2025 ORAS Recap
Wanted to make a post like this for a while now about up and coming players, but was waiting on the SPL auction for many reasons. I don't know where else to put this but here. This is NOT an official post from the mod ruffles, but the player ruffles and this is subjective.
I'm putting in noteable players, ordered. Although this is subjective, I'm mainly basing this on their performance in tours. I'm obviously not gonna mention players that are already known greats like c0mp and Noname
Incredible Potential - this category is for those who improved a ton in the past 2 years, always do great in side tours, and could very well have been SPL starters.
lighthouses - Diogo shouldn't even be here because he did a solid 5-4 performance in SPL last year, something not easy to do at all. Not to mention, I genuinely think he has gotten so much better in the last year that he could go 5-4 again despite the harder pool. Again shouldn't even be here but he got snubbed so I need to emphasize him here.
Paprikaflow - Paprika went 2-2 last SPL and 1-2 in WCoP, but his WCoP pool contained Santu, me, and Tenebricite, which was the notorious death pool. He is genuinely consistent and a solid player, not to mention a bench goat. Another snub.
Savouras - Although a tad behind the above two in terms of consistency, he has genuinely improved so much last year and put up great results. To not even be bought as a 3k sub is wild.
Destro16 - Destro is a tad above the two below just because I've seen him put up more consistent numbers including top players. I definitely think he's a future SPL starter if he keeps the trend uptick
BluBirD &
Always! - these two players might as well be the best builders in this category, but have been less consistent in play. I grouped them cuz they have the same story. By far the most potential, but need more results.
Of note - all these players are surprisingly both builders and players. Although building is not necessary (c0mp and Noname don't build much), I think it is incredibly refreshing to see more consistent builders in the community. I love the competition.
Inconsistently Great - this category is for players who have really high highs, like competing at the very top level and even sometimes beating top players, but they also find themselves occasionally losing to players worse than them.
HSK7 - His results are undeniable and he silenced the haters, truly. Obviously not better than ABR that was crazy but I like the confidence. Very close to the category above.
BlazingDark - another solid player that has beaten many good players including me, but can often tilt or make some mistakes causing him to lose to lower players. He has very good intuition in figuring out whats teams are OP in the meta and bringing them (fellow sand ho enjoyer).
kingofking - King is a solid player all around and as I used to coach him, I know very well of his potential. He is inconsistent both in his plays and motivation, but definitely has the skills in both builder and in game.
devin - Devin is a great example of this because he genuinely has the potential to beat anyone, and does, but often also loses to lesser players due to making small mistakes in the game or just not giving a fuck and loading wild teams
Of note - all these players can rise to the above category if they fix up their small problems and round their edges.
Consistently Good - this category is for players who are really good at farming players that are worse than them, but struggle to win against solid players like SPL starters or in the first category of this post.
Tenebricite - He is better in SM, but his ORAS is still quite good. He is a prime example of this because he did go 0-3 in the wcop death pool of me paprika santu, but he also consistently puts up stellar records in side tours
White Atoq - Another good example if you look at ORASPL/OUPL, great numbers farming lower players, but goes back and forth with good players like Noname and Metallica
Hacker - Hacker is not known for his ORAS but this year he definitely put up a really solid performance. I was impressed by his pilot, winning even bad mu's.
kiru - Stories doesn't play ORAS all year then randomly comes in for ORASPL, goes 6-1, then disappears lmao. Wish we got more of them which I'm sure we will.
Seasons - Seasons is another one here that fits this. He is definitely in the above category or even incredible potential but is not super motivated/focused on other things which is totally fine, but if he gets serious again it will be fun to watch.
Of note - most people here would be in the above category if they dedicated more time and effort to ORAS I genuinely think that.
Need More Data, But I See You - This category is for players who are still in a very early stage of a possible solid ORAS career. They had moments of solid game but need to put more results/time/effort.
awyp - Good player and always a solid wild card. Glad he's been playing more instead of just managing/benching and getting drafted more. Definitely looking forward to seeing more.
Typical_bastard - Another person I used to coach and although I might be a bit biased, definitely has potential but you need more effort fam
Larpcord (imperial/sna/zyran/thajester) - did better than i expected in invitational and farm tours. Looking forward to seeing more
Cheers, everyone!
- Piyu, London Beats, DJ Breloominati♬; blank
- NoName6293, Zaza
- Persephone,kingofking, Fear; Gondra
- Poek, BlazingDark, tenebricite; ABR, blunder 
- Ox the Fox, BluBirD; DugZa
- Santu
- Ruffles, MANNAT
- pj, Metallica126, devin, ACR1
- xray; Vulpix03 
- c0mp, Zokuru
