What to expect from Complexity v. M80 at the PW Shanghai Major Americas RMR

Two familiar foes and top-ranked North American rosters will meet in a pivotal match at the Perfect World Major Americas RMR. Complexity and M80 have drawn each other in the fourth round, with a victory guaranteeing a spot in the Major.

Also read: JT on Major hopes: "I wouldn't be surprised if all four [NA] teams would make it"

While a loss would not guarantee elimination, it does make the road to the Major much harder. The team that loses will need to win a do-or-die series in the fifth round of the Swiss Stage, and depending on seeding may have to play in the decisive 7th place tiebreaker.

Complexity start strong, but cool off v. MIBR

Complexity reached the advancement window after two straight best-of-one wins on Anubis, first against BESTIA and then against BOSS. But after dropping the first map on Nuke in their series against MIBR, the NA team suffered an uncharacteristic loss on Vertigo, surrendering an 11-9 lead by losing four straight rounds on their typically strong CT-side.

EliGE has been exceptional, as anticipated
Complexity looks far more comfortable on Anubis now
Got the weird loss out of the way early

M80 start slow, but are gaining speed

M80 have yet to play a best-of-three at the RMR so far, losing their first best-of-one surprisingly to BOSS before rallying with an OT win over RED Canids and a decisive win on Ancient against Legacy.

Swisher has been excellent
Lake playing solidly in first RMR
M80 holds recent wins over Complexity

Also read: Swisher: "We know that we are going to be one of the seven teams that come out of this"

Previous Matchups

Since Mason "Lake" Sanderson joined the M80 roster, M80 has won both matches against Complexity this year:

16-14 on Anubis in a best-of-one at EWC
13-6 on Ancient, 13-10 on Anubis in a best-of-three at EPL Season 20

Likely Vetoes

M80 remove Nuke (Permaban)
Complexity remove Mirage (Permaban)
M80 pick Anubis
Complexity pick Vertigo
M80 remove Dust2
Complexity remove Inferno
Decider will be Ancient

Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Americas RMR

Bo3

Complexity

2 - 0

M80

All maps

Complexity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski	43 - 24	+19	97.6	83.7%	1.57
Ricky 'floppy' Kemery	38 - 25	+13	85.0	81.4%	1.39
Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli	28 - 25	+3	86.3	81.4%	1.26
Michael 'Grim' Wince	28 - 28	+0	80.2	72.1%	1.08
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou	27 - 29	-2	67.2	76.7%	1.04

M80	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Mason 'Lake' Sanderson	30 - 28	+2	76.3	76.7%	1.09
Ethan 'reck' Serrano	28 - 36	-8	76.6	62.8%	0.91
Michael 'Swisher' Schmid	26 - 34	-8	76.5	67.4%	0.89
Elias 's1n' Stein	24 - 32	-8	68.3	62.8%	0.74
Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich	23 - 34	-11	58.3	46.5%	0.71