Toxic, Rookie, Champion: How Demon1 Came Out of Nowhere to Conquer Valorant
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Demon1 is the best Valorant player in the world right now.
But just 2 short years ago, he wasn’t even playing the game.
One team took a chance on this toxic teenager.
And then? Demon1 made history.
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I will always find it funny that EG didn't have plans to sub in Demon1 up until DisguisedToast wanted him
@ApexShuuya
8 ай бұрын
Didn't EG took Demon1 when he shit on EG as a DSG member?
@akitski021
8 ай бұрын
what happen is yeah demon1 is tryout at DSG in scrims vs EG and Demon1 Destroy EG and EG poach Demon1 and obviously demon1 pick EG cause they are Tier 1
@ThatsAmore123
8 ай бұрын
DSG probably would have won Ascension if they had Demon1
@akitski021
8 ай бұрын
@@ThatsAmore123 we dont know yet though cause his early career in eg is still not that sharp yet i still remember cause he is still rookie that time that ardiis destroyed him against demon1 vs ardiis not that destroyed but ardiis have better stats so after demon1 did get to vct tokyo he gain alot of experience and boost his confidence sadly something didnt get to tokyo so champions is really his 1st international experience
@jacobplayz3530
8 ай бұрын
@@ThatsAmore123they had yay and got relegated, u cant win on ur own😂
The fact that he plays both duelist and controller so well.
@uresfffff222
8 ай бұрын
Also he plays sentinel
@shinjiikari7133
8 ай бұрын
@@uresfffff222Not really, chamber is basically an agent every duelist main plays and is more of a fragger
@jb8641
8 ай бұрын
This. It's one thing to play a duelist who can pop everyone's heads off, but to also play a controller that's not just decent but great? Man what a lucky lucky find by EG. A testament to Demon1's work at understanding the game we all thought we knew.
@Kuro-bk7wi
8 ай бұрын
@@shinjiikari7133 hes also played kj cypher and sage
@shinjiikari7133
6 ай бұрын
@@Kuro-bk7wi Not for EG pretty sure, maybe in ranked but not pro play
Correction: He didn't come to EG from open tryouts, he came from DSG tryouts where he scrimed against EG and they snatched him.
@natedebate6259
8 ай бұрын
Correction to your correction: He was in the original EG mass tryouts for the original 5, they liked him, but not enough to pick him up, then DSG scrimmed against EG, then EG implemented a 10 man roster, which demon1 trialed for and got the spot. DSG was the team to first scout him though, as their analyst was asking around about him almost a year and a half ago when the cheating accusations from a couple of t3 players and then when SQN 2.0 2-0ed Dark Ratio (soon to be Mad Lions) in a Knights 10k Grand Finals. Trick went on to rant for 2 and a half hours on stream and proceeded to pull up clips of him shooting people in the first frame they came into his screen.
@sergrojGrayFace
8 ай бұрын
@@natedebate6259Thx. Damn, even Trick the drama queen got involved :D
Not only did he win, he won with the one of the highest agent pool in history. Seriously, from playing duelists to playing controllers and sentinels. Dude, if anyone is saying you have to master an agent to it's fullest potential in order to win, they're lying. You just have to click heads😂
@gpfhantom1890
8 ай бұрын
Like Yay said, at the end of the day, Valorant is a FPS game. Players will still die if shot in the head
@Ottoni174
8 ай бұрын
at the end of the day its still a tac shooter, half is tac half is shooting, if you can't miss you win lol dude is crazy good
@DKtrek21
8 ай бұрын
@@Ottoni174 probably the highest headshot percentage out of all international tournaments so far. I remember him hovering around 70% in some maps.
@jagason7494
8 ай бұрын
@@DKtrek21 demon1 is the new and better yay has a similar play style too he also ads
@DKtrek21
8 ай бұрын
@@jagason7494 yay is not even close. He had to have an op before he is scary. Demon1 can have a Vandal and make that work like an op.
Demon1 is the reason I wish Riot never created leagues and stayed as an open quali format. How many more people just like this will never be found because T1 teams aren’t willing to take the risk?
@TheBudakSkema
8 ай бұрын
esports in business bro
@aaerondight5163
8 ай бұрын
@@TheBudakSkema modern esports maybe but old esports were made cause of the love of the game and competitiveness of the players.
@77crow62
7 ай бұрын
@@aaerondight5163 and we live in a capitalist society so we have to work this way, and usually only the best will take that spot
@kyleh6173
5 ай бұрын
@@TheBudakSkemayou know what’s good for business? Underdog stories and diamonds in the rough that rise to fame through pure skill. This is a silly argument, competition is competition and people want to see the best compete. Let the cream rise to the top, restricting skill to org selection inhibits this
@VVSPRINCE
4 ай бұрын
no. if you’re that good enough, you will ONE HUNDRED PERCENT be scouted. the next best player in the world will either be zekken or florescense
His raw aim is something ive never seen before
@kuratchiminisuta
8 ай бұрын
Boi has not seen Niko, Twistzzz and b1t.
@king_thanos_2116
8 ай бұрын
@@kuratchiminisutaAh yes niko,twistzzz and b1t My favourite valorant players
@kuratchiminisuta
8 ай бұрын
@@king_thanos_2116 CS goated. Valorant meh.
@mohammedghanem9228
8 ай бұрын
@@kuratchiminisutanot everything is about you lmao
@kuratchiminisuta
8 ай бұрын
@@mohammedghanem9228 I don't see anything addressing me. You hallucinating? XD
Seeing someone that is an Unreal Tournament player exceed every expectation and smash the competition makes me glad. I hope Demon1 has a long and storied career!
@aaerondight5163
8 ай бұрын
unreal tournament is unreal, aim-wise.
And now, after winning champs EG is letting go of their whole team.
@joaocorreiamedia
8 ай бұрын
That seems to be the Valorant way. You win, you sell your entire team and start over.
@oddgerman3775
8 ай бұрын
@@joaocorreiamedia thats the way of business buy low sell high
@itsfinton5312
8 ай бұрын
its so much money to hold 5 champions
@zeezi743
8 ай бұрын
I guarantee you they are not, they don't want to pay stupid amounts to their players but at the same time they don't want any of them to go, they already rejected multiple offers for their players
@homieg4655
8 ай бұрын
EG has no money. It wasn't really a choice
We all have to thank Toast for Demon1 lmao
@fakepotato4875
8 ай бұрын
Imagine a roster with yay and demon1 on it
Why nobody talks about DSG TOAST? He was the one who found DEMON1 and they played scrim against EG main roster where DEMON1 dropped 40+ kills so thats where EG signed DEMON1 as a sub.
The most interesting thing was that demon1 was exactly what eg needed and potter identified that. That pairing and demon1's exceptional skill made eg the champions.
Ever since Demon1 coming out of nowhere from three months ago, this is a flash back how one organized team manage to pioneer their kit to a whole new level and that player was nAts, Gambit, he pioneer with a ratty play style and he loves his people and everyone in the community since he was chill. Demon1 on the other hand says f*ck this I am the goat right here.
That last clip where he ask Boostio to fake a smoke in main and killed 2, made me put my money on them everytime they play up until Champions.
" El diablo's dead there's a new king of hell " 🥶🥶
Damn, Tenz, Yay and Demon1 have exceptional aim. It's just mind-blowing
@kierwon
8 ай бұрын
and they have unfortunately situation tenz cant win anymore against t1 team yay cant find decent team to play and also perform bad sometimes demon1 won champs but lost EG im not hater of the three but im a fan so glhf playing
@AngelSoriano-vk9tc
8 ай бұрын
@@kierwon ...so? lmao
@kierwon
8 ай бұрын
@@AngelSoriano-vk9tc why u bully me
@Exstasyyy
8 ай бұрын
Bro really said tenz 💀💀💀 im ded man. He was good when others were new.... he is still good but now others are just better
@deekj3860
8 ай бұрын
@@Exstasyyyyou guys never learn. Having experienced pro gaming for so long one would think everyone has realised that that you're winning now is not just because you're the best but also because it is simply your time.
Those finals lines of your script was actually the best. Love it
6:27 "signing him was a gamble, and only one org was willing to take it"... i guess they didn't do their research about DSG was going to sign Demon1 before he got poached by EG because he destroyed EG's players
Love the vid. Liked for Dimitri's comment on Arena FPS at the end
People just want to find a reason to hate him, but to be the best you need to have an ego becuase if you dont when you get beaten you will stop trying , but discrediting him for it its just plain stupid specially when in 3 months he went from rookie to champ. Tbagging and shooting bodies is the least you get in a shooter, but if you check his streams he always reads chat like he had 0 views and answers respectfully.
@achiraorayrid
8 ай бұрын
This is what happens when valo players don't go outside, haven't watched any other sport in their lives, live through the internet and anime and generally are just privileged snowflakes whose only real problems in life are getting mad over a pro player tbagging in a tournament.
@buc999
8 ай бұрын
facts boys
Interesting direction of the video for the champs portion cos this wasn't the first time they "were on the chopping block since their cinderella story took shape" as they were in the lower bracket finals the tournament before. Also while LOUD did look better this tournament, EG did beat them the tournament before so you can't really say no one expected them to win. I would say the one team that no one would expect them to beat was Fnatic.
@zzasserzz
8 ай бұрын
Never let the ABSOLUTE TRUTH get in the way of a good story
EG won TI 2015, then got trouble EG won VC 2023, then got trouble
Outro gave me chills!
Pansy give so much energy in her casts I love it when she comments a game
Zekken tied with demon 1 with 101 kills in a bo5 but zekken did it in grand finals both are phenomenal players in the history of Valorant
Please do a story on Sadhaak, his Paladins origins and his cursed super high sens!
@moondawgify
8 ай бұрын
Was somebody who played regularly against him in his paladin times. The guy came from OW though they made it big in paladins due to being together as a team for so long. Glas he's doing great
how have yall not made one of these about Zen from vitality Rocket league yet? bro came into the pro scene, didnt lose one time, and won worlds.
@noirbebop
8 ай бұрын
they havent made a rl video in so long but it would be such a better story than most vids on here ngl
Toxic, Rookie, Championship, Betrayed : That Time a Demon Returns for Revenge
superstars on Riot Games got their gem for real, Kindness of Faker and Toxicity of Demon1 just made it better to watch every single tournament.
Demon1 legit sit everyone down, when he trash talk he meant it xd skull 💀💀 WHAT A BEAST ❤
Whos here after sen vs nrg
tbh i'm still pretty sad that Jingg didnt get his trophy before he go. But respect for Demon1
From the beginning sounds like a simple story
Learning skills in arena shooters really helps with your aim and movement. I wouldn't call it being a big fish in a small pond because the only regular players there are all very good.
i remember when i first saw him. it was one of shroud's streams. this was when he was getting notoriety in ranked. often getting accused of cheating. hence the moniker, Cheater1. then eventually him and shroud duo queue'd.
demon had 200 followers when i found him, he was uploading clips from scrims on twittter, shits crazy hes where he is now
He;'s the definition of "Prove them wrong"
12:49 I knew demon1 was insane but seeing this is just wow.
Unreal tournament been around since 99' kid
sorry tenz but demon1 is my idol here now. gonna start looking up to him and hope to be like him
You have to make one of these for Zen
All they need is a scrim vs DSG with demon1 demolishing EG main team 😂
the lack of respect for Quake is unreal in this video.
1:49 I think you meant to say you’re not exaggerating because there’s no reason for people to think you’re being facetious about this players sudden success.
One in the name, number one in the game
really good video
It's a misconception that he's toxic in vct he was just being sarcastic If u watch his stream you'll know what kinda person he is he's a very chill person Fr
There is a saying... Always bet on demon1
he's like the valorant pro version of ryan from the office
@melonmilklemon
8 ай бұрын
both ego too hahaha
I don't think demon1 is toxic at all and if you do you've probably never played sports. He is a confident esports athlete. Athletes are competitive and part of it is some trashtalk. I cant believe anyone would think he is toxic.
@User-xw6kd
8 ай бұрын
He puts on this tough persona on the stage but otherwise he's pretty chill lol.
@Shaya-kun
8 ай бұрын
On stream his pretty chill
@hushmentaltmcc
8 ай бұрын
Teabagging and bodyshooting. He was trolling, not toxic
@spitfirez89
8 ай бұрын
Calling someone who plays video games an "athlete" just doesn't sound right imo. It's like calling a chess player and "athlete". No one does it.
@SK-ur9eh
8 ай бұрын
@@spitfirez89times have changed.
Dude reminds me of the Richard Sherman interview about Crabtree
Would be awesome if you guys covered the Rocket League world championships and the ASL currently going on.
wdym there were tons of overwatch players like saya, sinatraa, corey, etc who went to valorant
"Respect my f*cking name" 🥶🥶
@TheMurtnaT
8 ай бұрын
Cringe lol
@xdtjv2843
8 ай бұрын
I thought he said aim
@TheMurtnaT
8 ай бұрын
@@xdtjv2843 thats even more cringe had he did say that haha
@ffzeldris
8 ай бұрын
Damn, kids will cringe at anything these days
@awesome.pandapants
8 ай бұрын
@@ffzeldris I mean tbf, these kids are pretty familiar with cringe since they cringe at themselves everyday looking at the mirror
Tbh i just feel its s1mple's story all over again
@Inressa
8 ай бұрын
actually so true, a toxic superstar performing out of expectations early and feeding into his ego and toxic mentality. now we'll just have to see when/if he has a fall-off and if he'll turn around his mentality in time to be an all-time great
dimitri realizing arena are more difficult than cs,val🤖
Demon1 🔥🔥 🗿
The fact EG cut all the players pay when they were already one of the lowest paid teams after they won them champs is ducking ridiculous
The new king of hell As a cs boomer, this dudes a certified da baby moment
the tenz slander is insane
Truly unfortunate that he had to he on EG and actually enable the org to win champs. EG is such a terrible organization, keeping their players in contract jail even though they were planning to pull out of Esports is such a shit move. Hope they fade into obscurity soon
I think another thing we should take away from this is that arena fps games need to come back; the skill ceiling in those games are completely unmatched. yeah i mean he kinda said it at the end screen, not surprising
at 11:35 i just launched minecraft and forgot about it and one of the nostalgic but sad musics started playing (dont know the song name) and it fitted so perfectly i thought it was from the video. Edit : at 14:12 sweden started played like wtf how am i getting minecraft songs that fit parts of the video so well?
We Demon1
GOAT1!!!!
Well demon1 needs to meet s1mple , ahhhh what a lovely duo they would be😂
6:09 i'd say that's topson for sure
Bro the mc☠️
I played Unreal in the past.. and it's so fricking harder than Valorant.. Ofc, the difference in pacing is small but heck.. If you can click heads in Unreal, then it's easier to click heads in Valorant..
dwmon1 Cinderella story? he can't beat topson's zero to champion story
Yo i used to olay unreal tournament it is a fun game 🎉🎉
This is what fps all about
Story of Jinggg?
Bit lacking on the research side it seems, no mention of the whole D1 being poached by EG when he was doing scrims with DSG...
To be honest I don't find him "toxic" per se. It's just his ego that he feeds upon to excel.
Topson vibes😂
Sleeping on Alfajer!!
should do a video on benjyfishy going from one of the best fortnite players with 600k earned to now being a part of team heretics for valorant
@Lawthethrash
8 ай бұрын
Too bad team heretics will never win anything
@WillmerGG
8 ай бұрын
@@Lawthethrash lol I could care less ab the team just talking ab the player himself, idk of any other former fortnite pros being on a franchised team on valorant. & on top of it he has a huge following
Did I get the story wrong or wasnt demon1 already DSG demon1 when he got picked by EG
@jacklightn
8 ай бұрын
No DSG was 2 days away from signing Demon1 and EG stole him
@sata700
8 ай бұрын
@@jacklightn i meant, the “nobody looked at him” part
@jacklightn
8 ай бұрын
@@sata700 well it kinda true. No one from tier one(Franchised) teams were looking at Demon1. DSG were trialing him because Toast was trying to find any new talent.
Cool
Maybe because everyone doubted him so much and thats why he became.. kinda toxic? Idk xd. He's still cracked tho.
He deserved that, i was always a fan of a villain no matters what
H-he almost looks like he's aimbotting what the actual fuck
As much as I don't like demon1 it is fun to have someone to cheer against.
@User-xw6kd
8 ай бұрын
Well he's objectively the goat of champs 23 so even as a hater you can't deny lol.
@doctorsmiles7591
8 ай бұрын
@@User-xw6kd I had a stroke reading that
Why does he have an ego about his hours played when he grinded other shooters for years? No shit youre going to be good , its not like he never played a shooter before
@anjie4197
8 ай бұрын
UT4 isn't a shooter it's an arena lmfao
@joemufa4594
8 ай бұрын
@@anjie4197 he shoots shit with his mouse, his mouse control had to be developed that's the point
wait DEMON1 WAS A UNREAL TOURNAMENT PLAYER??????? HOLY SHIT THAT'S INSANE i have grown a new respect for this guy, despite having been born too young to play arena fps myself, unreal tournament is my favorite game of all time hats off to him.
and yet riot killed the game franchising to early and not being compromising. now NRG and even The Guard cant play.
As much as I hate to say it he is the GOAT
Demon 1 is tenz with ego
You sure hes not Hacking! XD
This proves that arena shooters are the most skilled fps games not cs not valorant.
He is the best in valorant
Love how d1 is considered toxic when jingg literally says "ez" in every clip I've ever seen him in and I bet the fanboys gonna attack me for this one gents 😬
and it would not be the first time a pro would cheat so would not be so suprised if it is true
Toxic rookie playing there early career in America where have I heard that before 🤔 that sounds pretty simple 😮
He's like the Connor Mcgregor of Valorant haha
He will be the fking goat mark my words…
repping unreal tournament players, mad respect.
he looks like what dream thinks he looks like
16:03 valid as fuck
Give me more of NA talking trash and winning please