This is based off what I see and what I've watched from C9 and a few tier 2 NA matches, feel free to suggest your own picks
as much as I hate c9, I feel bad for them being the only team in franchising (2023-2024) to not qualify for an international tournament.
Keep:
- Oxy (bro saved them so many rounds and matches, mechanically top 5 in americas for me)
- Runi (Fraggingwise and util wise he's very good, obviously he's not cut out to IGL) have him as 2nd init/flex
Kick:
- Xeppa (the only player from 2021 and he's just so mid, the asuna of c9 except asuna has improved so much)
- Vanity is mid
- Moose is a decent IGL and senti player but i dont think he's cut out for top 4 Americas
Get:
- Verno (he's SO good and obviously gonna get picked up by a franchising team) and have him as pure initiator
- Zander, wayy better smokes and fragger than vanity and I'm surprised he didn't get picked up by a franchising team, have him as controller and IGL
- For the sentinel position, I honestly have no idea who to pick, I mean neT is decent but he didn't get to prove himself in franchising, only playing in kickoff, I think dapr still has a chance to succeed in franchising but he's been having some botfrag games on OXG
- One player I have to see is aleksandar, bro is so fucking good and underrated for years now, He's been playing viper and kayo but I feel that he has no problem to transition to sentinel/viper role. He deserves to be in tier 1.
tldr: kick moose, xeppa, vanity, get verno zander dapr/aleksandar
lineup:
Duelist: oxy
Initiator: verno
flex: runi
controller: zander
sentinel: dapr/Aleksandar
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