Aleksib is no stranger to leading a team to the Major finals after all. We’ll see if the new NiP’s honeymoon phase continues at the Legends Stage. The result was an easy 3-0 for NiP over the likes of Astralis and Cloud9 at the RMR. As a result, NiP’s former IGL and best player, Hampus “Hampus” Poser, could move to a full fragger role. Ninjas in Pyjamas made a massive change right before the RMR events began, replacing Nicolas “Plopski” Zamora with G2’s former in-game leader Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen. If the rest of NAVI can supplement s1mple’s output, they’ll be threatening as usual. He’s sitting in the top three HLTV ratings for players at the Major, only behind Vitality’s Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut and tied with Cloud9’s Dmitriy “sh1ro” Sokolov. Their sole trophy of 2022 came at the BLAST Spring Finals, but NAVI also made Grand Finals appearances at PGL Major Antwerp and IEM Cologne.Īleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev has been in near-peak form for many of his performances over the past six months. The CIS squad has had a down year by their standards, but is still very competitive in every tournament they enter. There’re the usual suspects in Natus Vincere. Contending for the TitleĪside from FaZe, there are a few teams that are also being looked at as potential champions. If they show up in form, few will be able to stand in their way. This FaZe roster has five of the best players in their roles period. When Robin “ropz” Kool finds multikill after multikill, when Helvijs “broky” Saukants’s AWP can’t miss, when Finn “karrigan” Andersen’s calling can do no wrong, that’s when FaZe dominates. That said, FaZe’s biggest strength this year has been their ability to peak higher than anyone else. Teams have found ways to beat them on the right day, when prep and form were not in FaZe’s favor. Notably, FaZe’s exits at IEM Dallas and ESL Pro League S16 left a bad taste in their mouths. We’ve seen them fall short on a couple occasions. While discussion of an “era” in CS:GO is always foggy, few would be able to discount 2022 FaZe for one if they did come take it.ĭespite being incredibly successful this year already, FaZe has not been without fault. Not only would FaZe join 2015 Fnatic and 2019 Astralis as the only teams to sweep Majors in a year, they’d also be the first team to finish the Intel Grand Slam with a Major title. If FaZe Clan manage to take home the IEM Rio Major trophy, it will be the crown jewel on top of one of, if not the best year in CS:GO history. They’ve been a top two ranked team in the world according to HLTV ever since mid-March, and rank one for over five months. FaZe have picked up trophies at both IEM Championships ( Katowice and Cologne), ESL Pro League S15, and the PGL Antwerp Major. The international squad has made headline after headline this year. The biggest story by far here at the IEM Rio Major is surrounding FaZe Clan.
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