Who Is Better In Rocket League, Zen or Vatira?

By: Travis Neasham

Some Rocket League players might be wondering who's better: Zen or Vatira.

Rocket league is a car/soccer game, where players drive around trying to hit a ball into their opponents goal. In the game there are ranks and the best rank is Super Sonic Legend but the best players from SSL compete in a pro league and this league is called RLCS. Only the best in the world make it to RLCS and arguably two of the best players in RLCS are named ZEN and VATIRA, now this spreads the question WHO IS BETTER??? Now let me answer the question of who would win in a regular 1v1 Zen or Vatira.

Initially I thought that one of them was guaranteed better but then I did my research and my opinion completely changed.

At first, I thought that Zen would win in a regular 1v1. Zen has great mechanics and great game sense. But there is a barrier between them. Vatira has arguably the best game sense in rocket league. Making him comparable to Zen. 

When I say ‘game sense’, I mean just being smarter with the ball and being able to predict things that are about to happen with the ball, and when I say mechanics, I mean the moves that you can do with the ball such as air dribbling.

From what I have seen on the internet when i was watching clips of Zen and Vatira i noticed a few things. Vatira is more smart with his mechanics. For example Vatira does his pop resets only when he needs to and only touches the ball in the air when he needs to . And Zen focuses on making his shots look cooler but for his defence he is smart with his shots too but Vatira is just smarter with them. 

Now, Vaitra and Zen have played a 1v1 match before and Vatira won BUT he won in overtime so there is no guaranteed answer to who's better.  

I have asked Valentin Jimenez who he thinks is better in a regular 1v1 situation and he stated “ I think that zen would win the 1v1 because he has better mechanics but if i had to be real with you i have no clue who would win because they are both outstanding in different aspects.” 

I do disagree with valentine because i think that Vatira would win in a regular 1v1, but I do agree with him when he says “I have no clue who would win because they are both outstanding in different aspects.” I think that Vatira is overall just better because he has better game sense and is smarter with his shots and this makes Vatira in my opinion win the 1v1 against Zen. 

My research about the two has changed my opinion on who's better. VATIRA IS THE ROCKET LEAGUE GOAT. Maybe my opinion will change later in the future if they 1v1 and there is a clear winner but for right now my answer to the question of who's better is Vatira.