Map Changes?? & Sliggy's Pacific Kickoff 2025 Pickems

[@w3aken]

they really removed ascent for the off-season then brought it back after literally 2 months of VCT

[@hisanchowdhury7417]

They must have done it just to fix the walls

[@yuppieExtrovert]

they said seasonal map rotations, i think this is going to be a common thing. i like it it helps put everyone on high alert and helps for better games

[@Xygard]

​@@yuppieExtrovert yeah but at least make it out for than 2 months we had another mal why ascent

[@misterme1134]

@@yuppieExtrovert no it doesnt help for better games because then teams wont have as much prac on any map and thus overall level at pro play will decrease. But its gonna be fun for ranked cuz people seem to have dementia

[@brokenwarrior7007]

​@@misterme1134 they aren't new maps the players are familiar with the maps and they can always ban the map

[@343JustMe]

ASCENT JUST FUCKING LEFT BRO WHY ARE THEY ADDING IT BACK IN AGAIN

[@teriba453]

You have to remember there's more time inbetween tournaments now, so teams that do go to masters will still have decent time to practice

[@prodigy6727]

Can confirm, not angry. Thanks Sliggy

[@musculusiv4172]

Bangkok only gives as many points as stage 1 playoffs! So combined with the points from the stage 1 split, stage 1 is actually more valuable than going to Bangkok. So in terms of making champs it really seems like an advantage to miss Bangkok which is crazy

[@hamido1979]

-bind -abyss +icebox +ascent is a terrible swap

[@misterme1134]

Abyss for Icebox is fine honestly but Sunset would be better

[@rank1562]

Lies, the only bad thing icebox coming in and bind leaving, the other two are nice, but the quick swap is a little underwhelming should’ve had some more time

[@misterme1134]

@@rank1562 it shoulda been -abyss +sunset and that woulda been the best

[@zag3706]

Agreed. Both abyss and bind r good. Swapling them for ascent so early after ascent was swapled is so bad

[@rank1562]

@@misterme1134 that would BE TERRIBLEEEE well maybe not terrible lol but still not good, honestly I’d prefer anything over abyss so sunset would be good too

[@musinghat]

Rotating two maps instead of one, I would want to see one brand new map. Really hoping they changed Icebox. Idk but feel like it wouldn't be that hard to sync game balance/changes better with esports schedules. They should consider ranked map drafting or an alternative mode with fast rotations like Premier instead, for players who want more map changes.

[@jackalcrackle]

prx are a mixed bag, either they can start fast and blaze through the uppers, or they may start slow and risk going out against DFM in the lowers.

[@zombiesnivy]

I am a safe sammy and have a t1 prx going with geng & prx in lower final. I'm tempted to go crazy with the picks, but I'm going a little safe on my apac choices

[@AvgEditor37]

GE vs PPX in upper semi finals

[@LoDyYuBn]

Sadly, many pros who have played Scrim with GE gave GE the lowest rating.

[@AVIRGOMEN]

​@@LoDyYuBn where exactly do you pull out these Info's at? Because from my understanding, GE Coach gives out info on Scrims every time. And they've been packing so idk?

[@urbad411]

​@@AVIRGOMENscrims dont mean anything

[@doli928-x8r]

didnt u watch ge playing off season matches? they suck ngl

[@KushagraDwivedi-gi6yj]

​@@doli928-x8rthey won all the match except the finals

[@CarlosAyabacaAlt]

in plat rn and bind is a hellish map cuz nobody knows how to play it just like fracture, nobody wants to take space so on defense we just get run over… at least on ascent it’s been there for so long everyone knows a bit (pro play stale tho)

[@musculusiv4172]

Good that they do it after Masters. I already think it's kinda bs to release a new agent 2 weeks before kickoff

[@LeonardLeywin]

Noooo, Abyss out😞 Well, for PRX we can't have too high expectations. Sometimes when expectations are high, their game suddenly looks bad

[@kahfitrasna4487]

Yeah i wont be so sad when they lose cuz having low expectation in the first place

[@heallyos4309]

I would prefer if it was just a 1 map swap of abyss for ascent it would be a near perfect map pool imo

[@pastryserpent]

no ascent wouldve really shaken things up, its annoying to have it back so quickly. abyss needs changed so hope it gets those fixes while out. bind was looking really fun so sad to see it gone, icebox needs to be melted.

[@rb_7010]

#GEWINNING 💙❤️

[@NJzinho]

I'm actually pretty high up on talon I have them going out at 4th beating DRX. I think with the dual coach and sticking with the same roster that working through some of their issues is fairly feasible. the issue I have is some of the players are just not as good as you'd want them to be but I know they're determined and making it to Champs last year should give them a solid foundation and should give them something to look forward to

[@Nachicki]

instead of bind out I'd have pearl or lotus out, but bind has been around in the pool for a while so it's understandable why they took it out

[@ethanwood1737]

Lotus just came back in 😭

[@TenaciousDealer]

Changes are fine I personally like Icebox much more than Abyss, don't mind Ascent coming back kinda happy for NRG as they seemed very good on that map with the new roster so was sad to see it leave.

[@Mossbergg]

I can see GE making a run ngl

[@KushagraDwivedi-gi6yj]

Me too They looked good in off season except the finals where the girl duelist was just so bad

[@tamquan124]

@@KushagraDwivedi-gi6yjwho’s the girl duelist?

[@soraorganik]

PRX NEEDS TO win Master Bangkok, it's now or never.

[@user-vbjh9086L]

You are on copium but I am not in for hating prx

[@neilgoat123]

​@@user-vbjh9086L@user-vbjh9086L nah tbh im not a prx coper either but it actually seems like bangkok is the event they win. Im not coping but theyre among top 3 coming into 2025. Im just hoping they overcome G2.

[@Doughierboy]

WOOHOO ASCENT, BEST MAP IS BACK

[@miyabivlr]

I have PRX winning all the way, GENG 2nd and RRQ 3rd from lower run doing some upsets against DRX and NS (i have T1 losing against PRX and NS, losing to NS because their core has won everything since may 2024 and have more chemistry)

[@Zagarth12]

They gave more time in between this year

[@darshanpatel6312]

Lol everytime global comes sliggy doubts them, waiting for a turn around

[@user-vbjh9086L]

What is the uncle slug in thumbnail sliggy 😂

[@Fluskar]

Riot literally doesnt know how to run an esport man cuz wtf

[@captainjayb3151]

God not icebox why 😭😭

[@raonluvluv]

I hate Ascent. odin+op=game over (same in imotal matching). I'm nervous even if we got 9 points in defense

[@gragalakaisel1477]

the map rotation so early is so stupid. might as well add 1 agent ban for each team in pro-play lmao.

[@rb_7010]

GE is winning atleast 2 matches in kickoff

[@iamdead123]

no they cant if they win i will change my name + pfp to ge logo

[@rb_7010]

@iamdead123 🤝

[@KushagraDwivedi-gi6yj]

Ofc they will win at least 2

[@vazahathussain7893]

Not a single match

[@voyagersentfromearth]

Nice no curses

[@waqargite3286]

Sliggy is such a proffessional GE hater , whyyyy

[@nik_mik]

riot forgot April fools day is not in January!!!!! 🙃🙃🙃

[@Pojodragon365-xs8yu]

Bind is the best mapppp why are they doing this it’s so annoying, though I do prefer icebox to abyss

[@tychojansen8202]

GEN.G and PRX going to Bangkok

[@dillydonk753]

T1 dynasty happening in valorant

[@justjuniorjaw]

Riot pls. wtf.

[@kiyopon8889]

A great change thank god that abyss is gone

[@ItsAGF]

man they really want ascent aye. happy to see abyss out, sad to see bind gone, ascent is so boring to watch hope the meta isnt the same

[@Saaaanns]

DRX will NOT be a 5-6th team this year, either they crash out or make it to top 3 this year for sure

[@Damn740]

can you stop calling humans God

[@AVIRGOMEN]

More Aggression toward a Team that recently did well in ascension and putting the other team full of firepowers from Ascension winners, we dont even give them one win. I'm talking about GE and Nongshim, But either way, to each their own, I'd love to see some amazing performance from GE this year

[@cJa6_]

bind leaving sucks, abyss going is good, icebox and ascent coming back sucks, the fact that its announced this early sucks, the fact that its two maps sucks...idk its looking really rough imo

[@343JustMe]

Icebox is an amazing ranked map dude,it's so fun Ascent is boring as shit but not as bad as people make it seem in ranked

[@tinytempa3093]

I agree with ur ascent take but icebox is miserable in ranked but kinda interesting in vct ( most ppl hate icebox

[@343JustMe]

@tinytempa3093 that's because most people don't take the time to learn how to play the good agents on the map. I was the same before learning kj viper and chamber. It's a really fun map once you've got them all down and everyone understands the defaults on attack and defense on that map unlike every other map

[@rb_7010]

Valorant has so many map changes , Whereas CS barely makes changes after years

[@aswinbiju3900]

This T1 copium is so annoying bruh

[@valda680]

Dont take offence sliggy , but in my opinion your pickems is bullshit, and mark my words , nongshim red force will fumble badly, they are not yet capable defeating drx.