Team Ranking: May 2019

4/6/2019 - 00:30

We have updated our Global team ranking - powered by EGB.com - for May 2019, with the biggest news being Liquid taking the #1 spot from Astralis.

May saw three Big Events take place—IEM Sydney 2019, BLAST Pro Series Madrid and DreamHack Masters Dallas—, with Liquid claiming two of them, as well as finishing second at one of the smaller tournaments of the month, cs_summit 4.

Talking about smaller events, DreamHack Open Tours 2019 also happened within the last 30 days, as well as the Pro League group stages in Europe and North America, but all of them had minor impact on the rankings.

Two Big Event wins within a month see Liquid rise to the top of the ranking

Something that had a big impact, however, was the IEM Katowice Major dropping out from the recent LANs subranking. The teams that did well there, such as Astralis and ENCE, were the most affected by this.

Here's a summary of our ranking for new readers:

Our team ranking is based on teams' achievements over the past year (with severe decay in points throughout each month), recent form over the last 2 months, and performance at offline events in the last 3 months.

Each team is required to have a three-man core in order to retain their points and online results are included but have minimal effect (only affecting 'Form') at the top of the table and mainly serve to put new teams on the map.

Below is the current top 30 table as of June 3, 2019, which goes more in-depth into how the points are distributed – or you can check our special page, where you will be able to find the latest, weekly version of our ranking. You can see the lineup for each team by hovering over their name in the table.

CS:GO World ranking on June 3rd, 2019

RANK

TEAM

ACHV

FORM

LAN

TOTAL
POINTS

+/-

Liquid

500

200

300

1000

Astralis

475

215

758

-1

ENCE

346

200

645

Vitality

172

171

128

471

FaZe

205

120

416

-1

Natus Vincere

181

323

-3

fnatic

144

107

323

-1

MIBR

149

111

320

-1

NIP

168

317

10.

NRG

136

301

-2

11.

FURIA

253

12.

Renegades

110

215

-2

13.

204

14.

mousesports

198

-2

15.

North

191

16.

AVANGAR

161

-2

17.

Valiance

116

18.

Grayhound

107

19.

Windigo

105

-3

20.

Ghost

+15

21.

OpTic

22.

BIG

-4

23.

Heroic

-2

24.

HellRaisers

25.

Cloud9

+15

26.

AGO

27.

Tricked

28.

MVP PK

-2

29.

Sprout

-2

30.

forZe

-7

Please note that the +/- gain on this table differs from our weekly rankings page, and it is related to the ranking update of May 6.

Liquid dethrone Astralis

The possibility of Liquid overtaking Astralis during the Danes' period of low activity was something that had been speculated and theorized about for quite some time. Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander and his men had just completed their year at the top as April came to an end, but have been selective about their events since the Major and chose to attend only one LAN event during May, BLAST Pro Series Madrid.

Astralis' streak of 13 months at the top has been brought to an end

The Spanish event wasn't a complete disaster for Astralis, but finishing second to ENCE there wasn't the result they were looking for either. On the other hand, Liquid had a fairly busy month, which started by breaking the "Big Event curse" in Sydney. An underwhelming grand final against Vitality at cs_summit 4 saw them once again finish as runners-up, but Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella and co. made up for that at DreamHack Masters Dallas, convincingly winning the biggest tournament since the Major - in terms of rankings points available to be gained.

When, on top of that, you factor in that the IEM Katowice Major has fallen out of the recent LANs subranking, Liquid managed not only to overtake Astralis in the rankings, but be the best team in terms of all three subrankings: achievements, form, and recent LANs, earning a perfect 1000 points. Liquid therefore broke Astralis' 13-month streak and jumped 242 points ahead of the lineup that is considered the best in the history of the game, all while becoming the first North American team to place first in HLTV.org's Team Ranking. A monumental success for the team, and especially one of the longest standing duos in the game: nitr0 and Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski.

Vitality among the elite

The biggest jump among the top places, from #11 to #4, was made by Vitality, who have their cs_summit 4 win to thank for it. The Frenchmen played 15 maps at the fairly stacked event, and had to beat both of the favorites in the playoffs to lift the title. At the time ranked #2 and #3 in the world, Liquid and ENCE fell to the Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut-powered squad, who showed that they shouldn't be taken lightly.

ALEX was pivotal in bringing French CS back to the top

Following the win, Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin did admit that cs_summit 4 was significantly more important for them than it was for other teams, but that doesn't take away much from their success. Looking at it from a national perspective, this also marks the first time a French squad was in the top 5 of the Team Ranking since January 2018, when G2 held the fourth spot.

Natus Vincere out of the top5

Ever since DreamHack Masters Marseille in April of 2018 and the role shuffle that saw Denis "⁠electronic⁠" Sharipov get more room to shine, Natus Vincere have been an elite team, always in contention for titles. That was reflected in their ranking as well, as they held a spot within the top5 for over a year. A few things coincided to see the legendary organization slip out of that elite group as May was brought to an end.

Na`Vi's ranking could plummet further due to inactivity

Similarly to Astralis, Natus Vincere opted to skip a couple of Big Events, namely IEM Sydney and DreamHack Masters Dallas, while also not attending smaller tournaments such as cs_summit 4 or DreamHack Open Tours. Their only LAN appearances in May were at BLAST Pro Series Madrid, where they finished fourth, and in the second round of ESL Pro League Europe, where things did not go their way either as they lost to North and Heroic to finish outside of the qualification places.

Perhaps they could've clung on to the fifth spot had they not also opted for a roster change, which cost them additional points. Natus Vincere sit in sixth place with 323 points after swapping out veteran Ioann "⁠Edward⁠" Sukhariev for young talent Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov from Winstrike, but an even bigger fall is to be expected next month as their StarSeries i-League Season 7 win will drop out of recent LANs and they aren't confirmed for a single event until ESL One Cologne in July.

FURIA within reach of MIBR

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and his men have been chugging along as a top 10 team since reuniting their Brazilian lineup, with a top-four finish at IEM Sydney confirming that ranking. However, with the Major out of the window and the likes of FaZe and Vitality making forward strides, MIBR fell to #8 and will need some good results soon, especially because of domestic opposition on the rise.

FURIA is looking like the most dangerous Brazilian team besides SK/MIBR since the Immortals lineup of 2017 that managed a miraculous run to the PGL Krakow Major grand final. Even though the teams are similar in terms of relying on a lot of aggression, Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan and co. have a layer of tactical prowess and innovation that wasn't associated with Lucas "⁠steel⁠" Lopes' team.

Could FURIA challenge MIBR in the coming weeks?

At DreamHack Masters Dallas, FURIA had their breakout performance, placing third-fourth after beating three top 10 teams - NRG, fnatic, and Vitality -, and challenging ENCE and Liquid in the series they lost. The young Brazilians have jumped up to the 11th spot on the back of their performance last week, sitting just three spots behind MIBR. With both teams set to attend quite a few tournaments in the coming weeks, we will see if the new blood can outperform the grizzled veterans and take the crown as the best team in the country.

Renegades slip out of the top10

While it doesn't come as a big surprise, considering the visa issues Renegades faced since the Major, it is still worth noting that Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage and co. have fallen out of the top10 for the first time since February. Their rise, historic for a squad featuring mainly players from Oceania, happened during the IEM Katowice Major, and with those points out of the window in terms of recent LANs, Renegades fell to #12.

The iconic moustaches has been cleared of visa issues

As StarSeries i-League Season 7, where the Aussies had their last impressive result, will also be out of the recent LANs by the end of next month, they might soon find themselves in a precarious situation. Similarly to Natus Vincere, Renegades' next scheduled event is ESL One Cologne, which makes it likely that their drop will continue next month and leave them in a tough spot as we close in on the player break.

Cloud9 emerge in top30 first time since the Major

Rebuilding the lineup following the departure of their European members Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey and Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist hasn't been an easy task for Cloud9. The North American organization found themselves at #142 after bringing in René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg and Daniel "⁠vice⁠" Kim, and didn't make the most of their invitations to BLAST Pro Series Miami and Madrid, placing 5th and 6th respectively.

Cloud9 take their first steps forward

Their 25th place in the ranking doesn't come on the back of amazing results, however, as they were eliminated in last place at DreamHack Masters Dallas, but they managed to pick up some points thanks to sporadic wins, such as those over Ghost and eUnited at the ESL Pro League group stage. However, with just 68 points, 14 more than the 30th ranked Sprout, they will need some good results in the Americas Minor Closed Qualifier and at the ESL Pro League Finals to stabilize their position.

expected

2019-06-04 00:30

19 replies

FURIA to win ECS yuurih MVP NaVi lost too little points, hltv CIS site Vitality #4 for winning a meme tournament 😂

2019-06-04 00:34

10 replies

no.

2019-06-04 00:33

2 replies

+1 xDDD

2019-06-04 01:02

1 reply

Expected

2019-06-04 07:58

lol

2019-06-04 02:02

2019-06-04 04:19

Winning meme tournament > losing meme tournament Quarterfinalists in the follow up tournament, won a few smaller events as well. No team below them has a better resume as of late nor have they proven they can take series from the top 3 besides Faze at SP which is why they're 5th

2019-06-04 05:40

2019-06-04 07:50

Still faze<Vitality

2019-06-04 08:40

and navi > faze and vitality

2019-06-04 12:25

+1 XD

2019-06-04 14:36

LIQUID 200 FORM POINTS XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD AFTER LOSING 2x TO M16R LUL

2019-06-04 00:37

7 replies

ONLINE BTWWWW

2019-06-04 01:44

3 replies

But "Form" is defined by online games So it's weird that they have 200

2019-06-04 09:36

false?

2019-06-04 12:15

Someone?

2019-06-05 05:03

MIBR FLUKE ONLINERS LUL

losses are not counted. they can lose to mibr 5 times, that would only give mibr more points, but liquid wouldn't get any less. the team with the most wins always gets 200.

2019-06-04 12:41

But it's not like they have to beat every team they ever play to be the best team in the world, it's about achievement, which no other current team has been able to replicate compared to Liquid in recent days.

2019-06-04 15:10

pog

Astralis is still the best team despite Liquid being first in the rankings, don't think so ask yourself who would win in a bo3?

2019-06-04 00:32

13 replies

Nt buddy blastralis doesnt play b03s

LMAOOOOOOO +1

2019-06-04 13:12

liquid easily, astralis only played BO1s on the last 3 months,

2019-06-04 00:38

I would probably agree, but looking at how Astralis did lose to ENCE in a bo3 and to Liquid recently ad well (can't remember was it bo1 or bo3) things are not looking as one sided as they were until the last major.

2019-06-04 00:43

5 replies

True

2019-06-04 01:53

Keep in mind, Liquid's map pool is very beneficial against ENCE. I mean, ENCE's best map, Train, will NEVER be played against Liquid since it's their permaban.

2019-06-04 02:01

True. But even against Astralis Liquid's map pool is very good. Overall I think that we finally have (at least) 3 teams that are serious competitors for that nr.1 spot. Rhis year in CS will be fun.

2019-06-04 02:07

ENCE's Nuke > Train rn imo

2019-06-04 12:17

True but look at ence breaking the nuke run for astralis as well

2019-06-04 13:43

>Astralis >bo3 Pick one

2019-06-04 00:54

Lol at all the shit talked when liquid picked up stew. You are definitely one of those morons. Now look at you; still trying to pretend astralis isn’t over XD

2019-06-04 01:15

Blastralis only know how to play Bo1s only now.

2019-06-04 02:00

true but they are somewhat of an inactive team you could say. liquid can only beat who is put in front of them

2019-06-04 05:13

2019-06-04 00:31

ofc i mean NA #1

2019-06-04 20:06

Astralis the real #1. But gz to liquid anyways

wait for them to play then we will see

NA Pog

lul

Era btw youtube.com/watch?v=eVFd46qABi0

Yatangaki la chancla el bagnador ISSOU

2019-06-04 10:21

4 replies

Uh, wut?

2019-06-04 11:04

18 25 JVC the élite of the nation

2019-06-04 14:03

Oui baguette Paris men )))

2019-06-04 15:42

listen he is saying ''el banador" and "la chancla" youtube.com/watch?v=cDphUib5iG4&feature=..

2019-06-04 16:13

NAmen

Damn

THE END IS NEIGH

cmonBruh

2019-06-04 15:01

Number #13 as well!! MY LINE HAS ENDED!!!!

2019-06-04 20:09

Astralis era is over ^^

Really? Liquid>Astralis?

They never played since sao paolo. Astralus just down because they dont play much

2019-06-04 10:52

Yes. hltv.org/matches/2332201/astralis-vs-mib..

2019-06-04 12:22

If they attended events...

2019-06-04 00:36

Tbh its hopeless for the Aatralis brand that they almost dont play any tournaments. If its because of device they should consider to be a top 2-3 team and play more instead :) and what about the sponsors :/

Vitality 4th pog Even if they won't stay there for long imo

Let's enjoy it, although they have a pretty good chance at making a good run in London :D

2019-06-04 00:53

if we play well we could finish 2nd in ECS i think and top 4 at cologne so...

2019-06-04 09:04

8 replies

Are you NBK? I don't understand why you said "we"

2019-06-04 12:10

Most people who support a team include themselves and say we. Like this How the fuck are we 6 now.

2019-06-04 14:29

6 replies

^ this

2019-06-04 15:24

Ik bro, my comment was ironic. I know that often people talk like that about their favorite team. But that is just absurd. You can't say "we won this major", because you, as a fan, didn't do shit to reach that victory. You only watched and maybe yelled if you were there.

2019-06-04 16:01

Also, he said "if WE play well"..... he implied that HE is playing

2019-06-04 16:02

I dont understand that comment we suck. Simple carries us hard. Sometimes electronic does good but all in all we are a gamble. Sometimes we play insane. Other times we cant hit a billboard in front of us. See i used we it makes complete sense still

2019-06-06 01:07

If i say "suck my we we", what does it imply?

2019-06-05 00:01

Oui oui mademoiselle

2019-06-06 01:05

liquid top 1 ok but why the fuck are a 1k team

2019-06-04 00:39

GO FURIA

liquid 1000 points it's a joke, but top 1 ok

2019-06-04 00:45

There is no better Team at each category so its kinda Sure that liquid has max. Points at every event

2019-06-04 10:53

Blastralis

2019-06-04 00:49

Isurus #33 I hope next week we should enter to the top 30 core

By they way you guys are looking, its very likely your gonna be in there next week

2019-06-04 04:04

Thx my men

2019-06-04 04:11

Np men, you have a lot of promising talent

2019-06-04 04:16

I hope the boys get back in form really soon they look 🔥🤠🔥

2019-06-04 04:17

They’re kinda fucked, but it will take time, hoping for big things at the major

How does mouz have better Form than Astralis

2019-06-04 01:03

How they can have form when they played no matches? Braindead German as always

2019-06-04 01:07

HLTV - why do you respect ppl to talk like this? keep a decent level and be more active with bans :)

2019-06-04 06:09

expected from denmark, 3rd world country

2019-06-04 06:28

But why call him braindead out of nothing? I just dont understand :)

2019-06-04 17:20

because he is

2019-06-05 06:23

developing countries <3

2019-06-05 11:14

yes thats denmark

2019-06-06 06:25

We are both rich and happy ;) what Else do we need ..

2019-06-06 07:35

brain xD

2019-06-06 12:40

You have no top 50 universities / business schools - so, its not possible ..

2019-06-06 13:31

LUUUUUUUL u rekt him brother from motherland

2019-06-04 10:12

Because Karrigan

2019-06-04 06:23

because woxic kicked bot oskar

2019-06-04 10:03

Movistar Riders #31 rly men))

2019-06-04 01:37

2019-06-04 03:50

how the fuck can liquid who won an event which gave them points at the 3rd june be above astralis in the may ranking?! sorry this is stupid

2019-06-04 01:04

Another braindead german

2019-06-04 01:08

so tell me the logic czech hawking

2019-06-04 01:09

"CS:GO World ranking on June 3rd, 2019" It is being called may ranking Cuz May is now fucking done so it is basically ranking after May, maybe it is bit confusing but IDK it should be that tough to realize still xd...

nope the ranking of MAY is ending at the 31st from MAY because yeah june is not may boy... i would have understood it when Dallas ended in may but it ended in JUNE so liquid is ahead of astralis in the JUNE ranking

They always did like this, stop complaining

2019-06-04 10:55

doesnt change that it is technically wrong

2019-06-04 10:56

Tournament started in May, thats why it counts.

2019-06-04 11:21

It's been 3 months since Astralis played IEM, and therefore they only played 5 BO3s. The last time they won a BO3 against a Top 5 team was at BLAST: São Paulo, when they won Liquid by 2-1. In the past three months they skipped StarSeries, IEM Sidney and DH Dallas, which means EPL was the only relevant LAN tournament that they have played recently. They also lost their Inferno and Nuke winstreak recently, for BIG and ENCE respectively.

2019-06-04 04:00

doesnt change the fact that there is no data until the 31st may ... the new data was from the 3rd june and this data led to liquid being in front of astralis and so technically Astralis was still ahead of liquid in MAY

2019-06-04 10:51

the monthly rankings are a snapshot taken at the first monday of the following month. they don't start on the 1st of the month, they don't end at the last day of the month. the may rankings include all restults until the evening of june 3rd, it's irrelevant who was no.1 on may 31st.

2019-06-04 12:53

I expected number #1 but 1000 points OH MY FUCKIN POG

2019-06-04 01:13

AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!

2019-06-04 01:17

xddd

Valiance underrated again

2019-06-04 01:19

ASTRALIS LUL

2019-06-04 01:26

yessss

2019-06-04 01:27

"242 points ahead of the lineup that is considered the best in the history of the game" lol

2019-06-04 01:32

mibr beat liquid -> never happens liquid wins a tier 2 championship -> top 1 (mibr -2 positions)

I don't think you know how ranking works.

2019-06-04 01:38

I know how it works, but it's funny

2019-06-04 02:26

MIBR didn't go done cause lack of form or anything, they went down cause other teams went up. If MIBR attended Dallas and got a good placing, they would have gone up as well, and wouldn't go down two spots.

2019-06-04 02:28

how didn't they pass fnatic yet?

2019-06-04 02:50

I would think it's because Fnatic was at Dallas, but MIBR wasn't.

2019-06-04 03:17

Ow, got it

2019-06-04 03:49

Happy to help :)

So no Astralis = tier 2 tournament? Braindead

2019-06-04 04:07

If that would have been last year, than I would say yes

I never said that just because Astralis are not in, it's a tier 2 :/, what I wanted to say is that this was a championship already won. Like, Liquid, ENCE or Renegades were going to win that. I even thought that FaZe, FURIA and G2 were gonna lose earlier (FURIA not because they are bad, but because I wasn't waiting for that/ I'm not saying that FaZe is bad, but their in a delicate moment). Fnatic is a getting better, but don't think they would win against Liquid, ENCE or Renegades. Vitality is also a very good team, their improving awesomely, but I still think they wouldn't win against those teams too

2019-06-05 03:03

I'm just excited for EPL, that's the tourney that will answer everyone's questions.

Kinda bad ence and navi isnt there Also liquid and Astralis final, when not its dissoapointing

2019-06-04 10:57

Well yes I suppose, but that's kind of their own faults. Ence dropped out of MDL before they even had a chance to qualify, granted they wanted to prioritize other events, but still the fact remains the same. Navi were in EPL, they just failed to qualify like two/three fucking times, so that's on them. Not sure what's wrong with Vitality, I think they're still in MDL. So tbf, as long as Liquid and Astralis are there, it should be a good, meaningful tier 1 event.

2019-06-04 22:59

yeah I agree. ence really should play 1 mdl season and get trough navi kinda suck, even when s1mple carrys them. I mean how can navi be so incosistent with 2 top5 players. should just get better players imo astralis liquid final would be insane, fight for the #1 spot

2019-06-05 01:09

That's what I'm hyped for as well.

2019-06-05 16:52

liquid top1 omegalul

2019-06-04 01:40

Is it me or Brasilians are really, really overhyped? Especially by BR fans which why nobody likes Brasilians teams.

2019-06-04 01:56

"Brasilians". Nice try, fakeflagger. Only Brazilians and Portuguese people write Brazil with "s", but only Brazilians are dumb enough to write it in an English sentence.

2019-06-04 03:52

i bought a shirt that said brasil and i thought it was a typo. just makes it better that its all the more genuine

2019-06-04 05:10

Wrong, Norway, Sweden and probably Finland also writes it with s.

2019-06-04 11:28

Lul, why would I fake? #97, #159.

2019-06-04 13:10

You also got triggered, pal. ))

2019-06-04 13:29

Finally! Congrats to Liquid!

2019-06-04 01:58

FAZEUP

2019-06-04 02:03

No Chinese team in top30 lul

2019-06-04 02:04

im not crying :(

2019-06-04 02:16

Why is Blast Madrid considered a big event? It's the same pointswise as Summit in the rankings.

2019-06-04 02:31

Why u think that it is the same? Also that might be cuz due big number of maps played on summit teams have chance to gain many points from matches of summit would they do really well on them, however I would speculate actual points received from event result were less.

2019-06-04 02:45

One of the hltv guys told me on Twitter in one of the threads about Astralis only attending blast events that they are the same.

2019-06-04 02:47

I c, interesting inside, honestly IDK then but ofc it could be there is some prize money u must hit to have chance to even be big event or then they look field and deem if it is good enough, blast madrid for instance while it had some bad teams still had 3 top 5 teams including top 1 team so that is pretty good.

2019-06-04 02:55

I think it might just be called a big event if there are a certain number of top 10 teams there or something

2019-06-04 03:08

LMAO

2019-06-04 03:20

expected except furia making it to 11th

2019-06-04 03:41

In the ranking says that FURIA rised +8, but here it says +6, what? hltv.org/ranking/teams/2019/june/3

cuz page u link is about 1 week rank change, on article it is change during last month xd...

2019-06-04 04:02

Thanks

2019-06-04 06:54

Astralis > Mibr > Liquid

2019-06-04 04:13

WOW

2019-06-04 04:18

Blastrank2lis haHAA danish shitters played themselves. xyp9x has a head not even a mother could love.

2019-06-04 04:27

BLASTRALIS only blast events and EPL groupstage last 3 months, epic

2019-06-04 05:11

Pisses me the fuck off that Navi wont be at ECS nor Pro League , i really wanna see them play vs Liquid and Astralis , stupid Russian commie scumbags.

2019-06-04 05:23

NiP deserves top1 ast and liquid overrated

2019-06-04 05:25

Vitality #4 Roflmao

2019-06-04 05:35

roflchamps

2019-06-04 06:18

if Astralis don't get 200 poitns when they win ECS this is rigged

2019-06-04 06:15

Pay to get #1w

2019-06-04 06:16

Abastralis

Usually people tend to disagree on my posts here. But If no ones gonna say it. I will... This is bullshit hahaha.. I'm no Astralis fan, but I bet my organs that they still beat liquid. This is why CS go is a kind of ridiculous sport. Dont get me wrong. I love CS. But in no sport the ranking goes like this.. Liquid won two tournaments. So what does that say? Was astralis even in them? And when did vitality become nr 4?! For what.. they are still shit.. They won summit boohoo.. I would say Ence isent that good either. Defo not top 3. Playing in the MDL league. That they dropped out of. Ence is good. But not nr 3. Why do I write all this? Imagine Novak Djokovic not playing a few tournaments and let's say Zverev wins a ATP and a grand slam. Does he all of the sudden become number one? Just because Novak didnt attend or even lost? No he dont. You dont gain ranking points that easily. He is miles ahead. Astralis was miles ahead aswell. Now all the sudden liquid gained millions of points? Astralis is pretty much still unbeaten as you can get in CS GO. Just because they lost some the last months dont mean that they arent number one. Liquid just won 2 tournaments lol.. Dont forget they are chokequid. And fun fact. They havent won in style at any final still... Sorry for this long text. I'm no astralis fan either.. But I still think they will beat liquid most of the time.

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> This is bullshit hahaha.. I'm no Astralis fan, but I bet my organs that they still beat liquid. People in 2019 still don't understand how HLTV rankings works and what is shows...

Nah you are right. And luckily even though I wrote a novel just now. I couldnt care liquid are nr 1... Because in the game play we will still see Astralis win on any day, NAVI though being 6th doing some amazing plays and so on. FAZE should have won against ence aswell. Just threw two maps.. My point being. Dont matter if Ence is third and Faze not. I still think faze is a better team. And funnier. The same goes for Astralis vs Liquid. I peg Astralis as the funnier and better team. Does the ranks say diffrent? Yes it does. But in the Astralis vs Liquid matter. LIQUID got a shit load more to proof. Astralis dont, they won everything basically.. and cleanly. No flukes or chokes.. But hey.. Congratz to the HLTV ranks and liquid and vitalities progresses. And cloud9 going up 15 spots...

2019-06-04 06:32

why would you start ranking teams based on your feelings? "faze is funnier" what the fuck is that supposed to mean?... also if you read the article or would have studied it in sometime before you would know how it works. If you play a couple of blast tournaments a span of 3 months, lose them then this is what happens. Obviously if they play good in the upcoming finals they will be seen as the #1 again (which they should because they have basically been practicing for the last 2 months)

2019-06-04 08:29

Yes your logic makes alot of sense. What I mean is that I personally think faze is a better team then ence. Ence is just resilient. And have better strats. But that is gonna change with time. Allu is booring awper.. Their T sides arent that good.. Nah man. But this is just my feelings right? Let's go with the facts. Ence dont even play In the pro league. They dont even play MDL.. common?! You want more facts? Ence has lost 3 out of 4 bo 1s against vitality. And also a bo3.. they have lost against NAVI, movistar raiders, nip, nrg, and also ghost!? Ghost gaming? They didnt win summit. They didnt win Dallas... so please, I get that you are finish and proud. But how the fuck is this team number three? And this is not my feelings. This is facts over the last 3 months...

2019-06-04 08:57

How much has the quality of swedistans education dropped recently? You can see how the rankings are compiled, right?... Losing a Bo1 here and there and still making far in a tournament doesnt make your rating go down, so it doesnt matter who it was against. Going far in a tournament gets you the points. Also Ence does not have a spot in epl because theyre a fairly new team in the "big boys" circuit and had to forfeit mdl s30 (no promotion season) matches because of their major success. mdl s31 has a promotion spot but ence has a full calendar so they dropped it. Also nit picking losses from bo1's without any context... 90% of those probably had no relation to tournament placing. "Common?!" I dont mind going into further detail but i doubt you would understand.

2019-06-04 09:58

> I still think faze is a better team. And funnier. The same goes for Astralis vs Liquid. I peg Astralis as the funnier and better team. Ok, cool, but no one cares.

2019-06-04 08:58

This is exactly why the ranking is good, u can't just keep the number 1 spot while not winning that easily, old results should have only so much value anyway, imagine totally dropping off and still keeping number 1 spot for months, in ranking you want that could happen very easily :).

2019-06-04 06:35

Tennis ranking is the worst. Bad example . And yes Zverev can get nr. 1 if he wins some big tournaments in which Djokovic has a lot of points to defend.

2019-06-04 07:03

Okay so Ence is too high and Vitality is too high in your opinion, okay fair. So what teams would you have above them you cant just say they are too high but not offer replacements. That would make Faze top 3, that's laughable for about a dozen reasons right now. Navi top 4 after making roster changes and failing at pro league? I dont think so. Edit: nvm I read your other comments, your goal clearly isnt objectivity but once again bias.

2019-06-04 10:02

Blastralis era is over.

2019-06-04 06:25

lulquid top 1 thanks to blastralis, best timeline

2019-06-04 06:33

Makes sence this ranking.. 🤦🏽‍♂️ I mean right now Belgium and France is nr 1 in the world according to fifa.. (just a few points in between them)... But they did not attend and play for 2 months. So Croatia that won a friendly tournament consisting of 4 teams, Kazakhstan, Norway and Lithuania.. Is now the new world number one in football! Because hey. They won the tournament and that's all that matters. Even though they havent played the best teams..🤦🏽‍♂️

2019-06-04 06:37

NICE TL

2019-06-04 06:41

HLTV drunk while make this ranking?

2019-06-04 07:20

Navi will be out of the top 10 soon.

2019-06-04 07:43

MIBR TOP 8, LUL! THIS RANKING IS A F**** JOKE

2019-06-04 07:46

What do you suggest?

2019-06-04 13:16

After ECS watch Astralis become number 1 again.

2019-06-04 07:47

honestly liquid shouldnt be 1. they dont deserve,they choke at summit and barely won sidney and dallas cuz astralis and navi werent there.

2019-06-04 07:55

Its not their fault that Astralis and Navi dont go to events. If you dont compete, you lose your top spot.

2019-06-04 12:04

Goes to show how much that list means :D not an astralis fan btw, just.. if team thats not even THAT good is on the top, then the rest must really be shit.

2019-06-04 08:43

Why Ghost is so high ?!

2019-06-04 09:24

was thinking the same thing

2019-06-04 14:11

Criteria for placing anywhere in the top 30 HLTV rankings: 1) Able to win at least 1 map from a decent team 2) Invited to tournaments where top 10 teams compete They took 2 from renegades and 1 from ence. That's all it takes.

2019-06-04 14:30

Ty for your answer

2019-06-05 09:15

WTF how the hell NaVi is not top1

2019-06-04 09:37

Stop adding rating to vitality lmao They did nothing this tournament and they get +2 (it was +5 when they won summit)

2019-06-04 09:42

RIP Astralis (for this month)

2019-06-04 09:51

U gon' do MVP PK like that?

2019-06-04 09:53

Boombla is gonna destroy astralis and liquid

2019-06-04 11:10

MIBR, Furia is coming... ;) And shouldn't HLTV change the name of their 4Th placement to Zywoo? That would be accurate ...

Riders #31 PPHands

2019-06-04 13:53

Expected for #1 region in the world in 2019 North America

2019-06-04 14:06

any teams in the top 5 from brasil...asking for a friend...

2019-06-04 14:10

NA Cs LUL

nice

2019-06-04 14:48

I hope Furia get more invites, they’ve been looking very promising Liquid tbh should probably be like 950-970 realistic terms Faze will comeback hopefully C9 XD Why no news on Sunny and Kioshima ????

2019-06-04 14:53

Astralis, brrrt

LULquid 1000 points lmao what a shame HLTV Astralis will destroy them

2019-06-04 14:57

So, Valiance was on 16th place, now move +3 place and go to 17 position. How ? xD

2019-06-04 15:19

hltv.org/ranking/teams/2019/june/3/detai..

2019-06-05 09:30

AGO WTF

2019-06-04 16:21

Ence will take number 2

2019-06-04 16:49

Smokestralis 2 LUL

2019-06-04 16:54

I love Liquid as a team and im really happy they've achieved nr 1 ranking, gg to that and im looking forward to see them at the major :) But this also just shows how fucking sad Astralis are atm. Piss poor from them to skip so many events. Completely braindead.

2019-06-04 17:42

So sad, Astralis skipped their own era

2019-06-04 17:44

Congrats Liquid!

2019-06-04 17:47

gratz Liquid

2019-06-04 19:23

EASY for Flusha - Elige :( I dream for a day when a descent team will win a major ONLY with their real power.

2019-06-04 19:25

2019-06-04 21:11

ez4furia

2019-06-04 22:49

"However, with just 68 points, 14 more than the 30th ranked Sprout" sprout is 29th

2019-06-05 00:14

Expected from best team in the world, Liquid :)

2019-06-05 02:58

Wtf is this , liquid not even close to astralis they are same liquid in 2018 but astralis... too early to say something . I am more loving liquid but this list not fair for astralis .

2019-06-05 04:29

LMAO ASTRALIS 2 MAJORS, MIBR 2 MAJORS, LIQUID HAS NOTHING AND TOP1 NICE SITE HLTV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SH1T WEB

2019-06-05 15:36