They signed trexx it fooled them into thinking they have enough firepower to make standard comps work and not try out unique conepts like double senti or smth with waylay like their academy team also it restricted them in terms of comps
Why do you think building a comparsion to dogshit tier 2 where G8 and Apex came from can provide a comparable sample to what can and will Liquid do much less an Academy team which is just artifically made as concept by Riot to keep a dying scene barely alive just because of dogshit tier 2 is?
They got grouped even on their regional games lmao why is this guy even bringing this shit team up
"Oh my hecking tier 1 team cant experiment like our dogshit tier 2 team that got grouped in dogshit tier 2 scene"
Kaajak
Patmen
Sato
lukxo
Lewn
Ara
Flickless
Brawk
mada
skuba
Verno
Cortezia
All of XLG
Hyunmin
free1ng
kamo
DH
etc
Were all tier 2 players last year, which I guess are just dogshit since grisx23 said so. YEP. Lets completely ignore the circumstances behind APEKS and M8 losses and pretend since they lost all their games tier 2 must just be dead scene which franchised orgs are investing in because they hate money
Ngl trexx is a known regional farmer and the others are still a bit hit and miss internationally. Nats, Kamo and keiko can have really good series or look completely lost internationally, Patitek is consistent internationally even if he is the weakest player on the roster skill wise. I think Liquid as a team and these players individually need to figure out how to play internationally and learn how to adapt faster to the different styles, their map pool and veto needs work too. The vetos have been very bad specially today, they dont seem to have a great read of if their strong maps are actually strong internationally, also this corrode pick in the biggest match of the year with nats on waylay when your ascent looked solid as fuck all stage 2 is very very weird so if they can figure out vetos and having a stronger map pool it will be fine since thats what hurt them this season, their Split was really strong but they dont really have any super strong maps
He was crucial for team heretics as a sub on top of that He's still stat wise just on this tournament he's above the likes of kushy d4v41 chichoo chronicle cloud crazyguy trent johnap patmen and many other "support" players in terms of Assists per round and to top it off in a losing team he's doing better than many of those ppl considered one of the best + nats kamo and patitek bailed out tl vs edg (defending champions at the time) and had a horrible showing vs drx unlucky but then look at trexx first game vs drx + pati nats nd kamo are still the main reason they were even in champs the games they needed to win were mostly carried by these 3