best team in tournament b4 miracle/choke happpened

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Reykjavik 2021: SEN (pure dominance)
Berlin 2021: GMB (pure dominance)
Champions 2021: GMB (choked)
Reykjavik 2022: OPTIC (clear favorites)
Copenhagen 2022: PRX (choked)
Champions 2022: LOUD (pure dominance)
Lock/In: LOUD (choked)
Tokyo 2023: FNC (pure dominance)
Champions: 2023: PRX (choked)
Madrid 2024: GEN (choked)
Shanghai 2024: GEN (pure dominance)
Champions 2024: TH (choked)
Bangkok 2025: G2 (choked)
Toronto 2025: GEN (choked)

8/14 all chokers

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i'm a bit biased but i don't think champs 22 was insanely dominant - in the GF at least

optic had a solid lead in every map except haven and threw it away every single time

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Loud won the upper finals, its clear they had optic numbers at that tournament

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yeah the upper final was an absolute stomp but the grand final was at least closer than the map count makes it seem

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i agree but im talking about the whole tournament performance in general

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OpTic beat them in groups tho, LOUD is not doninant at champs wtf u talkin abt

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i still remember yay was playing out of his mind at that game. doesnt matter tho if loud was dominant against any other teams while optic barely able to get close wins against any other teams that tournament

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Fnc were more dominant than loud at lock-in and were up 2-0 in grand final, if anything, they almost choked
Also, didn’t EG kind of choke to prx in the upper final? Why do you think prx were more dominant?

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"best team" not dominant team. the one with dominance sign its because their run is flawless

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By that logic, FNC was flawless at LOCK//IN up until LOUD in the Grand Final. FNC 2-0'd every team and then 3-0'd NAVI. I agree though for PRX that they were a dominant force at Champs LA. Before the finals, EG players literally called PRX impossible to play against in some cases. PRX most definitely choked because Split was more or less in their hand but they fumbled. They somehow got Ascent, but then absolute botched the rest of the veto especially with that Bind pick and going with a sudden comp change (very common for PRX to do last second before a map).

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valid

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Champs 2023 was EG domination

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we cappin now

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oness

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if u put your obvious bias aside, you'll see the truth

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only truth spoken here. prx won the upper final but choked mentally in bind in gf

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oness

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Bind score was 13-5.
It was never a choke, EG just dominated them

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"mentally" and they won bind in upper final

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U can argue eg were the best team at that event but it was definietly not domination

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They can take choker trophy home