The competition this lan is so good, meanwhile NA/EU look worse than before, with the exception of Fnatic.
It may go to LOUD, it may go to paper rex, maybe DRX but I do think a different region will win this one
i'll be the first to admit as someone that keeps up with the JP scene and actually likes zeta that their run was extremely lucky
their matches consisted of:
notice how every time they won it was either another rando team or they got lucky with the circumstances
at least loud (and to an extent PRX) won sets against actual teams without other factors outside the game coming into play
DRX chokes all the time
PRX's aggression depends on them being a dark horse (or fighting against shit teams) and they already lost that
xerxia hasn't done anything despite 4/5 of their players being at every major event together under x10
KRU's champions run was a fluke
leviatan and northeption are first-timers (although northeption looks interesting judging from their set against zeta, looking forward to watching them even if they don't win)
the only one with a fighting chance is loud
yes. PRX's matches in APAC and MYSG were barely even competitive except against xerxia in challengers 1. then they won against NA/EMEA teams because they didn't respect their aggression (which is the one thing you need to do to counter their style other than being good at the game). the reason they lost against DRX and zeta is that they knew how PRX played from being scrim partners