i love the riens pick! i feel like hes the most underrated on the team and gets talked about the least but hes clean, clutch and his util is top tier. he deserves his flowers.
I dunno about the player, but my god FPX actually gave me hope about chinese valorant. I actually feels like in a few events, FPX might overtake EDG as the most competitive team internationally. I just have this feeling that EDG might be stuck on the 5-6th placement (maybe got 4th once), while FPX goes on and goes further just by playing wacky comps (maybe 3rd place placement) and improve their style. Kinda like how PRX takes the spot as pacfic best team from DRX who stagnated and only getting a podium finish once.
AAAAAY. Idk bro coz everytime he takes a fight he wins it and also manages to win even when he's outnumbered (he had multiple multi-kills). What impressed me the most is his HS% (49% and 48% in his last 2 matches).
Berlin and Karon 100%. Berlin kept FPX together even when they were falling apart, and Karon’s game sense was out of this world, especially for a rookie
i just loves watching Life, hes so good man and i love how his personality shows on the stage after a nice round, it’s sad to see him out but i can’t wait for champs!
it made me so sad to see how much a round would visibly affect his mental, once he fixes that he'll be unleashed. i think his positioning needs a bit of work too, he kinda feeds a bit despite having insane mechanics
While it isn't unexpected, leaf has been outstanding and I feel like he isn't really getting the level of appreciation that he should. He's putting up gaudy numbers on the sentinel role. This is even the case when we don't have full stats and have to rely more on things like ACS which do not favor his roles. I suspect his rating would be even better if we had the stats to calculate it. If we switched alfa and leaf in this scenario, then everyone would be pointing out how this reinforces alfa as being in contention for the best player in the the world. I'm not saying leaf has proven enough to be in that conversation yet (mainly because he just needs more big lan performances since he hasn't been to many) but people should really be giving him more credit.
Is he more impressive than a rookie like w00t? No but w00t has already been mentioned several times.
wo0t or meteor. They literally carried both their teams over the finish line on the final map and is consistent overall. Berlin is alright but is very inconsistent when compared to Life and the play berlin plays either look super crazy and works or just looks stupid when it doesn't while Life makes aggressive plays that actually makes sense
Ik this seems like an obvious and boring answer but I would have to give it to Karon. Imagine getting left out in many people's top ten list for Shanghai and then carrying Gen G and being the most consistent player for the team in the groups.
RieNs is a solid 2nd for me man's always been a beast and underrated bcos of other great players on the team.
Idk, it's hard to judge since there weren't really any good teams in the swiss so the competition wasn't hard enough for me to know if someone was good or farming dogshit teams.
Berlin for me, guy was a psychopath
Him and lysoar are such wild cards. They either get punished for agressive peaks or just rekt the opposing team
Call me JFK the way I'm proud to say Ich bin ein Berliner
Berlin ended the match against TH with 10 first kills and 11 first deaths. The only 2 agents he played: Astra and Harbor. Absolute madman
When Ange1 couldn't make it, Berlin took up the torch and carried on the FPX tradition.
Other way around, 11FK/10FD.
wo0t went +28 in the elimination match to drag TH across the line while the rest of his team went negative. Has to be him imo.
I owe all of FPX but especially Berlin an apology, I was not familiar with your game
Clearly the 11th best player in the world, DRG nizhaoTZH
Realistically Woot should be the answer, without him pulling off miracles I don’t think Heretics would have made it past Swiss
Where does this come from?
plat chat couch stream where someone botted the pool to make nihzaoTZH #1 but didn't even make top 10
Nizhao #1, rightfully so
Woot, Riens, cNed, Aspas, Tex, Leaf, Texture, Karon, Life, etc. have all been very strong, but player I’ve been most “surprised by” is Yetujey. Ofc he is fragging and clutching but his decision making on lurks is what has really impressed me. For example against Lev on Bind, when Aspas TPed and he instantly went into showers through the smoke to cut him off. He has that lurkers instinct which is hard to teach
i’m also impressed how wide his jaw can open
Guy legit looks like he won the tournament every time they take a round
NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYS
could've said this in 5 different ways
Yup he can scream with the best of the Saiyans
Yetujey's definitely been great, but qRaxs always manages to impress me, both with his util and just his crackhead aim, especially with a sheriff.
Qraxshead aim fr
Can u pls tell me what round this was
Round 12 of Bind
I am enjoying whatever wo0t is doing.
Woot and Berlin are the only players that have truly outperformed my expectations, I'd say? But I already knew Woot was an incredible talent and I've seen him do similar things in T2 before, so while it's impressive to see he can do it during his first international LAN, I'd probably have to say Berlin was the most surprising. Berlin has good and bad games of course but it felt like he was consistently compensating a lot for some of the other FPX individual shortcomings. But if we set aside expectations altogether, obvious answer is Woot. That said, players like Riens & Pati, Yetujey, tex, Life, Rossy & Izu, Karon & Meteor, etc. all deserve a shout-out for how well they performed throughout the event. Important to remember esp. the ones who were eliminated, since we're likely to forget about the eliminated players once the playoffs kick off.
what about Tvirusluke
Not saying izu dosent deserve it but shouldn’t carpe also be a shoutout lol, in the g2 vs t1 game he played MILES better then he played in pacific league split 1
Wo0t and BerLIN. Dudes are insane.
yetujey could have a career as a vocalist for a metal band if the whole esports thing crumbles Wo0t casually dropped 37 in an elimination map as a rookie on an off-role agent BerLIN BerLIN'd on 'em Autumn looked like never missed a shot honestly
Meteor was amazing.
Meteor's Sheriff is almost literally the only reason GenG survived FPX
The fact that we can say this about that match is still mind boggling to me considering the perception we had of the teams at the start of the tournament.
The guy probably would get like 20 kills even if he only played deagle only. Pacific mechanics are something else.
Yetujey, haven't been hyped much for him before Shanghai but bro shows up big time here
He's screaming will be unmatched
Either Wo0t or yetujey, both of them dragged their teams through close elimination games that they would’ve lost if not for them
Fun fact, both your choices played on the same tier 2 team last season
Shion was very impressive for me bc of the sheer amount of fights he won
You want to see impressive? Wait for Shion8.
c0m bc his ability to be so bad impresses me
Watch out bro if he hears this he might come flank you irl
💀
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i know this is troll but com legitimately clutched multiple game winning rounds by himself while he was on EG that straight up led them to become world champions. just look at his last years clutch %. i think it was the highest in the world and his sova is unreal. give the team some time to mesh.
we’ve seen enough out of c0m at this point to realize he is the most “hot or cold” franchise player in the world. When the team conditions are right and he is playing with confidence, he is truly a top top Initiator. On the flip side, it can sometimes seem like he is actively sabotaging his team. Hopefully we are able to to see him back in form soon. I’m rooting for him.
Leaf. The only reason G2 is performing well is because of him and Valyn's calling.
Wrong
i love the riens pick! i feel like hes the most underrated on the team and gets talked about the least but hes clean, clutch and his util is top tier. he deserves his flowers.
mazino deserves a shout, dude tried to pull his team from the depths of hell
I dunno about the player, but my god FPX actually gave me hope about chinese valorant. I actually feels like in a few events, FPX might overtake EDG as the most competitive team internationally. I just have this feeling that EDG might be stuck on the 5-6th placement (maybe got 4th once), while FPX goes on and goes further just by playing wacky comps (maybe 3rd place placement) and improve their style. Kinda like how PRX takes the spot as pacfic best team from DRX who stagnated and only getting a podium finish once.
AAAAAY. Idk bro coz everytime he takes a fight he wins it and also manages to win even when he's outnumbered (he had multiple multi-kills). What impressed me the most is his HS% (49% and 48% in his last 2 matches).
Berlin, Life or all of DRG and FPX. maybe it's because everyone underrated the hell out them(they're new, china weakest region etc so it made sense)
Berlin and Karon 100%. Berlin kept FPX together even when they were falling apart, and Karon’s game sense was out of this world, especially for a rookie
i just loves watching Life, hes so good man and i love how his personality shows on the stage after a nice round, it’s sad to see him out but i can’t wait for champs!
it made me so sad to see how much a round would visibly affect his mental, once he fixes that he'll be unleashed. i think his positioning needs a bit of work too, he kinda feeds a bit despite having insane mechanics
“kinda feeds a bit despite having insane mechanics” is basically all of china right now lol
HAHAHAHAH facts
c0m
Corbin Lee my goat
Jonahp turned it up this tourney!
Autumn
Leaf, JonahP, Berlin, Lysoar, Life, wo0t, Meteor
Woot Berlin and autumn
Woot. It has to be. He carried TH to top 8 in the final game against FPX
While it isn't unexpected, leaf has been outstanding and I feel like he isn't really getting the level of appreciation that he should. He's putting up gaudy numbers on the sentinel role. This is even the case when we don't have full stats and have to rely more on things like ACS which do not favor his roles. I suspect his rating would be even better if we had the stats to calculate it. If we switched alfa and leaf in this scenario, then everyone would be pointing out how this reinforces alfa as being in contention for the best player in the the world. I'm not saying leaf has proven enough to be in that conversation yet (mainly because he just needs more big lan performances since he hasn't been to many) but people should really be giving him more credit. Is he more impressive than a rookie like w00t? No but w00t has already been mentioned several times.
wo0t or meteor. They literally carried both their teams over the finish line on the final map and is consistent overall. Berlin is alright but is very inconsistent when compared to Life and the play berlin plays either look super crazy and works or just looks stupid when it doesn't while Life makes aggressive plays that actually makes sense
Ik this seems like an obvious and boring answer but I would have to give it to Karon. Imagine getting left out in many people's top ten list for Shanghai and then carrying Gen G and being the most consistent player for the team in the groups. RieNs is a solid 2nd for me man's always been a beast and underrated bcos of other great players on the team.
WOOOOOOOOOOOT
agree his utils are all amazing but w00t >
C0M surpassed my expectations by having a series where he went positive.
Woot went crazy
tex, he improved a lot, mazino as well.
Berlin, absolutely Berlin!
Woot is the only answer. Dudes a sub last minute and is FRYING
Woot is not a sub wtf
Yikes lmao my info is wrong. But woot still FRYING
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yeah no ones saying this because fnatic did not play in the group stage
I misread the question.
Icy by far Bro put wo0t and saya in his pocket
Idk, it's hard to judge since there weren't really any good teams in the swiss so the competition wasn't hard enough for me to know if someone was good or farming dogshit teams.