How Paper Rex BROKE the Valorant Meta 

As an APAC viewer, these two teams are my favourite rivals. DRX = play by the book methodical team PRX = aggressive and unpredictable team

so basically a Defensive RX versus a Pushing RX

Paper Rex: Favorites to win Masters Tokyo Japanese Visa: I’m about to end something’s whole career

In paper rex's game smokes are merely a suggestion, a suggestion that they promptly ignore.

5:55 I think this part of execution is worth mentioning. They used both skye and reyna flash together, making enemies overwhelmed and not break the reyna flash

DRX= The people who actually studied for the exam and has all the answers written down. PRX= The team that has the future exam.

Smokes to PRX player is like Road sign to SE-Asians, they don't care.

I have been a fan of PRX since last year. Poeple who don't know whats going in PRX match might not pay attention to every utilities. PRX tend to use combos and layers of utilities and combining it with fast paced gameplay. If it works it looks like a stomped, if its fail they looks like they trolling 😂. But thats why I love PRX.

Riot: "Another reason to nerf Viper!"

I spent forever on this. Subscribe or everyone will pick Reyna in your next game.

I'll say it again, if Buzz wasn't on god mode that ascent map, PRX would have won comfortably with their reyna harbor comp.

Every SEA teams you see on pro scene is unpredictable, they always go with the flow. PRX is just that flexible to the point where they can exploit every possibility that comes their way.

paper rex are easily next level valorant they are soo good at the game, insanely fun to watch, they are already beyond all of the other teams! no matter they win or lose they are the main event!!

these guys are insane they literally unlocked Valorant premium because myself and other teams/players are defiantly not using these harbour walls they’ve created , these new variation of walls are defianitely becoming a new meta and I can’t wait to see what other walls some teams find😂

cannot wait to see how the other teams in masters deal with prx and hope something gets there soon

WHATS THE PLAN ? PRX: "Yes"

the ending speech was so well done, thats exactly what siege is about and i miss it

It’s clear paperX is pushing to innovate with more on the fly protocols and tactics. This reminds me of VirtusPro execs and Astralis style gameplay. Or before my time Korean 1.6 execs. Also the reason these teams respects smokes so much is because there hasn’t been enough innovative smoke pushes yet. Biggest issue with disrespecting smokes is the punish. We will see if this is sustainable in time.

in modern chess, at elite level, Opening theory is quite "resolved", so the new chess era is about know some strage line that is not the most eficcient, but the one that your rival doesn´t know

This was a great video. Can you dedicate another video to utilizing smokes in less common ways? (smoking early for map control, smoking in the middle of the open for your team to work around, lurk smokes) I personally think that smoke players feel typically locked in to doing one setup every time that might not always be the best, especially on attack.

This is a great video! As a bronze stuck, I've always wondered why teams never take sites in small pieces, and when they do they just dry peak the rest of the site or waste 20secs without planting etc

i wish there are more teams like paper rex, where they have good aim and also take different strat approach to the game.

Very well made video. PRX is such a fun team to watch.

Its fun to watch PRX, FNC and TL breaking and cooking up new meta

It seems to me even though they are playing on the old patch, it FEELS like they're playing on the LATEST one with the way they section off fights with util.

The best is, before reyna dismiss duration over, they use smoke for cover. And that timing is perfect....

Really awesome matchup to watch. The methodical, classical style of play DRX follows versus the crazy, fast-paced and unpredicable style of play that PRX follows.

this is why we love paper rex so much

What they're doing imo is finding those 1-2 seconds when the enemy's guards are down and capitalizing on that

Congratulations on 100k subscribers 🎉🎉

Smth's playstile is something like agression that you see in ranked games. I was always interested what happens if you coordiante competitive playstile into pro scene

This is very well explained and is very helpful for those players who just have been playing the default strat ever since.

"Paper Rex are doing Something" 💀

2:15 them reyna jugs 😂😂 respectfully.

I'm not a fan of valorant, im more CSGO but I love this playstyle for every game I play. Being aggressive and unpredictable will almost always give you an advantage at least once, it adds a level of mind games that most opponents struggle to deal with properly and if you have good movement or aim then you can get into places that nobody would think of, and that goes for league, cs, or hunt. I'm glad to see valorant has a team doing something like this and keeps it interesting

ive been doing this in comp. no one expects it. its also good to do when ppl molly and entrance depending of the situation

DRX: “Cutely places smokes to discourage pushing” PRX: we do a bidda trollin

this gameplay reminds me of low gold plays… pushing through one ways and shit like that. Funny to see how effective it is, as it basically forces the other team to think in a completely new mindset

not alot of people talk about how they used harbor differently most of them talked about the reyna pick

Finally a Reyna playing like a Reyna

I think at this point PRX is at least everyone's second favorite team

PRX having a extremely fleshed out development arc makes this anime we call valorant worth watching

We see last year how PRX execute yoru so well.. and that match againts FNATIC was hella of joy to watch

Where is the animation for that Reyna vs Yoru fight from ? It’s so cool ! 2:18

They really took the "overcome your limits" thing

the problem with using this strat in regular MM is that nobody expects their util to work in any rank. You can't just push smokes and catch people off guard. Its fun when it does work but its very rare

Damn this video was amazing big W

Great Video. Even with something out, they still were able to beat DRX handedly. To me, it seems like this type of playstyle works really well to win those 50/50 rounds that so often decide games. This video and their recent performances lowkey making me a PRX fan now

aleck's be like: "you go shut ur brain. just go brain dead"

You should check out bronze/silver matches. You'd be surprised how many weird smokes and strats the teams there come up with

congrats on 100k

This is how most crazy Iron plays are done in the lower lobby LMAO. Its great when it works and when it doesn't its bad.

you forgot the reyna skye combo, either defenders break reyna eye and get flashed by the skye bird or they dodge the skye bird turn around and are flashed by the reyna eye

I can’t wait to see PRX v FNC at Tokyo. It’s going to be nuts

think i found the team that fits me, man i do this shit on solo ranked just for myself sometimes it feels like lol

The Glazing is wild but its true

omfg they just like me fr T-T rushing everywhere like a madman

2:22 "In DRX's game, smokes stop enemy player from going through. But in PRX's, smokes don't exist." That reminds me of Stewie2K's early pro career era back in CSGO, always plays aggressive and try to push smokes when every player but him still have this mindset of 'if smokes are thrown, there's a probability that enemies are holding the angle on the other side' and most of the time rather to avoid it and play safe.

Nice to see that no one will be able to say "noooo u need to play smart with util" what I've noticed is that val people dont expect a chamge on pace is always either slow or fast and when it happens u are caught pants down.

this is what i am saying to my team evry time : smoke are nothing, we can just flash and run site but i just got bait evry single time because my team stay main as i entry alone

Plss, make a video about the chamber from loud vs nrg

PRX are pioneers at this point because they do something that is unthinkable to do.

"Offense is the best form of defense"

Finally, harbor being used like a duelist/controller shows what it can really do

Paper Rex team is like playing competiteve while otoher team play pro plaay basicly they just dont overthink stuff and just do simple but effective stuff and win , combine their utility

Damn that player is really something

DRX fan here but i am really admire from what PRX bring to the table. They are the new king of Apac, but we are not gives up.

the harbor ascent a site attack wall wont work in low elo, someone gonna have a judge, someone has a odin spamming a main, its gg

I just love reyna in pro play. She’s a great agent with a lot of sustain and is the X factor

Kinda reminds me of old counter strike days when stewie2k used to always push a smoke and sometimes pop flash out the smoke. You just don't expect it sometimes. He used to be called the smoke criminal or something like that with videos showing streamers getting mad at him for pushing smokes.

PRX is reminding me of Stewie2k. Before him smokes were walls in CSGO, people did not expect anyone to go through them unless absolutely necessary, then came this guy who will go straight through them as if they weren't a deterrent but a suggestion

Meanwhile forsaken still stickin to harbor

Reyna is agent you need in clutch situation and when something is playing it ..win win

It’s ridiculous to me that this is somehow revolutionary. Basically these lads are playing ranked in a pro environment.

brimstone with the zestiest pose ever

PRX can probably use any comp and win as long as it's on bind.

That's op. Nerf Chamber to balance things out

"but prx says that shit is boring and rips a harbor ult into there spawn with a 4 man push" LMFAO

Harbor meta is upon us

They are playing the game the way it should be.❤

Now we wait for master tokyo playoffs to see what they cooking with cgrs on the squad 🤔

This is why i use harbor in sectioning the site it is too strong now I accidentally use it most of the time before this happened

i dont think ive ever focused for 9 straight minutes before like i did with this video

at 8:15, where do u find this data from?

Paper Rex surprised play worked as well as it catches their opponents off guard yet Valorant should be played by adapting to both enemies and your teams strategies and that is the real way to play Valorant cos as the Agent pull gets bigger more combinations of skills will result in different plays and strategies and it will be harder to predict how plays will pan out.

Wow I just love prx more now I would fit perfect on that team

Drx is either ban Lotus or Bind

SEE BRO THIS IS WHAT I TRY TO PREACH TO MY FRIENDS...there's a lot you can potentially discuss, but just that beginning line alone is how I try to "think outside the box" and shit in Valorant, he said "they play as if you cant walk through smokes, meanwhile reyna plays as if you can walk right through that shit" YES BRO, sometimes deception isn't doing a buncha shit at once, it's just doing that thing makes the enemy uncomfortable and they go "no they couldn't possibly be doing that, right?" 🔥

Need a video on demon1 gameplay

If you’re bad at the highest level then you’re good

I’m all about creative off meta plays, so PRX is fun to watch shake things up

PRX hella fun to watch

They’re playing chess when we are playing checkers

Finally my kind of team, prx The unorthodox ability use

Man, maybe having fun really is the key :)

took me a minute to realize that something was an actual player LOL

Disrespecting utility and just run it down is just SEA style. In my ASC/IMM ranked games it’s common

paper rex are doing something *shows pic of something* *video ends*

I wish we could see something play with prx against drx but unfortunately it seems unlikely as he is having visa issues

paper rex are doing something 😳😳