TH 2-1

TH pick Team B

LEV ban Bind
TH ban Ascent
LEV pick Icebox
TH pick Abyss
LEV ban Lotus
TH ban Haven
Sunset remains

G2 pick Team B

FNC ban Icebox
G2 ban Sunset
FNC pick Haven
G2 pick Lotus
FNC ban Ascent
G2 ban Abyss
Bind remains

DRX 2-0. Trace are 2-0 on Ascent, 2-1 on Bind, and 0-3 on Sunset. Thats it, the only 3 maps they have played. And DRX are VERY good on both Ascent and Bind

DRX pick Team B

TE ban Icebox
DRX ban Lotus
TE pick Ascent
DRX pick Sunset
TE ban Abyss
DRX ban Bind
Haven Remains

FNC 2-1 G2

SEN clears on Icebox and Lotus, so ez 1-0

Havent seen Bind since 6-13 loss to G2 at the end of split 2... EDG have been crushing everyone even here at champs... 1-1

Both teams really like Sunset, and Zekken vs KangKang on Neon is a banger. . . SEN 2-1

SEN pick Team A

SEN ban Ascent
EDG ban Lotus
SEN pick Icebox
EDG pick Bind
SEN ban Haven
EDG ban Abyss
Sunset remains

China teams only started showing up to internationals last year (2023) while SEN were slumping really hard. And SEN has only attended Madrid this year. So only one chance for them to meet until now

DRX clears on all but Lotus and Ascent. Ban one, ez 2-1. . . Rip TE

DRX are top seed, they will pick if they want Team A or Team B. Team A picks and bans first

I am expecting . . .

DRX pick Team B

SEN ban Ascent
DRX ban Sunset
SEN pick Lotus
DRX pick Haven
SEN ban Abyss
DRX ban Bind
Icebox Remains

i actually think its the opposite. FPX went toe to toe with heretics, who just beat GenG. and at shanghai FPX took Lotus off of GEN as well so they are already close. If GEN dont show up (which they will lets be real) then i could totally see FPX avenging shanghai

nah, but i did pred this one https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/43121dce

PRX is not diciplined enough to win bind or ascent. it will have to be icebox or lotus, even haven. i think prx can win on open maps that require good mechanics over small maps that require team play

LEV ban Lotus
TLN ban Sunset
LEV pick Bind
TLN pick Abyss
LEV ban Haven
TLN ban Icebox
Ascent remains

38/38 rounds and FPX +6 kills.... TH 2-1. crazy statline

BLG at 10.00 odds sounds awfully appealing 🤣

Vic +20
Brawk +11

And they lose. Because Mada goes negative for his first series of the entire season.

Two people responsible for this collapse..

Mada, the single best player in the entire league, doesnt show up for the most important game....

Mac (coach) with some of the worst pick/bans ive ever seen. Repeatedly putting MXS on maps they are not comfortable on. Ban Lotus and play Haven?????? Pick Ascent instead of ICEBOX??? YOUR BEST MAP ALL YEAR

tbh best possible matchup for Mogi. 2 Moguls vs 2 Moguls

Sym/Aproto vs Flyuh/Brawk. Either way im rooting for the winner of this match to win ascension

Why is mid80 shooting bodies on every round? M80, yall are classless. You got skill but no respect at all

Fuck mid80

This comp has me wanting to rip my hair out

3 sentis on lotus??? Damn ok

Hey there. Did you see us almost throw 2 9-3 leads? M80 had to USE all their strats to get two comebacks, we were SAVING strats MIDGAME until it got close...

CAN WE STOP SAVING STRATS ON 2ND HALF

9-3..... 😬 not again plz :)

Oh. Hey. Look at that. They were saving strats MID GAME. WHY U DO THIS TO ME

Not our map pick, not even a good map. This fine

not our map pick . . . 😰 . . Not our map pick

;)

MXS 2-0 M80. M80 burns up all their anti strats vs OXG and we take ez ascension slot

MXS 2-1 BLIN . . didnt get a chance to play them in 1st split, so should be a good game. Mada clears

you want some real hot takes?

FPX makes playoffs
VIT are the best team in their group
PRX finally get their trophy
GEN finally burnout and go out 7-8
KRU making finals

prx bomb out - likely but i hope not they dont deserve it. that core is so fun to watch, they should have a good run.

Sen get top 3 - TBH? no shot. id be amazed if they even made it out of groups. They barely beat a TH that didnt have woot in madrid and split with GEN.G who look much improved somehow.

GEN lose finals again - tbh top 2 at every event in the entire year is an insane run i could see this

DRX win the event - possible, but unlikely. the core is too young for the pressure of the finals. And a well drilled team like FNC or G2 will dismantle them

FNC lose to BLG - hmmmm. overcooked. If you had said Talon makes playoffs? sure. but FNC is too good for that

i cant for us to beat TBD. honestly we are just built different :)

El Classico. All 3 of the teams who have attended all 4 Champions events are in Group A... unlucko

LEV 0-4 in pistols, 2-0 in maps. Fire everyone on G2. LMAO

2 pistols AND A BONUS and you LOSE THE MAP?????? LEV 3-1. dear lord

LEV 2-0 G2. Fuck G2, SEN hopium :)

personally i dont think so. LEV (and moreover Aspas) has been insane lately. But according to the curse, KRU must win. so we shall see

so if pattern holds, KRU (who btw are very streaky) will beat LEV and 100T will beat G2 (and 100T owns them so im actually just confident on that one)

MEANING . . LEV vs G2 lowers and LEV get to essentially choose who goes to champs, SEN or G2. if LEV lose, it will be KRU, 100T, G2, LEV. If LEV win, KRU, 100T, LEV, SEN. Obviously need KRU to actually honor the curse and their streakiness

Not quite. But doesnt matter. 0-8, 3-19 all time. That is WILD, for a team to be THAT bad, but still go to champs 2 straight years

BLG are a steamy 2-17 in maps against EDG all-time. 0-7 in series. Is today the day?

ye china was the outlier, cuz EDG and FPX are miles ahead of the rest. But now even FPX had fallen to the curse

they did. which should be good, provided no byes lol

AND NOW DOWN GOES FPX to TRACE. .. bro what is this format

So far this stage, only 1 of the 4 teams that got byes have won their first games. PRX lost to GEN, TH lost to VIT, and FUT lost to FNC. Only DRX was able to win, against TLN.

In stage 1 playoffs, EVERY TEAM (except China) lost. FUT got a bye (lost to TH), KC got a bye (lost to FNC), LEV got a bye (lost to 100T), KRU got a bye (lost to G2), GEN got a bye (lost to T1), DRX got a bye (lost to PRX)

This season, top seeds are 1-9 in their first match of playoffs.

Ok, now all the strats that we have been saving for the last 5 weeks can be shown :)

no fr, please dont lose instantly, i wont be able to take it

Congrats to EG for taking their first EVER map against 100T

MXS needs this one. Cant let Aproto and Sym one up you XD

Or i guess we forgot that we are supposed to beat winless teams. All good, we will make playoffs, which are the only games that matter

2-1 MXS. We always like to give them a chance