1. SMB: Surely the most obvious pick and for good reason. An absolutely dominant force in the tier for the past 2 years, and one of the few consistent players in a tier with massive variance, along with emforbes. Has shown mastery of other tiers and amazing in-game poise. A negative record would be shocking.
2. Ezreal: Coming off a ridiculous Snake its hard not to overhype this guy, however this is a big drop from SMB. I could see a swing back to mediocrity here for Ezrael, especially after a humiliating defeat at the hands of emforbes to cap off his Snake.
3. Memoric: Memoric has been a mainstay within the upper echelon of individual DOU performances for years after his puzzling departure from the SPL spotlight. Nothing really was lost, no oxidization on this machine so I have no reason to doubt he won’t command this pool like he has in the past.
4. Stax: Another guy who has had strong individual showings after ducking out of the team tour spotlight. I was never quite as impressed with him as the aforementioned players but he has proven himself to be a cut above the rest of the herd.
5.MajorBowman: Although he was a disaster in Snake 2, his dominance in this tier prior to that tour cannot be overlooked. I feel that Bowman will either be mediocre or a star here, depends on his focus and motivation, which may seem like an astrologic nothing but is perhaps the sole factor that cuts the line between the two.
6. Tman: Impressive Snake, a bit more understated elsewhere. Not much else to say.
7. Kaori: Look past the 0-9 to see a true competitor in the past. I think being on a fresh raiders team as the grizzled vet can inspire some competitive sentiment in Kaori. Once again like Bowman someone who has shown us a high cieling.
8. Qsns: A mainstay in DOU for a while, but always a fringe starter for me. Individual results have grown lately so this could spell a huge breakout. Easily one i could be way off mark on.
9. Marilli: The SPL never impressed me too much and I havent seen anything since.