new to VLR and to the regions as a whole, who's looking nice in china for stage 1? other than EDG, any frontrunners to qualify to toronto?
i heard nova is pretty nice
for both of you, what is the biggest thing that the other cn teams lack that edg has?
is it just firepower (im recalling chichoo crazy shots) or is it strats, a bit of both?
any teams that stand out in either regard? i know Trace had a good bind with the deadlock from champs last year but apart from that it's a bit unknown
oh and ofc blg lolol
TvirusLuke appears to have departed DRG for TEC, as Haodong's voice was detected in his livestream (Haodong being a TEC player). Concurrently, DRG will be promoting their academy team player ying - one of China's most closely monitored rookie prospects. Additionally, cangshu's contract status has been updated to 'active', and according to the contract database crawler bot on X, DRG also has bai registered. It remains unclear whether DRG will bench vookashu.
My guess is EDG/XLG/Trace for Toronto. XLG proved to be a very strong team and Rarga/Happywei look like two of the best players in the region. Trace might've bombed out of Bangkok but they're insane regionally so they seem like a safe bet.
NOVA is a strong contender for Toronto as they've improved massively this year. BLG has a mid looking roster but they're a decent team too.