If Yes, America is only have 2 strong teams. G2 and SEN
There is no way MIBR (Aspas and 4 supports) could win against other regions #3
Honestly, there's like 6 teams that look at the same level for the #3 spot. 100T, NRG, MIBR, LOUD, LEV, and KRU all could have made it to #3 had a couple things gone differently. Which makes americas look worse than it actually is cause all those teams just beat up on each other so no one knows who is actually good
Idk if it applies to KRÜ, in fact they shouldn't be in that position of "giving them time to prove themselves as a team", considering that they already have their "core" for more time, and also they have played together different times since Valorant started (Australs, Wygers, Leviatan).
If there's a team that already had time to prove themselves is KRÜ (which is in a baby steps stage), and for now their performance is a win after a shaky 2024.
edit: for the other teams, i can't say much because i haven't been following that much Valorant lately (besides KRU or Lev)
No, and it all boils down on how the season (and teams) usually work, teams start off slow and developing the meta, and usually teams with solid core chemistry and cohesion perform better short term, specially with simple comps like double duelist split and default abyss.
Once teams start building that chemistry and we get to that mid season where teams look solid it will be harder for them to get results by firepower alone. We saw that with LOUD last season where they couldn't do as good as they did in kickoff and will most definitely happen with bums in brazil