Why are they on a different level in Pacific? What makes them so good?
Individual skill diff?
Not individual skill diff because in case we take individual skill then PRX are on a higher scale. DRX are more structured have better default plays than the teams in APAC that's why they are on a different level and that's what makes them very good on international stage which is their structure game plan
It wasn't a deep criticism, calm down guys, there was an interview in which he said that: https://www.vlr.gg/183719/pancada-about-drx
It wasn't a deep criticism, calm down guys, there was an interview in which he said that: https://www.vlr.gg/183719/pancada-about-drx
DRX has really good players but what sets them apart from other Pacific teams is their discipline, teamwork and high level of preparation.
They are also a set play heavy team. Watch any VODs of DRX executing into a site and you'll see layers of utility being thrown and how each player's position allows them to trade off each other.
Pacific has shit teams, and DRX playbook is sooo diverse because of the amount of time they have been playing the game. At this point they may just anti-strat the APAC teams because their fundamentals probably are drilled and is their second nature.
But the main reason they barely lose maps is the first one, the level of teams are very low.
EG is currently not a last position team as they are well in contention for playoffs. TH actually looked good with the coach than with Zeek. As for KRU they are not that shit because obviously they were very close in winning 2 or 3 matches notably against 100T Loud and Mibr but didn't close it out. KRU atleast showed some bit of teamwork in some games especially the close ones. DFM weren't even close to winning most of the series barring maybe the T1 series and to an extent GenG. Others were just DFM getting destroyed. Because they often don't play together as a team and most of them require quite a lot of hero rounds for DFM to win
Bro just watch their games don't watch one watch the games where they have been destroyed . You yourself will be able to find out the lack of cohesion and teamwork. The reason I can't send clips is because every match are like in full barring certain highlights that have been already clipped.
As for other teams it's more like inconsistency like you see teams like Global, TS, T1, 1 day they'll look very very good nothing could go wrong and the other day they'll look god awful and pathetic. Even PRX doesn't play like how they used to play they're just unga bunga around but they win cause the talent that the roster has is massive. Talon is also inconsistent. So it's more of inconsistency
Ok so you basically have seen games but the thing you could see is that DFM have not looked good together because there aren't proper trades that have happened. Or you could see that they often go in without a proper plan and just throw whatever util there is and stuff. So there isn't much cohesion or teamwork from DFM nor do they have the superior firepower to hide these weaknesses like PRX.