I feel like c9b are an overrated team tbh. I always hear people saying they’re a top team, t1 in NA but they always seem to disappoint. Idk if it’s just people with the copium or not but they’re a high t2 team in my eyes tbh.
In terms of NA, they're up there. They put up good results against the best of the region, but always fall short at the last hurdle. With Floppy gone, they might have a decent chance at being top3. No idea why they benched poiz either, as he was performing well after he rejoined the roster. then again, no space for vanity, which I guess poiz bit the bullet.
Seeing their matches on recent times, they could be back on a comeup. Especially with Vanity taking over the smoke department.
Leaf is for sure, but is Xeppa?
Leaf on duellist is a no brainer. Dude is insanely talented. Just felt like the duo of poiz on Jett, Leaf on reyna, was more powerful than the current duo of xeppa and Leaf.
However, it is far too early to tell if it was the right or wrong choice. Was just surprised by the adjustment of the roster, given the performance of the duo(leaf + poiz).
I think that their current roster is good, with vanity taking the role of IGL, mitch can focus on being a good sentinel, as for the rest of the team I can't really say much because they had little matches, so I hope they'd be able to make a good run in the upcoming events. I think if they're able to cooperate with one another they could try go for a top 5 team in NA.
I get why someone would think that about C9B... heck you can say this about any NA team outside of SEN 100T and NV. But you have to see the potential of this team (and other NA teams like XSET)... to understand where the hype is coming from.... We won't know for sure if C9B is Top 5 good until they, Keep the same roster and after the next VCT qual in 2022. The LCQ will be to early.