5)G2
4) Dark Ratio
3) M80
2) The Guard
1) FaZe
penny is a good jett but just getting into the flex role wippie isn't playing smoker right now shahzam and dapr aren't as good as they used to be oxy hasn't shown herself in t1 or t2 arena yet and it's not clear that she will be behind excellent squads like faze,the guard,m80,sr but top 3 e very difficult to enter
1 The Guard (keeping the core of 4 without saya, if they get a cracked duelist they'd be around the same level.),
2 Shopify Rebellion (most consistent roster that will be in ascension I believe, they changed 1 player in TiGG for v1c (very promising player) similar to 100T changing will for cryo)
3 M80 (heavy firepower roster with the core of ghost gaming, a very good looking team at the group stage in stage 2, plus zander and eeiu both very
good aimers and proved themselves on their previous teams)
4 OXG esports-
they recently announced their team and I feel like a lot of people have overlooked this roster.
pwny- nuts aimer and I would assume the duelist for this team, pwny was on controller for T1 and I feel like he never got to shine.
mitch- proved himself on cloud 9 before he was released, very good player and very smart player, a little concerned of him on flex but it should be fine.
randy- amazing sentinel player, constantly proves himself as a tier one/two sentinel in all of his matches.
verno- great Tier 2 IGL that led oxygen esports to victory multiple times
skuba- wonderful controller that proved himself on knights as one of the best controllers in NA consistently, great pickup to get.
5 G2 as much as you people say "G2 are gonna suck, L roster" this roster has very good potential, OXY is very good mechanically and under ShahZaM's calling I think he will shine even more, dapr is still one of the best sentinels NA and proved that last LCQ, wippie and penny are the only 2 im worried about since penny will be on flex and wippie will be on smokes)
sorry for very long reply
I didn't forget about FaZe, and I obviously the Guard is still top of NA and will probably win ascension, but I don't think FaZe are gonna be at the top this year, dicey did not look good on sage during LCQ and with chamber nerfs im worried about his position on the team, plus they lost flyuh and we don't know their 5th so who knows about faze but I think they're gonna be top 10 ascension for sure
I think your thinking too much into their last 2 LCQ games and erasing everything else they did before. A talent like Dicey should be able to adapt to a new agent and play it at a very high level, if I'm wrong then im wrong. Also, top 10 is highly underrating them, Top 5 at the very least. Although... I do think that their new 5th will either make or break their team, we'll see.