The second stage of the autumn BLAST season begins today. 16 teams will compete for 2 slots in the BLAST Fall finals.
The system is as simple and brutal as possible – single elimination with 2 slots in BLAST Fall Finals. The teams that win three matches go through.
Rest… Well, better luck next time.
We’ll talk about the teams that have the best chance for success.
FURIA
Firstly, despite recent rumors that FURIA are looking for options to replace HEN1, the Brazilian team is still a formidable force.
Yes, the regular season of BLAST Premier Fall did not work out, there FURIA took only 10th-12th place, losing versus Made in Brazil, but otherwise the last months were very successful for the “Panthers”: they won three of the last four tournaments.
Secondly, the Brazilian team has a nice grid. With all due respect to Isurus, this is a slightly different class of team.
As for the style of play and current shape, it seems that for FURIA in its part of the grid there is only one truly terrifying opponent.
It’s Team Spirit.
Spirit
And now let’s move on to Team Spirit.
The “Dragons” are a very unpleasant opponent for any team, but especially for Virtus.pro. Of the last four head-to-head matches, VP were able to win only one, with a score of 2-1.
We should start with this, because Virtus.pro now in good shape and on an obvious rise.
The problem is that in the next round, Spirit will probably meet FURIA, and it looks like this will be the mini-final of this part of the grid.
With a high probability, it is the team from Spirit – FURIA pair that will pass to the BLAST Fall Finals.
Complexity
The second part of the grid is much tougher. This is clearly more interesting and a serious fight is expected.
One of the grid’s favorites is the Complexity.
Yeah, after the transfer of jks, the guys have not shown results yet, but we should not wait for them immediately.
The game that Complexity showed in the new line-up inspires optimism.
If we estimate that more than three weeks have passed since the end of the BLAST Premier Fall regular season for Complexity, then, it sounds promising, right?
mousesports
Mousesports also had enough time to fix some parts of their game with the arrival of a new coach. MithR joined the European team during IEM Beijing, and it was impossible to expect an instant impact from him.
But now we are talking about 10 days of hard training, Karrigan has more than 120 hours in the game over the past two weeks, and mouz are eager to win and move forward.
In addition, the first opponent of the team is GODSENT with a new in-game leader, which makes the task of mousesports a little easier.
Heroic
Oh, how unlucky, first of all, for Endpoint.
Unfortunately, Evil Geniuses were not able to participate in the tournament due to COVID-19 restrictions, but this does not make it easier for Heroic’s opponents.
The invitation to replace EG was received by an incredibly strong and difficult to play against team, which instantly becomes the favorite of its part of the grid.
Heroic is in great shape, Heroic is creative, Heroic is flexible, what else is needed for success?
