ABX and GENG look very strong. Honestly both of these teams could've easily qualified if they were in different brackets.
What ABX shown on icebox. Was probably some of the best icebox attack I've ever seen. Jctstani doesn't look the most comfortable on the viper though. I think if they just change their comps a little and just make that style of igling more consistent. They could be a force to be reckoned with.
GENG just has really strong players. Gmd is still super underrated lmao. Shawn is still very good because he can aim and click heads very well. Nature is much more consistent that huynh and his agent pool is really strong. Koosta is probably one of the better sentinel/viper players because he consistently puts up numbers. And Mkael is decent.
I didn't watch many of the other games. But I'm not sure if they should've subbed in Xeppaa. But they just seem oddly lost. Like they had solid structure before but they just look lost. Really strange. But ehh I think C9 can definitely take it back.
Xset with zekken look very good. Honestly I thought they would fall apart without thwifo because I thought he was a part of the core of Xset. But they look even stronger. If they use zekken to his fullest potential. Xset could definitely qualify for masters. But still fuck the set because you really shouldn't do that to a player even though zekken is probably one of the best players in the world. At least Xset thanked thwifo for his hard work but still. That's not good.
KCP look very good. I remember them as FPL-C so I was about to call them that but they just look very good. They could upset some big names. Don't think they'll qualy for masters though.
NV look really strong. Definitely could qualy for masters.
Two big stonks that should be rising though. Are Darkzero(kookykoalas/dahoonkaboloos idk) and Soniqs. Soniqs definitely could've done more if they were against any other team than sentinels but it's unfortunate really. And DarkZero are not given enough praise for how good they look. It might be a honey moon period but I believe they can keep it consistent.