My predictions for berlin based on my very big silver 2 brain
- SEN
- C9
- Fnatic
- Vision Strikers
- Acend
- Nuturn
- Vikings
- Gambit
- Andbox
- Last emea team
- Gamelanders
- X10
- Sea team
- Crazy raccoons
- KRU
- other Japan team
I am a c9 fan so I will be biased but I don’t think they are a one time team, they did really well until the v1 game and with xeppa they have a lot of potential to be the best. I highly doubt sen doesn’t qualify and there is no way that t1 qualifies but I can see faze qualifying as the third team for sure
LG if stellar and Thief come off the bench
FaZe if they get easier teams since they dont do too good against teams within the top 5
TSM if Bang is actually a lunatic in ranked and if they get a good team comp going
IMT if they aren't on the unlucky side of things
100T if they stop giving teams momentum
these are all possible NA teams that can qualify for the 3rd spot
I was like oh shit this is a good list and then i saw your name and i saw number 1. kekw. I think it's actually a decent list otherwise though. And good job for not putting Vision Strikers near the top because in their current state they look pretty bad. And they made a questionable roster move. I'd love to see people put DWG somewhere but yea i think this is a good list.
EMEA: Fnatic, G2, Gambit, Blaze(FPX and Liquid could 100% qual instead of Blaze, G2 or Gambit)
NA: Sen, 100T, C9B(last 2 spots can be numerous teams like V1, TSM, ABX, GenG or Envy but I think at least 1 of 100T and C9B will make it alongside Sen)
BR: Vikings, Gamelanders(Furia and Havan Liberty could definitely take Gamelander's place)
KR: Nuturn, Vision Strikers
SEA: X10 and someone else
JP: CR and someone else
LATAM: KRU
Everything looks good.
But I think G2 shouldn't even be considered considering that their performance in a random game looked bad af. Who knows. Maybe they weren't trying but wtf that doesn't look good. I also think the Heretics roster could look insane. And gj for putting blaze in.
Vision Strikers should be replaced with DWG at the moment. Who knows. Vision Strikers could pop off with their new jett players but since they have to adapt to a new comp. Vision Strikers have not been shown to be good at adapting and I don't think they'll be able to qualify for the next masters but I think they can make an impact later.
Japan will probably just be CR and Absolute Jupiter. Unless Fennel or whatever team starts popping off. I find it hard to believe any team can touch those 2. CR already looked 15 times better than before at masters. Because their adaptations looked really good and if they bring that to Japan. They should destroy everyone and Absolute Jupiter does seem to have the best firepower in Japan and most teams in Japan are a skill diff so I don't think the change in meta will shift shit.
Everyone on G2 besides Pyth played good(especially considering it was their first game as a team) and now they have some time to practice with keloqz. Also there's 9 days before Challengers 1, a month before Challengers 2, 2 months before Challengers playoffs and 3 before Berlin so they have plenty of time to adjust. Also don't overreact to 1 game. Vision Strikers also have plenty of time to adapt and with their roster and with glow coaching, they should be better than their old team. Just keep in mind how much time there is and also I kinda forgot about Heretics but they are dangerous. When their first roster was constructed I knew it was going to be great(I didn't expect it to turn out as good as it did though) and now they have some great, under the radar guys coming in as well as the G2 boys.