After this tournament im sure everyone is going to be hyped for the next big event so i was wondering which teams you think will qual from each region?
as we know its 4 EMEA, 3 NA, 2 BR, 2 KR, 2 SEA, 2JP and 1 LATAM
Yeah emea is, fwiw I don't think any of those rosters as rumoured could challenge the top 4 but nothings been finalized. For KR, I'm really skeptical of VS' move to add two duelists to replace their IGL, and DK have made great moves since Challengers as well by adding iNTRO. But who knows. I just love speculating about what these later tournaments might look like.
Liquid are really good and I'd probably put them around 5th, but I think they've hit a FaZe-like hot streak that's gonna be hard to replicate. I don't forsee them falling off quite as hard as faze did but the inevitable meta shift and the promise that other top EU teams have showed is enough to nudge them just out of top 4 for me.
Yeah they're definitely the riskiest here but I really liked their look in Challengers Finals. The Yoru on Haven strategy worked out really really well and I want to see more of that kind of creativity from that team. With all the time they've had and still have to keep developing stuff, I think they can turn out better than people think this stage.
EMEA (4 spots):
Prediction: Fnatic, Gambit, FPX, Acend (cNed will just get 60 kills each game this time instead of 50)
Has a chance: Liquid, Guild, Vitality
NA (3 spots):
Prediction: SEN, V1, C9
Has a chance: 100T, Envy, TSM (Wardell will destroy every player with his left hand now)
BR (2 spots):
Vikings and no one else (except if Mwerza is as good as BR says and just clones himself 4 times in order to create the ultimate team)
KR (2 spots):
Good chances: NU, VS, DWG (probably NU and VS)
Long shot: F4Q
As for other regions (SEA two spots, JP two spots, LATAM one spot) idk who is considered good.