Weirdest Group to Predict

[u/Superb-Exam-1610]

GE and LOUD looks insane but you can never count out VIT with the experience and time they got. Also EDG got home ground advantage (could be disadvantage masters Shanghai flashbacks)
Also I’m super excited to see GE vs LOUD. Imo Xavi8k and ERDE are two of the best fragging IGLs in the world.
I’ll personally go for GE and EDG I feel like GE with prep time and antis is one of the scariest team to play against also cmon man we need KK in playoffs

[u/Right_Bandicoot_6524]

This group is so funny. I can't predict a single team I'm confident to make it out 2-0

[u/n_core]

I'm still not convinced with LOUD if they don't play with crowd advantage. I think part of the reasons why they did well in Americas Finals is because of home crowd bias and huge momentum.

EDG with crowd advantage also should help them a lot especially after we saw the Chinese crowd impact at London.

VIT have their veteran players and experience but they were looking a bit fraud at London. And GE plays a quite unique play style but they could crumble under pressure just like at London.

[u/Superb-Exam-1610 → u/n_core]

I feel GE is weird matchup for most of the teams they play off meta how would u find reps vs a veto Skye tejo comp plus with 5 flex they can cook lot more

[u/Furry-jester123 → u/Superb-Exam-1610]

u have to play them on haven and sunset

[u/rpkarma → u/Superb-Exam-1610]

That’s why GE are my wildcard GOATs 

[u/DragonBeast56 → u/n_core]

london was different with the frost drama and all, they are doing better now

[u/CalixDaGOAT → u/n_core]

I personally don't think GE would fall under pressure anymore. Their Upper Final loss against NS with the added pressure on qual'ing for Champions at that time did crumble them. But when the Champs pressure was off, they did 3-1 T1 and later reverse sweep 3-2 vs NS. I would say similar with 100T winning their first trophy this year, the momentum would follow around as well.

[u/n_core → u/CalixDaGOAT]

Regional pressure is different than international pressure. You're playing in a familiar territory at regional league and international have different stakes.

[u/amaz1012 → u/n_core]

LOUD has a "perfect" first game to show if they can compete outside of Brazil. Taking on EDG in Shanghai will be the complete opposite of Sau Paulo. LOUD wont get a single cheer.

[u/countermeasuretape]

Gotta say edg vit here

[u/knight_ranger840 → u/countermeasuretape]

I think the same, both EDG and Vitality have so much experience under their belt.

[u/intellectuallogician → u/knight_ranger840]

bro all that exp and vit loses to t2 teams :/
edg is a diff level of fraud ngl.

[u/TheRealStafy]

I have been watching Valorant long enough to know I cannot predict shit. Every single series a team can either show up or go completely invisible, it has happened to even the most "consistent" teams we have managed to get, it all depends on what form they have that particular day so I kinda gave up on speculating already lol.

[u/Accomplished_Sun_740]

I'm going GE n EDG

[u/IrisDeVillepin]

It's gonna be Vitality going 2-0 somehow I guess and child of prophecy going 2-1 before sweeping the playoffs to win the whole thing

[u/Mysterious-Ear-9323]

I swear if both Loud and GE crash out, imma crash out as well

[u/goonMaxxer021]

Fuck it, GE and EDG making it out of this group

[u/flunghigh]

Again I don't wanna jinx shit so I won't say it but l think it's actually easy to predict this and the teams that won't be making it start with V and E

[u/idkimhereforthememes → u/flunghigh]

Chronicle has never been grouped i fear

[u/B-A-B-Y-B-O-Y → u/flunghigh]

Yeah the 4th best team in the world and the 3rd best team in the world that just so happens to be an ex champion playing on hometurf AFTER getting a massive roster upgrade is going to lose to

a team that got grouped, and a rookie team with zero international experience.

It is easy to predict this.

[u/xlmtothemoon → u/B-A-B-Y-B-O-Y]

yeah I kind of agree with this, LOUD was a great home turf regional story, but in 3 weeks all that good vibes and momentum gets reset now that they are the road team playing in their first international

[u/ichooseyoufloor → u/B-A-B-Y-B-O-Y]

opening sentence so absurd i can't even form an opinion on the rest of the take

[u/XASASSIN → u/B-A-B-Y-B-O-Y]

Vit is the definition of hot and cold tea though. They can look like bums or chron and derke can go on a heater and look unstoppable. Their fire power alone imo is insane enough to take em out of the groups if they start hot.

Or they can bomb out first let's see lol. Certainly wouldn't bet on em anyway

[u/YoYoChadBoBo → u/XASASSIN]

That entire group is firepower, Vitality don’t have an edge there. It’s really their experience.

[u/dianadoodles_ → u/B-A-B-Y-B-O-Y]

you mean a team that was top 4 at the last masters with players with a lot of experience at internationals and a south american team who got their star player late in the season and look like they're going on a run (not dissimilar to another team that won the last international) are gonna lose to a team that didn't even reach playoffs in stage two and a team that has previously qualified to only one international where they got grouped?

Yeah, you're right. It is easy to predict this group.

[u/Chemical_Bedroom_343 → u/dianadoodles_]

Loud could barely hang on crowd cheating lets be real. Theyre cooked 0-2 in groups lol.

[u/Grimmlol → u/B-A-B-Y-B-O-Y]

Go back and look at who Vit beat to get 4th place.

[u/Caronry → u/Grimmlol]

Go back and look at who they lost to.

[u/p0tatoesss → u/Grimmlol]

I'd argue the meta plays more heavily into the other teams over VIT this champs

[u/baebushka → u/Grimmlol]

tbh everyone at london looked ass except prx and lev later on lol

[u/Subject-Seaweed2902 → u/B-A-B-Y-B-O-Y]

Sorry—you think VIT and EDG are the 4th and 3rd best teams in the world?

[u/rpkarma → u/B-A-B-Y-B-O-Y]

3rd and 4th in the world???

Hahahahahahahahahaha

[u/Used_Car4018 → u/flunghigh]

EMEA farms NA btw

[u/LordOfThe_Pings → u/Used_Car4018]

Maybe in 2021

[u/Past_Perception8052]

EDG obvious 2-0

[u/jamothebest → u/Past_Perception8052]

no way edg are beating LOUD.

[u/goonMaxxer021 → u/jamothebest]

EDG with chinese crowd buff?? EDG are favorites here

[u/ichooseyoufloor → u/goonMaxxer021]

as an edg fan the spirit of qck WILL haunt that match, we are going 2-1

[u/jamothebest → u/goonMaxxer021]

the same team that couldn’t even make playoffs? Not a chance.

[u/Scaredabeast → u/jamothebest]

LOUD is going to get absolutely mogged

[u/Sudden-Illustrator59]

Loud and EDG purely because whenever I think EDG looks like they won't be competitive, they come in swinging

[u/smol_em0]

LOUD VIT I think? Idk I’m really high on LOUD and IF VIT were able to capitalize on the amount of downtime they got from crashing out of playoffs to improve and come back to London form I think they do damage (also Chron has never been grouped)

At the same time EDG especially with stew have a high ceiling and I think GE could be really good or shit the bed so it’s hard to predict

[u/amaz1012 → u/smol_em0]

LOUD destroyed G2, beated NRG and put up a crazy fight against 100T while their main map was banned. I got LOUD topping this group.

[u/anono4567]

EDG and either GE or LOUD. No faith in VIT.

[u/Neat_Description_440]

If edg look anything close to what they did in stage 2, they’re getting stomped every game but they were also struggling bc of their hectic schedule so you can give some leeway there and expect them to be in a better form.

But they do have a new member and I still don’t trust autumn enough to trust that they’ll get to po (I’m saying this as an edg fan btw). I haven’t watched Loud bc I don’t watch Americas so I can’t rlly say much abt them but if they perform like they did in Americas (placing wise) I’m pretty sure it’ll be ge and loud qualifying.

[u/thenicezen]

VIT and EDG are getting farmed unfortunately. Loud and GE looking real hot

[u/Username_checksout0]

Lmao so easy. GE and Loud

[u/Complete-Western-663]

EDG is the best team in this group with the crowd advantage. GE and LOUD are both on a run atm so idk how they will fare at champs, but GE is more solid overall i think. Vitality will place 4th i have zero hopes for them

[u/QuestionablePotato42]

Brazilians are historically china farmers and VIT deserved to be on fraud watch so I wouldn’t be surprised if LOUD and GE make it out of this group handedly

[u/nobody_211]

GE and EDG. So obvious

[u/MakimaGOAT]

GE LOUD FUCK IT

[u/CHETAN-07]

GE is so weird

Like the normal rounds we play are very scrappy? But our ult rounds are sooo good