ESL Pro League Season 14 - Group D
Introduction
The round-robin group stage for 5 teams in the ESL Pro League Season 14 concluded recently. Here, I take a look at how the players in Group D performed.
Maps played and team performance
Before diving into the players' performance, let's quickly take a look at the map distribution for this group.
Mirage and Inferno take the top place, played 7 times each, leading to a total of 14 out of a potential 45. Surprised to see Ancient in the mix
Strong map picks as we see Liquid dominating Inferno and Gambit dominating Vertigo
Player performance
Impact vs Rating 2.0
Some key takeaways from this graphic:
- KSCERATO ahead of his peers with a Rating 2.0 of 1.30. To put this figure into context, note that FURIA did not qualify for the playoffs
- 4 players from Gambit and Liquid ended the group stage with a Rating 2.0 greater than 1
Top players by ADR
KSCERATO leading the group with an ADR of 89 across 341 rounds, followed by hampus at 85 and EliGE with an ADR of 81.
Top players by grenade damage per round
NAF shaping up to be the grenade player for Liquid, with the highest grenade damage per round among all players in the group.
Super interesting to see all 5 players from Gambit show up in the top 10 list. It's not very often you see all players of a team having relatively high grenade damage per round.
Top players by headshot %
TeamOne players have a relatively higher HS%, but just tapping heads did not prove to be enough for a victory.
EliGE comes third with a 57% HS%, which is pretty remarkable considering the high impact EliGE had in these matches
Top players by K/D Ratio
KSCERATO leads this metric with a K/D ratio of 1.41, followed by sh1ro at 1.39.
4 players from Liquid make the top 10 list, indicating a high degree of teamwork and a mentality of playing for each other
Team ADR
It shows the spread of ADR of each player in every team. To be sure, a longer violin indicates a larger ADR spread in a team, i.e., a greater difference between the player with the highest ADR and that with the lowest ADR, indicative of under-performance.
Some key takeways from this graphic:
- Gambit has a couple of players that can add even more firepower to an already impactful team
- FURIA need to finalize their fifth player - guerri stepped up incredibly as he transitioned from a coach to a player, but it wasn't enough to push them over the line
- Both Liquid and NIP have a similar ADR spread
Summary
Gambit had an amazing performance so far in the group, orchestrating impossible comebacks and losing only to NIP in their last game (which, in their defense, they had no incentive to win) . Liquid and NIP are through to the playoffs.
Hobbit and EliGE will be the key players to watch from this group. KSCERATO would've been amazing to watch if only FURIA had got through to the playoffs
That's it for now! Hope this analysis was a little insightful. I'll come back with an overall preview soon.
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