2023 started good, fell off hard and then was fun again at champs, no? I feel like that’s the case for the entirety of group D that year (Liquid, Loud, Drx & Navi) except for Liquid, they were still not great. But three of those rosters (apart from Liquid again) got top 4 at Lock // In, and then slumped towards masters Tokyo, picking it back up around champs.

Don’t mind this list too much - the Ascension team is 2game though (2G)
Also, I think 100t is underrated here a little, I think their peak is top 2, they’re just a little inconsistent.

depends on what you value in a player. In just pure firepower:
Meteor
Suygetsu (Him and Shao feel like the only bright points in Navi's past 2 years...)
Alfajer

Though Suygetsu might be better off being switched with Less, I feel like Suygetsu is slightly better in the pure sentinel roles. Neither of them really had much international impact this year, so Benjyfishy or Chichoo (though Idk if Chichoo really count?) Might be a better fit technically.

now if you value out of game metrics along with in-game performances, Johnqt definitely makes the list, maybe Forsaken or Davai? Though I guess they're both much closer to flex than senti.

I feel you though, I wish we still had old DRX :(

The org's been making some atrocious choices recently though, not giving any of their newer rosters any time at all to get better... but then again I think that dropping Rb and Zest were mistakes, since they didn't replace them in a way that made sense. If they had dropped one for a "proper" sentinel player (Though they were both great in the senti/viper role respectfully) or a "proper" dedicated igl it might have made sense.

BuZz is consistently an amazing player, though he definitely shines on duelist over sentinel. His Kj is very very good though, but the sentinel play is not up to par with Meteor, even Rb's isn't. Now Stax is simply the best korean initiator, especially on flashes when freed up from igling.

it really depends on what you value, Chron was way more consistent, and consistent at a higher level. Tenz had way higher peaks though, I personally think both this year and in Reykjavik.

I think I can see where the guy is coming from actually, though it's a bit of an odd reason.

If you look at 2023 Boaster he was mechanically very weak, mostly spray kills and quick crouching. He put himself in positions where he sacrifices things for his teammates, either with the agent he's playing (like Astra on Bind, so he can play passive angles while still having util value) Or with his positions, or even dropping weapons. Before the 2024 season, he got an aim coach and got way better mechanically, but is still putting himself in sacrificial positions, which someone like say G2's Valyn doesn't do. He can definitely command a bit more confidence, a bit more selfishness at this point.

nahh Woot is the fucking goat, though I must agree that Riens is much more consistent. But I feel like he has a more consistent role, though he does also have better util. Aim-wise Woot clears though

I'm hoping that this is satire because DRX fumbled hard

I meant to concur with your point - he does have part of a point in the fact that I do much prefer double elim over single elim. Doesn't mean single elim isn't much harder though - I definitely don't think Lock // In was a mickey mouse. (I don't think any tournaments are mickey mouse, but I don't think very many people agree with me.)

then how did Monyet crumble under expectations?

Monyet played incredibly well in Madrid, or are you forgetting that that's their best international appearance this year?

Victor
Saadhak (IGL)
Forsaken
RB
Chronicle
This is a semi-joke, but just imagine this. They can play literally any comp they want, ANYTHING.

fr:
Zekken Duelist
Saadhak IGL/Flex
Leo Initiator
Smoggy Smokes
Flashback Senti

also on behalf of all PRX fans, we don't claim this guy. He's got like 10% of a point and then ran with it

they played him on Astra and Mindfreak on Omen in 2023 on Lotus. Not sure how many games, but I'm pretty sure they did it for the entirety of champs.

I really wish they'd have just decided to get a proper Senti player and possibly an igl change before this whole rebuild. Rb is actually god's gift to the flex role, the dude is insane. Zest was also amazing, but either of the two players for Flashback would have made roles so much clearer, and might have helped a lot more than Foxy9 on duelist, just screwing with the roles even more.

Only John, Zellsis made Masters Reykjavik with V1. Zekken made Masters Copenhagen and Champs '22 with XSET.

Bro, at least choose like cypher or something, Gekko is probably one of the highest skill-floor agents there is. When it comes to the game, basically every agent is easy to play hard to master, Neon is just as difficult as Raze, if not more so for example.

I dunno, but purely based on the shots he hits it's between him and something (though Cned, Texture and I gotta mention Xccurate are great as well) I do understand what you're saying, but I haven't watched enough games recently to confidently say how much setup KK needs

easily the best oper in the world, among the best players in the world. top 20 for sure

To me the players are promising (though if they were to keep 2 players from last year's roster I think it should've been Nats & Sayf, Jamppi is still great) Keiko and Enzo are also really promising and Mistic is a great support player. I think their strats look flat. might be wrong though