Oh for real, I'm surprised at how well he played

He's nowhere near good enough to go up against other good tier 1 players/teams.
He'd be a disappointing pick for any tier 1 team right now

There is no reason why FNC should struggle against RRQ. If they do, this group has no good contender no more. Just two wasted slots. I can maybe see BLG being a decent contender but apart from that, RRQ and Mibr don't have the consistency

Small indie company moment

If they lose against the international chokers, then FNC is over for 2025

-Americas roster
+EU roster

Sure I'm happy T1 won but... Are they both that good or mid?
I expected a win by larger margin for T1 but yesterday's game could've just as likely have been won by DRG seeing as how close the game was.

Leo or t3xture.

EMEA, Pacific and China
Mainly rage baiting
FNC v LOUD (lockin) or T1 v G2 (Bangkok)

Ascent is amazing to watch!

Looks really clean, I love it!

Decent enough
NRG though... nah

nice joke

Last year in general felt lamer. Getting higher tier gameplay this year

EMEA and Korea my guy. Imagine rooting for just one team. What a sad life

The one team I really regret not seeing at Champs is GenG
They'd have such potential to go far in this tournament and truthfully deserve a spot. Not to mention how entertaining they are to play (especially t3xture)

Avez sneak

Based

The fact that this is even a debate says it all about the future.

Not even close
The guy is practically irrelevant. Had one good year

NS and Riddle

Who's looking good to move to tier 1?
I feel like NS are big favorites and BOOM have proved that they can be a force to be reconned with.
But for the other current tier 2 teams, who's looking good?
I just know about Riddle looking like serious contenders.

Holy sht they are bad.
If this is the future of EMEA teams ascending, EMEA is even more cooked

Technically Falcons but Falcons os literally THE country.
If not Falcons, I feel like T1 is up there

Yeah, I'd rather we get another org over M8

If Ulf loose (which they won't), does Joblife qualify?
Or does Ulf qualify no matter wat

Flair

Agreed. I don't expect him to do much good BUT we know what his highs are like. If he's able to wake up and tap into that...

If this is demon1... matches will be interesting. Easy a make or break for DRG
First match should tell it all

Based

Haven't been watching tier2 this year till now so I wouldn't know. JL looked quite meh from the few matches i watched.
Twisted looking good indeed

It'd be dumb to not consider TH as a potential winner. We know what their highs look like.
They're not my favorites going into this but not a team to ignore

Fair point, gotta agree with that

Isn't twisted already participating in ascension, no matter what due to their points

What's truly going to happen is Leo's gonna come back. Riot will accept him as a 5th solo team for EMEA and 1v5 his way to victory

Ngl, all teams in Americas and EMEA tier2 look quite weak and not ready to compete in tier1.
I feel like it's possibly because a lot of tier2 talent was yoinked into tier1 teams. At least for EMEA

It'd be really interesting to see Demon1 in DRG indeed.
Though it'll be hit or miss. His performance has not been up to par since EG

Which team(s) that are currently in tier 1 will participate in ascension for EMEA? Will it be Apeks and M8?
As for all Ascensions, does only the winner make it to tier 1 or will there be 2 or 3?

Honestly now that you mention it, I completely agree. SEN is a longer shot to perform well enough
And yeah, TH and T1 is only in this list because of what they've proved they can do when they reach a high this year.

Teams that have a shot:
PRX, T1, G2, SEN, FNC, TL, TH

The rest I'd be hella surprised if they won. I'd donate 100 euros if that happened

Leo? Where?

Exactly. Explains their performance in tier1

It's funny to think that 4/5 of these players were previously in Tier1.
The fact that they're struggling so hard in tier 2 says it all

Money

I don't understand why they didn't start from scratch but okay

Why tf would anyone rather go play in shitmerica

Against what? A random team?
Better things to watch than two irrelevant teams who won't qualify.

Who did?

Ah yes, cuz you can only root for one team.
Flag reflects the person well

You stuck with the lowest of tier2. That's old news my guy.
Time to get some representation in tier1 :)