pho
i'll explain. Marved has shown to be top 3 all year long on 2021, plus he has gotten a 2nd place on a Masters, while being really consistent aim mechanics and lurk. Supamen is considered by many the best controller NA by the community, as his perfomance on Rise has been so good on lcq, but he has not shown it all year so this is personal bias. Vanity follows by being the most succesful of all, by qualifing with 2 different teams, that noone before quals had complety certainty they will qualify besides pro players playing them on scrims. Good mechanics on astra but lacks on aim sometimes, besides that hes also IGL extra points. Dephh since he came to XSET theyve gotten better and better, great IGL, annoying lurker, good utility usage, and consistant aim, but he has not shown it against other regions, as he has only won one time to the top three last year. Zombs top 5 is questionable, but his KAST its really high, but when he has bad games he really underperforms on aim. Top 5 for his winning on Masters 1, but his recent performances and passive ability intensive gameplay does hurt sometimes Sentinels, (plus he "created" or popularized stinger/spectre meta). Zander and Valyn get higher positions on recent bias, as The Guard and V1 have shown to be a menace, both come from teams with not good results, but they thrived. Skuba has potential to be top 5 this year as he has shown to be such an impactful player, but when hes on an off game they crumble sometimes, as he is one of the rocks of Knights with ban. hazed has not shown enough as controller as he was sentinel player for most of 2021, only using viper sometimes i think(?), but he has the aim and thesinergy with his team to contest the top 5, but we''ll see after this masters 1 group stage. pho its in a similar position as he was mainly an flex on sentinel (i think he played lots of sage), and this is masters 1 quals is his first big event to show up, but i dont have big hopes, as they are inconsistent even tho they qualified first for the second open quals (dre and boostio went off most of games). finally Tigg, as Immortals and LG player he has always shown to have so good aim, but also, not a captain, and mostly thrives on early snowballing (as shown in his video on LCQ run), but when hes on a roll they can own everyone, but he need to stay more passive, and commit less mistakes under lategame pressure.