In the quarterfinals of BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2024 for CS2, Team Falcons and Complexity Gaming will face off. The match is scheduled for August 24, with the start time set for 16:30 EEST. Bo3.gg, in collaboration with Olexander "Shoker" Osheka, presents a preview, prediction, and analysis of the event's quarterfinal.
Current Form
Falcons is a team that raises many questions about its performance. Initially, when this star-studded roster was created, the main goal was to win a major within a year. Now, even successfully passing the Play-In stage at IEM Cologne or qualifying for other tournaments can be considered an achievement. The summer break in the competitive scene benefited Falcons, and the team has become a solid mid-tier contender. This improvement is largely due to the enhancement of individual performances from each roster member. However, the team's results are still not consistent.
Complexity, like Falcons, is one of the most unpredictable teams on the current CS2 pro scene. One day they can show outstanding gameplay and defeat any opponent, and the next day they might lose weakly to a tournament underdog. Despite this, finding themselves in the lower bracket of the tournament, Complexity is considered one of the main favorites to secure a spot in the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024.
Map Pool
Moving on to the map pool, it's almost certain that Falcons will ban Inferno. In turn, Complexity will most likely respond by banning Mirage. Falcons are likely to pick Nuke, as it appears to be the only somewhat well-prepared map. Complexity might respond by picking Vertigo, where they have an 82% win rate.
Prediction by Shoker
Olexander "Shoker" Osheka, an analyst and commentator at Maincast, has analyzed and commented on numerous Counter-Strike tournaments. This year, exclusively for Bo3.gg, he has already made several predictions, with 50% of them proving to be accurate!
Both teams are far from being in their best form right now. This is somewhat surprising to me. At the very least, the American team was feeling quite good towards the end of the season.
Given the recent equal results, I have more faith in Complexity. They have a much better map pool, and this will be their trump card in the match. I think it will be a close fight, 2-1 in favor of COL.Olexander "Shoker" Osheka
BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2024 takes place from August 21 to 25 online. The teams are competing for a prize pool of $135,000 and two slots in the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024. You can follow the schedule and results of the championship via the link.
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