IEM Katowice 2022 Playoffs Fantasy game is now live

Create your very own Fantasy team and compete against the best ahead of IEM's return to the Spodek Arena.

The Fantasy game for the playoffs of IEM Katowice 2022 is now live. After a week of build-up, we will finally find out who will take the trophy home and the lion's share of $972,000 as the top six teams from the group stages battle it out in a classic single-elimination bracket.

m0NESY has received a discount

G2's great form coming into the playoffs has resulted in users quickly gravitating towards players such as Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and Audric "⁠JACKZ⁠" Jug. The duo, which combines for a total of $411,000, provides great value as it includes the highest-rated player at the tournament and two players who could make a deep run at the event.

Speaking of G2 players, rookie sensation Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipov has received a discount, going from $240,000 down to $220,000, allowing more opportunities to create a team around one of the most followed players at the event.

With Natus Vincere still considered favorites to take the trophy home, starting from the semi-finals means that they will have a lower volume of games compared to the teams starting from lower down in the bracket. Despite this, Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov, Valeriy "⁠b1t⁠" Vakhovskiy, and Ilya "⁠Perfecto⁠" Zalutskiy have remained popular picks among the players who expect the CIS squad to go all the way.

From the remaining teams we can see HEROIC's Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund as the most popular pick out of the Danes while Sergey "⁠Ax1Le⁠" Rykhtorov and Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants represent Gambit and FaZe respectively. To note is the relative absence of players from Virtus.pro, as users prioritize other teams from their side of the bracket such as G2 and Natus Vincere.

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Fantasy returns with $10,000 Spring season

The ever-present HLTV fantasy league for this event will be in collaboration with BitSkins. Here the prizes for the HLTV x BitSkins League:

1. Huntsman Knife | Bright Water (Field-Tested)
2. Gut Knife | Bright Water (Field-Tested)
3. Shadow Daggers | Bright Water (Field-Tested)

Please take note of the Fantasy rules before competing as they provide important information regarding the prizes, eligibility, and selection of winners. Fantasy is free of charge and can be played in official HLTV leagues, as well as independently organized private and public ones.

Start playing Fantasy by going to the Fantasy page here.