100% but i have zero clue what beyns igling looks like kinda hard to predict

hell naw

G2 ban sunset
GenG ban bind
G2 pick split
GenG pick icebox
g2 ban lotus
GenG ban ascent
Breeze remains

is g2 rare?

ill be very disappointed if they do this format again with the arenas for champs like everyone just plays in pacific studio until top 4. also have they ever done this where they switch arenas mid tourney before?

results dont always tell the whole story also g2 are better then when they last played them

not good? https://www.vlr.gg/314648/kr-esports-vs-100-thieves-champions-tour-2024-americas-stage-1-w4
chokers when? they got aspas'd out of shanghai he 1v4d which was the difference between them winning the map and in lcq they won 5 games straight. also if were talking about not that good sentinels lost to EG and disabled loud + they are losing split which they abused to get to madrid in the first place they seriously have to step it up or they are gonna get grouped again.

spoiled milk incoming

nrg and sen arent making champs.

https://www.vlr.gg/314648/kr-esports-vs-100-thieves-champions-tour-2024-americas-stage-1-w4
not far fetched to think kru could beat 100t and g2 are getting haven back they dominated on that map last year i also think everyone is going to look at 100t like sentinels as the team to beat in americas and they are gonna overlook g2 because everyone does. unless g2 win the event but even then i think g2 are hard to anti strat because they play to anti strat opponents.

they improved a lot over split 1 which i think shows that the team is dedicated to getting better and not just there to collect a paycheck which gives me a lot of hope for them improving even more for split 2 which should be easier since so many other regions are there for shanghai

this smells of spoiled milk...

i see this take a lot and i understand where its coming from but i dont think its 100% true the overall quality of each league has increased thats a fact but the very top teams this year excluding GenG so like sentinels, 100t, paper rex, g2, heretics i think would all lose to champs EG and PRX but this depends on the question as a whole and if were taking into account the evolution of the game bc fnatic i actually think would lose because towards the end of the year it was pretty obvious that teams figured out fnatic and as most teams just stole what fnatic were doing take lotus for example and this year we saw what a slightly out of form fnatic with 0 innovation looks like in 2024 and its not great.

tuyz is a good player + good stats on duelist + pancada + they made an event with qck

yeah i dont think 100t come top 3

less is humble like that

he isnt benched is what im saying

100t have to same amount of points as them you can see the standings on vlr

less isnt leaving and pancada is replacing qck. tuyz will move to duelist

that would be too funny

what teams do you guys think will qualify for champs from each region? imo

AMER

1. LOUD
2. G2
3. KRU
4. 100T

EMEA

1. TH
2. VIT
3. GX
4. KC

APAC

1. GenG
2. RRQ
3. TLN
4. PRX

CN

1. FPX
2. EDG
3. TYL
4. DRG

this smells of spoiled milk....

yeah geng will win this event was obv from day 1 to anyone that wasnt a prx fan

heretics weakest component is their map pool also g2 kinda clear ngl their mental is way better on top of being pretty even gameplay wise and no chance they beat geng in a bo5 they have never been there before geng have and heretics suck in bo5s we saw that against kc and fnatic.

yeah nah but they could beat 100t that was a big choke from prx they are very beatable

bro my team got relegated to tier 2 last year at least your team goes to every event

bro i can deal with it im not complaining for myself im saying theres a reason viewership is down when the time zone alienates the region with the most interest in the game. even if the games started a couple hours earlier i think it would be a lot better

brotha it aint that deep im just saying theres a reason viewership is down for this event

yeah edg looks rough but we know blg can be competitive, drg now have more experience they should get better, and tyloo improved a lot over the split in china they beat drg towards the end im sure other teams have probably gotten better.

i dont want another event in china for at least a couple years the shitty time zone which alienates the region with the most interest in the game + dead crowds makes it harder to watch. i hope merc benz arena is a lot better.

cn will be competitive in champs i think by all these teams being in china the quality of the league will improve.

boohoo 5 sentences too much to handle

seriously some next level hating all their criticism comes down to is the fact that they aren't the most mechanically gifted team and they play slow. idk how these people cant identify what makes g2 better then a team like prx so ill spell it out for you. g2 are a macro heavily anti strat focused team they have consistently cooked up great gameplans to beat teams who are perceived to be better then them. they simply out gameplan every team they have faced so far they also have a very solid map pool everyone gushes about 100ts bind the real best bind team is g2. they deserve to be here whether you like it or not just because they dont have a demon1 or tenz on their team doesnt make them bad.

yeah the production so far has been pretty much just china regular season i think merc benz arena is gonna go insane tho

it wont happen g2 is locked for a perminent spot even tho they have a 2 year contract no chance they get relegated before mibr or eg

tiktok ahh attention span

not looking that way huh

they have a chance if they ban bind

champs is the one for u guys

gg -3000 just gimme my money

they were very burnt out not playing like themselves but even so drx couldnt beat that version of geng when it mattered the one week break from drx game to lower final made a big difference for them.

no they crumble map 5 second half they just gotta close out by map 4 or their fucked

fnatic did not play well in that game against geng that was gengs worst game so far. fnatic looked lost on bind which is one of gengs worst maps the only thing that made that map close was heroics on swing rounds if not for alfa it would have been a stomp. they looked good on the other maps tho but failed to close out the game if they had won the series i would have put gen g lower but they didnt. heretics on the other hand are playing with a sub and yes they have had weaker opponents besides g2 they have looked good in all their machups besides split against g2. i also really like the way heretics play sunset i think its probably the closest to a super map in this tourney. we have also seen that heretics can beat fnatic in the past so overall im more impressed by heretics that could change but atp i think heretics are better.

are we fucked in the head? im not ranking them based on how they placed. im ranking them by the skill level they have shown at the event so far. which is what the title says. this guy was asking for an example of what else i could rank them by.

i could rank them based on where they placed and where i think the remaining teams will place???? how is that hard to understand

they only use their powers when they have to. humble kings

where they placed

TH > FNC
G2 = 100T

G2 will beat 100t if they meet at the tourney mark my words

1. GenG
2. G2
3. 100T
4. TH
5. FNC
   Tier Gap
6. PRX
   Tier Gap
7. FPX
8. FUT
9. LEV
10. T1
    Tier Gap
11. EDG
12. DRG

i agree just want to see what the general opinion is

fnatic, geng and g2 can all win against 100t they are good but im worried when the pressure is on any of the teams i listed will be able to take advantage