thoughts?
I guess they'll be better prepared for the upcoming matches and will play better. still a strong contender.
Eh not really
They can’t leave Haven open that Harbor Viper comp is nuts, Pearl is their ban against them for that same reason. LOUD always ban Fracture so they knew Ascent or Haven were being played since Ascent their weak map and Haven one of Louds strongest. Only thing they maybe could of done is pick Bind Map 2 which still would of took us into Split being a toss up.
I mean, Fnatic has a good win rate on every map. Ascent was the map with the worst win-rate for them. Saying "only lost twice on Ascent" is true, but also meaningless since any other map would have been better than that as well.
I agree with your last point. Loud was well-prepped for Lotus. Ascent was close, but Fnatic gave away early leads on both maps. Loud played well to gain those leads.
I guess Fnatic might pick Bind over Lotus now and maybe even bring out Pearl.