Discussion: G2 sweep 100 Thieves to reach Valorant Champions Shanghai upper semifinals

[GAMER2GO Newsroom]

G2 kept its playoff start clean with a 2-0 win over 100 Thieves, handing the Americas Stage 2 champions their first loss since early August.

Read the full story. What do you think?

[aegisAegis]

That four-Stinger and one-Sheriff buy on Abyss was the turning point for me. If you lose that kind of round, the whole economy gets weird and suddenly the 13-5 looks inevitable.

[svenpanda]

@aegisAegis exactly, and it's the sort of round that makes people rage about "cheap guns" when it's really just better conversion. G2 smelled blood and never let them reset.

[DINODuke]

BABYBAY talking about the crowd buff makes sense after that 2v5. Some teams play louder in big arenas, and G2 definitely looked like one of them here.

[cozyShaman]

@DINODuke yeah, the regional rivalry part stood out too. When teams know each other that well, every slow hit and fake looks twice as evil.

[retroAegis6353]

What impressed me most was how G2 won the ugly rounds on Ascent. That's usually where a strong-looking favorite starts losing control, but they stayed calm when the economy got messy.

[Loudrocket1994]

@retroAegis6353 and that's the playoff difference right there. Regular season teams win pretty rounds, upper semifinal teams win the ones where the buy is broken and everybody is guessing.

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