With these two teams an inch away from playoffs spots, the future of other top contenders such as G2, Luminosity and Virtus.pro remains uncertain.
ESL’s premier team league is less than a week from wrapping its group stage and questions are still active regarding which four teams will make it to the playoffs. Six weeks into the competition, four teams are tied at 3-3 in the middle of the table, while Team Liquid and compLexity lead the scoreboards at 4-2 just two game points apart.
ATLC championships and on-paper favorites G2 Esports have been struggling after their explosive start and have now lost two series in a row. G2 still have the best tie-breaker score in the whole league at +7 but with such a tight knot defining the #3 to #6 positions, it could theoretically all go south for the European trio should they be swept by Tempo Storm in the final week.
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Although they are currently in the driving seat and with great prospects of locking the playoffs, Liquid and compLexity aren’t 100 percent through either. Given the week seven fixtures, a total of five teams could end up sharing a 4-3 record and it will be tiebreaker scores that decide what shake the competition will take.
Even if the top of the table is yet to be decided, the low ranks are taking much solid shape. At 2-4 and -12 gamescore, the Swedes from Alliance are guaranteed to miss the playoffs even if they sweep Team Liquid on March 1. Alliance is also the only team in the league to be swept clean—and twice—and their only shot of not finishing last in the league is for them to outscore Liquid while Cloud9 lose hard to Luminosity Gaming.
The group stage of Trinity Series will officially conclude with the aforementioned Luminosity vs. Cloud9 on March 2.
