because theyre fragile and he isnt on their team

why are there so many good players there?
looking at other regions thats always the super supportive role and dont really frag out that much but with EMEA you have leo, cloud, trexx, riens, shao, hiro who all frag heavy on scans

TenZ can play op but cant entry, I would rather have the subpar op than the subpar entry

everyone wanted changes, drx makes changes and people get mad they made changes

DRX look better without stax, you have to seperate nostalgia from how bad DRX looked right before they made the changes

looking at the actual players:

chronicle has been a consistent top player in a top team for almost 4 years

sacy has been inconsistent although great in 2022 and at the start of 2024, but also considered pretty weak in his team

they had the people who designed the olympic trophy designing the chinese one and they had a sewing company do the EMEA one

pretty good but I think

Gen.G > G2 = FNC > EDG
Drx >= VIT > LEV >= FPX
TH > PRX > Kru > Trace
FUT>= SEN > Talon = BLG

FNC look incredible and G2 look unstoppable, you can at least add those 2

plus if TH find form again, then thats 4 teams + SEN if they find form again

LEV have aspas and VIT have Sayf and Trexx so yeah

EDG and FPX both look strong but maybe thats because china is still a little behind

PRX and DRX are also underdogs rn

at least 6 teams have a shot at winning the event and the level of play is 20x higher than last year

TH, FNC, GEN.G, G2, LEV, EDG

could also add VIT, FPX, SEN (depending on if they go back to start of year form), PRX, DRX

ok?

demon1 would ruin the roster with his playstyle

it works but not ascent, ascent meta has just been figured out you cant really deviate that much other than the cypher + deadlock comp

jinggg needs more characters, having just raze/neon/sage doesnt work especially when sage is not it right now

how has noone said aspas LOL

genuinely the best haven I have seen and thats not even coming from bias

flair

maybe you shouldve beat KRU then?

jinggg CAN carry games but they build comps around him so when he doesnt carry, the game is gg

honestly keeping monyet would have been so good for this roster

lol

forcing the raze just doesnt work as well after the raze nerfs, my biggest issue with prx is jingg's inflexibility tbh

Hugely underrated

its their map pool really when they get the maps they want theyre unstoppable

mwzera was supposed to be one of the best players to ever come out of brazil

before today g2 because people didnt have them as the best team in americas which is absurd to me

brother if you think fnatic looked better split 1 you may want to get your eyes checked

i still have sen coming 4th in that group

hes been consistently getting better each map, genuinely super excited to see how good his cypher gets

made the list with a random wheel picker

you really dont want g2/lev, gen.g or fnc/vit rn imo

he single handedly won sunset

respect to that man, came in and transformed this team from mid table to one of the best in EMEA

the ascent comp was 11-0 before sen btw

Talon over FUT is fucking absurd

mb meant recharge at 35s, was thinking of how omen can put a smoke down every 15 seconds and smoke something off for 45 seconds

omen flash needs to have less distance and smokes need to recharge over 20s instead of 15s

then give astra back 5th star

harbor idk because this meta is awful for him

dorohedoro, long but great

omen is more consistent and easier to use though, that omen flash is just too good

FUT

sick was better 2 years ago yes but since then he hasnt played a single official since and also had a very public mental break, most likely hasnt played the game much since then etc., he would so much worse than sacy

0 officials in 2 years and youre STILL trying to replace sacy with him, what do sen fans have against that man?

KC almost made champs while losing their last 4 season matches btw

that ascent comp had 100% winrate until that sen match btw

allat

calling icy a vibe merchant is next level hating

if you think your team would be better off losing then your team is fucking awful and shouldnt be making champs

should be lcq instead of champ points, best teams should be at champs not the teams that were good at the start of the year

if you qualify #4 youre practically guaranteed a group of death, good luck being grouped with the way they look rn

claiming bacon, apple pies, lobster, grilled cheese, barbeque, hamburgers are all usa foods is wild

nah im pretty sure its all rumours nothing concrete