[GSTL] MVP vs. AZUBU 2013 Season 1 - Page 2

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The end of the regular season of GSTL is near, after the two last remaining matches, this one, MVP vs AZUBU and StarTale vs Incredible Miracle,
These final two matches determine the 2 teams to move onto the playoffs and the 1 team that is out with all the others. The three teams that have playoff positions on the line are:
AZUBU
StarTale
FXOpen e-Sports

Firstly we have AZUBU a fairly newly formed team that recently has received a lot of controversy surrounding the team and how the company earned it's money has they previously sponsored 2 league of legends teams, a league(the CSL),they also started AZUBU TV a streaming service that was supposed to compete with twitch.tv .


Next we have StarTale a team a year ago had the strongest lineup and one of the claims at the best team in the world, but with the start of the new year, both PartinG and Squirtle had left for what they saw as greener pastures. And now in the late middle of the year StarTale has some-what struggled with their superstar Life slumping as of late and apparently has been playing LoL lately they are no longer looking like they what they use to be and have now become a team with rookies looking to develop their talents and turn them into new superstar players.

And finally but definitely not least we have FXO the former two time GSTL champions, look to be in a desire situation where their own fate is not decided by themselves but of the final 2 matches and who wins or who loses.
As of late their team has also looked considerably weaker then they use to be their super aces Leenock and GuMiho are part of why they aren't doing so hot lately because they themselves haven't been the hottest in terms of gameplay. That could all change if they can make the playoffs, GuMiho & Leenock will definitely be training if they make it to the playoffs and those results have shown in the past with GuMiho's all kill's in the previous GSTL finals and Leenocks clutch play to help FXO make it into the playoffs in one season where he defeated DRG in a crucial ace match.



MVP vs AZUBU:



Coming into this match MVP is in first place, AZUBU doesn't need to win this match to make the playoffs they just need to win a few games and then have StarTale lose, i'm sure they would rather win now and not worry about other teams winning or losing.


AZUBU's 3 Key Players:
viOLet: Violet has looked decent in HOTS, his weakest matchup seems to be zerg vs zerg with a less than 50% winratio while his other matchups are at 80%+ , Violet is a player of getting a few kills for AZUBU, he will be key if AZUBU wants a good start going into the rest of this match.

Symbol: Symbol has not looked nearly as good as he use to in teamleagues, and has become quite average in them, his weakest match up in HOTS has been vs Protoss, he seems like he doesn't know how to beat Protoss and even if does have an advantage he can get cocky and throw it away.

SuperNova: As of late supernova has looked sharper then ever, his TvZ and TvP look fantastic, he recently made it past his WCS KR ro32 group defeating some of the best protosses and then now in his ro16 group has defeated his zerg opponent KanHo formerly Losira 2-0. He has shown no weakness vs any race thus far in HotS.



MVP's 3 Key Players:
Super: After his defeat to SuHoSin back in WOL and back when he was known has Vampire he has looked a lot more super like, his vsT record only has 1 loss on it, his other match ups have less games they all are still above a 60% win ratio.

KeeN: A player formerly known as a celebration king has gone serious and has played some good games and has steadily improved, a player that could get an all-kill one day and no kills the next, Keen has looked very strong in TvP.

NAKSEO: We have not seen him too much in HotS but we do know he is a solid zerg, his weakest matchup in hots is ZvZ if you were to look at statistics alone, however 4 of his zvz losses were to Hyun & Curious, it's definitely possible to see him used as a zvz sniper for violet or symbol.




Prediction:
Starting match: KeeN viOLet

Overall I think this will no doubt be a tough match for AZUBU, I think the main weak point for them will be Protosses like Super and Tails or maybe we could see Swagger, heck even some lesser looked at players like Billowy and duckdeok(formerly known as Lure and finale respectively) could come out .

MVP 4-2 AZUBU