{"id":15817,"date":"2023-07-31T08:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T08:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/?p=15817"},"modified":"2023-07-31T08:05:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T08:05:59","slug":"main-favorites-of-the-tournament-in-cologne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/main-favorites-of-the-tournament-in-cologne","title":{"rendered":"Main Favorites of the Tournament in Cologne"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Main Favorites of the Tournament in Cologne<\/h1>\n<p>Yesterday, July 26, the Play-In stage started in Cologne. 16 teams began their battle for the top spots in the tournament, most of them came here not for the prize pool but for a slot at IEM Katowice.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s discuss the visible favorites at the tournament. And no, NAVI is not among them.<\/p>\n<h2>Cloud 9 \u2013 a Significant transfer and potential success<\/h2>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15829\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/311.png\" alt=\"Cloud 9 - a Significant transfer and potential success\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/311.png 1425w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/311-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/311-1024x517.png 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/311-768x388.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1425px) 100vw, 1425px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>With two of the best riflers in the world \u2013 electronic and Ax1Le, experienced players \u2013 Perfecto and HObbit, and a skilled sniper \u2013 sh1ro, the team seems invincible.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing that can stop them is the potential lack of synergy, as the transfers of electronic and Perfecto happened just two weeks before the tournament\u2019s start.<\/p>\n<p>But the team\u2019s manager has repeatedly noted on social media that the team has forgotten about rest and is practicing for 12 hours a day.<\/p>\n<h2>Heroic \u2013 Destined for the Finals<\/h2>\n<p>During the transfer window, the team made no changes, meaning their roster is fully cohesive, and teammates complement each other in different aspects.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, statistics don\u2019t lie, and over the last 3 months, Heroic played sixteen matches, losing only two.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15840\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/312.png\" alt=\"Heroic - Destined for the Finals\" width=\"419\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/312.png 419w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/312-145x300.png 145w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Heroic proves they are a stable team. Since IEM RIO Major 2022, they participated in twelve tournaments. Among them, they didn\u2019t reach the semifinals in two, reached the finals in six, and won two.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the community considers Team Vitality and Liquid as other strong contenders for victory.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see if the predictions turn out to be correct!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main Favorites of the Tournament in Cologne Yesterday, July 26, the Play-In stage started in Cologne. 16 teams began their battle for the top spots in the tournament, most of them came here not for the prize pool but for a slot at IEM Katowice. Let\u2019s discuss the visible favorites at the tournament. And no, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[191],"class_list":["post-15817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-iem-cologne2023"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Main Favorites of the Tournament in Cologne - CS2 &amp; CS:GO Articles, News, Events | Skin.Club Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"16 teams began their battle for the top spots in the tournament, most of them came here not for the prize pool but for a slot at IEM Katowice.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/main-favorites-of-the-tournament-in-cologne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Main Favorites of the Tournament in Cologne - CS2 &amp; 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