I think when many people rank regions they only rank based off of the teams at LAN but in my eyes it should be based on the region as a whole. Feel free to discuss/argue below.
At full strength:
EMEA (FPX/Fanatic/Gambit got fucked over and Liquid just in an identity crisis rn. Still, it can't be ignored that they have qualified for all 3 international Grand Finals and won 2. And Champs was EMEA vs EMEA. I think EMEA at full strength is the strongest region for sure)
BR = NA (This one might be confusing for people, but here is my reasoning. BR's best representative, Loud, is very strong probably top 1,2,3 in the world. But NA as a region has stronger teams on average. In Brazil, Loud 5-0 their 2nd rep NiP and didn't lose like any maps. No one even came close to competing with Loud and NiP looked bad at Masters imo. But for NA, OpTic Guard C9 V1 and new SEN can all qualify and make waves internationally. Also, prime SEN was unmatched so historically NA is up there and OpTic 2nd and top 3 now. So Brazil has stronger 1 rep now, but as a region as a whole NA is better so they are tied for 2nd)
KR >= JPN >= SEA (Similar to above, KR has better competition [ONS 2-0 DRX] and but Zeta looks insane rn on their cinderella run. Also, Xerxia could've made a run in my eyes and PRX looks good. But Korea is slightly above JPN and JPN slightly above SEA, but they are all similar)
LATAM (KRU fluke run at champs, everyone else sucks, NiP 3-0 Leviatan, they've had one rep for every event and they sucked at this masters)
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