ANYONE ELSE?

idk why, but i feel like DRX was the most solid team that i saw in this masters, together obvious with LOUD... when i saw them playing very tactical, in my mind was like: "bro, those guys are gonna win this". Anyone else got that feeling?

yeah but they choked a few crucial rounds against optic in a really close series, but then played pretty poorly against zeta

Zeta >>

ZETA and LOUD look really solid too. I think in terms of peak performance OpTic, LOUD, ZETA, and DRX were the strongest tactically and fundamentally. DRX looked the cleanest though, imo.
These guys can make any team look bad when they're popping off.

Paper Rex are good too don't get me wrong but their rounds are sloppy and chaotic compared to the stability and control of the other 4 teams. I think the reason they won so often is because they caught so many other teams off guard with how aggressive and cracked the players are. There's almost no actual midround when they play lol it's either they die or the enemy team dies.

Me too
But '//, did the unexpected thing.

they showed one of the highest peaks (other highest peak is Loud)

Yeah, for sure... and i was talking with Xand from NIP, he said that the problem was the difference between styles, like drx style countered nip style... and then against Zeta they where not mentaly prepared, u know? nip also could go very far, but anyways... Valorant is crazy haha