DFSGhost 
CS:GO Slate Summary: BLAST (10:30am EST)
- 3 games on DK
- Best of 3 series
CS:GO SlateOverview
CS:GO Game#1: G2 (-120 PK) vs Natus Vincere (-120 PK)
In the first game of the CS:GO slate, newly crowned #1 team in the world, G2, take on former #1 team in the world, NAVI. The latter looked awful yesterday versus Complexity, specifically electronic who went -24 on 26-50. As usual, s1mple still pulled off a miraculous performance, going +18 and 56-38 in a losing effort. If NAVI wants to win this, they’ll need both electronic and s1mple to be at the top of their game to keep the G2 trio of kennyS, huNter-, and nexa at bay.
G2 bans Overpass at an 85% rate while NAVI bans Vertigo93% of the time, so we can scratch those two maps off. With both teams likingto play on Dust2, I expect G2 to turn to Mirage, where they have NAVIoutmatched and let their counterpart use their pick on Dust2. If this goes to 3maps, I expect the third one to be Nuke. G2 has the map statistics on theirside, but with s1mple leading the charge, you just never know when NAVI cancome out and dominate.
Arguably the best player in the world, s1mple leads the way for his squad on Mirage with a 1.40 K/D and 0.85 kills per round, with electronic not too far behind with a 1.27 K/D and 0.81 kills per round. On Dust2, s1mple again leads the way with a 1.35 K/D and 0.8 kills per round, whereas electronic posts a 1.1 K/D and 0.77 kills per round; make no mistake, even with electronic’s dud yesterday, he’s an elite target here and we can take advantage of a price reduction.
For G2, huNter- leads the way on both Dust2 andMirage, and despite nexa’s known struggles on the latter, he pulled out animpressive performance versus Ence going +2 and 19-17 and was the only playeron the team to go positive on the map. Ultimately, I want exposure to s1mpleand electronic, but will have a few 2-man G2 stacks.
Top Plays(NAVI): s1mple ($9,600), electronic ($7,600)
Top Plays(G2): huNter- ($7,800), nexa ($8,200), kennyS ($7,200)
CS:GO Game#2: Ninjas in Pyjamas (-138) vs Team Vitality (+100)
The secondgame of the CS:GO slate features NIP taking on Team Vitality. After being dominatedby FaZe yesterday, I expect Vitality to come back with a vengeance in thisseries; Vitality bans Train at a 100% rate and this shouldn’t change here,while NIP bans Dust2 at a 97% rate; these two maps can be removed from theprocess. I expect Vitality to turn to Nuke with their pick, where they outmatchNIP with a 50% win rate to NIP’s 25% to go along with their 4-map losing streak.I then expect NIP to select Overpass, with any of Inferno, Mirage, or Vertigo tobe left over. Vitality bounces back here with a 2-1 win.
Top Plays(VIT): ZywOo ($10,400)
Top Plays(NIP): nawwk ($7,400) , twist ($6,600)
CS:GO Game#3: MiBR (-120 PK) vs Evil Geniuses (-120 PK)
In the last game of the CS:GO slate, shocking winners of their respective matches, MiBR and EG, face one another. MiBR is coming off an impressive win over FURIA and are my preferred target in this one. They ban Nuke at an 85% rate, which is also EG’s best map, while EG bans Overpass at a 43% rate, but it wouldn’t surprise me to see them ban Mirage, where they are severely outmatched. I expect MiBR to pick Train or Dust2, whereas EG will likely turn to Inferno for their pick, leaving Dust2 or Train as the map leftover. I like MiBR to take this series 2-0 or 2-1 and they make for a great stack on the slate.
Top Plays: Fallen($8,800), fer ($8,000), kNgV- ($8,400)
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