Pujan ‘FNS’ Mehta has predicted that Sentinels won’t get out of the group stage at Valorant Champions 2024. He broke down their subject and why he thinks the crew received’t have the ability to rebound on the occasion throughout a co-stream.
Sentinels got here into the Valorant World Championships with out a lot momentum, shedding their two matches main as much as the occasion. The North American crew misplaced its first group stage match in opposition to Gen.G 2-0 and is now set for a decrease bracket match in opposition to FunPlus Phoenix on August 8.
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NRG Esports’ FNS has been vocal together with his prediction that Sentinels received’t do a lot at this occasion, and he detailed his tackle an August 2 co-stream of the event.
“The highs that Sentinels went by firstly of the 12 months are the best, they really feel so good… Then the lows, aka what’s been occurring to them the final 2-3 months, are genuinely devastating… Mentally, they’ll break you,” he stated.
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The VCT Masters Reykjavík champion stated he doesn’t see the crew pulling out of that gap of unfavorable feelings and type in 2024 or at Valorant Champions.
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FNS additionally referred to as out followers pointing to teaching as the difficulty with Sentinels after somebody in his chat requested for his ideas on the crew’s head coach saying gamers “simply must lock in” after losses.
“You guys are overly criticizing a crew as a result of they’re shedding. In the event that they have been successful you wouldn’t care if kaplan stated these actual phrases again and again,” FNS stated.
“As a result of they’re shedding you’re saying that might be a purpose… Realistically it might simply be form-related. There are such a lot of issues which are extra realistically a problem with Sentinels than what individuals assume.”
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Sentinels began the 12 months by successful the VCT Americas Kickoff event then rode that momentum to a Masters Madrid trophy. Nonetheless, the squad missed out on Masters Shanghai after going 2-3 in VCT Americas Stage 1.
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The crew rebounded barely in Stage 2, going 3-1. Nonetheless, Sentinels nonetheless needed to depend on different groups to complete poorly in the course of the playoff stage to qualify for Valorant Champions.
Sentinels additionally handled points exterior of the server main as much as the event, like how they have been voted the “most overrated” crew on the World Championship by a panel of 100 VCT execs.
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Whether or not Sentinels will flame out of Valorant Champions stays to be seen, however the squad doesn’t appear to have a lot optimistic momentum forward of their elimination match in opposition to FPX.
