Champs 2022 was just insane, China showing their fangs in international stage, LOUD comeback from Copenhagen, PRX trying to prove themselves again after Copenhagen, FPX with their complete roster, DRX breaking the 6th place curse, Optic trying to close the year with 2 trophies and obviously, the biggest rivalry and probably will be for a long time in Valorant: the closing match from LOUD vs OPTC, with both of them being almost even in every single stats from maps/rounds to series won against each other, and both of them having a trophy at the end of the season. Just incredible
Champs 2022 was really good, the nostalgia, the drama, it was all proven teams so you knew it was gonna be good matches. There weren't much upset potential but that made it so much unpredictable for fans cause even you werent sure who would win And Optic v Loud playing 3 times was such a blessing omg
Lock in is easily the best major just from the narrative perspective(unless you're a loud fan ofc) that 3-11 comeback was just perfection. I remember just being in shock thinking it was already done but apparently boaster said no lol
Lock in is not a major like everyone was invited to the tournament there should be some qualification like masters or vct but tbh even masters ain’t even a major only vct
Man that comeback hurted so much, but it was a banger match anyways, the 2 map comeback to almost make the reverse was EPIC, even tho loud lost. Btw i`m a Brazilian loud fan
the finals were really fun. yeahhhh thats about it. Single elims with every franchised team participating? Yeah it was pretty mid. No storylines, no upsets, and a bad crowd? Defo not S-tier imo.
@@thepeacekeeper2338 No story lines??? This was the chance to see what every team could do, and who would reign supreme over the new gen of Valorant, FNC super team, Loud without sacy and pancada, Sentinels goated???. What could Liquid do with Gnats and Redgar, Could Europe and the devolved g2 core sweep it all, could the asian teams claim superiority away from EU and Na, Are latam gonna reign now?? The story lines were peak my boy
lock in was the best if you're watching it on stream via streamer's watch party. atleast there's noise. but watching it live and on valorant's official stream probably sucks because fans aren't making noises unless it's a BR team kek
As a PRX fan we have always been so so close to getting a trophy, champs 2023 really felt like what could have been a perfect ending, but alas no bueno. I hope 2024 is the year PRX get one, it would be unbelievable if the valorant history books remained void of prx
though they havent as a prx fan i know they are the best they have the most consistent performances which idk if any team can match already better than every present team in the world
champs 2022 was the first tournament of valorant which I ever watched and it is really what got me into valorant esports just, a mindblowing tournament especially the FPS vs DRX game, I was up at 3 am just so nervous to see who would win the game, the ASPAS 1v3 on bind in the grand finals, LOUD'S dominant haven against OPtic, Rb insane spray transfer just, one of the best tournaments i have ever watched
I agree with you that champs 2022 and 2023 are in S tier. Tho I think 2023 is more fun to watch. The storylines were great and the teams are much more competitive. It's kinda hard to guess which team is going to win the trophy. Like there's a bunch of good teams. And the storyline that EG created for themselves, tbagging all the enemies made the game even hyper. That overtime on pearl in upperfinal was such a banger. It's a bit sad tho that PRX didn't push their limits on the final. But EG played so well and I think the boys and Potter deserved that trophy. (even I'm not a NA fan.) Looking forward for the coming season cause China and APAC are kinda scary. Their playstlye are super aggressive and they have so much shooters. Kinda pissed by riot for the schedule in 2024 and Master Madrid gonna be hard for each region to fight for. Yet super excited. Thanks for the video!
The only vct major i think is top notch is champs 2022 because it was full stacked so many good teams in playoffs all 8 teams were very good and had immense talent
One thing about the fans leaving at Lock//In, the time of the game and the location meant that you left there very late, and it was extremely hot inside during the championship, Taxis and Uber nearby were very expensive, And well, São Paulo is not one of the safest places in the world to walk home.
I remember reading and watching a lot about Gambit before berlin, hearing about how dominant they were and how the european pros expected them to win and it's crazy how it did play out that way.
I don't know what my brain says because I don't have one, but my heart is screaming that LOCK/IN got robbed off the S tier. I know I'm super biased but come on!
champs 2022 was the best tournament oat (so far) and im saying this as a PRX fan, barely got to watch my team play and it was still the most insane tournament
FPX run at copenhagen was crazy but surely I can't be the only one who was praying for their downfall ever since suygetsu did the bye bye wave to boaster 💀
That doesn’t count as a major lol neither does masters tournament but it’s whatever cause majors are once a year just look at csgo and rocket league for example
It feels to me like Fnatic kills Valorant, Gambits domination was very entertaining, Sentinels domination was entertaining, EG winning is insanely nice to see, but Fnatic winning is the most boring stuff. 1 of the only teams not adapting the harbor/viper meta, they ban every map that comb is good on, they don’t bring in new stuff for the meta like literally every other good team (even EG with Sova Fracture). We need a full meta change and stop the Fnatic boringness, bring back chamber meta asap
I really wanna mention the walk in of the grand final at tokyo. I know its only a small thing and doesnt have much to do with the actual tournament. But it was by far the best walkout we had so far and for me it made the match so much more hype
@jonny.05 lmao i know and it's obvious, you're just putting tournaments that FNC did well in as S-tier. It's called biased judgement. Lock-in was literally a for fun tournament to see where every team was at after a long break. It's below a masters or champs event, which are official majors.
After the death of overwatch league I’m trying to broaden my horizons and try out some valoran esports and this video really helps. It helps having a channel to get caught up on everything I’m not familiar with
Im kinda late but if loud didnt go to the grandfinal In The lock in major. I was kinda scared it Will end up like the Rio major from CSGO where no brazilian team got in to the grandfinal.
champs 22 was loud's run, the funny thing is that sacy's last team lost from gambit in a 12-6 comeback in icebox, then loud did the same to leviathan. felt amazing
Its annoying how right after a tourney everyone will throw pitchforks at you for saying that the tourney wasnt that good. I got mauled for saying tokyo was one of the worst tournaments weve had yet when in reality there was nothing so great about it
Tbh I don't really think there will ever be a dynasty in Valorant. Like... I think no team is winning franchise league, Masters and Champions in the same year. And i'd really love that.
im sorry man champs 2023 felt kind of underwhelming with what we've seen, it definitely felt closer to champs 2021 than to champs 2022 for me, might just be because the group stage was kinda boring all throughout
I've really gotta disagree with putting Tokyo over Copenhagen. Tokyo was almost boring to watch because of how dominantly the won everything whereas Copenhagen was just chaotic and enjoyable at every turn. At least in my opinion.
Lock in was dope but ya the Brazil crowd was the worst part of it. Having ALL of the teams there and barely any support to them was just a really bad way to start it off
@@envyGOATED agreed. but what DRX pulled off was impossible. If you saw the match you should remember the hype around BLG's performance against NRG. The pure terror after that brutal first half and then BLG getting completely dominated by DRX's defence. Pure Drama!
Masters Reykjavik 2022 was the worst tournament by far. FPX who could've won the tournament couldn't go because of the war, FNATIC had to go with 2 subs and that led to that extremely unrealistic miracle run Zeta Divison had. In terms of being competitive it was really bad
Champions LA , Masters Tokyo both should be B tier. Every team under performed in CHamps LA. even EG, NRG, PRX, FNC, LOUD. Although EG won they could have performed better. I was expecting more after watching them in tokyo
I love you, you know that, I admire you, you are a great person, but to say FPX DRX is the best map ever played when M3C FNTC exists.. it offends me deeply!
As an extremely biased PRX fan i'm gonna have to disagree with your ranking of Champs 2023. Please put it in the "NEVER TO BE SPOKEN OF / DELETE FROM MY MEMORY" tier 🥲🤣🤣
