They are still the fav for Tokyo lil bros
Their map pools at least got shown faults, idk what mimi was cooking with split ban
Derke and Chronicle didnt really do much
When Fnatic is overrated, every team is overrated. LOUD recently lost 0-2 against NRG and lost against Fnatic 2-3 on homeground a few weeks ago. No team is unbeatable and the Valorant pro scene is still ultra young. Compare it to the CS:GO scene, where all Top 20 teams are like insanely cracked, Valorant is still not even on the same level. Teams that got champions (VCT World, VCT LOCKIN etc.) in 2021, 2022 or even 2023 still can be not even top teams anymore in 2-3 years, when the skill ceiling gets higher and higher.
True. Also Tokyo will have a totally different mental meaning to all the teams. Fnatic already forgot how to lose, they probably even needed this loss. They need to know they are not unbeatable (no team is) - that's the best foundation for Tokyo. And when you watched Paper Rex yesterday, I'm sure that it's even possible that no EMEA or Americas team could win Tokyo, but Paper Rex or DRX - those guys are cracked as well.