Legitimately hard to pick who will win. Astralis was the main favourite, but after this crushing defeat to godsent yesterday, it's not even safe to bet on them anymore.
Literally anyone from VP, SK, Na'Vi, Optic, Astralis and maybe even G2 could take this.
I expect Faze to shake the Legends. The day is interesting match SK vs FaZe. Everyone has waited this match mostly because Fox and Allu will be head to head.
Astralis will struggle like always in Majors..Optic hasn't convince the games they play. Liquid on the other hand can supprise.
| Team | Reason | Predicted finish |
| 1. Virtus Pro | Veterans, not easily shaken with wide map pool. They will make it to legend status guaranteed. | Finals |
| 2. Astralis | Even though they are known for choking, I think their form is good enoguh to carry them to legend status | Semifinals (?) |
| 3. Na'Vi | They had pretty bad results recently, and are really inconsistent but their raw skill should be good enough to land them at least legend status | Anywhere from quarterfinals to finals (depending on form) |
| 4. SK | Although fox is a considerable downgrade from fnx, and they already announced he's just a temporary standin, Fallen, coldzera, taco and fer are good enough to land them legend status | Semi-finals |
| 5. OpTic Gaming | They've got really unlucky draw so far, but they have unprecedented teamplay and skill for a NA team which will land them legend status | Quarter-final (?) |
| 6. FaZe | Addition of Karrigan added much needed leadership to the team. Even in game against Flipsid3 you could see signs of good teamplay. | Quarter-final |
| 7. 8. G2, ENVY, NORTH, GAMBIT, GODSENT | I feel like any of these could reach the last 2 legend spots, pretty much impossible to predict. Will depend on draws and who will have the better day on bo1. | Quarterfinals |
[table][tr][td][b]Team[/b][/td][td][b]Reason[/b][/td][td][b]Predicted finish[/b][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1. Virtus Pro[/td][td]Veterans, not easily shaken with wide map pool. They will make it to legend status guaranteed.[/td][td]Finals[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2. Astralis[/td][td]Even though they are known for choking, I think their form is good enoguh to carry them to legend status[/td][td]Semifinals (?)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3. Na'Vi[/td][td]They had pretty bad results recently, and are really inconsistent but their raw skill should be good enough to land them at least legend status[/td][td]Anywhere from quarterfinals to finals (depending on form)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4. SK[/td][td]Although fox is a considerable downgrade from fnx, and they already announced he's just a temporary standin, Fallen, coldzera, taco and fer are good enough to land them legend status[/td][td]Semi-finals[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5. OpTic Gaming[/td][td]They've got really unlucky draw so far, but they have unprecedented teamplay and skill for a NA team which will land them legend status[/td][td]Quarter-final (?)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]6. FaZe[/td][td]Addition of Karrigan added much needed leadership to the team. Even in game against Flipsid3 you could see signs of good teamplay.[/td][td]Quarter-final[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]7. 8. G2, ENVY, NORTH, GAMBIT, GODSENT[/td][td]I feel like any of these could reach the last 2 legend spots, pretty much impossible to predict. Will depend on draws and who will have the better day on bo1.[/td][td]Quarterfinals[/td][/tr][/table]
Strong performance from navi and vp, will see them at the finals, sk are dangerous tooSk got rekt yesterday, wasn't expecting such an easy match tbh... Go NaVi!