in what way can you call this the worst year of KR tier 2 when they arguably the greatest benefactors of the academy rule implementation; T1A, DRXA, BFX, GGA, Dplus are all really strong teams and i think the narrative that SPG has lead to KR tier 2 being overrated is simply untrue. that NS team last season very easily could have run the gauntlet in APAC ascension last year had they not narrowly lost to SPG in the grand finals. ZynX is at the very least in discussion for top 5 and im not really sure you could argue five players are substantially better than him. imo top 5 based just on split 2 form is probably XuNa, oonzmlp, SID, Iimpact, and Ramgi/exa/ZynX/Pkm are in contention for last spot imo; based on pure overall ability and future potential in tier 1, id say the top five is probably CabezA, Klaus, SID, ZynX, and maybe froz/Zexy

Flicker most definitely can move up to tier 1, i think of all VCK players he shows the highest confidence and intuition in pressure moments; all of his decisions are very quick and even tho hes not the most standout mechanical player in terms of winning 1v1s like Klaus, Impact, exa, but for multikill potential Flicker has so many rounds of great positioning, spray transfer, target switching very consistently; he also arguably plays the hardest role in the team besides Athan, and he has been really quick to adapt to Yoru at a high level

completely agree, although i would probably say Zexy has regressed a bit in split 2 compared to the rest of SLT, but huge cuz XuNa has stepped up a ton and really shown his potential, another strong initiator to rival Kally, Athan

ZynX pretty much doesn't lose a duel and plays the senti role a lot better than Flashback does; maybe not as good as Flashback at big clutches and opening round 1v1s, but ZynX is a much stronger anchor and has a higher floor than Flashback and i dont think it is all that close; DRX members have also said Flashback has a lot of confidence issues on stage and his play can be really really inconsistent at times, especially against important opponents

BFX look insanely strong, Banger - SID - Cloy is such a consistent core and Hermes + kally fill the gaps realy well
SLT feel like SPG 2.0 where every role they have a raid boss (for tier 2); can they stop throwing advantages to beat BFX?
DRX acad are unfortunate to lose to SLT considering how close they played, Flicker and ZynX will be great in tier 1 very soon, ZynX>Flashback
Sherpa have some players with great potential - Impact and froz should be prime candidates for one of the better academies for Split 3
T1 academy has a rough situation having to replace their best two players, but not really sure why they have gone for Moothie + Efina for an academy team

he was playing like only Tejo in split 1 but now BFX are running almost exclusively double duelist so hes been perma jett/raze, he was also duelist before they added Hermes and previously on NS

best duelist in tier 2, unreal movement and sick multifragging get this guy in tier 1 right now; also Banger deserves tier 1

why does Sherpa keep trolling with the 6-man roster? Aru should be benched and have Sungjin go flex, DarK to smokes; please save froz man

jonahp and not free1ng lmao

i thought rumor was that theyre getting ninja from acad? i think serial is insane though if they can get him

basic is the future of Brazil, he should be in furia imo

froz vs Klaus is going to be fun to watch

he completed his military service

super bowl for NA NEET's who watch KR challengers till 3am

slowly and ninebody are top players in the region, TEC are showing me nothing and DRG/XLG have too many non-shooters that will just go -20 every bo3. you cant have MrCANI, YOU, and Mart1n in the same team imo

also, LuoK1ng had a good champs but i wouldnt put him top 3 controllers in CN honestly

real list

1. EDG
2. WOL
3. BLG
4. Trace
5. FPX
6. NOVA
7. JDG (would go up if they swapped jkuro out)
8. Tyloo
9. TEC
10. DRG
11. XLG
12. AG

feel like benjy is pretty obvious for EU, also underrated is Chronicle

they look insane so far, but Raxcal also looks absolutely crazy

Smoggy + KK are taking a break during this event because the prize pool is small and it seems like they are vacationing/taking time off. also a good opportunity to showcase the EDG academy talent and potentially secure offers for them from other teams when they're of age, apparently Potter and Toast are really good, same w Sa1out ( i think thats his name) but he isnt playing

froz, wezzy, XuNa, Klaus, Requ1em, Xross, empty + Gravity (for IGLs),

all the URACHACHA and other premier players could be insane as well, ones i have my eye on are G4mm4, f0rest, and XiZen

how is Anaks jobless, i dont understand

i agree to an extent, feels like GenG have it down on both attack and defense, whereas it felt like HYUNMIN and MaKo at times were the only ones really going for plays on defense and pretty much nobody on attack for DRX; would love to see free1ng given more reign to take opening duels on attack, i think long-term we could see a role swap for free1ng to initiator and Flashback on senti

i agree, dk if he can do it to the same level of consistency but Foxy's peaks are as high as anybody

froz and wezzy are the future of Korea besides the big academy players like ZynX, Xiesta, Flicker, exa, TenTen

(no order)

Rodri
Mbappe
Yamal
Pedri
VVD

so sorry but johnqt is not close to benjy if thats who ur talking ab, meteor and chichoo is fair tho

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starxo best skye in 2024, shaq celtics jersey

rich is 10x better than evilkyk

ur so clueless if u think DRX is trolling, their roster could be just as good or better than T1... free1ng is unreal

i think its for halloween

this is my prediction for the final two GenG players if Lakia does not re-sign, LOB is a really strong player and could be a huge upgrade from Lakia. SacrificE is former T1 Academy with a ton of potential and great raw aim, think they might go a similar route to grabbing Karon by finding more undeveloped talent and molding them with this incredible coaching staff

these are not dark horse teams lol, majority of the teams you listed are known strong rosters/international contenders

pretty sure he has on icebox before, even so i would be extremely confident in him to play it at a high level. he was a massive innovator during the astra meta and has pioneered a lot of different viper setups on maps (one of the first to do cross map early smoke setups on defense breeze, new meta ults/walls, etc.)

Burzzy would be so sick

karon has unreal aim and is a great clutcher, but MaKo is maybe the best decision maker in the entire game. he has picked up every controller agent and played it at a world-class level, as well as becoming a really serviceable caller within only a few months of taking it up. as insane as karon will be going forward, MaKo is perennially a top player in the world. i would try to include both before snubbing MaKo tbh, put Karon on senti or smth

brawk is a baiting rating farmer

madrid was way weaker competition than Shanghai lets be real, also i think anyone with half a brain could tell from eye test that 100T were insanely good in Shanghai, arguably only GenG was in better form. 100T just made simple mistakes and whatever team chemistry error they had that prevented them from making a deeper run

1. Karon
2. primmie
3. benjyfishy
4. Dambi
5. Verno

yea just surprised they didn't go after more ambitious players when you have had nAts for 2 years, like anyone could have told you Mistic +enz0 were rather bland pickups before last season. they're not bad players by any means, but if ur competing for championships atp its obvious that you need better talent

ever since start of partnership when they didnt go for sheydos to pair w nAts and Redgar, esp when he was FREE... i just knew liquid was cooked, maybe KOI offered an absolute bag but Liquid is not a broke org by any means

"if you guys hate him so much" implies that, at the very least, ur apathetic toward his actions or u dont think what he did is very serious. so that is pretty close to defense/support of him

terrible person and a mid player, no way hes getting picked up in NA lmfao

Asuna is pretty overhated for no reason

negative ball knowledge

hld.my.hand>>>>>>

boostio's impact is mostly from his calling, leaf is arguably the most in-form sentinel in the world right now. aspas is fair but kiNgg is an insane player in his own right. you said build a team with a player from each region, not who is the best player in each region lol

i mean for sentinel who else could you argue is ostensibly better than leaf from NA?

best player in apac, top 3 support in EMEA, best flex in China and top 5 player in the region, top IGL and player in general, top 3 sentinel in the world.... my bad i didnt make a chatgpt lineup like you