As part of the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: Opening Stage in CS2, Passion UA and MIBR will compete for a 2-1 score, which will allow the team to play for entry into the main stage of the tournament. In this article, we present a preview, overview, and analysis of the upcoming match.
Current Form of Teams
The average rating of Passion UA at S-tier events over the past month is 5.9. During this period, the team only participated in the RMR tournament, where they showed decent results by winning two matches. However, in the last 5 games, the team won only twice, defeating Astralis and Complexity. They suffered defeats against BIG (twice) and HEROIC. Despite this, Passion UA remains a team that can surprise and will be a dark horse ready to show a good result against any opponents in the tournament.
The average rating of MIBR at S-tier events over the past month is 5.8. During this time, the team participated in ESL Challenger Katowice 2024, where they performed very poorly, finishing in last place. However, MIBR demonstrated good form in the last 5 matches, winning 4 out of 5 encounters against such teams as VP, Complexity, Imperial, and KRU. The only defeat was against The Mongolz. Overall, MIBR is in good shape but remains a team capable of producing unexpected results.
Map Pool
Passion UA primarily bans the map Nuke (69 times). Regarding map selection, the team most often chooses Anubis (57 times, win rate 65%), Ancient (49 times, win rate 63%), and Mirage (56 times, win rate 48%). The maps with the highest win rate for Passion UA are Vertigo (79%), Anubis (65%), and Ancient (63%).
MIBR mainly bans the map Dust 2 (47 times). The choice of maps depends on the opponents' weaknesses, but their map pool features maps like Anubis (31 times, win rate 55%), Nuke (24 times, win rate 58%), and Mirage (20 times, win rate 20%). The maps with the highest win rate for MIBR are Ancient (74%), Nuke (58%), and Anubis (55%).
- Anubis - Passion UA's choice
- Ancient - MIBR's choice
- Vertigo - decider
Prediction
Considering the current form and map pool, a competitive match can be expected. Passion UA showed good results at the RMR, managing to defeat Spirit and VP but later losing against weaker teams.
MIBR, despite a poor performance in Katowice, showed confidence in recent RMR matches. Overall, MIBR has an advantage in experience and stability, but Passion UA can certainly surprise.
2:1 - Passion UA
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 started today and will run until December 15. The tournament will gather 24 teams competing for a total prize pool of $1,250,000. You can find more information about the tournament and follow it here.
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