I think we've seen enough from EDG post-champs to confirm that their run was largely based on luck
EDG = Acend except even worse
Acend actually looked good coming out of berlin and into champs, then at champs they started poorly and built their way up to the win
EDG looked mid af before champs and at champs didn't even play well until the grand final itself where they still relied on individual brilliance way too much for my liking
I wouldn't call either a fluke tho, both just were in the zone when it mattered - flukes don't exist
brother, they just got hard carried by zmjjk, he alone deserved that title
they looked mid af in the group stage, then run into trace who were good on two maps, then beat sen who were trolling the entire night, then played lev and barely scraped by on map 3,with a ton of individual bail outs and then played a good series in the final, yet still needing a couple of absurd once in a lifetime plays to win (eg. S1mon clutch on B lotus)
I'm sorry but from a tactical standpoint they never looked good last season