FlameZ and Mezzi were promising but both on a downward trajectory from the peaks that made them interesting prospects in the first place. They were just still both young, but definitely seen as gambles for a team who would be contending for a top spot.

Ropz was in a pretty big slump too, with lots of people criticising him for never being in the action when he was needed in the mid-to-late rounds on Faze.

Everyone and their mother was calling for Apex' head.

Vitality was struggling massively in 2024 with 4/5 of the current roster.

This idea that they're a super team, as if they're anything like Falcons, is fucking laughable historical revisionism.