OPTIC and GHOST
Optic is S tier, guaranteed top 3 Copenhagen.
Every other NA team is B tier at best. I’d like to see ghost make it because their roster has stuck together for so long and it’d be a shame for it to change up after their first real run of success.
Every other team needs to get down on a huge shuffle this off-season.
Ghost deserves it cause they look like they want it more than anyone else, they have a lot of preparation on their maps and it shows, also they improve by the day, but I think EG could be the real dark horse for getting to Copenhagen, they have the nerdiest setups and the most sound tactics in NA bar optic and Jawgemo is a man possessed
Optic
(Not gonna bother explaining)
Ghost, 100T, or Guard
Ghost and 100T have made some incredible improvements recently and XSET’s doomed to be 4th as always. C9 looks like they’ve fucked up and they’re not gonna be good enough to make it all the way. And while it’s true Guard lost their first two games with that bad role switch, now that Saya’s back on entry I think they can beat XSET and NRG and make playoffs. Then it’s anyone’s game. I just really want a redemption arc for them at masters, and I want them to be able to play more international teams on LAN and get better.
OpTic and... and...
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It's a battle of Ghost (who look great), 100T (who CAN look great), C9 (who can be great), Xset (Cryo can be GREAT), and EG (wtf these guys are great).
If I had to Rank em' I'd say:
Why tho?
100T, GHOST, and C9 are all close. 100T have the most potential in my mind due to their similarity to optic.
Bang - Marved : Top controllers in NA.
Crashies- Derrek : Top Sovas NA.
Stellar is a WIP FNS.
Will and Asuna are a WIP fragging duo like Victor and Yay.
100T are the closest thing to OpTic that NA has. Bang can be as good as Marved (consistency, experience). Derrek is as good as Crashies. The other 3 will mold and by the end, I see 100T as a more offensive OpTic (Yay on Chamber vs Will on a duelist role).
That's it.