ranked based on potential
- G2 (jawgemo, trent, jonahp, valyn, leaf, joshrt)
i think jawgemo is a great pick up kinda solves the only problem g2 really had throughout the season which was no real x factor, i could see maybe some trouble getting him into their system but i trust valyn and josh to get it done, with this roster the team should be aiming for a international trophy
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- EG (sym, derrek, nature, supamen, yay, potter)
i honestly think this is the best roster they possibly could have assembled, sym was imo the best tier 2 duelist in NA and yay with potter will be perfect to help him regain his confidence and help his team dealing with the pressure of having a player with that kind of brand on your team. and the remaining core showed a lot of potential last year. we have seen potter do it before i think this could achieve a high international placement maybe like 5th-6th if everything goes right
- NRG (mada, verno, s0m, Ethan, FNS, bonkar)
mada and verno are spoken very highly of by basically everyone in the scene with the right system around them which i think bonkar is a great coach for the job i could see this team making at least 1 international with time im not sure they will be great from the start but their placement kinda just depends on if the meta suits fns and his calling style and if fns can frag enough.
- SEN (zekken, n4rrate, johnqt, zellsis, bang, kaplan)
i think this is probably lower than most would have them but i still dont trust kaplan fully on the strategic side of coaching. on paper this is an upgrade from last year but the reason sen were so successful last year was the amount of work they put into the offseason which they dont seem to be doing this year. i really dont like the roles this team seems to be going with either. i think a similar thing could happen like what happened to fnatic where this team kinda expects to win and if they miss the first international they could get off to a pretty bad start but i have faith this team will make at least 1 international next year
- MIBR (aspas, nzr, palla, artzin, frod, +1)
i mean i cant rate aspas any lower than this and i rate frod really highly. we will see how the role transition effects palla but i think it could be similar to heat tbh. dont really have as much to say about this team either than it seems promising and the meta will probably suit them. i could see them getting to an international and getting grouped something like that seems pretty realistic
- C9 (oxy, rossy, v1c, xeppa, moose, immi)
C9 kinda just exist as a consistently ok playoff team and never really are better than that. on paper this roster is much better than last year and rossy was basically the igl for t1 so im not worried about that its just every roster is kinda just getting better so they kinda average out around here. im not sure the meta will suit oxy next year hes a much better jett than he is any of the other duelists and we seem to be heading in a neon meta. i think this team could sneak a 4th spot in champs but overall kinda just a playoff team)
- KRU (keznit, mta, mazino, adverso, shyy, atom)
this is kinda a result of the player moves being a side grade imo like getting rid of heat for mta is a downgrade imo, adverso taking his role and being a proven igl i think will be beneficial for the team and mazino is slight upgrade over melser defiantly showed higher peaks last year. overall i just think the roster construction was kind of fumbled when saadhak was stolen just before he could sign and mta was kept over heat. i still see them making playoffs but if this is the roster they have by the time champs comes around i dont think they will keep the streak going.
- 100T (asuna, eeiu, cryo, zander, boostio, zikz)
this roster is just a straight up downgrade and they were pretty bad towards the end of the season maybe a 1 player change is what they needed but i really doubt it will do much especially with how competitive each roster is this year. if everything goes right the best i see this team doing is 3rd in playoffs and then getting grouped in whatever event they go to.
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- FURIA (heat, mwzera, havoc, khalil, raafa, peu)
i like this roster i think it has a decent amount of potential i dont really know much about the coach but ive heard good things about raafa. this is kinda based on just possible role issues and inexperience also the year they had last year doesnt fill me with much confidence. i think on paper this roster could be a playoff team but i have more ?'s then the roster above them.
- LEV (Demon1, C0M, kiNgg, tex, Itopata, +1)
this roster could defiantly be good but if they end up putting demon1 as fulltime duelist i have zero hope. i genuinely dont understand how its hard to understand the role of a player like demon1 but consistently we see coaches do it like with yay as well. we will have to wait and see how the roles shape up and who the 5th player ends up being before im confident to put them higher.
- LOUD (dgzin, v1nny, pancada, cauanzin, tuyz, stkj)
after the failure of last year and now they are picking up dgzin who his teammates and coaches actively speak about being terrible to work with i have no hope. this just seems like a dead team waiting to happen although im not really sure how good v1nny is as an igl. the best i see this team doing is scraping into playoffs.
- 2G (silentzz, zap, gobera, Iz, pryze, faithz0r)
all the rosters are too good for me to justify putting them any higher. i was really impressed by zap in the final but losing their best player to age restriction is not great also their run here was very much a cinderella type story line which we saw with m8s in emea last year and they were not very good once they got into the league. maybe im way off but this kinda has to be my last place just bc every other roster is so stacked maybe once spike can play they will be able to capture some of the magic that got them here in the first place but at least starting off i dont seem them doing well.
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