Group D rankings

Here are my rankings for group D and my reasoning behind each one

1. Team Liquid: No explanation needed here, they arent struggling with anything in particular unlike every other team here, should be a free pass to playoffs

2. DRX: Out of the 3 teams that have struggled recently, DRX have the problems that are the easiest to fix, the first of which being their 6 man system. It really doesnt work and they should just stick to the OG starting 5 of Zest, BuZz, MaKo, rb, and stax. Their second problem is weak mentality, which has gotten better but is still an issue as proven by an interview following their Tokyo result. However, I am inclined to believe that they have already dealt with this because of the amount of time thats passed between Masters and Champs.

3. NaVi: This team has perhaps the most issues of the teams and it does not seem to be getting any better. One glaring issue that NaVi have is cNed's inability to play agents that are not Jett, there are more solutions to this issue than I care to list but none of them can take place until after Champs so it will continue to plague NaVi for the time being. The second issue with this team is ANGE1 cooking up weird comps that make no sense unlike the first issue, this is quite an easy fix, d00mbr0s just needs to grow a pair of balls and tell ANGE1 to stop trolling comps. The final issue with this team is not one I see many talking about and it's the meta leaning away from KAY/O and into Skye. This is just quite unlucky tbh, there are some solutions to this but they take a lot of time and thus will be affecting NaVi's chances at making a run for the foreseeable future.

4. LOUD: This team only has one issue, but it is by far the worst of all and it has the greatest effect. LOUD's issue is internal problems. There seems to be a ton of issues regarding aspas and the org as well as Less seemingly having his own issues. This is extremely bad for them seeing as they are LOUD's best 2 players by far and the fact that aspas was reportedly not scrimming with them and already receiving offers from other teams is a huge red flag and suggests nightmarish things to come at Champs.

In conclusion, who qualifies from Group D will boil down to which team has the least pressing issues and in my opinion, that is Team Liquid and DRX. Thanks for reading my essay guys and be sure to leave any feedback in the comments. Group A, B, C soon maybe??

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If you take into account LOUD without internal problems imo they top their group

drx literally have worse internal issues than loud, they just have like no coverage because nobody gaf

also for LOUD, their issue at Tokyo was Aspas was rarely on Jett + He only op for 1 round as well.

To me it still feels like DRX are the worst team in their group, but yes, people don't talk enough about the meta switching from kayo to skye (zyppan is a decent Skye as well though)

DRX btw is scrimming without Foxy9, so scrap everything cuz THEY ARE GETTING OUT OF GROUPS

stopped reading when u linked c0mmend

Not free for Liquid. Their problems are lack of consistency and Redgar inting