What's up gamers, it's your boy, J-Con. Welcome to another episode of Top 5. We are continuing our series on my top 5 players in every role heading into VCT Champion 2023. Today's video will be focusing on Flex players as well as Flash initiator players. This will usually focus around blind agent roles such as Breach and Sky, but we will also cover players with high flexibility and those who play multiple roles. Before we get to the top 5, we'll start with a few honorable mentions that just missed the cut. Unfortunately, this role is not very defined so a lot of players could fall into this category. Let me know if you think someone deserves a top 5 slot over somebody that I picked or if there is another category I should have rated these players in. The first honorable mention that I would like to talk about is Stax of DRX. Stax has been known as the Breach Slash of Flash initiator player since the beginning of Vision Strikers. Now DRX, during their dominant time. However, Stax has been playing a bit more inconsistently and his calling for his team has led them to be very stale. Until they figure out what direction they are going to go between Zest and Foxy 9, I can't put Stax in my top 5 for performance. The next honorable mention that I would like to talk about is Zipan of NaVi. Zipan has been tasked to pick up all of the Flash initiators and has been performing at an all right level across the board. Unfortunately, the consistent role in agent swabs that his team has been doing is holding him back from scoring higher on this list. I still rate his raise very highly and I think if NaVi can iron out their roles, Zipan can show that he can still perform at a top level. All right, starting with number 5, I have Smoggy of Edward Gaming. This might be a very high overrate, but I think this kid is incredible. He plays Breach, Killjoy, Chet, and Rays all for Edward Gaming. I don't think there are many other players in the world that switch roles like he does and is able to continue to put up numbers on the board. He sets up Kong Kong incredibly well on the breach with his utility and he's always a great die partner when they decide to run double duelist with both being able to play the Chet and raise roles. And finally, he's able to anchor site incredibly well when this team needs him to be on Killjoy, being incredibly patient and playing around his utility well. Again, I think this kid is incredible and is one of the best flex players in the world. Moving on to number 4, I have Ethan of Evil Geniuses. This is more for Ethan's ability with flash agents as well as his near perfect usage of their utility. Ethan doesn't flex to other roles as much as other players on this list. Might, but his flash initiator player is top tier. If you ever see his scoreboard when he's playing Sky or KO, he always has double digit assists, setting up his team extremely well and overall being an incredibly stable force for his team. He will never be the cause of you losing a game, but he's instrumental in so much of their success, especially when they single initiate it with Sky. My number 3, a flex player is Devai of PaperRex. Devai is just a whole nother beast, a glue guy to PaperRex, and in my opinion, the Rax factor. Devai may not always put up the flashes of numbers, but he is always an active contributor towards his team. He plays any role that they may need him to, but he's been primarily on Sky setting up his duelist extremely well. He's been super consistent throughout the year and has honestly been PaperRex's second best player at times. Not only does he help them get into sight, he is connecting peace to make W gaming tick. Also, he's Malaysian, and I got some ties there, so I got to support the boy. Going to my second highest rated player on this list is for Saken of PaperRex. This one is definitely focused a lot more on Forsaken's ability to flex to other roles and other agents over his flash initiator player. After adding something to the roster, Forsaken switched over to the uber flex role, playing Sentinel and controller for the team, picking up Harbor, Killjoy and Cypher. During Tokyo, he had to switch back to his previous role as the jet opera and performed outstandingly. He also has picked up the reins of Collin for this team, as they don't have a main caller, but Forsaken is the loudest voice at the moment. The fact that he is able to move up from so many different roles and continue to perform at a top level on all of them is unequivocally impressive. I think he honestly looks like a better player playing his new roles, so with something coming back, I think W Gaming Machine will just be a force to reckon with. Forsaken deserves all the recognition that he gets because of his flexibility and creativity with each agent he picks up, a super valuable commodity to have in a flex player. And finally, my number 1 flex player is Chronicle of Fanatic. Chronicle is an absolute beast and can take over games whenever he is called upon to. He primarily played Viper and Breach for this fanatic team, but his utility was on point and he dominated. He also is just an uber consistent player and was the final piece of this fanatic engine that seems like they are destined to 3p and get the triple crown. Whether he's setting up Durkha to entry or Anchorina's site, Chronicle steps up to the challenge and he hasn't had to have the rest of his agent pool tested yet, as Fanatic is so secure in their roles and agent flexibilities. People forget that this man was a top tier Sova, Brimstone, Chamber, and Rae's player all before he signed with Fanatic. I'm rooting for him as he's always been one of my favorite players. And that's my top 5 list. There are probably names that I missed, so please let me know in the comments down below who you would rate as your top 5 flex slash flash initiator players going to VCT Champions. Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next one. Stay hydrated. Peace.