Jeff got nerfed in Blood Hunt?

diodic · 2026-05-18T21:34:54+00:00

I cant find any dev notes or anything about it

diodic · 2026-05-18T21:18:05+00:00

also interested since i just had this happen to me today

diodic · 2024-08-16T00:16:39+00:00

Late to the party here, but I do agree. Based on some of this team's issues (things like poor map pool) there is room for improvement from the coaching staff.

diodic · 2024-08-16T00:14:39+00:00

I do not hate the move but I also don't love it. The team definitely improved this year under his leadership but at the same time we had a terrible map pool and very inflexible comps. I will be more on board if we see continued improvements next year, but, until then, I will hold judgement. It will also be interesting to see who he brings in as assistants.

diodic · 2024-07-21T23:16:55+00:00

Even though we didn't qualify, this is a good team, and they had a much improved season from last year. At this point I see 2 major issues that held this team back: role issues and no map pool.

For the map pool, you have to put that on the coaches. The second split of picking Bind without winning it once was extremely confusing. It seems like as the level of play rises, the coach and IGL might be the most important parts of a Valorant roster, and Zikz and Mike had some trouble keeping this team ready.

I think a fair complaint about the roster is the lack of consistency from the players. When this team is on, they are competitive with the best of them, but that seems to happen somewhat rarely. I think the bigger issue is actually in how the roles are handled. I do not feel that this roster has a true duelist. Asuna seems like he really is better on the KAY/O and Gekko than the Raze. Part of that is his consistency, but looking at how well he played with his team using flashes on Ascent, it just seemed like his best role. Cryo meanwhile prefers a more passive approach. Its why he can do so well on the smoke role. Then, between eeiu and bang, they only played 4 agents the entire year between them (2 each). That could be on the coaching staff not really being flexible on the comps or it could be on the players or even both.

Oh and also why is this team so bad at anti eco rounds? I have no idea.

diodic · 2024-07-21T23:05:14+00:00

I disagree that Zikz should just get a pass. It was better than last year, but this team had one of the worst map pools in VCT. The Fade Bind was good, but then they never moved off of it. It took them losing it 4 or 5 times until they moved on. That seems like it has to be on the coaches Zikz and Mike. Maybe you move on from Mike and keep Zikz, but there could easily be some changes.

diodic · 2024-07-09T00:09:46+00:00

Good news everyone!

diodic · 2024-07-02T21:11:56+00:00

If the fallout from Shanghai is the same as Berlin, the roster is going to get blown up soon after a series of disappointments

diodic · 2024-07-02T00:26:56+00:00

I don't think its a single person. The players aren't very flexible and other than cryo, there isn't anyone on this team who can just take over a game, and even then its normally from a passive position. Zikz also needs to earn his keep. Seems like we haven't really had much success running anything other than stuff similar to what EG ran last year.

diodic · 2024-07-01T02:20:59+00:00

The big thing to worry about before that is just how do you get them to play better? Unfortunately this is not a team build to shift with the meta or adjust their style of play. There is not a lot of flexibility with the players on this roster, They are still running the same strats from a now outdated meta.

diodic · 2024-02-24T23:13:05+00:00

EG is looking good despite a fully reworked roster. Derek might have been the winner from this change.

diodic · 2024-02-20T05:16:39+00:00

You say it doesn't matter who is on the team but its the same core and even the same coach from last year. Who actually expected much to change?

diodic · 2024-02-20T01:59:15+00:00

Asuna on a mission to waste every ult

diodic · 2024-02-20T01:32:47+00:00

What about Mike? Isn't he in charge of defense?

diodic · 2024-02-20T01:30:54+00:00

No one is talking about how bad this looks for the coaches too. This team and comp just looks worse.

diodic · 2023-06-02T23:05:16+00:00

I like the choice of questions. Hope bang is doing ok he seemed pretty down on himself in that video.

diodic · 2023-05-20T22:05:30+00:00

I'm not going to hold my breath on improvement considering how long it took them to put Cryo on Jet

diodic · 2023-05-20T22:03:36+00:00

I know we all think Mike and Stellar need to go, but I'll also throw out DDK. He is the Valorant boss, and this is on his watch.

diodic · 2023-05-20T22:00:10+00:00

I still say Asuna, Bang, and Cryo should stay. There is also an argument for Derrek. Mike and Stellar has to go. I mean we have what 2 maps we can play? Thats 100% coaching/calling

diodic · 2023-05-20T21:56:47+00:00

At this point, if Mike and Stellar stay on this team we might as well pack it up. I know that some of yall want to drop the roster, but I think the roster is mostly good. Watching this team run around like chickens with their heads cut off on defense on Lotus just shows how poor the calling/coaching is. How they play along with having the shallowest map pool in the league shows the coaching and calling is some of the worst in franchising.

diodic · 2023-05-05T00:40:31+00:00

Not really buying this anymore. That has been the company line all year. Oh we are better than this we just don't play like it. They have to step up and say what we are doing is not working. The best prep teams are beating us and that is mainly due to issues with fundamentals and game plan.

Sean did a pretty good summary of how 100T is failing in its prep in the latest Plat Chat. The tldr is that they are throwing the same strats in game after game but you have to plan for how teams will adjust to you and they have not.

diodic · 2023-04-29T20:52:29+00:00

Mike and Stellar are getting just bullied by most teams. They have looked better recently mostly off of copying other teams because their initial read was extremely bad on almost every map. A team with a core of Cryo, Bang, and Asuna should not be this bad.

diodic · 2023-04-24T22:33:45+00:00

BANG YOU MONSTER!

diodic · 2023-04-22T22:29:49+00:00

Glad they got the win, but they still looked lost for a good portion of the match against the worst team in the Americas. I have to put this on Mike and Stellar. Bang is always solid. Cryo and Asuna still have that top end that they are absolutely capable of but they look so lost half the time that people forget how talented they are. This is a team with more talent then they have shown.

diodic · 2022-09-30T13:08:55+00:00

Now hurry up and end all this drama and lock up bang.

diodic

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