What to expect from M80 v. Falcons
The BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2024 began today with FaZe taking on Rare Atom, but North American fans must wait until tomorrow to see their teams on the server. Before Complexity face Metizport, M80 will have the tall task to face Falcons on their debut series, where just one loss means elimination.
Regional heroes, Worldwide underdogs
Of the last eight series (including the 2x Bo1s series from ECL NA) M80 won seven of them without dropping a single map, only losing 2-1 against Wildcard. Often times, M80 find themselves in this position, leaving North America with a very positive record but then arriving in international LANs and swiftly being eliminated. Is now the time we see a deep run?
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Lake has had time to adjust and is now fully integrated with M80's system
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German duo is in top form
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Swisher and reck now have some international LAN experience, can control the nerves of the squad
Money doesn't buy wins, yet
It's been a weird stint for Falcons. A team with a couple of legends and some potential legends like them should be doing way better than a 47.1% win rate. The times are different now, the meta has changed, and even the game itself has changed. The Falcons project, built without any foundation, is mediocre at its very best, and it doesn't have a lot of room for improvement, but against M80, for now, Falcons are the favorites.
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8 months of mediocrity won't change now
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At least SunPayus is good
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BOROS' career died for this
Previous Matchups
These two teams have never faced each other before.
Likely Vetoes
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M80 remove Nuke
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Falcons remove Inferno
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M80 pick Ancient
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Falcons pick Dust2
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Anubis will be the decider
FalconsM80| Falcons |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Álvaro 'SunPayus' García |
40 - 24 | +16 | 75.8 | 78.8% | 1.24 |
 Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen |
38 - 33 | +5 | 80.3 | 71.2% | 1.14 |
| Emil 'Magisk' Reif |
35 - 29 | +6 | 77.7 | 73.1% | 1.12 |
| Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer |
33 - 33 | +0 | 79.2 | 76.9% | 1.10 |
 Pavle 'Maden' Bošković |
31 - 37 | -6 | 72.2 | 76.9% | 0.98 |
| M80 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich |
37 - 31 | +6 | 72.1 | 76.9% | 1.08 |
 Mason 'Lake' Sanderson |
33 - 33 | +0 | 73.8 | 65.4% | 1.03 |
| Elias 's1n' Stein |
33 - 38 | -5 | 70.7 | 61.5% | 0.90 |
| Michael 'Swisher' Schmid |
26 - 37 | -11 | 66.8 | 71.2% | 0.87 |
| Ethan 'reck' Serrano |
26 - 38 | -12 | 57.5 | 65.4% | 0.85 |
