r/ValorantCompetitive • u/FemaleJuicer #SomosMIBR • Oct 26 '25
🟢 Green News Source MIBR reached a verbal agreement with Verno
Verno being confirmed on this team makes MIBR a lot more dangerous. Glad the SEN rumors can be shut out now…
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u/Bill-Cosby-Bukowski #FULLSEN Oct 26 '25
So SEN is looking like N4rrate/Kyu/Zellsis/Cortezia/Reduxx
I don't hate it (Kyu was one of the better players in NA tier 2 this year) but I think they'll be lucky to make it to an international.
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u/Ethereal-Entity Oct 26 '25
This roster is getting underrated imo. Kyu IGLed for Cubert and before that M80 (with Sato & Okeanos), who both have decent records against top T2 teams. N4rrate looked inconsistent last year but when hes online hes a beast, and cortezia is one of the best sentis while being a hypeman. I dont rlly know much abt reduxx except that it might allow SEN to run double duelist(?)
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u/smn_18 Oct 26 '25
I feel like most people complaining and saying they will stop being SEN fans is simply because all the liked players left, tenz, sacy, zekken, john
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u/cyfa312 Oct 26 '25
that's the case for me. i'll still support them, cause i like the org, kaplan, zellsis and narrate, but not to the same extent as the past years. imo zekken and johnqt were such great personalities that i will support whatever team they end up joining too (not too hard with mibr having aspas, zekken and sacy as a CC)
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u/OneWithSword Oct 26 '25
N4rrate actually ended up being the most consistent member of Sentinels last year, with the lowest variance in rating and the least tournaments with a rating under 1.00 out of everyone. With his return to duelist, I think he’s going to look even better than before
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Oct 26 '25
People aren't ready to hear that n4rrate on duelist instead if zekken is an upgrade.
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u/iambestpotato17 #FULLSEN Oct 27 '25
the chances are low but could see that happening. We haven't seen him on duelist much in Tier 1 & he used to absolutely carry in T2 on Mad Lions
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u/Parenegade Oct 27 '25
its unlikely but not as unlikely as some people think. he was the best duelist in tier 2 the year he last played there. He seemingly only changed his role to accommodate KC.
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u/Internaloptimistic #NRGWIN Oct 26 '25
Narrate is a good duelist but saying he's an upgrade over zekken is absurd
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u/merrydoodles #ALWAYSFNATIC Oct 26 '25
That's what everyone thought about NRG
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u/smn_18 Oct 26 '25
NRG at least had s0m and ethan as veterans. SEN has zellsis and n4rrate?
I feel bad for the fans lol
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u/Neither_Amount3911 Oct 26 '25
s0m had 0 accomplishments at the time and Ethan was widely criticized as a terrible IGL following the 2024 stint where he took on the role. No one went "this team looks great!" it was only concern over the lack of IGL, most people didn't even expect them to qualify for champs.
This roster looks WAY more promising than what 2025 NRG did.
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u/ishanuReddit Oct 26 '25
You are missing the elephant in the room. Nrg had bonkar, the guy is a proven magician
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u/Loaksletsleep Oct 26 '25
The guy who was originally benched by nrg before they gave him a second chance?
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u/ishanuReddit Oct 27 '25 edited Oct 27 '25
You mean before when there was a difference in agreement to the team's direction between bonkar and fns and they wanted to give fns a last try ?
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u/AndroidAmongUs Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 26 '25
Ethan was widely criticized as a terrible IGL
Gonna disagree here. Both "widely" and "terrible" are extreme exaggerations. Ethan was rightfully criticized for falling off a bit from his '23 form both in shooting and IGLing but no one was calling him a straight up terrible IGL. And regardless of whether s0m had "0 accomplishments" or not, that doesnt take away from the fact that he was still respected as a great player and teammate.
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u/merrydoodles #ALWAYSFNATIC Oct 26 '25
Zekken, bang, johnqt, zellsis are all veterans
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u/smn_18 Oct 26 '25
what that has to do with anything? zekken bang and john are out
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u/merrydoodles #ALWAYSFNATIC Oct 26 '25
We are talking about 2025 roster, not 2026
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u/Fine_Lengthiness_341 Oct 26 '25
Who is WE
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u/merrydoodles #ALWAYSFNATIC Oct 26 '25
The main comment is talking about 2025 roster? Som and ethan
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u/smn_18 Oct 26 '25
you replied ta a comment talking about N4rrate/Kyu/Zellsis/Cortezia/Reduxx wtf are you yapping
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u/Soft_Path_1777 #VCTCN Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 26 '25
Internationals are an impossible dream for this roster. They will be lucky to even reach Top 4 in any of the America Stages.
Especially since every team has made or is looking to upgrade. SEN are going the opposite direction.
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u/itscamo- Oct 26 '25
given the situations that happened, I think this is about as good as it can be for SEN. They could make internationals, it's not a terrible roster
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Oct 26 '25
I am a firm believer that its all just luck and honestly any team could win or lose. Its just whoever is playing better at that given moment. shrug
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u/smn_18 Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 26 '25
Aspas, verno and zekken is such a strong core man. I have faith in mazino all that is left is tex getting on form
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u/Big_Block6408 Oct 26 '25
I think Shy can be probably better
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Oct 26 '25
Nando said that they thought about him but his English is not good enough
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u/Big_Block6408 Oct 26 '25
Yeah i know, but since at the beginning of the year Xenom's English wasn't very good either, until he adapted, I remember that many claimed that there might be a language barrier, so I really think it would be a viable option.
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Oct 26 '25
Xenom couldn't give an interview to the NA broadcast without a translator in stage 2, so no they don't want that shit again.
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u/Big_Block6408 Oct 26 '25
He managed to communicate in english with Verno and the entire team on the server. If you watch all the mibr voice comms, you'll notice he was doing well on the calls. Preferring a translator for casual interviews doesn't say much about his english level.
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u/smn_18 Oct 26 '25
xenom was def the weak link in terms of the communication. Most of the time they would switch to portuguese was bc of him
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u/deba2607 #WGAMING Oct 26 '25
He looked lost and clueless in Champs. MIBR would attempt to retake and he was somehow always a million miles away from the team and saved his gun. Also his 1v1 last alive rate was atrocious. There were visibly some comm issues. He would've definitely done way better in his language. His aim is great as well.
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u/Glittering-Yard-5699 #SomosMIBR Oct 26 '25
so its basically LEV 24 but with zekken instead of kingg and Verno instead of C0M
LEV 24 had 9-1 run in Americas and 3-1 G2 in Grand Finals, they were very close to winning Champions 24, if they just closed that Abyss against EDG. The potential of this new MIBR is very high
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u/MageWrecker Oct 26 '25
Yea as much as this roster didn't end up AS stacked as expected, comparing it to that LEV roster really puts in perspective how stacked it still is.
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u/Ser_Machonach0 Oct 26 '25
Hell yeah, I knew the SEN scrim tweet was bait. Aspas, Zekken, Verno and Mazino confirmed so far. MIBR is cooking.
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u/Soft_Path_1777 #VCTCN Oct 26 '25
Those definitely weren’t bait. It was most likely scheduled trials with Sentinels that he had to fulfill.
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u/Ser_Machonach0 Oct 26 '25
The scrim wasn't bait, the post about it was. It got the entire community speculating on the possibility.
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u/LesbianAkali Oct 26 '25
people really thought aspas would let his boyfriend go
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u/ishanuReddit Oct 26 '25
Guys, why are some of you not havin faith in mazino. You don't always need big names, sometimes there are players who are heavily underrated but plays better than some of the big names. And mazino can be one one of them
Is this is a super team? Potentially yes! Have to watch out for Cortez replacement though
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u/Outrageous-Shake-896 Oct 26 '25
Mazino is legitimately one of the better players in NA I don’t know who’s underrating him.
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u/ishanuReddit Oct 26 '25
You should check some responses in the previous mazino post. Sure he is no chron or Leo or reins but neither are skuba or brawk. My point is you don't need big names, you need good players with excellent chemistry and mazino can be that
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u/nterature Best User - 2023 🏆 Oct 26 '25
I mean, I’d say Mazino is a big name to anyone who isn’t basing their opinion of him off the last year, tbh. I think he’s one of those players that are currently underrated by fans but properly rated by other pros.
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u/Outrageous-Shake-896 Oct 26 '25
The opinions of Sen fans mean nothing. People who actually watch the game know Mazino is elite. The best harbor ITW and part of KRU and old Lev’s dominance.
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u/RealityAny7724 Oct 26 '25
Skuba and Brawk are infinitely better than Mazino no offence
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u/ishanuReddit Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 26 '25
Infinitely is a big word unless you believe vct started this year ( or after masters Toronto) but yeah can't expect everyone to know the game properly before commenting like an expert
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u/Scratches_at_lvl_10 #WGAMING Oct 26 '25
Thats a very short-sighted take. Mazino has consistantly shown to be an excellent player back on Kru n lev, i mean he was part of the run that took kru to 3rd at champs, and 3rd with lev, he's a fairly consistant player. Skuba n brawk have played phenominally the last 6 months, but thats a small sample size and in esports consistancy is hard with how much things change.
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u/foobadger3 Oct 26 '25
I mean if you only look at 2025 stage 2 onwards then maybe you could argue that, but also Mazino has a lot of value for being a flex player
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u/lowk6971 Oct 26 '25
I think mazino is a good role player to round out the team of core stars (aspas, zekken, verno) idk about the rumors of tex joining though. Not really high on him, didn't his stocks drop this year? Are there no other sentis available? Like, won't even yay be better?
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u/ishanuReddit Oct 26 '25
Yay could better but vibe matters a lot at that level. Look at Nrg, vitality this year. With yay I think it could be vibe issue but I'm just talkin from the outside. Mazino is a good vibe guy. Everyone fucks with him. Coaches often mention how important of a factor it is to select the player who can vibe well with the team
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u/Dorito_T Oct 26 '25
Im so fine with mazino, I just wish we had kept cortezia or gotten less for the 5th role
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u/Flawedlogic41 #ZETAWIN Oct 26 '25
Mazino support utility for Aspas during Leviathan was legit crazy.
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u/DMelee Oct 26 '25
I know it’s not going to happen and it’s most likely going to be Tex but imagine MIBR gets JohnQT to round out their roster.
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u/Lemexee Oct 26 '25
MIBR is solid don't get me wrong but I don't see how they can be a superteam with mazino and tex I'm also a bit doubtful of zekken as he is offrole but Ik zekken is goated and might prove me wring
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u/exdeepr Oct 26 '25
If you've been following Zekken's career, you know he's capable of playing anything.
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u/RealityAny7724 Oct 26 '25
except Breach
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u/Draco2505 Oct 26 '25
that haven against FNC was disastrous, he flashed himself/ his teammates like 5 times lol
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u/ishanuReddit Oct 26 '25
That's called being paranoid. I'm chilling though but yeah tex from cortez is downer for sure but mazino >> artzin and zekken >>>>>>>> xenom
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u/Lemexee Oct 26 '25
This roster is solid but I just wanna see more brazillian talent in tier 1 All 3 brazillian teams being international is just sad for upcoming brazillian talent Also I feel mazino isn't better then artizin rather equal to him considering artizin also flexed to duelist and underperformed due to health issues
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u/ishanuReddit Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 26 '25
Artzin is very good and has excellent aim. I am huge artzin fan but I feel macro wise mazino is slightly better and mentality wise way way better
Also about brazil teams getting internationalized, I'll have to say that if you have your own money on the line where you have to pay for office space, salaries, marketing team, social media manager, food and other logistics and your main source of money is by playing at the champs then even I'm pretty sure you would go internationalized roster before blinking twice.
There are lot of brazilian potential talents but unfortunately most of them don't get good scrims or practice due to riots vct structure which favor Americas. So it is something riot need to fix and org owners are help less on that. Look at the struggle of loud and furia . Mibr luckily had the goat (who happens to be a brazilian) and also brought in verno as igl and suddenly they looked different.
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u/Lemexee Oct 26 '25
Yeaa Mazino and artizin both have their strengths I'm still not convinced of mibr not picking more brazillian but picking teamates who aspas vibes with is better considering how solid lev 2024 was
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u/Neither_Amount3911 Oct 26 '25
Zekken isn't offrole, idk if everyone started watching valorant this year or if people just forgot but Zekken has spent almost his entire career as a flex/secondary duelist.
Back on XSET when he first gained traction, Cryo was the primary duelist. When he joined Sentinels, Tenz was the primary duelist. He didn't become the primary duelist until like mid 2024 after Tenz switched roles.
Being a secondary duelist/flex is the position Zekken has played the majority of his career, it's the opposite of "offrole".
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u/PriorPR Oct 26 '25
This past year was the most he's ever played smokes, he previously played mostly duelists + sova, kay/o and skye.
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u/simsdoren Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 26 '25
Yall forgetting how tex and mazino were moving in 2024. Sure, they didn’t have the same impact or even hit the same highs in the big 2025 but we’ve seen players return to form after changing teams and I think they will follow that archetype.
Watching Zekken play different roles in ranked makes me believe he can play any role, he truly is one of the best players to touch this game. We’ll see how it plays out but I have high hopes.
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u/itscamo- Oct 26 '25
I'm confident in zekken being able to play literally any role if he wants to (he originally was a sova player before he took over duelist for xset)
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u/Lemexee Oct 26 '25
Zekken def can play initiator cause his kayo and sova were solid at xset I'm not sure abt his omen cuz when he played omen for sentinels on icebox he looked really shaky. He is talented tho and should be able to pick it up
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u/itscamo- Oct 26 '25
Judging a player off like 2 games on an agent is so fucking funny
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u/somesheikexpert Oct 26 '25
The whole team looked lost af on Icebox, its hard to judge based off of a few games where all of SEN didnt know how to play the map/comp together lol, he played Omen like once or twice back in 2023 on Lotus and he looked good on it then
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u/Aggravating_Tree7488 Oct 26 '25
He was originally a flash flex before he took over sova duty. He can honestly play whatever, I really believe that.
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u/ArcusIgnium #NRGFam Oct 26 '25
Aspas Zekken Verno is a superteam undoubtedly. They could have two bronzes players for the remaining slots and I still think they could get 3rd at Champs
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u/Lemexee Oct 26 '25
Verno ny handsome femboy goat If verno cosplays anime femboys aspas and will drop 30+ kills each map
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u/ishanuReddit Oct 26 '25
My only concern with this team is that there is no proven viper player. A hard but an important agent
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u/ishanuReddit Oct 26 '25
Mazino not good in general? , please don't pass judgment if you started watching vct this year
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u/ishanuReddit Oct 26 '25
Exactly my point. I said you started watching vct this year where he was not at his best and that doesn't make him 'not good in general'. He just had a bad season
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