IGZ 2-0

Surely they don't lose when they have Thiefy and Lakia.

Hopefully SCARZ makes it through; Anthem, Marin, and JoshS are crazy talented.

2-1 SZ

Confidence loss and pressure.

Shonen: Hunter X Hunter
SoL/Romance: Fruits Basket or Love is War
Comedy: The Disastrous Life of Saiki. K
Mecha: Code Geass

Code Geass is not a shonen anime. It’s more of a mecha.

some 13-0's have a player or two from the losing team try to show up.

But this 13-0 was a total domination by all standards.

Holy fuck KOI showed up today.

I'll start believing in them again

CASE 13-8 TH

Don't sleep on falltw and Wolfen.

T1 vs Homeless (PAX Invitational)

Code Geass
Hunter x Hunter
Black Clover

Super generic, I know.

the mada disregard is outrageous.

imo my top 5 would be (in no order)

TENNN
Jinggg
Mada
Victor
Nukkye

great slice-of-life manga and the 2019 reboot did it justice 👍

A good starter anime for anyone imo.

yes, i supported them last split and continue to support them now.

I think they are a fun team to watch and can be a darkhorse pick for Masters.

welp. unlucky for the fellow countrymen.

2-0 VLT

Brenshow is the best duo.

Maybe that’s my bias since i came from Overwatch.

Nope, I believed in the pickup.

How do these comps even work for PRX wtf

Phoenix on Breeze??

JUGi (duelist)
Nille (sentinel)
Masked (controller)
Remoy (flex)
Zik (initiator)

Assuming G2 is keeping AvOvA, and Astralis isn't a co-ed team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiyamJhSbBg

SicK? The arguably most consistent player on the team?

For a guy who hasn't played in over a year?

Damn, if only one of these teams were switched with JDT/FAV.

Unlucky.

Regardless 2-1 CR

1. This is the same OG that beat FPX last split btw

2. FNATIC very good

6K 2-1

MatiS finna go crazy.

EXL gonna struggle a lot without Dobsha

But they'll still win

2-1 EXL

Unlucky, BD Valorant struggling.

Already losing to RGE without SSSami was rough, now facing the best team in the group.

2-0 OG.

poised has been the igl'ing this whole time.

Poach has been the secondary caller.

I agree

Spicy game, but DRX takes this.

DRX 2-1 maybe 2-0 if they're on.

This move might seem stupid rn, but it will pay off in the long-term.

Yes Curry doesn't play Sova, but he can flex onto multiple agents; he can play sentinel and have Mitch play Sova, or play flex and have Xeppaa play Sova, or Curry can learn Sova if need be. Curry's flexibility is gonna be essential for C9 imo, something Xeta struggled to do.

Plus he might follow the T1 trend of letting go a player and said player thriving on another team (seven on TSM, Saya on The Guard, Victor/Crashies on OpTic, etc.)

TL;DR: Curry is good, and his flexibility will help C9 in the long-term.

This is pure COPIUM, and this is coming from a Guard fan.

The team gotta fix up.

surely KOI doesn't lose here Clueless

13-8 KOI

Redgar
Zenakukin
Snirot

Realistically, Vitality should win this.

13-10 VIT

OpTic yay
ZETA SugarZ3ro
ZETA Laz
LOUD Sacy
G2 Nukkye

This is a move and a half.

I think this will benefit both teams in the long-term imo. Curry will get off to a slow start but you can't deny that his flexibility on multiple agents is his strongest asset, and is also going to be beneficial for C9.

This move might seem really confusing rn because C9 are a top-three team and they traded one of their strongest players, but it will pay off for them with the addition of Curry later on.

IGZ 2-0

Thiefy on duelist goes dumb and stupid.

Omen and Astra? On Split??

Liquid are off the goop.

Oh well, it is what it is.

Congrats to 100T, they are gonna be really good in time.

DGW has a solid chance to win this.

2-1 DGW

2-0 NTH

BB 2-0

Jemikin finna go crazy.

that was fucking nuts.

ACE 2-0

Vakk is gonna go dumb and stupid.

Jormungand
Black Lagoon
Eighty-Six
Black Clover
Kaguya-Sama: Love is War
91 Days (one of my personal favourites)
Soul Eater
Spy x Family (currently the most hyped up anime)
Akame Ga Kill (read the manga, it’s WAY better than the anime)
Fruits Basket (currently watching)

I have more, but these probably fit your criteria

Riddle didn't enter Val yet.

Also he did, but not sure what happened to that.

You don't think Sengoku can hang in the top 3?

Rumoured to join Riddle but I don't he nor Riddle will compete this upcoming challengers.

Ahead of Stage 2: challengers, here are some roster changes that happened amongst the teams.

Crazy Raccoon:
+rion
-munchkin

FENNEL
+Kaminari, Tonbo, JinboongE, Johnta (coach)
-Mittiii, Envy

Sengoku:
+something, Zerost, Vici
-thiefy, GangPin, k0bra

IGZIST:
+GangPin, thiefy, hNt (coach)
-Pepper, Ask

DGW:
+barce, Pepper
-Machao

SCARZ:
+modeskii, JoshS, Anthem
-C1nder, sio, Shuzz

Jadeite:
+brofeld, Akame
-Hate, Masamune

REJECT:
-HaReee

NORTHEPTION:
+Derialy
-Xandrite

Crest Gaming:
+k0bra, Sakurai
-Jemkin, KuuKai

Blue Bees:
-something, Zerost, Zenakukin, Simons (coach)

Reignite:
+Ask, fAwn (coach)
-Dhimoruto

Danish differential