VCT Regular Season Stage 1 is about to start this weekend in most of the regions. I just wanted to make see what the community's general predictions are for which teams to go to the next international event which is Masters Bangkok.
History of VCT up to this point just shows that it is really hard to keep up the form for a long time in this game and there is a high possibility that none of the teams that went to Bangkok might returun to Toronto in some regions, especially in Americas and APAC with how good the middle of the pack teams are in those regions. Also with T1 winning Bangkok, it just shows that the team that shows up and shoots better on the day might just go on a run, and the better strategy and composition just might not matter. So with all that being said here are my bold predictions:
Pacific:
- PRX
- GENG
- Talon
Americas:
- NRG
- LOUD
- SEN
EMEA:
- TH
- VIT
- KC
China:
- EDG
- FPX
- XLG
PS: I have some unexpected teams going to Toronto, especially from Americas and Pacific. So the reason why I dropped G2 for Loud and NRG is that I think leaf and trent have been in life form in kickoff and that might just dropoff in stage 1. Also some solo yoru compositions migbt get exposed in a long term with them struggling on attack and having the same executes as we saw on maps 4 and 5 against T1 etc. NRG and LOUD being good is just hopium and I like the players and playstyle on those teams tbh. When it comes to Pacific, I think DRX will get outperformed by GENG and PRX in their group and play harder opponent from the other group like T1 or TLN. Also I am expecting T1 to drop off on form like Sen last year and come back to form for champs, also they only have 1 week to prep for 2 new maps and a new agent so they might lose some matches early on and I am predicting TLN to come off strong and to win this group.
What are your preds and why are you expecting those teams to qualify to Toronto?
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