cs_summit 4 Fantasy recap

Following the end of cs_summit 4 where Vitality were crowned champions, we take a look at the Fantasy game and the players that ended up being the best picks in both game modes.

The French squad topped the round-robin group stage and took down both favorites in the playoffs, ENCE and Liquid, on their way to the title. As was expected, Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut was the main star (409 points), securing his first HLTV MVP award, but other Vitality members were also great Fantasy picks.

The $223,000 investment into ZywOo was worth it

Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin, who was the second-cheapest player of the event at $162,000, ended up bringing in 182 points, fourth most, with Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire being slightly better, but at a higher price of $191,000. To create the ideal lineup, the French trio should've been paired up with the main stars of Liquid and ENCE: Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic and Jere "⁠sergej⁠" Salo.

In the Money Draft league, the ideal lineup would've brought in 1252 points, pre-bonuses:

Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut
Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic
Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire
Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin
Jere "⁠sergej⁠" Salo

That is exactly the lineup user Pleuel selected in the HLTV Public league, which with role bonuses secured him 1506 points:

Pleuel (1506)

NRG's quartet performed admirably as well, but didn't fit into the ideal lineup because of their high price, with Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage also making the top 10 list:

1. Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut - 409 points
2. Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic - 317 points
3. Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire - 201 points
4. Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin - 182 points
5. Ethan "⁠Ethan⁠" Arnold - 168 points
6. Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte - 154 points
7. Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov - 154 points
8. Jere "⁠sergej⁠" Salo - 143 points
9. Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik - 130 points
10. Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage - 116 points

The panelists of HLTV Confirmed, as well as guest-challenger Sudhen "⁠Bleh⁠" Wahengbam, played a five-user Live Draft league.

Bleh did manage to snap up the French prodigy ZywOo as well as squeeze out a lot out of Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli on the base of his main AWP role, but was driven into the ground by his pick of Jason "⁠neptune⁠" Tran, the worst rated player at the event. While Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill was unable to go positive, Professeur's team was firing on all cylinders, accruing 1159 points and securing Giuseppe's Fishermen their fourth consecutive Confirmed Cup title.

The Confirmed Cup final standings:

1. Professeur (1159)
2. Striker (624)
3. Bleh (601)
4. Producer Lukas (80)
5. SPUNJ (-39)