QS can roughly be used as a power ranking. teams above 80/300 are s tier teams that will make intl playoffs. Teams in the 60-80 range can qualify and win a match at an intl event, they have the potential to squeak into playoffs at a global event. Teams in the 40-60 range will probably get eliminated in playoffs.
China:
-Trace Esports- After a disappointing Bangkok I think they will come back a lot better like they always do and I think they might destroy the streak of edg winning regional GFs. QS:80/300
-Nova-Looking better and better every match even after dropping one of their best players. GuanG is HIM. Next breakout chinese team 100%. QS:65/300
Possibilities:
-XLG-Looked great at kickoff I am going to cope and say they were saving strats in the evolution tournament. I believe that this team can make toronto. Happywei Viva and Rarga are great. QS:65/300
-JDG-Looked good in the evolution series and choked to blg the team is getting better after every match and stew is doing stew things babyblue is great too. QS: 60/300
-EDG-Unfortunately still the best team in cn. QS:110/300
Comments:
The EDG upset is just me hating. EDG will probably qual over JDG and XLG but that would be very boring. Blg not qualifying is solely because I think they rely too much on whzy and also because they play questionable valorant.
Americas:
-G2: You know why. I will put on a TH flair if they do not qualify. QS:290/300
Whomegalul #1:
Whomegalul #2:
You cannot convince me to watch this t5 region when i can watch teams like navi or kc instead
Apac:
-T1: I think they keep up their streak and I think this team can peak again.I also think there is a chance they do not qualify unlike G2. QS: 90/300
-RRQ: They look incredible but they always choke. I think they break through this time and might even come out as the first seed. QS: 75/300
-NSR: This might be a puzzling pick out of all the other teams but my justification is that I expect other teams to fall off. QS:65/300
Comments:
I expect GenG to not do very well considering they are making roster changes now.
I also expect DRX to fall off because I expect them to not be very confident after losing to vit and t1,this is me reading between the lines but I think that them not losing at kickoff caused them to pretty much spiral and play badly against t1 after their loss to vitality. I have also lost a lot of hope in termi. Drx as a team still has crazy high firepower but if other teams prep well and DRX cannot adapt fast enough the game is as good as done. They should still make playoffs imo.
Other Qualification Scores(QS):
Gen.G: 65/300
DRX: 75/300
Emea:
This is the hardest region of all to predict imo. Emea is filled to the brim with high potential teams that can never convert said potential. Keeping in mind that 10 of the teams could prep at home and watch vods I think my preds are justified.
-M8:Looked great coming into the tournament and absolutely outclass TH on one map before getting destroyed. I have a lot of hope for the players but not the coaches. QS:80/300
-KC: Some of the best talent in EMEA and one of the best IGLs oat in Saadhak. Suygetsu seemed like he needed a little more time to play the controller role better and I think with time this
KC can make another international. Their problems seemed to revolved around mid rounding and I think that can be fixed considering the time on their hands. QS:85/300
-NaVi: Before you click off let me try to justify this pick. They have two great players(four if koala and hir0 wake up) two middling players and an angry Ange1. NaVi's success is in the hands
of Happy. I think the meta is going to diversify a little more because of the agent changes and I think m80's strength was using one and done comps. They have had another month's worth
of prep and I think if they have worked on more comps and if ange1 improves on initiator(which will probably happen) I think this team makes Toronto and champs. QS:60/300
Comments:
I expect VIT to not qualify because I think they will spiral out of control after one more loss and also Faded is ASS but they still have enough firepower to qualify by just running it down. Again this would be a boring prediction so I am just going to sweep it under the rug and "confidently" say that VIT will not qualify to Toronto
Liquid on the other hand I think I trust a lot more because they looked genuinely better than VIT on the first two maps of the bo5 and they have been steadily improving every match.
Fnatic have great talent and crashies. I think this team will be the best team in emea in stage 2. I don't believe they will do much with only a month's worth of preparation time but d00mbr0s and Milan might cook something up.
Navi will probably not qualify but I think they can do some damage. I realistically am expecting VIT to look weak but still qual.
I think EMEA could have the highest possible number of teams that can qualify I can see GX,BBL and TH making it too. I still however think KC NAVI and M8 will be the best EMEA teams in split 1.
Other QS:
FNC: 70/300
TH: 60/300
VIT: 90/300
GX: 60/300
BBL:70/300
Closing Comments:
- Emea is an extremely volatile region and I can see every team go on a run except FUT and APKs
- Apac is a lot less close than you think. The top 6 teams are definitely better than the bottom 6.
- China will not produce any more trophy contenders unless they send teams that arent EDG to Toronto.
- America is just G2 and friends kekw.
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