not a prediction on where i think the teams will place necessarily, ill do another one once groups are drawn.
- G2
nobody is stopping us we have the best macro by far right now, each player keeps getting better and better, we adapt extremely quickly, we have a god coach in goatrt, and insane mental resilience
- FNATIC
hiro is looking crisp and they have fixed their map pool plus they have anderz again who will probably cook up a insane abyss for them. they have shown they are a top team in the past thats why i feel confident in putting them at 2.
- GenG
they are great at everything but have sunset in their map pool and keep banning abyss which worries me. the reason they were so successful in madrid and shanghai was because of their map pool and without breeze it does suffer a bit.
- Heretics
i know their in a bit of a slump currently but i think they will heat up in shanghai its a shame their sunset has been figured out thats why i dont seem them winning but i think they will do well
- Vitality
this team is the master of snowballing and if sayf, runner, and trexx keep this level of performance up they are scary
- Leviatan
good team with insane individuals who often chokes and looks like shit when it matters. i think top 6 is a good spot for them
- Talon
they are gonna get slept on so hard because of being a 4th seed. primmie plus 3 weeks of frost cooking is about to turn this team into monsters. a lot of them are rookies which i why they arent higher but i could defiantly see them going on a run
- SEN
their recent form is looking pretty ass but we know what this team is capable of. that being said if they get a hard group they are fucked.
- EDG
they have been looking better and better throughout stage 2. the story of this year has been international chokers so ig we will see how that holds up but s1mon is looking nice rn if they keep this level of form i could see them making playoffs
- Paper Rex
map pool is shit but they have great players. i cant justify putting them higher when they have a total of 3 maps they are good on. if they fix their map pool they could make top 4 i just dont see it happening
- FUT
this team stomps emea until playoffs and then they just get outclassed. i could see them making playoffs but not much else. cNed would have to become the best player in the world again for this team to make a deep run
- KRU
looking ok im still unconvinced by the -klaus change but they got to champs so they arent awful i just always see them make small mistakes on big rounds and they get exploited by better teams.
- FPX
teams who cant deal with their firepower and comps will lose but as of recently their macro has regressed a lot and if they get a hard group their is no way in this form they are making it out
- DRX
this might seem low but hear me out. i know they beat paper rex but paper rex have a terrible map pool so beating them right now in a bo5 isnt massively impressive, they took sunset off of GenG which is by far their worst map, and before that they looked really bad. i just dont have faith a bunch of rookies who havent proved they are competitive with the best of the best on their good maps have potential to make a deep run.
- BLG
they at least have lan experience but coming out of china as a 4th seed is gonna land you low on the list
- TRACE
decent team but are KNOWN CHOKERS even in china. whenever a game has pressure these guys absolutely shit the bed. if they get a win they would have to have the easiest group combined with a fixed mental.
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