- Fnatic - I’m not saying Fnatic are the only team that can win, but placing them anywhere else besides first would be delusional.
- PRX - was almost as good as EG without something, even better and more explosive with him. Best chance at beating Fnatic this event.
- EG/LOUD/DRX - at Tokyo, EG we’re far ahead of both these other teams, however, EG look slightly worse than they were at Tokyo and LOUD and DRX look far better than their Tokyo performances. For this reason I think these 3 teams are at the same tier: capable of winning but unlikely.
- EDG - the Chinese demons that are getting better and better, I can see them making a deeper run than Tokyo if they play really well. However, I think it would take a true miracle for them to win, but it’s possible.
- BLG - Chinese underdogs, everyone thought China was a 1 team region before the event but they proved everyone wrong. Great performance from them against NRG twice to get them into playoffs, but unfortunately I don’t think there’s any chance to win.
- FUT - similar level to BLG, but slightly worse in my opinion. They are a great team, as reaching playoffs is very impressive on its own, however, due to their bracket placing, I don’t think there’s a very high chance they win a single match in playoffs, maybe a map or 2.