Valyn is the best rookie IGL, not denying that. Trent is one of the best initiators in NA. But Saya's fragging helped them to reach Masters. Without a proper duelist they don't see they can take down the top teams of NA like before

Mini has to be on the list, I can see it's a combined effort from Mini and boaster. And Boaster recently mentioned that he is putting less work in anti starting now since they got a new Assistant coach.
Onur the Great has to be on this list. He is a man of many talents

I followed him for his constructive criticism, then it became criticism --> blaming --> malding --> irritating to watch. Now i feel like diamond/ascendant players have a much better understanding than him

and have to face C9 or Loud just to lose

Nice one, Saya carried Guard to the masters. Saya and Xeta are underrated and T1 will be the 3rd slot from Pacific

Most apt, navi can jiggle up and down depending on ange1 performance other than that most apt

Scenario 1: LEV loses to LOUD. SEN needs to defeat Furia with at least 12 round differential or else Sen goes home cause, LEV has a lot of net positive rounds
Scenario 2: LEV wins over LOUD(highly unlikely). SEN just needs to defeat Furia to qualify, since it's a 2-way tiebreaker, head 2head is considered.
We all know Scenario1 is the one that is going to happen and SEN fans cope that SEN defeats Furia in 2-0 fashion with good score

C9 and NRG are in their prime now, so it has to be C9, NRG and LOUD. No chance for Furia/LEV

True, you are fighting against the top cream in ranked, but in the pro scene, you are fighting against the top cream of the top cream who are getting paid to play the game and train every single day and have mental coaches to improve their gameplay. So what works in ranked can't be reciprocated in the pro scene with out prac.

Weren't they doing good with Steel, why did they bench him? any info?

first 2 seeds matter, so being first or second doesn't matter

GenG won't make it to tokyo bro

It's not about dickriding, it's about his highs and lows, highs might be a fluke, but consistent mid-performance and few lows are what he is. Look at Leaf, Aspas, Foxy9, Derke, Sayf these duelists are always consistent with at least 1KD

Scream and Nivera as individual aimers and opers are S-tier for sure

Don't worry, EMEA will win Tokyo so extra slot for them at champions, so top 4 will qualify to champions

It's neither an artist collaboration nor a limited edition but the highest costing bundle(11,900VP). 2975VP for a single gun is just bonkers. Riot stealing lunch money

Good strats can put your team at an advantage, but to convert that advantage you need to have solid mechanics. Boaster and Ange1 improved their aim in the off-season a lot.

sacy can be flex and the new igl can be full time initiator

Nadeshot is richer than Rob Moore

-dephh
+johnqt/effys
not adding valyn because, valyn is a smoker and it will take time to switch roles

calls like FNS? Hit me up with that stash. No one was lurking like marved did in previous games, it's marved idea and call to lurk and get info for the team ig.

valyn is a smoker, with valyn in and dephh out there will be 3smokers out of 6players

Where is your 6th man? Teams are supposed to have a stand-in sub according to the rules. Teams are fielding their assistant coaches for the sub in challengers and in EMEA VCT, what are you doing here searching here for reasons to defend? If you are on the stage irrespective of the conditions your performance will be recorded in the stats.

but ec1s always gets to sub for liquid and other T1 teams in EU, maybe he got contacts XD

The coaching is bad or they just don't care because they are getting paid less

Leo full-time initiator, chronicle and Shao are the best if NAVI/FNC places above NA in Masters just for the assurance

Either read the complete statement or just don't read it, fnatic was unable to complete a 5 man roster(2 people couldn't play) as they had covid. the arenas don't have special covid rooms like LOCKIN and Champions. If they played on stage with covid, 25 others would be infected. If Tenz tested for covid positive before and they didn't have a 6th, riot might have postponed the game. Why would riot fuck with their favourite child??

Initiators - EMEA
IGLs - EMEA
Duelists - EMEA
Sentinels - EMEA
Controllers - Pacific(mako)
Flex players - NA
with leo as initiator, nothing to argue
Duelists could be aspas, taco, tenz, but recently derke is in his own league with his FKD and opening duels
with nats and alpha playing on kj and chamber out of picture EMEA clears sentinels
Lot of players are good at flex, but with sacy, kingg, crashies, victor, xeppa, leaf NA clears flex

KC needs to sign Enzo and Mistic. Scream and Nivera can play around them, then KC will outperform TH, BBL & KOI