World Elo Ratings

1 KSV Black 1900 2 Team Dignitas 1823 3 Ballistix Gaming 1756 4 Tempest 1665 5 Fnatic 1655 6 Super Perfect Team 1645 7 Method 1614 8 ce 1552 9 Zealots 1533 10 Team Freedom 1528 11 Tempo Storm 1526 12 Tricked Esports 1516 13 Team Twelve 1507 14 Team BlossoM 1500 15 Team Liquid 1493 16 The One 1491 17 Diamond Skin 1475 18 Miracle 1456 19 Heroes Hearth - NEW 1451 Taiwan 1436 20 Sunny Lion - NEW 1429 21 Good Luck - NEW 1423 22 Simplicity 1412 23 Team Feliz - NEW 1409 24 Gale Force Esports 1404 25 Start Over Again 1392 Oceania 1391 26 Spacestation Gaming 1384 27 LFM Esports - NEW 1374 28 Team Ace - NEW 1373 29 Beyond the Game 1373 30 Leftovers - NEW 1357 Southeast Asia 1354 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 1528 3-0 +5 [0,2,1] 99.5% 40.7% < 0.1% Tempo Storm 1526 2-1 +2 [0,1,1] 97.1% 44.5% < 0.1% Team Twelve 1507 2-1 +4 [1,1,0] 92.8% 14.1% 0.2% HeroesHearth Esports 1451 1-2 -1 [1,0,0] 52.6% 0.6% 29.98% LFM Esports 1374 1-2 -4 [0,0,1] 10.7% < 0.1% 65.8% Gale Force Esports 1404 1-2 -2 [0,0,1] 21.6% < 0.1% 37.2% Simplicity 1412 1-2 -1 [0,1,0] 20.3% 0.1% 29.4% Spacestation Gaming 1384 1-2 -3 [0,1,0] 6.1% < 0.1% 60.2%

What to watch in week 3:

Europe

Team Elo Match

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

(autobid) Crucible% Team Dignitas 1823 3-0 +9 [3,0,0] > 99.9% 98.8% < 0.1% Fnatic 1655 2-1 +4 [1,1,0] 95.7% 1.2% < 0.1% Team Liquid 1493 2-1 +3 [1,0,1] 27.3% < 0.1% 28.8% Tricked Esport 1516 2-1 +2 [1,1,0] 57.4% < 0.1% 10.0% Method 1614 1-2 -2 [1,0,0] 84.5% < 0.1% 0.3% Zealots 1533 1-2 -2 [0,0,1] 19.0% < 0.1% 15.1% Diamond Skin 1475 1-2 -5 [0,0,1] 16.7% < 0.1% 45.9% Leftovers 1357 0-3 -9 [0,0,0] < 0.1% < 0.1% 99.7%

What to watch in week 3:

Korea

Team Elo Match

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

(autobid) Crucible% Ballistix 1756 3-0 +9 [3,0,0] > 99.9% 19.0% < 0.1% Tempest 1665 3-0 +9 [3,0,0] > 99.9% 5.6% < 0.1% KSV Black 1900 2-1 +3 [2,0,0] > 99.9% 75.6% < 0.1% Team BlossoM 1500 2-1 +1 [0,1,1] 74.2% < 0.1% 1.5% Miracle 1456 1-2 -2 [1,0,0] 5.8% < 0.1% 16.2% Good Luck 1423 1-2 -5 [0,0,1] 16.4% < 0.1% 27.9% Team Feliz 1409 0-3 -7 [0,0,0] 3.8% < 0.1% 65.8% Team Ace 1373 0-3 -8 [0,0,0] <0.1% < 0.1% 88.3%

What to watch in week 3:

China

Elo update and stuffs. Out of the gate a few corrections from last week:1) North America, Europe, and Korea will send 4 teams to their respective clashes (this raises the odds of teams making the clash from last week)2) Only 1 team in each region will get an autobid to the Mid-Season Brawl (MSB). However, the winning region of each clash will win an extra bid to MSB. While this bid will still be finalized in a stepladder playoff, it works out such that the top 2 teams from the Clash winning region are guaranteed seats at MSB, even if the #2 seed loses in the stepladder playoff. For now, the autobid % only applies to the number 1 seed, even though Europe and Korea are heavily favored in their clashes.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 now sits alone atop NA, being the only undefeated team left. Their win over Tempo Storm sets them up to be a near certainty to make the Western Clash. Meanwhile, Tempo Storm and Team Twelve, are still prohibitive favorites to make the clash. This leaves only one spot for the remaining 5 teams in NA. The bottom 5 of NA is...well...hard to deal with. Gale Force beat Simplicity, who beat Spacestation, who beat LFM, who beat Gale Force. While 1-2, HeroesHearth is above the bottom 4 on the merits that they haven't lost to a bottom 4 team yet.- This is a critical match for both teams. Gale Force Esports is coming off a very surprising loss to LFM Esports. Based on his interview in Week 1, Michael Udall definitely saw GFE as a top 4 team in North America. However, losses to Team Freedom and now LFM have them scrambling to make Western Clash. Meanwhile, Spacestation Gaming just hasn't looked strong over the last week, and needs to recover. A loss here could make it very hard to avoid the Crucible in the second half of phase 1.- Tempo Storm was strong against Team Twelve, and while they lost to Team Freedom, they certainly looked the part of a top NA team. Simplicity, on the other hand, is still a hard team to read. The veterans on their roster could make them a threat for this series, as Tempo Storm is coming off a big week. While Tempo Storm should be favored here, this is an intriguing match to look for an upset.- Heroes Hearth has managed to take 1 game off of both Team Freedom and Tempo Storm, but couldn't win a series. If this upstart team is going to make a play for top 3 NA status, this is a must win. A loss here wouldn't ruin their chances of a Western Clash, but a win would secure it. Meanwhile, Team Twelve will look to strengthen their Clash position by winning against two mid-tier NA teams this week (their other match being against Gale Force Esports).Team Dignitas is clearly the best team in Europe. Leftovers is probably the worst team in Europe. Everything is basically uncertain. Dignitas has been dominant. Not only have they not lost a single map, most the maps haven't even been remotely close. Fnatic, meanwhile, looked unfocused in an upset loss to then struggling Zealots. Tricked Esports has looked strong, while Method is coming off losses to both Fnatic and Dignitas, and all of Europe is basically chaos. But man, Dignitas looks really good.- These two teams both beat Zealots in Week 1, both have a win against Leftovers. But last week, Team Liquid was upset 2-3 by Diamond Skin (a source of two players on their current roster). Both of these teams could make the Western Clash, but likely need a win here to get it.- Method came into the season with a ton of hype, but went 1-6 in a brutal week 2 against Fnatic and Dignitas. Zealots started the year with two losses, but got a huge 3-2 upset over Fnatic last week, and look to get stronger every game. Both of these teams need a win to position themselves into the upper half of EU, Zealots even moreso.- Method and Liquid both feature twice in games to watch. If either team losses twice this weekend, it would be devastating to their seasons and would likely keep them out of the Western Clash. Method moreso needs to prove their roster changes were for the better here.Despite Team BlossoM playing well lately, Korea is still dominated by the trifecta of Ballistix, Tempest, and KSV. Nothing really looks to see that change, as no one in the bottom 5 has even managed to take a map off the top 3. Still, with the win over Miracle, Team BlossoM is very likely to go to the Eastern Clash, provided they can avoid upsets against any of the three new teams in HGC Korea.- If any new team is going to beat any veteran team in HGC Korea, this is likely the set where is happens. Good luck has stood out as likely the best "new blood", while Miracle is the weakest of the "old guard." Miracle is still heavily favored in this match-up, but in Korea, where upsets are rare, this is your best chance to see one.- It's a matchup between two of the top 3 teams in Korea. Both are still undefeated on maps. Need I say more? Historically, Tempest would be the underdog, but with their 3-0 victory over KSV Black, this game may well be a toss-up.China has finished their first leg of the season with a stepladder playoff coming off the backside of the Chinese New Year holiday. The top 3 finishers in the playoff will go to the Eastern Clash. Because of their seed, Super Perfect Team and CE will qualify. From there, The One has been impressive and is a likely 3rd seed, but will have to battle off whoever advances through the step ladder.