GamerLegion and Cloud9 will meet in the final round of the IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage to compete for one of the last trips to the "legends".
Perhaps enough talking about GamerLegion, because in the last two matches the team clearly proved that the fairy tale is over, and there is absolutely nothing to offer in terms of the game.
In turn, the Russian team almost got out of the terrible situation where they drove themselves at the start of the tournament. And now Cloud9 is playing noticeably stronger as a team.
In general, I do not see any prerequisites for the victory of GamerLegion, since in BO3 the team literally swims and does not even shoot.
Form Gamer Legion
The 25th team of the world performed well at the IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR A, where they even managed to outplay G2, and also lost to FaZe Clan in an equal fight.
At the same time, at the start of IEM Rio Major 2022, the European team got two quick wins over 9z and Vitality, making them believe in another Cinderella fairy tale.
But in BO3 everything fell into place, because here GamerLegion first lost to Bad News Eagles, and then the team failed to cope with the Brazilians from FURIA. In general, this should end.
Gamer Legion latest results:
- Defeated by SAW with a score of 1:2.
- Victory over 9z with a score of 16:6.
- Victory over Vitality with a score of 16:10.
- Lost to the Bad News Eagles with a score of 0:2.
- Defeat from FURIA with a score of 0:2.
Best GamerLegion maps:
- Inferno - 75% of wins.
- Mirage - 56% of wins.
- Ancient - 50% win rate.
- Vertigo - 50% of wins.
Let's not forget that the European team has been refusing the Dust 2 map for a long time.
Form Cloud9
The fifth team in the world ranking just had a terrible start at IEM Rio Major 2022, not only in terms of the result, but also in terms of the game as a whole. As a result, the Russian team lost to fnatic and Grayhound Gaming, even though both times they reached overtime.
And yet, further Cloud9 managed to get a very difficult victory over Imperial Esports, where they again played twice in overtime.
Well, the day before the team managed to cope with Evil Geniuses, thus returning to the game. Moreover, Cloud9 looked much better in terms of team interactions, which gives some optimism.
Latest Cloud9 results:
- Defeat from Team Spirit with a score of 1:2.
- Lost to fnatic with a score of 17:19.
- Lost to Grayhound Gaming with a score of 17:19.
- Victory over Imperial Esports with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Evil Geniuses with a score of 2:0.
Best Cloud9 Maps:
- Overpass - 83% of wins.
- Ancient - 75% of wins.
- Mirage - 75% of wins.
- Dust 2 - 67% of wins.
- Vertigo - 60% of wins.
Let's not forget that the Russian team continues to refuse the Nuke card.
Match statistics GamerLegion — Cloud9
The teams have not met before.
Prediction for the match GamerLegion — Cloud9
I don’t want to consider the chances of GamerLegion at all, because it seems to me that they simply don’t exist. Okay, you beat someone there in BO1, but then a complete failure.
In turn, Cloud9 seems to be groping for their game, and now the team does not look so bad. And in fact, the Russian team is corny stronger, if we are talking about naked statistics.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the victory of the Cloud9 team.
