Honestly, I think 100T has a decent chance to compete at the top of the NA scene. Asuna and Ethan are still top players in the scene, Hiko is a decent Sova and its not like there are other Sovas with his utility usage out there (Sinatraa is prob the only one but 100T would never sign him), and BabyJ was the best sentinel out on the market is a good fragger for the role
The only question mark is ec1s who struggled with Liquid, but found success at NIP against Tier 2 and lower Tier 1 teams. Obviously he is a downgrade from nitr0, but are there any experienced IGL's out there in NA? For those saying zander would have been a better option, lets keep in mind that SoaR has not sniffed Tier 1 competition so we don't really know how he would stack up against guys like ShahZ, FNS, dephh, etc.
I think 100T wanted to go into the year with a roster of Asuna, Hiko, nitr0, Ethan, and BabyJ which would have been a top 3 or 4 roster in NA. However, with nitr0 unexpectedly leaving, this is probably the best they could have gone with and we'll have to see what happens.
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