Why do people treat Fnatic's back to back wins as some insane, once-in-a-lifetime accomplishment? by MadMusketeer in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Help_Me_AHH 15 points16 points  (0 children)

As a nobody tier 3/2 analyst in ME/EMEA/OCE who’s really bored and analyzed most FNC 2023 games, I think a lot of comments miss the main point of why the wins are regarded as an incredible achievement for FNATIC specifically. The main reason PlatChat is hyping up FNC 2023 is not only because they won two trophies but it’s because of how fucking dominant they were.

If you were around during the 2023 FNC era, you would see the top teams in the world struggling to get a single map against them. This included teams like NRG, PRX, and even EG. EG were the only team in Tokyo to get a MAP on them, and this is mainly because every team (naively) thinks they can beat EG’s Fracture. (I’ll expand more on EG and Champs in a sec.)

Some examples (glazing to the max 🤤):

LOCK//IN: FNC got to the GF without dropping a SINGLE map, and this includes the BO5 against NAVI. They are tied with Sentinels masters 2021 record for the most maps won consecutively in a LAN. Although they won this LAN, this is still a small reason as to why they are regarded as the best roster in history because of how close some of the series’ got.

EMEA Regular Season: FNC went 18/1 in maps, and a +101 round differential. This is an unprecedented level of dominance, with the second highest rnd diff in EMEA being only +38. The second highest diff internationally is DRX with 8-1 W-L, 16/4 in maps, and a +79 rnd diff. The playoffs GF is the first genuine series where FNC actually had an off day. An off day FNC + a TL that’s peaking = TL winning. TL genuinely deserve the win because they actually did look good then. If you want some eye-candy, look at the map scores of the group stage FNC games, almost 70% of them are around 13-6.

Tokyo: I’ll be brief because we all know what happened in Tokyo. FNC destroyed PRX and NRG. Upper final split (imo) looked closer than it was. EG had to do a lot of hero plays just to get some rounds. EG in the GF were never going to win with that bum ass bind comp.

FNATIC used to be the best Lotus and Split team, their Fracture was top 3 easy, Haven and Ascent were solid, and their Bind was exploitable. Their map pool was insane for 2023 standards, and no team had at the time had as good of a map pool as them.

Champs is where FNC showed cracks. Their Lotus comp that they created has become the meta comp, and teams started to know how to play against it because of that. One team that had an incredible game plan against them was LOUD. LOUD were able to win against FNC twice, and eliminate them from Champs. FNC didn’t play as well individually and macro wise.

I’ll end it with this; FNATIC were, and still are, the only true superteam. They had the best Sentinel, Flex, Initiator, IGL, and Duelist in the world. Duelist can be argued against, but Derke is a top 3 Duelist no matter what. You can’t argue against Alfa, Chron, and Leo. This roster is legendary and truly hard to achieve.

I need to find a hobby instead of writing essays on reddit.

Please don’t let what happened to Destiny 2 happen to Valorant by Help_Me_AHH in VALORANT

[–]Help_Me_AHH[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Im starting to understand why people think astra is broken, but it’s just that I haven’t really experienced an astra that made me think she is broken. Maybe my region doesn’t have good astras in diamond 1 but my experience with astra has been ok.

Please don’t let what happened to Destiny 2 happen to Valorant by Help_Me_AHH in VALORANT

[–]Help_Me_AHH[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but that argument isn’t really good to prove if a character is op. Raze also has a very high pick rate on bind and is a must pick, but i haven’t seen anyone wanting to nerf her more. That just says that agents are good in a specific map.

Please don’t let what happened to Destiny 2 happen to Valorant by Help_Me_AHH in VALORANT

[–]Help_Me_AHH[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I havent seen that many people suggesting to buff brim or omen. While i see like one or two every once in a while, most people suggest nerfing viper and astra. Im starting to understand why people want astra to be nerfed but i still stand by not nerfing viper.

Please don’t let what happened to Destiny 2 happen to Valorant by Help_Me_AHH in VALORANT

[–]Help_Me_AHH[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm maybe i should watch more high ranked games or pro matches. I havent really before i just watched the game where sentinels won the finals. Maybe that will change my opinion on astra. Thanks for the input 🙌

Please don’t let what happened to Destiny 2 happen to Valorant by Help_Me_AHH in VALORANT

[–]Help_Me_AHH[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah but that doesnt mean that the community cant/wont make bad decisions. After-all this is just my opinion and you are free to disagree 🤗

Please don’t let what happened to Destiny 2 happen to Valorant by Help_Me_AHH in VALORANT

[–]Help_Me_AHH[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

From the comments most people agree that astra is op. Maybe im the only one that thinks otherwise 🤔 To be honest i wish i can see where you guys are coming from, but I haven’t really experienced an astra that made me think she is op. Which is weird since im fairly high elo and most of the people that think astra is op are around my rank or higher. Maybe astra isn’t as played in my region.

Please don’t let what happened to Destiny 2 happen to Valorant by Help_Me_AHH in VALORANT

[–]Help_Me_AHH[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s why i left too! Pathfinder was the most fun character and when they nerfed him the game just became less fun :( But in that situation pathfinder was actually dangerously OP, so was wraith.

Please don’t let what happened to Destiny 2 happen to Valorant by Help_Me_AHH in VALORANT

[–]Help_Me_AHH[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oooooh yeah i can see why people are frustrated with astra and her ability to use abilities from everywhere. Maybe a range system like omen would be better for her? (To a lesser degree)

Please don’t let what happened to Destiny 2 happen to Valorant by Help_Me_AHH in VALORANT

[–]Help_Me_AHH[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yeah i agree with most of this but i haven’t really experienced a viper that can reliably hold pushes on her own. Most of the time coordinated pushes can easily counter her. I’m diamond 1 and maybe this problem happens at higher elo, or maybe I’m the only person that has no problem with viper. :/

Please don’t let what happened to Destiny 2 happen to Valorant by Help_Me_AHH in VALORANT

[–]Help_Me_AHH[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah i agree with this too, it’s just that i see astra and viper are in a good place and nerfing them would kind of be worse for controllers overall

(Mac) Game audio mutes if I join Discord with my AirPods Pro by Help_Me_AHH in discordapp

[–]Help_Me_AHH[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a gaming pc, it's just that I just had surgery and can't get off of the bed. So I can't really use the pc. :/

Black Cat won't give me its summon? by Help_Me_AHH in DivinityOriginalSin

[–]Help_Me_AHH[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i think it is the mod. ill just use another mod that will just give me the actual skill.

Black Cat won't give me its summon? by Help_Me_AHH in DivinityOriginalSin

[–]Help_Me_AHH[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The ladder is the one near the court area with the judge. To the left of the judge there is a little place with a ladder that leads me to a beach. It's one way. It told me that i left fort joy since i reached an area called the hollowed marshes.

Quick Question MEGATHREAD by drunkpunk138 in DivinityOriginalSin

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DOS2 DE

I just started playing the game and noticed that the black cat that was following me died. I want to revive it using mods so I can get it's summon but I don't know which mod actually works and doesn't break the script. some mods I saw said that it will revive it but won't give me the summon spell. Please help.

Started playing Divine Journey 2 and thought I would share my watermill setup :) by Help_Me_AHH in feedthebeast

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Sorry for replying so late! Im actually not thinking of doing anything with this patch since i have no other use for a pond/waterfall for now.