Tier 2 pickups for 2026 season.

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Grinern

What are your no brainer picks for the 2026 season?

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Sand from Twisted Minds / Looking incredible on the sentinel role and is really dominating T2 at the moment.
Rexxtoned from Team Liquid Academy / Being apart of that project is guaranteed to land you a spot or atleast a trial in tier 1. He is looking really good on the sentinel role.
Takas from Mandatory / Definitely deserves another stint in T1. Maybe some consistency issues but other than that definitely isn't a bad pickup.
Timotino from TSM / Definitely one of the better looking duelists in tier 2 at the moment. Very flexible on each of the duelists. I don't see how he is not playing t1 in the 2026 season.
Pa1ze from Gamax / Danish bias of course but he is looking really good and has been for a while in tier 2. Trials at the minimum.
Kajuks (Free agent) / He was tearing it up on a "mix team" in North//East. Definitely deserves to tear up tier 1!

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Very neon heavy from what I can see but not a bad shout at all.

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someone tell me how Anaks is STILL FA

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I thoutght rexxtoned was 16 but no. Then he should get picked up hopefully, him and GSR are insane

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Grinern

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Yeah looks like we won't be seeing more the core project for 2026. They will probably rebuild as Rexxtoned and maybe Ninja leaves. GSR and Donatello will be ready for 2027. Since they both have late birthdays in the 2026 season.

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Some teams are also gonna be interestd in Qpert I think. Idk if he'll get picked up but he should have opportunities