Honestly not a high bar considering EMEA's igling problems, Boo and Boaster are the best igls there but I hesitate putting Boo #1 because TH has like the worst mental

Stew instead of Saya
Jemkin is perfectly fine on RRQ
Ethan as initiator/flex should be fine, he's mechanically their best player right now since Demon1's on the bench

GenG members have said several times that RRQ is their hardest opponent and even lost to them in their last match, if anything I would think that's the match they'd want to avoid

mindfreak negative aura

I hope victor and crashies aren't signed with NRG next year, victor's a good player but he has not justified being on the team especially with crashies being a package deal, NRG should be built around Demon1, Ethan and s0m.

delulu vlr users when team heretics get brought to their limit by gx and m8s and they realize the team is overrated :c

miniboo isnt that good on jett, woot is better by miles on that agent + miniboo has been underwhelming this split

he's quite literally a paid actor

It's time to kick MIBR, Bleed and GE from franchising, I'm sick of these bottom feeder shitter teams giving out free wins

sc0les
pinebody

BLG in the drivers seat for champs while ardiis and nrg cant even make playoffs is kind of hilarious
m8 2-0 n0vi

Edward Gaming

content?

victor will refuse to play without trashies, they're a package deal, both of them need to go

one of the last players I'd expect to have 0 kills

Roster is not as good as everyone thought. All of the players have been very inconsistent. N4RRATE has been the best one and even he's not performing as well as he did during kickoff. Magnum's igling has also been brought into question a lot. Might just be a case of a kickoff one-trick team.

I remember when N4RRATE was considered the best player going into Madrid and everyone rated KC as highly as TH. Honestly they were a kickoff one trick. They haven't improved at all and their roster is SO inconsistent. Marteen might be one of the most overrated players in t1 and I know Magnum has gotten a lot of criticism for his igling.

the roster is washed

Betting against NAVI is unironically free money

this is going to be so good

-mako
+entirety of EDG

Doubter here

0ld st0nky c0t

Talented roster but several members are no longer in their mechanical prime, they're also in a meta that doesn't favor them and Termi is not respected by anyone

has he regained his aura?

Could argue Yosemite for BLG

b00 cant get kills without baiting kek
m0n0b00 one of the most overrated players

Probably LOUD

Why would anyone want LOUD in champs? They're legit not good right now. That would be a waste of a champs slot and we already have one wasted slot with EDG qualifying because they did well earlier in the year.

you mean b0njy?

Yeah but FURIA is better than LOUD

pichan aint okay kek

Biank's been such a good upgrade for Trace, he's looked much more confident on this team then when he was with BLG this year. I think Trace 2-1 but this will be a close game. Ego and sword9 have done a hell of a job with AG.

TEC worst team in China, would be shocked if this was anything other than a 2-0 for FPX
edit: I'm scared for FPX

stop waking boostio up too early

It's difficult to compare NRG and 100T to one another because they're both underperforming heavily right now, but I'll add that I think NRG looked better against SEN than 100T looked against FUR and LEV.

I'd put 100T a spot higher but that's the only thing I'd change in confidence. Probably the best list I've seen so far.

good, after has been on fraudwatch for a long ass time, chinese fans shit on him like hes the chet of china

Tenz but it's closer than people might think if we're talking about the impact both of them have had this split. Supamen and Jaw are the firepower on EG. Tenz has been the better player overall this year and it's not close. His aim is also way cleaner than supamen.

aspas cemented himself as a goat by carrying LEV to as many map wins as they have, if it wasn't for him that team wouldn't be where they are right now

duelist igl NEVER works and I don't care what bullshit 'philosophy' saadhak has about neon, dude just isn't cutting it right now

That's old for pro play, the best pros retire before 25

FNS igl/senti
vanity smokes
saadhak duelist
hirroron flex
haodong ini
coach chet or termi
cursed team

hes washed, man

LOUD with ease. In reality NRG, NAVI, EDG and LOUD are the top 4 biggest downfalls of 2024. PRX still look good regionally and haven't completely shit the bed internationally. FNC have struggled but they're still a regionally good team and look decent. You can't say that about any of the 4 I mentioned. They were going downhill with qck1 and look almost as bad without him.

The game has changed, you need a fragging igl. We know Ethan as the igl won't cut it when he's one of the best mechanical players on the team, but FNS is outright horrible mechanically. His performance today was unbelievably bad. NRG need to find a fragging igl and bench either crashies or victor in exchange for Demon1. Chet also needs to fuck off to a different game.

and NRG didn't look good in either game, there was only a glimpse of good valorant on the 2nd half of sunset

ethan, demon1, s0m + a fragging igl actually sounds a like good roster

I think if EG rematched KRU, C9 and G2 they would win every game, they've looked so good in their last 4 matches

cove
thats the spike
any berlin fumble