i think we will tbh, sucks that there are no off season events for the brazilian teams or kru (makes sense since they didn’t actually officially announce their rosters and the NA teams already did)

wait i didn’t even realize that… oh hell nah

Real ones remember the last time FNS played vs MIBR 🔥

Three of his teammates went positive that game, it was only flyuh that went -20

mada would too if he was there. he got diffed by sym for ascension qualification anyway so it doesn’t matter

did he bait last year?

you should probably be concerned with the people that rank anyone over aspas because they’re so hellbent on the aspas baiting narrative

TW: allat
unironically it’s actually not easy to find out who is at the bottom.

kru - building a good roster on paper with adverse who has had a glow up at AK and also an actual IGL which is what kru desperately needed. mazino is a very good flex player

mibr - acquired aspas, nzr and had a big part in choosing the two new players, frod is also goated and his impact was for sure felt at loud. mibr are finally trying to make a competitive roster and not embarrass theirselves, this is good for the league.

furia - raafa is a good signing and i think he will guide havoc to become a better person and player overall, if they get havoc disciplined enough to not overheat too many times, they can be dangerous

loud - probably the least convincing out of the brazilian teams tbh, saadhak and less out is a big blow but at the same time i genuinely think loud can surprise a lot of people and maybe even make an international event, stk will somehow have a redemption arc.

c9 - rossy is a solid pickup and v1c was one of the best controllers in NA challengers, id say overall an upgrade. they will dominate in the regular season as per usual but choke in playoffs though, nothing will change here.

g2 - icy for jawgemo; one on one upgrade. nothing much to say here, they will definitely have a higher ceiling and better days ahead. trent will be one of the best i hope

nrg - too early to say but they definitely had a big glowup compared to the 2024 season, they looked genuinely impressive in the sen city event. so much proactivity in defense it is actually amazing to watch. hopefully they don’t disappoint when the season actually starts

sen - with more practice and players finding their footing, they’ll still be very good in americas but i don’t think they’ll reach the same levels as 2024 sen. good showing in the off season event.

100T - zander provides second calling on atk which is what 100T really lacked imo, you can tell in their games vs loud and kru. Solid change, I think they will surprise teams next year if they can work around cryo

EG - sym has room for improvement, i think he will get over
his nerves and eg will be a strong contender with that aside. natures IGLing is better than i thought.

LEV - only team that has a clear downgrade over the others imo. losing aspas will 100% be felt alongside mazino who had his insane moments in the year, i hope natAnk can replicate that.

2G - people are lowkey sleeping on them but zap gives me confidence in this team, their players has had super insane moments in ascension and they are also mechanically up to par with the other teams here. they will definitely surprise people.

overall, yall should be excited that americas will be competitive next year and not treat every team as a free win because not only is it boring for the pros but also for the viewers. i would like to see teams people look down on like 2G have close games with the “top teams”

americas lowkey competitive

mibr will be better, they’re actually trying to build a competitive roster. definitely not on the bottom unless the work environment there is bleed level. G2 top 3, idk who 2G are getting but their replacement better be spike levels of insane and i believe in zap

purp0 is gxs duelist i think

Respectable. FNS is a great caller but boostios impact can’t be overlooked and Valyn had really good reads and mid rounding this year

cryo and asuna over the 2023 and 2024 duelist of the year 💔

cryo lost breeze and icebox for split and pearl, L year for him sadly

Why is aspas suddenly being disrespected??

is it makes their worse days worse

in his defense i think this is what he was referring to. jawgemo already has 4 insane players (trent hopium) around him so even if he isn’t the best player on that day, he has guys to back him up. so whether jawgemo or icy has a bad game i don’t think it’ll affect anything in that aspect

how so?

id put them first too. it’s probably because we didn’t see them play in off season yet

t3xture about to win pacific duelist of the year without using neon 🔥

vocal minority. happens with every humble player and it’ll happen to mada aswell

they are delusional to the point they consider him over aspas but you can’t deny zekken is just very good

stopped reading at aspas sentinel

For sure he did, I disagree with the one-man statement though. Supamen and derrek were having consistent performances and was having a big impact just like jawgemo did, as opposed to C9 where their system is entirely dependent on oxy. I wouldn’t be surprised if the dawg has a rough start though, he was having it rough in 2023 americas league til tokyo started where he played significantly better and champs of course

he aint bad but much like zekken, he is mid on jett

i have great respect for kameto tbh

ts = this shit

GE clears

what did something do?

trent (unfortunately) and xeppaa (i don’t know how he isn’t on this list based off of what you said) had worse performances than jonahp who was the main reason g2 got top 3 in shanghai

i should’ve clarified that these were regional awards

2021 - masters berlin
2022 - masters copenhagen
2023 - champs 2023
2024 - masters shanghai

my favs

why is rossy and jonahp there? both of those players had good performances last year especially rossy

v1c is promising as well, give them a chance

scared of a c0m life game against MIBR 😈

he had a horrible first half of the year but showed that he was able to recover from it, he was never constantly bottom frag on EG either but if he’s able to maintain respectable stats like in stage 2 alongside itopatas goated coaching then i think he will do fine in 2025

aspas isn’t on lev anymore it’s ok to let it go

no one but if i was forced to choose then it would be suygetsu

i’m pretty sure he changed his name because he got caught saying mean words to someone

FNS picks the players and on top of that he gets to play with his best friend s0m as well

mb lmao i had to use fnatic because that’s the only game in playoffs champs where he didn’t play neon at all and still had a respectable KD

i was just adding to what you said

zekken won a whole tournament without neon and was able to beat fnatic by just playing purely raze as well. i just don’t get the narrative

what happened to your other account

oxy would be top 3 without neon

i don’t even care about zekken or mada but what the hell is cryo doing over aspas

aspas clears cryo and he’s still the #1 duelist despite the baiting allegations

aspas
leo
k4davra
alfajer
chronicle

trust in leo IGL

aspas
c0m
tex
kinggg
mazino

this roster is winning it all 🔥

keznit was more consistent than jawgemo this year

oxy is a double agent vs sen and was nowhere near as good as he was in stage 1 heading into stage 2

s0m masterclass