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Tricked (World rank: #71) vs. schadE (World rank: Unranked) – 5:00 A.M. ET

Moneyline Odds: Tricked (-370) | schadE (+285)

Map Handicap: Tricked -1.5 (-105) | schadE +1.5 (-115)

This is an online best-of-three series for Elisa Invitational Fall 2022 Contenders - Swiss round one.

Tricked - Rating at event: N/A

Tricked - Rating past three months: Lucky 1.13 | PR1mE 1.05 | kwezz 1.02 | kiR 0.99 | IceBerg 0.96

schadE - Rating at event: N/A

schadE - Rating past three months: KrowNii 1.00 | Rand 0.95 | powerYY 0.94 | smike N/A | gab N/A

H2H Data:

These rosters have never faced each other. 

Prediction/Narrative: Tricked wins 2-0.

Lucky rejoined Tricked in August, and he is back to being a low tier crusher. He leads the Tricked lineup with a 1.14 Rating and 1.25 K/D ratio across 17 maps played, and he has already helped lead them to victory against some decent teams: EC Kyiv, B8, Anonymo and Dream. Tricked are undefeated on Nuke so far, and they even managed to beat B8 on that map. For context, B8 have won 10 of their last 11 on Nuke with the only loss coming against Tricked. As for schadE, we’ve never seen their lineup play together before. We’ve seen powerYY & KrowNii play together in the past and they have always been inconsistent, and I’m expecting a similar outcome for this schadE project. We really don’t know what to expect from schadE, but we do know that Tricked are one of the top teams at this event, and it would take quite a performance from schadE to get the win on Thursday. I think Lucky is one of the best players at Elisa Invitational Fall 2022 Contenders, and I expect him and his team to perform well in this spot.

  • PR1mE leads Tricked with 0.14 opening kills per round, while IceBerg leads with 28.1% opening duel attempts across 17 maps played.

Favorite Draftkings Plays (In order of priority): 

Lucky ($10,400) | kwezz ($8,400) | IceBerg ($6,400) | PR1mE ($9,400) | kiR ($7,400) | smike ($4,000) 

 

Into the Breach (World rank: #57) vs. Hotspurs (World rank: Unranked) – 8:00 A.M. ET

Moneyline Odds: Into the Breach (-765) | Hotspurs (+535)

Map Handicap: Into the Breach -1.5 (-180) | Hotspurs +1.5 (+145)

This is an online best-of-three series for Elisa Invitational Fall 2022 Contenders - Swiss round one.

Into the Breach - Rating at event: N/A

Into the Breach - Rating past three months: draken 1.16 | RuStY 1.16 | CYPHER 1.07 | Adam9130 0.96 | dobbo 0.95

Hotspurs - Rating at event: N/A

Hotspurs - Rating past three months: nomiss 1.30 | Griller 1.07 | magi N/A | flawless N/A | n1xen N/A

H2H Data:

These rosters have never faced each other.

Prediction/Narrative: Into the Breach wins 2-1.

Into the Breach signed the Swedish duo of draken & RuStY, and their roster has looked solid since. They have a 10-3 W/L record across 13 maps played so far, and all of their players have a Rating of at least 1.06 during that time. Draken might not have the ceiling of a player like smooya, but I think he brings some stability to the team, meanwhile RuStY has been fragging out, leading the new lineup with a 1.27 Rating and 1.40 K/D ratio. Into the Breach have already gotten wins on Mirage, Nuke, Overpass, Ancient and Inferno, so their map pool appears to have some depth as well. Meanwhile, Hotspurs are a question mark as they haven’t played a game with this lineup. Based on the form that Into the Breach has shown, it makes sense that they are favorites here against an unknown quantity. However, I’ve watched magi, flawless, and nomiss play together as part of X Gamer and I thought they showed a lot of promise at their young age. I genuinely don’t believe that the level of talent on the side of Into the Breach is that much greater than that of Hotspurs, at least relative to the odds, and I do think Hotspurs can make this a competitive series. I still expect Into the Breach to win here, but don’t be surprised if they lose a map. 

  • draken, Adam9130, and CYPHER lead Into the Breach with 0.14 opening kills per round, while CYPHER leads with 26.8% opening duel attempts across 13 maps played.

Favorite Draftkings Plays (In order of priority): 

RuStY ($9,600) | draken ($10,600) | magi ($4,800) | CYPHER ($8,600) | Adam9130 ($7,600) | flawless ($4,200) | nomiss ($6,000) | dobbo ($6,800) 


 

*Top Stacks: Tricked, Into the Breach

*Top Captains: Lucky, RuStY, kwezz, draken, PR1mE, CYPHER

*Top Value: IceBerg, magi, kiR, Adam9130, flawless, smike, nomiss, dobbo