GAM is almost certain that it will be difficult in the Swiss Worlds 2024
By reaching the Swiss Worlds 2024, the first goal of GAM ESPORTS in this year's tournament was fulfilled. However, with a team that is too familiar with being in the group stage, of course GAM will have to go further than this position to meet the expectations of the VCS audience. It should be remembered, in the Worlds 2023 season when GAM is considered to be the squad that VCS audience Hang wished, also stopped at an impressive level when he won a victory against Team Liquid in the Swiss round.
A difficult Swiss round is waiting for ahead
In the context of Vikings Esports has been eliminated, and VCS has just experienced the purification as well as the impressive game in the starting round, the audience expects GAM to do better things. Only that, that prospect is quite far away if you look at the opponents that GAM can clash in the upcoming Swiss round.
With the Swiss round as Pool 4, GAM will clash with 4 teams in Pool 1
Accordingly, pointing to the Swiss round from the starting round and ranked in Pool 4, GAM will have to touch 1 of 4 champions of 4 Major areas, including Hanwha Life Esports, Bilibili Gaming, G2 Esports and FlyQuest. With the formula of Swiss rounds as Bo1, the chances of being surprised is still. But that's if the opponent of GAM is G2 or Fly – rivals from areas often have a habit of “choke” at important times. In addition, there is another condition that the pillars of these teams such as Caps – Hans Sama (G2) or Inspired (Fly) make mistakes.
It is very difficult for the caps to giveke in important matches, especially when in recent seasons, G2 has always played with very high determination.
On the contrary, if the HLE or BLG clash at this time, almost no capable for the gram can be surprising. HLE even showed that they played more discipline than Gen.G in the final of the Summer LCK 2024. And BLG, they simply use the total power or personal skills, they can overwhelm the opponent.
If the HLE clash, it is almost certain that GAM will fail when the hleges play even more superior in skills and discipline than Gen.G in the final of the LCK Summer 2024
The next match of GAM at Worlds 2024 is not necessarily favorable
In case the gram can lose in the Swiss round, they will clash in one of the remaining loses and have the same number 0-1. But the problem is, in the current Swiss round, even a Seed 4 team of two LCK/LPL areas, it is the reigning champion of Worlds (T1) and the reigning Runner -up of World Worlds (WBG). Even the other Dplus or Fnatic defeated GAM last year. The possibility of GAM can be unexpected, perhaps only when fate pushes the opponents such as Tes, Mad, TL, or the other two teams in the boot round are waiting to be delineated.
GAM is also likely to touch T1 in the second series (or 3) of the Swiss and T1 rounds, which is not the team that can be defeated by a small team from a small group.
These are not necessarily weak names, but compared to them, they are still more likely to be more than teams like HLE or BLG. Not to mention, both TES or TL have been defeated before GAM in the Battle of Bo1 in previous Worlds. They will probably play more carefully if they have to encounter the representative of Vietnamese League.
TL is also very longing for revenge after being represented by VCS representatives last year
But then the fate will give the rivals they are forced to confront. At that time, GAM could really prove that previous failures were because the team had unsatisfactory players, or VCS really could not dream farther than the Worlds group stage.