A lot of NA teams especially recently have been coming up with a lot of strategy. Im surprised you came out with C9 cause I feel that C9 compared to optic and guard have really really weak strategic depth and theyre more just good at adapting to whatever happens like the old sentinels that used to dominate. It looked like they tried to pull out more strategy in their last match against optic and that was arguably their worst showing in the playoffs during stage 1.
Right now teams like EG, LG, XSET, NRG, and TSM are all showing a lot of strategy and planning and counterstrating. The one that really has caught my eye however is 100T. Their style of play is very similar to KR but they have a lot more adaptability which is amazing and they really are looking super hot rn and I honestly wouldnt be surprised if they make it out of groups 5-0 and make a run in playoffs potentially even qualify for masters.
yea nothing is wrong with optic using neon, im saying they used her on ascent which i find to be extremely weird and a waste of an agent cause Neon running around on a small map with a lot of corridors and corners feels like a stupid plan. Who knows they couldve been trolling or they could actually have been planning something