The EVPs and Best Five of BLAST Fall Final 2024

30-9-2024 22:00

malbsMd earns his first ever EVP as m0NESY and ZywOo pick up speed in the race for No. 1.

G2 have looked good since signing Mario "⁠malbsMd⁠" Samayoa, getting exactly what they needed in the form of a significant firepower boost.

That has now resulted in them breaking their glass ceiling and defeating Natus Vincere for the first time in ten attempts for a Big Event title.

Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipov was particularly electric, and is still in the hunt for the Player of the Year title amidst tough competition from Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut and Danil "⁠donk⁠" Kryshkovets.

His second MVP of 2024 came from a superbly consistent showing and a strong final where he won six clutches in four maps.

m0NESY on breaking NAVI curse: "I was angry and hungry; I wanted to show we can't lose again"

See a full list of career EVPs here

ZywOo only played three series but put up elite numbers and takes the top EVP. He was particularly good in round wins (1.24 KPRW) and only really fell short in one map, Dust2 against G2 in the semi-final.

It's his fourth EVP of the year and he now has six awards in his last seven events (only missing out at EWC).

The Frenchman is renowned for his uptick in the second half of the year and it's the same this time. m0NESY may have gained ground with the MVP, but ZywOo remains in his rear mirrors.

Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač was not always statistically dominant but he was on the eye test with big multi-kills in swing rounds and his masterful execution of taking map control to force rotations.

But he was also strong numbers wise, having an amazing semi-final (desk slam et al) and starting well in the first two maps of the grand final to briefly enter the MVP race.

Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants hasn't won an EVP since the first EPL season of the year in May, but bounced back in style at Fall Final with his highest-ever rating (1.32) in a Big Event.

The Latvian is a tricky player to analyse, with a peek-happy and shotgun-AWPing style that lends itself to inconsistency at times. When he is on song, however, FaZe look as frightening as they did at the start of the year.

His 29-14 K-D in a map one win over Natus Vincere on Inferno was a reminder of his ability to take down even the very best team in the world single-handedly.

malbsMd came close to an EVP at EWC and EPL Season 20 but the wait for his first award ends now after firing G2 to the trophy.

He averaged a 1.25 rating in G2's map wins (1.29 in playoffs) and consistently over-performed expectations in his tough positions.

The Guatemalan rifler spoke of being "bored" in his anchor roles, but is improving at them and has such talent that he can turn any round on its head no matter the situation.

It was just his second time in an arena, too; this looks to be the first EVP of many.

Ihor "⁠w0nderful⁠" Zhdanov's stable and passive AWPing is usually the foundation for Natus Vincere's system and riflers to take over games, but in Denmark it was his turn to lead the pack with a 1.40 rating before the final.

His 0.87 rating in the final represented a stark snap back to reality, but the 19-year-old was the frontrunner for the MVP for a reason.

He went 25-11 against G2 (where he outduelled m0NESY 10-3 over the series) in groups but the real highlight was a 21-13 showing against FaZe that featured a stunning 1v2.

Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan is the final player but, peculiarly, there was not a huge gap between himself and ZywOo at the top of the article; this is still a strong EVP.

He hit a 1.35 rating. 1.59 impact and 118.5 damage per round win — MVP figures in isolation.

It came undone in a poor 16-23 decider against G2 in semis, and Vitality faced fairly poor oppositon compared to w0nderful, for example, but flameZ has added a fourth EVP of the year and is set to make the top 20 for the first time.

Best Five

Thanks to G2 and Vitality using malbsMd and flameZ in roles far from their comfort zones, we have assembled one of the most aggressive Best Fives ever.

Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski takes the IGL mantle after G2 topped T-side RW% leaderboards en route to the trophy.

Honorable mentions

NAVI only had one EVP in the end, with pistol-specialist Mihai "⁠iM⁠" Ivan (2.06 rating in 11 maps) and Justinas "⁠jL⁠" Lekavicius closest, after having four players share credit for their run to the final.

Lotan "⁠Spinx⁠" Giladi, for the second event in a row, also misses out after falling behind flameZ and ZywOo in terms of consistency and on stage.

donk, as ever, was immense in round wins (122.7 ADRW) but had a patchy event overall and, after struggling versus G2 on stage, has dropped to a 1.04 rating against top-five opposition in the last three months.

Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic was great against Spirit and in the first map against Vitality, but like his team fell out of contention later on.

MVPs and multiple EVP winners

m0NESY and ZywOo gaining ground on donk is the headline and, with Spirit set to miss IEM Rio, mid-season favorite donk has his work cut out for him at BLAST World Final and the all-important Shanghai Major if he is to earn No. 1 in his rookie year.

The EVPs and Best Fives of 2024

GOATs

2024-09-30 22:00

2 replies

since when flamez plays as anchor?

2024-10-01 04:26

1 reply

Since he went to Vitality ? - B anchor on Inferno - A anchor on mirage - ramp on nuke - A long on D2 - A anchor on anubis

2024-10-01 09:25

nice

omg monesy top1

Pog

2024-09-30 22:01

Snax among best five XDDDDDD

2024-09-30 22:04

10 replies

cry

2024-09-30 22:08

Aleksib robbed in best 5 but whatever, Let Snax have his rare moment too.

2024-09-30 22:12

7 replies

Dont think so … been some dodgy calls in semi and final … they could have win dust maybe but they got scared by smoke on B and changed to A and when they only had 30 second left + inferno and ancient bad calls …

2024-09-30 22:23

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I hope we will see navi play at their 100% in bo5 as well.

2024-09-30 22:40

Yeah we always hate IGL because there's no objective measures. But it's hard to give it to the losing IGL with such poor T sides in the final, even if it's obvious G2 won far more off individuals than anything snax did

2024-10-01 00:15

4 replies

@NER0cs can you change the picture of blast fall trophy in G2 trophy case?

2024-10-01 13:25

3 replies

up to TO not me

2024-10-01 18:54

wait, rly? I thought you guys decide whether the organizer logo(ESL,Blast,PGL) or the photo of the real trophy appears in the trophy cabinet because when NaVi won EPL S20 it was the ESL logo all day and and next day there is photo of the real trophy.

2024-10-02 01:25

Not 100% sure cos im not on coverage team but I assume TO send a photo to us, and then we put it up.

2024-10-02 10:23

yes, why not? he lead his team to win and had some nice highlights, especially on Mirage vs Vitality

2024-09-30 22:24

No Cadian?

2024-09-30 22:11

so far donk is on top tbh. but its gonna go down from now on here ZywOo is 2nd and m0nesy 3rd but m0nesy is coming up. Like predicted without recency bias, major will determine top 3 EDIT: WTF did i just see BEST OF FIVE SNAX IGL?

2024-09-30 22:13

"m0NESY may have gained ground with the MVP, but ZywOo remains in his rear mirrors." ZywOo is behind m0nesy, this confirms it. donk M0NESY ZywOo

2024-09-30 22:42

we haven't discussed top1 at all yet, all i mean with that is that m0nesy got mvp and zywoo top evp

2024-10-01 00:16

Aha I kinda called you out with the choice of words. But sure, thanks for the clarification, it was in the context of the event, and not the year of play, it can be misleading. :)

2024-10-01 00:22

nt m0nesy

2024-10-01 02:21

Sometimes we read what we believe or what we want xD

2024-10-01 05:38

I mean the issue with Donk is he's fallen off quite a bit in the past few months, like don't get me wrong, he's an amazing rifler, but his form has dropped and its shown with the past few event results. It is possible that he is still currently #1, but unless he grabs another mvp or Spirit start competing again, I dont see him finishing 1st. Obv tho the major decides the #1 if one of the 3 win it

2024-10-01 02:03

"m0NESY and ZywOo gaining ground on donk" gaining ground from behind or ahead

2024-09-30 22:18

from ahead ofc

2024-09-30 22:19

The zywoo graphs blow my mind everytime omg..

zywoo's trophies in 2024 blow my mind everytime omg..

2024-09-30 22:34

ikr? Cologne is a hell of trophy ;)

2024-09-30 22:55

flamez with the 1.35 anchor, ezzz

1.35 anchor is crazy

2024-09-30 22:30

flamez farmed astralis and artificially boosted his stats

2024-09-30 22:32

nt iM

2024-10-01 02:22

flamez 1,35 anchor woah

2024-09-30 22:33

Top 10 2024 prob look like this 1. Donk 2. Zywoo 3. m0nesy 4. jL 5. NiKo 6. Sh1ro 7. broky 8. EliGE 9. b1t 10. xertion/torzi/Jimphat/FlameZ

niko, sh1ro >jL

jL 1mvp major 1mvp EPL >>>>>>

2024-10-01 05:30

I hope wonderful and b1t stop choking in the finals and get higher rating because of that

Shiro, Niko are before jL.

2024-09-30 22:47

Donk won't be top1 with 2 fraud mvps :) 1.73 kato got overshadowed by below 1.00 Cologne and let's remember early leave at the major.

2024-09-30 23:00

“ early leave at major “ m8 he got narrowly eliminated 2-1 in quarters due to his teammates throwing

2024-09-30 23:08

Donk is an EVP of Copenhagen major with a quarter final exit, ZywOo isn't despite reaching the semis, let that sink in. I believe donk is still a pretty convincing top 1 for now when you look at the full context of the year following HLTV's usual criterias.

2024-10-01 00:27

Fair

2024-09-30 22:35

I know what an EVP is, but as a good writer you should explain it at the top of this kind of article.

2024-09-30 22:38

"m0NESY may have gained ground with the MVP, but ZywOo remains in his rear mirrors." basically confirms m0nesy is ahead of ZywOo right now but by a small margin. ZywOo stans calling him locked top 1 in shambles

2024-09-30 22:41

Called it. Just missed FlameZ.

Donk is not selected (as deserved). Top-player competition gets dirty

2024-09-30 23:19

"Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic was great against Spirit and in the first map against Vitality, but like his team fell out of contention later on." is this sentence weird or am i having a really bad day?

2024-09-30 23:28

he was great against spirit and on map 1 against vita, but like Liquid fell out of contention for the tournament, naf fell out of contention for an EVP

2024-09-30 23:39

Holy anchor

2024-09-30 23:38

So few navi players even tho they in final?

2024-09-30 23:57

yeah just cos all 4 of them were similarly good, 3 players nearly got an EVP (jL, iM closest, then b1t fell off a bit more in final)

2024-10-01 00:17

xantareS top 20 this year

Zywoo first evp for playing three series and farming astralis and liquid which did nothing later on. The bias in insane in this one. He deserved an evp but not the first one. For context broky destroyed liquid and carried against navi so he has better stats in playoffs with more sample size. Yes, vita lost to g2 and faze lost to navi but I don't think it should matter this much when the difference in playoffs rating this much.

NiKo should be first evp beause g2 literally faced navi 2 times and vita 1 time. Ffs g2's weakest opponent ranking wise faze who almost made the finals anyways. Unlike zywoo farming two teams in group stages who did nothing later on. Not zywoo's fault because his team let him down but at the end of the day NiKo performed better in playoffs amd against better and won the trophy.

2024-10-01 00:35

Can't even say NiKo had better teammates when he nuclear in semi finals + zywoo had flameZ too who did good

2024-10-01 00:42

@NER0cs how come ZywOo has gone from 1.37 to 1.36 between the EPL list and this one despite a 1.43 rating at BLAST? Otherwise, excellent as always.

2024-10-01 01:49

i think i collected epl ratings a bit late, fall final might have started already

Donk is 2+2 with 2 events left for him, rn m0nesy and zywoo are so far ahead due to consistency. 1/2 zywoo 1/2 m0nesy 3. donk - locked in unless spirit wins the major

2024-10-01 01:55

damn flamez more evp than spinxs

2024-10-01 02:44

47.7 points of clutch compared to zywho 7.7 xD

2024-10-01 04:21

The Latvian Laser came to life!

2024-10-01 04:38

Would be ashame to see 2x Betboom + 1 fluke Kato would give you the crown

2024-10-01 11:25

Whoever wrote this article didn't clearly watch the games. Snax looked like your average gold nova master.

2024-10-01 12:43

i watched them and he looked like a silver elite at best. but doesn't really matter for igl of the event

2024-10-01 19:45

im robbed

2024-10-01 13:37

@NER0cs The team graphic says -Malbs: Closer While he has 0.12 op kpr to Niko's 0.09 -Niko: Opener While he has 25.4 clutch points to Malbs 15.9 Am I missing something? Sincerely, Niko's Biggest Hater.

2024-10-01 23:57

it's based on their positions, not their stats niko plays map control, malbs *starts* as a lurker before becoming the entry

2024-10-02 10:22

Thanks for the statistics as always; although I think that entries are kinda snuffed by the evp system, this also applicable to the opener category in the hltv awards. In the same way that not all kills are the same, not all openers are not the same either, opening kills on site should have more priority than openings on the periphery. Def- Traditional Entry : [players who find openers on site, or openers elsewhere to another entry on site] I think that traditional entries like FlameZ, MalbsMD, Donk, Rain etc; should be given their flowers compared to periphery openers Niko, Yekinder, etc. But that is just my opinion.

2024-10-02 11:02