based on the fact that SEN has insane record against APAC teams, they just always beat them for some reason. Might be a playstyle diff. SEN is the APAC slayer.
well yeah buzz and stax are actually chronically ill with choking syndrome. mako was the only DRX player who was simply incapable of "choking" but of course he can't do everything, and last year flashback was carrying more than his weight at internationals, which led DRX to 5th-6th at champions, which wasnt too bad but still cursed. now hopefully freeing can help out too, at least until hyunmin gets used to the international stage, because although freeing is technically a rookie, he also has a ton of tier 2 experience himself. hopefully DRX shows up for bangkok because i dont want them to succumb to the washed and fraud allegations that are flying around about them rn.
Current Sen and current DRX are quite different from the past year with fundamental shifts in their rosters, I would just wipe the slate clean and see how they fare during this match-up without relying last years performances. As far as I'm concerned this is the only 1st round match-up that feels like a genuine 50/50