The Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: American RMR tomorrow will feature a fundamental match between FURIA and Liquid. Both teams have a score of 2:1 in the Swiss system and are competing for the major. A victory in this match guarantees a slot at the Major, while a defeat will leave one of the teams in the fight for a place at the Major. The confrontation between these teams is always tense, and this match will be no exception. Bo3.gg together with Fedir "KvaN" Zakharov offer an overview, analysis and prediction of this upcoming match.

Current form of the teams

Liquid is showing mixed form. They lost to FaZe, G2, and Vitality at previous tournaments, but also won against KRÜ and Wildcard at this RMR. In particular, their victory over KRÜ (1-0) was quite confident. Liquid have a stable experience in playing against top teams, which makes them a serious contender for the victory.

FURIA show a stable game with several strong performances. At this RMR, they beat Case (1-0), but were defeated by Legacy (0-1). Previously, FURIA won matches against NAVI and MOUZ, showing confidence in key moments. However, their loss to Legacy showed some instability in the team, which could be critical in the decisive match.

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Liquid

Liquid is usually banned from Vertigo because they haven't played it in the last six months. Their strongest maps include Ancient (83% win rate on 12 games) and Anubis (82% win rate on 17 games). These maps could be key in their selection as they show consistent results on them.

FURIA

FURIA usually bans Ancient, where their level of play is the lowest. Their strongest maps include Inferno (69% win rate on 26 games) and Nuke (68% win rate on 25 games). These maps can give FURIA an advantage, especially if Liquid is not ready to play Inferno.

Probable choice of maps

• Liquid may choose Anubis as it is one of their strongest maps.
• FURIA will probably choose Nuke to maximize their advantage.
• Inferno is likely to be the decider map, as both teams have enough experience on it.

KvaN's prediction:

First, the pair is interesting in itself. Secondly, one of them is guaranteed to lose and end up in the 2-2 bracket, where the risk of not making it to the majors is very high. As for the game itself, I expect a spade exchange, because both teams have both pronounced strong cards and noticeably weak ones. I think the game scenario will be something like this: Anubis will win Liquid, FURIA will take Nuke, Inferno will go to the deck where the odds are about 60/40 in favor of FURIA.

Fedir "KvaN" Zakharov

PREDICTION: FURIA 2-1 Liquid

The match is expected to be intense and may take three maps. Liquid has a clear advantage on  Anubis, while FURIA looks stronger on Inferno and Nuke. Everything will be decided in the context of the teams' tactical preparation for the selected maps and their real-time adaptation.

In general, FURIA has a slight advantage due to more stable results on key maps. However, Liquid has a chance to surprise if they can impose their style of play on Inferno, the decisive map.

Tomorrow, the 4th round of matches will take place, which will determine which 3 out of 6 teams will qualify for the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, while the rest will compete for 2 slots. For this prediction, we have reviewed an exciting match between FURIA and Liquid, who will compete for a place at the Major in the Complexity/M80 and 9z/paiN pairs. Follow the RMR promotion at this link.