NAVI, Vitality, VP And MOUZ Top Favorites For Legend Status — Group B Preview At IEM Road to Rio Major 2022 For Europe

Top Favourites For Legend Status

Natus Vincere and Team Vitality are probably the best teams in the European RMR tournament group B. Judging by the results at ESL Pro League Season 16, Denis electroNic Sharipov's team is far from ideal in its game shape. "Born to Win" could only take 5-8th place after losing in the playoffs to G2 Esports. Despite the inexpressive team play, NAVI should beat most of the opponents in terms of RMR based on individual skill and experience. Vitality has the opposite situation. With the arrival of Lotan Spinx Giladi, the team of Dan apEX Madeskler began to demonstrate interesting CS. If at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2022 there was a marriage of interactions in the actions of Team Vitality players, then at EPL S16, they were unstoppable. The EPL championship was the first for the club in 2022.

Virtus.pro and MOUZ are also favourites for the quota to the legend stage from group B of IEM Rio Major 2022. Both teams demonstrated good CS and managed to get into the quarterfinals of the recently completed ESL Pro League Season 16 competition. It is noteworthy that VP and MOUZ were eliminated from the future finalists of the tournament. Against the background of other group members, RMR should look more than confident.

Who Else Is Ready to Compete For Slots At the Major?

ENCE, Heroic, BIG and OG are the leading contenders for the remaining slots at IEM Rio Major 2022. Heroic and OG stand out from this quartet. The former gave a good result on EPL S16, and the latter on BLAST. Although they still have a lot of work to do on their game, these teams are bound to get into the top 8 of the RMR championship. ENCE and BIG have a worse situation. Both teams started the second half of the year rather poorly. Early departures from EPL and BLAST speak for themselves. However, I give a significant discount on the experience of esports players in their rosters, thanks to which they can beat less experienced rivals.

The remaining eight members of group B at the Road to Rio Major 2022 for Europe are confident representatives of the tier-2 scene. Some of them periodically go to the best tournaments, but nothing more. I don't expect anything special from them. The maximum will be able to impose some struggle on the above-listed teams.

The European RMR will take place from 4 to October 9 in Malta. The teams will compete for 16 quotas in various stages of the Major. You can follow the progress of the competition here.