1 - GenG
they were easily the most consistent team in a year where so many different teams made top 4 - top 6 at each international, they also won their own region twice and made every grand final other than champs

2 - Edward Gaming
I would rather have the champs trophy after a really shitty year internationally than a masters title and a 4th place finish. There would be a huge argument for Sentinels here if they didn't have such a midseason slump. Even though EDG won their region 3 times, it doesn't have as much weight as an americas / emea / apac doing the same because the other chinese teams are undeniably weaker in comparison

3 - Sentinels
Kickoff winners, madrid winners, 4th place champs with a huge upset against GenG, best americas team this year. definitely have to talent to pick up another title next year.

4 - Team Heretics
2nd place kickoff, 8th at madrid, 2nd at stage 1, 2nd in Shanghai, 3rd at stage 2, and 2nd in seoul. they came close to the trophy so many times and didn't win a single one, but damn if they are not a team to look out for next season.

--- MASSIVE GAP ---
5 - Paper Rex? Leviatan? Fnatic?

Paper Rex uniquely made it to all 3 international events, a feat that only them, EDG, FPX, TH, and GENG have. although they've had ups and downs, they also won their region and came away with a 4th and a 6th internationally.

Leviatan has the highest champs placement out of those not listed yet, with a 3rd place. They looked insane, only getting better throughout the year, and they won their region stage 2 against a highly rated G2, also coming away with a stage 1 runner up.

Fnatic won their region twice, though they had poor international showings for a team that won two trophies last year. They're a lock for 2nd best EMEA team, but how much does that really do for them?

what do we think for top 5? anyone i forgot?

wow what a great opinion, we should kiss

FUT never rematch either

lakia played like that for ~3 series total this year

if you replace lakia with boaster on geng then they lose to DRG at shanghai

love to see this guy succeed ever since shanghai on tariks stream, super W of him to support heretics even when hes not playing

go miniboo!!!!!!!!

thats even worse lmfao ??

i wanted to explain what would happen regarding TH if GenG won. it goes without saying that GenG qualifies even if they lose to TH

thank hiko for these takes he whispered in my ear while i was trying to sleep

they really aren't good enough to get top 4 at this event but they're lucky KRU and BLG are fodder. maybe FNC 2-1 KRU in decider. if BLG upset KRU then BLG will get 2-0'd by FNC anyway

can we kiss?

except for my 100% fact guarantees

FUT tied PRX in placement at shanghai and went 1st in regular season W-L don't count out my goats

i have PRX winning but it's not an upset if FUT win

hiko spoke to me in my sleep thats how i knew all of it

i cooked with pickems i had trace 2-0 in their group and DRX 2-0 in their group i could smell it in the air, almost perfect pickems but i made the mistake of FUT and PRX winning their opening games . fraud ass teams, they will somehow both find a way to lose the elim game and tie for 17th place on august 9

certified notnorte guarantee ✅

i just really want to see it, kyro is probably actually cute as hell you can tell by the way someone types

leave your fantasy land bro. change flair sen aren't winning anything

not guaranteed

DRX wins over FNC guaranteed. may or may not be close but in no worlds will DRX lose

TH and GenG will be close. if GenG win then TH will lose to FPX in the decider. if TH face SEN in decider, then TH mops SEN

Trace qualify vs Lev, anyone's game for the other spot

G2 fuck EDG and EDG EDGES me by going to a map 3 all OT with FUT in decider. FUT qualify

its hard to get good results when youre igling while top fragging. depending on boasters performance at champs nats could be considered the best EMEA fragging IGL

nats needs to be freed from liquid jail

fnc lock in > eg champs. fnc only dropped maps to loud
but EG lost to PRX and went to map 5 vs LOUD. they also lost a map to EDG

FLAIR <3

thank god

FUT 13-6
EDG 14-12
FUT 13-8

flair

Group C decider and Group D decider will be the highlights of champs group stage.

Group A FNC v KRU but its a stomping
Group B TH v FPX classic but boring now, C and D will have non rematches

trace is lowkey insane

when does liquid play?

when does liquid play?

LEV TLN group C decider match 3 map triple OT hidden gigabanger incoming

bro LMFAO

“The lights were brighter than expected.”

not sure if title of best glaze is good but ill take it

feels great thx

no glaze but i could actually listen to sliggy talk about VALORANT teams and whos going to win all day , this guy its insane how well-researched he is and how teams could actually genuinely gain from sliggy critiques

1. yay
2. c0m
3. aspas
4. whzy
5. Kai
6. tenz
7. primmie
8. t3xture
9. wo0t
10. tenz

can i marry you?

it's not crazy when u think long and hard about it

BLD 5-0 NRG

he should vod review 10 days of Titan Esports Club right

lmfao

1. Bleed
2. Trace
3. DRX
4. Heretics

There is lowkey a world where 4/8 of playoff teams are from china.

EDG and Trace very likely qual
Can’t imagine Bilibili not making playoffs
FPX got an easy group where all they have to do is beat Heretics the second time they play

i know its probably the most hype as possible for a group, but realistically SEN should be going out this group 0-2 or 1-2.
even after the long break they had between splits 1 and 2, they were only able to pull out wins against KRU, C9, and NRG the entire split.
GENG and FPX should be heavily favored to make it out of this group, with a revitalized TH making things interesting / competitive

yuhh GO HERETICS (honestly even if they lose every match in group B should be full OT 3 map bangers, like i think every team in group B is top 6 material

FNC BLG should be D. i cannot see BLG taking a map off of FNC, especially considering how well FNC's map pool combats BLGs.

EDG FUT should be A. EDG are back in some of their highest form, while
FUT is unique in being one of the only teams to improve placement wise at EVERY global event they've attended
16th in Sao Paulo
10th at Tokyo
8th at Los Angelos
6th in Shanghai

"sen picks [X map] HAHHAA"

is a valid statement, geng just has THAT deep of a map pool. doesnt look good for sentinels

like no way hes top fragging as IGL on a LOSING team. i gen cant think of another team who has bs like that across a whole split

wtf why