Sayaplayer - garbage on NA T1. On The Guard, diffed prime yay several times, made his first int, had a career best split.
Tex - garbage on NRG, chamber one trick, seen as a downgrade to Saya. On the Guard he was the statistical best tier 2 NA duelist as the year progressed.
Leaf - only had 1 split on duelist, def played marginally worse than on C9 but only bc they placed worse, not cuz he himself performed badly.
Icy - tier 3 player to diffing some great players internationally like Jinggg and Kang Kang. That was the best he’s ever looked in his entire career.
Jawgemo - had some of the worst performances in his career on 2024 EG. Statistically, he sat around a 0.9 rating in 2024. In 2025, he had the best bo5 performance of his career in Bangkok, maybe even better than his Champs 23 performance. His overall stats improved significantly from 2023-2024 to 2025.