Liquid vs c9

I’m kind of confused as to why people think liquid is gonna do so well. Why are they so much more hyped up than c9? Both teams won their lcq and while liquid has been to a lan before, vanity has also been to one. Is it because of liquids agent combinations or cause 2 ops??

cuz nivERA

Braindead fans + addition of nivera + bandwagons

They haven't lost a match against any team since Nivera joined and won against Acend. Nivera also played for Vitality, a tier-1 CSGO team in EU so everyone anticipate a huge upgrade since Iceland

Liquid won their LCQ a lot more dominantly. They were already a top team (just barely missing out on Berlin), and the addition of Nivera was just a direct upgrade. They also won Red Bull Homeground, which had all the best EMEA teams in it.
C9 on the other hand, didn’t have a consistent form. At the beginning of LCQ they were playing pretty poorly, throwing 4v2s, and losing to Rise. They only turned up towards the end of the event. It’s more of a question mark if C9 will keep their form in Champs, especially with 3/5 (I think) of the players having no LAN experience.

Of course anything can happen. Liquid may choke again and C9 could dominate, and I do think that a lot of people are underrating them, but Liquid are more favored to do well given recent performances.

because of nivera and the fact they havent lost a game yet both in lcq and red bull home ground

because they hevent lost a game since start of lcq whereas c9 lost to rise

Contrary to what you said , Liquid has 2 players who are considered far superior and have more experience , not taking sides , but Scream and Nivera are the real deal so ye it's just their fans who "overhype" them while on C9 there really aren't many popular players compared to liquid .