i agree they're a different team. but so are the Sentinels. Faze are just so much more reliant on Babybay then Sentinels are on Sick. If Babybay just feels a bit off or smth, it's an easy win for Sentinels. Faze just has to hope for Babybay to dominate. Also, Faze basically has only played Icebox and Bind as their last few series. Faze will ban Split and Sen will ban Bind. Sen has a higher chance to win Ascent and Haven then Faze has to win Icebox and Haven.

my argument

1. they don't win challengers 3, if the 4 qualified teams from challenger 2 were there. you can't call them a top team bc they won a tournament without the top teams. they looked good but no.
2. sure they're riding a hot streak and babybay is looking insane but lets just look at player comparison
   babybay=tenz
   sick=corey (sick is definietely better but im just being lenient here)
   shahzam>marved
   dapr>rawkus
   zombs=zacharee
   This is being lenient too btw
   Sentinels pug and go for aim duels a lot, but not as much as Faze do rn. Plus Sentinels have much more set strats.
3. and sure, faze are a much different team than before, but faze has never beaten sen. they've been wiped 2-0 everytime. this has to be taken into consideration even tho they're a different team
   I'm not denying Faze bc I do believe in their hot streaks and that they're a solid team. But all it takes is Tenz and sick to shutdown Babybay like they did to other top players throughout this tournament and Faze becomes nothing. Corey can carry a bit but no one else on that team will.
   Also, map selection, it would be Ascent Heaven, and Icebox. IDK the order but SEN win Ascent. Haven is a toss up and so is Icebox but with practice with Tenz this week, I believe SEN will become the better team on those two maps.

banning agent and starting with 5 ults is never gonna happen and is hella crazy. but maybe the order or starting side could work. but yeah, i don't like the 1 map advantage either

lol

you can't be the best team in NA after winning Challengers 3, btw which the top4 teams weren't even in, and beating xset and envy. like it doesn't work like that lol.

Tenz and Sick will shut down Babybay. Look at what SEN did against thief from LG. There's only so much you can smeag Easy 2-0 for the SEN boys. They have never lost to Faze and don't plan on doing so on Friday

i think he does solid this series. let's come back and see :)

facts. his paranoias are crazy good and he's just that chill guy that a team needs sometimes you know. he's also real good at locking down Haven C and Split A sites.

Steel has not grown out of being toxic lol. He's still the same person

can't expect much from a team who didn't scrim for 10 days, with no normal food, water, or electricity. and u can expect them to beat a red hot Envy team. u just can't

LOL

give me sen 2-0. they are just a different breed when games are on the line and im sure they got a bunch of confidence after smashing 100t. plus they can finally shower, i think u have to take that into account too :)

thief just didnt' show up in the two games. unfortunate but xset rlly showing they are for real for real now. xset vs sen gonna be a good one tmrw

u make good points. it's definitely a lot closer than most ppl think rn. however, I think envy still has their problems after their loss to XSET back in CH2. SEN rolled past LG (even tho the score might not show), we don't even need to talk about that IMT game, and Faze was lightwork for them. Both teams come into this game well prepared and pretty hot but there is still the fact that Envy has never beaten SEN from the start of the game to now. I think that has to be taken into consideration too. but yeah, I'm rlly excited to watch this match bc ik it'll be rlly good

i could be wrong but i don't think they've ever lost to envy