TOP20 in 2023
The annual year-end ceremony, the selection of the 2023 TOP20 players has been announced in the early morning of December 28. The 20th-4th place players will be announced on a daily basis, and the HLTV Annual Awards Ceremony will be held on January 13, 2024 in Belgrade, Serbia (local time), where the top 3 of the year's Top 20 players will be announced, in addition to other awards.
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第19名:KSCERATO
THE 24-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN PLAYING FOR THE PANTHERS SINCE 2018 AND HAS BEEN IN THE RING FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS. He was also led by his older brother, and in 2009 they started to contact CS and continued to practice Xi grow. In 2015 he competed in his first big name, but they lost to a team called Dexterity, which had the following players:
In that tournament, Dexterity finally lost to a team called KEYD STARS, and the team lineup was as follows:
Then the Brazilian CS regrouped and won two consecutive Major titles in 2016, which of course had nothing to do with Casrito. It wasn't until 2018 that he began to make a breakthrough when he joined the Panthers academy and was promoted to the home team after just over a week of playing with VINI. They competed in a number of qualifiers that year, including the Americas minor at the London Major, but failed to qualify for the Major.
The Panthers made their way into North America before making a real name for themselves at the 2019 DH Dallas Masters and ECS S7, where they defeated the then Kings Division A twice. With excellent riflemen like Casrito, yuurih and VINI, coupled with the fast and unbreakable art brother, Black Panther's hearty style of play has conquered audiences all over the world, and you must know that Team A's style of play with control maps and props is recognized as the most correct during that time. Despite its notoriety, such a fan-grabbing style does not guarantee victory. It wasn't until HEN1 was added that the Black Panther had a powerful sniper.
In 2020, due to the impact of the epidemic, the competition was changed to an online division. The Panthers dominated the North American division during this time, winning three North American championships. And Casrito also entered the TOP20 list for the first time, ranking 18th.
At the beginning of 2021, HEN1 insisted on fighting brother CS with twin brother LUCAS1, and chose to leave Black Panther to join O PLANO. It was a lose-lose decision, with the Panthers' upward momentum forced to stall, while their team drowned in a fishpond after HEN1 beat Brother CS.
The Black Panthers then continued to change formations to fill the gaps, Junior, Honda, and Drop took turns to play, and the results of the Black Panthers were more ups and downs, and there was no progress, often "the team lost but the card god did not lose". Fortunately, they reached the quarterfinals at the Stockholm Major and became the only seeds in the Americas. As a result, at the end of the year, VINI left the team again, and the Panthers were in an embarrassment again. In 2021, Kashen entered the TOP20 again, and this time he rose to 15th place. At this time, there are not many people who call him Xiao Leng Shen because of his appearance, but say "Leng Shen is called Xiao Ka".
In 2022, Kashen has become a Brazilian star player, the soul of Black Panther. FURIA also reached the semi-finals of the EPL S15, IEM Dallas and Rio Major, becoming Brazil's glory. At their most determined event, the Rio Major, the Panthers made it all the way to the semi-finals, but fell to Heroic in the semi-finals, and KSCERATO finished 9th in the top 20 this year.
KSCERATO往年TOP20排名
Coming to 2023, the performance of the Panthers this year is far less dazzling than in 2022, and they only won the Elisa Masters Espoo, a less expensive title. Many other tournaments are eliminated in the group stage, but KSCERATO still maintains a high level of competition, except for the Paris Major, which has a rating of less than 1, all the other tournaments have a rating of 1 or above, and there are 7 tournaments with a rating of more than 1.19, which can be called the most consistent firepower output in Brazil.
Reasons for qualifying
IF YOU JUST LOOK AT KSCERATO'S STATS, YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY HE IS IN THE TOP 19, WITH A RATING OF 1.25 AGAINST TOP 5 TEAMS AND 1.18 AGAINST TOP 10 TEAMS. The reason for this is that he has the smallest sample size of any competitive TOP20 player of any level at the moment, and FURIA has only played two tournaments that meet this condition in a whole year.
Still, the excellent overall stats and high-quality performances in all aspects were enough to make the Brazilian star one of the top 20 of the year, even with such a scarce sample size. BUT AMONG THE FEW OPPORTUNITIES HE HAD, KSCERATO DID JUST THAT, WINNING TWO MAJOR EVENT EVPS AT EPL S17 AND IEM RIO, close EVP AT EPL S18 AND EVP AT ESPOO ELISA MASTERS, JUST ONE MVP SHY OF IT.
OTHER NOTABLE STATS FROM KSCERATO INCLUDE: MAPS WITH A RATING OF 1.15+ RANKED 2ND (59.6%), KAST (75.4%) RANKED 3RD WITH A MAJOR EVENT RATING (1.21), RANKED 4TH WITH A CT RATING (1.27), RANKED 6TH WITH AN ADR (81.1) AND RATING (1.19), AND MAPS RATED 1.00+ RANKED 9TH (74.9%).
KSCERATO also stood out in DPR (0.58) at 11th, Prop ADR (6.57) and Kills Earned (48.8%) at 13th, ADR (101.1) at 14th, KD Ratio (+332), KPR (0.72) and T Rating (1.12) at 15th, Kills Per Game (17.9%) and Kills per Game Won (0.99) at 16th, and Impact Rating (1.13), ranking 20th.
In an interview, Kashen said: "I know that we play very few maps because teams are often eliminated early in the group stage. Even so, I'm happy to be in the top 20. “
In the end, KSCERATO also predicted that what he thinks will be the rising star is the Brazilian rookie noway from Team Imperial, so I wonder if he will be able to make a splash as Kashen says.
The professional team changes formations
Avenue A News:
Preasy FC has officially announced the signing of five-star general Dupreeh, who will replace the departing Nicoodoz. His teammates include former fnatic roeJ, former Heroic Blackie, and former A-team Altekz. Although Adu was a sniper in his early years, the current team may be more sniper-free. After wandering for half a year, Adu finally has a new home, and his wife is gone.
The Apeks club has signed a short-term contract with STYKO until the end of the Copenhagen Major, and this operation is self-explanatory looking at the lineup, counting the returning STYKO, there are exactly 3 players who participated in the last Paris Major, so that Apeks can directly participate in the European RMR.
Bleed Club has announced the signing of former NIP conductor Hampus, who is the team's first player. However, the open auditions for the Copenhagen Major are about to start on January 8, and there may only be about 10 days left for Bleed to find the full team.
BIG Club have announced that they have parted ways with their 23-year-old faveN, who has been on the bench for the past seven months. According to the grapevine broke by German media German CS Leaks, faveN received an invitation to the Bleed club.
Entropiq have announced the signing of 20-year-old mwlky, who has moved through 14 teams. Entropiq had just been short-lived at the 2021 Stockholm Major, reaching the round of 16. Now that the team is ranked 93rd and drowned in the CIS fishpond, I wonder if this substitution can give new life?
A grapevine:
CIS whistleblower Harumi posted a message: "jL told me that they were going to delegate Aleksib and that jL was looking for a new commander for the team. "Although he has a nose and eyes, given Harumi's success rate and jL's personality of joking, everyone can have fun for the time being.
According to overseas whistleblower ATS, b1t faces the possibility of being delegated by NaVi. Of course, this news is not completely reliable, and the whistleblower will follow up.
Okay, that's all for today's content, we'll see you in the next issue~