Stage 3 power rankings: ddk picks his favourites to advance and teams that definitely won't make playoffs

"The highest skill ceiling and the highest skill floor, the most consistently elite team we have right now. Their B game is good enough to win a tournament." - ddk

"MOUZ don't even drop maps generally unless they are playing teams that are Vitality level. They are legit the second best team in the world." - ddk

"Spirit are stylistically very hard to deal with for teams that are worse than them, and almost all teams are worse than them. There's no reason to doubt their ability to be stable in Stage 3." - ddk

"FaZe with s1mple stand a chance to go far because they had team-wide mental game issues previously. The honeymoon period with s1mple remedies that in the short-term and gives them a chance, if his playstyle is complementary to the others, for them to go to playoffs." - ddk

"FURIA went into Astana and showed a huge degree of promise with very little time. Fallen's new role looks good, molodoy performed well on stage at his first event. This team will do some damage." - ddk

"Aurora have all the pieces to make it; although they have been a little shaky, I'm expecting the Major pressure to lift them to the playoffs." - ddk

"As much as I want Lynn Vision to make it, the reality is that the caliber of teams just jumped up dramatically. I think they can go 1-3 at best." - ddk

"I think Legacy is good but they were fortunate to get this far with a couple BO1 wins and catching an off-balance FaZe. Wins will be significantly harder to come by in Stage 3 and I would be shocked to see the run continue." - ddk