GamerLegion and Complexity Gaming will meet in the first round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage. Very The International is a heated encounter as both teams can act as kind of "dark horses" and surprise.
Personally, I'm troubled by this point. Both teams have been showing terrible Counter-Strike recently, or rather since the end of RMR tournaments. For example, the Europeans dropped out of Brazy Party 2023 without a chance, while the North Americans didn't even make the play-offs of the Melbourne tournament.
In such a situation, it makes more sense to go back to square one, where Complexity Gaming has little chance against any shooting team from the start. After all, the North American team failed to live up to expectations after Katowice and returned to their quagmire.
Therefore, here I would rely on the victory of the GamerLegion team, which in BO1, and even in such an important stage, should get together and send their opponent home.
GamerLegion's form
The world No. 27 team won the Elisa Invitational Winter 2023 back in early March before finishing second in the CCT North Europe Series 4.
However, the European squad managed to take a shot at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A, where they almost made it to the Legends by Ledge in the tie-break of Bad News Eagles.
However, just this weekend GamerLegion visited Brazy Party 2023, where they played too badly. As a result, the team suffered two defeats to Astralis and ENCE, finishing in last place.
The latest GamerLegion results:
- Victory over 1WIN with a score of 19-16.
- 2-1 win over Falcons.
- 1-2 defeat to Bad News Eagles.
- 0-2 defeat to Astralis.
- 1-2 defeat to ENCE.
GamerLegion's best scores:
- Inferno - 85% wins.
- Ancient - 78% wins.
- Overpass - 75% wins.
- Vertigo - 58% wins.
- Nuke - 56% wins.
Let's not forget that the European squad is giving up Anubis.
Complexity Gaming uniforms
The eighteenth ranked team in the world fell apart back in March in ESL Pro League Season 17 and BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2023 Americas with a completely inept performance.
Complexity Gaming then managed to bounce back at the local BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Americas RMR, where they suffered just one loss to paiN Gaming and earned a trip to the majors.
However, the North American squad took part in the ESL Challenger Melbourne 2023 over the weekend, where they recorded just one hard-fought win over ECSTATIC, but then did not even make the play-offs, losing both meetings.
Complexity Gaming's latest results:
- A 2-0 win over Imperial Esports.
- Defeated MIBR 2-0.
- A 16-14 win over ECSTATIC.
- 11-16 loss to Grayhound Gaming.
- 1-2 loss to ECSTATIC.
Complexity Gaming's best scores:
- Overpass - 86% wins.
- Nuke - 70% wins.
- Inferno - 67% wins.
In turn, the North American team has not featured on the Mirage map for a long time.
GamerLegion - Complexity Gaming match statistics
The teams have not met before.
Forecast for the match GamerLegion - Complexity Gaming
It is very difficult to come up with arguments in favor of Complexity Gaming, as the team plays horribly. And without luck, which clearly favored the North Americans in Katowice, it turns out so bad that the team loses to Grayhound Gaming and TIER-2 Danes.
GamerLegion on the other hand, the situation is not that bad. Yes, they lost to two strong opponents, but that was online, and no one cancelled the option of preparation.
In general, everything says not in favor of Complexity Gaming. Therefore, in this case I would recommend betting on GamerLegion to win.
