Breakout players this year

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Which players do you think are gonna have/look like they're having a breakout year this year? Not necessarily rookies but players that haven't really shown that they're elite level players

For me it's looking like Keiko is finally gonna show the same talent he had on 2023 Apeks after switching to smokes. I thought he was kinda underwhelming last year and I didn't have high hopes for him this year but he looks way more comfortable and in his element on smokes. I don't expect anything from Liquid this year but I wouldn't be surprised if someone tried poaching him next year to build an elite roster

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Ronyko23

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keiko isnt gonna qualify for any int sadly.

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Oh ofc not but hopefully top level teams will see his potential and he'll get signed to a team where he can see some actual success

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"I don't expect anything from Liquid this year but I wouldn't be surprised if someone tried poaching him next year to build an elite roster"
soneone poach nats out of the IGL position while they are at it

anyways my answer is FengF

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my-dad-ate-my-toes

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Real, tho I'd say FengF already kinda showed himself off at Champs and it was kinda expected that as TE got better he'd have more opportunities to perform

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Bigfish

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Nats has been mid for too long to be called elite imo, ofc he still has the potential.

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NerfMaxima

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I dont think nAts will ever be a top top player again, but you cant lie that Liquid is killing any hope there is for him

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SuperRoss

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my top 3 eu:
koalanoob
filu
minny

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Ronyko23

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nobody gonna qualify lol.

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SuperRoss

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title

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Ronyko23

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you can't have breakout season without qual for any int. and i don't think any player in ur top 3 have that kinda solo carry pot.

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SuperRoss

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you can't have breakout season without qual for any int

so we're just making up our own rules now, they're breaking out in t1.

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Icl I'm a massive koalanoob doubter, I think his peak as a young cracked duelist kinda went and left in challengers and now he's just in a weird position of not being fresh or experienced at a high level

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SuperRoss

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he looked great for navi

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my-dad-ate-my-toes

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I mean he had a good map one but then got locked out for the rest of the game, which I thought was a common trend with him when I watched Ascension, and I really think NAVI would've been better off getting a much younger player who completely take over a server consistently rather than being middling most of the time and only having a huge map every now and then

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Huitzilopochtli

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remember he got nepo picked by Happy, original lineup had Clickabi T.T

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my-dad-ate-my-toes

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The OG Click and nataNk roster would've been generational for the starving NAVI fans

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they were so close to making every international T.T but i heavy fw Ruxic tho, i just think Koala is kinda mid w good oping

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islaaa

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i fw the minny pick. he is definitely really talented and with the right coaching i think M8 might make an international

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SuperRoss

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i saw a bit of him in t2 and i have to say: i liked what i saw, i fw him heavy.

there's so much talent coming from t2 this year and my rankings are pretty volutile, lewn and kaajak would probably round out my top 5 atm

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Is no one going to say LewN? I've heard a ton of hype about Turkish players but no one sold me on LewN until I saw him on BBL recently. This guy has insane mechanics and it looks like this will be his breakout year.

For China I'll say XLG Happywei, he is one of the best site holders in the region.

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my-dad-ate-my-toes

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LewN is absolutely absurd but ngl I think everyone on the starting roster for BBL is having a breakout year (except Jamppi)

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PandaCoco1

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Papichulo
I feel like he can keep up his consistency throughout the entirety of the year, but I think he is already considered a elite player in terms of apac t2 players

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Kaust

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happywei, SpiritZ1, Levius, Viva + GuanG (on an international scale)

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Sylvan

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Huitzilopochtli

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Click my goat
Robbiebk
Elite
Avez
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i still believe in Kaajak
PatrickWHO when hes finally in Korea T.T

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Kaajak I think could be great if FNC weren't trying to slot him 1 for 1 into the same playstyle as Derke. So far they've kind of set him up for failure by expecting him to do all the same things Derke did for them and not really changing to accommodate him

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Wezzaa

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Chiwa
Swerl
PatrickWHO
Avez

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Kushy