>>7179697towa > izuru>matsuri > astel
Probably
Towa team easily the strongest in holo thanks to the fact that, even though towa is usually the weights for pros, dia 4 is probably actually undercosting her. Also probably the first tournament where she's going to get to play wraith for a while, pretty sure.
Stars team will at best, hold their permament 5th place position in the tournament, though realistically they could do far worse. Izuru hasn't been the shotcaller before, and while tenma is certainly strong and has been seriously going at apex recently. iirc, rikka is using a controller so if the team gets kitted out he can probably actually provide decent extra firepower up close, though I'd wager he's generally going to be the first to go down in a fight. Never know tho, and probably has the best balance of strength and unity, which can matter in terms of keeping spirits up.
Matsuri is probably conversely overcosted points wise, but it's hard to say since I haven't watched enough of her and her other teammates for this one. Probably the biggest unknown in power for me.
Astel team probably has a few issues that could massively reduce the strength, and in general we've seen that the teams without at least a second diamond tend to suffer a lot since the moment their strongest goes down, the team fighting power drops to near nil, and especially their survivability after the encounter. From what I've seen, astel's combat ability is really high, but even after all this time his abillity to call movements and such, while probably far higher than the average player, isn't quite as good as probably some of the other master+ players in the tournament, and I feel we've consistently seen that world edge is a debuff map for him. Plus I get the impression that he's a player that does way better when he has teammates that can support/judge his calls, and follow pushes when he pulls them off, as well as the fact that holomem as the other two team members is probably going to be stressful. But who knows maybe choco will awaken hidden apex skills via extreme play hours and the team might do unexpectedly well, but I don't think that they will.
idk tho
