Even though they are out of the tournament on 9th-12th place, they did go out guns blazing. They eliminated Team Liquid in a best of one and managed to win their first game against Virtus Pro.

The thing is, the performance of Chaos in this tournament is very curious. They took a convincing last place Liquid and VP. If the second round of the losers’ bracket was a Bo1, they would have eliminated two of the top teams in the world. It could be argued, however, that if the first round of the losers bracket was a Bo3, they wouldn’t have eliminated even Liquid.

The reason is simple – Chaos achieved both wins with the same strategy. Logically, if Chaos are not that strong as a team, but they are winning with this strategy, it must mean the strategy deserves some attention.