I know but 2 weeks before the season starts, kinda fucks over all the teams

Yeah thats actually true. IMO I think she felt pretty balanced, so I think the changes are uncalled for but thats just me

I know people are going to disagree but its unfair to have every other initiator get their "signature" off cooldown and skye doesn't? Fade, Sova, Breach, Kayo all get their abilities back after early control to help with site hits late. If you think it's too strong then takeaway the "blinded" voice line.

Yeah probably true, I am just afraid that they're going to switch roles too much from map to map and mess with the overall consistency

I feel like 3rd-6th is a realistic starting expectation just purely off paper. At this moment, most people's top would probably include lev, loud and sen.

This roster just has so many questions
IGLing?
Is ethan playing secondary smokes with viper being so meta? Marved basically fulltime viper as he's the only one who plays it?
Can demon1 play raze at the T1 level, if not, what does he play on lotus, bind, split etc?

I never understood that, dephh played plenty of cypher and astra. Could've easily made it work with their usual roles but instead pushed pancada to senti and sacy had to play secondary smokes

They have to remove it coming next season, same comp, same strats, only team that made it interesting was PRX

This is their first lan without one of their best players so probably very nervous. They'll be back stronger hopefully

SuperMassive Blaze 😔😔😔😔😔

https://twitter.com/aEvilcat/status/1729626635572265167?s=20
feelsbadman

If I was on EG, I'd quit pro play after getting shat on that hard by an accidental comp

Which side are you on? Obviously on a nightly basis, Pancada is a better player in terms of mechanics and experience on controller, however Zellsis brings cohesion and energy when needed.

I lean on the side of Pancada because it's still an FPS game so mechanics >>>>. Coordination can be learned and improved more drastically especially now with an IGL in JohnQt and vocal players like zekken and sacy. I'm not considering what happened this past year as it was a sh*t show as a whole.

they've known each other for awhile I believe, they used to duo a lot on stream

Zekken up there, no? Obviously Jingg and Jaw top 2 but who else?

Obviously its a small sample size but in 3 maps, they only won 6 atk rounds. Not pointing fingers but thats a huge issue if their site execs are bad. However small sample size so lets take it with a grain of salt

I kinda want to see a troll comp

I was curious too, can you interrupt the 1v1 or do they disappear from the map temporarily.

someone said the whole team but who knows, Riot will never say

LLOLOLOALOALOALOALOLAOLOLOLOLOLOLJEKEKKWEKWKEWKEKWEKWKEKWEKWKEKWE

Depending on the day, all 4 teams have a chance to win it. I want PRX to win because it might be Jings last tourney.

EDG 2-1 HOPIUM

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/cd224524

kang kang and leo for me

plat 3 (peak)
0.215 800 dpi

Jett and Chamber but only if they are good opers

he's that much better at rifling?? so you'd rate him higher than Kang Kang? We need to see this guy at champs for sure

I don't watch the Chinese teams outside of international events but clearly these 2 are the star duelists in China. How do they compare? OPing, rifling, etc.

Not to discredit any teams but it seems like they are their own problem, especially when it comes to overheating and giving up leads.

vs TL: Losing 7 straight on map 3 with the lead going into the half
vs T1 (1st): OT comeback and both rounds in OT were quite weird
vs PRX: 11-4 Fracture, which could've ended in 2-0

Full credit to every team that played but if EDG fix their discipline and structure, I believe they can be one of the best in the world with KK and smoggy leading

Literally best itw on that map, who would've thought sova on fracture is the way to go.

The series isn't over big man

It's just strictly because his numbers are down drastically compared to last year and even lock in. I trust in Stax to figure it out.

My heart really wants EDG, they're the most exciting team IMO, but I don't see a world in which LOUD loses two in a row. Atleast we get to see KK vs Aspas

I might move Ardiis OP down below sayf just because it's been alittle inconsistent as of late. However, I haven't seen all of sayf's games so you might be correct

f0rsakeN (since something isn't in Tokyo)
Buzz
Derke
Ardiis
sayf
kang kang
aspas
Demon1

Not saying he's the best or anything but he is sure as hell exciting. Energy and composure is crazy.

kangkang taking over soon

Dude went crazy today

Even though they lost to T1, they both played insane. Both posting ADR of 160 on the series, Kangkang with 26 OP kills. EDG could be a major contender if they build around these two and they're both only 19 and 20 years old.

Interesting, I just don't want to see stomps by both teams so hopefully its close

I haven't watched any of Brazil or LATAM challenger teams, how do the Guard and M80 compare? Who are Sleeper teams?

they definitely should've kept him over clear, since clear is on KJ now and XXif is a much better senti

They peaked at open quals, Is it a coaching thing??

This is my cope since I was rooting for them initially

To be fair, toast is building a team from the ground up which is alot harder than just buying a team that has a great core already

cNed has played more for this season

Minimum Rounds of 100 Played
Brimstone: SugarZ3ro
Viper: Chronicle
Omen: Mako
Killjoy: Alfajer
Cypher: Nats
Sova: Leo
Sage: Chronicle
Phoenix: Jinggg
Jett: Sayf
Reyna: something (Not enough rounds)
Raze: Sayf
Breach: Ethan
Skye: Leo
Yoru: cNed
Astra: Shao
KAY/O: invy
Chamber: Dead Agent
Neon: leaf
Fade: Leo
Harbor: xeta
Gekko: qRaxs

wow thats unfortunate if true, I wanted to see how foxy compares to other jetts

yeah ofcourse not taking credit away from them, PRX are playing out of their mind recently, just confused with the foxy situation

Isn't the team with Foxy better in the current meta, Double duelist and Harbor/Viper? Along with Sova and Fade having such a low pick rate as of this year, seems like Zest isn't such a great choice even though he's a great player

Dephh doesnt want to play senti apparently

After 4 weeks, whats your final Top 6 prediction?

1. Loud
2. Leviatan
3. C9
4. Furia
5. Sentinels
6. NRG