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We know Spirit vs Falcons might look like the headline act, but hear us out: What if it’s actually molodoy versus w0nderful? Seriously, stay with us.

As we all know by now, molodoy is exceptional at making other snipers’ lives hell. He seeks his targets out like a priest in an orphanage, and more often than not, is successful in catching his prey.

But w0nderful is also pretty good at dealing with enemy snipers, too. Unlike his opposite number, he doesn’t go hunting for them, he let’s them walk into his crosshair, punishing them for daring to fight as he supports his teammates.

For most of the year, we would have said molodoy would just straight up win that fight regardless - and in fact, he already has done in a Grand Final - but this is w0nderful in much better form, and that could just make him the difference maker against FURIA.

Of course, NAVI will have to avoid Nuke, FURIA made them look like FlyQuest on it in Stage 3, but that decimation doesn’t mean that NAVI are hopeless. b1t can match KSCERATO, Aleksib can match FalleN, and although you’re still going to be shaking your heads at this, w0nderful absolutely can match molodoy.

This isn’t to say we don’t have faith in FURIA, we still think they’re going to go on and win the whole thing, but we just don’t think this will be as easy as it seems on paper. A favourable map pool will definitely help them, but again, that doesn’t mean that NAVI will let themselves be walked all over.

Besides, we’ve seen them do crazier things before.