1. BOOM Esports - Really strong core that has been playing together for years and were pretty close last year except that choke to bleed on haven
2. Full Sense - pretty much same reason as boom, solid veteran talent and cracked young players like johnolsen and leviathan should go crazy
3. DSG - probably the most cracked team in terms of mechanics, worried that they won't be able to run over the top talent at this tourney with double duelist every map
4. RIDDLE ORDER - incredible run from them in split 2, however I do think japan tier 2 is not as strong compared to some other regions (home crowd buff tho)
5. NAOS - (assuming they win) been very dominant in their region all year and had a good showing at last years ascension
6. SIN PRISA GAMING - extremely dominant showing from them in split 2 however other then persia not too familiar with their talent
7. JFT - They play simple yet effective valorant however incorporating iso into most maps could be their biggest strength or weakness. murza and andy cracked aimers
8. Revenant Esports - IMO the best talent SA has sent to an international they should get their win this event but not much else
9. Rapid Lofi - excited too see some new talent coming out Vietnam however seems like some inexperienced players
10. Oblivion Force - They kinda got here by default since ONE team threw by running a 7 man roster or something but still players like coconut and uta should hold their own
Overall take this with a grain of salt as I'm unable to watch every single one of these teams play all their matches. I really think 1-3 and 4-7 could be in any order that's how close I think these teams are. Just wanna see a competitive and fun tourney :D (also wanted to add I really hate this years format, last years was perfect why'd they change it ?)
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