counterpoint: Stage 1 playoffs LEV was very disjointed (the postplants vs G2 made we want to pull my hair out),
Shanghai LEV is already a meme, even in Stage 2 playoffs they got wrecked in the upper final vs G2 and had to win 2 OTs to beat them in the grand final.
plus, most of their Stage 2 group stage was against teams that were struggling (100T, LOUD) or just plain ass (EG, MIBR), so i wasn't as impressed by that as their Stage 1 group stage