Apeks are far and above CGN from what we've seen this season, that would be an unbelievable choke (I have CGN beating PCIFIC, if PCIFIC win then Apeks should still be the heavy favorites).

-foxy9 +free1ng would be incredible ngl, free1ng is one of the best korean senti players

I think it's a great bundle aside from the knife, that's probably why most people slept on it

no one remembers second place

W org but their year was awful

Delete that photo of Knight right now

He probably needs to retire too but EMEA is lacking igls, which emea tier 2 igls would get signed over boaster or ange1?

Demon1 does deserve to be in tier 1 but he just doesn't feel right on NRG. The roles just aren't adding up. Oxy, Jawgemo or Derke as duelist passes the eye test.

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EDward Gaming
GENG
FNATIC
PRX
DRX
Team Heretics
Karmine Corp (I love n4rrate)
G2
Trace Esports
Natus Vincere (I love ardiis)
Evil Geniuses
Sentinels
RRQ
Leviatán
Nova Esports
Wolves Esports
100 Thieves
LOUD
Bilibili Gaming
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NRG
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I never feel like buying knives by themselves are worth it. A knife skin is what? 40+ dollars? It's a solid bundle with one of the better bulldogs in the game but if you have several other knife/phantom skins I don't think the bundle is a must buy.

CCG's roster is arguably stronger than KBG based off of what we saw in the opening matches, but Wolfen is kind of insane in these lobbies.

You're a chronically online freak.

The c0m/sacy argument is like trying to decide the nicest guy in prison. Both players have good utility but are inconsistent fraggers. Sacy would be like a 10% improvement at best. It would be more beneficial for LEV to sign a player like heat who could actually frag out and trade his teammates.

If Aspas wants to leave that's his choice, but leaving because they won't sign his friend sounds awfully similar to the 'nepotism' that people on vlr constantly complain about.

does yay clear you?

SPG and BOOM should be the favorites imo. Both teams have strong fundamentals.

this was absolutely abysmal from alg lmao

the next big thing

upgrade

I'd like to Less and Pancada stay on LOUD, but I could see Less joining LEV

Which players are likely to move down? I'm guessing some members of C9 and EG off the top of my head

1. babyj
2. ethos
3. rbot

Honestly he deserves another chance in the tier 1 scene, t2 is stacked with so much talent out there waiting to be picked up so I hope sh1n makes it on a team next year somehow

I think the t2 duelist scene is just too stacked right now, there's so many young players that haven't reached their peak yet and could easily prosper on a t1 team. I could see ardiis staying on navi as initiator, if not his career is probably done.

where does ardiis go next?

b0sk

If KC gets rebuilt around N4RRATE I'm fine with that but I feel like his ceiling is much higher than KC

Edit: RA 3-1 CCG

I keep seeing people making a Liquid roster with Hiro, Derke and Patitek and that's way too good to be true. I think they'll sign Derke, maybe Hiro and a tier 2 initiator. (But Nats is a great senti player so maybe Hiro should be picked up by another org?)

LilMad has aura

Phantom: Recon, Reaver and Neo Frontier
Sheriff: Singularity, Sentinels of Light, Neo Frontier

On a side note, I think Singularity Phantom is weirdly terrible, just feels bad spraying with it

Had some really underwhelming performances this year but Team Liquid were shit as a whole, now that they're getting a new coach and could sign some really skilled players maybe Keiko's potential will be fully realized.

I want to hear from someone knowledgeable in the Turkish scene to tell me which players are promising or deserving of a T1 spot. I've heard that Ruxic is on the same level as Wo0t.

If Hyunmin gets signed to PRX and Something leaves (this is just me speculating, no idea what's going to happen) Hyunmin can play full time duelist. He can play both Raze and Jett at a high level. Jinggg could then move to playing KJ, Cypher, etc. That sounds good on paper because it at least fixes role problems.

I've said this before but if Hyunmin joins PRX it's a fine choice. I think we're at the point where the current PRX roster has peaked. They're all skilled players but sometimes a roster just can't go any further. If they want to win a championship a change might have to be made. Jinggg and Something both have their own unique playstyles, and if one of them were to leave in favor of another player it might change the dynamic of the team for the better. Like S1mon joining EDG wasn't a firepower choice, it was a choice to improve the teamwork and overall dynamic.

EMEA ascension looks so fucking cheap lmao. Hope to see China Ascension have at least some decent production but I think riot just doesn't care about the tier 2 scene and its viewership.

A terrible choice on paper, but if +Saadhak happens and maybe mta gets replaced with an A tier player this won't be so bad.

TL ardiis

b0nn0

I think FUT need a change. The team just doesn't have a high ceiling, other than farming the bottom feeder teams. Plenty of insane Turkish talent out there.

Isn't Saadhak going to KRU? In that case I'd say keep kingg

Anyone know if Maple is good? I've heard that he's a very talented player

best phoenix in the world fr

Honestly Jawg had a pretty rough year. Wasn't until the SEN and NRG games that we were reminded of what Jawg is capable of. Hope to see better support for him next year. 2024 EG wasn't a roster that felt designed to win a trophy.

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I don't understand why people get upset when a B or C tier player gets dropped, players like hiroronn and starxxo for example. At the end of the day not everyone can be a tier 1 pro. Tier 2 players who perform incredibly well deserve their chance.

deserves to be in tier 1: verno, brawk, zander, reduxx, skuba, nismo, mada, anguist, davih, kaajak, xeus, sayonara, comeback, syouta, yoman, seoldam, yatsuka, ivy, persia, krystal

Forgetting some but that's off the top of my head

you actually dont watch the games kek

Thread makes 0 sense. We've seen this time and time again from TH. Their mental isn't good. Choked against PRX in Madrid. Reverse swept by FNC. Nearly lost their lead to FPX on Icebox. The GENG match is a tricky one because it was GENG's game to lose, but TH completely fell apart on Lotus and looked checked out on Split. They just looked out of it and the vibes were noticeably off. Some really bad maps against G2, one including the worst choke in tier 1 history. Choked against LEV in their first match together.

EDG match wasn't a choke.

This is likely because they're very young and inexperienced players. They either think the job is done before the match is over and let their lead slip or just get nervous in big moments. This will improve with time, it's really impressive how good they are right now.

You'd be surprised. It successfully stalls.

I'm going to somewhat disagree with above comments. You do need solid utility and some level of teamplay to win certain games. If your teammates aren't trading you that's a problem. If your entries are lurking off somewhere that's a problem. But it is largely on you to rank up. You need to become the guaranteed good player on your team to higher your chances of winning. Every game you're getting different teammates, different opponents, put in different situations, etc. You can't win every game, but just improve enough to the point where you can perform well in most of those situations.

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