Xipto is good but their games are always so close... I wonder if MIBR will mark the end of their run considering how well they're playing
XIPTO made lots of mistakes which can and have been punished by better teams (SR). You can see that in some of their contact plays and dives, they got punished by conir and romi.
The Pearl comp I don't think is sustainable against a top team especially if they have sentinel util you need to break. Abyss mainly looked good due to their post plant plays on attack, but it can still be punished by flanks which KRU did not use as much.
Another issue is XIPTO seem to have a weak map pool. Their main permaban is Ascent and they did not look good on Sunset or Haven. Split was also very close and Bind, we haven't seen as it is another of their main bans. Couple it with a now readable Pearl and Abyss, there could be big problems.