EMEA CHALLENGER LEAGUES TIERLIST

From the info (rosters/strength of each regions/talents/org support) i have now, here is how i rate each league:

S: Turkey, EAST
A: Polaris
B: Dach, Portugal
C: Mena ,France, Spain
D: Italy

updates

• portugal a-> b
• spain a->c
• france b->c (lost so many orgs, no kc/og/mad/vit)

let me know what you would change

Winner of each league prediction:

• Turkey: Parla
• East: Acend
• Spain: Case
• Portugal: Saw
• Polaris: Fokus
• France: Mandatory
• Dach: Unicorns of Love (not sure on this one)
• Mena: Raad (styling "the only mena user" choice)
• Italy: Dsyre Elevate

portugal should go down

^^

I don't think any eu region should be in a s/a tier

I think we should add e & f tiers then shift the entire thing down

kaesra [#2]

portugal should go down

yeah i think thats fair. i think Saw will be good though
i moved them to b

moatz [#4]

I don't think any eu region should be in a s/a tier

I think we should add e & f tiers then shift the entire thing down

fair assessment

I think aside from Turkey, not a single one of these VRLs have a team that could place top 8 in NA Ascension

Arroz will win portugal

BackoxyXD [#7]

Arroz will win portugal

arroz reportedly splitting

France & Benelux and DACH along Portugal ☠️

Honestly Ik Dsyre it's an Italian org but if I was them I would just get another Portuguese player and farm that league instead of going full Italian

Birssa [#9]

France & Benelux and DACH along Portugal ☠️

the top french orgs are in franchising.
dach lost fokus to polaris
portugal reportedly got saw and vikings coming in

Mortadelo [#10]

Honestly Ik Dsyre it's an Italian org but if I was them I would just get another Portuguese player and farm that league instead of going full Italian

they had a pretty good dach roster aswell.
i respect them for supporting italian esports though, it needs all the support it can get

capital_d_colon [#12]

they had a pretty good dach roster aswell.
i respect them for supporting italian esports though, it needs all the support it can get

Kamo, Robbie, olizera, and Starkk is an insane roster, if they got another great Portuguese they could compete for everything even in Ascension imo

Mortadelo [#13]

Kamo, Robbie, olizera, and Starkk is an insane roster, if they got another great Portuguese they could compete for everything even in Ascension imo

Maybe.
They have the best italian roster rn.
it will be interesting to see where those players go.
or if they try to merge the two teams together

capital_d_colon [#14]

Maybe.
They have the best italian roster rn.
it will be interesting to see where those players go.
or if they try to merge the two teams together

I bet Kamo is gonna have some strong offers. If I was Acend I would take him in a heartbeat. Also Olizera and stark are great pick ups in Portugal so yeah we'll see

russia sssss++++ tier

Good tier list, Portugal is a mixed bag as orgs are building probably the worst possible rosters while they could so easily have gotten an Ascension winning Portuguese roster instead. Spain should go down as they are definitely the lowest of lows rn with talent. DACH has a lot of potential, but the issue is that DACH orgs are almost certainly going budget into 2023 due to the recession hitting DACH orgs especially hard (also one of the key reasons BIG isn't coming back)
France has the return of the legendary CSGO relationship chart so don't expect much from them.
Polaris is a big ?, while a lot of our regional talents have been up in the tier 1 level, nobody really made it to the 2023 season, some might with the relegation tournament, but honestly I feel the pug rosters aren't gonna do much there. Hopeful to get some big names in Polaris to increase viewership but seeing as only really 1 org other than FOKUS actually wants to go to Polaris I find it unlikely any of top free agents will go to their original region. I know some who rather took MENA offers than anything else at this point.

TL;DR: Turkey is winning Ascension

BoDork [#17]

Good tier list, Portugal is a mixed bag as orgs are building probably the worst possible rosters while they could so easily have gotten an Ascension winning Portuguese roster instead. Spain should go down as they are definitely the lowest of lows rn with talent. DACH has a lot of potential, but the issue is that DACH orgs are almost certainly going budget into 2023 due to the recession hitting DACH orgs especially hard (also one of the key reasons BIG isn't coming back)
France has the return of the legendary CSGO relationship chart so don't expect much from them.
Polaris is a big ?, while a lot of our regional talents have been up in the tier 1 level, nobody really made it to the 2023 season, some might with the relegation tournament, but honestly I feel the pug rosters aren't gonna do much there. Hopeful to get some big names in Polaris to increase viewership but seeing as only really 1 org other than FOKUS actually wants to go to Polaris I find it unlikely any of top free agents will go to their original region. I know some who rather took MENA offers than anything else at this point.

TL;DR: Turkey is winning Ascension

Spain does lack a lot of talent imo. Fortunately I feel like our best talent is concentrating in very few teams so we're gonna get a couple really decent teams like Case, TQ and Rebels imo and then many weaker ones. I wouldn't complain if we were a tier lower tho

BoDork [#17]

Good tier list, Portugal is a mixed bag as orgs are building probably the worst possible rosters while they could so easily have gotten an Ascension winning Portuguese roster instead. Spain should go down as they are definitely the lowest of lows rn with talent. DACH has a lot of potential, but the issue is that DACH orgs are almost certainly going budget into 2023 due to the recession hitting DACH orgs especially hard (also one of the key reasons BIG isn't coming back)
France has the return of the legendary CSGO relationship chart so don't expect much from them.
Polaris is a big ?, while a lot of our regional talents have been up in the tier 1 level, nobody really made it to the 2023 season, some might with the relegation tournament, but honestly I feel the pug rosters aren't gonna do much there. Hopeful to get some big names in Polaris to increase viewership but seeing as only really 1 org other than FOKUS actually wants to go to Polaris I find it unlikely any of top free agents will go to their original region. I know some who rather took MENA offers than anything else at this point.

TL;DR: Turkey is winning Ascension

good points.
Portugal have alot of interesting players, it will be fun to see what they can do with the talent once the dust settles.
Im pretty excited for EAST though, alot of unique gems i think will be unearthed there. hopefully nom pay their players this time though

capital_d_colon [#5]

yeah i think thats fair. i think Saw will be good though
i moved them to b

SAW quit the scene

These are PT 8 teams: https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VCL/2023/Portugal/Stage_1

babysasuke [#6]

fair assessment

I think aside from Turkey, not a single one of these VRLs have a team that could place top 8 in NA Ascension

We don't even know the best rosters in both EMEA and NA ascension, how can you make claims like that

Olofboost [#21]

We don't even know the best rosters in both EMEA and NA ascension, how can you make claims like that

because historically T2 EMEA is shit and T2 NA is on par with, if not better, than T1 EMEA

Seems like a safe gamble.

Olofboost [#20]

SAW quit the scene

These are PT 8 teams: https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VCL/2023/Portugal/Stage_1

thats just the information public.
unless you got any recent news (last 2 weeks) then saw is planning to more to vcl portugal

babysasuke [#22]

because historically T2 EMEA is shit and T2 NA is on par with, if not better, than T1 EMEA

Seems like a safe gamble.

Sure

I mean we got 10 teams in the league and you 5, so yeah it would make sense for NA to have more talent in Ascension, cuz Riot primary system shit on you and handed your slots to Mibr and Leviatan

Also secret agents ardiis, dephh, pancada and sacy stealing NA jobs

Portugal Z

babysasuke [#6]

fair assessment

I think aside from Turkey, not a single one of these VRLs have a team that could place top 8 in NA Ascension

You are just basing this on name value. NA ascension is going to be good because ex "tier 1" players, but its still overrated. People rate them high because they used to play in VCTs but forget that for most part NA has been just 1 or 2 team region while rest were struggling. So you having players from teams like V1 or LG playing in tier 2 now doesn't mean they will be amazing tier 2 players.

capital_d_colon [#11]

the top french orgs are in franchising.
dach lost fokus to polaris
portugal reportedly got saw and vikings coming in

Why? What happened?

lmao MENA clears 90% of them

also Geekay will never win anything

RAAD or falcons

angelmrm [#27]

Why? What happened?

Kcorp is in EMEA League

Span and Mena D tier
France and especially Italy with Portugal leagues are fine.
The strongest ones are Polaris and Turkey, East goes after them without cis.

my_fav_team_is_M3C [#30]

Span and Mena D tier
France and especially Italy with Portugal leagues are fine.
The strongest ones are Polaris and Turkey, East goes after them without cis.

mena got good money and support.
wouldnt be surprised if you see some very good players imported in.
spain i move down to c.
think they still are a level above italy due to them having a better esports structure already in place.

This is so trash hoooly

Scar98 [#32]

This is so trash hoooly

what would you change?
or just drop your tierlist

capital_d_colon [#33]

what would you change?
or just drop your tierlist

S: Turkey, Polaris
A: East, DACH
B: France
C: Spain, Portugal
D: Italy, MENA

if we talk about orgs only Spain and France would be S tier even losing orgs, gap is too big in terms of esports structure

Scar98 [#34]

S: Turkey, Polaris
A: East, DACH
B: France
C: Spain, Portugal
D: Italy, MENA

if we talk about orgs only Spain and France would be S tier even losing orgs, gap is too big in terms of esports structure

i mean very similar lists.
i cant see polaris being S with the state its in right now. Outside of fokus its all orgless. Cant see any of the talent from excel/finest staying in polaris
mena is 100% better than italy. should be c atleast. alot of orgs and will be able to bring in imports.

i was cooking on those winner preds lowkey