BLAST Pro Series Moscow Fantasy recap

With the event concluding, we take a look at the best performing players and teams at BLAST Pro Series Moscow and announce the HLTV x Endgame League prize winners.

The event in Moscow, coming in shortly after the StarLadder Major Berlin, featured many teams that recently underwent or are soon about to undergo a roster change. Making most of that opportunity were AVANGAR and FORZE, two teams that were supposed to fight for one spot at the event through the CIS play-in.

Teams not featuring Jame had to give up their hopes of victory

Vitality's withdrawal allowed both teams to participate, with Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali's and Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov's squad making the most of that opportunity and getting into the grand final. There, AVANGAR beat their regional rivals 2-1, with Jame taking the MVP title for his impressive performance.

In the HLTV x Endgame league, users that selected players from the CIS sides did the best, with Ninjas in Pyjamas's players proving a great addition. The winner of the league, "witti534", had two AVANGAR players, two FORZE players, and Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson, earning a total of 763 points. Interestingly, the third-placed users "melkiy_", had an easy time selecting his team and went for the full lineup of FORZE.

The final standings and prize winnings for HLTV x Endgame league are as follows:

1. witti534 (763): Noblechairs Epic Black/Black + Endgame Gear XM1
2. Kanjarsan (762): Endgame Gear XM1
3. melkiy_ (738): Endgame Gear XM1

Winners will be contacted with additional information via an HLTV private message.

The ideal team did significantly better than the winning one, though, as combining the three in-game leaders Jame, Jerry and Lekr0 with Evgenii "⁠FL1T⁠" Lebedev and Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg provided 860 points if the ideal roles were selected, not including boosts.

Jame (AWP): 219 + 60 = 279
Lekr0 (ATTACKER): 150 + 30 = 180
Jerry (DEFENDER): 126 + 39 = 165
FL1T (SUPPORT) 130 + 32 = 162
f0rest (ENTRY FRAGGER) 38 + 36 = 74

Aside from the aforementioned players, Timur "⁠buster⁠" Tulepov also had a great showing, but didn't make the cut for the ideal lineup due to his higher price ($216,000, 174 points). Similar to him was Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga ($211,000, 113 points), while Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo made top 10 despite giving up the main AWP role to Vito "⁠kNgV-⁠" Giuseppe.

1. Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali: 219 points
2. Timur "⁠buster⁠" Tulepov: 174 points
3. Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson: 150 points
4. Evgenii "⁠FL1T⁠" Lebedev: 130 points
5. Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov: 126 points
6. Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga: 113 points
7. Almaz "⁠almazer⁠" Asadullin: 105 points
8. Dmitriy "⁠facecrack⁠" Alekseyev: 102 points
9. Bogdan "⁠xsepower⁠" Chernikov: 88 points
10. Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo: 78 points

HLTV Fantasy will return soon, for ESL One New York 2019, with more prizes from Endgame Gear and Noblechairs reserved for the best-performing users.