However, they could only follow it up with back-to-back losses to grand finalists and regional rivals Ninjas in Pyjamas and Team Liquid. The team was Brazil's top team through Stage 1 of the BR6, but suffered an upset loss to Team oNe in the first round of the Copa Elite Six playoffs, exiting from the tournament before all of the other Brazilian powerhouses.Īt the Invitational, they performed well, with a strong group showing placing them into the upper bracket where they kicked off with a 2-1 win over eventual fourth-place TSM. The new FaZe roster (formerly MIBR prior to the Brazilian team shuffle) has not quite lived up to the 'Brazilian Superteam' hype that its formation came with, but has still proven that it can compete with the best, both locally and internationally. A map dropped in a scare against FURIA preceded a 1-2 loss to TSM that ended the French favorites' run with a 7th-8th placing far lower than anyone would have predicted before the tournament. However, their next matches left many EU fans questioning who their best hopes are for standing up to the new LATAM powerhouses. The team lost a narrow three-map thriller to their first-round opponent of Ninjas in Pyjamas, which can be excused on account of the fact that the Brazilian squad would go on to lift the hammer. In the playoffs, previously hidden cracks began to show. Thought by many to be the overall favorites going into the tournament (including a plurality of our own Caster Predictions, 84% predicted BDS to reach the grand final and 40% to win it all), the team performed up to expectations through the group stage, only dropping one game to a revitalized Team Empire. There was no greater disappointment at the Six Invitational than BDS. Overall, the Invitational was an over-performance by Team Empire (at least relative to expectations) and the team can hopefully continue its form into another season of the EUL, though it is clear that its players are more comfortable in a LAN environment than online. The playoffs were a mixed bag for Empire, with a clear defeat at the hands of Oxygen Esports followed by an absolute drubbing of up-and-coming Team oNe, culminating in a loss to eventual-finalists Team Liquid. The team rocketed to an 8-1 record in Group A, with its only loss an overtime 6-8 defeat to DarkZero, earning themselves the first seed in the group. Many counted them out of the upcoming Six Invitational and called for roster changes.Īfter reaching the LAN environment of the Six Invitational, everything changed. The team floundered in Stage 1 of the 2021 European League, finishing in ninth place only ahead of Team Secret. Team Empire is a whole different roster on LAN.Īfter winning the November EU mini-major last year, hopes were high that the old Empire of 2019 had returned, but it was not to be. Tied for the lowest placing of any non-APAC team in the tournament, DZ has some serious rebuilding to do when it returns to NAL play, especially off the back of a 6th-place finish in Stage 1. Its pre-Invitational roster change of removing veteran support player Hotancold in favor of more firepower with njr has been a failure.
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Note: The retirements of Skys and Mint are not accounted for as of this rating release (which is calculated immediately following SI), but will count in the following ranking update due before the start of Stage 2.ĭarkZero Esports was thought to be a favourite heading into the Six Invitational, but delivered what can only be called a disappointing performance. The star duo of Doki and Blurr led the team to a sharp improvement compared to middling performances in the 2020 season and the team looks to take a top spot in Europe once again in order to earn a place at the August Major. They were tied only with longtime regional powerhouse BDS Esport, but possessed the tiebreaker after a tight overtime win against the French squad. In their most recent EUL season, they shot to the top of the standings with 20 points.
New-look Na'Vi has impressed enough to sneak into the Top 10 despite not qualifying to the Six Invitational the only team on this list to do so.
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You can also check out the full ranking to see the teams outside the ten best in the world. If you want a refresher on how the system works, check out our blog post containing useful information on our methods. With the conclusion of the Six Invitational, that time has come! We will resume updating the world ranking with each event and season that happens, so that fans can see who really is the best of the best. We continued to update rankings regionally, but were saving the global ranking for when an international LAN could finally happen. Last year, due to the global pandemic, we paused our world ranking releases since the lack of international competitions made it impossible to judge how each region's teams would stack up against one another.
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