Don’t let the headline fool you, we’re not talking politics. We’re discussing something infinitely more important: Who’s winning the BLAST Paris Major?
For this, we’ll go down some favorites whilst telling you why they will or won't win the Major. Sorry if we left your “No trust me bro” pick out, we can’t cover everyone.
Heroic should, in theory, be the favourite for this major. No other team has been as consistent as they have since their Final appearance in Rio last year. Which is exactly why they won’t win this Major. With one notable exception against FaZe, they’ve lost every final they’ve played since the last Major, and not for a lack of trying.
They’re very good at making it to the late stages of events, which might work in their favour if Major Magic comes back and leaves other favourites behind in Swiss. Still, history shows us that if they make it to the final, they’ll lose.
The team Heroic will lose to if you believe Pimp. We’re not so sure, not because we don’t think they can do it though. To be clear, they definitely can, but we haven’t seen that FaZe recently. Pro League was the best showing we’ve seen from this FaZe roster in a long time and that has the caveat of being Pro League.
It doesn’t spark hope then that their immediate results after EPL were a struggle in LCQ to make it to the major and failure at IEM Rio. In their defense, Twistzz finally got his rest and we’re sure the rest of the team took some time off as well. So we might see an entirely new well-oiled version of FaZe. Might
You might wonder why we lumped these two together, and it’s simple. Both of these teams have a great of the game with no major yet. Zywoo and NiKo both need the crown jewel of CSGO to solidify themselves as more than just very good shooters, but actual immortal legends.
For Vitality, it looks good. They just won IEM Rio 2023 and are coming into this with the home-field advantage. But being IGL’d by Apex might just be a hurdle too big to overcome when the big boys are bringing their A-game.
As for G2, they’re the opposite. Recent form suggests they might as well not be mentioned but let's not forget how they started this year off. The crowd might be a bit upset with the fact they kicked all their favourite Frenchies, but surely NiKo can handle some pressure… right?
That can only leave us with one thing, who’s going to win it: We have no idea. Which is exactly why we can't wait for this major to get going. Sit back, relax, and watch the fireworks one last time before CS2.
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