Wardell is the best Oper in Valorant, says 100 Thieves’ Asuna
Better than TenZ even.
TSM’s Matthew “Wardell” Yuis the best Oper in Valorant, according to 100 Thieves duelistPeter “Asuna” Mazuryk.
In the early days of Valorant,TSM’s star fraggerwas widely considered to be thebest Jett player in the world, thanks to his proficiency with the Operator. He ledTSM to two Ignition Series winsin the first year of Valorant, but has since struggled to produce similar results in the Valorant Champions Tour.
However, TSM has been showing signs of improvement in recent weeks, picking upback-to-back tournament winsin a couple of smaller local tournaments. Wardell himself is looking increasingly comfortable onChamber, another agent that is well-suited to wield the Operator.
Despite having played against top-tier competition in theVCT NA Stage 1 Challengers Main Event, Asuna still considers TSM’s star player the best Oper he has gone up against.
Asuna believes Wardell is the best Oper in Valorant
Asuna’s comments came in a recent stream, when the two players were facing off in a competitive match. Asuna was playing with Luminosity Gaming’s Adam “mada” Pampuch at the time, while Wardell was partied with his teammate Yassine “Subroza” Taoufik.
TheOp Academy foundergave no quarter, shutting down his attacking opponents with an Operator on Split.
“I’m going to be honest, I’ve played TSM Wardell in a match. I don’t think anyone is as good as him at Oping,” he shared.
100 Thieves and TSM faced each other during the grand final of theKnights Monthly Gauntleton February 25. Wardell led his team to a 2-1 victory, where he dropped a 26/18/1 KDA on Icebox. TSM’s star player then put together his best performance on Ascent yet with an impressive 30/11/5 KDA usingChamber.
Asuna believes Wardell is even better than some of the players who regularly rank among the world’s best. “I’ve played againstMehmet “cNed” İpek,Tyson “TenZ” Ngo, andJaccob “yay” Whiteaker,” he said. According to him, the only player who came close toWardellwasyayatVCT Stage 3 Masters Berlin, where100 Thieveslost to Team Envy 2-1 in the semifinals.
In fact, the 100 Thieves star fragger doesn’t even think thatValorant Champions 2021winner cNedis as good as TSM’s Oper.
Wardell and thenewly rebuilt TSM rosterare looking to get back to the top in North American Valorant, after failing to qualify for theVCT NA Stage 1 Challengers Group Stage. The team is currently preparing for the Stage 2 qualifiers by participating in open tournaments outside of theValorant Champions Tour.
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