What are some prospects that you think deserve tier 1 next year?
I'll start with some obvious ones:
- Lar0k
- Loita
- purp0
Some of my slightly more niche picks:
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- Fragger
- Lime
- Sevire
- Jrayn
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What are some prospects that you think deserve tier 1 next year?
I'll start with some obvious ones:
Some of my slightly more niche picks:
Statistically the best sentinels this year were lukxo, Alfajer, leaf, nAts, and Foxy9.
Not saying Less is worse than all of them but it's clear he had a down year and is gonna need to prove himself to be the top sentinel again.
so the roster is
Derke duelist
Less senti
PROFEK smokes
Sayo flex (Sayf until after kickoff?)
Jamppi Initiator/IGL
honestly compared to the beginning of 2024 roster, jamppi < trexx individually but >>>> in terms of calling and it doesn't seem like he's bad personality-wise either. PROFEK >> Kicks, Sayo = Sayf (but potential to be much higher).
agreed.
I'd personally go with Spaz and Timotino, Kyu/chloric is a toss-up for me. I think Kyu has been around for longer, chloric only stood out when MU did good in stage 3, so maybe I'd favor kyu
this move kinda forces john to play initiator. cryo senti/astra, cortezia omen/senti, zekken duelist, zellsis flex.
honestly this move doesn’t solve one of SENs biggest issue, which was having too many anchor players and not enough aggro players. Cryo on senti is gonna be quite passive unless he drastically updates his playstyle.
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After c0m is confirmed to EG, Kyu's tier one chances just got reduced dramatically.
Basically every other team has an IGL. NRG aren't dropping Ethan, G2 keeping valyn, SEN hopefully keeping johnqt.
C9 could maybe drop mitch for him but I doubt it, mitch has been quite solid for them.
100T is probably the most likely option left, but the roles with eeiu on the team are kinda weird.
What do you guys think? He's probably the best tier 2 IGL on the market from NA so it'd be kinda sad to not see him get a spot somewhere.
for sure, this isn't meant to be like an objective best players ranking, that's impossible to do with stats.
brawk and alfa were probably two of the most impactful players, period at champs. if i were to make it more representative of actual impact, it'd need a lot more reworking
I really hope they get Oke, he's probably the best player on the market and would boost them so much.
Where did you hear stuff about nerve? I thought he'd be an IGL pickup if anything
yeah because of the small sample size small statistical differences will multiply easily. I'm definitely not saying that, objectively, Smoggy was better than the other two, I think KK was probably their most impactful player.
Alfajer is 21st (rated 79), brawk is 13th
Honestly not sure why they're rated that low. Alfa's stats don't stand out, I think he had a slow start(?)
Brawk had a rating of 81, the difference isn't too big between him and 10th place. His stats also weren't standout.
In general using just stats to rate players is gonna leave some gaps open, it's more of a measure of individual form than anything.
He has a really good Clutch and Support rating (basically lots of assists).
VLR also has him at 6th so it really shouldn't be that surprising. My method is stats-based so it'll weigh assist numbers higher for controllers
They probably want at least one vet on the team, and being the IGL helps.
I wouldn't be surprised if they pick up 3 or 4 tier 2 players now.
alym/Timotino Duelist
satellite/FireBallOps Sentinel
bao/Spaz/Notexxd Controller
Okeanos/chloric/bones Flex
And they have a really solid roster
Top 5 in aim:
Top 5 in Entry:
Top 5 in Consistency:
Let me know if there's any part of this metric that you want explained.
Can't think of many Canadian players that would fit here. penny? Kyu? zeek? monsi?
I honestly think it's just a team diff for today. Sage is obviously playable and quite good, but I wouldn't call her hard meta by any means
kamo as initiator?? that’s kinda crazy
C9 really should pick him up to replace net, their only other options are t2 sentis like Satellite, FireballOps, etc, and i think demon1 is a cut above them for now
if we’re comparing peaks, yay > demon1 > cryo.
if we’re comparing consistency across 2021-2025, then cryo > yay > demon1.
idk where else hed go, i thought he was leaving MIBR but maybe i’m misremembering.
to 100T/EG? i think his fit with this iteration of C9 is really good, plus you have NiSMO to serve as a veteran presence for him.
thats a fair shout, derrek really has been the only consistent player on EG throughout the last two years
jokes aside that iteration of xset was so good and franchising (?) really fucked them over, wish that they'd have stayed together
yeah i was just going off of rumors, I really hope he doesn't
Toronto
Buenos Aires
Ulanbataar
Lahore
Lagos
Marseille
Belgrade
Almaty
NRG: bao, skuba, mada, Ethan (IGL), brawk
G2: valyn (IGL), leaf, Jawgemo, JonahP, trent
SEN: N4RRATE, johnqt (IGL), zekken, seven, crashies
100T: Spaz, Cryo, Timotino, chloric (IGL), eeiu
EG: bang, yay, alym, Okeanos, Kyu (IGL)
C9: v1c, Demon1, OXY, NiSMO, Verno (IGL)
I think this iteration of players most effectively uses the T2 talent available, as well as maximizes the talent on each roster.
Thoughts? Am I forgetting anyone?
this is actually a really interesting idea.
i think viper would still be considered a controller instead of a sentinel here just because her main ability is still a smoke, but this really leans into the controller/sentinel idea.
having two Q's i think would make her slightly more viable as a solo controller, i.e. ranked, so that's a good change.
having yoru basically means whatever your fifth slot is going to be doesn’t matter. that being said the mobility potential of this comp is kinda insane, fits well too with the defensive archetype of ascent. id be a bit worried about offense tho, even vyse-chamber showed to be not the best on offense and véto is a lot more defender leaning.
id rate the comp 7/10
i was joking, he does have games on kayo/viper but i doubt he'd actually be as good of a flex as he would a senti
Do you think triple initiator/sentinel comps are viable at all?
Chile: Melser smokes, Shyy senti, keznit Duelist, kiNgg flex/IGL, Mazino initiator
France: sh1n smokes, TakaS senti, Veqaj Duelist, CyvOph flex, Enzo initiator/IGL
UK: Boaster smokes/IGL, benjyfishy senti, Keiko Duelist, Lime flex, soulcas initiator
level 6 is really good. its like 93-97 or something ossd
our IB coordinator literally told us to tell our parents about how a level 4 is average and 5 is quite a bit above the standard, 6 is very good
s1mon's going up against Rare Atom, they have no chance against the second place merchants
you just gotta learn to let go, there's nothing that you can consciously do about it
i dated someone in grade 11 for only 2 months but i wasnt really over her for a whole year until i met my current girlfriend, even then i still thought about my ex quite a bit, took another couple months for me to finally accept it
what helped me personally was that my girlfriend now was so amazing in every way, and it took up a lot of my brain, so that there wasn't enough room for anything else
find stuff to do, the more busy your brain is the less time it has to dwell on stuff. Eventually her impression in your head will lessen
as an NRG fan I have to put kaajak above mada this year.
All time I think it's Sacy. They have similar roles, support players with insane IQ and bringing leadership, even tho Ethan has 2 Champions to Sacy's one Champions and one Masters, Sacy has had more success internationally overall.
Sacy's other internationals: 2nd at 2022 Masters, 4th at 2024 Champions, 5/6th in 2021 Masters, 9-12th in 2021 Champions, 11-12th in 2022 Masters
Ethan's other internationals: 2nd at 2023 Masters, 3rd-4th at 2021 Masters
And Sacy has in general had more success domestically as well.
Their stats are similar enough to which I think results should be the dominating factor in judging them.
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