breach in the neon meta is pretty good, but we still need to see how the meta floats. in any case, he fits really well in pearl on a lot of aspects, but i feel like most people haven't really figured him out yet (which is fair because hes a weird agent)

you do have a point. but i think harbor has a spot. his value on conquering and blocking space with walls on pearl is great. but im not 100% sure on him or the initiators (to me all of them are viable in some form)

jett is the main duelist, we might see neon popping sometimes but operator angles are too good to not abuse jett

killjoy and cypher probably the main sentinels, kj was the main choice but cypher buffs put him in a good position and hes already pretty strong in the map. maybe chamber sometimes to abuse operator when neon is used

controller is tough because viper got nerfed so the harbor viper is not viable anymore. id say probably astra comes back to being the main controller on the map and harbor is also pretty strong still. prob Double controller with the two

initiator im not really sure, all of them seem pretty viable. but i think maybe breach or gekko are the main Initiators, with possibly kayo in double initiator comps

kru does not looks good

ok but please dont act surprised when they turn out to be terrible

potter does not make miracles. without jawgemo the team last season would be worse than mibr, and they lost him., and his replacement is hilariously bad. there's no escape this time

EG

shut the FUCK up.

there's gonna be KRU and regular season C9 as well to contend with

unserious opinion

it all depends on how good the roster is tho we dont know who they want

i mean if theyre willing to buy aspas they clearly are willing to invest in this season and they do have money they just never used it

Honestly MIBR could build a pretty great team with him and frod tbh i would not be surprised if he singlehandlely bumps up the org to top3 americas

MIBR made an offer and Leviatan accepted, now they're negotiating with the player. Is very likely he will play at MIBR next year and they will build around him

What a timeline we're living in

severly underrated team. havoc under raafa and peu's watch will be a beast. mwzera is a good enough initiator, heat as sentinel is interesting and khalil can perform when hes motivated with a good team. maybe raafa is a bit poor individually but he's a great caller and support and has firepower enough in the team to carry him. im only not putting them in my top 4 in americas because the org really likes to disappoint the fans but this might be the best BR team on paper right now

heat already wanted to become a sentinel before he joined kru, but the team already had shyy and it was a too good opportunity to pass on. we'il see what he cooks in the role but he's a smart guy so im very confident

nzr, not heat

mibr might build a very interesting roster, i already like the current roster but i think it really lacks an experienced IGL, if they bring Aspas and NZR and keep some of the old core it might already be strong

still waiting for MIBR actual roster to be revealed but rn americas to me is:

G2 (Only 100% undebatable upgrade)
SEN (Changes have maintaned the team arguably on the same status)
100T (Same as Sen, arguably had upgrades)
NRG (Promising talent but still needs to prove themselve and FNS haven't been top tier for 2 years now)
FURIA (VERY underrated team but it's furia so i'm not putting on top 4 yet)
LEV (Overrated)
2G (will get better with spike)
LOUD (Wildcard, could go all ways but i think it fights for playoffs)
KRU (WAY too overrated, choker of a team, might classify to champions out of nowhere tho)
MIBR (With aspas roster might be top 3 with current roster may surprise but im putting on bottom tier)
C9 (Dogshit)
EG (Dogshit)

this team is good but i do think unironically that it is worse than 2023 lev

koalanoob to navi was the most random move i've seen this year
close to it are v1nny to loud, natank to lev and aspas to mibr (if it happens)

if you and the detector are well positioned she wont or will at least waste a slide

i dont think its happening tbh

I mean i read that rubkkoide was probably their 6th man but idk if this was a troll or real lol

deadlock sound detector + wall

idk because LEV seems locked and i don't see them replacing anyone post kick off for a 18 year old who barely speaks english, maybe for the academy team? but then again he has possible franchising offers so i dont think he would choose to stay on tier2 tbh

they wouldn't fit in their own shoes anyway staying, it would just be the same mess. starting over can be good sometimes, and i think they're in the right path. V1nny is the questionable choice here but i'm choosing to let him prove himself

lukxo is prob not happening (at least not until march)

aspas definitely left way too soon but less and saadhak kinda needed to leave tbh. less is the goat but he was way too comfortable in some negative aspects inside the team and saadhak also is the goat but he had too much weird and messy ideas

loud is going to be fine

Updates: Loud and Furia with locked/almost locked rosters (Waiting for more updates on heat to lock Furia)

maybe but im still right

derrek is not bad hes pretty fine but he was never the best on any team he's in and somehow he is now

somehow derrek is the best on this team

It depends on how good individually he still can be. But i think he really needs to let go of some ideas to come back to greatness

while i agree i think dgzin is a good player and could be great with a good psychological work

i think if he does bad with KC he retires as a player and maybe comes back as a coach

fair enough

im leaning more towards 5th-6th tbh

Pancada is not in his best form

disagree, i think only his viper looked a bit rusty, but he played well on almost every map this split (or at least as best as he could with a very messy team)

Tuyz is mid player and always misses easy shots

i agree he's not a fragger, but he's a really great support player and exceeds at a more passive playstyle. at sentinel taking less engagements and a more tactical role he will maybe be great

Vinny is not good in terms of mechanics

disagree, he's not great but he's pretty fine, last year he was good enough with Red. like i said if he's a fine enough caller he has firepower enough to make up for him

this team will need good cohesion and I don't think they will

what makes you think that?

IIRC the rule is:

Classify to Champions: keeps their spot (if both classify, the one with the best result is the one who keeps the spot; The worst one goes to ascension)
Classify to playoffs: Plays ascension again and has a shot to defend their spot
Neither: Gets relegated

I mean if they do get aspas and a good team for him it clearly will be, but i do think all four brazilian teams look strong even if they don't get him

Maybe an unpopular opinion but i don't really like bzkA that much tbh

Nah, there's still good enough players for other teams. And like i said it doesn't matter, G2 will be at champions and 2G will at least be at americas playoffs, so at the very least they will play ascension and win again if they need to

BRA71L ur region is washed

No

A lot of people are overreacting a little bit with Loud changes. Yes they lost Saadhak and Less, and there's no way to match their value, but i think the team will work with more synergy now. 2024 Loud clearly had a lot of internal issues, such as undefined hierarchy, lack of tactical alignment within the team, rushed decisions, lack of trust, mess on roles... The team will definitely be much more organized and clean now on paper. So what can it achieve? The lineup will likely be:

Dgzin - Cauanzin - V1nny - Pancada - Tuyz - Stk

With Lukxo and Sato as subs maybe going to the main team after kickoff.

Tuyz is probably playing Sentinel. The core Cauanzin, Tuyz and Pancada is very strong, and adding Dgzin it has a very good firepower. The only doubt is V1nny calling, as individually he was pretty fine this last year. But if he calls fine enough, i think this team could reach at least playoff. Furia 2023 had a much more messy team with an also unproven IGL that reached playoffs, even if it was not in a very good shape. The thing tho is that americas seem more stacked than last year, every team seems to had a step up on the roster (even MIBR, if they do get aspas), so it can be a lot difficult. But i think this team will be returning to basics and this is good. There's a lot of firepower and it's hard to doubt that.

If Loud don't do very well on kickoff/split 1, then i think the plan B will be Lukxo and Sato replacing Dgzin and V1nny, with Tuyz going to Flex, Lukxo to sentinel, and Cauanzin as IGL, which i also think it's a good roster and would be better than this year. There is a good chance all of this don't work at all and every team is terrible, but i trust this core and i think the planning is already miles better than this season.

The biggest question to me, and something that could ruin the entire season, is Stk. Loud apparently want to keep him as a sole coach for the season, which i have mixed feelings on. While i don't think 2024 can be blamed on him or Peu at all, i like Peu more than him and i think he's too unproven to do it alone. On the other hand he clearly has a great relationship with the team, so maybe they asked him to stay. Who knows, maybe he deserves the shot, 2024 was messy and he had no time to prove himself. Time will tell.

TL;DR: I think Loud will be fine and better than 2024, probably reaching playoffs and going 4-6th place to me

It doesn't matter who wins americas ascension next year, both 2G and G2 will stay at tier 1 in 2026

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whats her age? every generation has at least one surprisingly big random thing

that would be probably the worst roster in the history of franchising

some people said he trialed at loud on late 2023. idk if its true but i do think there was some interest