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.

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most of this makes no sense, sorry

PRX 9th??

Fut wouldn't qual over DRX and Loud. Every other group, yes.

WP PRX

You should chill a bit

the group pickems are crazy

If they are prepared well like they were today

Remove the country flags. Make it possible to have 2 team flairs.

jinxed

Yeah true. Not trying to claim anyone.

It doesn't matter, just watch the game.

PRX just that good tbh, Fut's Ascent is good.

Area:
77% in Asia

Population:
77% in Europe

I don't know how it's both 77, funny.

No, I meant area. I would guess it would be the opposite for the population since east Russia is empty.

Russia is in both Europe and Asia (transcontinental). More than 75% is in Asia tbh.

I'm not trying to discredit Loud. Loud was clearly much better prepped on Lotus than Fnatic. Ascent was pretty even (and I thought Fnatic could have won it if not for those 3 slow rounds), both teams were prepped. Fnatic should pull other maps out instead of always picking the predictable maps. Maybe go for Bind over Lotus.

Yes, I agree with all your points.

Loud was clearly more well-prepared and deserved to win. The map veto was looking bad for Fnatic once Ascent was map 1. Bind might have been better than Lotus for Fnatic as well, but that's hindsight.
I do find Leo and Chronicle in weird spots more often recently (Alfa too). It's hard to describe, but it was showing up against other teams too, but it was much more today, and Loud was able to take advantage of it too. Against other teams, they win those fights, but Loud was not like the other teams.

I love PRX but I can't give up on Leo and Alfajer like that.

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WP PRX. PRX winning it all.

Yeah that was good.

True, Loud really diffed Fnatic hard in the pistols. Loud also had really good starts on both maps (4-0, 6-0). Winning pistol, round 2, and bonus.

Fnatic should learn from this

yeah he did say that

but at least there's less vods of it

I am asking you for more mistakes. Please let me know. Nobody really gave any specific mistakes in the comments, except for obvious general ones like 'Loud better' and 'Saadhak better IGL and calls'.

Yeah, I actually feel they should have banned Ascent first and picked Bind first. Loud would have banned Lotus for them. We might have seen

Haven/Pearl, Bind, Split/Pearl

sad

Can you list some rounds where Saadhak called well?
The Judge buy on Ascent was pretty good from him.
Yeah, Fnatic looked pretty bad in some rounds.

Yeah, I figured that. Anything specific?

Lol, I think PRX can comeback even after losing Ascent. Fut is really good on Ascent.

I am looking for specific mistakes in their gameplay, and what Loud did well.

I felt the following:

Ascent:

1. did not break sova recons fast enough in B main (cauaunzin was getting so much value because of this)
2. played 3 consecutive attack rounds extremely slow and lost them (even saved a 3v3 or something to let Loud get 12), those rounds looked super weird too

Lotus:

1. Loud was well prepared, while Fnatic's ideas looked stale (same as usual).
2. Fnatic also seemed to lose their confidence after the first few rounds.
3. Alfajer's OP was not making any impact.

Edit:
The starts of both maps were heavily in Loud's favor (4-0, 6-0). Loud must have been really well-prepped to do that. Fnatic losing bonuses is a concern.

Turkish Ascent. I don't think PRX will even care about map 1.

They made 2 crucial mistakes on Ascent:

1. did not break sova recons fast enough in B main (cauaunzin was getting so much value because of this)
2. played 3 consecutive attack rounds extremely slow and lost them (even saved a 3v3 or something to let Loud get 12)

On Lotus, Loud was well prepared, while Fnatic's ideas looked stale. Fnatic also seemed to lose their confidence after the first few rounds.

They shouldn't let teams go 4-0 at the start of the map like Loud. Also, stay calm and fight back even when trailing. They are good enough to win, but only if they play like that.

They just had some internal issues during Tokyo, and I think they fixed them now.

They did well in Lock//In, they only threw a few crucial rounds on the last map.

Yes, and I am tired of typing this, but they just need to chill. They are good enough to win. Also, they need to bring some new stuff. That lotus was stale af. Ascent was actually decent, but it's a 50/50 map against Loud.

Overcooked

for this Ascent comp in Champions playoffs. Actual chads.

Yeah, I agree that he was not good on Lotus with the Op saving. Meanwhile, Less was giving up first kills on Ascent. Both were making good plays and bad plays today. It wasn't Less who diffed Alfa. Loud diffed Fnatic as a whole.

PRX is a great team. Let the better team win.

WP Loud. Congrats on the Treble.

yeah they need to cook more, play different comps in EMEA league, and chill out

Ngl, it's this braindead every match day.

It's hard to fix this. I think they need to play more whacky off-meta stuff in the EMEA group stage so that they can chill out and have some comebacks and stuff. Kinda like PRX used to do in APAC.

I started supporting Fnatic when they got Leo and Chronicle in before Lock//In started. I will support them as long as they have Leo, Alfajer, and Chronicle.

Yes, and Alfa won more fights against Less. Less has a few more kills overall. Neither diffed the other.

Current NRG is not that resilient. It was clear on map 2 against BLG. Optic was resilient. Loud are always one of the most resilient teams. EG are resilient because they know how it feels to lose. PRX are resilient because they don't care too much.

He didn't diff Alfa today. So once. They both played equally well and Alfajer did slightly better against Less.