shox and apEX trail closely behind, but Kyojin and misutaaa really have to start catching up. Meanwhile over on the French side, it's ZywOo all over. He's even being outdone by B1T in rating. Sure, s1mple still takes top of the scoreboard more often than not, but it's by no means a 1v9. NaVi are on a real tear this year, and the Major is no difference, and no player has fallen below the 1.00 line in their rating so far. Only advantage for the Frenchmen? If you really twist the narrative, then you could say Vitality have played more games so far. NaVi, who have looked strong leading up to this stage, take on the dwindling Vitality.

It's a real shame we get this matchup so early on, but hey - blame Vitality for stinking up their pants in the Legends stage. NiKo on the other hand? 4th in the individual ranking and looking to claim both a Major win and MVP if everything goes right. It didn't help that LNZ ended up with an 18-35 scoreline over the two maps, but dev1ce went missing too, and whereas the former is an academy graduate, the latter was a $1,000,000 marquee signing, meant to lead the line at a Major.ĭev1ce didn't, and his 37th place in the individual ranking places him as the 8th best Dane and only the 3rd best Danish AWPer of the tournament. In the end nothing that NiP did really worked out, and apart from leading 2-0 on Mirage, they were trailing the entire match. The only thing more quiet than the coaches, was the Avicii Arena tonight. NiKo went 23:8 in the first 15 rounds on Inferno, posting a 139.5 ADR and 2.18 rating, and despite him faltering a little bit on the T-side, he stepped up and crushed the Swedes as they tried to mount a comeback. If that was their plan, it failed spectacularly. So if NiP were to have any chance of being first team since Cloud9 to win a Major on home soil, they'd have to neutralize him. Respectable of course, but nowhere near the level he was at in 20.Ĭut to the PGL Major and he is on 1.39 rating.

In 20, where events were largely played online, NiKo was averaging 1.18 in rating. They don't scoff anymore, because LAN-NiKo just hits different. Remember all the established players saying 'LAN's different, just you young online-heroes wait till we get back there', and all the youngsters scoffing at them? The new Astralis will have turn name value into results, but at the very least it can’t be boring. We guess this makes Astralis 1/3rd North. Yes, the ave that led North to DreamHack Stockholm success, among other less positive. In a round-about way, he is the real dev1ce replacement, providing that MVP level firepower Astralis have been sorely missing.Īstralis also announced their new head coach: ave. In blameF Astralis get the benefit of an incredible mid-rounder to help gla1ve, as well as a rifler with ratings comparable to a NiKo or ropz. Finally, he gets a break from having teammates quitting on travel days, alt-tabbing during practice, or slipping over in an airport.

Having starred - sometimes - as Complexity’s IGL and best fragger blameF can now completely focus on his own game. After all, it’s quite fitting that the sinking ship has some leaks.īut, Astralis have managed to plug a few holes in their leaky ship, keeping the identity of the replacements for zonic and Magisk secret until the announcement (unless you’re a certain pundit on Danish TV).īut it’s quite hard to be secretive when the signing is as big, literally and figuratively, as blameF. interesting showing at that Major, placing 12th-14th, Astralis announced the departure of zonic, dupreeh, and Magisk, and the succession of k0nfig to dupreeh’s entry-fragging throne. You didn’t really think Astralis would let the Major steal their spotlight?Īfter an.

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