apac split 2 finish pred

ranking where i think the teams will place not necessarily how good they will be this split (did this before we saw any games just didnt post it)

1. RRQ

   a bit of hopium i cant lie but the monyet addition i think is a good change as long as it doesnt hurt their macro too much the skill celling is defiantly increased and a underperforming PRX and GenG (who they already beat granted they werent in shanghai form) they get to study i think this team could do real damage

2. GenG

   Great team won shanghai i was hyping this team up even before they were deep in kickoff and i honestly thought they should have won madrid it was their game to lose and they choked bind away but good to see them bounce back i dont think they will be as dominant come champs but leading up i dont see their form wavering too much

3. TLN

   they have showed great macro which a lot of apac teams lack and have improved drastically from their first game i think this team will only get better with time and the new patch i believe will help them a lot

4. PRX

   massively underperformed to everyones expectations in shanghai and the new patch i think will hurt them a lot at first but they will still qualify by points and will be competitive for champs i just dont think they will have a great split

5. DRX

   this team similar to rrq decided to prioritize micro over macro and drop their igl so i think firepower wise they will be great but the inexperience of the team and the lack of a central voice will lead to them falling short of champs

6. T1

   i think the stax addition is good but i cant rank this team any higher because of how inconsistent their comps are, the new player change will probably effect their macro drastically, and they have a piss poor record they might not even make playoffs so its hard to say i believe they will but im not confident about it

PLAYOFF TEAMS

7. GE

   i see sparks of greatness with this team but there seems to be clear issues with the consistency of macro and fragging i hope benkai being the primary igl is the fix to these issues and i could see them being competitive but i dont see a world where they make playoffs

8. TS

   i thought they looked decent in split 1 i mean they beat prx but they seem to always fall short when it matters and just exist as a gatekeeper team and removing warbirds mid season might be the stupidest decision i have seen this year hopefully the new players are good but i dont have high hopes for this team

9. DFM

   i might be the only person who thinks dfm isnt total shit i see good calls here and there plus meiy is a beast but they just get guy diffed to the max and its hard to win when thats happening

10. BLEED

    bl00d + crazyguy addition does not inspire much confidence they might be as good as they were in ascension if their lucky

11. ZETA

    these guys are utter dogshit who people only rate from past accomplishments they havent been good for years now and lack fundamental understanding of some maps im so low on this team i dont think i could be lower on a team

As a TS fan, i agree with the ranking

2023 TS is better than whatever the fuck this is

thx for the yap sesh big bro

allat

number_1_Ego_fan [#2]

As a TS fan, i agree with the ranking

2023 TS is better than whatever the fuck this is

wildoreo and 2ge are great though

ersagaswdgsadghagtdsg [#3]

thx for the yap sesh big bro

gotchu

number_1_Ego_fan [#2]

As a TS fan, i agree with the ranking

2023 TS is better than whatever the fuck this is

yeah sad days for secret fans

Zeta are better than BLEED, DFM, and GE. They are just really inconsistent as a team, and have 2 extremely bad maps

edit. Also, t1 is 2-5 rn. If they lose another game they are guaranteed out of playoffs

whereas TS is 5-3 rn.
To be fair, they have both T1 and Gen G to play. However, TS is a more than capable of beating t1

Also map differential and round diff heavily favors TS

merciless-pity8989-89 [#8]

Zeta are better than BLEED, DFM, and GE. They are just really inconsistent as a team, and have 2 extremely bad maps

edit. Also, t1 is 2-5 rn. If they lose another game they are guaranteed out of playoffs

whereas TS is 5-3 rn.
To be fair, they have both T1 and Gen G to play. However, TS is a more than capable of beating t1

Also map differential and round diff heavily favors TS

bro they dont even use ults when they get them they will literally save it the entire half just to not use it plus they got 13-0d which i hadnt even seen when i made the list and you seriously have to suck on a map to get 13-0d cuz eventually you can just ult spam and get a round

kyro1 [#9]

bro they dont even use ults when they get them they will literally save it the entire half just to not use it plus they got 13-0d which i hadnt even seen when i made the list and you seriously have to suck on a map to get 13-0d cuz eventually you can just ult spam and get a round

As i tried to explain b4, icebox is literally there worst map. Everytime they try to do something new on the map and give it a shot. they utterly fail again. Look at all their icebox maps b4, and you will see it’s the same thing all the time. Yet on other maps they are pretty decent. Also, you can literally tell they gave up after round 7.

I don’t understand your point with DRX. They dropped stax bc his micro was bad. Isn’t getting rid of the weak point a good thing.

merciless-pity8989-89 [#10]

As i tried to explain b4, icebox is literally there worst map. Everytime they try to do something new on the map and give it a shot. they utterly fail again. Look at all their icebox maps b4, and you will see it’s the same thing all the time. Yet on other maps they are pretty decent. Also, you can literally tell they gave up after round 7.

oh ik they have sucked at icebox all year and i agree their ascent has looked decent all year but i think this team is about to go winless this stage maybe im wrong we will see. your acting like zeta is clearly better then those teams but whenever they play them its close and i think they have more potential then the current roster of zeta

merciless-pity8989-89 [#11]

I don’t understand your point with DRX. They dropped stax bc his micro was bad. Isn’t getting rid of the weak point a good thing.

take nrg for exampe they prioritized micro over macro and dropped fns for ethan and look how that ended up. when you sacrfice macro for micro it can be a good thing it can also go horribly wrong. but a team has never won a title from micro alone or else prx would have 5 titles by now. my point is i dont think sacrificing macro for micro was the change to get them to champs

heavensentsaint [#5]

wildoreo and 2ge are great though

ik, but I want to see how they will perform against actually good teams like T1 or GEN.G

kyro1 [#7]

yeah sad days for secret fans

True

LOCK//IN was probably our greatest chance of proving ourselves in the international competition.

Maybe we are just destined to be like this.

RRQ placing first?

number_1_Ego_fan [#15]

True

LOCK//IN was probably our greatest chance of proving ourselves in the international competition.

Maybe we are just destined to be like this.

As a fellow TS fan, all I can say is

I'm supporting KRU so I can give my jinxing powers and bad luck to them instead 👍

merciless-pity8989-89 [#11]

I don’t understand your point with DRX. They dropped stax bc his micro was bad. Isn’t getting rid of the weak point a good thing.

staxs micro is only bad cuz he was igling lol if they gave igl to mako like they literally did rn they would’ve won a tourney

kyro1 [#12]

oh ik they have sucked at icebox all year and i agree their ascent has looked decent all year but i think this team is about to go winless this stage maybe im wrong we will see. your acting like zeta is clearly better then those teams but whenever they play them its close and i think they have more potential then the current roster of zeta

sounds like iceland talk all over again, plus zeta has already beat GE 3 times and bleed once so why are you rating them worse than them.

whatever ur on bro pass me that shit

RRQ on top yknow it m8 😎😎

heavensentsaint [#18]

staxs micro is only bad cuz he was igling lol if they gave igl to mako like they literally did rn they would’ve won a tourney

What’s the point of keeping stax over flashback then

Elaborate on RRQ placing first?

kyro1 [#13]

take nrg for exampe they prioritized micro over macro and dropped fns for ethan and look how that ended up. when you sacrfice macro for micro it can be a good thing it can also go horribly wrong. but a team has never won a title from micro alone or else prx would have 5 titles by now. my point is i dont think sacrificing macro for micro was the change to get them to champs

they didn’t drop FNC. FNS pretty much retired. But, i think ppl are missing the reason why NRG played. They literally gave the igl role to a non-igl who just joined the team. He has no real experience playing the way NRG played, and they pretty much played with the main goal of setting up demon1 for success which didn’t work out since demon1 hasn’t been performance. Also, you have no idea what micro or macro is, because you can’t even call out what exactly went wrong with NRG. FNA’s whole thing was his micro was excellent, especially mid round.

merciless-pity8989-89 [#22]

What’s the point of keeping stax over flashback then

clout + aura + stax

heavensentsaint [#25]

clout + aura + stax

stax ain’t clouted like that, i can name 10 all time stax stinkers in playoffs on the top of my head

W ZETA hater.

I mean Zeta obliterated GE,
THRICE
sooooooooooooooooooo?????????????????

TS also owned GE even after a roster downgrade.
sooooooooooooo???????????????????

merciless-pity8989-89 [#8]

Zeta are better than BLEED, DFM, and GE. They are just really inconsistent as a team, and have 2 extremely bad maps

edit. Also, t1 is 2-5 rn. If they lose another game they are guaranteed out of playoffs

whereas TS is 5-3 rn.
To be fair, they have both T1 and Gen G to play. However, TS is a more than capable of beating t1

Also map differential and round diff heavily favors TS

bro gave me a whole paragraph as to why zeta are better than dfm just for them to lose 2 days later lol

DBStudios [#19]

sounds like iceland talk all over again, plus zeta has already beat GE 3 times and bleed once so why are you rating them worse than them.

my eyes

kamisavitar [#28]

I mean Zeta obliterated GE,
THRICE
sooooooooooooooooooo?????????????????

TS also owned GE even after a roster downgrade.
sooooooooooooo???????????????????

results ronald right here

proud_bandwagoners [#23]

Elaborate on RRQ placing first?

i believe in the long term it will be a good move to bring monyet in and they have already proved they are capable of beating good teams and i believe in the coach