IEM Katowice Fantasy kicks off with Play-in game

HLTV Fantasy's second season game is just around the corner.

Spring season 2025

- This Fantasy season, as usual, offers $10,000 to the ten best players at its conclusion after the Austin Major. It's not too late to start strong in the season!

The prizes are distributed as follows:

1. $5,000
2. $2,000
3. $1,000
4-10. $300

IEM Katowice 2025 - Play-in

Format

- You can create your teams on the Fantasy page here.

- 16-team double-elimination bracket.

- All matches are BO3.

Teams

Things to note


- With half of the teams advancing, the winning strategy might be different from going heavily into the favorites as padding points are only present in one round.

- With Imperial Valkyries being the obvious underdog, it's best to consider that they will play at least two games, meaning the Chicken Out booster will not be able to fully offset potential negative rating points.

- IEM Katowice will also have separate Fantasy games for Stage 2 and Stage 3, with Stage 2 going live before the Play-in concludes. Once it does, don't miss the chance to make your team as there will be no pause between the stages.

Player prices

- Imperial Valkyries players were manually set prices in the range between $160k and $166k - $9k less than any other player (in this case, Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz). And some players went for them: Ana "⁠ANa⁠" Dumbravă is the 9th most picked player in the game, while Katarína "⁠Kat⁠" Vašková and Zainab "⁠zAAz⁠" Turkie are in the top 20 by popularity.

Prizes


- The users can count on both Season points and skin prizes brought to you by Chicken.GG as follows:

1. Hydra Gloves | Emerald (Field-Tested)
2. AK-47 | Asiimov (Field-Tested)
3. M4A1-S | Hyper Beast (Field-Tested)

CCT S2 Europe Series 16 - Playoffs

Format

- You can create your teams on the Fantasy page here.

- 16-team single-elimination bracket.

- All matches are BO3.

Teams

Things to note


- As of the time of the article's release, only 13 teams have been added to the game. The remaining three will be added as the group stage concludes, so make sure to check back after that to see the full list of players as well as the bracket composition.

- In this format and due to it being a partner game, bold choices are rewarded with a higher chance of making it into the top three and getting the skin prizes. So make sure to adjust your strategy!

Player prices

- Arguably the highlight of all of CCT, Maxim "⁠kyousuke⁠" Lukin, is set to go for $235k, being the most expensive player.

-Imperial Valkyries are also present at the tournament, but here you can make sure to make the most out of the "Chicken Out + underdog" combination with the event being single-elimination. But it is up to you if it's worth it considering only making the top three matters in this game.

Prizes


- The users can count on skin prizes brought to you by Chicken.GG as follows:

1. AK-47 | Neon Rider (Field-Tested)
2. AWP | Hyper Beast (Field-Tested)
3. M4A1-S | Hyper Beast (Field-Tested)