My vote is on nobody or c0m
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So in franchising we've had:
Lock in Sao paulo and Tokyo for Fnatic 2023: Boaster, Leo, Chronicle, Derke & Alfajer
Champs 2023 for EG: Boostio, C0m, Ethan, Demon1 & Jawgemo
Masters Madrid for Sen 2024: Zekken, TenZ, Zellsis, JohnQT & Sacy
Masters Shanghai for GenG 2024: Munchkin, Meteor, T3xture, Lakia & Karon
Champs 2024 for EDG: Nobody, S1mon, ZmjjKK, Chichoo & Smoggy
Masters Bangkok for T1 2025: BuZz, Izu, Sylvan, Meteor & Stax (& technically Carpe)
Masters Toronto for PRX 2025: Patmen, F0rsaken, D4v41, Something & Jinggg
I think if you count Carpe, it's him. Not even flaming him as a player, but he played only 1 series, where he didn't play all that good. He's the 2nd lowest rated player for that tournament. Otherwise, I think it'd have to be between Lakia, S1mon and C0m. They all played a super supportive role for their team, and made them not play nearly as good individually. My shout would have to be Lakia, even if he played pretty dang well.
Probably the only logical answer here. It’s a good point. It’s not that Lakia is a bad player, he just had an average performance and fulfilled his role, whereas a lot of the other players stood out in some sort of way during their winning run. You’d argue at least c0m was a very clutch player for EG, and s1mon was still an active fragger on EDG. Lakia was neither a top clutch player nor was fragging something he excelled in.
I mean, Lakia still played really well in Shanghai. But looking at it, all of the players at least peaked when they won the trophy (Boostio, for example, was fragging pretty heavy, he did not look nearly as good after champs.)
I think Lakia was incredibly important for GenG, especially since it seems he played an important role for mental and calling. But he didn't really individually peak during their trophy winning run. He was much better at Madrid, Champs and the regional matches imo.
S1mon joins -> They win Champs, get 3rd in Bangkok
S1mon becomes inactive because of internal conflict -> For the first time in EDG history don't qualify to an international, grouped in EWC, don't look in form in China Stage 2 Playoffs.
S1mon is just like Lakia. Not the best player via stats but his impact is actually not replaceable. Your logic makes no sense