EPICENTER 2019 Fantasy recap

With EPICENTER coming to a close on Sunday, it's time to present the HLTV x 1xBet Fantasy League winners with their prizes and recap the game from the Moscow event.

2019's last Big Event saw Vitality bring home their first trophy with their current lineup since the addition of Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon, as they denied MOUZ a fourth consecutive title with a 2-1 victory in the grand final.

ZywOo, ALEX, RpK, and apEX were key pieces in the best lineups

With the Fantasy game closed and analyzed, we now take a look at how the HLTV x 1xBet League went. As multiple players ended up on the same number of points, we were forced to break up ties between the top-two and top-three players with a randomizing program, which resulted in the following standings:

1. enceladus22 (832) - $100
2. GenezizFR (832) - $50
3. ukto (808) - $25

The winners will be contacted via the email address connected to their HLTV accounts.

Without boosters, the ideal lineup featured a quartet from the winning side, Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut, Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin, Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy, and Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire, alongside MOUZ' best performer, David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský, who were awarded 863 points in total with their best roles assigned:

Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut (Main AWP): 282 + 50 = 332
David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský (Juan Deagle): 133 + 50 = 183
Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin (Entry Fragger): 111 + 43 = 154
Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy (Leader): 62 + 50 = 112
Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire (Defender): 50 + 32 = 82

Outside of the aforementioned five, there were plenty of successful choices, such as MOUZ' star duo Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool and Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker and Natus Vincere's Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov and Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev. The top-ten performers in the Fantasy game were:

1. Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut: 282 points
2. David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský: 133 points
3. Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin: 111 points
4. Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller: 93 points
5. Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool: 91 points
6. Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov: 74 points
7. Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev: 66 points
8. Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy: 62 points
9. Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker: 58 points
10. Bogdan "⁠xsepower⁠" Chernikov: 53 points

Keep your eyes peeled on 2020's first tournaments as we will announce the next Fantasy games.

Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Age: 30 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1256 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Robin 'ropz' Kool Age: 20 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 704 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.61 David 'frozen' Čerňanský Age: 17 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 783 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.65 MOUZ #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenChris 'chrisJ' de JongÖzgür 'woxic' EkerDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýRobin 'ropz' Kool Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 27 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1590 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Natus Vincere #9 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Vitality #6 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinMathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Age: 19 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.30 Maps played: 558 KPR: 0.87 DPR: 0.62 Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov Age: 21 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 826 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.66 Alex 'ALEX' McMeekin Age: 24 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 942 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.71 Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire Age: 26 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1545 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.70 Casper 'cadiaN' Møller Age: 24 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 996 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.64 Bogdan 'xsepower' Chernikov Age: 21 Team: FORZE Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 583 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.58 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 22 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.23 Maps played: 1079 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.65 Özgür 'woxic' Eker Age: 21 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 779 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.62