My Masters Toronto Team Preds

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kyro1

AMERICAS:
G2

coldest take lmao

MIBR

im a little concerned by the verno addition comms wise but i have a lot of faith in frod that he wouldnt let a decision like that be made if it didnt benefit the team and considering how they did with only weeks of practice in kickoff i have a lot of hope for them

NRG

i think this team will take awhile to heat up like i could see them placing 4th in their group pretty easily but as the split goes on i think they will overtake a lot of teams

EMEA:
Heretics

meta suits them + i have a lot of faith in all of them to bounce back considering all of last year

FNATIC

removed the fraud + meta suits them + emea is a shit region + picked up a good coach

Liquid

i know people are confused by the roster move but serial is insane and moving nats to initiator makes sense considering the problems they were having in the comms before

APAC:
GenG

i think foxy9 is terrible and adding in ash and suggest are good moves imo it just comes down to how they execute and they were already top 3 pacific with a dysfunctional roster so i dont see how they will get worse

Talon

they get to comm in thai now which should help their biggest weakness in team cohesion and as long as the rookies dont melt they should be a comfortable top 3 team by the end of the split

Global

this is probably my biggest punt in terms of no real evidence but this roster has the talent its just about getting it to mesh and i think with the full roster now and months of practice they should be contenders for the top 3 and abyss is out of the map pool which is honestly why they didnt place better in kickoff they just got exposed so early on.

CN:
EDG

duh

BLG

pretty decent team in a region full of shitters

DRG

vo0kashu gaming + good ideas

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Blueberry77

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No way you skipped vitality

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kyro1

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vitality as soon as they lost a game turned into complete ass and then we hear they are trying to bench trexx probably because he doesnt like how the team is being lead. mechanics can only get you so far and im saying this as a fan of the team.

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Nice bait, Americas is Furia and 2G

#5

kyro1

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FUCK i thought this would be genius bait but im caught in the first 5 mins

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nobody___100

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not bad tbh

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ttk10pokas

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weak bait

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delighted

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here's a way better list:

Americas:

G2
MIBR
KRU

EMEA:
TL
KC
FNC

PACIFIC:

T1
TLN
GEN

CN:

EDG
BLG
DRG

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kyro1

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bro swapped 3 teams for my 4th places lmao

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delighted

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the competition has never been this big before

ot was just 1 team dominating the regional gauntlet, steamrollinf until they get bulldozed in international events

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bilim

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i think for pacific is RRQ, T1 and TALON

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xelto1

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Americas
Lev
Kru
100T

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kyro1

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LEV 💔

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xelto1

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Chill fan let me hope and cope

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Warlordwibz

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NRG same case as 100T, They're the NA team that DON"T make internationals.
As for Pacific teams, its VCT Korea. It's gonna be DRX/T1/GenG.

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kyro1

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thats c9 and vct korea isnt real just because 3 of the top 4 teams for 1 event happened to be korean doesnt make it vct korea lmao. saying that i do think all of the korean teams will finish top 6

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Ch1llin

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AMER
g2
mibr
nrg

EMEA
vit
tl
apk (my scandinavian pride needs to see them here)

APAC
T1
PRX (fav org need to see them at toronto)
RRQ

CHINA
EDG
JDG (STEW! STEW! STEW! STEW!)
TRACE

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kyro1

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apeks is like at best a top 8 team but i respect the loyalty. and prx is cooked fam they dont even know who their starting jingg is on smokes and mindfreak is on sentinel its a mess over there maybe champs but toronto is not for them.

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Ch1llin

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i hope they just somehow make groups and after pull an edg at champs so i can watch them win in person

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cxrsedval

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man said gl*bal

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alpine007

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disrespecting t1 even after they win a masters is crazy, and DRX as well. they kinda farmed APAC

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Biostar

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Look at his flair. T1 has been living rent free in his head for a while now, and man tries to ignore the pain&fear for mental defense.

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kyro1

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t1 won i do not care we will win the next one

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kyro1

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t1 is my 4th the only reason i dont have them top 3 is because they havent been scrimming since their win they all went on vacation and they are only good on 4 maps of which 1 is leaving the pool. and t1 did NOT farm apac they barely got past boom. apac in general is probably the most competitive region i think its very hard to stay on top. as for drx i just think they peaked early with their understanding of tejo i still think they will be good i just dont see them winning their region again and have more hope for global and talon.

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catNmouse

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they’re very inconsistent on bind plus abyss was their perma ban, if anything the map pool changes and new patches should favor them even more. i do agree that they may not necessarily be the first seed

theyre decent-good ish on fracture and have a very good split (imo their best map) haven and pearl

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kyro1

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yes basically maps where they play double duelist look good maps where they dont they look like shit its a very map dependent team but the break kind of worries me for their future this season look at sentinels last year. pacific isnt a walk in the park like china is for edg and all the teams who didnt make bangkok have an advantage going into regular season.

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catNmouse

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i wouldnt say they look shit on fracture and bind, they beat drx when it mattered most on that map being 0-4 down and almost beat edg who had a scary looking fracture in swiss stage. bind is a coin flip but i would give them the benefit of the doubt since they swapped out the gekko for fade

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alpine007

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AMER :
G2 (cause theyre G2)
MIBR( i kinda have faith)
SEN/NRG (depends on who bounces back harder)

EMEA:
TH(they were ass in kickoff but meta suites them and they have really good players so i can very easily see their comeback
FNC (we're gonna see a major comeback, i believe fr)/TL ( i mean bro if keiko and nats keep performing like they are and i think they make it easy)
VIT(dumb decision to bench trexx imo but idk the internal affairs, still think theyll make toronto)

APAC :
T1(cause theyre t1)
DRX(they always farm regionals and choke internationals but they have a veyr promising roster so i kinda believe)
GenG(really depends on ash and suggest but i believe cause theyre GenG and they have a goated coaching staff)/ talon(full thai roster might go hard)/ PRX(might comeback harder than we expect)/ RRQ (they look decent and so it all really depends on in game performance)

CN :
EDG(ofc they make it)
idk
idk

CN is kinda complex cause i dont really watch CN games so im not sure but the region keeps changing and top teams(other than EDG) can fall off hard like FPX did so i really dont know
APAC will be by far the best to watch and the most competetive among the reions
AMER will be alr but g2 will dominate all their matches. the rest will be kinda close and will be decent to watch
EMEA might be a lot more competetive than we expect in stage 1

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kyro1

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do you still believe in vitality after the benching of trexx? i do not personally but to each their own i guess.

CN is pretty much edg and then trace, blg, xlg, drg, and nova all of these teams could make masters it just comes down to form. trace and xlg are more macro based where as blg, nova, and drg are more about player quality. the rest of the teams are pretty ass.

RRQ and PRX are not doing anything imo. prx is basically realizing their roster is no longer the best at shooting so they are trying pivot more into the meta but their players cant play meta agents well. i mean they have jingg on smokes and mindfreak sentinel with a sub ready to replace them at any moment. as for rrq -estrella for +crazyguy might be the biggest troll pacific has seen in awhile.

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alpine007

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tbh i dont know about RRQ since i dont follow the team but from what ive heard crazyguy is a very competent IGL who js had a shitshow in bleed. idk tbh.

As for PRX again this really depends on how they bounce back, The aim is there but W gaming is js not going to work in such a util heavy meta.

as for VIT no i did not see the news but i still think theyll make toronto cause they have derke but theyll get cooked in toronto cause they dont feel like they have enough depth that trexx gave them.

CN is js unpredictable so it js comes down to form

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windwine

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nah bro vit is kinda ggs your igl was a star duelist and now has mid calling and mid shooting , his current form is worse than like fns so a superteam losing a insane player and now a fraud igl is not looking good

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unofficialwaifu

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bro said GE KEKW

thats a burnt take

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Americas:
EG, G2 and KRU
EMEA:
NAVI, Liquid and GX
APAC:
DRX, T1 and DFM
CN:
DRG, EDG and XLG

My formula for determining this:
1st pick is peak bias (except DRX)
2nd is best team in the region
3rd is random 4th-10th place team who could make a run
100% perfect formula