Group D is the battle of who fell off the most, TL have always gotten pretty far but nothing special. Loud however got 2nd at lockin but bombed out at tokyo, did they fall off or are they goated. DRX was 1st pacific in the regular season but lost to PRX and fell off at lockin. NAVI got grouped last time OMEGALUL but was 2nd in the regular EMEA season coming 4th in playoffs, yet again this is a team who fell off.
Who fell off the hardest and who will acend again?
DRX looks hard to save. Very sloppy and sluggish. Maybe their 6man system hurt them. Maybe they just failed to keep up with the evolution of the game. They are my favourite to go 0-2.
TL seems quite good. Hasnt reached elite level yet but has the potential to get there. I see them as 1st for sure.
NAVI and Loud are in a very similar spot for me. Crazy individual talent. Dropped the ball but could just turn it around any moment. I'd say I'm leaning Navi because in their series vs KOI, the first time they stopped trolling comps and played to their strengths they looked very good. They need to use these 2 weeks to keep moving in that direction and they will be good. Loud is a bit more of a Blackbox. We have seen 0 footage since the horrendous Tokyo performance and the necessary changes arent as obvious as for Navi. But they are close.
My standings would be:
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