SEN Kaplan on facing Fnatic in elimination | VALORANT Champions 2024

After a closely contested series against EDward Gaming, Sentinels now find themselves in the Lower Bracket of the 2024 VALORANT Champions Playoffs in Seoul.

Following their series against EDG, Sentinels' head coach Adam "kaplan" Kaplan sat down with Strafe Esports' Zen to speak on their prep for the series, the issues that still plague the roster, their aspirations for the rest of Champions and so much more in this exclusive interview.

00:00 Intro
00:26 Preparing against EDG
01:11 Where did it all go wrong?
02:59 Maintaining energy (CALLBACK)
05:47 6-0 record, recovering from early setback
07:24 Preparing for Fnatic
09:22 Expectations for the rest of Seoul, endgoal
11:09 Final words for the fans and Fnatic

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[darkenmercury]

Kaplan looks very tired and "disappointed" for the lose

[TetGodOfGames]

Johnqt has some good calling but sometimes I wonder why did he never called to fight A on Lotus or rush a C hit. EDG used breach stun at start of round and they have no mollies to stop a C hit, im not sure why Johnqt played so weird on attack side. They have no Raze nade to stop Tenz/Zekken from crossing A rubble, it's is so easy to get control of, instead they just gave EDG free map control for no reason at all. The one round they did take A, they just left and ran back C for some reason. Johnqt got ptsd from that bonus round where EDG hit a nice stun because you gave them time to rotate and get stun back up. SEN has always won those A fights somehow, like just let Tenz/Zekken fight they always somehow win those gunfights.

[Millicente]

If SEN really can’t grab momentum outside of everything working it’ll be tough to ever really have any consistency. Everyone can be hype and energetic when everything is going smoothly, but pros should have maintaining mental when getting beat down as an essential skill set. Definitely need to spend the time after this tournament to develop that skill for those on the team that are lacking.

[MelonMan_]

I enjoy these interviews, you really get some interesting information out of it Keep doing this

[hemanggmishra]

Sen played so good, great coordination and good use of utilities, ig it was not their day . SEN will be champions 2024 . ❤

[Mnnwer]

They certainly have the potential to still win; I mean their Haven win seemed almost effortless, despite the fact that EDG played pretty good there too.

[enjoy]

It breaks my heart to see him speak like that. Mannn he is so broke. I feel so bad for him. I wish sen all the luck. Literally, it was devastating for me as a fan so imagine the pain they go through

[zWraithh]

I'm so sad my two favorite teams are playing tomorrow and someone is getting eliminated

[GBOY]

can someone put a stamp on the thumbnail

[Suppy]

i like his really chubby face :0 Sen will get over this quickly and bounce back like when they lost to gen G

[sathvikseshadri]

If SEN can only defeat teams by anti strating and protocols, then you can never be consistent.

Sometimes with funky teams like EDG or PRX, you need on spot adaptability which shows the caliber of a team, in which GEN.G is pretty good.

[safe]

If Lev gets to grand final Idk if Sen could beat them.

[elunatic]

as much as i love sen, i love fnatic more and will have my heart broken regardless of the outcome (i have both of them in the finals my pickems are fucked)

[uresfffff]

i dont think they can beat fnatic, fnatic have better map pool they'll prolly pick haven which means fnatic will start 1-0