Now you may have seen my previous analysis for the FaZe V. Mongolz quarter final. In my analysis, I mentioned that Mongolz has had top tier performances in recent years as well as posted results on their previous teams shared that they have individually been posting winning results against top teams for years now.

In comparison to the likes of FaZe, due to their young age and less decorated HLTV stats, I did favor FaZe, especially as the roster brought to this major is one of the most legendary top tier pro cs rosters that has ever been united.

Mongolz went on in this match to 2-0 FaZe, in a close match up sure, and it was one of the greatest Bo3s I have watched, where the CS being played was at one of the highest levels ever. It truly was phenomenal.

Sure Vitality are 2023 major winners, with a slight difference in roster now with the likes of Ropz. This is 3x major finals in a row for Ropz. No doubt Vitality has continuously won some of the biggest tournaments for years on end.

I have long rocognized them as very hyped though, and actually have not been a fan at all. I do like they have ropz now. This is ropz 3rd major final in a row.

Zywoo is a very cocky player with a lot of hype, previously claiming to be best in world, and his HLTV stats are not that decorated in terms of a long history like that of the Mongolz. Zywoo even commented here and said he was going to play another shooter game instead of playing more cs to prepare for this match, in a way to disrespect Mongolz.

Vitality did just do this new roster switch with Ropz, and Mongolz are pretty long steady together now.

Mongolz also beat the team I had set to win this major meeting Vitality in the finals, FaZe, and I see why Mongolz were the HLTV rank 5 team going into this major playoffs.

For Vitality Meziis hltvs stats only start in 2019, practically same for flameZ. apEX on the other hand has long played proffessional in top tier cs since 2013. May he need not no introduction.

With the FaZe win and history behind the Mongolz players, the cs I seen them play, I actually end up favoring them here to take this major.

My Odds:


TheMongolz 56 - 44 Vitality


I pick 49.37 on Mongolz on 1.22x Vitality V. 3.8x Mongolz odds, and believe this to be a legendary match.

Enjoy

Mongolz in recent years have generated hype over some good performances! Though, we are dealing with back to back major finalist when it comes to FaZe. Roster is slightly different sure, but -ropz and +s1mple regarded as one of the greatest cs players of all times, aa well as your not getting broky, but your getting Elige, perhaps the most decorated NA professional player in top tier pro cs. I like it.

FaZe is all a team that has been playing at the top level of pro cs since the early CS:GO days.

You come to take a look at the Mongolz roster, mzinho is only 17 and only has an hltv history starting in 2021 on 4 no name teams until reaching Mongolz in 2023. Same story for Senzu from the Mongolz roster, 18, hltv history practically starts in 2021 and not to notable of teams other than the Mongolz roster. Well Senzu did post some good results against top teams on NKT. Respectable certainly. Nov 2022- to Sept 2023. Techno from the roster is 20, HLTV shows 3 teams starting in 2020, being on Checkmate from 2020 - 2022, a team that had so really impressive results, then IHC which may need no introduction then Mongolz. Impressive. bLitz is like the exact same story, same teams as Techno, same timeline, 23. Finally 910 has 4 listed hltv teams only starting in 2022 until the Mongolz joining. 910 also has some respectable results on this team.

In comparison to the FaZe roster though. FaZe is a next level team. This is definitely a good match of CS though. Mongolz are here for a reason.

Karrigan has been to the major finals back to back and won PGL Major Antwerp 2022. HLTV page he is on top teams dating all the way back to 2012. He has won countless of the biggest tournaments in his career, probably some of the highest numbers of any player. s1mple is a major winner and MVP, and has been on top teams since 2014 and has one of the most decorated history of winning the highest tier cs tournys. Also a 1x major winner and mvp. Rain has been regarded as one of the best cs players even in 2014, he had mega hype on the London Conspiracy roster, "Hype train" if you will, I remember, and he also has one of the biggest most decorative list of wins in the biggest cs tournaments and has been on top teams since 2014. frozen has won plenty of the biggest tournaments and cs and has history in top tier cs going back to 2016. eliGe has been rated a top 20 player 6 times on HLTV and also has a long history of wins in the biggest cs tournaments and he has been competing in the highest level of cs since 2014.

This FaZe roster truly is something dreamy, and perhaps one of the best pro rosters of all times and it is a wonderful gather of players, something to see for sure.

I give the odds 78 - 22 for FaZe and pick 51.63 on FaZe on 1.58x FaZe v. 2.20x odds. FaZe is who I picked to win this major since before it started and they are still my pick.

https://www.hltv.org/matches/2377728/faze-vs-furia-perfect-world-shanghai-major-2024

FaZe at this major could of lost to Wildcard on Ancient, 13-10, Wildcard had it in their hands and just slipped it off. FaZe took a beating against G2 with a new player barely getting any rounds, with a 13-4 on Inferno, and 13-3 Mirage.

Even if FaZe win this my pickems only lead to 4 this stage, and as much of a FaZe fan I am, they have not looked the hottest this tournament and thats what the word of mouth is.

They just slipped a 13-10 win against Mouz on Inferno, they beat C9 on Inferno, didn't need to get to it with Fnatic because they won 2-0.

Its that Furia are having a hell of a run, and against paiN yesterday looked to be an absolute very best team in the world. The amount of clutches you would never imagine they would win they won against a very impressive paiN gaming, and their whole run here has been quite phenomenal, just falling short to Liquid 9-13 on Inferno, Vitality 13-16 on Mirage, beating Spirit impressively 13-6 on Dust2, BiG 2-1 with a 13-3 Dust2... losing Nuke 13-5 where BiG started CT, and winning Mirage 13-11, beating Wildcard 14-16 on Vertigo, a team I had my eyes set on to win this major, Imperial 13-11 on Anubis, and a 13-8 slip up against GamerLegion on Vertigo...

Furia also has a lot of star players that have previously been considered top in the world for quite some time like FaZe, and their previous two matches vs. FaZe shows its a 50/50 story. I have to edge Furia based on their form this major, and give Furia 59 - 41 FaZe odds and will be picking against the FaZe clan here... Their strats, team play, util, and clutches have been INSANE!!!


Absolute fire match up here!!!

https://imgur.com/a/c2DuFB7

I pick 45.42 on Furia on 1.58x FaZe v. 2.2x Furia Odds

https://www.hltv.org/matches/2377725/furia-vs-pain-perfect-world-shanghai-major-2024

Furia in the past 13 weeks have had close games against ATOX and Red Canids, managed a good win against Spirit, BOSS, and Case, but fell short 17-19 to Legacy on Inferno, and loss 13-3 to Mouz on Mirage and Nuke, convincingly lost 0-2 to Vitality, and 1-2 to Virtus.Pro, and lost 1-2 to Liquid with close games against 9z and M90 to lead them here, where they started with a loss 8-13 against GL on Vertigo, then beat Imperial 13-11 (0-3 team in opening stage that paiN beat 13-5 on Dust2) on Anubis, Wildcard 16-14 on Vertigo (team that went out 0-3 in second stage), BiG 2-1, Spirit 13-6 on Dust2, then a 13-16 loss vs. Vitality on Mirage and a 9-13 loss vs. Liquid on Inferno. skullz probably being the most inexperienced playing at this level, only really part taking since 21-22... otherwise the rest of the rosters are no strangers.

paiN has looked really solid here and previous major, with a very impressive past 13 weeks with lots of wins or close matches against the top in HLTV documented pro matches.

Here they bested Imperial 13-5 on Dust2, lost 13-10 vs. GamerLegion on Nuke, lost 13-11 vs. Cloud9 on Anubis, bested FlyQuest 2-0 with a convincing 13-6 on Inferno, then lost 6-13 to Mouz on Nuke and 11-13 just falling short against 3DMAX on Dust2, and a 2-1 win vs. BiG with an impressive 13-6 Mirage getting 9 T rounds on their starting side. This paiN roster has really proven themselves over a long period of time and I favor them slightly over Furia based on recent results in comparison to Furias. Furia are the more hyped team.

My Odds paiN 55 - 45 Furia

I pick 100 on paiN on 2.10x paiN v. 1.65x Furia ODDS

https://imgur.com/a/K1D8On9

https://www.hltv.org/matches/2377723/natus-vincere-vs-gamerlegion-perfect-world-shanghai-major-2024

From my viewing of Na'Vi here vs. the likes of Spirit and Mibr, they look like the worse team in this elimination bracket. They lost vs. Spirit 13-2 on Mirage, mibr 11-13 on Inferno, and just slipped a win with Liquid on Nuke 13-10 getting only 5 ct rounds.

Roster also is filled with quite a lot of inexperienced players, where W0nderfuls hltv results only notably start in 2022 basically on Hellraisers, jL in 2022 on Mad Lions, b1Ts only HLTV recorded team is Na'Vi which has homed them for 5 years, iM was taken from Paris major finalist GL and almost no HLTV history for them before that, Aleksib on the other hand has been on many top teams dating back to 2016.

GamerLegion have looked phenomenal here in their Bo3 against a very good Wildcard where they won 2-1, and also have bested Furia 13-8 on Vertigo, paiN 13-10 on Nuke, mongolZ loss 0-2 was harsh, a win 2-1 vs. Passion UA, 7-13 loss v. Vitality on Mirage (the 3-0 team), 10-13 loss v. Liquid on Inferno, then of course the previously mentioned win vs. Wildcard. Where their strategy and aim / engagements looked to be as a very top team.

Rosters experience in top pro matches record on HLTV is similar to Na'Vi,

All of HLTVs documented teams for them shows:

ZTR was on Valorix from Jul - Dec 2019, Prima from Dec 2019 to Oct 2020, KPI from Oct - Dec 2020, Young Ninjas Dec 2020 to Feb 2021, NiP from Feb - May 2021, Young Ninjas from May 2021 - Jan 2023, GODSENT from Jan 2023 - Nov 2023, Project G in Nov 2023, Metizport from Dec 2023 - Jul 2024, and from July 2024 to present on GL.

volt was on Vexed UK Aug 2020 to Feb 2021, UMX from May 2021 to Aug 2021, Coalesce from Aug 2021 to Jan 2022, ex-Coalesce from Jan 2022 to Feb 2022, FAMBIT from Feb 2022 to May 2022, fnatic Rising from May 2022 - Jan 2023,Believe froom Jan 2023 - Feb 2023, Intro the Breach from Feb - Jul 2023, and GamerLegion from Jul 2023 until present.

FL4MUS was on Spirit Academy from April 2021 - Aug 2021, RCL from Aug - Sep 2022, 163ON from Sep 2022 - Nov 2022, INVSN from Nov 22 - Feb 2023, POLET from May 2023 - Sep 2023, Nemiga from Sep 2023 to May 2024, and GL from May 2024 until present...

sl3nd was only on Honved Dec 2020 - Jul 2021, GameAgents from Aug 2021 - Oct 2021, ONYX from Jan 2022 - Jan 2023, MOUZ NXT from Jan 2023 - July 2023, Endpoint from Jul 2023 - March 2024, and March 2024 - present on GL.

Tauson has one of the bigger historys of their roster, showing Jyderup Aug 2020 - Feb 2021, ex-Quantum Bellator Fire from June 2021 - Aug 2021, OPAA from AUG - NOV 2021, CEPTER from Nov 2021 to April 2022, Atlantic April 2022 - Aug 2022, MASONIC from Aug 2022 to July 2023, Sprout Acadmey from July 2023 to Aug 2023, Sprout from Aug 2023 - Oct 2023, Sprout Academy again from Oct 2023 - Nov 2023, Sprout in Nov 2023, Sprout Academy from Nov 2023 to Dec 2023, Secret from Jan 2024 to June 2024, ECSTATIC from July 2024 to Sep 2024, and Sep 2024 until present on GamerLegion.

In the past 5 weeks in top HLTV pro documented matches, GL lost 8-13 on Inferno V. Vitality, 11-13 to ECLOT on Inferno, dropped a map in Bo3s against UNiTY, Falcons, SINNERS, BetBoom. Even had a harsh best of 3 loss against GUN5 5 weeks ago with a 13-2 loss on Inferno and 13-7 loss on Anubis. They also got stomped out by Mongolz 2-0 in this major with a 13-2 scoreline on Anubis and 13-5 scoreline on Mirage. They beat Furia 13-8 on Vertigo and paiN 13-10 on Nuke here in the major prior. Then after did triumph Passion UA 2-1, and lost 8-13 vs. Vitality on Mirage and Liquid 10-13 on Inferno, quite good success against top teams.

I favor GamerLegion here against the very hyped previous major winners, and have picked 100 on GL on 5.3x odds... LOL, currently odds are 5x GL v. 1.13x Na'Vi

My Odds: GL 60 - 40 Na'Vi

https://imgur.com/a/XpdOGGD