It may be EDward Gaming and China’s first international VALORANT event, however, the subject of teams at Champions 2022 isn’t underestimating the East Asia LCQ champions. In the leadup to the occasion and at some point of the handful of Aug 30 press meetings the day earlier than the tournament starts offevolved, the triumphing belief towards EDG is that everyone seems to be taking them significantly. During one of the meetings, XERXIA’s Thanamethk “Crws” Mahatthananuyut instructed participants of the press and the opposite gamers on him how risky EDG is.
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“They are a chance. They are a very big danger,” Crws said. “We’ve been scrimming their loads. And to be sincere, they have the first-class scrim outcomes I’ve had [to face] inside the whole two years of VALORANT, even [when I’m] in EMEA getting into LAN occasions.”
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Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom from Team Liquid added that he had heard the same thing from Kim “stax” Gu-tackle DRX and that EDG changed into considered one of the qualities within the place. Liquid’s superstar said he’s excited to proportion a group with them and is looking forward to the possibility to play against them.
Other press convention attendees expressed a mixture of challenge and excitement regarding the perception of gambling against EDG, together with Paper Rex’s Benedict “Benkai” Tan. Even before today’s press conferences, Benkai has been on the report announcing that EDG becomes “on top of the listing” of teams they didn’t need to face coming out of the East Asia LCQ but additionally mentioned on the Plat Chat podcast that the EDG players and playstyle reminded him several Paper Rex’s earlier days.
That assessment is plain to all and sundry who’s watched EDG play: they’re a team complete of younger aimers every able to make massive plays, with a style that rewards aggressive team play that could potentially be punished using greater experienced groups. Fans will get to peer EDG’s international debut for themselves once they face Paper Rex in the Champions establishing match on Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 9 am CT.
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