Our consultant Aurora will face their first problem on the StarLadder Budapest Main 2025 in opposition to M80. In line with the VRS rankings, Aurora is favored in opposition to their Twenty fifth-ranked opponent.
Aurora’s Main journey begins now. After profitable the PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 in latest weeks, our group enters Stage 2 of the Budapest Main as one of many favorites.
Aurora’s first opponent is M80, who superior from Stage 1 with a clear 3–0 run. M80 defeated B8, PARIVISION, and NRG in an effort to attain the following stage. With this efficiency, they’ll be searching for an upset in opposition to our group within the Bo1 stage. Since our gamers aren’t keen on Bo1 matches and surprises are frequent on this format, predicting the end result turns into a lot tougher.
Aurora is favored in Stage 2. Each in seeding and general energy, the group stands above most of their opponents. As a result of some setbacks, Aurora had misplaced its place within the prime 5 of the VRS rankings however nonetheless secured a spot in Stage 2. We are able to safely say they’re on the identical stage because the Stage 3 groups.
The one actual concern relating to Aurora is that the opening matches are Bo1. In these matches, the group tends to make easy and irreversible errors. Whereas this may occur to any group, Aurora loses Bo1s extra usually than most.
Root mentioned this in his evaluation on his YouTube channel and positioned Aurora within the 3–2/3–1 part of his CS2 Decide’Em listing.
Regardless of celebrating the PGL Bucharest championship earlier this month, the group hasn’t performed an official match in 27 days. Such lengthy breaks have traditionally affected this roster negatively. Their first matches usually look chilly, stiff, and tense.
Contemplating M80 is a powerful group that carried out properly of their first match, I count on Aurora to advance from the group with a rating apart from 3–0… We’d end first within the group, however as a result of Bo1 threat, I’m predicting 3–1 or 3–2. I count on one loss within the first two Bo1s.
We all know our gamers actually dislike Bo1 levels. Trying on the final two Majors, each performances have been influenced by the group’s type… On the BLAST Main, we misplaced 2 out of three Bo1 matches. On the Main in China on the finish of 2024, we once more misplaced 2 of the three Bo1s we performed.
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Aurora gained big morale by profitable an S-Tier occasion forward of the Budapest Main. Successful their first large event with this roster and having this momentum earlier than the Main tremendously motivated the group. Nevertheless, the one-month break after the event could influence their efficiency — we’ll see to what extent. The M80 match possible received’t reveal their true type simply but.
The match in opposition to M80 can be performed on Saturday, November 29 at 17:00. Root, Arhaval, and imoRR can be dwell on streaming platforms. You may comply with Esportimes’ social media accounts for entry.
