Tier S (Superteams):
-SEN
-NRG
-LEV
Reasons:
They should be the clear favorites this year, but each of them has a red flag. NRG doesn't have an IGL with experience on the role and maybe didn't have as much practice time. LEV changed their communication to English despite not beeing the first language of most of their players. They're also already having internal problems, if NZR leaves it could spell doom, they won't have enough time to practice with the new player before the season starts. SEN already showed too much during the offseason, the other teams have a lot of material on them to counter strat. They're on top because they have proven themselves against top competition on the AfreecaTV Tournament.
Tier A (Superteams?):
-LOUD
-FUR
-C9
-G2
Reasons:
LOUD would be S tier, but they lost Aspas, the best duelist in Americas last year. His shoes are hard to fill. His replacement QCK played for FUR last year and has lots of experience and firepower. I believe he'll grow to become a much better player on LOUD, Saadhak has shown his ability to guide young talent time and time again and i believe he'll do the same, but until them, tier A is fair enough. C9 is this high because of their performance against FNATIC on Red Bull Home Ground Grand Final. FUR should be close to C9, they faced each other on Superdome and went 3-2 in maps. But they should both be a tier behind LEV since FURIA lost 3-0 on the Finals. G2 had a poor offseason, but their roster has potential. They should be at least a tier behind SEN since they lost 2-0 to them twice recently (Showmatch and SEN Invitational).
Tier B (Teams):
-100T
-KRU
Reasons:
Kru is here because we don't have enough info to put them higher or lower. They never played seriously during the offseason (only with subs or full trolling). But they could still be good. 100T didn't perform well on Red Bull Home Grounds, they've lost to DRX and FUT pretty badly, but they didn't have Boostio on the team yet, they'll probably get better.
Tier C (Teams?):
-MIBR
-EG
Reasons:
MIBR lost twice to a Tier 2 BR team (XIT) in MEG, XIT is not a bad team and will probably be an Ascention contender next year, but even so, this is a red flag. My hope for MIBR is their coaching staff, Frod and BzKa are incredible coaches, they should make this team play as best as they can. EG Doesn't seem to care, i don't know who is in the roster, just like MIBR their only hope is the coaching staff, good luck Potter :)
These are my takes on the Americas league, please share yours as well. Happy 2024 everybody XD
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