Valorant: I Am Still the World's Best

"EG tried to hide something and rely on gun skill to win, but they almost messed it up..."

Wang Senxu summarized the match.

EG played very casually, and Demon1 played like he was in ranked mode, with several rounds showing him rushing out and taking on two opponents with his gun skills.

Once they got serious, they used standard tactics, just less reckless.

"What a pity, FPX." Qiuqiu sighed, "Even with Ayang's 1.52 rating, they still couldn't win. The others were a bit too soft... If they had faced another team instead of EG, they might have had a real chance to win."

"Yeah, especially the veteran (Lysoar). I remember he didn't perform like this domestically," Zheng Yongkang muttered. "That's true, I was also very nervous when I played in the World Championship for the first time."

On the other side, Su Ming frowned as he looked at his phone.

In the small group chat for "Old Man's Fun in the Canyon," Lao Bing Tang forwarded a picture.

It was a screenshot of Demon1's tweet after the match.

To put it bluntly, this guy's tweets were about how "beating FPX, that trash, was too easy."

This arrogance and humiliation, which shows no respect for opponents or the competition, is not welcome even on Twitter, its home turf.

Many fans from Europe and America left sarcastic comments.

[Dude, the CN region just started, is it really necessary for you to beat a third seed?]

Have they forgotten that they were swept 3-0 by FNC at the Tokyo Masters?

[They've really ruined their public image; they don't look like a strong team at all!]

Below these comments, Demon1 and the rest of the EG team members took it very seriously, replying to each and every one of them and criticizing them.

There was a sudden feeling of "I want to be an enemy of the world".

Su Ming found it a bit strange.

"By the way, was EG always like this?"

"No." Zheng Yongkang shook his head, recalling, "We played a few scrims with EG at the Tokyo Masters, and we got along quite well. I didn't see them taunting their opponents back then, so why did they suddenly start acting up..."

They were naturally unaware that this was a deliberate pact by the EG members to generate buzz and promote the "evil villain" persona.

Of course, Boostio is an exception.

This guy's mouth is tougher than his gun, and his gun is stinker than him.

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With this, the first round of the Swiss round has come to an end.

EDG will face PRX in three days.

The winner will advance to the quarterfinals as the number one seed in the group and will have the right to choose the map first.

After returning to the hotel, the EDG team immediately conducted a post-match review.

Since everyone performed well and there was nothing to correct, we immediately moved on to studying our opponent, PRX.

"PRX's permanent ban map is a hermit's retreat."

After taking out the data analysis charts, which showed PRX's map selection data from the Tokyo Masters to the Pacific League.

Highlights: Deep Sea Pearl, Neon Town, Fission Canyon.

Weak maps: Yuangong Town, Yahai Suspended City, and Lotus Ancient City.

Strong and weak maps are relative to PRX itself, not absolute.

When you perform exceptionally well, you can win even with a weak map.

Conversely, a strong chart can also lose.

After speaking eloquently, he analyzed:

"Neon Town is a strong map for both us and PRX, and neither side will ban it. It will probably be saved for last as the third map."

"Based on our coaching staff's analysis, PRX will most likely choose either 'Deep Sea Pearl' or 'Fission Canyon' as their map pick. They're incredibly strong on both maps, especially Deep Sea Pearl. Since Something joined the team, including scrims, their win rate so far is…"

"One hundred percent!"

"..."

Even though they already knew this, hearing this alarming win rate still made the EDG players tense up.

Su Ming looked at the data table and noticed something.

"They really love using Skye..."

"Yes." After nodded. "PRX is playing Skye on every map; this hero fits their fast-paced style perfectly. Even on the map 'Sea of ​​the Sea,' they're forcing themselves to play their own style..."

The Suspended City of Asia is the oldest map.

Riot Games seems to favor this image and has never rotated it.

Therefore, the major professional teams have the deepest understanding and development of it.

This evolved into the strongest lineup that can be called the "ancestral method".

—Jiefeng, Liexiao, KO, Youying, Qile.

PRX, however, defied tradition and went its own way, selecting a lineup of Ryze, Rena, Viper, Poseidon, and Skye.

Looking at PRX's rather bizarre lineup, Su Ming fell into deep thought.

After a long pause, he finally interrupted After's analysis.

"Coach, I have an idea..."

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That night.

Su Ming returned to his room, took a shower, and faintly heard a few gunshots outside the window.

This country remains as peaceful as ever...

Su Ming dried his hair, feeling a mix of emotions.

Back at the table, Su Ming sat down at the computer, opened the North American client for Valorant, and logged into the super account that Riot Games had given him.

Because he was busy with training matches, Su Ming didn't have much time to play ranked games; this account only played a dozen or so ranked games.

Even so, the extremely high win rate and hidden MMR allowed this account to be upgraded to an Empowered account, bringing Su Ming a considerable amount of points.

As usual, Su Ming seriously completed his daily ten deathmatches before lying down on the bed and bringing up his game panel.

—The BO3 match has ended, and the results are being tallied.

Overall score: 51/17/15. Kills minus deaths, score +34.

Match result: 2-0 victory, +10 points.

He was the MVP in both matches, earning +20 points.

The match is from the Los Angeles Championship group stage, and the current weight value has been adjusted to 10.

当前积分结余：（34+10+20）x10=640。

—You have earned 640 points.

"Is the weight given to this competition too high? Is it because it's a world championship?"

Su Ming guessed.

Unfortunately, he had never played in a regional league before, and his debut match was the World Championship, so he didn't know the weight of the league.

"This is just the group stage; what will be the weight of the subsequent knockout stages...?"

Su Ming was a little curious.

But that's not the point right now.

The key point is that, including the points gained from ranking in the US server, Su Ming already has enough points to draw another Remembrance Chest.

Su Ming still chose to draw from the Duelist's Remembrance Chest.

—A professional player reminiscing while drawing a specialization for duels.

Extraction successful.

—Remembering the coordinates: VCT 2026 Pacific League Stage 1 Winners' Final.

——FS vs GE.