How XSET has Become the Most Consistent ALGS Team in the World

In the current state of the ALGS there is no clear cut best team in the world. Many of the challengers have never won an international LAN and with the previous favorites having a fall from grace... an opportunity has opened up. The current consensus has two teams primed to take the crown and join DarkZero and TSM in the Apex Legends history books. Today we focus on the first... XSET
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:12 What makes XSET so good?
2:45 Key to Success #1
5:24 Key to Success #2
13:34 Key to Success #3
20:33 Worlds Edge Win - Edge
28:20 Storm Point Win - Zone
34:24 Recap
35:13 Outro
35:53 Two Challengers?

[@Ryanin2D]

The most underrated thing about JHawk's vids is his narration. Almost all other comp content sounds like someone reading off a prompter or giving a valedictorian speech. JHawk just talks like he's right there in the same room with you. Really good.

[@AyeJHawk]

My biggest critique of apex comp content was that the barrier to entry feels high cause they say a lot of stuff newcomers might not understand. I try my best to make it sound down to earth 🫡

[@Ryanin2D]

@@AyeJHawk i judge a person's depth of knowledge about a subject by how simple they can explain it. The simpler their explanation, the smarter than person is usually. You have very simple explanations. Wouldn't be surprised if a team picked up soon, maybe LANimals.

[@coolbrotherf127]

@@AyeJHawk I like how your narration and scripting is very story like and not just a nerd reading of a stats sheet.

[@AyeJHawk]

@@coolbrotherf127 that’s also key. Always gotta have a story line

[@drewross3240]

He is not underrated in any way, his fans love his content as do newcomers.

[@xanz6226]

Xset is just a team of true gamers who love to have fun but are also very goddamn good at the game😂

[@ErisAlter]

I was never that into competitive apex, but after being introduced to Nocturnal through his coaching of Team Snake Bite for the upcoming VSaikyo tournament and now watching such a well-put together video detailing exactly why XSET is so dominant I can't wait to watch their journey towards ALGS!

[@AyeJHawk]

Love to see it

[@zataamni7190]

Do not wallow 🐍 TSB here to swallow 🐍

[@RyanDS94]

Lets fuck some dudes

[@vagabondcaleb8915]

The most overlooked yet most important parts of XSET's assets is the chill vibes that Fun brings to the team. It is something that is very hard to even notice because, ironically, fun is a fairly quiet guy. But he also never gets upset and is always being max silly....While melting and breaking angles better than anyone except maybe 10 other MNK players in the world. Which relates to another crucial thing for XSET: Nocturnal is probably the most underrated IGL/fragger in ALGS rn. He has been something like 10-25% better than Sweet in his calls and his mechanical performance for close to 6 months...Sweet is starting to make me nervous...Feels like Nate had 2x the passion and 5x the brain cells lately...

[@illegitimate0]

What a ridiculous comment. There is no chance there are 10 other MnK players better than Fun. I'd put him top 3 MnK easy.

[@zorxey3189]

@@illegitimate0 Right I literally scoff when I see his movement on other player's screens.

[@JM1992]

The whole xset is fun vibe. Especially in ranked with how wack it is. They make it fun to see.

[@HKSFMinerva]

Only got to know XSET recently because Nocturnal is coaching 3 VTubers I follow for a custom tournament this weekend. TEAM SNAKEBITE, LET'S GO!

[@ShikiKhorinthian]

🐍DO NOT WALLOW🐍TSB IS HERE TO SWALLOW🐍

[@HKSFMinerva]

@@ShikiKhorinthian LONG LIVE THE RAT QUEEN, RATSUKI 🐍🐍🐍 IGL AXEL "Johnny" Sinrios 🐍🐍🐍 And Regis "3-Point Monster" Altaire 🐍🐍🐍

[@xRocky-]

Honestly didn’t follow Xset at all before this video. Will definitely be following them from now on. Thanks for making this video. Had no idea how well structured this team is and love how their able to communicate effectively without emotions getting in the way. Fire video🔥

[@AyeJHawk]

Love to see it ❤️

[@itszaque5031]

They’re one of the least popular teams when it comes to viewer count but they’re absolutely a blast.

[@seasnow6073]

I never followed apex comps before and i only knew noct from his coaching team snake bite in vsaikyo (biggest vtuber apex tournament) and love how calm he is to give his thought from coaching pov. Hope to see more of him tbh, thanks for the video bro

[@AyeJHawk]

So many people here from vsaikyo! Love to see it!

[@seasnow6073]

@@AyeJHawk well, thanks to that i manage to know noct and probably apex competitive scene, and thanks for the video brother

[@AyeJHawk]

Go subscribe to the new XSET Apex channel! SUPPORT ORGS MAKING CONTENT!!!! www.youtube.com/@XSETApex

[@pezzeronni]

I like how you’re showing love to different regions as well. There’s some great teams and players worldwide and they deserve the recognition too. Great content!

[@DreamerrSlays]

Just wanna say I know you are new to this but you are absolutely killing it. You've been my favorite KZbin channel for a good long relaxing session when I have the time. EVERY SINGLE VIDEO is a banger and unbelievably consistent, keep it up dude. Even if Apex dies out I can tell you have a knack for this

[@thecanadiansavage]

Good shit man, was definitely your best editing yet. I can tell you put a lot of time and effort into this one and the audio was spot on. Can't wait for the next one, don't wanna spoil the team but I cannot wait for that one. They wait was well worth it.

[@AyeJHawk]

Always trying to level up the editing

[@nelsonchike4812]

​​​​​@@AyeJHawk Can I ask are you going to have someone translate the next team's comms for you? Super interested in that team though, my fav EMEA team by far!

[@damienliu5798]

Awesome video, great delivery and breakdown of each point. Will be waiting for the next one.

[@thegamingsanctum2822]

Xsets comms are just soo funny, yet also knowledgeable. 🤣🤣

[@AyeJHawk]

They are hilarious 🤣

[@borzoi7956]

Been sending this to my buddies, we love how high quality these videos are.

[@AyeJHawk]

🫡

[@GHOSTWRIDAHxCOEV1D]

I know I'm late J but this one was a banger. It felt like I was watching a research paper combined with a page turner in video. So fun to watch, couldn't take my eyes off of it. Much has been said as to the style of your narration and I'm glad you are receiving the credit finally! Can't wait for the Fire Beavers video!

[@AyeJHawk]

❤️

[@ShotgunHeroX]

I havent been paying attention much to them before I saw them winning the 2v3 on WE, the same example you showed here and I had a feeling it was going to be in this video, and you are right about this team. Favorite team by far this split, the playstyle and comms shows how much confidence and mutual respect they have.

[@mane_7313]

XSET video let's go! I just love these guys and I hope they can finally win something big together. Also the teaser at the end comming all the way from the beginning of the video? That is some nice storytelling right there.

[@kenkumamint]

I love how you make me a fan of all the teams you cover! Love the videos!

[@elizabettno3846]

Great videos! As someone who enjoys watching algs, this is pretty informative and honestly now it gives more insight in to which teams i'd like to root for. Great stuff man, keep it up!

[@christianwalmer6754]

These videos are so good dude! Keep up the awesome job!

[@dabcity9319]

Definitely wanna check them out next event, awsome video as usual

[@eliabonfardeci2604]

So much hardwork behind these videos, incredible

[@WhoIsGoLDENRaTi0]

I'd love to see you do a vid like this on crazy racoon. Watching the APAC scene push the movement standards should make for some good content. Keep up the good work bruv!

[@YMan-zo5kg]

I think one of the biggest things also is each player fits perfectly into a role. Nocturnal always igls, sikezz always frags, and fun always supports and none of them have a problem with it being that way. Also the roster and meta changes just show how goated Hodsic is and I think he’s the reason this team sits above the other top tier orgs because he really helps make all the points you made come true. You could say tsm is very similar with each player in a defined role along with a goated coach, but I think Hal sometimes just wants to frag instead of igl and they struggle more with maturity and versatility, especially Hal.

[@survivor0290]

Another great upload, always look forward to your vids.

[@sa1nts128]

Also love the foreshadowing at the end that was dope

[@j-sun3821]

Another banger and hyped up for the fire beavers video. Man keeps delivering.

[@cactusman0403]

Really great video. Excited for the Fire Beavers video aswell

[@AyeJHawk]

🔥🦫

[@tp7487]

Could be nice to have videos about older teams or tournaments that happened a long time ago. All your videos so far have been about the last few LAN's + regional qualifiers and idk if you intend to expend a bit in the past. Love your videos btw, you really are carrying the Apex Legend community with your content ❤

[@AyeJHawk]

I think one day I’ll expand to stuff like that. Most likely during the apex offseason tho

[@itszaque5031]

No team is as casual as Xset while still being as good, their vibes are immaculate always 😂 my favorite teams are them and NRG, and it’s fun to see how good both teams are despite having nearly opposite communication styles.

[@jacobconnor9418]

Got so excited when you said sponsor at the beginning of the video haha. Love the teaser at the end though fire beavers have been insane

[@AyeJHawk]

🤣🤣🤣

[@NEF006]

Loved the video, love XSET, can't wait for the FIRE BEAVERS video!

[@AyeJHawk]

🔥🦫

[@Pask___]

Owww the editing just leveling up every video!

[@AyeJHawk]

You already know

[@11menzies]

Is there a chance you could do a second part of your optic video analysing how they went from bottom to top 10 in a couple of months?

[@StirFryLah]

Love the video man, this is awesome work

[@AyeJHawk]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@athan1281]

The caustic bit was hilarious

[@AyeJHawk]

I think they should run Sikezz on caustic permanently

[@kyu9430]

Love your videos Man U deserve way more viewers

[@AyeJHawk]

🙏🏼

[@sa1nts128]

Banger video man.. as usual

[@betterdays259]

Man! You're like the MrBallen of Apex. Great contents!

[@stephnjoseph4102]

Wasn’t sure this video was going to exist after you told me your beef to the IGL on twitter 😂, was a great watch much love to you and XSET buddy love your vids

[@AyeJHawk]

I had to settle it for the good of the people

[@antonioc.5778]

Your videos are awesome, I wish more people watch them, despite the game being 4 years old, the competitive community seems to be very small and most of the players don't care about comp since it's "boring to watch" and it's so different from casual/ranked matches.

[@xyzLuxe]

X set is literally the team that most mature gamers want

[@tormented_emperor]

Finally, some XSET love. They have been so overlooked and underrated from the beginning of year 3, even back when they were Team Liquid, i see them and ive been watching them all throughout. Always consistent placing, barely any drama in that team. They dont make too much noise but teams should never count them out. One wrong play and you bet they’ll be there to make you regret. If any team deserves more praise, I definitely think it should be them. They were my 2nd pick for the split 1 playoffs, after of course TSM. I’ll be continuing to cheer for the both of them this upcoming split 2 playoffs 🤝🏽🤞🏽

[@AyeJHawk]

Two stud teams

[@ryanogrady2616]

Another banger video as always Mr. Hawk. Definitely keep that shit up

[@christopherkuzara7356]

I didn’t know they had vibes like this on xset time to start watching them! Thank you for the video.

[@AyeJHawk]

XSET vibes are always elite

[@freshlakai]

Watched the whole video man! love your content

[@AyeJHawk]

Legend

[@alexmejia3219]

Great video as usual bro

[@doradorahaisai]

Another great video!!

[@swlly2]

Carrying comp apex content side ! Love this

[@Cqntemplate]

Watch Parties are fire I can confirm

[@Abonniererfull]

Im so glad to find your channel, love every single video sofar ♥ keep it up !!

[@AyeJHawk]

❤️

[@liamwitt7391]

XSET, FaZe, and COL have probably been the most interesting teams to watch this split imo. The breakdown of XSET here though is top tier. You’re killing it with these videos bro!

[@AyeJHawk]

FaZe and COL videos soon? 🤔

[@imzzzera]

JHawk is making me want to grind out apex again. It's so well put together that it's pulling me back into the game. JHawk you master mind 🙌

[@AyeJHawk]

❤️

[@duh5359]

Great video as always! Xset is a team that no matter how hard you try you just can't ignore.... Not that you would want to they are great!

[@AyeJHawk]

Yet the main broadcast never shows them when they are popping off for some reason 😭

[@StrehyedGames]

new jhawk video to wake up to?! pog champ

[@TheGoldenApex]

Great vid!

[@Ryanin2D]

Another JHawk banger. Keep it up brother. Also, your twitch link isn't a link. Might wanna update that.

[@AyeJHawk]

clutch, fixed it

[@pavivier]

that "I follow wall" at 14:40 had me laughing

[@ghostoftommysbarber8743]

Sikes was slept on. When I heard he was replacing gild i felt it was the best possible replacement. Found him when he was grinding top 3 pred with Hiswattson and Keon, always dreamed the 3 of them would team up before watto joined furia and Keon torrent at the time.

[@d4rks1d39]

Jhawk youre Videos are the reason i play apex again without you that game ans the full passion of this great esports would fly under my radar thank you so much from Germany 😘

[@AyeJHawk]

❤️🇩🇪

[@coolbrotherf127]

I would love to see you cover the Meat Lovers. They have come out of nowhere and are playing better than teams that on paper should be way better.

[@AyeJHawk]

🥩❤️

[@Finicki]

ok this is freaking sick

[@moonage_]

"ACEU DOWN ACEU DOWN" is definitely a reference to tyler1's "DOPA DOWN" meme lol, Noc really is a League twitter guy in Apex e-sports

[@beautyman9003]

We can’t forget sikez gibby

[@AyeJHawk]

Sikezz Gibby Caustic Vantage is a trio I need in my life

[@OhJustCommenting]

one of the best teams but they don't get enough love. thanks for the great vid once again mate

[@AyeJHawk]

Main broadcast needs to show them more for sure

[@boogerz1903]

Started watching u after ur first videos. The videos are always bangers and high quality. one thing i would suggest is maybe to slowly branch out to other games as well as competitive apex is very niche. In the case apex disappears someday, u have insurance. keep up the great vids

[@AyeJHawk]

I don’t watch other esports so probably won’t do that

[@gabrielpolancocasas4775]

Im from Colombia. Ive been playing apex since it was released. One of the first person i followed ok twitch was funfps, Dont remember the season, maybe 3 or 4, the guy was insane then, and is better now. At one time, imo, he was the best gibby in the world, and didnt even play competitive. He used to play mirage, path, rev, always loved to watch that guy play every legend posible. Glad to see his succes at comp. Imperial, no doubt, and fun are the goats of apex.

[@AyeJHawk]

Fun is a stud

[@TheTrueAKApex]

The quality of these videos are insane. Keep it up man. Bold take on saying XSet would take the LAN, as a TSM fan boy, I hope you're wrong lol.

[@AyeJHawk]

Well to be the fair the take is that if a LAN happened right now they win it. But the next LAN is so far away for no reason so things could change if we see an update or something

[@TheTrueAKApex]

@JHawk I understand your take completely. It's a bold take but not a far-fetched take. XSet's consistency is scary good right now and everyone else (besides the FireBeavers next vid lol) seem to be playing catch-up

[@rxdicalityAPX]

Sikezz caustic is underrated

[@AyeJHawk]

For real

[@jordanb1520]

This guy is quickly becoming one of the kings of Apex content i can't stop watching these!

[@AyeJHawk]

preciate you Jordan

[@yashawal]

This video was so good can't wait for fire beavers

[@starnight8027]

i think a small factor is also the inputs on xset vs tsm is also the inputs. xset has 2 m&k i think and tsm has 1. in terms of the characters that are more effective, m&k is more consistent on all characters while controller is better off using valk or horizon vs catalyst. in terms of igls, noct is highly underrated while also keeping vibes relaxed but this style only works with players that have a similar level of passion because if one slacks it drags them all down for possibly longer. hal has more of the kobe bryant or michael jordan style of leaderships where he will test his teammates to ensure they can keep up with him which leads to an overall high skilled team sweet has a team where he makes 90% of the calls which leads to high risk high reward play if he isn't on his game that day

[@rileyalden723]

Amazing video. I think the graphic at 18:19 is switched though, should be Edge for WE and Zone for SP

[@AyeJHawk]

Dang I watched it back like 3 times after exporting and still missed that 🤣

[@MuseR.]

That teaser at the end was beautiful 😤😤😤

[@AyeJHawk]

🔥🦫

[@ToxicFrostbite]

Can you make a video about 100T and their inconsistencies. Feel like it would be a pretty good video

[@Tiny2494]

The hype for the firebeavers video is now very real

[@stone5252]

After all the twitter beef, it's finally here...

[@AyeJHawk]

I had to settle the beef in order to make this. It was the only way

[@gfullcrayon562]

What beef?

[@d4rks1d39]

​@@gfullcrayon562good question

[@jude00]

best apex videos out dere

[@thatmtrx1421]

5:50 Round-based game players when the comms on a linear, constant action game are more visceral and louder (not actually louder tho, just more frequent) than what they expected/are used to: 😵😵😨😨 Fail/delay relaying/taking in information in Apex and you become an instant compromise, the weaker link in your team. The clip that follows is enough proof, every player is constantly saying something for minutes, and the amount of distance covered during their rotation calls for that high octane, "I talk first and you listen" kind of communication game. Stellar video.

[@undauntedtheoni]

And Noc still didn't catch up to rpr in earnings ;)

[@TheDarkbogiTV]

Especially the Last fight you showed how amazing their individual talents are, Enemy going for the push after Nocturnal went for the flank being overly aggressive and his team being to slow to follow up, Sikezz reads the situation in a instance and pushes Enemy from a hard to defend angle for enemy, especially because Enemy just loaded all his ammo onto nocturnal and even at a position disadvantage they still bring hill to 50, a split second decision turning the fight into a 2v2, while Fun is simply holding his stand on the other side of the rock against now a 2v1 while Skiezz rotates to flank both of them, Hill and xenial still completly picked offguard from enemys push trying to find a kill on fun and hill knowing that enemy died there trying to figure out where skiezzz is. Skiezzz picks up the kill on hill and gets traded by xenial but fun still won the small skirmish between him and xenial and to finish it off right after xenial picked of skiezzz, trying to reload, fun is already there to win the match. It simply shows that in split second decision making, aim, and simply having a game plan they are way ahead of their competition, turning a positional disadvantage into a favourable fight in just 5 seconds. Amazing show of skill.

[@Chymeee]

This is noct post TSB. He definitely have mental issue from vsaikyo lol

[@AyeJHawk]

🤣

[@gaiengrowden4853]

Best algs analysis videos, hands down.

[@AyeJHawk]

❤️

[@ben_jin]

What a banger of a video!

[@FAT9L]

REP THE SET l remember watching that game with Sikezz on Caustic and crying laughing at it.

[@hodsic]

I approve of your analysis

[@CodePozy]

Oh shit It actually was uploaded today lol. Just makes my day all the better.

[@AyeJHawk]

would've been earlier but had some technical issues that caused a set back mid editing but WE HERE!

[@CodePozy]

@@AyeJHawk Naw I just got off of work so i’m wide awake lol

[@frank10pez94]

Bro everytime you said "Noc" I kept thinking you were saying "Knoqd" so I was so confused lmao. Nice video like always though

[@AyeJHawk]

Yeah I know a lot of people say Noct and really pronounce the T for that reason

[@AntaryMW2]

Man im so glad Fire Beavers video will happend. They have quite opposite coms from XSET, very vocal and chaotic. I wonder how you gona aproach this knowing theres almost all on russian. But damn, gona wait for this one.

[@AyeJHawk]

To be honest I have no clue… but I figured out enough of LGs comms that I think I can make it work

[@frankdartagnan2709]

@@AyeJHawk I can get you russki translation, I mean if you waaaant? In return, I get a juicy sizzling video about fire beavers, so we're even.

[@sokoloffvl4357]

they're making highlight videos on yt from time to time with eng subs. and yeah, there are plenty of people ready to help if needed 🙋‍♂

[@AyeJHawk]

@@frankdartagnan2709 shoot me a DM on Twitter if you are for real!

[@jackyhung9842]

One little suggestion: I don’t really watch XSET too much so I can’t really identity their voices, maybe it’s good to add subtitles with their names on when listening to their comms

[@AyeJHawk]

I figured something like this might happen but I thought maybe over time with enough clips there would be enough context clues. Captions take a long time which is why I don’t do them

[@EmJayproductions1]

JHawk right before I go to bed.. guess I’m not sleeping for 20 minutes

[@AyeJHawk]

🤣

[@big_rob1472]

Gotta get this man as an analyst for ALGS

[@RickyMasterChiefLaw]

i think the new faze team of phony,frex and snipe are the same with calm comms

[@yobby6348]

great video

[@supakungfumastah7789]

Nocturnal still owe us a italian man

[@AyeJHawk]

What does this mean?

[@supakungfumastah7789]

@@AyeJHawk He coaches on TSB (a vtuber on vsaikyo) and bet if they win next round of scrims he gonna bought them pizzas which they won and one of the player ask for an Italian man to cook pizza for them edit : it's running joke btw

[@AyeJHawk]

@@supakungfumastah7789 ohhhh, multiple people had commented this on the video and I had no clue what it was. I assumed it was some sort of joke but I was so out of the loop 🤣

[@zorkmeadd]

i got on youtube the exact right time...

[@Hans-pc1vc]

I love your videos! Such great analysis. I need to know though -- where do you find the sound tracks for your transitions? E.g., at 15:12? Absolutely love them!

[@AyeJHawk]

All the music I use is from Apex itself. This specific video primarily uses the Hunted Soundtrack from when Vantage was released. Although in the first 30 seconds and last 30 seconds they are different sound tracks for added effect

[@user-se6zt7np4w]

Honestly, best video ever seen.

[@AyeJHawk]

❤️

[@awman9134]

I am very hyped for the upcoming FB video, its a crime that they cant play in the last LAN man.

[@AyeJHawk]

They gonna hit next LAN with a different level of motivation for sure

[@NITROUSOXIDE921]

Love your videos man, its something to keep us entertained in the 'off-season' rn. but I have a suggestion: just tweak w your mic settings, cause (idk if its my earphones but) your voice just sounds muffled af in the videos. may its cause your're very close to your mic 2:09 . It would take the production quality much higher.

[@AyeJHawk]

I am by no means a sound expert so I'll try but tbh not sure how to fix that problem