With how bad is DFM, GE, TS, Zeta, PRX
how bad is mid teams NS, RRQ, Talon, GEN
cannot say pacific best region. may be other regions worse than this?
lets say top 4 in americas , G2 , KRU , MIBR , C9 or SEN
Talon is not beating anyone on this list.
Nongshim is getting shit on by Talon so that excludes them automatically.
RRQ maybe you can make a case for them beating c9 or sen? doesn't seems plausible still mostly would be in 65:35 in favour of sen c9.
out of everyone I can see a solid case for GenG beating C9 , SEN or to some extent mibr , they would still lose to KRU and G2 tho no doubt about that.
So I think its far fetched to assume these 4 are beating the top 5 in americas apart from GenG
RRQ beat TLN, NS beat RRQ, TLN beat NS.
BIG 2025 man, your logic of Team X beat Team Y, so Team X will do shit vs Team Z is washed.
Plus, that can be said for all other mid-tier teams vs the top 4. Pacific's mid-table teams have the best chance compared to other region's mid-table teams. also, its been more than 48 hours since I posted that, so just let it go already.
same thing can be said about AMER: G2 (solid lock) MIBR (who didn't even make it to bangkok but they look good enough to be included)
CN is just EDG (who have taken a significant dip in performance and lost to NOVA as if they are EDG's cryptonite)
EMEA is tricky. all of them just look like they're in an awkward place, even amongst the top of the standings. VIT (and FNC if they keep this up) are obviously what you would call a 2-team region, but that's not even a guarantee. TH is looking scrappy, barely pulling 2-1 victories over low-tier teams like GX and APK, and FUT seems consistent... just not good enough to be added to EMEA's best.
APAC has BME now, and they look very much ready for Toronto with the form they have. convincing 2-0 and 2-1 against GE and PRX, and even a clean 2-0 against GEN, arguably a top 3 APAC team. add that to the ranks of TLN NS and GEN, who all have crazy potential, and you're looking at a budding region.