Matchförutsägelse: 3DMAX - Apeks | Counter-Strike (CS2)

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The Counter-Strike 2 professional scene is literally bursting with activity. There are plenty of tournaments of varying calibre running in parallel, and ESL Challenger Season 46 is among them.

At ESL Challenger Leagues Season 46, competitors are battling it out for $100,000 and two trips to ESL Pro League Season 19. The play-offs are now underway with 8 teams left in the race for the prizes.

Among the contenders for victory are Apeks and 3DMAX. We will talk about their match more specifically, namely we will try to figure out which of the teams will be stronger.

Let's go.

Apeks uniform

Let's start the analysis of the confrontation by analysing the Apeks form. In this match, they will play the first number one, with odds to win at around 1.6.

The 2023 season has been very productive for Apeks, but the team's performance remains questionable. Over a dozen tournaments have been played, but the high-profile results can be listed on the fingers of one hand.

They started the season with a top-16 finish at CCT South Europe Season 2. Next was the nightmarish Elisa Invitational Winter 2023 with a top-20 and then a top-4 CCT West Euroe Series #1.

In the middle of the year, Apeks took Top 2 at CCT West Europe Series #2 and Top 8 at BB Playlist. Urbanistic and Brazy Party. However, it was much more important to make it to the TOP-6 at European RMR A and to get to BLAST.tv Paris Major.

Paris Major itself became Apeks' moment of glory. Being a clear Underpassdog, Apeks managed to surprise the audience and make it to the top 4, where they were defeated by the future champions from Vitality.

Before the Long Convergence Gamers8, the team took part in IEM Cologne 2023, where they finished in the Top 20, CCT Online Finals #2, with Top 12 and Top 16 at ThunderPick World Championship 2023: European Series #1. The results are frankly so-so, but it doesn't get much better than that in the rivalry.

• Gamers8 lineup: nawwk, jkaem, kyxsan, sense, CacaNito.

After the extremely successful BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Apeks changed their line-up. The 13th team of the world was completed by Macedonian CacaNito, who replaced in the roster headliner jL, who moved to NaVi.

After the roster shake-up, Apeks continued to perform at all sorts of tournaments. Their portfolio includes appearances at Gamers8 (TOP-16), CCT North Europe Series #7 (TOP-16), absolutely failed EPL Season 18 (TOP-28), CCT East Europe Series #2 (TOP-4).

Just before Roobet Cup 2023 Apeks took part in ESL Challenger At DreamHack Winter 2023: Europe Qualifier and IEM Sydney 2023. At the qualifier event they took TOP-6, but in Sydney they reached TOP-12.

At the Roobet Cup 2023 Apeks got into Group C, where they were opposed by BIG, 9INE and Astralis. The quartet, to put it bluntly, is not the easiest, nevertheless Apeks managed to reach the play-offs from the second place, losing only to BIG at the beginning of the group stage. However, having started in a good way, they finished in a bad way: the final place - TOP 8, which is not bad in principle, but obviously could be better.

At Elisa Masters Espoo 2023 Apeks won Group B quite unexpectedly. Considering the fact that MOUZ and Complexity are there, it is a very decent result, and Apeks clearly aimed for a high place in this tournament. And they got it. At the end of Elisa Masters Espoo 2023 Apeks took the top 2, Ledgeiv in the grand finals of FURIA.

In the first round of ESL Challenger Season 46, the team defeated a mix of Team Space. They won rather easily, with scores of 13-6 and 13-7 respectively.

Apeks Map Pool

Apeks has an extensive map pool. The most frequent map is Inferno (12 maps, 83% wins).

Mirage (63% wins with 11 matches), Anubis (62% wins, 8 matches), Ancient (46% wins, 13 matches).

Among the worst are Overpass and Vertigo. They have 37% winrate with 13 cards each.

Nuke is not played.

3DMAX Form.

Let's continue talking about Apeks vs 3DMAX match with the analysis of the latter's form. They are playing the second number here, with odds to win around 2.5.

The 28th team of the world ranking was born quite recently. The French stack was formed in the middle of the year and since then they have been playing almost everywhere they can.

3DMAX's record includes an appearance at CCT West Europe Serie #3, which was the debut tournament for the French. There they made it to the top 3, which can be called a good Long Sogpeg.

Then there was a series of qualifying tournaments and local championships. Among those that can be noted is ESL Championnat National Spring 2023, which was the first tournament won for the French.

3DMAX's performance improved in the second half of the year. Among other things, they won the qualifiers for ESL Challenger at DreamHack Winter 2023: European Open Qualifier and ESL Challenger at DreamHack Winter 2023: European Qualifier. They also won the ESEA Cash Cup: Europe - Autumn 2023 #2.

• 3DMAX roster: hAdji, Maka, Lucky, Djoko, Ex3rcice.

The last event for 3DMAX was CCT East Europe Series #3. There we managed to reach the top 2, but a little bit was not enough: 3DMAX took the top 2, losing in the finals to 1WIN.

At ESL Challenger League Season 46 Lucky and company feel not bad. They managed to secure in the top 2 of Group C, losing only to Team Spirit.

After 3DMAX played at ESL Challenger Winter 2023. They managed to get into the top 8, which in general can not be called a good result.

3DMAX Mappool

3DMAX's top 1 map for the last 3 months is Mirage. L4O has a mind-blowing 92% winrate with 13 games played.

Played also on Inferno, where they won 5 matches out of 7 games. Nuke is also in plus winrate, where the "ninjas" have 3 wins from 5 matches.

The most not favoured card for 3DMAX will be Vertigo. There they have 6 maps and only 1 win.

History of head-to-head meetings Apeks - 3DMAX

Previously, the teams have not played each other in head-to-head meetings. This match is the debut meeting of the teams.

Predicted result of the match Apeks - 3DMAX at ESL Challenger Season 46

In this match we are expecting a bright CS 2. Despite the recent rise of Apeks, 3DMAX remain a capable team that can impose a fight. Nevertheless, I still believe in an Apeks win.

Bottom line: Apeks wins.