eStos' power rankings for 2026

based off of players, experience and individual gameplay. offseason events don't mean a lot to me so I won't act like teams are good or bad based on their offseason performance. I'll change these rankings if I change my mind about anything here, opinions are appreciated

Americas:

1. NRG
2. MIBR
3. G2
4. LEV
5. SEN
6. KRÜ
7. 100T
8. EG
9. C9
10. LOUD
11. FURIA
12. ENVY (the only reason they're not 11th is because it's an Ascension team, but let's see what FURIA will do)

Pacific:

1. T1
2. PRX
3. GEN.G
4. DRX
5. RRQ
6. FS
7. SLT
8. GE
9. NS
10. DFM
11. ZETA
12. TS

EMEA (This is the hardest one because EMEA is too balanced rn):

1. FNATIC
2. TH
3. KC
4. NAVI
5. VIT
6. TL (considering Nats - Wayne - M.B. - Kamo + purp0)
7. GX
8. FUT
9. M8
10. BBL
11. ULF
12. PCF (Ninja + qpert, can't remember if there were any leaks other than these two)

China (Coinflip lol):

1. BLG
2. EDG
3. XLG
4. DRG
5. JDG
6. TYL
7. WOL
8. TE
9. AG
10. FPX
11. TEC
12. NOVA

for tl the 5th is purp0

9wntr [#2]

for tl the 5th is purp0

thanks, then I think their position here remains the same

KC AT 3RD YET WINNING CHAMPS

eStos [#3]

thanks, then I think their position here remains the same

n for pcf qpert is confirmed, ExiT is a rumor, and 2 unknowns

DSBY [#4]

KC AT 3RD YET WINNING CHAMPS

do you want me to tell you they're better than Heretics and Fnatic?

eStos [#6]

do you want me to tell you they're better than Heretics and Fnatic?

h0r0t0cs & FNAT13-0C

9wntr [#5]

n for pcf qpert is confirmed, ExiT is a rumor, and 2 unknowns

still 12th then

SEN below LEV, ENVY above C9 and EG below ENVY.
NAVI at 3, VIT at 4
Full Sense below NS.

Overall 8/10 lists but you overrate a few teams (SEN, FS) and underrate a few teams (NAVI)

DSBY [#7]

h0r0t0cs & FNAT13-0C

funny how my team is terrible and KC isn't, but we're both not going to win

the difference is that I set the bar so low that a single win would make me happy

maybe KC will win Kickoff, and MAYBE, just MAYBE one regional and that's it, I'm 100% sure they won't win any Masters/Champs

L eStos, poopy list 🚽

AG numba one 🏆🏆🏆🤩🤩🤩

eStos [#10]

funny how my team is terrible and KC isn't, but we're both not going to win

the difference is that I set the bar so low that a single win would make me happy

maybe KC will win Kickoff, and MAYBE, just MAYBE one regional and that's it, I'm 100% sure they won't win any Masters/Champs

wdym furia is top 3

WAYNE MENTIONED RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

DSBY [#12]

wdym furia is top 3

From VLR to FURIA: DSBY named FURIA head coach

TheFumbler [#9]

SEN below LEV, ENVY above C9 and EG below ENVY.
NAVI at 3, VIT at 4
Full Sense below NS.

Overall 8/10 lists but you overrate a few teams (SEN, FS) and underrate a few teams (NAVI)

SEN below LEV - ok
ENVY above C9 - no, Zellsis + 4 experienced players, not saying ENVY is bad and they might prove me wrong, but I don't think they're better than C9
EG below ENVY - dgzin is a great player and they still have C0M and okeanos, even if I think EG is bad, I don't think they're worse than ENVY

NAVI and VIT - best I can do is NAVI at 4 and VIT at 5, then TL at 6. KC's roster just looks better to me. but maybe TL should be lower now
FULL SENSE - they're Talon, no way they're worse than NS

TheFumbler [#14]

From VLR to FURIA: DSBY named FURIA head coach

id take any spot lowkey

how is 100bots so high there is no reason at all to be so high on them, also fs is winning champs

macncheese [#17]

how is 100bots so high there is no reason at all to be so high on them, also fs is winning champs

changed it, I underestimated KRÜ

no comments about FS

eStos [#15]

SEN below LEV - ok
ENVY above C9 - no, Zellsis + 4 experienced players, not saying ENVY is bad and they might prove me wrong, but I don't think they're better than C9
EG below ENVY - dgzin is a great player and they still have C0M and okeanos, even if I think EG is bad, I don't think they're worse than ENVY

NAVI and VIT - best I can do is NAVI at 4 and VIT at 5, then TL at 6. KC's roster just looks better to me. but maybe TL should be lower now
FULL SENSE - they're Talon, no way they're worse than NS

C9 i understand

I dont have confidence in EG. I feel the team lacks chemistry and dgzin even though he is a great player the comms could be a problem. And I'm starting to lose trust in potter after her terrible comp picks in 2025 (WTF you mean they are picking clove as solo controller).

KC, I'm not sure about sheydos. He was a great player once upon a time and is looking decent in project blender but I'm not sure if he can hold his weight in the main league.

FS: Dont know why people call this team the second best team in pacific when they failed to make an international and NS played very well in Ascension. Personally I have more hopes from NS now that they dont force Neon comps on all maps.

eStos [#18]

changed it, I underestimated KRÜ

no comments about FS

youve made the ranking even worse somehow how is kru w saadhak doing anything hes a total fraud ur biases are clearly showing.. how is sen 7th r we being fr. those r my final thoughts. fs is going to be top 4 regardless

poggpigg [#11]

L eStos, poopy list 🚽

AG numba one 🏆🏆🏆🤩🤩🤩

😋

macncheese [#20]

youve made the ranking even worse somehow how is kru w saadhak doing anything hes a total fraud ur biases are clearly showing.. how is sen 7th r we being fr. those r my final thoughts. fs is going to be top 4 regardless

Sometimes the lion simply shouldn't respond to the monkey's provocations.

Lost me at TEC being any higher than 12th

fpx 11th??? even with my goat Sscary????

TheFumbler [#19]

C9 i understand

I dont have confidence in EG. I feel the team lacks chemistry and dgzin even though he is a great player the comms could be a problem. And I'm starting to lose trust in potter after her terrible comp picks in 2025 (WTF you mean they are picking clove as solo controller).

KC, I'm not sure about sheydos. He was a great player once upon a time and is looking decent in project blender but I'm not sure if he can hold his weight in the main league.

FS: Dont know why people call this team the second best team in pacific when they failed to make an international and NS played very well in Ascension. Personally I have more hopes from NS now that they dont force Neon comps on all maps.

idk why you got downvoted, those are valid opinion, must be either because you mentioned potter or the EMEA bot down here who thinks I said KRÜ is top 4 bc I'm brazilian

your take on EG is valid but I think they had enough time to fix the team. I still think they should get rid of supamen, I really don't know why the org thinks he's some kind of star player, idk who bao is but it feels like another shady signing

KC - Lewn being there makes me believe in them

FS - Who's calling them the 2nd best in Pacific lol wtf

Kaust [#23]

Lost me at TEC being any higher than 12th

huh

sextermorgan [#24]

fpx 11th??? even with my goat Sscary????

honestly I said I wouldn't take offseason into consideration, just the individual performance

FPX is just bad, sScary, berLIN and maybe AAAY are good but the rest of the team is either mid or bad

edit: changed it to 10th. still don't see much potential in this team, but I might be wrong, who knows

eStos [#26]

huh

TEC is definitely 12th

Kaust [#28]

TEC is definitely 12th

why doe

put TYLOO #1 and we good also furia jinx

eStos [#29]

why doe

Let's compare them with FPX for example, who you put below them:
Life > TVirusLuke (also Dynamite)
Setrod > Coco
BerLIN >= Lucas
AAAAY > Abo
sScary > Haodong

Kaust [#31]

Let's compare them with FPX for example, who you put below them:
Life > TVirusLuke (also Dynamite)
Setrod > Coco
BerLIN >= Lucas
AAAAY > Abo
sScary > Haodong

I read "TEC" as "TE", mb

true, Idek why I ranked TEC 9th

but why is NOVA better than them?

SEN should not be below 100T and Kru
SEN literally just shat on 100T twice, and Kru is a retirement home

serranya [#33]

SEN should not be below 100T and Kru
SEN literally just shat on 100T twice, and Kru is a retirement home

see, that's the problem, it was an offseason event

but ig 100T should be lower than them

KRÜ has dante too

eStos [#34]

see, that's the problem, it was an offseason event

but ig 100T should be lower than them

KRÜ has dante too

I mean yeah they HAVE Dante. He didn't really do anything though. Although I would not be surprised at all if these power rankings are true and Kru is goated. Overall good list man 👍

g2gcHATER [#21]

😋

reported

eStos [#32]

I read "TEC" as "TE", mb

true, Idek why I ranked TEC 9th

but why is NOVA better than them?

Only real shitter on that team is OBONE (and heybay to a small extent), but still.
GuanG >>> TVirusluke/Dynamite
Ezeir >> Coco
heybay << Lucas
Green =< Abo
OBONE < Haodong

Both not great teams imo, it's just that NOVA has more star power and easier to upgrade on (just get rid of OBONE)

Kaust [#37]

Only real shitter on that team is OBONE (and heybay to a small extent), but still.
GuanG >>> TVirusluke/Dynamite
Ezeir >> Coco
heybay << Lucas
Green =< Abo
OBONE < Haodong

Both not great teams imo, it's just that NOVA has more star power and easier to upgrade on (just get rid of OBONE)

I think they're both so bad it turns into a coinflip tbh

but you do have a point

serranya [#35]

I mean yeah they HAVE Dante. He didn't really do anything though. Although I would not be surprised at all if these power rankings are true and Kru is goated. Overall good list man 👍

thanks :)

I think sen is better than kru and lev rn . We have no grounds on how good kru and lev is they could be super mid or not
G2 is better than mibr and NRG lol

I think KRU and LEV are too high, LEV purely based of rookies, albeit phenomenal rookies but still. They will need time to develop into a powerhouse, KRU has mwzera who hasn't really seen success in TIer 1 and nor has saadhak or less in the past year in EMEA out side of a regional win for Less.

eStos [#38]

I think they're both so bad it turns into a coinflip tbh

but you do have a point

Battle of the mid ):

TheAceGamer30 [#40]

I think sen is better than kru and lev rn . We have no grounds on how good kru and lev is they could be super mid or not
G2 is better than mibr and NRG lol

yeah KRÜ and LEV are just based on my beliefs, Sentinels has 2 T2 players who I don't trust at all and their "star player" is Narrate, in my opinion they're as mid as KRÜ or LEV

MIBR has aspas and zekken and a pretty solid team, NRG just won Champions so idk how you think G2 is better than them

nice list

Why is TL so low, they are extremely flexible, they can do the drx mosquito comps, do triple duelist like t1 just did at SOOP or just normal meta comps on all maps

SnorlaxEnjoyer [#41]

I think KRU and LEV are too high, LEV purely based of rookies, albeit phenomenal rookies but still. They will need time to develop into a powerhouse, KRU has mwzera who hasn't really seen success in TIer 1 and nor has saadhak or less in the past year in EMEA out side of a regional win for Less.

KRÜ at 6th, maybe I'm really overestimating them. Still, SEN has 2 tier 2 rookies who I don't trust at all, while I've seen LEV's team and imo their only problem is blowz

I can't place SEN higher than 5th honestly, this is probably my final list after I changed some things

Nats_2nd_biggest_fan [#45]

Why is TL so low, they are extremely flexible, they can do the drx mosquito comps, do triple duelist like t1 just did at SOOP or just normal meta comps on all maps

their only players are nAts and kamo so far

imma just say it, Minibot is a bum, people glaze Wayne too much for a T2 player and purp0 is just decent (and past his prime)

you can remind me of this comment when Kickoff starts but I don't think I'll be wrong

Even in power rankings, TH is still forever second place. It's just the best duo.

eStos [#47]

their only players are nAts and kamo so far

imma just say it, Minibot is a bum, people glaze Wayne too much for a T2 player and purp0 is just decent (and past his prime)

you can remind me of this comment when Kickoff starts but I don't think I'll be wrong

Don't forget about yaotzin and lohan, the best coaching duo in emea

Nats_2nd_biggest_fan [#49]

Don't forget about yaotzin and lohan, the best coaching duo in emea

thanks for explaining what these are, before you edited it I didn't even know who they were

eStos [#50]

thanks for explaining what these are, before you edited it I didn't even know who they were

Yw brochacho

SudokuDude [#48]

Even in power rankings, TH is still forever second place. It's just the best duo.

I don't wanna talk too much about being 2nd place bc I'm a Fnatic fan

9wntr [#5]

n for pcf qpert is confirmed, ExiT is a rumor, and 2 unknowns

i believe its not exit whos going to pcf

Nats_2nd_biggest_fan [#51]

Yw brochacho

I like Liquid tho, if Fnatic doesn't win something this year, I hope it's Liquid or GiantX (0.0001% chance)

Feuerstern [#53]

i believe its not exit whos going to pcf

exit is a rumor cus TM might like val
and exit kinda hinted at "t1 offers" onstream (nothing directly abt pcf tho)

eStos [#54]

I like Liquid tho, if Fnatic doesn't win something this year, I hope it's Liquid or GiantX (0.0001% chance)

The best coaching duo in emea will harness miniboo's and purp0's potential and win internationally.
Also it's nAts' 2nd year of igling
Trust me on this

9wntr [#55]

exit is a rumor cus TM might like val
and exit kinda hinted at "t1 offers" onstream (nothing directly abt pcf tho)

twisted minds players will get picked up mostly, afaik they wont get into t1 tho

eStos [#43]

yeah KRÜ and LEV are just based on my beliefs, Sentinels has 2 T2 players who I don't trust at all and their "star player" is Narrate, in my opinion they're as mid as KRÜ or LEV

MIBR has aspas and zekken and a pretty solid team, NRG just won Champions so idk how you think G2 is better than them

well g2 always beat NRG and mibr are unproven and they can be shit asf. T2 talent u don’t trust at all meanwhile kru and lev is filled with that 🤣 .

did you already give up on furia LOL

eStos [#52]

I don't wanna talk too much about being 2nd place bc I'm a Fnatic fan

hahah true. JohnQT did say they're forever 2nd place

TheAceGamer30 [#58]

well g2 always beat NRG and mibr are unproven and they can be shit asf. T2 talent u don’t trust at all meanwhile kru and lev is filled with that 🤣 .

kru only has two t2 talents

Loud over C9 and EG for me
T1 1st is crazy to me, Id put PRX and DRX over them.
and I think Team Hetetics will drop a few places this year.

foythvlr [#59]

did you already give up on furia LOL

what's there to give up on lol I ranked them at 12th by mistake, it was supposed to be 11th place

we all know Furia will flop like always, at least they'll be better than they were this year

KiwiJuice [#62]

Loud over C9 and EG for me
T1 1st is crazy to me, Id put PRX and DRX over them.
and I think Team Hetetics will drop a few places this year.

reasonable takes

I think T1 w Munchkin will be back at the top, ngl

Heretics might really drop a few places if ComeBack is a fraud

Feuerstern [#57]

twisted minds players will get picked up mostly, afaik they wont get into t1 tho

true
but pcf are building a poverty roster so they might grab 1

jdg 7th?

SkyXD [#66]

jdg 7th?

do you think they should be higher or lower?

eStos [#67]

do you think they should be higher or lower?

with all the hype around them and the cinema roster they have i'd expect them to go above wol at least, they have yuicaw stew and zhe all on the same team

SkyXD [#68]

with all the hype around them and the cinema roster they have i'd expect them to go above wol at least, they have yuicaw stew and zhe all on the same team

I was thinking about Masters Wolves when I made this list, you're 100% correct

JDG 5th WOL 7th no? I don't think Tyloo is better than JDG

eStos [#69]

I was thinking about Masters Wolves when I made this list, you're 100% correct

JDG 5th WOL 7th no? I don't think Tyloo is better than JDG

uty whether tyloo is better than wolves, supposedly splash and slowly seem to be good according to vlr glazers

eStos [#46]

KRÜ at 6th, maybe I'm really overestimating them. Still, SEN has 2 tier 2 rookies who I don't trust at all, while I've seen LEV's team and imo their only problem is blowz

I can't place SEN higher than 5th honestly, this is probably my final list after I changed some things

I just think overall it's hard to judge seeing as most teams don't really have that much practice going on and if they are praccing it has not been for all that long unless you team has stayed very similar like in GX's case