what are some teams that had little expectations but delivered unexpectedly?
i think of NRG, who I had going out of champs in the group stage, and also of EG, who went from worst in AMER to winning champs (although their expectations were somewhat high at champs)
they kinda disappointed internationally though, for how well they did regionally
GX - if you said during stage 1 that theyd qualify to champions as emea 2nd seed and place same as G2, you would have been sent to an asylum
ZETA beating PRX in a fairly impressive way at the end of 2025 season.
BLG beating NRG twice. Trace beating Leviatan to make it out of groups.
Liquid no doubt. No one had expectations for them and they qualified for every international
G2 at Shanghai was not rated by anyone but managed to place 3rd by beating PRX and TH twice
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