What we have learned:
Gen. G, DRX and Paper Rex are all completely even
Other good teams like: RRQ, T1 and maybe even TS haven’t really proven themselves
honestly atm geng looks like they fell off a bit. foxy9 from meteor was too big of a downgrade to replace. T1 looks good but they are not as good as peak geng 2024 imo. DRX is decent for now but their success depends on hyunmin performing. T1 has a lot of good players but idk about sylvan i think he might hold this team back.
a top tier team has to be firing on all cylinders. if any of the players are holding back, then this iteration might meet the same fate as previous versions of DRX. valorant is a 5v5 game where all the players, especially the duelist, need to be doing their job. and hyunmins job is to look for the opening and that first duel, and win it more of the time than not. he is still very good, but for DRX to take the title of best in the region or to be a contender for a masters or champions, i still think that i need to see more from hyunmin.