well fair point everyone gets to grow. but all teams also scrim with each other (maybe even swap their players for trial) so we don't see how they workout behind the scenes. who knows T1 might've worked good in scrims but they failed to deliver in real game?

It's true that icebox has less room for planting and sage can give easy cover for 400 cred but meta just can't stick to same thing long enough. Gotta bring up new strats or get counter stratted easily

Well even if they had a sage wall the plant they would get spammed anyway. Most of the rounds they attacked B without orange or kitchen control. SEN had sage still they lost map control

viper is like a secondary controller better have omen/astra for creating more space on big maps like icebox and breeze. single viper works on small maps like bind

Sage isn't a "must" cuz her wall is predictable. All teams use it for blocking a route or making a block for planting. We saw walls getting countered already by T1 teams very soon other teams will also make lineups to counter wall plants

Wouldn't a good team in NSG make T2 teams have hard time? C9 tried this before when tenz left

Soniqs could be T1 if they played in BR cuz they have Bo1s

and the choke continued to haven where they became T3

They didn't win against any T1 org this year so no they aren't T1 team (but the org has huge funding so it's a T1 org)

Faze and TSM outta meta cuz they just still play puggy. They were tier 1 when run and gun was easy. TSM even ran triple duelist comp but now the game is more about reading your opponents strats and countering them and hard reading their rotation

so huynh was basically potterfragging kekw

sorry 4 spots for playoffs and 3 for berlin

oh well my bad NV misses again

imagine losing to shit stratters lmao how shittier others strats are then

you should go see a psychiatrist

rather put drone on bench for not using lineups

there are 4 spots this time no way envy misses berlin

imagine losing to noble without zekken and a 13-2

NOIDONTTHINKSO

SEN are washed and 101 hilarious jokes you can tell from watching 1 map

DZ nuts

G2 never lost to fpx after their first matchup hope they keep the streak up

#22 currently

I think riot is just trialing different shit on different regions cuz it's first year. They will observe and improvise I believe

nah just using my imagination really wanna see these games streamed

where can I watch some xeppaa plays?

TSM should've participated these T2 tournies for prac instead

newly formed roster has players from former champs

As long as shahz is playing SEN is ahead of the meta. They will "magically" crumble when win is not necessary

#WhereisSmeag

well at least today is last now they go back in their hole and come back next month

TSM and Faze puggy style so they're out of meta

papa hiko on last map went god mode

too bad TSM went to shit and got locked in bathroom for another month

TSM fans go back to hole for another month

ok save your secrets to yourself lmao

Great to keep up with the scene

I agree flex makes teams more unpredictable but doesn't putting a W key holder on late round playstyle make him uncomfortable?
sage on split and bind is a great agent to play and we saw cned flex between these roles as he likes to play aggressive. Wouldn't it be better to put doma on aggressive role like raze/omen while mistic on brim or other controller? he's been sticking to viper and doesn't play any other agent much

I'll still hate on NRG org (not the team)

Do you think putting tenz on smoke or zombs on sentinel would be efficient? That's what I'm talking about. Not every player excels at playing duelist role either. I was disappointed with magnum on breach and doma on brim

as if they have any strats kekw

I think orgs want new talent instead of washed players. Very few players got signed after benching and they had a good impact on their team while others were underperforming when released

I think EU forces their players out of their roles to make certain team comps work. Might throw opponents offguard but a player not playing his full isn't good

So that no leaked VODs for antistrating

Lakia just ditched NU like nukkye and avova ditched heretics

thwifo join shroud on the team

if G2 keeps this form they'll make it to berlin

same old biological fact showing up

Please don't whiff vakk 🙏

Fnatic just saving strats with weird plays and comps