The first game day of the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A took place, where it was revealed that Vitality and FaZe will face off in the match for entry into the Major's main stage. In this news piece, we presented a preview, review, and analysis of the upcoming match.
Team Dynamics
FaZe's results over the past six months have not been entirely successful compared to the past. This year they have a 58.43% win rate, while last year their rate was 61.58%, which may not seem much, but in terms of victories, it appears significant.
Vitality is in a similar situation, but the team played the last tournament with a substitute, which might have affected their preparation for the year's main tournament. However, there were reasons for this, and if not considering this factor, the team has had an excellent year and shows outstanding results after the summer break.
Map Preferences
In the BO3 format, the team will have the opportunity to play the map it prefers, so the chance of victory through luck is reduced. Here is the win rate statistics for both teams over the last six months:
Vitality
- Mirage: 75% wins
- Ancient: usually banned.
- Anubis: 33% wins
- Vertigo: 75% wins
- Nuke: 87% wins
- Dust2: 68% wins
- Inferno: 53% wins
FaZe
- Mirage: 50% wins
- Ancient: 73% wins
- Anubis: 45% wins
- Nuke: 40% wins
- Dust2: 50% wins
- Inferno: 63% wins
- Vertigo: usually banned.
Considering this, and the past encounters, the match will likely take place on the following maps:
- Dust 2 chosen by Vitality
- Mirage chosen by FaZe
- Inferno as the decider
Previous Encounters
In the first two rounds, Vitality overcame GamerLegion and BetBoom effortlessly, winning 13-8 and 13-3 respectively. Prior to that, the team performed relatively well at the last BLAST Premier World Final 2024, where they played with a substitute.
FaZe played the last BLAST Premier World Final 2024 worse than Vitality. They took 5th-6th place, managing to defeat NAVI along the way. They show mixed results, capable of defeating any opponent as well as losing unexpectedly. In the first two rounds, they managed to beat Cloud9 and Falcons, who are stronger compared to Vitality's opponents.
Prediction Vitality 2:0
I would like to make a risky prediction that Vitality can close out the opponent 2-0 without problems. Of course, this is a risky decision, but in my opinion, it can happen. Especially ZyWOo and mezii showed excellent performance in the first two matches and are likely to demonstrate it again tomorrow.
The matches of the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A will be held from November 17 to 20 in Shanghai, China. The teams will compete for 7 spots in the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024. You can follow the championship's progress here.
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