NA
C9-essily the strongest team, if they hadn't made vanity play initiator and curry smokes they wouldve probably been representing NA rn
dark horses- faze, 100t- do they finally have enough to fill up holes and go to a LAN?
Will get first rounded-SHOPIFY REBELLION , great team but i dont see them beating anyone
EU
M3C-i dont see a champions without m3c or nats
dark horses- guild liquid acend
guild has it in them to qualify, acend and liquid really depend on what 5th they find
first rounded-oglu- they play good as a team but lack any person willing to pop off, kinda like 100t in emea you cant forgo that
(bbl might pop off for turkish buff but very unlikely, also depends on 5th, if they get alfajer level someone for paura then maybe)
APAC
ONIC- better than secret, play good as a team and with better mental they can totally qualify
DARK HORSES-SECRET BLEED ORDER
secret is competent, bleed depends on 5th, order i think genuinely got fucked by bad groups and have it in them to make it.
FIRST ROUNDED-cerebrus esports, ive seen them play, its really not enough to compete w anyone in lcq
EAST ASIA
NORTHEMPTON, i dont see anyone beating them, they were just fucked by the fact that fpx and drx both world class teams were in their group
DARK HORSES-damwon, maybe lakia does something
FIRST ROUNDED-edward gaming, ive seen them play, its ok but not good enough to compete
LATAM/BR
KRU, NIP- easily the strongest teams coming into this
DARK HORSES- VK FURIA FUSION, furia depends on the 5th they get, VK are overshadowed by nip but are strong, fusion might defeat nip tbh
FIRST ROUNDED-EX LAZER- how did they beat kru once lmaoo