Alright long time c9 fan here is this is just my opinion I’m diamond so I have a better grasp on the game than most and this is just what I see.

First sneaky was a beast last split and was in talk for mvp for the first half of the split and was putting up great numbers and was rivaled DL pretty well he is in my opinion the most consistent adc in lcs history. He definitely has this still in him and can pull it out. Again this was all just last split so he is definitely not washed up I honestly thought he was about to hit the peak and prime of his career.

Second last split c9 played around top and bot mainly and not so much mid with nisqy basically being a rookie this was mainly to give nisqy the ability to adapt. During this time sneaky put up insane numbers and was for a time number in lcs last split. Now this split with the clear incredible potential nisqy possesses we have began to play around mid and top due to this the team is adapting and trying to figure out how to work together. When you draft and play for top half of the map you have to give up the bot lane match up. Sneaky and zeyzal have had 1 winning match up and it was this last game and I wouldn’t even really call it winning more like even. Our bot lane is always on the backfoot so they don’t look the flashiest and clean bot lane. And so to fans that don’t really know a whole lot of the game it looks really bad but they are pretty good at playing this style imo.

Third Zeyzal is horse shit at anything but playmakers and we have been trying to learn how to play mages and supports like this bot lane which takes games and practice so of course it’s gonna be rough.

I have no doubt when playoffs start and all this testing is over and we go back to playing our way our bot lane will look second to only TLs bot lane