Windranger in BLAST Slam felt like a straight-up throw pick in some drafts.
It didnt fit the game plan at all, and it gave the same vibe as old patches where certain picks basically meant the draft was already lost before the game even started.
Wind pos1 isn't that bad. I would argue there are way worse heroes teams keep insisting on like Alchemist and Tiny, for example. Way too overvalued.
Got kicked twice first with Aurora and now with OG. I guess OG understood that nikko is better than torontotokyo although it can't be removed that he's a tee-eye winner.
You probably mean this season only. Because he was also kicked from Betboom back when he played pos5, and from Team Spirit. I don't think Nikko is going back to OG. Not after what skem and 343 said. I really have no clue who will be their next offlaner. They can't poach an offlaner from a rival team either, since rosters are locked for TI quals. So, either a player from another region or a lower tier player with potential.
Poor drafting on map 1, I bet on LGD for the series winner and it turns out that I lost it. LGD players are good but even with kaffs drafting that bad, they're able to make it or we don't know if the org or the players themselves will start to think of having a replacement for him.
LGD players are good... well, they are okay but if you really compare to the rest of the remaining teams, individually, one by one, are they really that good? Like i said, they are overperforming, and seems the only team really taking this tournament seriously 100%. This team won't make top8 at either EWC or TI(If they can even qualify). I called for them to bomb out of the playoffs with 2 straight losses after being top of the groups. One loss is already done, now it's against Liquid. To be honest, i expect them to beat liquid at least. Liquid are straight trash right now. But there's also the possibility that Nisha decides he wants to singlehandedly dumpster LGD. We will see.
Seems Yakult Brother lost their guaranteed slot for TI qualifiers, due to changing the entire roster. Should be easy open qualifiers for them anyway. Kaka is back to pro Dota it seems. I would really love to see Somnus give it one more go. I hope he makes a stack for TI quals.
Topson also said he will be competing in TI quals. Arteezy, Topson, Qojqva, Pablo, Ceb. It would be cool to see them challenge Gamerlegion in NA quals. Most likely they will just get dumpstered in EU quals.