StarLadder Major Berlin Fantasy recap

With the Major finishing, we take a look at how the Fantasy game played out and announce the winners of Runtime.gg prizes.

A spectacular victory by Astralis, who have gone through the playoffs in Berlin without dropping a single map, saw the Danish side claim their third back-to-back Major, with Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz's efforts being rewarded by an MVP medal.

ENCE's strong performance in the groups made their players key for Fantasy success

However, it was another Nordic team that starred in the Fantasy game - ENCE. The Finns dominated the group stage, accruing massive point advantages which helped users that selected Jere "⁠sergej⁠" Salo, Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli, or Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen to finish high in the rankings.

With ENCE dominating Fantasy, it isn't weird to see five Finnish users among the top 10 finishers in the HLTV x Runtime.gg league. The winner, Ch1lled_Pyro, paired up four Finnish players with Natus Vincere's newest signing, Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov, finishing with a total of 1014 points.

The HLTV x Runtime.gg League final standings:

1. Ch1lled_Pyro (1014)
2. JirioTree (994)
3. D_Shepherd (988)
4. Jaboll (945)
5. Jamalen (932)
6. SunMutsi (932)
7. manu9812 (929)
8. Unique_North_Flair_Guy (925)
9. darkyf1 (920)
10. kajje (896)

All of the users that finished in the top 10 of the public league have earned rewards, powered by Runtime.gg, which are as follows:

1. Starterpack M + Signed Runtime Shaker + x2 Performance Drink Berry or Orange + Next Level Meal Tub + Megabite + GeT_RiGhT's Favourite Weapon skin
2. Starterpack M + Signed Runtime Shaker + Next Level Meal Tub + x2 Performance Drink Berry or Orange
3. Starterpack M + Signed Runtime Shaker + Megabite
4-5. Starterpack M + Megabite
6-10. Starterpack S

The ideal lineup for the tournament was different from the one our users selected. It still relied on ENCE's duo, sergej and allu, but also incorporated the tournament MVP device, and two budget picks: Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz and Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko. This lineup would score 1077 with bonuses, pre-boosters:

device (Main AWP) 267 + 80 = 347 pts
sergej (Attacker) 292 + 40 = 332 pts
allu (Defender) 234 + 47 = 281 pts
stanislaw (Leader) 42 + 57 = 99 pts
Zeus (Entry Fragger) -1 + 19 = 18

Without taking into account roles or prices, these were the 10 best Fantasy performers of the StarLadder Major Berlin:

1. Jere "⁠sergej⁠" Salo: 292 points
2. Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz: 267 points
3. Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli: 234 points
4. Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif: 198 points
5. Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov: 194 points
6. Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut: 180 points
7. Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski: 168 points
8. Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen: 144 points
9. Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte: 139 points
10. Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev: 135 points

In the HLTV Confirmed draft league, we had seven participants vying for the win, with the draft taking place during the show which was broadcasted from Berlin.

Guests Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche, Allan "⁠Rejin⁠" Petersen and Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares joined the regular members and the race was tight until the playoffs. Then, Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill's picks device, Brehze and Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage shifted into a higher gear and delivered the Australian expert a dominant Fantasy Major victory.

1. SPUNJ (914)
2. sgares (666)
3. Producer Lukas (663)
4. Striker (578)
5. Professeur (405)
6. Pimp (360)
7. Rejin (27)