Replacements explained for EPL Stage 1 Fantasy game

The Swedish event will kick off with two last-minute team changes.

ENCE takes Virtus.pro's place in EPL S22 Stage 1

ESL Pro League S22 - Stage 1

Format

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

• Sixteen-team Swiss group stage.

• All matches are BO3.

Teams

FURIA
3DMAX
GamerLegion
Legacy
B8
ENCE
Inner Circle
Fluxo

G2
Astralis
HEROIC
M80
Gentle Mates
NRG
HOTU
Rooster

Things to note


• Lynn Vision were replaced by Gentle Mates, while Virtus.pro gave way to ENCE. The two new teams inherited the prices of the initial rosters.

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Virtus.pro replaced by ENCE at EPL after being turned away at border

• Nabil "⁠Nivera⁠" Benrlitom replaces Bryan "⁠Maka⁠" Canda on 3DMAX.

• This event has a different weight for different teams due to being the last tournament to decide the Major inviites.

• In Swiss play, teams going 3-0 will be receiving two rounds of padding, and teams going 3-1 will be getting one.

Player prices & pick stats

• G2 and FURIA are the main favorites of Stage 1; as such, their prices are way higher when compared to the rest of the field.

• Fluxo's Lucas "⁠Lucaozy⁠" Neves is one of the cheapest players in the game at $171k, and it’s enough of a saving to put the Brazilian on nearly 25 per cent of Fantasy teams.

• David "⁠n0rb3r7⁠" Danielyan is notably also extremely cheap at $175k while having 1.16 rating for HOTU. Whether he’s worth the risk remains to be seen, but HOTU proved at PGL Astana 2025 they can be competitive on LAN by defeating GamerLegion and taking a map off Aurora.

Prizes


Season points and the following skin prizes provided by Skin.Club are on the line:

1. Hydra Gloves | Rattler (Field-Tested)
2. AWP | Hyper Beast (Field-Tested)
3. M4A1-S | Hyper Beast (Field-Tested)

Video

Lucy "LucyLuce" Eastwood posted a video going through the EPL Stage 1 player list and making a case for a 2-1-1-1 draft with a double Astralis pick.