New Legends Stage Preview Keys to Qualification
And then there were 16. With the Challengers Stage wrapping up on Sunday, we now have the New Legends Stage set to begin this week. These are the participants, who are looking to get to the playoffs next week. Each one of these teams deserves to be here, but only half of them will move on. Here are the keys to progressing for each team and a prediction about whether or not they’ll be able to get to the big stage.
Astralis
- Be themselves
- Take away opponents’ strongest map
- Play Nuke whenever possible
Prediction — The Danes will qualify without dropping a single map.
Liquid
- Close out maps
- Let NAF and twistzz do their thing
- Get average to above-average AWP work from Nitro
Prediction- Liquid will qualify relatively easily, but will need a fourth match to do it.
Na’Vi
- Try not to kill one another before, during, and after matches
- Both flamie and electronic need to help s1mple carry
- Don’t shoot themselves in the foot
Prediction- Na’Vi will either crush everyone in their paths or need all five matches to get in. But, in the end, they’ll be playing in the final stage.
FaZe
- NiKo needs strong performances from Rain and GuardiaN
- Resilience after dropping their first match to HellRaisers
- Get good maps for GuardiaN to have the AWP as much as possible
Prediction- FaZe is just too strong individually to not get through. They’ll make it in and do a bit of damage when they do.
NRG
- Help brehze
- Get fugly going somehow
- Let daps tactical awareness shine
Prediction- NRG will need more than three matches to qualify, but they will, just.
ENCE
- sergej needs to put on an MVP-like showing
- Allu must provide solid performances in every match
- Aerial and alexib need to perform above their most recent form
Prediction- The Finnish squad has made huge strides to get this far, and I think that’ll continue. Unless they get unlucky with their draws, they should have just enough to make it through.
Vitality
- ZywOo must go off
- Alex needs to continue to improve on the AWP
- Apex needs to keep up with ZywOo
Prediction- ZywOo will carry a game or two, but the lack of consistent support will be the French team’s undoing. This stage is as far as they’ll make it.
Avangar
- Jame has the tournament of his career
- Take down Vitality in game 1
- Hope for upsets in other matches to get easier 2nd and 3rd round opponents
Prediction- Jame will show up, but the other two conditions won’t happen. So, I think the CIS squad goes no further than this stage.
NiP
- Dennis needs to step up
- GeT_RiGhT and f0rest must win loads of clutches
- Consistent AWP play from somewhere
Prediction- NiP struggled to get this far and they won’t have enough to get past this stage. This may signal changes to the old guard at the legendary organization.
G2
- Play Dust2 at all costs
- 2014–15 kennyS shows up
- They need to catch opponents off-guard
Prediction- G2 needs to have the right opponents to do anything at this stage. If they face teams that are confident on Dust2 or Cache and let those get picked, they may have a chance. But, ultimately, they’ll get knocked out here.
Cloud9
- Forget the previous stage completely
- Hope other teams don’t show up
- flusha beats teams singlehandedly
Prediction- Along with compLexity, this NA squad will be packing their bags early and heading back across the Atlantic.
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