This is one of the '???' opening round matchups for champs. Logic tells me VIT 2-0 but I have no idea how Trace is going to look on the international stage. Part of me feels an upset cooking.

LEV 2-1 Talon
primmie tries his hardest

FPX 2-1 TH
could go either way, should be an insane game

DRX 2-0
KRU are getting grouped

GenG 2-0 SEN
SEN are literally in their weakest form right now you bums are getting grouped kek

Bilibili 2-0 FNC I'm afraid :c sorry hiro

TH vs FPX is actually going to be an amazing game

You know what's going to happen

Holy FUCK FPX have had the worst year ever lmao, getting smoked by EDG in 3 grand finals, losing out in close games to the top 2 teams in Shanghai and now being in the group of death. I just want berlin to do well, man.

I think Trent is one of the most overrated players going into Champs tbh. He underperformed heavily in Shanghai and hasn't been 'the best initiator in america' that some said about him.

Mazino has been having quietly great games for awhile but this was a BIG MATCH PERFORMANCE

boo really told the org "trust me, my brother will be your superstar duelist" keke

Duelist:T3xture
Controller: Karon
Initiator: Lakia
Flex: F0rsaken
Sentinel: Meteor

Duelist: Sayf
Controller: Boo
Initiator: Trexx (Chronicle or Riens could be argued as #1)
Flex: Wo0t
Sentinel: Alfajer

Duelist: KangKang
Controller: Smoggy
Initiator: AAAAY
Flex: Autumn
Sentinel: Yosemite

I think a lot of it comes from Icy not really being a 'superstar duelist' like a jawg, jingg, oxy, etc. He's not really flashy or always exciting to watch. But he works well within the system that valyn has.

g2 were cleared by geng it wasnt even close

getting cleared by icy lmao asp0s keke

aspas keke

I'm not high on LEV as others are but their performance throughout split 2 was definitely insane and they've mostly kept form through playoffs even with some shaky maps. I could see them at least making top 8 at champs quite easily. Not sure from there.

You can't sneak in EDG like that

is it?

the man has aura you have to admit it

W

-j0nggg
+benkai

berlin reverse sweep imminent sorry bud

j0nggg

Every game he thinks he's the best player in the world and has zero respect for his opponents. Vo0kashu said there's a chinese player mentality of "I have to drop 30 so my team can win" and Life is the perfect example of that. A disciplined duelist is better than a duelist that thinks he can just shit on everyone and drop 30.

DRX is incapable of beating PRX so you have to take it with a grain of salt, but they may very well be cooked

I don't know why DRX fans continue to glaze Buzz, he's definitely a fine player but his mechanical peak is long gone

This dude plays so tilted lmao I swear he's always rage peaking

keke

pig

Sayf
Mako
most of PRX
Wardell
Babybay

PRX win this. Same rerun as EDG/FPX over in China. We're getting yet another GenG/PRX grand final. Boring script tbh.

boo is the jessievash of emea, dude really sold the org a false bill of goods by signing m0n0b00

GenG is the obvious favorite, maybe FNC the 2nd favorite? Heretics honestly look out of it with how they've recently been playing.

This is the perfect summary of G2

It's not a rivalry if they always kick their ass
LEV 3-0

Boostio threw because he didn't want to play Bilibili

Nothing to really feel bad about, they at least had their run in split 1 and had a ton of momentum going into Shanghai, their honeymoon period ended and they're back to being shit

The fact that vlr laughed G2 off all year just for them to be the #1 america team in shanghai and keep that form throughout split 2 and likely will get #1 seed for champs is absolutely hilarious

I think BLG and VIT are making top 8 unironically

FPX and Trace might actually have a higher chance of making top 8 than EDG. Are we back to overrating EDG again? Even their fans are disenfranchised.

winner: GenG
most overrated team: SEN (can't say EDG because of how disenfranchised their fans are)
most underrated team: DRX
most overrated player: Miniboo
most underrated player: Hiro, Trexx or Kai
team that is gonna choke and flop in groups: TLN
mvp of the event: T3xture
player that pops off on an ass team: KangKang (as always)

Overrated team to be honest. Some mechanically insane performances from cryo and bang, and boostio was a great igl for these guys but they ended up being ridiculously inconsistent. Many had them top 3 for Shanghai because of their high-level play throughout split 1 and they went out in a whimper and split 2 was just a disaster for them. Only thing we missed out on was 100T losing to a chinese team because boostio karma is real.

Up there as one of the worst for sure, Apoth is arguably worse

He knows he's not getting resigned keke

keke

ass0na

Ascent is actually one of the more interesting maps in my opinion (unless it's a Pacific game, their Ascent games are boring). At least it's better than Icebox I haven't seen an entertaining map of Icebox that didn't involve FPX this year.

I think most people view FUT as a 'regional merchant' and there's no real reason to believe otherwise right now. They looked bad against the Chinese teams at Shanghai.