Who is the best bind team in the world? or who are the top contenders (Past 6 months)
Acend didn't overperform... They were top EMEA team for most of 2021. People just didn't follow EMEA and have no idea what they are talking about. Acend was just up there if not better at times than teams like Gambit, Liquid etc. Like its true that teams weren't banning Bind as much, but that wasn't the only reason why they did well. Especially during era where most teams didn't have as good map pools anyway.
Yeah EMEA format was like single elimination or something if I'm not wrong. Even Sentinel lost their first game in NA, but they weren't out because NA format was much better early 2021. If I remember it correctly, didn't follow as closely back then. And yeah FPX was definitely the favorites to make it to Reykjavik 2021, but played bad and did weird stuff IIRC. Fnatic was on classic honeymoon period with Derke and Magnum popping off, and Liquid finally found their form and were playing some different stuff compared to most other teams. Also individually their roster was one of the best at the time I think.
complete opposite, acend trashed every EMEA teams in the most important matches always. Stage 3 EU challengers 1 winners, The first team to qualify masters berlin by beating Gambit 2-1. Also, 2022 didnt even have the same acend roster lmao. People who never watched 2021 EMEA says acend fluked against Lulquid (the most overrated roster of 2021) and Gambit, whom they beat majority of the times.
OpTic hands down i can't believe this is even a debate
Optic only lost a single bind game in the last 6 months internationally, against Loud
Many teams would switch their permabans around just to ban Bind against them
Honorable Mentions to FNC and PRX's Yoru Comp but nobody else comes close in the last 6 months