kyro1's power rankings amer + emea

based on where i think the rosters will likely be by the end of the season

AMERICAS:

1. G2

   Im a g2 fan so i might be a little biased but we got the addition of a world champion over the reserve world champion so surely we do better this year. plus if theres one thing i know about the g2 guys its that the work ethic there is higher than any other team in americas so i think this is the year for them

2. NRG

   i thought this roster looked strong before the offseason but watching it kinda just reinforced that i would say they should be looking to win something

3. MIBR

   might get off to a slow start but considering the caliber of players on this roster as in aspas and nzr i have faith they together will be able to bring the most out the the others plus cortezia looks insane and frod is a proven coach

4. Evil Geniuses

   i think this team upgraded overall which i know is crazy to say considering they lost jawgemo but icy and yay together is very promising. icy's weakness as a duelist was his agent pool and his explosivity and yay lacked a system last year. i think potter will be able to get the most out of them and yay we know has an insane jett and icy can flex to the sentinel role for it so i think they compliment each others strengths. plus the core of this roster was already good just inexperienced. i think they will be able to sneak a 4th place into champs just being consistent throughout the season.

5. LEVIATAN

   a downgrade from last year but i think the replacements are good kinda have similar expectations compared to EG but i just have more ?'s like how does demon1 look on full time duelist idk it will surely be better than NRG but will it look like champs 23 demon1? im not totally convinced.

6. KRU

   i like this team on paper but their offseason worried me a bit but i think they will stay kind of the gate keeper of americas and i would say this is an upgrade from last year even with the removal of heat

7. Sentinels

   ill be honest i have absolutely zero faith in this current iteration of the roster to do anything the off season was super worrying but i think the season overall and with the backup plan of redux i expect them to at least finish in the playoffs towards the end of the season

8. 2 Game

   i know most people think this team will not be able to compete but from what i saw in ascension i would say this team is being underrated zap alone will not let this team finish last and their replacement for spike is actually very good

9. 100T

   honestly downgraded from last year and the end of last year made me very worried for this team they are just very inconsistent and looking at the season overall i just dont see how i can rank an inconsistent team higher up than this maybe 8th but i think if 100t underperform they will just blow up the roster unlike 2G

10. FURIA

    an upgrade from last year but i dont have much faith in this org and havoc needs to get over his stage jitters for me to think this team will be anything above bottom 4. i could see them getting upset wins but not much else

11. Cloud9

    clown9

12. LOUD

    wtf is this abomination of a roster mfs kept the coaching staff after putting saadhak on NEON???????? and they recycled old talent i have no hope for this loud

EMEA:

1. Vitality

   please stop with the nrg was terrible so every super team will be terrible narrative. the only ? i have with this roster is sayf igling but i know he was already a leader in the mid round and micro so just calling at the start of the round is honestly the easiest part. and the coaching staff they picked up is also really good you guys will see malek will stop this roster from imploding and faded is a very good strategist. dont really need to talk about the individuals we all know what they are capable of.

2. Heretics

   same roster as last year although personally i was more impressed with heretics when they had patitek over miniboo but i expect them to be just as good as last year maybe they go to 2 events instead of 3 or something like that but i feel safe putting them at 2 for the season

3. FNATIC

   assuming they get leo back by the end of the year and i honestly really like their approach to the meta right now so again i kinda feel safe putting them here. kaajak is really the only concern i have im not really sure if hes a derke replacement but he was very good in ascension last year.

4. Gentle Mates

   people are underrating this team so bad its gonna be so funny in a few months to look back on everyone who had them bottom of emea but k4davra is insane if you watched m8s last year you would know this, zyppan is a masters winner in his role and brings the experience to this roster, robbiebk is insane his fragging and igling are both top tier, click dominated german tier 2 last year (im not really sure how his agent pool is like ive only seen him play neon but he looked very good), and minny is legit like a meteor type of player extremely consistent never really makes mistakes and is always on the board. the only ? is goked but considering he built this roster i have a lot of faith. this roster is being stained by the m8s from last year but its just not the same

5. FUT

   xeus > cned fut = consistently pretty decent

6. Karmine Corp

   i could honestly see them being a lot higher or lower but i have enough faith in saadhak to get them into playoffs at least once. i really just dont know what to think about the roles on this roster.

7. NAVI

   a change needed to happen and i think all the players they picked up are pretty good id expect them to consistently make playoffs

8. Apeks

   the current roster is not very good this org will realize this very quickly and invest all they have to make sure they do not lose their spot in vct they will make playoffs by the end of the year but until they make roster changes this team will be terrible.

9. BBL

   an upgrade from last they looked okay during the offseason and i know they have plans to bring pcfic players into the roster so idk what to think about this team really i think its just gonna be more of the same really upsets here and there maybe can squeak into playoffs

10. KOI

    i could see them being a lot better than this but i really dont like when teams recycle talent and this team did do that. i could see them being like 7th-8th at best but i have more faith in the others above them

11. GiantX

    runner? i sleep

12. Liquid

    ah yes put your star player as igl and pick up kamo liquid management is a joke. the only part of this roster that gives me any hope is patitek but i think by the end of this season he will be the only remaining piece

americas was mostly good (NRG>G2 but whatever bias who cares) but then i saw emea and b0tality being #1 and it all fell apart

Americas is prob the best out of three

TH > Vitality

wait is keiko fr igling for lulquid? this team isn’t getting a map lmao

good lists kyro1

There is no reason apeks aren’t last

They won’t make good enough changes and doing them mid season won’t be enough

straight pure bias

Gx 11th and liquid 12th is just pure hatred