if u watch some of the eg documentaries and post match interviews potter always talks about how much prep boostio did and how involved he got into making some of the strategies and such. Also 100T have a lot of firepower like SEN but have lacked a good igl.
That middle of the pack is wide open for the Americas region right now. LEV feels like the clear favorite right now, but I could see a lot of teams (save MIBR) really making a case for the 2-4 spots