IEM Katowice Group Preview
The bloodbath continues.
Every game today has a survivor, and a victim. Six games, and six teams out of contention.
That’s just how we like it.
We kick off today with action in Group B: Vitality vs. Heroic and Monte vs. Cloud9. Not only will two teams exit, but the winners will continue to fight for their life as they only advance to the lower semi-finals. If you’re shocked by that, you should’ve read the bit above about Vitality losing.
We weren’t joking.
We feel a bit sorry for Heroic, honestly. They lost to a searing-hot m0NESY and now have to topple ZywOo just to stay alive. Perhaps it’s just karma for HUNDEN.
Monte came in very cold yesterday, and need to be a bit sharper to beat Cloud9. Or simply hope that Boombl4 keeps missing his AWP shots.
Meanwhile in the first upper semi-final, ENCE and G2 have a chance to find themselves in the Spodek. It obviously means a lot for both of them, with ENCE being a Polish team and it being where m0NESY’s top-tier career began.
After bumbling their way past Cloud9, MOUZ have to try and sneak past Snax’ GamerLegion in the other semi-final. And he’s quite big.
GamerLegion have been superb in Katowice so far, and while on one hand this game might look like a simple one for MOUZ, we wouldn’t be surprised if GamerLegion blew them away. Genuinely. Snax has called rings round Monte and FaZe already this event.
Over in Group A we’re a bit further ahead:
Falcons and Complexity both have a chance to be the team who inevitably loses to the winner of either NAVI or Eternal Fire.
NAVI are generally quite reliable, while Eternal Fire smashed Falcons and took FaZe to the wire. XANTARES and Wicadia are a demonic duo, and this won’t be easy for NAVI.
Oh, and then there’s another whole day of BO3s before we even get to playoffs that begin on Friday. It’s like Christmas, again!
See an overview of all upcoming matches here.

