Ended up somehow getting top 14% in blast with a karrigan pick lol. For this event, there honestly isn't a team that I'm 100% comfortable with. Finally decided on twistzz, ultimate, maj3r, woxic and graviti. I knew I wanted to go 2 Liquid, but for my second team I took a while to decide between complexity, eternal fire and mongolz.
My blast groups draft got a top 12%~ finish. My cologne play-in draft huasopeek (9z hype train even with a hard bracket) JDC (great run of form and betting that the bad run of form from mongolz continues) JT (COL are gonna make it almost guaranteed) Ultimate (praying liquid win clean against pain and likely furia) Calyx (banking against COL and their Jekyll and Hyde form, also hoping falcons continue to flatline)
Hey Lucy! blast was rough for me, degster (sAw) going -57 completely screwed me over, lets pretend it didnt happen :D for the cologne play-in ive gone with: NAF, Yekindar, syrsoN, JDC and Calyx while i normally agree that krimbo would be better than jdc, jdc is an absolute BEAST on ancient and flyquest love ancient so im hoping for some great padding from that opening win for BIG, my role activations are also really high with this set of 5 players while pain's recent form has been amazing i think backing them to beat liquid is a bit overzealous, its only the 3rd event of the season and there is no need to panic yet best of luck!
i like your thought process :) calyx was fantastic at skyesports (better than wicadia) and will be slept on a lot too. i also agree about paiN, that's why i only took a dip onto snow rather than an expensive player.
Going with Yekindar, ultimate, Syrson, Krimbo and Hallzerk this time, was impressed with Liquid at Blast and think these two will get the most points for their price if they can walk over opponents, this is the most important event in the calendar for BIG and the new coach seems to be helping Syrson quite a bit and krimbo is their best player, Hallzerk was the safest pick with the rest of the money.
So i have two drafts that i think are very funny but good 910, techno, graviti, Naf and yekinder or jks (i cant decide) Or 910, techno, graviti, woxic and calyx Also my jks blast draft came in top 23 so yippee, and i think all my predictions on twitter were right lmao. I really like your draft and i wanted to start a discussion on how you choose roles, do you do it based off of pure percentage of activation or are there some roles you always avoid (for example noob). Thanks and good luck!
usually % activation but some i never pick outside crazy circumstances (e.g. noob, which i picked ONCE for Stewie2k at Dallas). also avoid stathunter even if it has good % as if the team loses it probably fails (and players with stat hunter usually have better multifrag or CT/T roles). for your drafts i kinda like eternal fire over liquid just because liquid are SO picked, and i have a thing about drafting too many popular picks :D
Can't be a SAW fan if i don't pick them when I get the chance (and it's reasonable to do so...) NAF Yeki Graviti (had nafany lmao, this is a big buff) Arroz Jerkz if we pop off I win, if we don't i should still get some points for the season and we roll again into the main event
Blast Fall Groups was a disaster for me. I tried to make a "alternative'' fantasy and don't end well. For IEM Cologne play-in i gonna play safe: JT/EliGE/bLitz/mazinho/Graviti I thought about going to Liquid and choosing NAF/YEKI, but group C is too risky... Pain has been performing very well here in Brazil and this new Furia is a very dangerous team. COL will definitely destroy ALTERNATE aTTaX and that's why I invested a lot in EliGE. The Mongolz has a very good group and will get through with ease.
i actually drafted a similar thing when i saw graviti's crazy price, but my heart just yearns for a paiN run :D its not possible to do elige/floppy/blitz/techno/graviti is it ? i like it a bit more if it is just cause JT is so picked, and with floppy's form... either way, good draft!
finished top 24% at Blast Fall Groups fantasy, not a bad result, but for me not good enough. for this fantasy i've decided to go with JT, Elige, Martinez, buda, syrsoN. Double 9z is a huge gamble here, but i still feel like they should finish first in their part of the bracket, even though 3dmax is an opponent not to mess with, but with the playstyle of 9z, which i also like, i think they will not underestimate the french squad. And for me it looks like they should win against Heroic with stand-in. Maybe Heroic will show a very dominant win against MIBR, but against 9z i feel like they will struggle a lot. It was very hard decision to decide with the last 5th player because of the low amount of money. It was between snow and syrsoN, and in the end i chose syrsoN.
i'd never be mad about a top 24% :D 9z is neat, they have a much better bracket than paiN so i rate them as an alternative "dark horse". also feel syrsoN is definitely the right choice there as you've already taken a risk on 9z, so something a bit safer is logical. very nice!
I really don't see pain getting anywhere, i'd even pick 9z over them but don't listen to me, my first 2 fantasies sucked lmao I'm going for a pretty basic team, 3 players not in the top8 picked jt/floppy I'm going cheap on complex, mostly because anyone can pop off in the first (farm?)game except sleepy grim, jt has some good games, floppy is maybe finding his form back naf/yekindar (I kinda start liking liquid now) naf is always consistant, yekindar is looking better atm blitz as 5th due to his recent form and he's usually solid for mongolz anyway gl :D
9z/paiN will both be underpicked and underrated here i think. great way to play some of the favourites without overpicking the most picked players tbh, naf and blitz should be nice difference makers for you
NAF, jks, mzinho, Techno, syrsoN All players seem to have high highs, but also veeery low lows (except NAF). Basically rolling the dice here, but I'm looking forward to it!
I picked NAF/yeki/blitz/techno4k/maj3r Graviti is crazy value but I'd rather have blitz than 910 and NAF over Twistzz even if the prices were the same so there's no need to pick him. Mzinho over techno would've made it worth it for sure but that draft is 1k over budget :(
interesting, i agree on NAF for sure, i just like the roles for 910 a lot more (i think blitz will also be very popular pick for mongolz). clean draft though!
Good time to be a liquid fan I go with yekindar, naf, graviti, maka, can't decide yet on 5th (jdc most likely?) Imo liquid should be able to qualify with individuals alone, even if they might have trouble 3dmax for sure underdogs, they look really good on lan, graviti for 175k? Wtf bro The problem is the 5th, not a lot of options with 203k
double 3DMax is fairly baller! i'd take krimbo over JDC personally. shame pain play liquid first or lux would be a lovely pick. you could downgrade maka to djoko or lucky, both are quite well priced. then get a really nice 5th
he is for sure! elige & blitz give you some serious firepower here, tho i personally prefer the 910/techno combo over blitz/mzinho. both have their strengths, will depend who shows up really
this is gonna be snows first big event, my expectations for him are low im ngl but the team is great tho im going for Twistzz - Yekindar - Graviti - Elige - Jt the fomo on missing mongolz is really big but i cant afford them since i really want liquid and elige in my team gl to everyone🫡
yeah agree, and his showing on LAN at fireleague wasn't great, but i am hoping play-ins the pressure will be less than on a stage at leastg. any draft that gets both elige and twistzz is killer. crazy padding potential if both teams top their groups!
top1 luce groups
Ended up somehow getting top 14% in blast with a karrigan pick lol. For this event, there honestly isn't a team that I'm 100% comfortable with. Finally decided on twistzz, ultimate, maj3r, woxic and graviti. I knew I wanted to go 2 Liquid, but for my second team I took a while to decide between complexity, eternal fire and mongolz.
My blast groups draft got a top 12%~ finish.
My cologne play-in draft
huasopeek (9z hype train even with a hard bracket)
JDC (great run of form and betting that the bad run of form from mongolz continues)
JT (COL are gonna make it almost guaranteed)
Ultimate (praying liquid win clean against pain and likely furia)
Calyx (banking against COL and their Jekyll and Hyde form, also hoping falcons continue to flatline)
Hey Lucy!
blast was rough for me, degster (sAw) going -57 completely screwed me over, lets pretend it didnt happen :D
for the cologne play-in ive gone with:
NAF, Yekindar, syrsoN, JDC and Calyx
while i normally agree that krimbo would be better than jdc, jdc is an absolute BEAST on ancient and flyquest love ancient so im hoping for some great padding from that opening win for BIG, my role activations are also really high with this set of 5 players
while pain's recent form has been amazing i think backing them to beat liquid is a bit overzealous, its only the 3rd event of the season and there is no need to panic yet
best of luck!
i like your thought process :) calyx was fantastic at skyesports (better than wicadia) and will be slept on a lot too.
i also agree about paiN, that's why i only took a dip onto snow rather than an expensive player.
Going with Yekindar, ultimate, Syrson, Krimbo and Hallzerk this time, was impressed with Liquid at Blast and think these two will get the most points for their price if they can walk over opponents, this is the most important event in the calendar for BIG and the new coach seems to be helping Syrson quite a bit and krimbo is their best player, Hallzerk was the safest pick with the rest of the money.
5 really solid players while avoiding majority of the most picked (outside liquid)! big have a pretty straightforward run here, this should payoff :)
So i have two drafts that i think are very funny but good
910, techno, graviti, Naf and yekinder or jks (i cant decide)
Or
910, techno, graviti, woxic and calyx
Also my jks blast draft came in top 23 so yippee, and i think all my predictions on twitter were right lmao.
I really like your draft and i wanted to start a discussion on how you choose roles, do you do it based off of pure percentage of activation or are there some roles you always avoid (for example noob). Thanks and good luck!
Oh yeah graviti also opens up the opportunity for an insane draft of naf and twistzz with techno and floppy which also might be the play
usually % activation but some i never pick outside crazy circumstances (e.g. noob, which i picked ONCE for Stewie2k at Dallas). also avoid stathunter even if it has good % as if the team loses it probably fails (and players with stat hunter usually have better multifrag or CT/T roles).
for your drafts i kinda like eternal fire over liquid just because liquid are SO picked, and i have a thing about drafting too many popular picks :D
Can't be a SAW fan if i don't pick them when I get the chance (and it's reasonable to do so...)
NAF
Yeki
Graviti (had nafany lmao, this is a big buff)
Arroz
Jerkz
if we pop off I win, if we don't i should still get some points for the season and we roll again into the main event
Blast Fall Groups was a disaster for me. I tried to make a "alternative'' fantasy and don't end well.
For IEM Cologne play-in i gonna play safe:
JT/EliGE/bLitz/mazinho/Graviti
I thought about going to Liquid and choosing NAF/YEKI, but group C is too risky... Pain has been performing very well here in Brazil and this new Furia is a very dangerous team. COL will definitely destroy ALTERNATE aTTaX and that's why I invested a lot in EliGE. The Mongolz has a very good group and will get through with ease.
i actually drafted a similar thing when i saw graviti's crazy price, but my heart just yearns for a paiN run :D
its not possible to do elige/floppy/blitz/techno/graviti is it ? i like it a bit more if it is just cause JT is so picked, and with floppy's form... either way, good draft!
finished top 24% at Blast Fall Groups fantasy, not a bad result, but for me not good enough.
for this fantasy i've decided to go with JT, Elige, Martinez, buda, syrsoN.
Double 9z is a huge gamble here, but i still feel like they should finish first in their part of the bracket, even though 3dmax is an opponent not to mess with, but with the playstyle of 9z, which i also like, i think they will not underestimate the french squad. And for me it looks like they should win against Heroic with stand-in. Maybe Heroic will show a very dominant win against MIBR, but against 9z i feel like they will struggle a lot.
It was very hard decision to decide with the last 5th player because of the low amount of money. It was between snow and syrsoN, and in the end i chose syrsoN.
i'd never be mad about a top 24% :D
9z is neat, they have a much better bracket than paiN so i rate them as an alternative "dark horse". also feel syrsoN is definitely the right choice there as you've already taken a risk on 9z, so something a bit safer is logical. very nice!
I really don't see pain getting anywhere, i'd even pick 9z over them
but don't listen to me, my first 2 fantasies sucked lmao
I'm going for a pretty basic team, 3 players not in the top8 picked
jt/floppy I'm going cheap on complex, mostly because anyone can pop off in the first (farm?)game except sleepy grim, jt has some good games, floppy is maybe finding his form back
naf/yekindar (I kinda start liking liquid now) naf is always consistant, yekindar is looking better atm
blitz as 5th due to his recent form and he's usually solid for mongolz anyway
gl :D
9z/paiN will both be underpicked and underrated here i think. great way to play some of the favourites without overpicking the most picked players tbh, naf and blitz should be nice difference makers for you
I will just build around senzu because he's very sharp, and I think he will perform pretty good. So I pick him jks yekindar techno and JT!
relying a lot on senzu as the other 4 are all in the top 8 most picked, but if he delivers you're golden :)
NAF, jks, mzinho, Techno, syrsoN
All players seem to have high highs, but also veeery low lows (except NAF). Basically rolling the dice here, but I'm looking forward to it!
it's a good dice roll, i think syrsoN can really get you some numbers here!
I picked NAF/yeki/blitz/techno4k/maj3r
Graviti is crazy value but I'd rather have blitz than 910 and NAF over Twistzz even if the prices were the same so there's no need to pick him. Mzinho over techno would've made it worth it for sure but that draft is 1k over budget :(
interesting, i agree on NAF for sure, i just like the roles for 910 a lot more (i think blitz will also be very popular pick for mongolz). clean draft though!
Good time to be a liquid fan
I go with yekindar, naf, graviti, maka, can't decide yet on 5th (jdc most likely?)
Imo liquid should be able to qualify with individuals alone, even if they might have trouble
3dmax for sure underdogs, they look really good on lan, graviti for 175k? Wtf bro
The problem is the 5th, not a lot of options with 203k
If you go twistzz you could pick techno but not ideal, You could also swap yekindar for floppy or magisk and go mzinho.
double 3DMax is fairly baller! i'd take krimbo over JDC personally. shame pain play liquid first or lux would be a lovely pick. you could downgrade maka to djoko or lucky, both are quite well priced. then get a really nice 5th
My fantasy has same 2 mongolz (910 and techno). But i picked 2 players of heroic (kyxsan and sjuush) plus JKS
great draft, no notes!
wanted to take nqz + biguzera, but twistzz and yekindar just 1k more, so i'll stick to liquid.
thats fair, twistzz is hard to pass on!
I'm thinking jT, Graviti, EliGE, blitz and mzinho. Graviti is just too cheap not to take.
he is for sure! elige & blitz give you some serious firepower here, tho i personally prefer the 910/techno combo over blitz/mzinho. both have their strengths, will depend who shows up really
Do u want 80%/11% over 44%/40%. i dont understand thoose %
910, mzinho, jT, floppy and lux might be a draft you like better. I feel like jT at 184k is a steal.
for sure, i just put a bit more stock in complexity rn but i do agree jt is a steal! plus you get lux here which is fire
this is gonna be snows first big event, my expectations for him are low im ngl but the team is great tho
im going for
Twistzz - Yekindar - Graviti - Elige - Jt
the fomo on missing mongolz is really big but i cant afford them since i really want liquid and elige in my team
gl to everyone🫡
yeah agree, and his showing on LAN at fireleague wasn't great, but i am hoping play-ins the pressure will be less than on a stage at leastg.
any draft that gets both elige and twistzz is killer. crazy padding potential if both teams top their groups!