It looks like everyone is unhappy about molodoy getting sixth in the HLTV top 20.

Aww, did you guys finally realise the list you look forward to all year means nothing and is made by a group of people reinforcing their own agendas?

In all seriousness, we know you’re all a bit confused by this year’s list, and we won’t lie to you, we are, too. For example: where is HeavyGod? When it comes to molodoy’s placement, though, we’re completely on HLTV’s side, because he’s just that good.

Actually, think about it for a moment. Think about how bad pretty much every other AWPer is. Now think about how much ZywOo and m0NESY rifle, or how little impact sh1ro sometimes has because he’s such a little b-tch.

Yes, those three players are above molodoy in both rating and list placement, but consider what sets molodoy apart from them and all the AWPers below him. Practically all of his impact comes from the AWP. And that’s not because he’s there holding angles and waiting for clutches, it’s because he’s aggressive and seeking out duels, whether that’s with the enemy sniper or with some of the best riflers in the world.

molodoy is doing something that absolutely no one else is doing right now. That’s why he’s so high.

We’re not going to bore you with the stats — although they are ridiculous — you can go and read the HLTV article for that, but just go back and watch some FURIA games with your eyes actually open. KSCERATO might be the guy who ends most games with the highest rating, but molodoy is the main driving force behind this team. The gap in the meta that he found is what allowed them to ascend to greatness.

In a list that in some way tries to contextualise how good players are in their respective roles, how can you argue against molodoy’s placement? He stands tall in a group of four elite AWPers, doing something none of those other four do, and has won two MVP awards doing it.

molodoy just is THAT good, who cares if he had a couple of weak games at Majors during his rookie year? They’re not going to happen forever, and we’re willing to bet that when he does figure it out, it’ll end with him lifting the trophy.

So yeah, we agree with HLTV. But seriously, where the f-ck is HeavyGod?

Poll

So, what do you think?

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In the last edition, we asked you how good Senzu would be as a primary AWPer?

Here’s what you had to say:

🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇩🇰 device 2.0 (17.5%)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇸🇪 Have you ever head of L00m1? (23%)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🇧🇦 NiKo AWP arc (42%)
🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 1️⃣ About as good as every other tier one AWPer (not very) (17,5%)