Its all about players taking fighting in ways where they can guarantee a win, c0m was never mechanically equal to Less, but he took fights in ways that favored him. Right now, I dont see the 100t players trying to make fights easier for them, instead of going for raw aim duels, and yea that worked during their run because their form was great but unless you are really consistent, it is not a favorable way of playing.
Looking back, that EG was genuinely really good, demon1 as a flex with that aim is ridiculous, jawgemo's consistency and boostio actually being a great gunner himself, ethan also being a good flex with good aim and then c0m being smart with his fights and not exactly bad mechanically. I always thought that FNS with optic's peak did play a similar style, naturally FNS focused on out calling, but in tough situations, yay or marved or victor would consistently be relied on to get 2ks or 3ks in bad spots, and they always did.