World Elo Ratings

1 KSV Black 1886 2 Team Dignitas 1828 3 Ballistix Gaming 1712 4 Tempest 1703 5 Method 1676 6 Fnatic 1674 7 Super Perfect Team 1645 8 Tempo Storm 1555 9 Team Freedom 1553 10 ce 1552 11 Team Liquid 1519 12 Team BlossoM 1518 13 Zealots 1501 14 Heroes Hearth - NEW 1492 15 The One 1491 16 Team Twelve 1483 17 Diamond Skin 1476 18 Good Luck - NEW 1463 19 Tricked Esports 1439 Taiwan 1436 20 Miracle 1435 21 Sunny Lion - NEW 1429 22 Gale Force Esports 1427 23 Team Feliz - NEW 1415 24 Start Over Again 1392 Oceania 1391 25 Simplicity 1384 26 Beyond the Game 1373 Southeast Asia 1354 27 Leftovers - NEW 1352 28 LFM Esports - NEW 1350 29 Team Ace - NEW 1350 30 Spacestation Gaming 1345 31 TimeFlow - NEW 1318 Latin America 1299 32 RPG 1264

North America

Team Elo Match

W-L Map +/- 3-[0,1,2] Clash% Brawl%

(autobid) Crucible% Team Freedom 1553 4-0 +8 [1,2,1] 99.9% 64.6% < 0.1% Tempo Storm 1555 4-1 +7 [1,2,1] 99.9% 32.3% < 0.1% Team Twelve 1483 3-2 +4 [1,2,0] 98.2% 1.6% 0.1% HeroesHearth Esports 1492 2-2 +1 [1,1,0] 83.3% 1.6% 0.2% Gale Force Esports 1427 2-3 -1 [1,0,1] 12.3% < 0.1% 8.3% Simplicity 1384 1-3 -4 [0,1,0] 3.3% < 0.1% 35.9% LFM Esports 1350 1-3 -7 [0,0,1] 2.6% < 0.1% 71.5% Spacestation Gaming 1345 1-4 -8 [0,1,0] 0.5% < 0.1% 83.7%

What to watch in week 4:

Late update, but here we go!Obviously, we are still VERY early in the season. As such, these Elo ratings are still unstable. However, this is where we sit right now:Team Freedom continues to be undefeated after 3 weeks. The top 3 in North America will all likely make trips to IEM Katowice for the clash. However, HeroesHearth Esports put themselves in a fantastic position to take the 4th place spot with their win over Team Twelve. This was particularly bad news for Gale Force Esports, as now they would need to beat both HeroesHearth and have them lose again or beat Tempo Storm to get to 4th place. Meanwhile, Spacestation Gaming, Simplicity, and LFM Esports continued to struggle in week 3.

Team Twelve vs. Team Freedom - Team Twelve has not lived up to their own expectations this season, and this is their last chance to get a big win before the Western Clash. Team Freeom, meanwhile, could have revenge against Kure and Daneski in mind. Should be an amazing series.

Gale Force Esports vs. HeroesHearth - Winning this game is a necessary, but not sufficient condition, if Gale Force Esports wants to make it to the Western Clash. Meanwhile, HeroesHearth is coming off a huge win against Team Twelve and will look to avoid upset hungry Simplicity and GFE in Week 4.



Europe

Team Elo Match

W-L Map +/- 3-[0,1,2] Clash% Brawl%

(autobid) Crucible% Team Dignitas 1828 4-0 +12 [4,0,0] > 99.9% 97.8% < 0.1% Fnatic 1674 4-1 +9 [2,2,0] > 99.9% 1.9% < 0.1% Method 1676 3-2 +4 [3,0,0] 99.9% 0.3% < 0.1% Team Liquid 1519 3-2 +2 [1,1,1] 58.2% < 0.1% 4.2% Tricked Esport 1439 2-3 -3 [1,1,0] 6.6% < 0.1% 48.2% Zealots 1501 1-3 -5 [0,0,2] 6.7% < 0.1% 22.8% Diamond Skin 1476 1-3 -7 [0,0,1] 31.8% < 0.1% 25.2% Leftovers 1352 0-4 -12 [0,0,0] < 0.1% < 0.1% 99.3%

What to watch in week 3:

Dignitas continues to dominate, but Method and Fnatic looked much stronger in week 3. 4th Place in Europe is still a mad race. Despite their record, Diamond Skin has a chance to take it because they still have their matches against Zealots and Tricked ahead of them. Leftovers, meanwhile, continues to learn a lot of hard lessons in each of their series.

Diamond Skin vs. Zealots - Diamond Skin has shown they can win maps against good teams, and had a great upset over Team Liquid to their name. While at 1-3, all three of their losses came against the top 3 in Europe. Diamond Skin is actually in the thick of the race for 4th place. Zealots, meanwhile, have shown flashes of greatness in a win over Fnatic, and otherwise have struggled this season.



Fnatic vs. Team Dignitas - I mean....it's Fnatic vs. Team Dignitas. If you need a couple sentences selling you on why this match is hype af, you probably aren't reading HGC articles.



Tricked Esport vs. Diamonds Skin - Similar to their match against Zealots, if Diamond Skin gets a win here, it's huge for their chances to get to the Western Clash. Because they are yet to play Leftover, a likely win, and because Team Liquid is likely to lose out playing Dignitas and Fnatic, a win in EITHER of these sets can put Diamond Skin on the road to IEM Katowice. Tricked, meanwhile, wants to show that they are the team we saw in weeks 1 and 2, not the team we saw in Week 3.

Korea

Team Elo Match

W-L Map +/- 3-[0,1,2] Clash% Brawl%

(autobid) Crucible% Tempest 1703 5-0 +13 [3,2,0] locked 26.3% < 0.1% KSV Black 1886 4-1 +8 [3,1,0] > 99.9% 71.9% < 0.1% Ballistix 1712 3-1 +7 [3,0,0] 99.6% 2.4% < 0.1% Good Luck 1463 3-2 -2 [0,1,2] 36.4% < 0.1% 3.2% Team BlossoM 1518 2-2 -1 [0,1,1] 62.3% < 0.1% 0.9% Miracle 1435 1-3 -3 [1,0,0] < 0.1% < 0.1% 37.3% Team Feliz 1415 0-4 -9 [0,0,0] 1.8% < 0.1% 60.9% Team Ace 1350 0-5 -13 [0,0,0] elim < 0.1% 97.4%

What to watch in week 3:

Good Luck vs. Team BlossoM - After Good Luck swept their newblood rivals Feliz and Ace, they pulled a huge win off against Miracle. This makes this match more or less a playoff for 4th place, and the bid to the Eastern Clash in Shanghai. Which team will move into the top half of Korea? Tune in to find out!



Miracle vs. Feliz - Unfortunately for Mircle, this match has significant Crucible....significance. That one got away from me. Either way, the loser is going to have to climb in the second half of phase 1 to escape the Crucible.



Ballistix vs. KSV Black - see Fnatic vs. Team Dignitas above.