yea i think it was inevitable when yoru became meta tbh

oh oops my bad havent seen prx on bind ever lol

last year they had the gekko fade viper brim raze comp that became the defaualt/meta comp and now that we are in a double duelist meta we're seeing the -gekko +yoru. they were the first to do this right? why can this team only cook up things on bind 💔😭

Fair

i mean yeah, i wanted to include some more from China and life had a high FKPR / KD / ACS and on his last 5-10 games he's been good for 90% of him, it could be worse before that idk

yeah thats why hes a big IF, if you asked me during stage 1- bangkok era he'd fit all of the requirements he just needs to find dthe consistency idk what happened

hes great but I really wish he was a bit more flexible, he plays almost every duelist to an insanely high level except for yoru arguably the most important duelist right now in this meta. if he played yoru he'd be fighting #1 on my list with kajaak

yeah he is above average for fk requirement but i mainly put him there because every single series even on the huge ass losing streaks hes been insane or at least positive and this stage he's the sole reason they are winning imo

I want to know who is the best duelist from these categories (feel free to add on if I missed some):

• A lot of FK Engagements with a great FK/DR ratio
• Versatile & Skilled /Can play any duelist to a high level (even niche picks such as Waylay)
• Consistent, rarely having bad games or series
• Mechanically gifted, great at making space, etc.
• Can be independent if needed // take over a game

Personally the only few people who I think fit this is Kajaak, Derke, Zekken, Meiy, Life, Whzy, and some people who if they were more consistent/need more sample size would be Jawgemo and Mada; they have a lot of potential. (Sorry if my list is buns I only really watch Americas)

yeah stilll trying to figure out what the issue with loud is, their firepower should be and is insane, maybe an igl problem? language barrier was something I heard? idk

I got two questions I need perspectives on:

Losing a 10-2 half is unacceptable and heartbreaking but is it cope if I say MIBR will not be able to replicate this because cortezia can't have a life game every game? I'll give it to them, their icebox was pretty good so if teams don't perma ban that they have a chance but what should we take away from this game on both teams ends' was this game 100T being shit, MIBR being insane, or cortezia taking over//will 100t/mibr go back to being insane/shit?

For the second one, whats going on with Loud, their pickups look insane their rookies ARE insane but somehow they are still the best worst team which is especially shocking considering they beat LEV albeit not in the most convincing manner. so basically is loud cooked? why or why not

def the latter they are the china slayers c9 2-0

if you mean game freezing yeah my game freezes on launch causing everything on my computer to stop then it happens a few times per games

from being 5-0 in groupstage originallly, now in this next groupstage they are 0-3, possibly going to 0-5 (although unlikely)

what happened? these guys looked like the #1 pacific team to second to worst now, was it all a honeymoon phase, did the competition get harder? what caused this dramatic fall where they loook like the polar opposite team in the last group stage.

win win situation

idk if its cope but i think they are js decimating their competition to the point of making them look dysfuncitonal-- take nrg they made them look like drones despite destroying a very promising loud the week after. maybe its a honeymoon phase or stars aligning where they are just having offdays but they are looking legit. i will say however kru are just having a shitty comp/map rotation with weird roles so can't speak too much on them but who knows

yeaha theres sm rookies itd take me a year to list from all regions 😭😭

the rookies this year have been nuts, and I want to see what you guys would rank these rookies (from stage 1&2, mention any that i might've forgotten)

the rookies (not in order): spike, kess, zander, v1c, mada, v1nny, cortezia, xenom, verno, dantedeu5, sato, okeanos, dgizin, virty, lux xo, robbiebk, brawk, skuba, net, babybay

we'll let the playoff matchup speak for itself then

and since then... the rosters are completely different. not sure why im even trying to argue with a drg fan

fair, i think trent is mechanically slightly better but role wise eeiu plays the ini role bettetr then any1 i can think of

you'd know about mid, after all you represent team secret

I can see a legitimate argument for them being the best team in the Americas, over G2 w/o Leaf & Sen

gotta agree with this even though it pains me to, zikz is the problem and kess cant fix him

i mean the old iteration of 100t wasn't good, but I'm more worried about this new iteration. Zikz said in EWC when Eeiu may or may not have been able to make it so they found Kess as a sub (who did amazing in scrims playing scan imitator). fast forward to now, they bench the IGL 2 days before the match, bring in a scan initiator player when Eeiu exists, and switch the IGL to someone (iirc) said he doesn't like IGL'ing. unless if they were practicing crazy beforehand and we didn't know while figuring out the perfect role situation 2-1 day(s) before their match, they are not even close to being ready to qualify to champs
(said this in a reply and want to see what everyone else thinks)

i mean the old iteration of 100t wasnt good, but im more worried about this team. zikz said in EWC when eeiu may or may not have been able to make it, they found kess as a sub. fast forward to now, they bench the igl 2 days before the match, bring in a scan initiator player when eeiu exists, and switch the igl to someone (iirc) said he doesn't like igling. unless if they were practicing crazy beforehand and we didn't know while figuring out the perfect role situation 2-1 day(s) before their match, they are not even close to being ready to qualify to champs