In his second match of VALORANT Champions Tour 2022 Europe, Center East and Africa Challengers 1, Acend’s Mehmet “cNed” Yağız İpek performed Chamber for the primary time in his VCT profession. For his or her match towards Guild Esports, up 1-0 within the sequence going into Breeze, Acend experimented with cNed on Chamber. In his total VALORANT esports profession, he has spent over 80% of his time on Jett based on VLR.gg.
The reactions have been throughout Twitter, with followers curious to see how cNed performs on a brand new agent. Within the Breeze map loss, he led his group in kills (18), common harm per spherical (132) and was the one constructive participant on Acend in plus/minus. However in a 13-9 map loss to Guild, to tie the sequence 1-1, the shock choice didn’t result in the map victory. cNed additionally selected Chamber on Fracture, however that map ended up in a worse 13-4 loss. That led to a 2-1 sequence loss to Guild Esports, an upset that started on Breeze.
Evelyn “Evelynn” Mackus, Brazilian reporter and caster
Cned mais um foremost duelista/operator trazendo o Chamber no competitivo lá no VCT EU 👀 Acend optou por ele na Breeze https://t.co/mhrEdPKX32
— Evelynn (@evelynmackus) February 18, 2022
After Upcomer’s Yinsu Collins tweeted the choice out, Evelynn commented in regards to the shock of the decide. In Portuguese, she stated by way of a machine translation: “Cned, one other foremost duelist/operator bringing Chamber into the competitors at VCT EU. Acend selected him at Breeze.”
Donnie “Elevated” Chell, caster, coach and analyst
cNed, yay and Wardell have all seemed a lot much less comfy on Chamber and like they’re placing self imposed chains on their skill.
Cloud9 had leaf play Chamber however solely on Cut up which makes rather more sense and saved him on Jett for Breeze.
— Elevated (@ElevatedSpeaks) February 18, 2022
Elevated spoke extra in regards to the dislike of the decide. For cNed and his abilities on Jett, happening Chamber as a substitute takes away from Acend’s aggressive assaults, in his opinion. He stated in a thread: “cNed, yay and Wardell have all seemed a lot much less comfy on Chamber and like they’re placing self-imposed chains on their skill.”
Tom “Tombizz” Bissmire, commentator and analyst
I’m to see how this comp works with Cned now not on Jett. Particularly on the assault the quantity of area he takes does not appear anyplace close to as viable on chamber. #VCTEMEA
— Tombizz (@Tombizz) February 18, 2022
Tombizz agreed with how Chamber limits Acend’s assault however was extra curious to see the way it turned out. “I’m to see how this comp works with Cned now not on Jett. Particularly on the assault, the quantity of area he takes doesn’t appear anyplace close to as viable on Chamber,” he stated.