POWER RANKINGS
6. Pokerich Clique
the cliques draft was a confusing one. they self-bought sealoo, whos easily top 3 nfe, and then spent 20k on maybca, whos arguably also top 3 nfe?? then they bought chessking, and 0 BH clicker (they clearly said they wanted to support). who'll play BH... ainzcrad maybe?? their LC slot is also solo carried by charis akins, who is good, but i don't know how well they'll be able to do in this strong pool. gamer can gg, maybca can maybe stab..? or maybe maybca GGs. they have 0 aaa players, or even stab players?? overall, their draft was way too awkward, and their slots are a question mark. easily #6. maybe they are planning to obliterate me with 3 NFEs... :/
5. Pondering Phiones
The Phiones' manager, hidinflames, went to the depths of earth to search for diamonds, or so I heard. So orangex was left all alone in the draft showdown... The Phiones' team has quite a few flaws. First, they have 4 LC players, anique included. teamo is a good support option, and so is greedy (rarre told me), and concept will probably be their clicker. their AAA slot is solid, they somehow managed to get CodenameCAT for 3k lmfao.. and got greybaum for 15.5. amstan is probably their STAB, and being a STAB open finalist, is probably top 3 in the pool. however, they spent 19.5k on him which is... probably too much? time will tell if amstan is worth the price. idk who will play their nfe / gg / bh, db or sundays will probably play nfe, boingk gg, and maybe codename cat will play BH? overall, i think the lack of star power, and some unnecessary bids, warrant the phiones' #5 placing.
4. :ginkals: Great and Glorious Ginkals
The Ginkals find themselves at #4. The one slot that immediately appears dangerous is their GG, with Clas+Aera being arguably the best gg duo this tour. they bought flou for lc for 16k, who will likely go at least neutral, and, at best, positive imo, especially with bella support. runo+arishem is DECENT at AAA, but the pool is strong so i dont know. they have yoko, but i am not confident in their abilities. idk about the other slots... stab? bh? nfe? dca will probably play stab or nfe, but they have basically 0 support. clas is good at bh having recently won seasonal, but idk how it carries to ndbh with... players not knowing much about bh (maybe yoko??).
3. HeeHee Heatrans
The heatrans find themselves at #3. with anaconja for bh, a 22k pick and top 2 ndbh players, 21k tranquility for aaa with cat support, 11k rarre for LC, 11k TDM for GG, 4k CaoJie for NFE, the trans have an overall good draft, and more balanced than the above. stab is ?, maybe cat / arty / seraph can click, but thats just 1 slot.
2. Tokyo Gholdengo's
The gholds find themselves @ #2, and for a valid reason. they arguably have the top 3 strongest draft, with 23k atha (w ghostlike support), whos easily the best AAA player in the pool (having recently won kickoff), pannu for stab (top 2 in the pool), roldski for lc (top lc), and good clickers in xurkiyee / RTM / Axzel / Hiusi guy who have the capability to get wins in the remaining slots. their support options are however lackstur, but the metas are pretty much unsolved anyway, so its probably fine.
1. Slacking Slakings (unbiased)