Who Is The BEST IGL In Valorant? 

I won't say that it is 4 different rosters that boaster led. The fnatic core has always been unchanged (boaster, Derek, coach mini). And while there are a significant number of players that came and went over the last 2 years, I believe that the highest number that left at the same time is 2. Yes, fnatic is obviously a great team, boaster is definitely a fantastic igl. But no, the roster changes aren't significant hits to the team that your statement is hinting at.

​@@cnaizhenDont forget Masters Reykjavik 2022, Boaster had to play with a sub since Derke had covid

@@dale6890 that has nothing to do with OP statement. OP is saying that he led the team to QUALIFY. And also, fnatic didn't do well at that tournament at all (for very good reasons), so it doesn't justify the context of what OP said, which is to say that boaster performed well with different team rosters.

@@cnaizhen Well what about the first few matches of the EMEA league they played with sub Kamyk

@@dale6890 I'm not sure why you are still raising this point when my very first comment had already stated that boaster's team handled only a maximum of 2 player change, all of which did not touch the core of the team. Raising the point of kamyk as a sub, and for only a couple of matches, has to be one of the silliest points someone can make. And look, I'm not saying that boaster isn't the greatest IGL ever, or have any hate on him. I'm just saying OP's comment is not a valid justification on why boaster is good.

do you have alink to the interview? was it a post match interview or a clip from a stream?

@@cosmicdistortion4350 I think it was the post match conference where they interview both teams

​@@Saiiyneyou mean where he said that he had all the calls but they just got out aimed

@@dylanbishop4175 dude I cited him word for word. Such typical whining fanboy behavior to doubt everything. Just search for "NRG vs FNC conference", the conference for NRG is 2 minutes long. So go check it out lil bro

Everyone forgets the only reason NRG won an event is because the EU did not have there best teams due to visa issues.

nah not necessarily the most work. thye got the results tho

@@user-pi7wc9jk6j nah fnatic are definitely a very prep heavy team, mini and boaster definitely cook up alot of set plays

Redgar the goAt but his masters and emea vcts performances are making me sad, he should stop his stupid TikTok tps then they will win, easily

I agree.

@@sagminpik4212 yea thats the difference between redgar and angel. angel sets his team up and redgar goes for tiktok plays

@@tafheem207not really dude both are pretty horrible

He was only convincing during the early domination of GAMBIT. As his career goes by, his igl calls are not so convincing anymore, often being dominated. Even during his win against FNATIC in the grand finals, there were still doubts about whether Liquid would really continue dominating in the upcoming events.

The emea final was literally for nothing tho, not even seeding. And fnc stomped them earlier in the tournament.

@@oli4918 the final was a statement. But not convincing enough

@@ahyes1627 the final didn’t mean anything… not for seeding, not for buy through, ect. Edit: I think realistically fnatic looked really bad in the final rather than liquid looking very good.

Mini is the scout demon, not boaster.

​@@assassinacademy4770recency bias strong af. Redgar is quite a decent fragging igl

@@thawtayza1892eh he’s like on the fns fragging level.

⁠@@assassinacademy4770he never once played like that before? You mean even when GMB swept masters Berlin grand final 3-0? Topfragged on Reyna on haven (historically FNS best map)? You don’t know what your talking about

​@@assassinacademy4770 fair enough bro. definitely not at GMB levels recently (completely different game now, much higher standards), but its harsh to criticize any IGL for not fragging. No one criticizes Boaster, because he wins. Redgar has more trophies than FNS, stax, ange1 etc. People forget TL came VERY close to going 2-0 vs NRG, if they did everyone would be glazing Redgar. Plus the TL EMEA win was absolutely not a fluke, mini himself admitted they got outcalled and the anti from TL was insane, especially on haven. nats KJ was a stroke of genius. The whole playoffs he called insane

@@EuanbzGaming i wish tl played like that at this champions. i would have liked them to prove everyone wrong

TOP 1- saadhak, TOP 2- Boaster, TOP 3- FNS

Appreciate it! Means A Lot

Too bad we might not see him in the igl position anymore

Meh. Even though they told us Benkai is the IGL, in every voice comms he didnt give much impact on either strat or anything. Just like the leader to guide the comms and to calm the team. If he is the best, there is no way he was subbed by Jason and the official stated reason on why hes being subbed is "because role clashes". I think Prx has been headless since the beginning with Alecks doing the brain work for them and they do the straightforward set execution.

And heck, without him they arguably doing far better. And still using the exact same playstyle as before. It means, the brain is somewhere else, and its prolly Alecks

@@rainscents maybe so actually But maybe it's also because their group calling is just good

@@rainscents then again, Alecks is also underrated as a coach

yep. Nice of you to point it out. It would make the video better.

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Classic NA L take. Every team is stacked, FNC is just consistent with their wins. And ofc people take away from Boaster and Mini because their roster is stacked. Actual braindead take.

lol how can you have an * when you have won 2 b2b championships and got demolished on your only match against each other (FNC v NRG). Surely if FNS is the best IGL, he should've come up with something?

As a fnatic enjoyer you are correct. Thats like saying Fallen was a better IGL then Karrigan vuz he won 2 majors

U said it urself, the fact that boaster can prep and fns can’t is one of the reasons why boaster is winning everything

Igl should be ready to the opponent

Both FNC vs EG games were really close bro and I think that shows Boaster can handle close games.

@@sagminpik4212 Bro wdym he can’t prep. Fns 2-0d loud in one of the biggest anti starts ever, They abused the weakest parts of split for loud and knew where aspas played every time and shut him down

@@sagminpik4212 It goes both ways imo, an IGL should prep firsthand but a great IGL can adapt and improvise when his plan isn't going the way it should. I still think boaster is better but FNS is a close 2nd

Appreciate the feedback, definitely something to take into consideration!

crashies top 2 initiators and victor is one of the best flex players too

bro look at what happened ur best chamber now he left, marved also isnt doing too well. Look at s0ms stat before and after fns, there is a huge difference. Im not saying fns is 100% better than boaster but he turns good players into great players. There is a reason hes always negative and nrg wins

@@Focusballs Picking up talent and setting them up for success isn't entirely an IGL's doing, the coaching staff is heavily involved too. Because Fnatic literally picked up a fresh recruit like Alfajer back in 2022 when no one even knew the kid, and turned him into the best sentinel player of 2023.

@@soham4741 som was already on nrg for 2 years without success, fns comes in and now hes top frag

@@Focusballs Leo was doing okay with guild, but never made far or won anything Alfa was also winningless and UNKNOWN to everyone The only player that FNC picked with success is chronicle. Yay isnt shit cuz he lacks a good IGL Yay is shit now cuz he is a one trick poney chamber abuser with great aim, shit movement and 0 brain running foward. Marved not doing good? He and zekken were sentinel's best players after he subbed in. s0m and crashies are pretty good. FNS is also very smart and calm, which are good traits for IGLing. Now u try to hold the ego of 4 of the best players in the world and tell them what to do or not while they know they clearly better than anyone If u think IGL'ing Derke, Leo, Alfa and chronicle is an easy task, then u have 0 experience with any team sport or esports. Super teams often don't work cuz there's nothing glueing them steady and consistent, lack of leadership and good vibes. Boaster keeps everything perfect.

Sacy was the Secondary Caller

@@FWDtvv i always thought sacy was igl a long time ago not recently

Okay now you're just trying to be different.

@freddie4682 Not really, I just don't think the best igl is always on a championship winning team. Haodong outcalled FNS entirely, and their midrounding looks on par - EDG aren't just a W gaming team now. Half the reason KK is such a valuable player who doesn't overheat and is always in the right spot now is also because of Haodong - he read NAVI and LOUD's every move. He's incredibly underrated, I guess boaster is prob better though.

@@xsanez_ He's literally just letting Kang Kang do whatever he wants. While Snoggy follows him around as support. It's not really innovative. Kang Kang is just running everyone down.

@freddie4682 def not true, VCT casters/analysts have been watching their games recently and they'd disagree with you 100%. Even when kk is not doing well EDG has still won. You should watch how EDG played on bind today against Tyloo, the midrounding was beautiful and they played seriously smart

⁠@@xsanez_​​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠lmao ain’t no way you said Haodong was a better igl then fns. Edg have only been good for 1 tournament, where they didn’t even play NRG and you already have haodong as the second best igl out there 😂. Calm down bro, recency bias much? And attributing KKs positioning and not overheating to Haodong is fucking ludicrous, what are you in their coms hearing Haodong micromanage him 😂. When KKs not popping off, Edg can’t compete against top tier composition, watch late fracture against prx, where KK was finding no entries and look at how prx came back. I wouldn’t even be surprised if you where paid by the ccp for a take this delusional.

Saying boaster is better than FNS means he don’t understand how igl means (Cuz u cant compare bet. them by how many trophies in a group game like) Not mentioning he didnt talk about redger who beated boaster in the last game bet. Them

@@mohamedamin8393 blud stop waffling

@@mohamedamin8393 Boaster has been at the top longer than FNS and his preparation and innovation are better imo. FNS has really good mid round calling but Boaster beats him in every other metric. He created the meta on both icebox and bind and has always been feared for his preparation.

@@ssarkos5148more teams will be running the same lotus comps/strats too considering how dominant they are on that map

Mid rounding is the only aspect of the game you can definitively attribute to the IGL tho. Things like anti strat and comps and preset utility is mainly under the umbrella of the coaching staff.

Too early to tell. We need to see more.

well then we cant even compare every other teams as each team have their own mechanical players lmao plus the way they are losing to duels is because the straits that they are establish whether who caught lacking first, unless prime prx where they just rush the site like a maniac then u can debate about it.

another clueless fan

but fns did get outcalled by boaster in their match. i think player and igl wise fns is better but boaster is a better igl

i completely agree

Agreed

In the head to head in Tokyo FNS clearly got outcalled and the argument for boaster having a better team is true but lets not forget that FNS has had Marved Yay and Crashies on his team as well it's not like the team is solely reliant on FNS calls.

Boaster outcalled him pretty well in FNC vs NRG tho

@@tinzo4614marved yay and crashies are not comparable to FNC god squad. Only yay can be in the convo but FNC has 4 best players in their team. Optic is a great team while FNC is a god squad

He was outsmarted by boaster, even against tl they were outplayed many times at first 2 maps but due to Redgars shit(why Redgar) performance tl lost. I don’t wanna argue a lot but by listening to a lot of voicecoms and watching their games I can understand that fns is not better than boaster, his calls are good his strats as well but he is not capable to adapt to the enemy, to outplay them.

Fnatic are prep heavy and the outaim argument is bullshit. I lose braincells everytime people use that argument, this isnt csgo bro.

he literally said that fnc manipulated their mid round rotations on most of the rounds

@@er3n_genes1s21 Mb I was referring to the other post match interview that FNS only did. I rewatched the VOD of the match, and yes FNC and Boasted did outplay NRG in some rounds, but NRG still had good reads in other rounds, but even with their reads they lost those rounds bc of the aim diffs.

@@soham4741 why is it a bs argument? In the end this game and csgo comes down to aim, no matter how good your strats are you’re not gonna win if you aren’t winning your duels, and in the NRG vs FNC game (mostly on Bind), NRG just couldn’t kill the FNC players. Goes to show how skilled each individual player is on that team.

@@soham4741 Not saying Boaster is a bad IGL, he’s a close second to FNS. But in my eyes what defines a great IGL is their ability mid round and adapt, and I still think FNS is the best in that area at the moment.

That's.. that's what he said.

Boaster is Miles ahead of fns

@@AbhijeetChouhanXD right now yeah but not of all time

@@AbhijeetChouhanXD fns also won a masters and was the most consistent team of 2022

Yeah true. But look at another stacked roster like sentinels or team liquid. Without the prep and good calls you might win a few maps but you won’t be the best. Derke and Alfajer came into Fnatic with raw mechanical skill, but they were coached into disciplined players that win games.

@@Dualtaa sentinels or TL is not stacked compared to FNC they are levels apart

@@shafialanower3820what the hell are you talking about? Sen literally have 4 players that won major international trophies and are arguably the best at their roles.

@@shafialanower3820 obviously but they should be performing way better than how they are. Sentinels have Tenz Sacy Pancada, Zekken and now Marved. I would consider them some of the best players in America but its just not working for them. Liquid have gambit players and Sayf but Redgar has been trolling lately. All I’m saying is players need a good system behind them to reach their full potential. Fnatic have always had good coaching staff, healthy work environment (from what we’ve been told) and even a performance coach for healthy mentality and lifestyle. Look at FUT. it’s a Turkish team they’re gonna have crazy aim but they’re behind on meta. Alfa said when he was on a Turkish team is was chaos and everyone just relied on good aim but when he joined Fnatic there was good communication and he’s being coached on discipline. My point is Fnatic are levels ahead because they have both insane players and a good system behind them :)

@@shafialanower3820 I did not think I typed that much lol I’m just zooming on the keyboard.

boaster has literally led 4 different rosters to international lans and even in the most recent inteview fns said boaster heavily out called him if u see map rotations in the map were to push boaster was in a different league

In terms of recent results, FNS is definitely not in a different league than the others. You’re delusional if you actually believe that.

no one knew about alfa before he joined fnc, chronicle was not really viewed as the best player on gambit either and derke has been there from the start its not a coincidence theyre all suddenly viewed as the best in their roles

@@jfwlondon6201 chronicle was always considered to be one of the best. derke also has been considered one of the best jetts. i agree with the alfa part

Boaster clears fns

@@AbhijeetChouhanXD nah

fns has been consistent through all of valorant. he has been in the grand finals in 2021. 2022 was the best team in the world. and 2023 when people said nrg were not playing at their peek he still led the team to 4th place in masters tokyo