{"id":117688,"date":"2024-12-06T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skin.club\/community?p=117688"},"modified":"2025-11-01T07:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:16:27","slug":"brazilian-underdogs-of-elimination-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/brazilian-underdogs-of-elimination-stage","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Underdogs of the Elimination Stage (By MAUISNAKE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will be upfront and say that this is one of the <\/span><b>most top-heavy Elimination Stages we have ever seen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the top five teams almost surely making it through. <\/span><b>Vitality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has made the playoffs of quite literally every single tournament they have attended this year, with the exception of IEM Katowice, which was the very first tournament in February. <\/span><b>MOUZ<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> failed to make the playoffs of ESL Pro League and IEM Dallas but reached the playoffs of all other events. <\/span><b>G2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> only failed to make the playoffs of IEM Rio, and that was with a BLAST Fall Finals championship hangover. <\/span><b>NaVi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had a streak of five consecutive Grand Finals before their implosion at the BLAST World Finals. People may even underrate <\/span><b>Team Spirit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, despite the fact that their only crash-out was famously at IEM Cologne, where they came in last place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chance that many underdogs will make it through this Elimination Stage is <\/span><b>slim<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also, please, Valve, change the name of this stage. When discussing the Major, saying that a team has \u201c<em>qualified for Elimination<\/em>\u201d or \u201c<em>progressed to the Elimination Stage<\/em>\u201d just sounds too confusing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regardless of the stage names, here are <\/span><b>X<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> teams that I will be keeping my eye on in this stage:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>MIBR<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117717\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MIBR.jpg\" alt=\"MIBR\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MIBR.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MIBR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MIBR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MIBR-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The anti-Complexity. <\/span><b>MIBR<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had a five-man lineup that lasted for 15 months. It played out its course. Despite the fact that they maintained such a lengthy stint and just finished in 3rd\u20134th place at ESL Pro League, they still pulled the trigger when Lucaozy was available. A star that was shackled in a <\/span><b>Fluxo prison<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, some would have even argued that there is role overlap between <\/span><b>Lucaozy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> insani<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Despite that, MIBR decided to go through with the move anyway. Their ceiling has dramatically improved, as has Lucaozy in every single tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The growth in <\/span><b>Lucaozy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s play has been purely linear across events:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"article-list-pink\">\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">0.86 \u2013 CBCS Masters<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">0.94 \u2013 ESL Challenger Katowice<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.06 \u2013 Americas RMR<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.15 \u2013 Shanghai Major Opening Stage<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is unprecedented because the level of competition has also improved with every consecutive event, and it\u2019s only been over the course of two months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team itself needs to understand how to come together better in the mid-to-late round because they can get stuck in individualistic plays. I genuinely find myself scratching my head when I see MIBR try to put together a solution for a round after the clock passes 0:40 on their T-side. On the other hand, their ceiling is a wholly destructive force. When they played against Flyquest, they consistently found multikill entry kills across every front with a single flash, all while disrespecting Flyquest\u2019s utility\u2014a clear demonstration of the skill gap against a team many considered a threat to their Major run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I expect MIBR to continue improving and find themselves as a consistent top-12-ranked team in the world, even giving paiN and Furia a run for the title of best Brazilian team. In terms of improvement, the missing piece is slowly becoming a star AWPer. Unfortunately, saffee has much room to grow. One upside of <\/span><b>saffee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is that when he feels the AWP isn\u2019t working, he doesn\u2019t force the issue and is quite a proficient rifler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Drop<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also one of the best IGLs I have seen in the Opening Stage in terms of doing exactly what is needed to maximize his stars\u2019 output. He consistently places himself in entry roles during low-utility site breaches and throws great utility to set his stars up for kills. The scoreboard will never reflect his true value to this team, as he genuinely plays like a Real-Time Strategy game with some impressive units.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>paiN<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117731\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/paiN.jpg\" alt=\"paiN\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/paiN.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/paiN-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/paiN-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/paiN-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>biguzera <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has already proven himself in some of the biggest tournaments, with an attention-grabbing Copenhagen campaign that led to paiN achieving a 9th\u201311th finish (2\u20133 in the Elimination Stage) after defeating The Mongolz and Heroic in Bo3s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, <\/span><b>his team is picking up the slack<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There is a strong case building that <\/span><b>nqz <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the best AWPer from South America at this point. A <\/span><b>1.39 r<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ating at the Americas RMR, a 1.11 at the Opening Stage, and most importantly, a huge improvement since a poor showing at the previous Major. Since then, he has posted a <\/span><b>1.13 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rating overall, though he is known to fall off against better opposition (only a 1.03 versus Top 30 teams).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Snow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been a welcome addition in terms of firepower from more supportive roles, but also mentality. It has been a talking point for some time that this 17-year-old is the loudest and most brazen of the bunch. The huge uptick I\u2019ve loved the most, though, has been from<\/span><b> kauez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Despite playing mostly anchor and extremity roles, his gamesense has dramatically improved in the last month. A <\/span><b>1.21<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rating from those positions is almost surely unsustainable, but if he can harness some of that momentum in the latter stages of the Major, they may build a case as the most well-rounded Brazilian team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On top of that, I haven\u2019t even mentioned <\/span><b>lux<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> yet. His individual efforts during the Opening Stage led to some key map victories for them. In the match versus Cloud9, he went <\/span><b>21\u201314<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was <\/span><b>instrumental<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in space-taking on Anubis. Absurd spray transfers along with a fearlessness that busted open bombsites for paiN led to a <\/span><b>1.33 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rating, carrying his team. He also knows how to peel away after taking space, confident in the fear he\u2019s struck into his opposition. A very well-rounded game for a space-taker is always appreciated, even if he is frequently tasked with the hardest entry roles.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Conclusion (and FURIA)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117745\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Furia.jpg\" alt=\"FURIA\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Furia.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Furia-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Furia-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Furia-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simply put, <\/span><b>FURIA<\/b> <b>hasn\u2019t passed my eye test<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The game planning versus MOUZ in the semifinals of IEM Rio was <\/span><b>disastrous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I don\u2019t think the individual players are bad in their roles, but I don\u2019t feel like they can execute their plans as cleanly as they would hope. I\u2019ve seen disconnected mid-rounds and poor pacing choices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kscerato <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">may very well be surpassed by<\/span><b> insani<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at this point as the <\/span><b>most impactful Brazilian player <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">overall. FURIA will always have experience, but the young guns aren\u2019t just nipping at their heels\u2014they\u2019re biting.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will be upfront and say that this is one of the most top-heavy Elimination Stages we have ever seen, with the top five teams almost surely making it through. 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