Veteran eSports figure Thorin comes back to us with the second part of his top 20 CS:GO line ups of all time from gfinitiy.net. This time we have a lot going on, just check out how Thorin rates the number 10 group:
The world had already known how astonishing GuardiaN’s AWPing could be during his time in Virtus.pro, downing NiP amongst other things, but his initial introduction to Na`Vi was underwhelming, as they bombed out of their first major together in the group stage. At the very next event they attended, making up numbers at StarSeries IX, they delivered one of the greatest underdog title runs ever witnessed, crushing the field of the three top teams in the world and going a perfect 6:0 in maps and 3:0 in Bo3 series.
Na`Vi would never again ascend to those heights, understandably, but they would remain one of the most dangerous underdog sides in the world. At Dreamhack Summer they pushed past Virtus.pro and made a run to the final. Domestically, they would always perform well on home soil at StarSeries, but lost in the final to what would become the two great teams of the era: FNATIC and LDLC. At ESL One Cologne they fell to eventual finalists FNATIC in a thrilling three map series, decided on the third map by only two rounds. At ESWC and Dreamhack Winter they continued to show consistent form, reaching both semi-finals.
By 2015, it was clear that Na`Vi’s potential lay in single map upsets against the elite teams, with their strength over Bo3s as inconsistent as GuardiaN’s frightening but varyingly effective AWPing. Winning a map against nV at ESL One Katowice was the end for this line-up, making way for progression with the introduction of flamie. This Na`Vi team had a legitimate star in GuardiaN, who could play up to a super-star level at times, and a defined slow-execute tactical style which seemed to work more often than it should have. They rarely lost to teams ranked below them and always gave teams above them a good game, frequently taking a map before losing. Consistent but not world beaters, with the exception of that fateful day in May.
Na `Vi doesn’t even have a major title to their name and they are sitting at 10. This list is all over and I did not expect number 1, but it may fit, I will let you guys decide. Check out the full article and the rest of the top 10 here.
