VCT analyst explains how to play the new map Lotus
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
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00:00 Intro
00:14 Part 1 : Overview
0:40 A Site
2:50 B Site
3:54 C Site
4:41 Spawn barriers
05:46 Part 2 : The Key to Lotus
10:26 Part 3 : Controllers on Lotus
11:36 Final Thoughts
former VCT analyst explains how to play the new map Lotus
I used to be the Valorant coach for 100 Thieves and before that an analyst at VCT! You might also remember me from the old days when I was a CS:GO pro player for Cloud9
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Timestamps! (Sean, feel free to use them!)
00:00 : Introduction
00:14 : Part 1 : Overview
---> 0:40 : A Site
---> 2:40 : B Site (Added a bit more time before the Intro Card to show how to break the door and access B Site)
---> 3:54 : C Site
---> 4:41 : Barriers
05:46 : Part 2 :The Key to Lotus (Orbs, Area Control, Potential Strategies)
10:26 : Part 3 : Controllers
11:36 : Final Thoughts
Ayyy, thanks!! ❤
Ooohh I LOVE the way your formatted it with the spaces, colons, arrows and such!
if you thought fracture was a shit map this one takes it to the next level.
sean uploading video is like my dad finally come back
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Rare and something you’ve always wanted?
The only difference is that your dads never coming back
Did he bring the milk?
@@DRUMMABOY51 😂😂😂
Can't wait to play this map and even more excited to see how it plays out when pro teams have a chance to really learn the best ways to play it. I think it's gonna be a super fun addition to the game. All the streamers and pros playing early access games on it and analysis/prediction videos have been awesome and made me so excited to get my own hands on it. Thanks for the vid!
Love this map so far. Thanks for the analysis! Can't wait to see VCT matches on it
Super insightful! Great overview ahead of the ranked season starting, thanks man!
Was eagerly waiting for your video!!
My friends and i have been discussing this map since streamers got their hands on it.
To us, it looks like Breach + Neon will be very impactful for both sides since taking A ground has such a big payoff for either sides.
Astra also seems strong here since her suck can help with taking A ground control as a defender, her global presence will also be useful.
Killjoy seems to be a very solid pick since her ult can cover so much space, it can pretty much cover the entirety of all the sites.
If defenders manage to take control of A ground, attackers will only have 2 entry points. 1 for C and 1 for B -- even if attackers have control of C ground and decide to hit B fron there, going through the revolving door does not lead directly into B which means they have to entry through another chokepoint just pastthe revolving door.
True and I think its going to be played double controller w Viper and Astra + I think Jett is better than Neon bc of her Updrafts and the chance to Op on A B and C
Do you guys reckon lotus will be a good opping map?
@@potatomanjoe1849 there are plenty of long sightlines but there's a number of short corners as well.
It's no Breeze but i think having a strong OPer to station on A stairs or peek out of C Main can be very strong on defense.
@@potatomanjoe1849 yeah in A Main B Main and C Main are good off angles to hold w Jett and long distances
I also feel like Skye/Harbor with their flexible flashes/smokes may also be sleeper picks as well as Omen with his flexible smokes. Sova/Fade also seem to have potential due to their scans (and tight sites makes their ults very useful). Map seems to have a lot of potential for agents so hopefully a varied agent pool for this map.
Love these analysis/strat videos man keep it up
It's actually a fine map and could be really fun to watch on competitive play. While for rank it could be completely suck like split up to how your team perform.
Really insightful video about the new map! I played it in PBE and it's a lot of fun. Keep up the great content Sean! ❤
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you're talking to yourself but with a typo (sean, sena)
really need this kind of map analysis
glad u uploaded!❤
Damn didn't expect to see this on my feed.
Honestly miss seeing Sean 👌👌👌
Thanks for the analysis! Subscribed 😀. Can you please do a breakdown of other existing maps as well. Would really help us noobs in understanding the optimal ways to play them. Thank you!
Very good breakdown and explanation actually excited to play it
I haven't played a whole lot of this map, but I've played a few matches and I love it. I'm a Cypher main, and I've found A and C to be my favorite defending spots. I play in tree for A a lot, since the door won't destroy Cypher's trip, and with a cam/cage setup, I can get a kill pretty easily.
C site is a bit more difficult, I have some one ways, but I haven't yet found a great spot to play off my trips yet.
I think the meta for this map on defence is going to revolve around not letting the enemy past mound, to B orb, or past the choke on A no matter the cost for the first bit of the game, with a really fast duelist flank coming from a yoru, neon, or raze.
I feel like because of that A open area, a good agent combo would be Astra for the call back smoke, neon to beat timings and breach to stun any long angles. Then maybe we go for a sova(cause I think sovas util follows up on neon better than fade) and a kj cause she's sorta broken on this map
Good Assessment of LOTUS Sean. Thanks for the insights.
I really hope they add a map choice to queue into competitive. This map is going to be a pain to play as a solo player.
Ah, finally a video from Sean "Sean Gares" Gares!
Love this video Sean this shit map is gonna take some time to learn but it is fun
I have really struggled to play it as a low hour player playing with new player friends this map is hard maybe when we learn it won’t be so bad but our first couple games on it were rough it’s a very complex map
Map looks great, @seangares is duel sentinal/controller will be good on this man? or is it gonna be heavy attacking comp to get the site?
You gotta love Gary Shawn
i heckin love sean gares
Great video! But I wish you would have shown default plant spots and smokes for executes
I think b will be heavily contested. There are so many paths through the middle of the map it will make rotations interesting especially if you kill the b player
I used to think C was really uncomfortable for defenders to defend since they usually allot more to B and A so we're more likely to find one or none during most normal rounds (unless we kept pushing C etc) so it was a great site to push on pistol or ecos for death bombs, and it takes so long for A to rotate and theres really only two places for B to rotate quickly but we'd have enough time to set up a counter for that especially since it's such a small site with so many walls for mollies, nade and trips etc. But looking at it through someone else's eyes, I realise how easy it is for kids to defend this with sentinels like KJ especially.
this map reminds me of Nuke in that pro play on Lotus will be super strategic and awesome to watch but playing it in ranked is gonna be absolute misery unless you have competent teammates that comm.
was this uploaded before the omen one way nerf?
the map is so fucking fun. A lot of new strats ive seen people pull of in PBE. Can't wait for it in ranked
Omen, sova and mby kayo or breach (depending on the other two teammates) is op in lotus u can do so many defensive pushes and on attack defaults are so easy. Ofc im like low immortal so even if the tactic is dumb it works better than no tactic.
There is a radius for the sound and map icon of the doors. you actually cant actually hear them on the whole map
Didn't even need to watch the video to drop a like on it, I see a new sean gares video, and I already know its gonna be good.
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Raze
Kayo
Fade
Chamber
Omen
In my opinion this can be a very powerful comp, even with chambers latest nerfs. Because of how small the map is and how tight the corners are, I've tested it and lotus honestly makes me feel like im playing pre nerf chamber again.
Here. Here!
What’s funny is that, as a viper, I was having a pretty easy time taking C once my wall was up
the looks so big at first but once you fight for the site it is so claustrophobic specially when you playing a clutch, controllers and organized entry are a lot needed in this map it will be hard playing this map with randoms.
4:38 strategy begins
5:48
Masayoshi made a pretty good comp and some strats, with neon, phoenix, astra, sova and fade
Do you think that the tightness of the map will favor breach?
astra fade yoru comp would b crazy w the amount of fake pressure u can create already with the map
I have a question whats your plan this year? Going pro being coach to other team or what??
Sensational
If u place cypher cam on rotating door, does it break or rotate to a diff angle??
Haven't you heard Omen will no longer be able to set up one ways inside walls anymore?
tq info
damn yo, i wish we still had sean on 100t
video idea. can you make an analyzation of every map? from strong holds, which part of the map to control, the key to the map etc. like in Bind you need to always have shower control
So excited to get this map in ranked only for it to get dodged every time!
Came to you from Woohoojin love the content :)
You didn't even mention the best Omen one-way on the map, the C site entrance one way and playing on little deck in the middle of C. Gives you a sightline all the way to the door control so if they try to pinch mid, you got them when the press the button.
Was a bit confused when you said Omen would be used for one-ways, I thought they were nerfing (removing) that with the lotus patch.
they only removed one ways that had to be placed inside of walls, all the ones he put were on top of small ledges
Seems like it'd be fun to watch but maybe a bit frustrating in lower elo ranked as it's quite a complex map and feels like it requires more team coordination
Who do you think is the best controller for lotus?
It’s 3 time I play this map it’s fun I start to know who to play this map you play 3/1/1 on differences a side hard to retake some times I wil do 2/1/2 to switch it up than on c play really agressief with your dou to own the mountain
will these omen one-ways be viable still after the omen patchnotes?
Yes, all the one ways used had green indicators
what is a flush smoke 8:05
so is a easier to retake than c ?
It's' going to be tough in ranked. Especially lower elos
This is gonna be like Haven in Ranked. Permanent retake simulator because it's so hard to coordinate as defenders (at least in gold-plat)
I envision comps like Astra, Harbor, Breach, Neon/Raze, and Fade as dominant ones for this map. I think if people are willing to think differently double controller with one acting as a pseudo sentinel might be worth it
sad that omen will get hit by nerfs so there will be no more one-way from him xd
from the look of it this will be a very pacey map possibly yet another breach + neon just like how fracture plays out most of the time or you can even double it up with raze for a double duelist comp
KJ is looking like the solid pick for sentinel here as you can ult pretty much the entire site down
3:30 hey curious, why is B (even on haven) not a good side to hit on a 5v5? isnt it normal to walk up mid? thanks :)
there’s simply too many entry points for retakes to make it worth it for attackers. it may be an easy take due to it being hard to hold by defenders, but teams with good coordination will end up rolling the attackers with good ability usage/team play. it’s more of a “they dumped all their util on a let’s just run b” type of site
Anyone know what phantom skin that is
What happens when a downed kay/o is pushed by the doors?
i really think brim is great on this map - with tree and b site your ult can actually punish post plant positions really hard, his smokes cover a lot of the important choke points really well and his mollies are fantastic on A and B for attack, B and C for defense
the only drawback is that he doesnt offer as much when it comes to that spot on A, but he feels so good on B and C that i dont think it matters
i wouldn't be surprised to see people run double controller on this map either
Honestly i love this map
I agree that this will be a v frustrating map in ranked but great in VCT, for the same reasons that Haven is a great map for pros but not in ranked. I can't wait for pros to play the new map so I can copy their tech and not suffer as much LOL
If three defenders pushed B Main to Pillars with their flashes and stun those attacker who's trying to push it are done for..even entrying that site through b main as attackers is too much. Also A main barrier feels like a little far ahead that you always have to smoke a main for somewhat able to cross to A Rubble which is more or less unlikely if they just throw like raze grenade or sage slow at A Root early. A site and C site seems pretty fun tho interms of retakes and post plants. Idk it's just my own opinion.
B site looks like a wet dream for Cypher mains
Thanks for the video, Sean. If you do have an editor who uploads for you, adding in time stamps will most likely increase your retention time
really like how this map feels like a twisted version of haven... love it so far! i'm really not a fan of maps where everything feels scripted and pre-determined, and there are so many opportunities to improvise on this map.
Omen,with the new nerf, will be interesting without most of the one ways.
Cypher mains rejoice! Cypher has been DOMINANT on this map (Particularly on B & C sites.) He can hold down either site from a push completely on his own, leaving the rest of the team to keep a grip on A. He struggles on A site to stop a rush from entering, however can be powerful for watching the several entrances onto A.
i think it's good but one thing needs to be done, on a and c attacker side the barriers should be more far from spawn, i feel like defenders already have so much space and they can easily gain some too, i dont understand why riot has a thing for defender sided maps 💀
I like the map. I didn't get lost and confused like with Pearl.
Great for comp, bad for casuals. I can already see myself frustrated with people not only not knowing how to play the map but also not wanting to lmao.
Initial ideal comp for me would be Astra, Breach, Neon, KJ and Kayo
Yeah, I can definitely see this map being frustrating even in ranked tbh, since I think it's gonna require a different play style to typical maps and it will take a while for that to filter down from the top level of the game. A bit like Fracture and aggressive defending.
@@spongebobsquarepants7388 exactly, in my games people still don't know how to play pearl and makes me hate the map. Also, this being a 3 site map just adds to it. People still don't grasp the concept of contesting areas and how to default properly. The flanks are gonna be something else as well. Casual gameplay just seems to continue spiral down in my eyes:(
was this recorded pre omen nerf?
The Omen nerf is in the version of the game that these content creators have been given early access to.
You can see when he's putting the one ways down in this video, that it takes him a while to line it up properly and get the green arrow to appear, so I'm pretty sure he is playing the game with the Omen nerf already in play. One ways are still possible with Omen after the nerf, they just have to be more calculated and won't work on any random wall.
now this is a must to watch analysis for every new map update ..
Omen one ways are gone or not?
This map is gonna force team work since there are so many angles and every site is like b on haven. I can already see the “dodge lotus” usernames. Took the hit for fracture 💀
This map is a whole omen playground, could even say a whole controller playground if you wanted to. I feel like the meta for this map will be heavily dominated by controller/initiators
I love this map so much, but ik it’s going to be hell in ranked. “Complex” and “ranked” mix together like water and oil
thats why you gotta make it to high rank
lockey this map look good to play
Omen will be having his 1 ways removed if I am correct.
I think they nerfed omen one-ways so that he isn't an auto pick on this map
this map is a nightmare for low ranks ( iron - Plat ( in later stages because Plat rn is a wild west ) ) we need a lot of util to go in and needs a lot of util to defend it .
i think harbor and yoru are great on this map
People in my elo keep dodging this map lmao
I like to simplify things by not winning any fights
“Complex” me and 4 other ascendants ran 5 duelists and won 13-4 lol
u r that guy
Why is the the title former vct analysis? It should be sean fkin gares analysing lotus
I’d you’re looking for a title that will get more views, I would’ve went with, “Former 100T Head Coach…”. Just a thought!
sean "seangares" gares
Super unfun in its current state. The defenders just trap the attackers in spawn with utility and while your waiting on a molly to be able to go out to A your getting breach and omen flashed from C and B. They need to fix attacker spawn so its not so open and you dont get hit with utility from all 3 sites at once to make it playable.
For me its like another bind with another site added. I know its going to turn out to be a decent map but I'm already going to see horrible results on it no matter what agents I play