3 way tie (Pretty similar level of play)
-Fnatic
-Drx
-Loud
NAVI
Furia
Leviatan
Team Secret
NRG
Vitality
Gen G
PRX
Sentinels
Giants Gaming
Talon Esports
KOI
T1
EDG
Team Liquid
100T
FUT Esports
BBL Esports
Clown9
Zeta :c
MIBR
EG
Team Heretics
Global Esports
Funplus Pheonix
RRQ
Karmine Corp
Detonation
KRU
By that logic VIT beating TL 2-1 and TL beating FUT 2-1 would make them the better team, or just because GE took DRX to 13-11 and 17-15 would make them top 10 international? Just because 1 team has an off game or good game doesnt suddenly make one team much better but overall performance. I like FUT (mainly QWI) but the reality is they are abusing Lotus and with time other teams will catch up.
Zeta can improve as they have shown they can perform at high level but Laz's impact has dipped by a huge margin post chamber nerf, Sugarzero on Omen instead of Astra and the whole teams just a mess. The way the even have 2 wins in pacific is individual performance like Tenn vs RRQ and Dep vs GE who are both terrible. Need a lot better management
Leviatan dismantled them and although their game against Loud looked close Loud looked way better in everyway. If they keep trying to force Ardis to play Raze they won't be able to contend the teams at the top. Victor would do much better on that role and Ardis should stick to Jett, KJ and Sage, his raw aim is wasted on space creation rather then just trading/ holding down post.
As of right now they just look decent and that's it. They looked good at times but commit way too hard on bad reads with no fallback plan. Cryo isn't adapting well onto omen and sage, his jett wasn't as impressive compared to a year ago. Average-good teams from EU would just slowplay and fold them tbh.
their setplay is still elite. Also btw it's not slowplay that they struggle with. it's chaos that they struggle with. EDG on Lotus, chaos with double duelist. FUT Lotus, chaos with neon weird comp. Their mid-rounding is not great right now, which is understandable because last year, they relied a lot more on setplays and executes, while now without Sean Gares, stellar is doing more mid-round calls, which he will need to adapt to. also Cryo; its a new team, new system. he's fine, he's gonna pick his stats up. my real disappointment right now is bang, as he hasn't looked good this year. so fine right now maybe it's a coinflip for 100t and the 4-7th team in emea, but they are better than 19th
Over EDG, I think over this current Talon, over T1 since for me, they haven’t showed me they can compete with the best pacific team even with their 2-1 record. And there’s a debate for them to be over TL but I’ve been impressed with the improvement that TL has had so far. Argument to be over KOI and Giants since they are both hot and cold teams
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