I've seen some people saying that kru is just about to same that last year or even worse, just for dropping heat, but i disagree completly.
This is the first time since franchising that kru have 5 players in their role:
Duelist: Keznit
Sentinel: Shyy
Smoker: Melser
Flex: Mazino
Initiator: Adverso
In 2024 they had mta as an initiator when he was a duelist player in t2, heat playing flex when he was a duelist player in mibr.
I love heat as a player, but mazino is obviously a improvement, mazino is a natural flex player and he also helps in comms, as it was mentioned that sometimes they have to call twice because heat didn't understant enough spanish
Adverso is a good IGL, i think he demostrate that in ascension, very strong attack sided caller and he also have good firepower. This also takes the pressure off melser, he never wanted to be an IGL, and now he can focus enough to be a consistent smoke player.
I could honestly see KRU being at least top 4 in Americas.