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They blame kyuubii for their mediocrity.
Liquid are once more baffling us, donk is absolutely blitzing everybody again and Monte have gone for some popular names.
Erm, Liquid?
This just isn’t the move anyone expected you to make.
Alright, they haven’t made any move yet, but the rumour is that cadiaN will be the one out of Team Liquid first, with his future being decided after IEM Dallas.
Not YEKINDAR, not skullz, but cadiaN. The guy who was the IGL of one of the best teams in the world a few months ago. Yeah, he’s the problem in this team.
YEKINDAR has been pretty cheeks since… well, pick a time. 2023? 2022? It’s been a while since he’s been any good, really - probably at least since he started IGLing himself. skullz is decent, but not really shown he’s a tier one player, at least in the roles he’s in.
Don’t get us wrong; cadiaN isn’t blameless for Liquid’s issues either. The team has never truly clicked under his tutelage and his AWPing on CS2 isn’t much to write home about either. He’s not not a problem, but surely he’s worth a gamble more than YEKINDAR.
This team hasn’t really had a real star for a while, and that’s not on cadiaN.
Quite who is going to take over the reigns isn’t yet announced. They would probably need an AWPer, but they also kind of need an IGL. They also need a superstar rifler.
We don’t think this will be the only move, let’s put it that way.
After 5 weeks of non-stop CS from EPL, we’re diving right into even more CS.
Belgrade hosts BetBoom Dacha, featuring a stacked lineup of teams divided into two groups. MOUZ, Falcons, Virtus.Pro and BetBoom make up Group A, while Team Spirit, HEROIC, MIBR, and Aurora compete in Group B.
Yes, you read that right. BetBoom is not only the tournament's naming sponsor but also owns one of the participating teams. Unfortunately for them, the squad didn’t last long. The joke pretty much writes itself.
Recently crowned back-to-back EPL champions, MOUZ wasted no time and flew straight to Serbia for this tournament. No rest for the wicked.
Despite the hectic schedule and weary minds, the MOUZ boys managed to maintain their great form, securing a playoff spot with wins against Virtus.Pro and BetBoom.
Over in Group B, donk is back. After a one-month hiatus, the baby GOAT returned to the server, and guess what? He’s still him.
Spirit dominated Aurora and Heroic with 2-0 victories, powered by the 17-year-old talent’s 1.71 rating performance across 4 maps. Light work.
In the battle for survival, MIBR triumphed over Aurora, knocking the Russian squad out of the event.
The Playoffs are set to kick off this weekend with Virtus.Pro, Falcons, HEROIC, and MIBR fighting for the last two spots today.
MOUZ might be the best team in the world, with a massive asterisk. fnatic are making a huge upgrade. BLEED, on the other hand… we’re a little less sure on.
Former Major over-performers and roster changes, name a more iconic duo.
Monte has added the newest pieces of their rebuild: hAdji and STYKO. Well sort of. hAdji is actually just standing in for the team, but before that was ever announced, rumours were already swirling about him being the team’s final piece. So… you make your own conclusions.
Is this an upgrade?
Yeah for sure, Monte has looked kind of meh in recent online events, and whilst EPL went better than any of us probably predicted, it’s still not really working.
In case you forgot, Monte had promoted Gimzy and ryu from their academy after sdy and br0 left the team. Unfortunately, neither player looked particularly tier 1 ready. Both had their pop-off games, but couldn’t be consistent.
Even if it doesn’t work out, we’re just glad to see STYKO gainfully employed. We might like him a little over here.
Monte for now are:
🇺🇦 Woro2k
🇺🇦 DemQQ
🇵🇱 kRaSnaL
🇸🇰 STYKO
🇫🇷 hAdji
Finally, fnatic have a boisterous, swaggering star befitting of the fnatic tag.
This is an org known for their arrogant dominance back in the day, with players like JW, flusha and olofmeister kind of just taking the Mickey out of their fellow competitors.
blameF isn’t as good as olofmeister was back then – nor is he as aggressive – but he’s got that self-assuredness and ability that has been missing from fnatic for the longest time.
blameF is, obviously, a mechanical monster. He’s a stable superstar capable of dragging bad teams up the ranks and good teams into the top 10, which is basically what fnatic are looking for right now. No matter what you think of him, that has to be better than the passive acceptance of failure that fnatic fans had somewhat become accustomed to.
This is undoubtedly a big upgrade over kyuubii, and should turn fnatic into a team at least worth noting in event round-ups instead of the footnote they’d become.
What it makes their ceiling is as of yet undefined; even the biggest blameF fan would suggest this team isn’t likely to be winning trophies and that this is merely a stepping stone for him to go back to the top 5.
The biggest hater might suggest him taking fnatic to the top 10 would be about the best he can do, and he’ll get figured out then - and that this is his level.
The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. blameF is probably better than this version of fnatic, though market forces might suggest otherwise.
What is certain is that blameF WILL be baiting again—though, to be fair on Fnatic, it’s hard to blame him.
