When FaZe defeated NiP, they also entered the 1-0 group.

After them, Liquid, Astralis and MIBR all won in the first round.

In this way, in fact, in the second round of Biosili, the eight 1-0 teams are relatively polarized in strength.

Among them are invincible powerhouses like Astralis, as well as top teams like Liquid and NaVi that have guaranteed a high level in the past six months. There are also new major faces like Cowboys, NRG and Vitality, while FaZe and MIBR belong to

The remnants of the old era have not yet been completely burned out.

These two teams that dominated the world two years ago have undergone some changes at the beginning of 2019. MIBR has tried several strategies in the past year, including the addition of two new major champions from North America, but they have failed to make these two teams.

The Brazilian team is back where they want to be.

After many twists and turns, NIBR finally returned to a purely Brazilian team. However, it has long been impossible for the Brazilians to return to the top of the world. First of all, the three giants in the team, Fallen, Fer and Coldzera, have already achieved honors. They are very determined to win the championship.

Although I am still determined in my words, my actual actions are no longer as hard as they were in 2016.

At the same time, Fer and Fallen are getting older, and their condition will inevitably decline, especially Fer. When his condition declines, MIBR will no longer have strong frontal firepower to create freedom for Cold.

room to play.

Cold is actually somewhat similar to Olaf in the FaZe team. When they were at their peak, they both played the "libero" position. In 2015, when Olaf ruled the world with fnatic, he had a very stable

The rifleman krimz also had a man with his own X-ray, flusha. At that time, the sniper rifle of the piggy JW would never go empty, so Olaf could often get enough space to play his role.

Of course, Olaf was able to get top 1 because, in addition to his teammates being equally powerful that year, his personal abilities were indeed strong enough. When fnatic encountered some powerful opponents at that time, if the other four people failed, they would

He took the initiative to call a timeout and used fnatic's ultimate tactic: "Olav, it's your turn!"

Similarly, in the Brazilian team in 2016 and 2017, cold also had these opponents who could open up space for him.

However, in the final analysis, neither Olaf nor Coldzera is like Simple or Zhao Yiyang. People who can truly surpass other players in terms of marksmanship. Therefore, once the team environment changes, it will be difficult for them to rely on their own strength.

Create a bloody path from the front.

Looking at Olaf last year confirms this problem. Their performance at the beginning of the year was relatively good? But at the end of the year, after the tone at the beginning of the year was released? FaZe's frontal firepower was greatly affected. This impact in Austria

This is most evident in Raff.

However, the biggest difference between FaZe and MIBR is that FaZe has always been an international team, and they are very rich and willing to spend money.

After the previous team could not continue to maintain, they decisively made substitutions? And among the people they replaced was one of the top players in the past year, which is an advantage that MIBR cannot match at all.

The draw for the second round? It was also a coincidence that FaZe and MIBR were drawn into a group. Regarding this result, FaZe is naturally more comfortable because they also know that they are still in the process of running in. If they encounter Team A or

A strong team like Liquid probably can't beat them.

But when they encounter MIBR, an old opponent that is familiar to everyone, their pressure will obviously be reduced a lot.

"Although MIBR won the first round, they defeated AVANGAR. Everyone knows this, and it means nothing at all."

"And I watched the whole game and did some analysis. The conclusion is that although everyone in this MIBR team is familiar, they are too far behind the SK team two years ago!"

The actual meaning of the coach's words is that MIBR is no longer what it used to be, and the gap is even greater than that of FaZe.

…

Although VG was eliminated in the major qualifiers, in the main game, Zhao Yiyang still had a wave of old friends show up in the hotel in Poland, which was the first team of his career, Tianlu.

This Tianlu team and the Tianlu team he was a part of last year are not the same team at all.

"What's for dinner today?"

As soon as Zhao Yiyang entered Tianlu's training room, he smelled a fragrance. This smell was completely different from what Western food could produce. It was full of sour, spicy and sweet.

"I specially ordered a piece of meatloaf for you, come on!"

Although Zhao Yiyang has "broken up" with Tianlu, everyone can be considered to have broken up peacefully, and each other can understand their respective choices. In addition, no one can predict the future, and Tianlu also knows that if Zhao Yiyang chooses to return to China in the future, then they

It is also Zhao Yiyang's most likely next team. After all, except for Tianlu, there is currently no second team in the country that can meet or even come close to Zhao Yiyang's team building requirements.

Tianlu was slightly unlucky in the first round of the main event. They directly met Liquid, one of the favorites to win this major. Although Tianlu defeated Liquid twice last year, this Tianlu team faced the world's most popular players.

With the best marksmanship, it can be said that you have no power to fight back.

"It's okay. If you play BIG in the second round, you still have a chance."

BIG is currently ranked 15th in the world, and their performance in the first round was relatively normal. Although the current strength of Tianlu is estimated to be around 20th in the world, when it comes to the competition, they will have at least a 30% chance of winning.

Zhao Yiyang's words were actually sincere, but in the ears of the current Tianlu team members, they felt a little guilty. They had already been mentally prepared to be eliminated directly before coming. In other words, this Tianlu team, from top to bottom,

None of them have set their goals to reach the level of a major.

…

"Welcome everyone to watch this game between FaZe and MIBR. The game maps are dust2 and mirage respectively. The last map is overpass!"

"Although FaZe and MIBR have dropped a lot from their peaks in the past two years, it is obvious that FaZe's adjustment is undoubtedly more beneficial than MIBR. A top 1 player who is at his peak joins the team. As long as there are no problems with their running-in,

So in terms of paper strength, they are definitely stronger than in 2018."

"But MIBR is different. They basically can't absorb any new blood, and there are still the same few people coming and going. From the game, we can find that the difference in status between the two sides is too big!"

It was not much different from what FaZe expected before the game. FaZe, which has more stable and powerful frontal firepower, defeated MIBR 16-10 and 16-11 respectively in the practice map. Although the score difference was not too big,

In fact, FaZe's players didn't even break a sweat, and the entire process was under FaZe's control.

NiKo is in very good shape in this game, and when NiKo is in good shape, his and rain's positions will be adjusted, turning into NiKo to break through.

In this game, NiKo's first kill per round directly reached 0.45. This data is very scary. In other words, about every two rounds, NiKo will get a first kill.

"Guys! A very beautiful victory! We are like this, every game makes us run better and let us get back to the state of competing in the major!"

"This is the major, we should show our best performance this whole year in the major!"

After FaZe won the second round, they once again stood in front of the gate of the legendary group, which indeed exceeded many people's expectations.

However, their "good luck" stopped in this most critical game, or in other words, among the four teams vying for the first ticket, the probability of them encountering a real challenge was already very high.

When they learned about their opponents, everyone fell silent and couldn't help but do eye exercises.
Chapter completed!