Austin Major Stage 1 Fantasy starts with junior replacing hallzerk

Less than 24 hours are left to put together a team for the first stage of the Major.

BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 - Stage 1

Format

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

• 16-team Swiss group stage.

• Advancement and elimination games are BO3, all other games are BO1.

Teams

Things to note


• junior will replace hallzerk on Complexity and will inherit his price.

• This game (as well as Stage 2) will deliver regular Season points. The increased Season points will kick in for Stage 3 and the playoffs.

• The new HLTV Swiss simulator feature might come in handy if you’re really willing to dive deep into the process.

Player prices & pick stats

• Heroic is the most picked team of the game due to being a clear favorite. All five of their players can be seen in the top eight most picked.

• The highest-picked “bronze card” player is BoombI4 at $182k, but he’s quite far from the cheapest: chayJESUS on Imperial and 1eeR on Nemiga go for a mere $170k and $172k, respectively. If you believe their teams stand a chance, they might be good picks, but the Swiss format is never merciful to players who don't put up high numbers (which, stats-wise, will likely be the case for these players).

Prizes


The users can count on both Season points and skin prizes sponsored by Skin.Club as follows.

1. Hydra Gloves | Mangrove (Field-Tested)

2. AWP | Hyper Beast (Field-Tested)

3. M4A1-S | Hyper Beast (Field-Tested)

Video

• Celebrity Fantasy leaderboard frontrunner LucyLuce has made a video showcasing her Pick’Em and made a rather convincing case for one of the teams to be picked in Fantasy.