Analytics of BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022 participants: Group A
/There are only a few days left before the start of BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022, which means that the strongest teams will return to our screens by the weekend. On this occasion, we decided to go through each of the participants of the championship, presenting a small analytical summary on the eve of the start of BLAST. In this article, we will talk about the teams that will perform in group A - Vitality, OG, Astralis and Ninjas in Pajamas.
vitality
Less than six months later, the French club officially introduced Spinx as their fifth player. To put it bluntly, this replacement seems strange, since the team will have to drastically abandon previously played connections and change roles. Probably, the Israeli will get a little more freedom, but then the Danes, who already did not indulge in performance, will have to be pacified.
In general, it turned out to be another cool composition, which has a lot of shady problems. First, the difficulties with mutual understanding have not gone away. Secondly, what will the game model look like along with another cool shooter: How do you even fit everyone on the server? As a result, we get a dubious experiment that could result in G2 Esports.
Ingredients of Vitality:
- apEX, ZywOo, dupreeh, Magisk, Spinx, zonic (trainer)
Vitality card pool:
- Dust 2, Mirage, Nuke, Inferno, Overpass, Vertigo
OG
Another team that did not do without changes in the off-season is OG. With this patient, everything is much easier, since the team made a change in position, signing degster for the role of a sniper. OG has already played with Abdul at BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022, where she reached the semi-finals. Well, further failures with mantuu only brought the Pole's departure from the team closer.
Expect a bit more aggression from the team as the new sniper knows how to create space and make a difference. Another question: Will the success of Lisbon be repeated? If OG goes in the right direction and starts training hard, then we can see progress towards the end of the season. In the meantime, put a bold question mark.
OG line-up:
- flameZ, nexa, NEOFRAG, F1KU, degster, ruggah (coach)
OG card pool:
- Dust 2, Mirage, Ancient, Inferno, Overpass, Vertigo
Astralis
In this quartet, Astralis is also waiting for us - for a long time not the team that took four majors in a row. Nevertheless, at the end of the first half of the season, the Danish team began to improve, steadily getting into the playoffs of major tournaments. In addition, Astralis did not change horses at the crossing and remained in the same lineup, albeit with a bad sniper.
And yet, in this story, everything rests on two points: In what mood and how much will blameF shoot; do gla1ve and Xyp9x have gunpowder in their flasks? If the stars align, Astralis will continue to build muscle and maybe win something.
Astralis line-up:
- Xyp9x, gla1ve, k0nfig, blameF, farlig, trace (coach)
Astralis card pool:
- Dust 2 (50/50), Mirage (50/50), Ancient, Inferno, Overpass, Vertigo (50/50), Nuke
Ninjas in pajamas
We close the review of the members of group A with the Swedes from Ninjas in Pajamas. Honestly, this team is bewildering. On the one hand, the team has a lot of problems, but surprises over and over again. On the other hand, when you expect results from the Swedes, they fail and give out a terrible championship.
Speaking of problems, we must not forget about the lack of a sniper. Still, es3tag with a rating of 1.01 on the AWP is not a cake. Plus, the game Ninjas in Pajamas is completely tied up on the initial ideas from the captain, and if the hampus doesn't hit, the team starts to crumble. In general, it is still difficult to assess the chances of a team that is at the psychological stage of acceptance (of course, we are talking about dev1ce).
Line-up of Ninjas in Pajamas:
- REZ, Plopski, hampus, es3tag, Brollan, djL (coach)
Ninjas in Pajamas Map Pool:
- Mirage, Ancient, Inferno, Overpass, Vertigo, Nuke
BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022 will take place from 19 to 28 August in Copenhagen. Twelve partner teams from Europe, the CIS and North America will take part in the championship, which will compete for a prize pool of $177,498, rating points, as well as six trips to BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2022.
The competition will begin with a group stage, following which the participants will form a kind of playoff bracket. Here the teams will compete for vacant places at BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2022.
Prize pool distribution at BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022
- 1st-3rd place: $27,500 + 2,400 points.
- 4th-6th place: $17,500 + 1,200 points.
- 7th-9th place: $8,500 + 900 points.
- 10th-12th place: $5,666 + 600 points.