1.) Had to go through LOUD, 100t, LEV, NRG for Kickoff and won - LEV, NRG had 0 synergy at this point. 100T were not a top team yet. Loud were good tho
2.) Beat both EU teams at Madrid Swiss Stage and basically eliminated them - both eu teams were rookie squads that together only beat an extremely weak fpx
3.) Destroyed favorites PRX 3-1 and beat GenG in Madrid final despite having worse map pool & no map ban advantage - True
4.) Fell off Split 2, usually hard to recover form (look at NRG) - fell off at split 1 actually, split 2 they did ok
5.) Clutched Champs by points, voted most overrated team - qualifying through champ points is an easier overall run
6.) Went through group of death and eliminated favorites GenG - True
7.) Beat DRX convincingly - True
8.) Beat EU first seed despite just loosing to EDG - True
9.) Guaranteed Top 4 - True
10.) I don’t think another team could have done this - not true
11.) SEN is clearly one of the top 3 teams this year - winning a trophy makes you top 3 by default
12.) and if they make finals I would argue that they were the best team this year. - GenG have better achievements, not winning split 1 or 2 and not making an international event isnt a dominant showing. Heretics and EDG are up there if they win champs.
- if sen win champs, they will be the best team this year yes.
If sen win champs:
1) SEN 2) GENG 3) HERETICS
if sen make grandfinals and EDG win champs:
1.) GENG 2.) SEN 3.) EDG (you can argue edg > sen)
if sen dont make grandfinals then they cannot be 2 or above unless LEV win champ