1.Prx
2.Th
3.FUT
4.Geng
5.100T
6.LEV
7.G2
8.Fnatic
9.FPX
10.EDG
11.T1
12.DRG
and? GenG also went 3-3 with worse round diff too
both of them had their setbacks in groups, SEN would've made playoffs in every group besides AMER alpha and EMEA omega(not by record, just in general)
therefore this point is mute unless you also think SEN would be 4th at shanghai and have a similar recovery in playoffs that GenG did
edit: "4th at madrid -> 4th at shanghai"
I would have to agree with you if it weren't for Madrid. In Madrid, the EMEA region looked significantly weaker compared to the other regions and was objectively the third worst performing region. If I applied the same assessment to this upcoming Shanghai tournament, then I believe this tier list accurately reflects the performance of the 3 regions.
Summary: This tier list assumes that the 4 regions will perform similarly to how they did in Madrid.
I feel like this is kind of an unfair way of looking at TH. They were 2 rounds off of beating SEN, who were the eventual winners of Madrid, then had to play a team tied for the most top 4 finishes in international events and again, nearly won. And they did all that with a stand in who's firepower wasn't anywhere near the level of the competition, as well as 3 complete rookies who's only tier 1 experience was kickoff.
Now that they have Wo0t, as well as some more experience as a roster, I expect them to make a deep run at Shanghai
zerphyr this is just delusional. TH is definitely the 2nd best team ITW rn, after that you can favor one of 3 teams. 100t (imo), FUT, or Lev
GenG is nowhere near 2nd best team itw, we are getting recency biased by a game where they had everything going for them compared to a slight edge to T1 in the first game
starting off, DRX just choked vs GenG, i still think they are the better team on a neutral play field, and GenG is better on a neutral play field than T1
first game;
T1 had momentum
result T1 2-1
second game:
T1 played an awful comp map 1, and were coming off a lose, while GenG had momentum and the rematch curse/wyatt's law
4 things going for GenG, ofc they were gonna win
I know this is an outdated list but no one is to going to convince me that FUT are playing better Valorant than 100T, GenG and LEV. There's a power gap between them and Team Heretics. They just lost to the 'washed FNC' in the most mid best of 5 I've seen. PRX and TH are absolutely the two best teams in Shanghai. GenG should be the dark horse in this race.