Toxic, Rookie, Champion: How Demon1 Came Out of Nowhere to Conquer Valorant

[@starry4464]

I will always find it funny that EG didn't have plans to sub in Demon1 up until DisguisedToast wanted him

[@ApexShuuya]

Didn't EG took Demon1 when he shit on EG as a DSG member?

[@akitski021]

what happen is yeah demon1 is tryout at DSG in scrims vs EG and Demon1 Destroy EG and EG poach Demon1 and obviously demon1 pick EG cause they are Tier 1

[@ThatsAmore123]

DSG probably would have won Ascension if they had Demon1

[@akitski021]

@@ThatsAmore123 we dont know yet though cause his early career in eg is still not that sharp yet i still remember cause he is still rookie that time that ardiis destroyed him against demon1 vs ardiis not that destroyed but ardiis have better stats so after demon1 did get to vct tokyo he gain alot of experience and boost his confidence sadly something didnt get to tokyo so champions is really his 1st international experience

[@jacobplayz3530]

@@ThatsAmore123they had yay and got relegated, u cant win on ur own😂

[@reika2323]

The fact that he plays both duelist and controller so well.

[@uresfffff222]

Also he plays sentinel

[@kazedasugoi]

​@@uresfffff222Not really, chamber is basically an agent every duelist main plays and is more of a fragger

[@jb8641]

This. It's one thing to play a duelist who can pop everyone's heads off, but to also play a controller that's not just decent but great? Man what a lucky lucky find by EG. A testament to Demon1's work at understanding the game we all thought we knew.

[@Kuro-bk7wi]

@@kazedasugoi hes also played kj cypher and sage

[@kazedasugoi]

@@Kuro-bk7wi Not for EG pretty sure, maybe in ranked but not pro play

[@JustSomeDudee]

Demon1 is the reason I wish Riot never created leagues and stayed as an open quali format. How many more people just like this will never be found because T1 teams aren’t willing to take the risk?

[@TheBudakSkema]

esports in business bro

[@aaerondight5163]

@@TheBudakSkema modern esports maybe but old esports were made cause of the love of the game and competitiveness of the players.

[@77crow62]

@@aaerondight5163 and we live in a capitalist society so we have to work this way, and usually only the best will take that spot

[@kyleh6173]

@@TheBudakSkemayou know what’s good for business? Underdog stories and diamonds in the rough that rise to fame through pure skill. This is a silly argument, competition is competition and people want to see the best compete. Let the cream rise to the top, restricting skill to org selection inhibits this

[@VVSPRINCE]

no. if you’re that good enough, you will ONE HUNDRED PERCENT be scouted. the next best player in the world will either be zekken or florescense

[@DKtrek21]

Not only did he win, he won with the one of the highest agent pool in history. Seriously, from playing duelists to playing controllers and sentinels. Dude, if anyone is saying you have to master an agent to it's fullest potential in order to win, they're lying. You just have to click heads😂

[@gpfhantom1890]

Like Yay said, at the end of the day, Valorant is a FPS game. Players will still die if shot in the head

[@Ottoni174]

at the end of the day its still a tac shooter, half is tac half is shooting, if you can't miss you win lol dude is crazy good

[@DKtrek21]

@@Ottoni174 probably the highest headshot percentage out of all international tournaments so far. I remember him hovering around 70% in some maps.

[@jagason7494]

@@DKtrek21 demon1 is the new and better yay has a similar play style too he also ads

[@DKtrek21]

@@jagason7494 yay is not even close. He had to have an op before he is scary. Demon1 can have a Vandal and make that work like an op.

[@sergrojGrayFace]

Correction: He didn't come to EG from open tryouts, he came from DSG tryouts where he scrimed against EG and they snatched him.

[@Cerrmann]

Correction to your correction: He was in the original EG mass tryouts for the original 5, they liked him, but not enough to pick him up, then DSG scrimmed against EG, then EG implemented a 10 man roster, which demon1 trialed for and got the spot. DSG was the team to first scout him though, as their analyst was asking around about him almost a year and a half ago when the cheating accusations from a couple of t3 players and then when SQN 2.0 2-0ed Dark Ratio (soon to be Mad Lions) in a Knights 10k Grand Finals. Trick went on to rant for 2 and a half hours on stream and proceeded to pull up clips of him shooting people in the first frame they came into his screen.

[@sergrojGrayFace]

@@CerrmannThx. Damn, even Trick the drama queen got involved :D

[@omegaminoseer4539]

Seeing someone that is an Unreal Tournament player exceed every expectation and smash the competition makes me glad. I hope Demon1 has a long and storied career!

[@aaerondight5163]

unreal tournament is unreal, aim-wise.

[@basedgod8636]

His raw aim is something ive never seen before

[@kuratchiminisuta]

Boi has not seen Niko, Twistzzz and b1t.

[@king_thanos_2116]

​@@kuratchiminisutaAh yes niko,twistzzz and b1t My favourite valorant players

[@kuratchiminisuta]

@@king_thanos_2116 CS goated. Valorant meh.

[@mohammedghanem9228]

@@kuratchiminisutanot everything is about you lmao

[@kuratchiminisuta]

@@mohammedghanem9228 I don't see anything addressing me. You hallucinating? XD

[@AMSQ4998]

Damn, Tenz, Yay and Demon1 have exceptional aim. It's just mind-blowing

[@kierwon]

and they have unfortunately situation tenz cant win anymore against t1 team yay cant find decent team to play and also perform bad sometimes demon1 won champs but lost EG im not hater of the three but im a fan so glhf playing

[@AMSQ4998]

@@kierwon ...so? lmao

[@kierwon]

@@AMSQ4998 why u bully me

[@Exstasyyy]

Bro really said tenz 💀💀💀 im ded man. He was good when others were new.... he is still good but now others are just better

[@deekj3860]

​@@Exstasyyyyou guys never learn. Having experienced pro gaming for so long one would think everyone has realised that that you're winning now is not just because you're the best but also because it is simply your time.

[@yorbor909]

And now, after winning champs EG is letting go of their whole team.

[@joaocorreiamedia]

That seems to be the Valorant way. You win, you sell your entire team and start over.

[@oddgerman3775]

@@joaocorreiamedia thats the way of business buy low sell high

[@itsfinton5312]

its so much money to hold 5 champions

[@zeezi743]

I guarantee you they are not, they don't want to pay stupid amounts to their players but at the same time they don't want any of them to go, they already rejected multiple offers for their players

[@homieg4655]

EG has no money. It wasn't really a choice

[@Dyleniz]

We all have to thank Toast for Demon1 lmao

[@fakepotato4875]

Imagine a roster with yay and demon1 on it

[@Water-dq7ug]

" El diablo's dead there's a new king of hell " 🥶🥶

[@bryanmulcare9083]

Ever since Demon1 coming out of nowhere from three months ago, this is a flash back how one organized team manage to pioneer their kit to a whole new level and that player was nAts, Gambit, he pioneer with a ratty play style and he loves his people and everyone in the community since he was chill. Demon1 on the other hand says f*ck this I am the goat right here.

[@skulzer9363]

People just want to find a reason to hate him, but to be the best you need to have an ego becuase if you dont when you get beaten you will stop trying , but discrediting him for it its just plain stupid specially when in 3 months he went from rookie to champ. Tbagging and shooting bodies is the least you get in a shooter, but if you check his streams he always reads chat like he had 0 views and answers respectfully.

[@achiraorayrid]

This is what happens when valo players don't go outside, haven't watched any other sport in their lives, live through the internet and anime and generally are just privileged snowflakes whose only real problems in life are getting mad over a pro player tbagging in a tournament.

[@buc999]

facts boys

[@hochimochi213]

Interesting direction of the video for the champs portion cos this wasn't the first time they "were on the chopping block since their cinderella story took shape" as they were in the lower bracket finals the tournament before. Also while LOUD did look better this tournament, EG did beat them the tournament before so you can't really say no one expected them to win. I would say the one team that no one would expect them to beat was Fnatic.

[@zzasserzz]

Never let the ABSOLUTE TRUTH get in the way of a good story

[@vitthalkudav4213]

The most interesting thing was that demon1 was exactly what eg needed and potter identified that. That pairing and demon1's exceptional skill made eg the champions.

[@FarooQ2k23]

Why nobody talks about DSG TOAST? He was the one who found DEMON1 and they played scrim against EG main roster where DEMON1 dropped 40+ kills so thats where EG signed DEMON1 as a sub.

[@HuyLe-xc5ei]

6:27 "signing him was a gamble, and only one org was willing to take it"... i guess they didn't do their research about DSG was going to sign Demon1 before he got poached by EG because he destroyed EG's players

[@justjuniorjaw]

Toxic, Rookie, Championship, Betrayed : That Time a Demon Returns for Revenge

[@akshat2k]

Zekken tied with demon 1 with 101 kills in a bo5 but zekken did it in grand finals both are phenomenal players in the history of Valorant

[@renz5709]

That last clip where he ask Boostio to fake a smoke in main and killed 2, made me put my money on them everytime they play up until Champions.

[@pmunoz7117]

Please do a story on Sadhaak, his Paladins origins and his cursed super high sens!

[@moondawgify]

Was somebody who played regularly against him in his paladin times. The guy came from OW though they made it big in paladins due to being together as a team for so long. Glas he's doing great

[@NatraPutraEsa]

EG won TI 2015, then got trouble EG won VC 2023, then got trouble

[@javindesilva2296]

how have yall not made one of these about Zen from vitality Rocket league yet? bro came into the pro scene, didnt lose one time, and won worlds.

[@noirbebop]

they havent made a rl video in so long but it would be such a better story than most vids on here ngl

[@SenpaiTheExplorer]

I don't think demon1 is toxic at all and if you do you've probably never played sports. He is a confident esports athlete. Athletes are competitive and part of it is some trashtalk. I cant believe anyone would think he is toxic.

[@User-xw6kd]

He puts on this tough persona on the stage but otherwise he's pretty chill lol.

[@Shaya_Sunbae]

On stream his pretty chill

[@hushmentaltmcc]

Teabagging and bodyshooting. He was trolling, not toxic

[@spitfirez89]

Calling someone who plays video games an "athlete" just doesn't sound right imo. It's like calling a chess player and "athlete". No one does it.

[@SK-ur9eh]

@@spitfirez89times have changed.

[@Kaygu_]

Pansy give so much energy in her casts I love it when she comments a game

[@bolpustis2207]

Whos here after sen vs nrg

[@heynotsopas]

Those finals lines of your script was actually the best. Love it

[@syken007]

"Respect my f*cking name" 🥶🥶

[@TheMurtnaT]

Cringe lol

[@xdtjv2843]

I thought he said aim

[@TheMurtnaT]

@@xdtjv2843 thats even more cringe had he did say that haha

[@ffzeldris]

Damn, kids will cringe at anything these days

[@awesome.pandapants]

@@ffzeldris I mean tbf, these kids are pretty familiar with cringe since they cringe at themselves everyday looking at the mirror

[@Baron-bt1ls]

Love the vid. Liked for Dimitri's comment on Arena FPS at the end

[@katra777]

Learning skills in arena shooters really helps with your aim and movement. I wouldn't call it being a big fish in a small pond because the only regular players there are all very good.

[@008ay.sumanth7]

tbh i'm still pretty sad that Jingg didnt get his trophy before he go. But respect for Demon1

[@Torresgamingchannel]

the lack of respect for Quake is unreal in this video.

[@Lethimcookthecomic]

Demon1 legit sit everyone down, when he trash talk he meant it xd skull 💀💀 WHAT A BEAST ❤

[@duynguyenhuu8104]

superstars on Riot Games got their gem for real, Kindness of Faker and Toxicity of Demon1 just made it better to watch every single tournament.

[@kevinmucha5996]

Outro gave me chills!

[@TheRealsNiperz]

sorry tenz but demon1 is my idol here now. gonna start looking up to him and hope to be like him

[@LiONFPS]

demon had 200 followers when i found him, he was uploading clips from scrims on twittter, shits crazy hes where he is now

[@leviakerman2830]

It's a misconception that he's toxic in vct he was just being sarcastic If u watch his stream you'll know what kinda person he is he's a very chill person Fr

[@yustar91]

One in the name, number one in the game

[@braydenrichardson8879]

There is a saying... Always bet on demon1

[@fiv5ten]

He;'s the definition of "Prove them wrong"

[@MadeForD]

i remember when i first saw him. it was one of shroud's streams. this was when he was getting notoriety in ranked. often getting accused of cheating. hence the moniker, Cheater1. then eventually him and shroud duo queue'd.

[@paulgrangergranger8256]

Unreal tournament been around since 99' kid

[@swingFPS]

Tbh i just feel its s1mple's story all over again

[@Inressa]

actually so true, a toxic superstar performing out of expectations early and feeding into his ego and toxic mentality. now we'll just have to see when/if he has a fall-off and if he'll turn around his mentality in time to be an all-time great

[@SynchroFPS]

I think another thing we should take away from this is that arena fps games need to come back; the skill ceiling in those games are completely unmatched. yeah i mean he kinda said it at the end screen, not surprising

[@Lecturs]

From the beginning sounds like a simple story

[@littlekid1177]

12:49 I knew demon1 was insane but seeing this is just wow.

[@CaptainClark23]

1:49 I think you meant to say you’re not exaggerating because there’s no reason for people to think you’re being facetious about this players sudden success.

[@yuji6385]

dimitri realizing arena are more difficult than cs,val🤖

[@NirtTheDirt]

The fact EG cut all the players pay when they were already one of the lowest paid teams after they won them champs is ducking ridiculous

[@gobijacques]

he's like the valorant pro version of ryan from the office

[@melonmilklemon]

both ego too hahaha

[@Jomaro7]

All they need is a scrim vs DSG with demon1 demolishing EG main team 😂

[@cattounreal9267]

wait DEMON1 WAS A UNREAL TOURNAMENT PLAYER??????? HOLY SHIT THAT'S INSANE i have grown a new respect for this guy, despite having been born too young to play arena fps myself, unreal tournament is my favorite game of all time hats off to him.

[@sparrowhawk_4]

You have to make one of these for Zen

[@thearbiter3369]

The new king of hell As a cs boomer, this dudes a certified da baby moment

[@spookypichu8045]

We Demon1

[@irfaanfarhat]

To be honest I don't find him "toxic" per se. It's just his ego that he feeds upon to excel.

[@M1KE9815]

Dude reminds me of the Richard Sherman interview about Crabtree

[@z34567890123456]

Truly unfortunate that he had to he on EG and actually enable the org to win champs. EG is such a terrible organization, keeping their players in contract jail even though they were planning to pull out of Esports is such a shit move. Hope they fade into obscurity soon

[@Darrel_val]

really good video

[@DRAnZER771]

Demon1 🔥🔥 🗿

[@SynchroFPS]

wdym there were tons of overwatch players like saya, sinatraa, corey, etc who went to valorant

[@memelord-dl4un]

He might just be the Topson of VALORANT.

[@uresfffff222]

This proves that arena shooters are the most skilled fps games not cs not valorant.

[@Yoonbum-ie]

H-he almost looks like he's aimbotting what the actual fuck

[@Dundeee]

6:38 this doesn’t sound accurate. According to Disguised Toast, demon1 was set to sign to DSG. DSG’s potential team was playing a scrim against EG and the players on DSG were using ult accounts with hidden names. EG was very impressed with demon1’s performance and somehow managed to find out who he was. After that, they signed him before DSG got the contract finalized.

[@moi-.-bicxo]

6:09 i'd say that's topson for sure

[@GamingRN001]

I played Unreal in the past.. and it's so fricking harder than Valorant.. Ofc, the difference in pacing is small but heck.. If you can click heads in Unreal, then it's easier to click heads in Valorant..

[@doctorsmiles7591]

As much as I don't like demon1 it is fun to have someone to cheer against.

[@User-xw6kd]

Well he's objectively the goat of champs 23 so even as a hater you can't deny lol.

[@doctorsmiles7591]

​@@User-xw6kd I had a stroke reading that

[@RH1NOTHEREAL]

Love how d1 is considered toxic when jingg literally says "ez" in every clip I've ever seen him in and I bet the fanboys gonna attack me for this one gents 😬

[@Acxelly]

the tenz slander is insane

[@christvelasco5047]

dwmon1 Cinderella story? he can't beat topson's zero to champion story

[@xRiizo]

Bit lacking on the research side it seems, no mention of the whole D1 being poached by EG when he was doing scrims with DSG...

[@joemufa4594]

Why does he have an ego about his hours played when he grinded other shooters for years? No shit youre going to be good , its not like he never played a shooter before

[@anjie4197]

UT4 isn't a shooter it's an arena lmfao

[@joemufa4594]

@@anjie4197 he shoots shit with his mouse, his mouse control had to be developed that's the point

[@marky_8945]

Demon 1 is tenz with ego

[@sata700]

Did I get the story wrong or wasnt demon1 already DSG demon1 when he got picked by EG

[@jacklightn]

No DSG was 2 days away from signing Demon1 and EG stole him

[@sata700]

@@jacklightn i meant, the “nobody looked at him” part

[@jacklightn]

@@sata700 well it kinda true. No one from tier one(Franchised) teams were looking at Demon1. DSG were trialing him because Toast was trying to find any new talent.

[@harshwardhansingh617]

This one is so Demoniccccc

[@WillmerGG]

should do a video on benjyfishy going from one of the best fortnite players with 600k earned to now being a part of team heretics for valorant

[@Lawthethrash]

Too bad team heretics will never win anything

[@WillmerGG]

@@Lawthethrash lol I could care less ab the team just talking ab the player himself, idk of any other former fortnite pros being on a franchised team on valorant. & on top of it he has a huge following

[@Pers1ano]

at 11:35 i just launched minecraft and forgot about it and one of the nostalgic but sad musics started playing (dont know the song name) and it fitted so perfectly i thought it was from the video. Edit : at 14:12 sweden started played like wtf how am i getting minecraft songs that fit parts of the video so well?

[@dorszdealer5240]

demon1>> s0mple, dev0ce , zyw00

[@zecomrade82]

Zywho???

[@nikhilbiradar8961]

Lol device1 dominated for years

[@krushkaviski3938]

this Russian guy will never beat Simple Zywoo and Device

[@milkyy1576]

he looks like what dream thinks he looks like

[@aprilcarpio8858]

He is the best in valorant

[@ra1ndev1l]

Well demon1 needs to meet s1mple , ahhhh what a lovely duo they would be😂

[@kelvinkoh7248]

this is why young players are gems in tact shooters, but another 3 years he will start to feel the wrist pain 🤣

[@vietkhoinguyen7207]

this did not age well

[@codyews]

and yet riot killed the game franchising to early and not being compromising. now NRG and even The Guard cant play.

[@SpasmodicGaming]

Would be awesome if you guys covered the Rocket League world championships and the ASL currently going on.

[@lodies2680]

Bro the mc☠️

[@benzcasela9570]

GOAT1!!!!

[@xafter828]

Maybe because everyone doubted him so much and thats why he became.. kinda toxic? Idk xd. He's still cracked tho.

[@Chris-onefoureighteight]

This is what fps all about

[@desolatecs]

I despise playing valorant but gotta give props to Demon1, hes probably the only true competitive gamer in valorant esports at the moment.

[@jesseriemawalic7351]

He deserved that, i was always a fan of a villain no matters what

[@_frvr1022]

People calling us soft for not liking him like dude... Not respecting someone because of what they represent and having the maturity to not tolerate his behavior is the direct opposite of soft...

[@krusher181]

What’s wrong with him?

[@raeplaysval]

do you think nrg should get demon1 back on now that FNS seems to have gotten his stuff together

[@luigi6129]

You sure hes not Hacking! XD

[@SlimeBoy1O3]

"Respect my f*cking name" 🤓

[@meow2841]

found the 0 trophy region fan

[@anjie4197]

APAC 0 TROPHY REGION JAJAJAJAJAJAJA

[@skrillex4u]

Yo i used to olay unreal tournament it is a fun game 🎉🎉

[@AaronDuhsaka]

Topson vibes😂

[@b4sque]

As much as I hate to say it he is the GOAT