Complexity vs Cloud9 Prediction: The Americans are more prepared and deserve a playoff spot

Prediction for the match between Complexity and Cloud9 which will take place on October 18. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The American team's performance at the tournament in Australia started with an impressive 13:9 victory on the Anubis map over one of the strongest opponents on this map - Monte. Still, the previous game day was clearly not American, as the Europeans played very well, which can't be said about Complexity players who couldn't take a map, losing 0:2. But thanks to the opening win, the Americans have a second shot at making the playoffs and not leaving Sydney so early.

At the start of 2023, Complexity's team was performing pretty average, you could say unimpressive. However, after signing a prominent player from North America, EliGE, and a number of roster changes, as well as the relocation of their main North American rival, Team Liquid, Complexity managed to gain a lead in their home country.

The American squad has easily won the recent qualifiers for IEM Sydney, Thunderpick World Championship, and BLAST Premier NA Showdown. The team is now one step away from the playoffs for the Sydney tournament.

The team was announced as a superteam with the arrival of electroNic and Perfecto in July, and deservedly so. However, the NAVI-C9 merger has not brought the expected results so far. The team has failed to win any tournaments and, more notably, failed to qualify for the ESL Pro League Season 18 playoffs, even being in one of the easier groups.

There are issues with the role allocation in the current roster, and the role of captain presents a challenge for electroNic to reach its full potential. The team will need to work hard to achieve great success on the CS2 servers. There are rumors of HObbit possibly replacing Boombl4 and relieving electroNic of leadership duties, but nothing has been confirmed in practice. Perhaps the failure in Australia will be the last straw for the current squad, especially considering that C9 lost their first game to Fnatic.

On the previous game day, they beat the Chinese Lynn Vision 2:0, but let's be honest: the game was far from ideal for the Russians, who don't even hide that they didn't have time to practice the new version of the game properly.

C9 players admitted that they are not ready for the new version of the game yet, and all the games played in this tournament confirm it. The Americans are more ready and deserve a place in the playoffs.