I have nothing to do today and this concept came to my mind because I saw some threads about imports so I thought why not investigate.
The purpose of this is to give you the information you need to formulate your own opinion, so let us know in the comments!
Is importing a player buffing or nerfing your team? Or is it random? Let's find out.
Evidence:
First let's look at Champions winners.
2024: EDG (N/A)
2023: EG (N/A)
2022: LLL (N/A)
2021: ACE (N/A)
2-2
Masters winners?
2024: GenG (N/A) Sen (Morocco)
2023: Fna (N/A)
2022: FPX (N/A) OPC (N/A)
2021: GMB (N/A) SEN (N/A)
6-1 in favor of no imports
Recent imports performance:
JohnQT
Quickly became a star IGL at Ghost and Sen, obviously has been playing in Americas for a while now but he won masters and continues to lead his team is great fashion
Past 90 days average rating (AKA 7 games): 1.03 (great for an IGL)
Rossy
T1 took a big risk importing Rossy from Americas. However T2 to T1 wasn't all that he had hoped as he ended on 6 consecutive losses with the APAC org including a winless appearance at Master's Shanghai.
Past 7 games average rating: 0.99 (Not bad, was a good player for t1 but they wanted all korean roster, fair.)
Kr1stal
Bro just plays ascension for fun. Came to China, said fuck it and pretty much single handedly brought XLG tier 1 gaming.
Rating: N/A but should be higher than most
N4rrate
Came over to KC from NA tier 2 and you can see why. He put in a shift for KC every game and looked like their best player easily this season.
Rating over 7 recent games (not tarik bs): 1.04
Some new import signings to look out for:
G2 Jawgemo (confirmed)
KC Saadhak (rumoured)
NAVI Koalanoob (rumoured)
KOI Flyuh (rumoured)
Talking Points:
-How do you feel about Demon1 changing his flag to RU? Does this mean EG won champs with 2 imports? Does it speak to his lack of pride?
-How do you feel about Navi Koalanoob rumour? Horrible decision or good coach pairing?
-Will Demon1 finally find his footing again?
-Who can stop this G2 godsquad?
-There seems to be a trend of teams importing more and more, is that a good thing?
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