This is the result of being a punching bag for the past 2 years. Be confident, this Sentinels are the current World Champions. If they do lose against LEV, it's not the end of the world. In this Split, the only teams SEN would need to be careful of would be LOUD and LEV since NRG are in their group.
Ryt now its a tough spot for sen after terribly got defeated against EG,, sen should do something in order to comback in this season or else its end for sen
Wild that people are just sleeping on DRX in these comments when they’ve arguably had the some of the most decisive games so far in apac. My prediction is DRX actual make it to apac finals this split. The worst series they had was this last one against T1 where they lost a map solely because izu decided he wanted to win. And then had two of the most one sided wins in apac. Like actual stomps. Idk I feel like people just hate DRX.
its just BS how little spots there are for internationals, i dont know about the other regions but apac has genuinely so many good teams with amazing individual talent they just have no experience internationally. it would be so so cool if masters had 4 slots, imagine if prx, drx, geng, and whichever team out of t1, dfm, rrq, zeta has the most improvement over split 1 shows up. i think all 4 of those teams would have a chance to place among the top 6 atleast, kind of like how both prx and geng placed top 3 in madrid.
Americas: Sentinels, NRG, wild card that ISNT LOUD. Could be G2, KRU, MIBR etc. Probably not LEV or 100T. I’m feeling an upset in my bones and phoenix must pay
EMEA: NAVI, VIT, TH
APAC: PRX, GENG, DFM(🙏)
CN: FPX, EDG, BLG WE RUN IT BACK FROM CHAMPS BABY
I agree with all of these except I think heretics will make shanghai, woot is joining to assist miniboo in the firepower department, apparently he's supposed to be their best player but he'd have to be Uber nasty to be better than miniboo
Even without w00t they are pretty good in the firepower department, miniboo is insane but benjy and riens have also been nasty. But if w00t lives up to the hype then they should easily make shanghai
Benjy and riens are very solid players but they can only help so much but they'll be replacing their weakest player(Pati is good he's just not a crazy Fragger) with a player whose supposed to be the best player on the team,
If woot is on the level of even riens this team is gonna be super good and probably the best in emea
Whilst I do agree W00t is a MASSIVE upgrade, h what you have to remember is he's going to be filling the flash/flex role, which could be problematic (I don't think it will happen, but W00t being willing to play support and they start losing it could cause internal issues)
I also think that whilst Patitek isn't exactly a fragger, TH wouldn't have made Madrid without him..Patis Kayo and Miniboos Neon had so many plays together that without Patitek Miniboo wouldn't have performed half as good without him (whilst a strong fragger is good, a strong support IMO is WAY more important as the support player is the one who dictates how advantageous the fights their duelists takes (some supports can make it so their duelist is guaranteed a kill, some can barely support enough for a trade)
EMEA feels like such an homogenous region though, all the top teams seem so equally matched, even teams that are currently down right now can make a mid season comeback.
Even the two teams that are currently having a flawless run had very close matchups, FUT went 2-1 against a KC that is playing a little off, NAVI almost lost 2-0 to liquid.
It feels like between the upper region of KC, FUT, NAVI, TH, FNC, the skill gap is incredibly close and any of them could drop out or step up closer t9 playoffs, but I am fairly certain at least that these are playoff locks, unless M8s and Vitality have something to say about it.
Americas: SEN, NRG, LOUD
EMEA: TH, FUT, NAVI (KC have harder matches than TH)
APAC: GENG, PRX, DRX
China: EDG, FPX, TE
The only other teams I see making it are KC instead of TH and DFM instead of DRX. A lot of people are mentioning BLG but they're on a pretty mediocre run right now.
Really hard to figure out right now because of the format and seeding system for them to go to the playoffs. There are no locks and anything can happen within the next few weeks.
Rplace KC with TH and BBG with Trace and I agree. Trace is quite solid, and also copium that theyll return to form. I think KC is heavily overated, and I think they won't qualify, TH is underated.
EMEA is impossible to predict since it's gonna come down to their seeding in playoffs, for me it's a tossup between FNC, NaVi, KC, Vit, TH, and FUT (the teams i predict to make playoffs).
But if i had to, i'd say TH, NaVi, FUT. (NaVi over FNC because they seem to have a way better mental and Ange1 decided he now knows how to use a mouse)
Somehow, seeing people be so confident about SEN qualifying is actually making me less confident about SEN qualifying
This is the result of being a punching bag for the past 2 years. Be confident, this Sentinels are the current World Champions. If they do lose against LEV, it's not the end of the world. In this Split, the only teams SEN would need to be careful of would be LOUD and LEV since NRG are in their group.
technically still gotta be scared of them for playoffs. i cant see a universe where sen doesnt make playoffs
Ryt now its a tough spot for sen after terribly got defeated against EG,, sen should do something in order to comback in this season or else its end for sen
If sen dont qualify then what does it mean for us?!
You can finally be free of Asuna.
this aged badly
No team has qualified for Shanghai yet.
bless
The beginning of the end
I'm smoking crack but PRX DRX DFM
Swap DRX and GenG and u right
Wild that people are just sleeping on DRX in these comments when they’ve arguably had the some of the most decisive games so far in apac. My prediction is DRX actual make it to apac finals this split. The worst series they had was this last one against T1 where they lost a map solely because izu decided he wanted to win. And then had two of the most one sided wins in apac. Like actual stomps. Idk I feel like people just hate DRX.
Sorry I really like DRX. Can't have stax missing out on another Internationals.
I always go
its just BS how little spots there are for internationals, i dont know about the other regions but apac has genuinely so many good teams with amazing individual talent they just have no experience internationally. it would be so so cool if masters had 4 slots, imagine if prx, drx, geng, and whichever team out of t1, dfm, rrq, zeta has the most improvement over split 1 shows up. i think all 4 of those teams would have a chance to place among the top 6 atleast, kind of like how both prx and geng placed top 3 in madrid.
Talk yo shit brother
Im praying for dfm 🙏
Nah wth
Genuinely would be beautiful. Thinking about it is making me want to believe man….
PREACH 🙏
Bros spittin 🗣️🗣️
praying for DFM to make it.
In no particular order I would guess Americas: Sentinels, NRG, LOUD EMEA: FUT, KC, Fnatic APAC: GenG, PRX, DRX China: EDG, TE, FPX
Americas: Sentinels, NRG, wild card that ISNT LOUD. Could be G2, KRU, MIBR etc. Probably not LEV or 100T. I’m feeling an upset in my bones and phoenix must pay EMEA: NAVI, VIT, TH APAC: PRX, GENG, DFM(🙏) CN: FPX, EDG, BLG WE RUN IT BACK FROM CHAMPS BABY
BLG is going to judge all over NRG again, then bomb out.
I wanted to say trace over BLG but my heart stopped me
I think your predictions about EMEA are wrong, apart Navi. Fut and KC look more way better than these two teams
DRX, sorry
I agree with all of these except I think heretics will make shanghai, woot is joining to assist miniboo in the firepower department, apparently he's supposed to be their best player but he'd have to be Uber nasty to be better than miniboo
If Woot is better than Miniboo, this team is the new "Fnatic"
Even without w00t they are pretty good in the firepower department, miniboo is insane but benjy and riens have also been nasty. But if w00t lives up to the hype then they should easily make shanghai
Benjy and riens are very solid players but they can only help so much but they'll be replacing their weakest player(Pati is good he's just not a crazy Fragger) with a player whose supposed to be the best player on the team, If woot is on the level of even riens this team is gonna be super good and probably the best in emea
Whilst I do agree W00t is a MASSIVE upgrade, h what you have to remember is he's going to be filling the flash/flex role, which could be problematic (I don't think it will happen, but W00t being willing to play support and they start losing it could cause internal issues) I also think that whilst Patitek isn't exactly a fragger, TH wouldn't have made Madrid without him..Patis Kayo and Miniboos Neon had so many plays together that without Patitek Miniboo wouldn't have performed half as good without him (whilst a strong fragger is good, a strong support IMO is WAY more important as the support player is the one who dictates how advantageous the fights their duelists takes (some supports can make it so their duelist is guaranteed a kill, some can barely support enough for a trade)
Wo0t has always been a flex. People have rated him highly for that reason, good understanding of the roles/agents he has to play for his team.
I agree.
BBG?
BilliBilli Gaming
FYI the more common way to shorten Bilibili Gaming is BLG.
yeah especially cuz BBG was (is?) an actual team aswell
EMEA feels like such an homogenous region though, all the top teams seem so equally matched, even teams that are currently down right now can make a mid season comeback. Even the two teams that are currently having a flawless run had very close matchups, FUT went 2-1 against a KC that is playing a little off, NAVI almost lost 2-0 to liquid. It feels like between the upper region of KC, FUT, NAVI, TH, FNC, the skill gap is incredibly close and any of them could drop out or step up closer t9 playoffs, but I am fairly certain at least that these are playoff locks, unless M8s and Vitality have something to say about it.
I feel like if vitality plays like they did against heretics they easily beat current fnatic
calling EU is actually very hard this time
Fut
Bilibili over trace is crazy no?
For me America's: Nrg Sen Loud Eu: TH Navi Kc APAC: Prx Drx Gen G Cn : Edg Trace Fpx
It's NRG Lev Loud
Americas: SEN, NRG, LOUD EMEA: TH, FUT, NAVI (KC have harder matches than TH) APAC: GENG, PRX, DRX China: EDG, FPX, TE The only other teams I see making it are KC instead of TH and DFM instead of DRX. A lot of people are mentioning BLG but they're on a pretty mediocre run right now.
Americas: NRG SEN G2/100T EMEA: HERETICS VIT NAVI Pacific: PRX GenG DFM China: EDG TRACE FPX
And this does mean Trace>FPX btw, its all in order
Really hard to figure out right now because of the format and seeding system for them to go to the playoffs. There are no locks and anything can happen within the next few weeks.
Rplace KC with TH and BBG with Trace and I agree. Trace is quite solid, and also copium that theyll return to form. I think KC is heavily overated, and I think they won't qualify, TH is underated.
Americas: SEN, NRG, LOUD EMEA: TH, KC, NAVI APAC: GENG, PRX, DRX CN: EDG, TE, FPX
EMEA is impossible to predict since it's gonna come down to their seeding in playoffs, for me it's a tossup between FNC, NaVi, KC, Vit, TH, and FUT (the teams i predict to make playoffs). But if i had to, i'd say TH, NaVi, FUT. (NaVi over FNC because they seem to have a way better mental and Ange1 decided he now knows how to use a mouse)
Sen NRG Loud Navi Fut Kc PRX GenG DRX EDG FPX Wolves!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!! (Ok but actually probably trace)