so RRQ signs Alter Ego Celeste but suddenly how SMG become the S-tier GC team over RRQ
Smg was like top 3 apac gc and they got enerii that was got contract jail by ae
so enerii was AE best player and after she joined SMG other 4 player become also very good somehow
All 5 players of SMG are top players from last year. 4 of them (except Kamiyu iirc) are in the top 10 players by stats in the last apac elite last year
Well according to the last tournament
https://www.vlr.gg/event/stats/868/champions-tour-game-changers-asia-pacific-elite
Only Alluka perform better than Kohaibi, Shirazi and Enerii while Alexy perform better than all AEC players. Obviously who is better change with each metric (for example enerii leads by ACS) but point is they are about comparable.
One thing to note is the current SMG players started the 2022 season slow but improved throughout the season, so it make sense that by 2023 they are better than the ex AEC players.