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

We actually are better at deadlock

Yeah and he got humbled, same as boostio, but at least FNC have looked great this split (best they have all year) while NRG can't win a single map and won't make a single lan this year

yet boaster has been an A tier igl (if not S tier) in EMEA calling one excellent game after another this Split while FNS is getting absolutely DIFFED by valyn, can't win a map and is mechanically worse than boaster lmao

Why did Ethan flick away with his shorty when he left the clove smoke?

How Marved got dropped instead of crashies is beyond me

EG 2-1 LEV,
EG is easily a top 3 team in the region right now and LEV looked good against 100T so this should be a banger match

LOUD 2-0
everyone gets tricked into thinking LOUD is a good team again because they stomp a team that's just having fun

I'm wondering if he's okay, being 52 years old and igling at the highest level can't be good for you. Maybe he should go back to streaming.

He's 52 years old what do you expect

I didn't know how he couldn't coach this org to a trophy, but now he's even causing them to flop regionally lmao.

b00sti0 without potter

Actual delulu post. GenG improved massively and won a trophy after Lakia stepped up his game and stopped being 'just great util', now GenG are considered one of the very best 'firepower' teams. C0M has lost LEV so many rounds because of his poor gameplay.

Based

Why are 100Thieves this fucking shot? Is the boostio drama making them play/call worse? That can't make sense. Maybe they were just never that good.

kek true

rb's team TEC has a duelist igl and they're the worst team in China

is boostio washed?

100T making Shanghai was a fluke, 'fraid so