It was mostly Elige carrying them, of course the rest played somewhat well in most tournaments but nothing spectacular, Naf or Twistzz would have a good showing in some tournaments
+1 Elige was the best player in the world when he was on fire, Naf and Twistzz were top 10 easily, Stewie did his role as entry well and Nitr0 was a solid fucking awper
This was the one I 'struggled' with.
But I figured I'd give it to my boys Get Right and Forest.
I think the other years are pretty self-evident. Just me though.
Dude the video of Niko rolling his eyes at the major is my most treasured CS gif.
But Faze had the most firepower in 2017. No question.
But just like 2019 showed having the most firepower doesn't necessarily mean you are winning everything.
I would even say MIBG in 2018, stewie, Tarik, Cold, Fer and Fallen, thats pretty high fire power when those players were good.
Also Mouz in late 2019 and early 2020.
1. Liquid first half of 2019
2. Faze 2017
3. Envy 2015
Teams like SK, old NiP and Fnatic had good aimers but not to the same degree, they had other elements of the game to rely on. Navi might make the list but 1 event and a blast group isn't a big enough sample size.
Their last event before the player break was at the end of July. So that's about 5 months of play where they've ''fallen off''. Mouz at the end of 2019 where definitely a better team than Liquid at that point, especially firepower-wise. But throughout the year Liquid were definitely #1 firepower-wise.
I know the scene wasn't that competitive back then but they were still big fraggers relative to their era, in a team heavily relying on firepower. I'm not comparing them to today's standards.
no, im just not wearing rose-tinted goggles. fact is nip 2013 was shitting on garbage competition which highly inflated their stats, they weren't good. no one took csgo seriously back in 2012/13 when nip was dominating, the only team that did was NiP and maybe VeryGames. stop being delusional.
if you think old nip firepower can be compared to todays' standards you are out of your mind lmao