Since almost every team seems to atleast have a idea of their 5 now whats a team that you guys think will do better then expectations?
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wouldnt be shocking tho, id say they are prolly in a good spot to make a masters too
Process of elimination
-G2, MIBR, NRG are the expected top 3 (consistent from last year versus upgraded roster)
-C9, EG, 100T will be mid tier like last year (side or downgrades in their roster)
-NV is handicapped with the loss of their 2 best players
-LOUD will be at the bottom again I think
-FUR will do better than last year but not likely to have a rags to riches in 1 season
-KRU is a big question mark to me - maybe they surprise us?
-SEN and LEV made an upgrade in terms of firepower - these are the dark horses I think due to their potential to upset
yeah idk where to place new SEN. If n4rrate can transition to fulltime duelist and johnqt can fill roles okay i can see it. Really hoping redux steps up too. His season on cubert wasn't very hot, but Rob Moore did say that he was doing a lot of stuff behind the scenes with team management so we will see.
Narrate is a good duelist but he needs to grow up tho, he tilts and overheats so easily for a pro
Johnqt is flexible enough and now without IGL duties, he can play his role without being distracted
Kyu IGL is meh so far but with more scrims/prac maybe he will surprise me
Cortezia is great. He has good decision making and aim, and good mental
Redux was hyped so much that he will disappoint those who thought he was the second coming of Christ, but I think he is fine for the squad - good aim, decision making seemed alright, he will get better with time
Kaplan coaching is the one on trial this season. If SEN underperforms this year, they gotta let him go
3 teams qualify to M1 this time right?
G2, NRG, MIBR qualify (1-3)
SEN (4), LEV and KRU (5-6) will be the ones to barely miss out
100T, C9 (7-8)
NV, FUR (9-10)
EG, LOUD (11-12)
Obv this is off very little data, but just prior performances and literal guesswork
Detonation FocusMe is definitely a dark horse for next year (at least on paper)
NA is Lev depending on how highly you rate their academy players I guess, we all know they're good but its about translating it to t1
EU probably KC/NAVI but i dont hugely like NAVIs final two pickups, esp Filu
CN has to be JDG
APAC ?
Sen maybe a dark horse after all their roster change even then I hate S0n
Also GenG is a dark horse since no more munchkin
ik you said no flairs but people are really underrating loud in my opinion
anyway EG also looks lowkey decent
If their ce0 had a brain than mocking aspas they couldn’t have been fallen this bad
Yeah hoping so last season was not good close yet so far games entire season
Loud: fixed their main problems from 25 (split 1 questionable igling, coaching and role issues, split 2 language issues). pancada seemingly is very willing and studying to become a great igl and they have very good prospects on their roster. don't think its a full-on contender but they will have a playoffs spot and might reach some internationals
EG: im a okeanos fan and reportedly they are getting bao which is also great for me. c0m is not great individually but he has shown to have decent enough calling and will only get potentialized by potter. it depends on who are the other two but its already a good core for a playoffs spot for me
Whos the guys for LOUD? And i believe the 2 rumors for EG i saw were satellite and Jerrwin buy dont quote me on that i havent seen a spreadsheet in like a week
If I rememeber it was
Pancada
shyy
Virtyy
cauanzin
lukxo
I think shyy is a sub till erde is 18
I think people think this DRX run was a fluke because they clearly had a meta read and stuck with it until FNC either read them or was just better but honestly unless they nerf double duelist this team will probably make top 3 at Bangkok or maybe better
FNC had a good read on them and played well, it also didn’t help that mako’s mid rounding wasn’t great against them
Dunno what the expectations are, but I can see LEV going hard, Sato is the next Aspas.
I like the new style Nongshim are going for, that said they are relying on individual performance though.
Could also see T1 finding success again, but it heavily depends on how well the new coaching staff can implement a new fail culture and critique culture in the team. I think T1 needs much molding but the players definitely have the talent.
is it crazy to say sentinels especially when americas is so stacked next year
Is it stacked though? It just feels even more top heavy with C9 and ENVY downgrading aswell as FURIA and EG fully relying on unproven T2 talent (seemingly) and SEN, 100T and KRU gambling on T2 talent aswell. LEV just relying on cracked inexperienced kids.
Only upgrades i would say is mibr and NRG
Who the fuck knows what happens with LOUD and whatever happening with JonahP in G2
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