#1 Gen.G
#2 EDG
#3 Sentinels
#4 TH
#5 LEV
you guys are both morons. Americas have won at least one event every single year. Arguing that Americas are not Top 2 regions OAT is a joke. Also, Heretics are obviously in the top 4 teams of last year, braindead to argue otherwise. two grand finals appearances at internationals. Maybe you should both log off👍
why is geng first? i mean they literally lost their best player meteor(for those who say its texture you are dumb, i remember the match from fpx vs geng at shanghai on ascent where meteor quite literally single handedly saved geng that match during an eco round where he has a sheriff and was one tapping like crazy). Nrg also beat them in SOOP, you might argue its only off season but that its what everyone said about sentinels last year during the exact same tournament and we all how that turned out. Also, im a sen fan but there is no way sen is 3rd on this list 4th or 5th is a maybe. and whats up with lev? they definitely do not look good and have tons of issues. one of the main problems is how itopata put d1 on raze when d1 clearly showed that he cant play raze last year on nrg.
nrg shud be on top 3 minimum and t1 shud be top 5
Hot Take:
FPX deserves to be in this conversation:
Only lost to EDG in Bo5's domestically (and only lost other games after they were guaranteed to Champs)
At Madrid lost to 2 of the top 4 teams from Kickoffs in close games after a terrible travel experience.
Only lost to the 2 finalists at Shanghai
Lost to 2 of the top 4 teams at Champs in the Group of Death
honestly, id say:
1) Gen G - won kickoff, 2nd place madrid, 2nd place stage 1, won shanghai, won stage 2, grouped at champs. in total 1 bad overall event
2) TH - 2nd place kickoff, grouped madrid, 2nd place stage 1, 2nd place shanghai, 3rd place stage 2, 2nd place champs. in total didnt win anything bbut considering they had 3 rosters they had a consistently very good year all things considered
3) EDG - won kickoff, grouped madrid, won stage 1, insta elimmed shanghai, won stage 2, won champs. in total very dominant regional presence (although it was in china) and 1 good international
4) Sen - won kickoff, won madrid, bombed out stage 1, struggled stage 2, 4th place champs. started the year on fire, middle of the year kicked them hard in the ass, recovered at the end.
5) either G2, Lev, or FNC. G2 started bad, but since getting icy they only got better and better until champs where they barely escaped groups. Lev were pretty good year round, but really showed up at the end of the year during stage 2 and champs, but were never super amazing. FNC were regionally dominant throughout the year, although not to the level of edg at any time, but they bombed out shanghai, and considering the leo situation they bounced back pretty well for the rest of the year, especially stage 2