The Bizarre Strategy That Sparked Valorant's Greatest Comeback

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When they formed, 100 Thieves were considered one of the deadliest rosters in Valorant.

Made up of a superstar rookie and four veteran CS:GO players. They had enough experience on the lineup to be one of the best teams in NA Valorant right out the gate.

But after missing VCT Masters Reykjavik, 100 Thieves had a lot to prove at the next major tournament, Masters Berlin.

At first, things looked good. 100 Thieves topped their group in Berlin, and the first two maps of their quarterfinals series against Acend were pretty close. But Map 3, Breeze, was a different story entirely.

Acend tore through 100 Thieves in the first half, all thanks to their star Jett player, cNed. 100 Thieves were at a loss on how to handle him.

Until they came up with one truly insane strategy that kickstarted the greatest comeback in Valorant history.

Written by: Niall McCrossan (@NiallMcCrossan) and Daniel Rosen (@Daniel_Rosen)
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22 thoughts on “The Bizarre Strategy That Sparked Valorant's Greatest Comeback”

  1. I'd consider 100T vs Gambit on Icebox to be the best comeback, but ofc there was less stakes compared to an elimination match in platoffs, but still…
    Great video though! Is it possible to make on of 100T vs Gambit on icebox?

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  8. This feels like an overanalysis. Breeze has always been a strong map for a defender Jett, the fact that you can scope across the whole map is ridiculous, but the map itself is very strongly attacker favored. What ACE should've done was play agressively, push mid for info or send someone down halls, but they caved in to the pressure and gave 100T some space. Good luck rotating on Breeze without mid control.

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  16. In clutch situations u never really wanna make your position known that means only use abilities/utilities when they give you a really big advantage. I think that shock dart was a really big mistake because he gains so little from that an in return the last two players can focus in on his position. It also meant he couldn't isolate 1v1s making a clutch almost impossible. I don' think that round was anyones fault tho im just giving my thoughts on how a clutch should be played.

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  18. I wouldn't call their strat "innovative". I mean even in low elo ranked once an enemy player is obviously known as a smurf you just avoid them and go to the other site. Even in the round where Hiko almost got spotted it was already 1v2. Nitr0 had full knives and would've likely been able to trade Hiko if Zeek saw him and took the fight.

    This video is a bit overdone for the theatrics but it was a great comeback. Just goes to show how quickly momentum can change – check out the round before Zeek vs Hiko + nitr0, where Asuna hits 3 nasty shots in a 1v5. I think at that moment 100t knew that the momentum was in their favor even though they lost the round.

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