DPP Rankings (s/o to akiko yosano and marcop for helping):

1. Evuelf - Coming off a very deep DPP cup run and has shown competency in the tier multiple times along with likely having access to very good teams from Ojama, so there's little reason to rank anyone else above him.

2. Stone Cold - Longtime veteran that's performed in major tours constantly, but hasn't played tours in a while so may be rusty, but he will be tryharding so it's very likely he dominates the pool this year.

3. DeepBlueC - DeepBlueC has been playing for a while now and has shown that he can play with the best around, going 2-1 in wcop this year and consistently performs pretty well in tours.

4. Akiko Yosano - Akiko Yosano is coming off of a dominating PPL performance and strong showings in a myriad of other side tours, but no real large tour success, so while he's better than a good bit of the rest of the list he still has to prove himself on the big stage before breaking the top 3.

5. Shinigami - Shinigami is a solid player that has improved a lot lately, putting up a respectable record in PPL and has a solid grasp of the metagame as a whole, so he should be able to beat most of the more inexperienced players in this pool.

6. TreinerOrange - Jabba is another old player that hasn't played in a while, but he seems to be pretty rusty and hasn't really actively been playing, so it's tough to gauge how he stacks up against the rest of the pool.

7. Excal -  Excal is a solid player that's just recently started to play in tours. He's very creative in his building which could prove helpful against more experienced players, but it could also be his downfall. Definitely one to look out for and one who could really prove himself in this tour,

8. Amberlamps - Amberlamps is a solid player that had strong showings in POCL and PPL, so he's proven that he can bring some wins to his team in "lower" tours such as this one.

9. Kebab mlml - Kebab is a very strong player with solid support from his team,  but he doesn't really have a trackr record in the tier so he'll have to prove himself and pick up some big wins in this tour.

10. Mindnight - Decent player, but largely inconsistent at times. He can play to a very high level at times and possibly upset some of those at the top, but we have to see which Mindnight we're getting this tour first.

11. CZ - Decent player with a solid grasp on the metagame, but has activity concerns as well as easily getting angry/tilted at the game. If he keeps his head straight, he can deliver some solid wins to his team.

12. lm3 - Largely an unknown commodity, but has strong teammate support so can possibly steal a few wins away from more well known players.