Astralis is currently dominating CSGO. The Danish team is considered the strongest team in the world at the moment and they are about to enter the second year of this era.
From the DreamHack Marseille championship in April 2018 (supposedly the beginning of the Astralis era) to the present day, Astralis is considered not only the strongest CSGO team currently, but also the strongest of all time. Whether this is true or not, most experts agree that Astralis can be compared to the Ninja in Pajamas or Fnatic lineup of years past. This article will look at Astralis’ metrics over the past year, to outline their success.
Astralis at LAN: 12/18
Between DreamHack Marseille and the latest BLAST Pro Series São Paulo, Astralis attended 18 LAN events (including the FACE IT Major qualifiers), including two Majors. That is 1.5 events per month – a fairly tight schedule.
Of course, what’s impressive is not the number of LANs the team attended, but the results Astralis got, starting with this information: Astralis never been outside the top 4 in any tournament they attend.
- Participating LAN Award: 18
- Top 4: 18/18
- Final: 15/18
- Champion: 12/18
Astralis’ impressive track record helped the boys win the $1 million Intel Grand Slam, making them the highest-earning esports players of all time. In addition, Astralis are all Won 5 brands in a row 2 times in a row out of a total of 12 championships.
- Major: FACEIT London + IEM Katowice
- IEMs: Chicago + Katowice
- EPL: Season 7 + Season 8
- ECS: Season 5 + Season 6
- BLAST: Lisbon + Sao Paulo
Incredibly high win rate
The Astralis era isn’t measured by the championships they own: it’s by how the team makes moderation. The Danish team maintains a towering series and map-by-map win rate, continuing to be a worthy opponent in both BO1 and BO3.
- Overall winning results: 83-11, 88.3% win rate
- Achievements of winning each map individually: 130-31, win rate 80.7%
- BO3+ achievements: 45-7 , win rate 86.5%
With such impressive numbers, they are even more special when compared to their fierce rivals from the past year. Let’s take a look at Team Liquid and Natus Vincere – considered by many to be the #2 and #3 team behind Astralis most of the time. Astralis has a 20% better win rate than these teams:
- Astralis’ winning record: 83-11, 88.3% win rate
- Team Liquid’s winning record: 50-26, 65.8% win rate
- Natus Vincere’s winning record: 53-25, win rate 67.9%
- Astralis’ BO3 winning record: 45-8, win rate 86.5%
- Team Liquid’s BO3 win record: 31-22, 58.4% win rate
- Natus Vincere’s BO3 win record: 35-18, win rate 66.0%
There is no bad map
High win rates make the championship journey smoother, but let’s step back a bit to analyze where these odds are coming from in Astralis’ map pool. The current Major champion has a flexible and unpredictable map pool, always changing his strong maps and adjusting his weak points every few months. The team usually avoids a few maps, specifically Cache and Train, but when it comes to these maps, Astralis has a similar win rate.
Specifically, Astralis wins at least 66% in any map. They have over 85% win rates on three maps, including a record run at Inferno, one of the most popular maps right now, and an unbeaten run at Nuke, currently 26-0 on LAN.
This makes the veto process before Astralis, especially the BO3 series, a huge problem for which there is no obvious solution. Ban Nuke (map that very few teams play), will leave Inferno open. Even in BO1 games, teams often force Astralis to play maps like Dust 2 – a map where Astralis has an 86% win rate.
Map achievements of Astralis on LAN in the past year:
- Nuke: 26-0, 100%
- Inferno: 43-6, 87.8%
- Dust2: 19-3, 86.4%
- Cache: 4-1, 80%
- Mirage: 18-9, 66.7%
- Train: 8-4, 66.7%
- Overpass: 16-8, 66.7%
The ability to shoot and clutch of each individual
When it comes to each individual Astralis, experts agree that the Danish team doesn’t need to have the best players in every position. When Astralis shines, everything is very stable: it is very rare for a member to have a bad league and a rating below 1.00. In over 160+ maps played over the past year, Astralis players have been very consistent, averaging at least 1.14 ratings, with Dev1ce at the top of the rankings.
Average rating of Astralis members:
- device: 1.27
- Magisk: 1.18
- dupreeh: 1.17
- xyp9x: 1.15
- gla1ve: 1.14
The highest rating of Astralis members:
- Dupreeh: 1.47 at FACEIT Major Main Qualifier
- Device: 1.44 at ELEAGUE Premier
- Magisk: 1.39 at BLAST Pro Series Lisbon
- Gla1ve: 1.34 at DreamHack Marseille
- Xyp9x: 1.30 at iBUYPOWER Masters
In addition to this stability, most of the Astralis members come from the innate clutching ability and winning rounds impossible. Xyp9x was named the best clutch player in the world, and IGL Gla1ve is no less.
Clutch achievements:
- Xyp9x: 83-16, 83.8%
- Gla1ve: 51-10, 83.6%
- Magisk: 37-16, 69.8%
- Devices: 46-27, 63.0%
- Dupreeh: 25-19, 56.8%
Bright future
From what we’ve seen, Astralis is a strong contender to win every tournament it attends, and it’s hard to say which team is worthy of being a formidable opponent. Unless the form suddenly drops, Astralis is considered to take home the cup BLAST Pro Series Miami This gave them a treble in a row and was their 4th BLAST title overall, bringing in $1 million from the BLAST brand alone.
If there is no lasting change in strength in CSGO, Astralis will also be the next candidate for the StarLadder Berlin Major and will be the first team to break the record of winning three Majors in a row in CSGO history, and the first team. first had 4 Major titles. This also puts Astralis on par with Fnatic’s record of four Major finals, and only one behind NiP.
The same record will also take place in ECS Season 7 Finals coming. The Danish team won Season 5 and Season 6 in a row, claiming a title from Season 2 and qualifying for the Season 7 Finals.
In addition to expanding their era, Astralis members are about to break their next income record:
- The four Astralis members device, Gla1ve, Dupreeh and xyp9x won in total $5,588 million USD.
- They are in the top 50 highest earning gamers all time in all games
- They are 4 players Not in Dota 2 in the top 50.
Of course, the Astralis era can’t last forever, but at least another half a year with the Danes is entirely possible.
According to VPesports
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