c9

if c9 was in nrg's spot in tokyo would they have gone as far? they would only either have a cinderella run or get grouped imo

agreed they just play a very hyper aggressive style that isnt as balance as nrg so they would some favorable matchups and some matchups were teams experience with that style might handle them a bit better hard to tell if they would be grouped but this squad looks better than last years

They would have lost to TL in playoffs or EDG in groups most likely, but mce is a goat coach just like potter so who knows, maybe they could have beat prx too

the only way to determine their strength is saying they had a "close match" with NRG at the end, but close matches with the Optic core mean pretty much nothing

They would lose 2-0 to NAVI and then get rolled by EDG so no

they might have snuck in playoffs but lose 2 straight immediately bc ngl lots of their success depends on how hot leaf can get and he really cooled off in Americas playoffs. And when u saw leaf underperform then the team just loses.

every NA team wouldve been able to make it out of groups as long as they dont come across another NA team
but in playoffs only c9 would be able to go as far as nrg if not better