DreamHack Masters Marseille begins on Wednesday, April 18, so it's time for us to present all 16 teams taking part in the $250,000 tournament and take a look at their chances in France.
DreamHack Masters is one of the most stacked events of the year so far, as it brings together all of the top-10 teams as well as two more within the top 15 and a few heavy underdogs.
The tournament will begin with a GSL group stage, with best-of-ones played in the initial round and elimination matches, and best-of-three series in winners' and deciding matches.
| Group A | Group B |
 FaZe | MOUZ |
 Cloud9 |  SK |
 G2 |  Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| Envy |  Valiance |
| Group C | Group D |
| fnatic |  Astralis |
 Natus Vincere |  Liquid |
 Renegades |  Space Soldiers |
 TYLOO |  Gambit |
The top two teams from each group will then advance to the single-elimination playoffs, which will kick off with the quarter-finals on Saturday, April 21, at the 8,000-seater Le Dôme de Marseille in front of live audience.
For more information about DreamHack Masters Marseille, head over to our viewer's guide, where you'll find the full schedule, prize pool distribution, and talent lineup.
| Ratings used are from the past three months on LAN* indicates online rating in the past three monthsRatings used are from the past three months on LAN * indicates online rating in the past three months |
| FaZe (#1) | Age | Rating |
 Nikola "NiKo" Kovač | 21 | 1.23 |
 Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács | 26 | 1.14 |
 Håvard "rain" Nygaard | 23 | 1.11 |
| Finn "karrigan" Andersen | 28 | 1.03 |
| Richard "Xizt" Landström | 27 | 1.01 |
| Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström (coach) | ||
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 3rd-4th |  V4 Future Sports Festival (4/5 of the current lineup) |
| 2nd |  IEM Katowice (4/5) |
| 4th | StarSeries i-League Season 4 (4/5) |
| 2nd | ELEAGUE Major (4/5) |
Group A will see all of its teams make their offline debut with new lineups, the most mysterious of which are perhaps FaZe, whose Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer took a leave of absence due to personal reasons in early April, with Xizt replacing him after he had been benched from Ninjas in Pyjamas in February.
The move raises many questions, most importantly how Xizt will be used in the team. If it's a simple plug-and-play deal, in which the 27-year-old takes over olofmeister's roles and positions, adapting to one another should be relatively easy. However, if parts of FaZe's system change, things may get more complicated.
So far it seems like the latter is the case. In the matches he has played in ECS and ESL Pro League, Xizt has been noticeably more passive compared to olofmeister, which is not a problem per se(given how aggressive the rest of the squad can be), but it creates slight changes in style that FaZe have not had too much time to get used to.
Since DreamHack Masters will be the European lineup's first tournament with Xizt, there isn't too much pressure on them to perform just yet. At the same time, FaZe have struggled for titles for months, and the more that longer that is the case, the more pressure there will be. The clock is ticking.
| Cloud9 (#4) | Age | Rating |
| Timothy "autimatic" Ta | 21 | 1.22 |
| Tarik "tarik" Celik | 22 | 1.12 |
| Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham | 24 | 1.09 |
| William "RUSH" Wierzba | 23 | 1.07 |
 Pujan "FNS" Mehta | 26 | 0.91* |
| Soham "valens" Chowdhury (coach) | ||
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 5th-8th | WESG World Finals (4/5) |
| 5th-6th | IEM Katowice (4/5) |
| 9th-11th | StarSeries i-League Season 4 (4/5) |
| 2nd | cs_summit 2 (4/5) |
| 1st | ELEAGUE Major (4/5) |
After Jake "Stewie2K" Yip departed for SK, Cloud9's plans intertwined with FaZe's, as they, too, had their eye on Xizt before the European squad snatched him away. That led to the signing of FNS, the American squad's first experienced in-game leader since the Sean "seang@res" Gares days.
On the one hand, a real in-game leader should be of big help for Cloud9, who have been a shadow of their ELEAGUE Major selves in the last two months. On the other, they lost an impact player in Stewie2K. Furthermore, the new leader has only had two weeks to work with the team, which isn't enough to make Cloud9 a well-oiled machine, especially as their matches in ECS and EPL took a big chunk out of their practice schedule.
The change has had a positive effect on Cloud9's online play. With FNS, they have won six out of six maps in Pro League and 11 out of 16 in ECS, which helped them stabilize in the top half of both leagues.
At the very least, that is a promising sign ahead of their offline debut. It'll be a whole other challenge to advance to playoffs in Marseille, as they're in a group with G2 and FaZe, who tend to do well in groups. However, they both have new lineups, too, so the outcome is anyone's guess.
| G2 (#9) | Age | Rating |
 Oscar "mixwell" Cañellas | 22 | 1.19 |
| Dan "apEX" Madesclaire | 25 | 1.12 |
| Kenny "kennyS" Schrub | 22 | 1.07 |
| Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt | 23 | 1.01 |
| Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro | 21 | 0.92 |
| Jérôme "NiaK" Sudries (coach) | ||
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 9th-12th | IEM Katowice (4/5) |
| 5th-8th | StarSeries i-League Season 4 (4/5) |
| 5th-8th | ELEAGUE Major (4/5) |
The team with the most pressure on them in Group A might just be G2, who have had by far the most time with their new player, mixwell. The Spaniard came into the team in early March, which gave them around a month's worth of practice, while their two scariest opponents had a couple of weeks at most.
G2 have faced more challenges than either of FaZe or Cloud9, though, particularly in communication. This is mixwell's first French-speaking team, which is bound to create some issues on both sides, especially when the pressure is on in a tournament environment. That is something they have yet to experience with the former OpTic player.
Moreover, NBK- became the in-game leader when Richard "shox" Papillon left the team, which, as outlined above, can be challenging as well. Despite the amount of time G2 had to prepare for DreamHack Masters, he feels that the style he wants to put in place is only "70-80% ready", which might sound like a lot, but every bit of cohesion counts when it comes to facing the best teams and players in the world.
How all that will come to play is yet to be seen, new lineups can't always bank on what they promise, but, on paper, G2 are well within contention for a playoffs spot.
| Envy (#29) | Age | Rating |
 Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom | 23 | 1.33 |
| Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey | 23 | 1.19 |
| Ali "hAdji" Haïnouss | 22 | 1.07 |
| Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer | 26 | 1.00 |
| Cédric "RpK" Guipouy | 28 | 0.96 |
| Damien "maLeK" Marcel (coach) | ||
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 9th-12th | WESG World Finals (4/5) |
Envy already played with the two new players, kioShiMa and hAdji, at WESG, but ScreaM was missing due to the tournament's single-nationality rules, which makes DreamHack Masters Marseille the team's real debut.
Although they've had even more time to gel than G2, there's no getting away from the fact that Envy will be a heavy underdog in Group A, which features two top-five teams and a top-ten side.
It's not looking good for Happy & co., who have been struggling online, in various qualifiers and both leagues (12th place in ESL Pro League, 10th in ECS). What's more, their star is out of shape; RpK's form dipped months ago, which could stem from the illness that caused him to leave the ELEAGUE Major Main Qualifier early, and he hasn't bounced back since.
| MOUZ (#2) | Age | Rating |
 Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný | 26 | 1.20 |
 Robin "ropz" Kool | 18 | 1.16 |
 Miikka "suNny" Kemppi | 23 | 1.14 |
 Chris "chrisJ" de Jong | 27 | 1.02 |
| Martin "STYKO" Styk | 22 | 1.01 |
| Sergey "lmbt" Bezhanov (coach) | ||
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 1st | V4 Future Sports Festival |
| 1st | StarSeries i-League Season 4 |
| 5th-8th | ELEAGUE Major |
After consecutive wins at StarSeries i-League Season 4 and V4 Future Sports Festival, MOUZ are coming into DreamHack Masters Marseille as one of the main favorites for the tournament, if not the biggest favorite.
The European mixture missed IEM Katowice between the aforementioned two tournaments, which put fnatic into the spotlight, but they were still able to climb all the way to the second place in the rankings to fewer than a 100 points away from No. 1, FaZe.
The $250,000 tournament is a chance for them to claim the title of the best team in the world for the very first time, but in order to do that they'll have to aim for the trophy at one of the most stacked non-Major events in recent times, which is obviously a tough task.
Group B will be MOUZ' first challenge. They have a leg up as their first matchup will be against the biggest underdogs of the tournament, Valiance, which should push them ahead of the best-of-one scares. Then it comes down to best-of-threes, where MOUZ should do well given their wide map pool. Although a reinvigorated SK could send them to the decider, chrisJ's team are by all means favored over Ninjas in Pyjamas, who have yet to prove themselves an elite side.
| SK (#8) | Age | Rating |
| Marcelo "coldzera" David | 23 | 1.20 |
| Fernando "fer" Alvarenga | 26 | 1.13 |
| Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo | 26 | 1.11 |
| Jake "Stewie2K" Yip | 20 | 1.10 |
| Ricardo "boltz" Prass | 21 | 0.94 |
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 17th-22nd | WESG World Finals (4/5) |
| 7th-8th | IEM Katowice (4/5) |
| 5th-8th | StarSeries i-League Season 4 (4/5) |
| 3rd | cs_summit 2 (4/5) |
| 3rd-4th | ELEAGUE Major (3/5) |
SK are yet another team who will debut at DreamHack Masters Marseille (one of six, counting Envy) following the departure of Epitacio "TACO" de Melo, whose successor surprisingly ended up being Stewie2K.
The first question is how the team will deal with language barriers, as they all now have to speak English. Even though modern inventions such as FPL certainly helps with learning all the callouts, communication needs to be snappy, which doesn't come easily in a second language, especially in tense situations.
Another question is how Stewie2K will fit in with the rest of the team. The Brazilians got another playmaker, who can quickly turn a situation on its head with just the right move, but they lost a valuable team player who was willing to sacrifice everything for the good of the team. We'll have to wait and see whether that was a good tradeoff, but it's certainly an exciting prospect to see such a player enter SK's system.
FalleN & co. have a lot of making up to do after losing a spot in the top five last month. Online, they are reinvigorated, as they've saved their chances in ESL Pro League and ECS, although they're not out of the woods just yet. Now it's time to see how whether they can do that at a big tournament.
| Ninjas in Pyjamas (#10) | Age | Rating |
| William "draken" Sundin | 22 | 1.21 |
| Dennis "dennis" Edman | 27 | 1.14 |
| Fredrik "REZ" Sterner | 20 | 1.11 |
| Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg | 29 | 1.02 |
| Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund | 27 | 0.99 |
| Faruk "pita" Pita (coach) | ||
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 5th-6th | IEM Katowice |
| 7th-8th | cs_summit 2 (4/5) |
Ninjas in Pyjamas already made their debut with dennis last month at IEM Katowice, where they showed some promise by advancing to the playoffs over G2 and North, and since then have had over a month to learn from their first experience together.
DreamHack Masters Marseille and Group B will be another beast entirely, however, as Ninjas in Pyjamas are about to face the new SK squad and potentially MOUZ, a team that is knocking on the No. 1 spot, later on.
The Swedes are by no means out of the race for a playoffs spot. SK may not be fully ready due to a limited amount of time with Stewie2K, which is Ninjas in Pyjamas's best bet to advance to the playoffs. The Brazilians could prevail on a map they're comfortable on in the best-of-one, but there won't be many of those, so a potential decider against FalleN's team could prove successful.
| Valiance (#32) | Age | Rating |
 Anel "NENO" Ceković | 24 | 1.33 |
| Nestor "LETN1" Tanić | 25 | 1.20 |
| Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač | 22 | 1.12 |
| Aleksa "Impulse" Stankić | 21 | 1.07 |
| Luka "emi" Vuković | 24 | 0.98 |
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 5th-6th | Copenhagen Games |
| 1st-4th | Copenhagen Games BYOC Qualifier |
| 5th-8th |  Play2Live Cryptomasters |
As mentioned before, Valiance are the biggest underdog of DreamHack Masters Marseille as a team that has very, very little experience against top-tier teams, especially in an offline environment.
Online, they have proven successful against teams around the top 30 mark and even some above that, as we saw in the impressive win over HEROIC that qualified them for this event, but the competition in France will be another level above, as they're about to face three top-ten teams.
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After Play2Live Cryptomasters and Copenhagen Games, where the Balkan team weren't able to make it to the top four, Valiance's confidence against teams of such stature is likely diminished, but there's absolutely no pressure; they can only surprise.
| fnatic (#3) | Age | Rating |
| Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson | 23 | 1.27 |
| Robin "flusha" Rönnquist | 24 | 1.20 |
| Jonas "Lekr0" Olofsson | 24 | 1.15 |
| Jesper "JW" Wecksell | 23 | 1.10 |
| Maikil "Golden" Selim | 24 | 0.93 |
| Jimmy "Jumpy" Berndtsson (coach) | ||
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 1st | WESG World Finals |
| 1st | IEM Katowice |
| 15th-16th | StarSeries i-League Season 4 |
| 5th-8th | ELEAGUE Major |
fnatic find themselves among the favourites, something that seemed unthinkable to many just a month ago, when they were one of the worst-performing teams at StarSeries, having been sent packing after just three matches. But a lot can change in a month, and the Swedes not only broke their title duck after winning IEM Katowice but also followed that up with a first-place finish at the WESG Finals, which had a hefty $1.5 million prize fund.
However, it has not been all sweetness and light for fnatic, whose online form has been erratic of late. The Swedish team are second in ECS, but in the Pro League it has been a completely different story as they sit closer to the foot of the table, with an 8-12 record.
Golden has admitted to being puzzled by his team’s shaky online displays, but he hopes the recent LAN successes alone will be enough to fire the players to another memorable run. And even if they can’t quite figure out what has been going wrong, they can still rely on the firepower provided by in-form trio KRIMZ, flusha and Lekr0.
The Swedes will be fancying their chances heading into the tournament. Their group, as Golden put, is not the hardest and they can hope to secure a high seed for the playoffs. After that, it will all come down to luck of the draw, but fnatic have no reason to believe that they cannot at least make it to the semi-finals.
| Natus Vincere (#6) | Age | Rating |
| Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev | 20 | 1.30 |
 Denis "electroNic" Sharipov | 19 | 1.17 |
| Egor "flamie" Vasilyev | 21 | 1.16 |
| Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev | 30 | 1.04 |
| Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko | 30 | 0.89 |
| Mikhaylo "Kane" Blagin (coach) | ||
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 2nd | StarSeries i-League Season 4 |
| 3rd-4th | ELEAGUE Major |
The Ukrainian team will greatly welcome a return to offline action after a tumultuous period in which their future looked to be in doubt as star duo s1mple and flamie were courted by the core of the SK squad.
It has been almost two months since Na`Vi’s last appearance on LAN, at StarSeries, where they looked on course to win the title but fell to MOUZ in the final despite s1mple putting on a world-class display. Since then, they have only competed online, bouncing back from their failed qualification campaign for ECS by securing a spot at the ESL Pro League Finals.
Natus Vincere are a volatile and hard to predict side, but it would be a mistake to overlook them. A win in their opening match against Renegades - a team they have historically never had problems beating - should put them up against fnatic, who they have not faced since the ELEAGUE Major. And even if they cannot repeat their performance from Atlanta, the Ukrainians should have more than enough tricks up their sleeve to progress from the lower bracket and seal passage to the playoffs.
| Renegades (#15) | Age | Rating |
| Justin "jks" Savage | 22 | 1.11 |
| Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad | 24 | 1.04 |
| Karlo "USTILO" Pivac | 24 | 0.99 |
| Aaron "AZR" Ward | 25 | 0.98 |
| Noah "Nifty" Francis | 20 | 0.97 |
| Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović (coach) | ||
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 9th-12th | IEM Katowice |
| 5th-8th | StarSeries i-League Season 4 |
Renegades secured the final spot at DreamHack Masters Marseille after topping the North American qualifier following close victories over Luminosity and OpTic. For the Australians, it will be their first event since IEM Katowice, where they went out after two close matches against Astralis and Cloud9 in the groups.
As far as online play is concerned, Renegades have been doing fairly well in both the Pro League and ECS and currently stand in the middle of the pack, with qualification for the offline finals still very much possible in both leagues.
Surprisingly, however, Renegades come into the French event after being defeated by Rogue and Bravado in the ESL One Belo Horizonte qualifier, leaving Nifty’s charges itching to get back on track ahead of IEM Sydney - which will be far more important than DreamHack for the team as it will be one of the rare occasions where they will get to play in front of their own fans.
Renegades should provide some honest resistant for fnatic and Natus Vincere, the group’s heavy favourites, but qualification for the playoffs should be just too much to ask. Beating TYLOO in an eventual elimination match will be the silver lining to what many expect to be a group stage exit for the Australians.
| TYLOO (#25) | Age | Rating |
 Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand | 22 | 1.26 |
| HaoWen "somebody" Xu | 22 | 1.12 |
| Kevin "xccurate" Susanto | 20 | 1.10 |
| Hui "DD" Wu | 23 | 1.09 |
| Ke "captainMo" Liu | 28 | 1.00 |
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 1st | XINHUA Electronic Sports Conference |
| 3rd-4th | CS:GO Asia Summit |
| 1st | StarLadder ImbaTV Invitational Chongqing |
| 13th-16th | IEM Katowice |
| 12th-14th | StarSeries i-League Season 4 |
TYLOO will attend the event boosted by their recent success at the StarLadder Chongqing Invitational, a medium-sized event with $150,000 at stake. It was a much-needed victory for the Chinese team, who, however, were then eliminated in the first round of CS:GO Asia Summit by Grayhound.
Consistency has long been an issue for TYLOO, so it was refreshing to see a different player, xccurate, step up for the team in Chongqing. The 20-year-old Indonesian had looked out of sync at his first two events with the team, StarSeries and IEM Katowice, where he also could not get the most out of compatriot BnTeT, the squad’s main carrier.
An opening match against fnatic, one of the most in-form teams at the moment, will be very tricky for the Chinese side, despite the fact that they beat Golden’s side at StarSeries two months ago. The Swedes have greatly improved since then, so TYLOO look destined for a best-of-one elimination match, which could pit them against Renegades, one of their fiercest rivals.
| Astralis (#5) | Age | Rating |
| Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen | 25 | 1.13 |
| Nicolai "device" Reedtz | 22 | 1.12 |
| Emil "Magisk" Reif | 20 | 1.10 |
| Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander | 22 | 1.04 |
| Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth | 22 | 0.98 |
| Danny "zonic" Sørensen (coach) | ||
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 3rd-4th | IEM Katowice |
| 5th-8th | StarSeries i-League Season 4 |
| 12th-14th | ELEAGUE Major (4/5) |
Astralis long-awaited return to LAN, after a month and a half of just online play, is finally here. The Danish team’s last offline appearance came at IEM Katowice, where they reached the semi-finals after topping their group but then were no match for FaZe.
Since the Polish event, Astralis have been performing really well online and have already booked spots at the offline finals of both ECS and the Pro League. The Danes appear to be a well-oiled machine at the moment, with every player bar gla1ve boasting a rating higher than 1.15 since Katowice.
Astralis have looked particularly strong on Mirage and Inferno of late, while Cobblestone, Nuke and Cache are maps they tend to avoid. By banning the first one against Space Soldiers, they will automatically put the Turkish team on the back foot.
Following back-to-back playoff appearances at their first two events with Magisk, Astralis will be setting their sights on the final. If they can take their recent online form into a LAN environment, gla1ve’s men will be a team to fear, with realistic chances of winning their first title since last year’s IEM Katowice.
| Liquid (#7) | Age | Rating |
| Keith "NAF" Markovic | 20 | 1.22 |
| Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski | 20 | 1.09 |
| Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken | 18 | 1.06 |
| Nick "nitr0" Cannella | 22 | 1.04 |
| Epitacio "TACO" de Melo | 23 | 0.93 |
| Wilton "zews" Prado (coach) | ||
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 3rd-4th | IEM Katowice |
| 3rd | StarSeries i-League Season 4 |
| 1st | cs_summit 2 |
| 12th-14th | ELEAGUE Major (4/5) |
Liquid travel to Marseille fresh off a roster change that saw them replace Lucas "steel" Lopes with another Brazilian, two-time Major champion TACO, who decided to leave SK after the team’s horrific run at the WESG World Finals.
Many will be curious to see how TACO will perform, now that he has been freed from the shackles that often limited his impact when he was in SK. He has the potential to be an improvement on steel, who at times seemed to be lost in his role, and he adds an extra layer of confidence to the team as he is hungry for success and determined to prove that he can be more than just a sidekick to coldzera.
But one cannot expect Liquid to be in tip-top shape just yet: communication issues still persist, and the delay in his transfer from SK saw TACO begin to practice with the team only a few days ahead of the French event.
Liquid will use this event as a test, but they will still be eyeing a playoff spot, especially after being paired with underperforming Gambit in the first round of the group stage. With NAF in the form of his life, the North Americans can advance from the group on skill alone, even if their team chemistry has not yet set in.
| Space Soldiers (#12) | Age | Rating |
| Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş | 22 | 1.28 |
| Ahmet "paz" Karahoca | 20 | 1.15 |
| Buğra "Calyx" Arkın | 19 | 1.13 |
| Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli | 27 | 1.11 |
| Engin "ngiN" Kor | 24 | 0.97 |
| Canpolat "hardstyle" Yıldıran (coach) | ||
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 2nd | WESG World Finals |
| 2nd | Play2Live Cryptomasters |
| 9th-11th | ELEAGUE Major |
Space Soldiers enter this event brimming with confidence after a sensational month that saw them qualify for four international events and finish in second place at the WESG World Finals.
In China, the Turkish side came close to winning the title and walking away with the $800,000 prize, but fnatic’s greater experience made the difference in the end. Still, MAJ3R’s men had plenty of positives to take from their Asian run, which came to confirm the team’s fantastic start to 2018.
As usual, XANTARES has been the driving force behind the team, boasting a sensational 1.28 rating over the last three months on LAN. But it is worrying that, during this period, ngiN continued to struggle for form as he averaged a 0.97 rating, with his closest teammate being MAJ3R with 1.11. The 24-year-old will need to step up for Marseille; otherwise, the team may lack the firepower to advance from a tough group.
Space Soldiers’ map pool has looked very solid of late: they boast an 87% win rate on Cobblestone after 23 games, while Inferno, Cache and Train have also looked like strong picks. The same cannot be said about Mirage, however, as they have won just half of the 16 games they have played on it in the last three months.
The Turkish team are no strangers to causing upsets in best-of-one matches, so their chances cannot be written off, even if they have been placed in a group featuring two former Major champions. This will be the first of a series of international events for Space Soldiers, and they will be out to prove that they are ready to go from a solid tier-two team to a top contender.
| Gambit (#17) | Age | Rating |
| Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov | 29 | 1.03 |
| Rustem "mou" Telepov | 26 | 1.02 |
| Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev | 28 | 1.01 |
| Abay "HObbit" Khassenov | 23 | 0.99 |
| Denis "seized" Kostin | 23 | 0.99 |
| Andriy "Andi" Prokhorov (coach) | ||
Offline placings in the past three months | |
| 5th-6th | Bets.net Masters |
| 9th-12th | IEM Katowice |
| 12th-14th | StarSeries i-League Season 4 |
| 9th-11th | ELEAGUE Major (4/5) |
Gambit have been a far cry from the side that claimed the title at PGL Major Krakow, and the recent roster changes, with seized coming in for Bektiyar "fitch" Bahytov, have done little to alter the narrative.
Following early exits at StarSeries and IEM Katowice, the Kazakhstani team unsurprisingly decided to let their main star, HObbit, play the role that suits him best and let seized take the in-game leadership reins. The 23-year-old had previously led Na`Vi, so many saw this as a natural step, but the Russian’s first event in his new role did not go as planned as the team finished 5th-6th after losing to GODSENT and Fragsters - two teams ranked below them.
Gambit were certainly relieved to have been invited to Marseille as their online form has been nothing short of disappointing. They are currently next to last in ECS, with a 4-10 record, and recently failed to qualify for IEM Sydney and ESL One Belo Horizonte. This makes the DreamHack event all the more important for them, but their chances do not look too good; even a potential match-up against Space Soldiers could be a tall order for them after twice losing to the Turkish team this month.
Marcelo 'coldzera' David 
Age: 23 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 758 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.60 
Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt 
Age: 23 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1338 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo 
Age: 23 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 650 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.64 
Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy 
Age: 28 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 857 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70 
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş 
Age: 22 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 1.25 Maps played: 754 KPR: 0.88 DPR: 0.69 
Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlström 
Age: 33 Team: FaZeC Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer 
Age: 26 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 1242 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 
Natus Vincere #6 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Nick 'nitr0' Cannella 
Age: 22 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 829 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 
Jesper 'JW' Wecksell 
Age: 23 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1296 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.68 
Renegades #15 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis 
Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham 
Age: 24 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 935 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.58 
Denis 'seized' Kostin 
Age: 23 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1117 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 Liquid #7 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken 
Danny 'zonic' Sørensen 
Age: 31 Team: AstralisC 
Kevin 'xccurate' Susanto 
Age: 20 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 275 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.64 
Grayhound #40 Christopher 'dexter' Nong
Sean 'Gratisfaction' Kaiwai
Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaLiam 'malta' SchembriOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney 
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg 
Age: 29 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 1297 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.65 
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný 
Age: 26 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 720 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.66 Timothy 'autimatic' Ta 
Age: 21 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 757 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 Astralis #5 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski 
Age: 20 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 803 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.70 Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund 
Age: 27 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 1326 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.63 William 'draken' Sundin 
Age: 22 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 608 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Robin 'ropz' Kool 
Age: 18 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 313 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 Sergey 'lmbt' Bezhanov 
Age: 30 Team: MOUZC Jonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson 
Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 539 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Pujan 'FNS' Mehta 
Age: 26 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 707 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.69 Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad 
Age: 24 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 582 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev 
Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 772 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.68 Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner 
Age: 20 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 562 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.65 Ke 'captainMo' Liu 
Age: 28 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 565 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 Karlo 'USTILO' Pivac 
Age: 24 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 517 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.70 Bektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov 
Age: 25 Team: GambitB Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 340 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.72 Soham 'valens' Chowdhury 
Age: 28 Team: Cloud9C Justin 'jks' Savage 
Age: 22 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 543 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 Keith 'NAF' Markovic 
Age: 20 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 765 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 Emil 'Magisk' Reif 
Age: 20 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 656 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 Tarik 'tarik' Celik 
Age: 22 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 858 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68 Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev 
Age: 28 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1116 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68 Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov 
Age: 23 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 421 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Damien 'maLeK' Marcel 
Age: 32 Team: EnvyC 
Valiance #32 Anel 'NENO' CekovićLuka 'emi' VukovićNemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićAleksa 'Impulse' Stankić Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth 
Age: 22 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1253 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.62 Aleksa 'Impulse' Stankić 
Age: 21 Team: Valiance Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 188 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.63 Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip 
Age: 20 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 723 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69 Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey 
Age: 23 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1039 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.64 Maikil 'Golden' Selim 
Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 340 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.69 Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi 
Age: 23 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 820 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69 Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson 
Age: 23 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 1076 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.63 Noah 'Nifty' Francis 
Age: 20 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 530 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 Hui 'DD' Wu 
Age: 23 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 557 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga 
Age: 26 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 800 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.68 Richard 'Xizt' Landström 
Age: 27 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1291 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer 
Age: 26 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 1077 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 Nestor 'LETN1' Tanić 
Age: 25 Team: Valiance Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 579 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.63 Ricardo 'boltz' Prass 
Age: 21 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 753 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64 Dennis 'dennis' Edman 
Age: 27 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 761 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 FaZe #1 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenRichard 'Xizt' LandströmLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Sean 'seang@res' Gares 
Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 664 KPR: 0.59 DPR: 0.68 Space Soldiers #12 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor William 'RUSH' Wierzba 
Age: 23 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 781 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın 
Age: 19 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 579 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62 Engin 'ngiN' Kor 
Age: 24 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 536 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.63 Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač 
Age: 22 Team: Valiance Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 491 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.67 Ahmet 'paz' Karahoca 
Age: 20 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 572 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 
Luminosity #34 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' Cespedes Aaron 'AZR' Ward 
Age: 25 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 546 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 
HEROIC #16 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferRuben 'RUBINO' VillarroelPatrick 'es3tag' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli 
Age: 27 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 542 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Jimmy 'Jumpy' Berndtsson 
Age: 31 Team: fnaticC Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken 
Age: 18 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 555 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.64 Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire 
Age: 25 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1172 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.71 Jérôme 'NiaK' Sudries 
Age: 29 Team: G2C HaoWen 'somebody' Xu 
Age: 22 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 569 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač 
Age: 21 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 818 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.68 Nicolai 'device' Reedtz 
Age: 22 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 1076 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.63 Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev 
Age: 21 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 952 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68 Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong 
Age: 27 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1127 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.65 Ninjas in Pyjamas #10 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'REZ' Sterner Luka 'emi' Vuković 
Age: 24 Team: Valiance Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 643 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.69 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen 
Age: 28 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 1205 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.68 Faruk 'pita' Pita 
Age: 27 Team: Ninjas in PyjamasC Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellas 
Age: 22 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 558 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 
OpTic #33 René 'cajunb' BorgShahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzNicklas 'gade' GadeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke 
North #11 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåDaniel 'mertz' Mertz Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 
Age: 21 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 575 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Ali 'hAdji' Haïnouss 
Age: 22 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 267 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.68 SK #8 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David G2 #9 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireOscar 'mixwell' CañellasAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Gambit #17 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovDenis 'seized' KostinAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Rustem 'mou' Telepov 
Age: 26 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 814 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács 
Age: 26 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 1140 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.62 Richard 'shox' Papillon 
Age: 25 Team: G2B Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 1251 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.66 Canpolat 'hardstyle' Yıldıran 
Age: 34 Team: Space SoldiersC Wilton 'zews' Prado 
Age: 30 Team: LiquidC 
Rogue #35 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerHunter 'SicK' MimsDaniel 'vice' KimAnthony 'gMd' Guimond Envy #29 Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieyCédric 'RpK' GuipouyAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAli 'hAdji' Haïnouss 
GODSENT #19 Simon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin MOUZ #2 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool Lucas 'steel' Lopes 
Age: 24 Team: LiquidB Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 638 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.65 Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov 
Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 524 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.68 fnatic #3 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim Hansel 'BnTeT' Ferdinand 
Age: 22 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.29 Maps played: 329 KPR: 0.87 DPR: 0.62 Aleksandar 'kassad' Trifunović 
Age: 31 Team: RenegadesC Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom 
Age: 23 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1172 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov 
Age: 29 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1222 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 Mikhaylo 'Kane' Blagin 
Age: 32 Team: Natus VincereC Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev 
Age: 30 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1126 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko 
Age: 30 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 1140 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.69 Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen 
Age: 25 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1196 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo 
Age: 26 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 804 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.60 TYLOO #25 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist 
Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1300 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 
Fragsters #23 Lucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenIsmail 'refrezh' AliJacob 'dragonfly' LundNicolai 'torben' AmorimMartin 'stavn' Lund 
Bravado #68 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou Andriy 'Andi' Prokhorov 
Age: 31 Team: GambitC Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander 
Age: 22 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 919 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Håvard 'rain' Nygaard 
Age: 23 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 843 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 Martin 'STYKO' Styk 
Age: 22 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 769 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 Anel 'NENO' Ceković 
Age: 24 Team: Valiance Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 508 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 Cloud9 #4 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' Ta Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub 
Age: 22 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 1230 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.63 (责任编辑：keydrop cs)
