Based only on games played so far.
- NRG - too solid fundamentally and strategically. Proven vets all around and s0m is slotting in nice with the team.
- Cloud9 - Great first game against a tournament favo
urite. They look strong but haven't been tested against a top 10 team yet. - Loud - Lots of potential. Main concern is mental, discipline, and being able to close out easy wins.
- DRX - Same story as last year, potential to win it all but they never are expected to.
- EG - Surpassed my initial expectations, look solid fundamentally. who knows what they're cooking?
- Giants - played a bot team first round and ran out of steam against NRG. I'd say they sit just outside top 5 EMEA.
- Talon - decent showing against a mediocre team. EG will be thier first real test against a well coordinated team.
- GenG - From what I've seen, they don't look too bad. Maybe they win their first game if its not against LOUD. I still they beat PRX though.
- KC - Showed a decent performance at this tourney. xms is a liability though and Nivera and Scream can only carry a team so far
- Paper Rex - I can't even say C9 fairly beat them because its more accurate to say they beat themselves. This looks like a ranked 5-stack more than anything. But they still run it down over anyone below them on this list.
- KOI - Showed promise on the first half of the first map. That's it
- Heretics - Put up a decent fight against what everyone thinks is the worst NA team. I have a hard time putting them above KOI.
- BBL - Took a map off the best Pacific team but I didn't see anything crazy out of them.
- FPX - They ran it down harder than Paper Rex. The game was only close because KC played horribly too.
- MiBR - crowd buff, cracked aimers, but they still can't take a map over ex-Xerxia. disappointing performance.
- Detonation - 2-0d by a mid team and it wasn't close. gg go next.
I'll edit this list as i see fit.
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