ESL Pro League S9 Finals Fantasy recap

It is time to take a look at the best performers in the ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals Fantasy game and reveal what the ideal lineup for the tournament was.

Unlike how things went down at DreamHack Masters Dallas, where Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski was the MVP but didn't make the ideal Fantasy lineup due to his high price, selecting the 21-year-old was worth it this time around as he finished the tournament with 208 points, pre-bonus. However, it was Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub, coming in for only $201,000 and bringing in a similar number of points, who was the biggest differential pick in last week's game.

kennyS' production delighted the users that selected him

Another sniper stood out in France, Tomáš "⁠oskar⁠" Šťastný ($200,000), leading the fragging for HellRaisers as they pushed Liquid to the limits in the group stage. Finalizing the ideal lineup are heavy-hitter Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif ($224,000) and budget pick William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba—the cheapest player of the event ($144,000) who brought in more points than the likes of Ethan "⁠Ethan⁠" Arnold, Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson, and Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David.

The ideal lineup combined with ideal roles would bring a user a total of 963 points:

Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski: 208 + 57 (Leader) = 265
Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub: 198 + 63 (AWP) = 261
Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif: 169 + 36 (Attacker) = 205
Tomáš "⁠oskar⁠" Šťastný: 120 + 30 (Entry fragger) = 150
William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba: 60 + 22 (Defender) = 82

The closest to that was user "ThrowingLikeBrady", whose team featuring Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken instead of oskar and Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen instead of Magisk amassed 896 points and topped the HLTV League leaderboard.

ThrowingLikeBrady (896)

Due to their high price, MOUZ players such as Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong ($214,000), Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker ($235,000), and Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool ($237,000) didn't make the ideal lineup in the money draft game, but brought in significant points to their teams nonetheless. A surprise appearance in the top 10 is Henrique "⁠HEN1⁠" Teles, who outdid all of his countrymen and finished the tournament with 117 points.

The top 10 best performers in the ESL Pro League S9 Fantasy game are available below:

1. Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski: 208 points
2. Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub: 198 points
3. Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif: 169 points
4. Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong: 161 points
5. Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker: 136 points
6. Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz: 130 points
7. Tomáš "⁠oskar⁠" Šťastný: 120 points
8. Henrique "⁠HEN1⁠" Teles: 117 points
9. Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken: 113 points
10. Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool: 112 points