Top 3 best players in each role

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Uncleben

Curious what everyone’s thinks rn after Bangkok. What’s everyone’s top 3 per role?

#2

Uncleben

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Duelist:
Aspas
Derke
Jawgemo

Sentinel
Chichoo
Less
Leaf/meteor (if u consider him one)

Init
Izu (he’s kinda a flex)
Trent
Free1ng

Smokes
Mako
Karon
S0m (hot take)

#8

mrboneyoker

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I agree s0m is really underrated right now if mada can get into kickoff form and the rest of the team locks in they might be in toronto but they gotta be able to beat c9 first 😭

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Effluxi

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they gotta get an igl that isn't scared of fights otherwise they'll need the 4 best shooters in the world to keep up. FNS just isn't practical even if you still think highly of his calling and strats.

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TheBigBoiPenguin

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what the hell is karon doing here

#3

tiyoe

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Duelist:
Aspas
Derke
KK

Sentinel
Chichoo
nats
meteor

Init
riens
leo
Free1ng

Smokes
Mako
karon
s0m/mindfreak/valyn/smoggy/sylvan/less(if you consider him smokes)

edit: list isn't in any particular order

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Uncleben

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Leo hasn’t played in a over a year, I don’t think nats is better than leaf or less
Riens is certainly not better than free1ng or Trent, let alone Leo wtf

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tiyoe

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not in order

#7

Uncleben

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Ah got it, but why riens over stax, izu, or Trent? What about leaf and less for senti

#12

tiyoe

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didn't add less because hes playing more smokes now, with some cypher(idk if you consider viper senti or not)
didn't add leaf cus i hatewatch glucose2, but yeah he definetly top 5 senti.
riens cus he looked insane last year, and he's not performing bad this year

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lxolotl

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viper is a senti

#4

st1dd

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TOP 3 (No particular order)

SENTI
Leaf
Chichoo
Less

DUELIST
Derke
Aspas
Hyunmin

INITIATOR
Trent
Stax
Free1ng

CONTROLLER
S0m
Smoggy
Mako

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Shadow_Monarch

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I fuck with this. iZu best flex player in the world though.

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Neonfreak

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The Buzz disrespect is kinda wild

#15

Uncleben

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Just cause he won a trophy doesn’t automatically put him in the top 3
He’s a fantastic player, but I’m not quite sure if he’s top 3. Honestly idk if Jawgemo is quite top 3 either

#22

catNmouse

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buzz is a very flexible duelist player, he’s shown it plenty of times this year playing raze neon and yoru, and i think with his good performance at bangkok warrants him to be in this list IMO

jawgemo has mostly only played yoru but as time went by he got better and better at the agent and has practically mastered it. he was pretty inconsistent at the beginning of kickoff but was gradually performing better whereas buzz was more consistent than jawgemo throughout this year so far

#23

Uncleben

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He’s also on the best team in the world, which makes up for when his performances aren’t quite as good. Can you honestly say that if buzz were on say, sentinels for an example hed outperform Zekken? I don’t think so, from previous DRX buzz performances
That’s why I don’t have him top 3

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serot

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Buzz is by far the most consistent duelist in APAC imo
Never fell off after 4 years of playing at the top level internationally, solid entry, solid oper, can play every duelist well, consistently high in stat rankings
Probably the best all rounder duelist player with no real weaknesses and everyone pretends like he isn't good because he doesn't have generational performances every map.

#10

Huuuuugo

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Leo>

Trent

#11

catNmouse

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duelist:
aspas
derke
jawgemo/buzz

sentinel:
meteor
chichoo
leaf

initiator:
trent
riens
stax
(leo would be in this list if he was active but sadly he is not)
flex:
izu
kicks
jonahp

controller:
karon
mako
valyn
sylvan (not a crazy fragger like the other 3 but his smokes util is so underrated and he’s had crazy impact during and after bangkok, so this one is probably a hot take)

#13

drain_angel

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jonahp and not free1ng lmao

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Jivko

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Duelist:
Derke
woot
xeus

Sentinel:
nats
chichoo
meteor

Initiator:
trent
chronicle
free1ng

Controller:
keiko
cyvoph
karon

#18

tiyoe

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cant say the cyvoph is top 3 rn, but if he keeps up his performance then he def will be

#19

AnguAngu

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holy EMEA pilled

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Huitzilopochtli

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finally a based list

#17

Amexdxyz

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duelist:
flor
derke
botgemo
sentinel:
Nats
Chichoo
Meteor
imitator:
trexx
riens
freeing
Controller:
Karon
Sylvan
Keiko

#20

PP12123213123

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Duelist:
Jemkin
Hyunmin
Marteen

Sentinel:
Yetujey
Meteor
YAY

Init:
Kushy
Governor
Trent

Flex:
Forsaken
Primmie
Izu

Controller:
Karon
S0M
dos9

#25

Langacune

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Recency bias goes crazy in this community, riens is still a top 3 initiator and I would take him over anybody tbh

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jamONE

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Makes sense though. That's why no one talks about Yay, Demon1 anymore. They just ain't good as of late and for a while. Hard to name drop people if they aren't showing success in current day.

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Langacune

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yay and demon1 have been bad for a long time now, riens just had a bad kickoff for his standarts which wasnt even that bad considering his team was so shit

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jamONE

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yeah, i guess people just playing favorites then leaving him out. I agree that riens was good and putting in work for his team.

#29

catNmouse

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riens was in two international finals last year which is more recent than when yay and demon1 were successful

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GambleNats

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Duelist:
Zmjjkk
Derke
Jawgemo

Sentinel:
Chichoo
Leaf
meteor

Initiator:
Nobody
Trent
Free1ng

Smokes:
(if you count chichoo, then him)
Mako
Karon
Sylvan

Flex:
Izu
Chronicle
Kicks

#31

Shadow_Monarch

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Duelist:

Aspas
Jawgemo
Kangkang/Derke

Sentinel:

Leaf
Less
Meteor/Chichoo

Initiator:

iZu
Trent
Free1ng/Stax

Controller:

Karon
Mako
Smoggy/S0m (Yes for real, he's actually really good and consistent, most underrated player in VCT)

HM: Keiko Zekken Flashback