The American team Complexity and the Brazilian team paiN will meet in the elimination match at IEM Melbourne 2025. Both teams have already lost the right to make a mistake, so the winner will get a chance to continue the fight, and the loser will say goodbye to the tournament. This will be their first face-to-face confrontation in the last six months. The format is Bo3, so there is a high probability of seeing three maps.
Current form of the teams
paiN lost four of the last five series, winning only in Aurora (2:1). At IEM Melbourne, they lost to FaZe (0:2), Falcons (1:2), and Aurora (1:2), and before that, they lost to Eternal Fire at EPL. The team is losing stability and is in a disadvantageous shape.
Date | Match | Score | Opponent |
Apr 21 | paiN | 0:2 | FaZe |
Apr 08 | paiN | 1:2 | Falcons |
Apr 07 | paiN | 0:2 | FaZe |
Apr 06 | paiN | 1:2 | Aurora |
Mar 10 | paiN | 0:2 | Eternal Fire |
Complexity, on the other hand, has won 3 of their last 5 matches. At the BLAST.tv Austin Major, they looked strong, defeating BLUEJAYS (2:0) and Getting Info (2:0), but lost to FaZe (0:2) and G2 (0:2). At IEM, they lost to The MongolZ (1-2), but had a good game.
Date | Match | Score | Opponent |
Apr 21 | Complexity | 1:2 | MongolZ |
Apr 16 | Complexity | 2:0 | BLUEJAYS |
Apr 15 | Complexity | 2:0 | Getting Info |
Apr 13 | Complexity | 0:2 | FaZe |
Apr 12 | Complexity | 0:2 | G2 |
Mappool.
paiN are traditionally strong on Nuke (65% WR), which can be a joker in this series. They also look good on Mirage (56%) and Anubis (40%). They have a low win percentage on Inferno, and they played Ancient only once, but won.
Complexity has an advantage on most maps. They show 82% WR on Train, 80% on Nuke, and 75% on Anubis. Dust II remains the weak link (20%), but overall, the mappool looks more stable than paiN's.
Map | paiN WR | M | B | Last 5 Matches (paiN) | Complexity WR | M | B | Last 5 Matches (COL) |
Train | 0% | 4 | 14 | L, L, L, L | 82% | 11 | 0 | W, W, W, W, W |
Mirage | 56% | 18 | 6 | L, L, W, W, L | 0% | 0 | 23 | - |
Ancient | 100% | 1 | 31 | - | 53% | 15 | 6 | W, W, L, W, W |
Anubis | 40% | 5 | 13 | L, L, W | 75% | 20 | 0 | W, L, L, W |
Dust II | 44% | 18 | 4 | W, L, W, L, L | 20% | 10 | 10 | L, L, W, L, L |
Inferno | 22% | 18 | 7 | L, L, W, L, L | 38% | 8 | 7 | L, L, W, W, L |
Nuke | 65% | 17 | 4 | L, W, L, L, W | 80% | 9 | 3 | W, W, W, W |
Prediction
paiN looks unstable, having lost 4 of the last 5 series and having only one strong map (Nuke), which is unlikely to stay in the game. Complexity, on the other hand, has a wider and stronger map pool, good form, and a serious boost after the BLAST.tv qualifier. Even if paiN wins one map, Complexity remains the favorite at the distance of three maps.
Prediction: Complexity will win 2:1
IEM Melbourne 2025 takes place from April 21 to 27. The entire tournament is held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Rod Laver Arena. Participants are competing for a prize pool of $300,000. You can follow the results and progress of the tournament at this link.
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