CIS: Gambit
Honorable mentions: Navi
EU: Acend, G2, Liquid
Honorable mentions: Giants, Fnatic, Guild
NA: SEN, NV, 100T, XSET
Honorable mentions: C9, FaZe, Rise
KR: VS, NU
Honorable mentions: TNL
TR: SMB
Honorable mentions: FUT
SEA: PRX
Honorable mentions: TS, X10, FS
JP: CR
Honorable mentions: NTH
LATAM/BR: Nobody
Honorable mentions: KRU, VK, Australs
My own personal list. Made some adjustments after revision.
ciro [#2]If CR is considered T1 then KRU deserves it too
I think this is possible but in my own list I believe CR could beat KRU handedly
CR in scrims are really good and it always surprised me how bad they become in international tournaments but they showed their actual potential against HL and GMB so that's just my own personal take on it
i think damwon has potential for t1 next year if they change some players around their core (t3xture, intro, eugene/jeong hi?) and play a less passive style
ge and f4q were able to repeatedly use their aggression against how passive damwon is which is why they suffer
intr0, climax, t3xture, jeong hi, (potentially even esperanza..?) would be a stacked roster
You can't call any team tier 1 without going to a LAN so far imo. XSET isn't there yet. Also I'd say fnatic and SMB are near the same level. Fnatic hasn't performed amazingly since Iceland and SMB have seemed inconsistent. I would have also considered X10 and PRX near the same level, X10 got a bit fucked in the way they couldn't qualify for Berlin.
SeulgiVLR [#12]i think damwon has potential for t1 next year if they change some players around their core (t3xture, intro, eugene/jeong hi?) and play a less passive style
ge and f4q were able to repeatedly use their aggression against how passive damwon is which is why they suffer
intr0, climax, t3xture, jeong hi, (potentially even esperanza..?) would be a stacked roster
Oh next year korea will level up hardcore, bunch of new players and orgs coming in
KoreanOverlord [#15]Oh next year korea will level up hardcore, bunch of new players and orgs coming in
excited to see lunatic-hai tubeple and spear make a return to kr, hoping the mystic, ghibli, and talon rumors are true too
KoreanOverlord [#11]I think this is possible but in my own list I believe CR could beat KRU handedly
CR in scrims are really good and it always surprised me how bad they become in international tournaments but they showed their actual potential against HL and GMB so that's just my own personal take on it
scrims don't matter
rooftop_s [#14]You can't call any team tier 1 without going to a LAN so far imo. XSET isn't there yet. Also I'd say fnatic and SMB are near the same level. Fnatic hasn't performed amazingly since Iceland and SMB have seemed inconsistent. I would have also considered X10 and PRX near the same level, X10 got a bit fucked in the way they couldn't qualify for Berlin.
Nah if anything I think X10 got worse and they havent played with patipan in months, TS is closer to PRX then X10 atm
Jockie [#10]You mean straight World Class with T1? Because KRU is T1 on their region for sure
yep world class, and I think geographically LATAM are at a significant disadvantage
their scene isnt as big as Asia (about 1/4 the playerbase), so in their region their scrim competition is lacking
and all the NA teams are way too far to scrim with them, although they occasionally do
xqcL [#26]If you put finest there you have to put 10-15 more teams too lmao… how is finest there? Tell me what they did to deserve that spot
actually u right I just smoked some israel hopium
I removed
KoreanOverlord [#27]actually u right I just smoked some israel hopium
I removed
Except that list is pretty good but I would definitely put KRU to T1 teams.
KoreanOverlord [#11]I think this is possible but in my own list I believe CR could beat KRU handedly
CR in scrims are really good and it always surprised me how bad they become in international tournaments but they showed their actual potential against HL and GMB so that's just my own personal take on it
CR didn't drop a map to anyone but the winners of Berlin o.o
That's all I'm saying
Ibis [#30]Youre putting TR in EU but separate gambit because you don’t wanna admit that the best team in the world is from Europe
Yeah,he needs to seperate TR or add Gambit to EU
Ibis [#30]Youre putting TR in EU but separate gambit because you don’t wanna admit that the best team in the world is from Europe
You know CIS includes Russia Ukraine Belarus and a bunch of different countries
.. while TR is just TR right?
Ibis [#30]Youre putting TR in EU but separate gambit because you don’t wanna admit that the best team in the world is from Europe
Exactly, at least the majority of Gambit players are in the European zone of Russia, but Turkey is more Middle East than Europe
TaoOat [#29]CR didn't drop a map to anyone but the winners of Berlin o.o
That's all I'm saying
CR dropping the balls against X10 really hurt their reputation
They've been number 1 in Japan consistently, Japan has biggest playerbase in Asia, they have really good org support, have a really strong roster on paper, and their track record without that game is this:
-Nailbiter vs V1
-Clapped by Gambit
-Beat Haven Liberty comfortably
-Nailbiter vs Gambit
At Champions if they get a good group I see them making Ro.16 upsetting a team like Fnatic. Of course they could choke again like they did versus X10 but they seem to be getting better every season.
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