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- ASCENT:
- BIND:
- BREEZE:
- FRACTURE:
- HAVEN:
- ICEBOX:
- LOTUS:
- PEARL:
- SPLIT:
- SUNSET:
Fnatic or LOUD for every map outside of Breeze (not sure without Aspas) and Sunset too new to rate
Ik they’ve disbanded but eg fracture was the most dominant a team has been on a map all year
I've done a little bit of research for my answer. So to start, flair aware so I've focused mostly on which map PRX can be slotted into :) and I think Pearl is the best one for them.
PRX and FNC are tied for bind, both with a 75% WR and a 6-2 record, PRX's only two losses were to EG and FNC so I don't think it's fair to give them bind. If we look at Pearl on the other hand, FNC have never played it so they aren't even in the question, EG doesn't exist as the world champions anymore so I don't know if they should be counted or not, but they're 7-5 (58%). As the big three teams of the year, I think that comparing them with each other should be fine, but if we look at some other big names like;
a) NRG (6-4 [60%] with a loss to PRX)
b) DRX (8-4 [67%] with a loss to PRX)
c) LOUD (6-6 [50%] and also a loss to PRX)
I think it's safe and fair to say that PRX with their whopping 79% WR and 11-3 record (if we discount the lock-in game with Benkai and keep only the games with the year-round roster then it's 11-2) are deserving of Pearl (✿◠‿◠)
ASCENT: EG
BIND: SEN
BREEZE: VIT
FRACTURE EG:
HAVEN: FNATIC
ICEBOX: FNATIC
LOTUS: LOUD
PEARL:PRX
SPLIT: EG
SUNSET:SEN
If we ignore off-season shit and just look at it post-champs I'd say
ASCENT: EG
BIND: PRX
BREEZE: idk
FRACTURE: EG
HAVEN: LOUD
ICEBOX: FNC
LOTUS: EG
PEARL: PRX
SPLIT: LOUD
SUNSET: idk
almost like there was another big tournament after this one where loud exposed a huge weakness of this lotus comp that fnc couldn't adapt to (watch sliggy's vod for more info on how they exploit it) while eg had a 100% winrate on the map in the same event with an average scoreline of 13-6
ASCENT: t1
BIND: t1
BREEZE: t1
FRACTURE: t1
HAVEN: t1
ICEBOX: t1
LOTUS: t1
PEARL: t1
SPLIT: t1
SUNSET: t1
well I gonna talk on prime
ASCENT: fpx
BIND: Loud
BREEZE: Loud
FRACTURE: EG
HAVEN: Loud
ICEBOX: Fnatic
LOTUS: Fnatic
PEARL: PRX
SPLIT:
SUNSET: Sen
ASCENT: Loud
BIND: Sentinels (?)
BREEZE: Loud (90% Win is crazy)
FRACTURE: EG
HAVEN: Loud (Only 2 Defeats ever)
ICEBOX: Fnatic
LOTUS: Fnatic
PEARL: PRX / HM: Leviatan (90% Win)
SPLIT: Loud
SUNSET: Sentinels
Just random assumptions for 2024:
ASCENT: NRG
BIND: NRG
BREEZE: FNATIC
FRACTURE:
HAVEN:
ICEBOX: NRG
LOTUS: PRX
PEARL:
SPLIT: SEN
SUNSET: FNATIC
ASCENT: ninjas in pajamas
FRACTURE: EG
ICEBOX: FNATIC
LOTUS: FNATIC
BIND: PRX
rest dont have a dominant team imo
ASCENT: TSM
BIND: karmine corp
BREEZE: oxygen esports
FRACTURE: knights academy
HAVEN: Faze
ICEBOX: Untameable Beasts
LOTUS: GenG
PEARL: falcons
SPLIT: Ghost gaming
SUNSET: wolverhampton wolves
This is not based on stats but just from impression:
Ascent: Loud
Bind: Paper Rex
Haven: Loud probably but Fnatic looks really good sometimes as well.
Split: I have no clue ngl no team really stands out
Icebox: Fnatic
Lotus: Fnatic (I know Loud beat them at champs but that was off of antistrats, and aside from that they have been ridiculous dominant throughout the year. Chill with your recency bias.)
Pearl: Paper Rex
Fracture: EG
They're good but neither of them are synonymous with the map. I'd say most of the good teams are pretty close on the map.
for your lotus point, yes fnc lost because they got antistratted but that means their weaknesses on that map were shown to everyone. It's not like it's a quick fix on their end either, the comp got completely exposed (mainly how with no flash they can't fight A properly, sliggy explained this you can watch his vod). With that in mind I can't agree until we see them play it again, especially since EG were 3-0 on lotus at champs with a 13-6 average scoreline
While that's true I think their dominance on the map throughout the year has made them synonymous with it. Idk if they are STILL the best but this year I think they deserve the title.
ASCENT: bonkers
BIND: bonkers
BREEZE: bonkers
FRACTURE: bonkers
HAVEN: bonkers
ICEBOX: bonkers
LOTUS: bonkers
PEARL: bonkers
SPLIT: bonkers
SUNSET: bonkers
- ASCENT: Loud
- BIND: PRX
- BREEZE: ?
- FRACTURE: EG
- HAVEN: Fnatic
- ICEBOX: Fnatic
- LOTUS: Fnatic
- PEARL: PRX
- SPLIT: Loud
- SUNSET: Sentinels
All time?
ASCENT: Loud
BIND: Optic
BREEZE: No idea prolly Acend
FRACTURE: EG/Fpx/Drx
HAVEN: Fnatic although Prx used to dominate that
map in 2022
ICEBOX: Fnatic
LOTUS: no idea
PEARL: no idea prolly optic or loud too
SPLIT: Idk Loud
Sunset: none yet wait till 2024 and no senset is the cringiest shit ever
ASCENT: Loud
BIND: Optic
BREEZE: Sentinels (OLD)
FRACTURE: EG
HAVEN: FNATIC (or SR GC)
ICEBOX: FNATIC
LOTUS: PRX
PEARL: loud
SPLIT: fuck knows all teams were dogshit
SUNSET: sen city! !!!1!!1!