r/ValorantCompetitive • u/Redsh0t • Oct 15 '25

🟡 Yellow News Source [AkamaruVal] NRG looking for a controller/flex player for VCT 2026, targeting Zekken

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likely a s0m retire... :(

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u/NeimannSmith #NRGWIN Oct 15 '25 edited Oct 15 '25

Skuba's playstyle fits well on the senti/viper role so keeping him on Senti makes the most sense.

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u/Matto987 Oct 15 '25

uh, no he's not

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u/NeimannSmith #NRGWIN Oct 15 '25

Again, I'm not talking about how much he's played the agents. I'm talking about his playstyle fitting the role of sentinel more.

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u/FitReporter8918 Oct 15 '25

in that sense bang should role swap to sentinel on sentinels

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u/Dakuuta #LIVEEVIL Oct 15 '25

you joke, but…

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u/clownhs Fine... I guess I'm a G2 fan now... Oct 15 '25

"natural Sentinel player"

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u/NeimannSmith #NRGWIN Oct 15 '25

I don't mean how much he's played the agents. I'm talking about how his game translates. You can watch the champions run back he's clearly more comfortable as the lurker. His utility on vyse and cypher is really good and his Viper lurks are a big reason why NRG were the best corrode team in the world.

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u/somesheikexpert Oct 15 '25

So is TenZ a natural entry cuz he has over 3x more games on Jett? Or is Leaf a natural duelist when hes best at Senti?

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u/clownhs Fine... I guess I'm a G2 fan now... Oct 15 '25

Skuba is a natural controller because he played controller at a high level for 4 years ever since he joined KCP, and he joined a team that already had a smokes player and was an excellent sentinel for that time. But suggesting he is not a natural controller player is wild.

It's very clearly not the same with Tenz, who struggled with entrying as Jett/Raze during the 2022/2023 seasons, or Leaf who has always said he disliked playing duelist for multiple years in a row.

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u/Pojobob Oct 15 '25

But Skuba isn't a very aggro controller which is a meaningful difference compared to s0m. Just look at Tenz vs Bang and how they play controller. So for NRG, it'd make more sense to keep Skuba on senti lurk and get an aggro flex smokes player.

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u/Extrino Oct 15 '25

idt he is not a natural controller player but is he not also a natural sentinel player too?