Who else are people impressed by? I haven't looked at DRX, Zeta, or PRX in a while but If they're still doing well then I guess you could make a case for those teams too
gutszeraa [#4]one loss to EG in groups and now suddenly optic arent favorites? also listing DRX, ZETA, and PRX b4 LOUD v_v
Forgot about LOUD and I just think NA valorant is very inconsistent. but Optic are up there. just not in my top 5 i'd say. and yes its because they got 2-0 against EG.
MerkFreeks [#5]Optic obviously being a front runner
Fnatic
PRX
those 3 are my top 3 for Copenhagen to win it all. But teams like DRX, 100T, Ghost, Guild, FPX all are imo dark horses for copenhagen (either to go or to make a run at the event)
I don't think you know what a dark horse is
gutszeraa [#4]one loss to EG in groups and now suddenly optic arent favorites? also listing DRX, ZETA, and PRX b4 LOUD v_v
I dont think optic will even qualify
RipDeLaRip [#6]Forgot about LOUD and I just think NA valorant is very inconsistent. but Optic are up there. just not in my top 5 i'd say. and yes its because they got 2-0 against EG.
imo its just hard to put that much weight on group games when youre talking about teams who are already proven winners, especially when theyre teams who arent afraid to innovate and avoid complacency. they really dont mean anything in the grand scheme of themes unless you miss playoffs. in stage 1 optic lost to v1 and rise in the groups before they made their qualification run and even in iceland they lost to xerxia like i feel like at this point you would just have a belief in optic even if they drop a groups game here and there