yeah results-wise that's true but idk how long they can keep it up and I see NRG making a massive comeback

1. Lev
2. Loud
3. Fur
4. NRG
5. Sen
6. 100T

Idk why something got me feeling NRG are still the goats of NA

I'm thoroughly overdosing on it as well 👍🏻

Yep agree with the part about not re-clearing spaces they leave open. Also they seem to be generally unaware of their flanks
And I agree with the part about their spacing as well. Sometimes it feels like everyone is just baiting eachother

no, why

shit that's a great point monkaS

That is incorrect on multiple levels
First, 100T don't even have perma-ban maps. They ban split one match and pick it the next match.
Secondly, even though they have been banning Pearl lately, they still looked eons better on it against VIT/EDG than they have looked on Ascent. Even tho both those Pearl games were 14-12 wins, it's still better than getting 13-5'd by KRU on Ascent
Third and most importantly, they are not mid they are goats

I grew up with Peter Mazuryk in the same neighborhood, we played soccer together wdym ?

A

Sorry for rant I know you ain't reading allat
TL;DR - Do not play Ascent/Lotus, Cryo wake up, Derrek wake up, Coach Mikes wake up

Warning - Ascendant 2 analysis incoming

Here are some of the win conditions for 100T which I think can give them a solid chance of beating LEV

1. Map vetos
   Hear me out. Since the addition of Cryo 100T have lost Ascent/Lotus every single time they have played them. But they still keep playing them instead of banning tf out of them. This is why they lost to C9, bcoz they played their 2 worst maps for some reason.
   • On Ascent they look totally lost on the T side and have no set execs or even any mid-round ideas, they never work for map control, they keep getting multi-fragged coz they always forget to check a corner and their Viper comp has failed 5 times in a row now. On defense they're always sitting deep on sites without any active info gathering which is why they keep losing to heavy execs. And Cryo's Jett not being that impactful hasn't helped either.
   • On Lotus too they have no set ideas and just seem to be playing it like a pug. Always forget to check corners, get caught off-guard on defense due to the 3 sites, and the retakes aren't good either. AND WHILE PLAYING LOTUS, WHY IS ASUNA ON BREACH AND DERREK ON SKYE WHEN CLEARLY DERREK IS A BETTER BREACH AND ASUNA A BETTER SKYE ???????????

I want them to play Fracture, Icebox, Split or Haven. Maybe pick a map where Asuna is on Raze coz he has absolutely carried the team as Raze.

2. Cryo
   Hopefully he continues his insane form that we saw against KRU on fracture. Maybe the GOAT Cryo is finally back.
   Coz up until now he's missed important match-winning shots multiple times and in general been too passive while taking space as the single duelist.
   They need the superstar Cryo from 2022 if they want a chance at beating LEV who have Tacolilla T_T

3. Derrek
   Ever since LOCK//IN something has been off about Derrek. He seems a little dis-attached from the entire team. He is always a little too far behind to get his trades and in general hasn't been shooting well either. I feel like he needs to bait a little bit less, just a teeny tiny bit less. Bcoz the team lacks aggression as is (The 1 aggressive player they have is put on shit like Breach and Gekko. Not necessarily a bad thing as long as Cryo and Derrek compensate for his aggression). Maybe Derrek is trying to play the clutch a bit too often.
   Going up against a superteam like LEV, we need every single player on the team in peak form. We need LCQ Derrek

4. "If it's broke, fix it. If it ain't broke, fix it anyway !!!"
   100T have become predictable recently. It's bcoz they keep doing the same stuff regardless of whether it worked or not. They got read like a novel by KRU (map 1) and C9 bcoz they must've done extensive VOD reviews on 100T. Just switch shit up a little

   • For example their Ascent Viper comp failed 5 times in a row and they still did not switch it up.
   • As another example, 100T on fracture defense like to do aggressive pushes in T spawns. It's a good play, but they keep doing it over and over again. They did it against SEN and then still did the same stuff against KRU.
   • Another example, throughout the last 2 maps against KRU, 100T would Skye dog an area and then the duelist (Cryo or Asuna) would push up to take a duel there or just hold the space. It worked very well but it was done over and over again. Eventually Keznit read it and killed Asuna swinging behind the Skye dog
     (Thankfully KRU didn't catch on to this stuff until too late and didn't adjust at all)
     So I hope Mikes realizes this and they don't do these same plays again today.

My point exactly
All teams have good players and plenty resources. There's a good chance that everyone at least wins their own map pick

Nawwww man C9 are good rn but not putting them above LEV/FUR/SEN

Nope. Hot take EG take a map
I said the same thing before EG vs FUR and got shit on but yeah it did happen

I do not disagree
My point is shazam's IGLing is no better. They'd have 1 extra fragger but would get strat diffed into the ground imo

Dephh has no need to frag out. He has 2 world champion aimers along with 2 insane prodigies

Their problems are much more complex than "IGL can't shoot"

The guy who almost 2-0'd Leviatan and Loud
Vs
The guy who got rekt by OREsports

Let me guess, you want Sacy to IGL with tenz and marved

Cryo is back baby
I used to pray for times like these

?

I will enjoy this thank you

But EG beat KRU

Nah you don't have to, Just edit the comment out, I won't tell anyone xD

never doubted it not even close 🥱

(almost shit my pants)

👆🏻🤓

HOW DARE THEY REACT TO HYPE MOMENTS !!!
EMPTY THE ARENA RIGHT NOW OMGGGG

He's back in form letsgoooo 😭😭😭😭

Me neither, but I'm happy they're at least playing good in the moment

They're trading eachother and coordinating their util. Cryo is hitting his important op shots 😭😭😭😭
The goats are back !!!!!!

Not even close
Cryo just needs to get out of this slump, aim-train a little and learn to be more pro-active when taking space

Not quite what I meant by forced. Not that his team is forcing him, rather that when Cryo is put on duelist, Asuna is left with these responsibilities.

• Asuna had to drop 27 for it to be this close. Been saying for the longest time he's one of the best duelists NA has but he's forced onto shit like breach and gekko 😭😭😭
• This is the 2nd time Cryo has lost a crucial 1v1 that could have closed the map 😭😭😭 (He did redeem himself the last few rounds tho). Something is up with him man how can his aim suddenly be this bad. I hope he figures it out and comes back to save map 3. Thankfully Asuna raze is still with us on fracture

actually so annoying man
That could have been the map

bro lost a duel to a frenzy T_T

fuckall

This ain't no plateau this is a steep downhill fall
Although Cryo has been really disappointing he's not the reason they're losing so much lately. It's their prep lacking really hard

I'm a man of my word

not so fast

so they can lose to ORE ?

Doesn't matter what he did with ENVY, I'm speaking based on what I'm seeing right now. They had zero prep, no set plays, no space taking on defense. Just half ass contact plays on attack and a lazy default on defense
And after so many losses its so dumb to not ban Ascent. They refuse to play Fracture even tho its a great map for them.

Lil bro thinks predictions are supposed to work all the time. Literally read the last line from that post

If I were to put the blame on 1 person it'd be Mikes rn bcoz he is not cutting it. ZERO prep from them, they're playing it like a pug. Even if 100T win the series I'd be ashamed of this Ascent loss

?use 1 braincell plz

I did not want to say this but fuck it. They look like they had zero prep. Like are they even practicing during the free days ???
And what is Mikes cooking, their strats all look horrible. Not a single good site exec, no space taking on defense bros are just sitting deep on site without info

HS% is important wym. I don't mean the stat but like the actual headshots
Just watch the game his aim has gone down the drain he isn't hitting simple shots

9% headshot rate from Cryo what has happened to his aim 😭😭😭😭

use 1 braincell plz

I'm trying so hard to keep it in but I've had it from Cryo man 😭😭😭😭

what is blud shooting at man hit a shot ffs its been 3 weeks now 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭