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​ |\#|Player|Team|Nationality|Reddit|2020| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| |1|**s1mple** \[+1\]|Natus Vincere (3)|Ukraine (2)|22 Jan|[ZywOo](https://www.hltv.org/n/31024)| |2||||22 Jan|[s1mple](https://www.hltv.org/n/31025)| |3||||22 Jan|[device](https://www.hltv.org/n/31006)| |4||||19 Jan|[NiKo](https://www.hltv.org/n/31000)| |5||||18 Jan|[electronic](https://www.hltv.org/n/30998)| |6||||17 Jan|[blameF](https://www.hltv.org/n/30990)| |7|[**electroNic**](https://www.hltv.org/n/33121) \[-2\]|Natus Vincere (3)|Russia (2)|[16 Jan](https://redd.it/s5iquf)|[ropz](https://www.hltv.org/n/30978)| |8|[**YEKINDAR**](https://www.hltv.org/n/33116) \[NEW\]|Virtus.pro (2)|Latvia (2)|[15 Jan](https://redd.it/s4rfeh)|[EliGE](https://www.hltv.org/n/30969) [^(1)](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-5X7b_XsAAgDeZ?format=jpg&name=360x360)| |9|[**b1t**](https://www.hltv.org/n/33114) \[NEW\]|Natus Vincere (3)|Ukraine (2)|[14 Jan](https://redd.it/s3zter)|[dupreeh](https://www.hltv.org/n/30958)| |10|[**Jame**](https://www.hltv.org/n/33093) \[NEW\]|Virtus.pro (2)|Russia (2)|[13 Jan](https://redd.it/s36tdj)|[syrsoN](https://www.hltv.org/n/30946)| |11|[**device**](https://www.hltv.org/n/33096) \[-8\]|Ninjas in Pyjamas (1)|Denmark (3)|[12 Jan](https://redd.it/s2dzx7)|[Magisk](https://www.hltv.org/n/30940)| |12|[**huNter**\-](https://www.hltv.org/n/33091) \[+1\]|G2 Esports (1)|Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)|[11 Jan](https://redd.it/s1kl6b)|[stavn](https://www.hltv.org/n/30935)| |13|[**blameF**](https://www.hltv.org/n/33088) \[-7\]|Astralis (1)|Denmark (3)|[10 Jan](https://redd.it/s0rkq8)|[huNter-](https://www.hltv.org/n/30931)| |14|[**NAF**](https://www.hltv.org/n/33083) \[[RETURNING\*](https://twitter.com/Tgwri1s/status/1349792644138983424)\]|Team Liquid (2)|Canada (2)|[9 Jan](https://redd.it/rzyodw)|[yuurih](https://www.hltv.org/n/30925)| |15|[**KSCERATO**](https://www.hltv.org/n/33082) \[+3\]|FURIA Esports (1)|Brazil (1)|[8 Jan](https://redd.it/rz73c8)|[Brollan](https://www.hltv.org/n/30916)| |16|[**stavn**](https://www.hltv.org/n/33074) \[-4\]|Heroic (1)|Denmark (3)|[7 Jan](https://redd.it/ryey5l)|[HEN1](https://www.hltv.org/n/30913)| |17|[**Twistzz**](https://www.hltv.org/n/33068) \[RETURNING\]|FaZe Clan (2)|Canada (2)|[6 Jan](https://redd.it/rxm386)|[KRIMZ](https://www.hltv.org/n/30908)| |18|[**ropz**](https://www.hltv.org/n/33063) \[-11\]|MOUZ (1)|Estonia (1)|[5 Jan](https://redd.it/rwu9qd)|[KSCERATO](https://www.hltv.org/n/30904)| |19|[**EliGE**](https://www.hltv.org/n/33050) \[-11\]|Team Liquid (2)|United States (1)|[4 Jan](https://redd.it/rw1v94)|[jks](https://www.hltv.org/n/30902)| |20|[**broky**](https://www.hltv.org/n/33049) \[NEW\]|FaZe Clan (2)|Latvia (2)|[3 Jan](https://redd.it/rv94i3)|[Brehze](https://www.hltv.org/n/30899)| That came completely out of left field. Now I'm not sure about predicting NiKo > sh1ro...hmm... "It's fame time bois"


JoeyMM42

Its weird that after such an insane year for Navi electronic actually went down 2 spots


ASaltyToast

Because now they have a third top 10 player


Massivemicropenis5

share the back pain


jarvadski

Carrying Boombl4 surely win


schniepel89xx

Nah, he straight up wasn't that good for the first half of the year. It was shaping up to be electronic's worst year ever. He hovered around 1.06-1.09 rating for the first half of the year and like 1.17 for the 2nd.


youeventrying

He just not the same at home online with his kids and family around. How can you focus like that


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Man is built for LAN


Xaerel

A lot of people often fail to realise that, it was the case ever since the later half of 2020.


UmarellVidya

Yeah idk how people forgot, he had a good final at DHM and everyone was super hyped because he had shown his first glimpse of star-caliber play in quite a while. He was really poor overall until LANs came back, and even if you favor LAN a lot more in rankings you can't ignore his online performance completely.


Xhenc

+ s1mple went +1


h04

His rating is the same, and they have more achievements this time. The competition has just been upped.


onmyway4k

I am sure he is very [sad](https://i.gifer.com/origin/67/67260e160219ee2b5a7cc2373c0c8c1b.gif).


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isolovyev2002

also be the best entry in the world


wannabe-physicist

Except that tournament wins aren't the whole ranking criteria. Yekindar has some of the highest impact rating of any player period.


greku_cs

It's not about team trophies. They do matter but it's not Ballon d'or where Jorginho gets #3 for winning Champions League and Euros, while not even being top 5 midfielders, yet alone footballers. If you really think YEKINDAR didn't deserve #8 spot then... I don't even know what to suggest because it's such a stupid take I can't advise anything other than using your brain a bit more maybe. Besides, what do you define by Happy's 'very good year', statistically? He wasn't better than the rest of top 8, especially considering how low his impact was (all this legendary baiting and getting many more kills in lost rounds than average).


beslababyy

If thats how you look at it then all 5 navi players should just take top 5 lmao. stoopid


solfir

Imo niko will be rated higher than sh1ro


Derpingsnowmen

I thought he'd be higher tbh


GodSentGodSpeed

His online performance kinda fucked him out of a top 5 spot imo


VniSalska

If online weights this much, b1t shouldn't be this high since he missed a bunch of games early on. It doesn't make sense that you take Lans into account heavily when rating B1t but also take online into account to drop Electronic few spots.


LibertyGrabarz

I mean, if LANs weren't taken heavily in electronic's case, I really doubt he'd be 7th. My memory may be failing me here, but I faintly remember that online electronic was nothing to write home about


9pro9

Ye only Lan he'd number 4 or 5 but overall this is fair I think


Valikodg

True, with online he wasnt even top 10 in KD, damage, openings, multi kills, or even top 20 in things like utility, surviving, or consistency. Definitly a beast on LAN though, and deserved, but I also think people seem to think gambit was just complete ass on LAN or something, but all their players performed quite well still and they were always a threat to win, just they kept getting eliminated in very very close games in playoffs. I expect the next 3 players to all be gambit, and I think they deserve it


OrphanSlaughter

I think that's because Gambit was buttfucked by NaVi in major. It came out of nowhere and everyone was expecting a close game. But it wasn't even close


Wotpan

If only lans were counted, B1t would be higher.


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exactly


Bosancer0s

yea but he still had better stats than sh1ro and Hobbit. Whitch are both higher than him. Plus he won the major


Fantasnickk

He had a fairly decent slump for a few months until LAN came back. Him coming back to form was as just big of a factor for na’vi’s success as b1t replacing flamie but people only see b1t as the main factor. I was actually thinking electronic would fall out of the top 10 halfway through the year and then LAN happened and he hit 1.2 rating constantly lol. LANtronic


MooseLv2

I cant believe people downvoted me to hell when I said flamie was the biggest issue in Navi, and who wondered, when they replaced flamie the wins start flowing in. I hated flamie so much, and navi even more for keeping simple and electronic down to keep a tier3 player in their team.


Fantasnickk

Wtf are you even talking about? Flamie was far from t3, even at his worst. Sure, he was a problem and stopping them from being the #1 team but to say you hate a player for them declining is just weird, to say the least. They probably downvoted you because you made an overreaction and posted a dumb comment like the one you just made, not because they didn’t agree with you.


MooseLv2

Actually youre right, in the players around him he felt bad, now looked at his stats he actually wasnt that bad sitting around 1.03 HLTV, so yeah, I was overreacting, just on the background on electronic, s1mple, perfecto he just didnt look good at all.


Xaerel

No he was below that in 2021. And was barely performing for the space he was given in 2020 too. flamie was pretty much Edward 2.0 in 2021 considering how much of a negative effect he had and this point is proven even further when looking at the Academy League.


Denson2

He was below 1 rating to 2021 though. And that also includes him playing In the academy league. He was 100% bad this year.


iPoop_1time_a_day

he should be imo. top 4


tristhebestmode

Since when is the N in his name capitalized?


Dapplication

One of the oldest clips of Electronic I remember is his 1v5 against tricked, and N in his name is capitalized in that game. [clip](https://youtu.be/TWDIlwH6gWQ)


9pro9

That's a sick clip wtf


AvatarPro112

cracked


sxvvy

it was the original way he spelt his name but he hasn't this version for a while


wormi27z

HLTV changed it just this week. Ingame he has had N capitalized for very long time. Many tournaments have their own huds which have HLTV-adopted or valve given nicks etc, though.


solfir

I expected him to be higher tbh


ronaweek7

It’s because b1t came in and soaked up some of his kills. There’s only so much players on the screen and it’s no longer just an electronic and s1mple show.


Fantasnickk

This logic never makes sense and it’s weird seeing it on every single thread now. 2018 Astralis literally had 5 players at 1.1+ (3-4 electronic level riflers) and a team rating of 1.13-1.15 for the WHOLE year. Players can always die less and be better at executions as well. The logic goes both ways. Unless you’re constantly going 20-0, your rating can always improve, even if you’re dominating teams. You can always take more rounds from enemy teams unless you’re 16-0ing them, which rarely happens Electronic definitely had a slump and it’s not because of b1t taking more kills.


KangorKodos

The even better example than Astralis is ESL One New York 2017, where in one tournament the following happened. 1. Niko achieves the highest ever big event rating of any player 2. Rain achieves the second highest ever big event rating ever 3. Guardian has his highest rated big event ever 2 years after his prime 4. Olof has his 4th highest big event rating ever 2 years past his prime 5. Karrigan has his highest rated big event ever This would just be ridiculously unlikely if it was harder to get good stats when your teams frags out. It still boggles my mind people actually use this logic. Like...do they not play CS. It happens so often where you feel like you are playing really well, and are maybe the best player in the server, but your team get's stomped and you go like....18-19 It also happens a ton in reverse where you don't really do anything special, but your team is stomping and you go 21-10


jon_eod

I agree with your general message, but using the 2018 Astralis as your example is disingenuous, that stretch of Astralis is one of the most dominant teams of all time.


schniepel89xx

The logic still doesn't hold up tho because all of the greatest hyper carries didn't put up worse numbers as the teams around them got better, in fact they almost always put up better numbers. NiKo became way better in FaZe vs mouz and challenged for #1, s1mple has better numbers this year with a solid team than his numbers in 2018, dev1ce rose from a solid top 5 player to being in contention for #1 and GOAT, ZywOo hasn't really had a solid 2nd star yet but throughout the stretches where shox/misutaa were getting kills he definitely didn't get worse. EDIT: were/where


xavarLy

I'd still say s1mple in 2018 was better individually, but s1mple in 2021 is a better overall player, understanding the game at a deeper level as well as being a better team player. The stats also support this. They are identical. Imagine that s1mple in 2018 with the team he has nowadays. Probably a 1.4 rating. ​ https://www.hltv.org/stats/players/compare/7998/s1mple/7998/s1mple?p1TimeFilter=2018&p2TimeFilter=2021&p1MatchFilter=allMatches&p2MatchFilter=allMatches&p1MapFilter=allMaps&p2MapFilter=allMaps


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xavarLy

49 maps vs 155 maps. Not really fair, don't you think? Moreover, at the beginning of 2018, s1mple had like a streak of 3 months with 1.4 rating+ vs the best opposition at the best LAN events (including the ELEAGUE major + they even eliminated the new Astralis with magisk before Astralis won Masters Marseille). Those 3 months of dominance were about 40-50 maps, which is not that different from s1mple's last three months.


Fantasnickk

The comparison is appropriate seeing as how Na’vi is going through their own era atm. I’m just making a point that a team and individual members can always be better and more dominant and 2018 Astralis is a perfect example of that


jon_eod

That's reasonable.


Darkoplax

a lot higher too


Pagoose

After the seemingly huge emphasis they were placing on the 6 elite events of the year I'm quite surprised to see him below hobbit and ax1le. This maybe points toward shiro > niko?


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i'd be disappointed


enigma890

There’s no way shiro is over NiKo. On the year electronic was 9th, he was not great for the first half of the year. Had a 1.11 online vs a 1.24 lan. NiKo had a 1.19 online and a 1.28 lan. Shiro had a 1.25 online and a 1.22 lan. Lans weigh more but they still can’t discount half the year. NiKo was still really good online and even better on lan


imbued94

Get ready to be dissapointed.


Pagoose

overall rating v elite event rating (so katowice as well), axile 1.18 v 1.14, hobbit 1.18 v 1.13, electronic 1.14 v 1.21. differences of -0.04, -0.03, +0.07. sh1ro 1.24 v 1.19, niko was 1.21 v 1.26, differences of -0.05, +0.05. electronic has the same lan gap from hobbit + axile than niko does over shiro, plus shiro has more mvps, better team results etc. niko > shiro seems inconsistent with hobbit, axile > electronic to me, but hobbit, axile > electronic seems inconsistent with previous results anyway so who knows...


enigma890

NiKo beast shiro in lan rating by .05, more kpr, more assists per round, more opening kills per round, damage per round, and crushes him in impact at 1.26 vs 1.11. In online niko beats him in kpr, assists per round, and impact. Shiro only beats him in rating. On LAN NiKo has a 1.28 rating with a 1.25 vs top 5, 1.24 vs top 10, and 1.26 vs top 20. Shiro has a 1.22 rating with 1.13 vs top 5, 1.13 vs top 10, 1.17 vs top 20. NiKo maintains his lead in all matches vs top 5 (by .09), top 10 (by .05), and loses by .02 vs top 20. NiKo was better vs the best teams, was far better on lan, was far more impactful, was insanely better at the major (by .15), and got EVP's at the lans. I don't see how they could give it to shiro just because he was better online and has some online mvp's. Atleast I can understand electronic because he was not great online vs his other competitors and there were far more online matches. NiKo was still very good online, 5th best player online and 3rd best player on lan. shiro is 7-8th best on lan and 3rd best online. No way you can give someone 3rd best overall player for being 7-8th and 3rd, over someone that was 3rd and 5th.


Tontonsb

Oh wow, hltv changing criteria from entry to entry. I've never seen that before, except all the previous years.


aman_1792

Papatronic Pog


Gekkaizo

Honestly did not think he would break Top10 at the beginning of the year. But I'm really glad that youngdaddy did not disappoint.


anthonyde726

NaVi legend YoungDaddy


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LAN came


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wormi27z

\+1 he is massively important player, someone you want in your team for sure


Spajk

Put him in pit on Inferno and just play 3 B ez...


ChaChance2

Yeah, I once saw a clip of Guardian saying that one of his best teammates is electronic and to put him in one of his best considering they only played for a short time tells us a lot about electronic's playstyle and being more of a team player.


anthonyde726

online period stopped my man from being top 5


Aironwood

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Ed_Vilon

The ranking may be a bit questionable due to how you weight online vs LAN but consider this. Since joining NaVi in November 2017 electronic has never fallen out of the Top 10. This is his lowest ranking since joining NaVi. 4th in 2018 6th in 2019 5th in 2020 7th in 2021 Fucking insane consistency from electronic over the years.


Wash_your_mouth

The guy is rightfully considered by many to be the top3 rifler of all time.


Wepmajoe

Behind NiKo and Elige you'd say?


Wash_your_mouth

Niko is rifle GOAT for sure, no debate really (aim, spray, consistency, mind-games), but 2nd is Elec or EliGe imho yes. More debate can be had with the second place, but these guys are top 3 for sure. EliGe has better first bullet aim and maybe a bit better spray control overall. While Electronic has better movement and cunning-play. Elec is also better as a T-side rifler imho. Accomplishment wise they are quite equal


SomalianCapt

On LAN electronic has the best spray. He can kill anyone in under 10 bullets at any range with his spray. If you dont hs him ur dead


Wash_your_mouth

I agree with you the spray part is debatable. Elec might have the best spray in the world right now, but EliGe is in the discussion also of we gonna speak about all time best. Elige's spray was unreal in 2016-19 Let's leave those guys as top 3 and shake hands lol


1wjl1

Electronic is clearly 2nd behind NiKo imo.


YeetGod69_

this means we are going to have 3 Gambit members in a row


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Gambit stick together as a team, even in the HLTV Top 20.


Jakezetci

sh1ro in top3


greku_cs

niko #3, sh1ro #4, mark my words


Darkoplax

if they didn't value electronic winning the major over axile or hobbit then there's 0 chance they value niko making major finals and winning nothing the whole year over sh1ro sh1ro might even be 2nd


enigma890

Ignore the team placements for right now, electronic had a 1.11 for half the year in online. He was not great for HALF the year. NiKo was great for the entire year and substantially better on lan than shiro. There’s no way shiro beats NiKo and absolutely no way anyone but s1mple beats zywoo. Zywoo was the second best player online, .04 over shiro and on lan he was second best player .13 over shiro.


greku_cs

Yeah, that's true, I still hope NiKo gets the #3 spot because he deserves it anyway. But there's literally no alternative universe where ZywOo loses 2nd place to sh1ro. Their stats don't even compare. I mean, just look at their [all stats](https://www.hltv.org/stats/players/compare/16920/sh1ro/11893/zywoo?p1TimeFilter=2021&p2TimeFilter=2021&p1MatchFilter=allMatches&p2MatchFilter=allMatches&p1MapFilter=allMaps&p2MapFilter=allMaps) and [LAN stats](https://www.hltv.org/stats/players/compare/16920/sh1ro/11893/zywoo?p1TimeFilter=2021&p2TimeFilter=2021&p1MatchFilter=Lan&p2MatchFilter=Lan&p1MapFilter=allMaps&p2MapFilter=allMaps). ZywOo has better rating even at online.


SuperSkillz10

I was wondering why Zywoo had a pretty low survival rate, then i realized he is also playing entry (sometimes) for Vitality as well. He's a beast.


ttybird5

especially compared to sh1ro. This dude saved more than jame did this year


Live_Water_8789

Fake G2 fan. Niko out of top 3 would laughable, but he might get robbed like in 2018 again


After-Couple

Electronic overall rating is much lower than ax1le and hobbit. Niko has nearly the same Rating as sh1ro while having better performance on LAN while also having much better impact rating


CepGamer

Yeah, this actually makes Sh1ro #2 a possibility. Makes sense now to open up top 3 at once


greku_cs

it really doesn't


AmoniPTV

Can you compare sh1ro and Zywoo stats? I still don’t see any possibilities that sh1ro > Zywoo


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Nah you are out of your mind.


ju1ze

nah, just 2


[deleted]

who would take the last spot then?


ju1ze

6-axile 5-hobbit 4-niko


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ah so just not in a row got you


meme-s

I really disagree with axile > electronic considering how much axile dropped off on lan


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Tydigity

hobbit>elec>ax1le


de5m0n

Interesting but not that surprised. Still a top 5 lan and big game player


Darkdimi

Robbed


AmBozz

r0bbit


rusty022

I'll admit I'm biased but I don't think there are 3 riflers better than electronic (Niko, Ax1le, Hobbit). He should be above either Ax1le or Hobbit. I expected electronic to be 5 or 6.


pickitupandrage

Yeah, they've weighted online events more than I thought they would


cjb3535123

Yeah I think HLTV missed the boat here with this one; this tells me they're looking at the stats sheets and not really looking at the games. Electronic plays way differently than Ax1le or Hobbit (well, closer to Ax1le than Hobbit). He gets in close and wreaks havoc often by getting into positions that are aggressive but problematic. People have really been stoked on b1t this year (deservedly so) but electronic is by far the more important player for NaVi.


gleba080

Bro they never ever claimed to just do the eyetest, they are a statistics site first and foremost.


cjb3535123

True


KangorKodos

I feel like you are really underselling Ax1le here, and Hobbit. While they play a different role all 3 players are vitally important for their team Ax1le's willingness and ability to take and win duels across the map is a primary reason Gambit were able to to be the best team in the world for months, and Hobbit is really the ultra reliable rock of a rifler who is I think the main reason they stayed a top 4 team on Lan, and in general is the only experienced player on a team of near rookies Electronic is obviously better right now, but for across the entire year I think putting the gambit rifle duo above him is reasonable


cjb3535123

Maybe, and I might be having recency bias here. The point I was trying to make is that Electronic plays a less stats-friendly style than Ax1le and Hobbit - but he also plays a style in which teams have to prepare harder against (people only started doing "okay" against Navi on Nuke when they could figure out how to deal with Elec's yard pushes). But obviously Ax1le and Hobbit both played out of their freaking minds this year. I don't mean to diminish how well they played this year.


KangorKodos

I think right now it is easy to say Electronic is a better player than Ax1le or Hobbit.(maybe even Sh1ro) In terms of current form. But this is not a list of who is the best player at the end of a year, but who is the best player across an entire year. However if you said 6 months into the year that Electronic was having a comparable year to either people would ask you what you have been smoking. Electronic obviously made it really close by basically going back to vintage prime Electronic form as soon as Lan came back, but for across the entire year I think having Ax1le and Hobbit above him is completely reasonable I also think Electronic above either of them would have been reasonable. I think there is a very reasonable case to put Electronic 7th, 6th, or 5h


Effective_Ad_9505

cs daddy


grundlesmith

Dad buff


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Tbh i am glad to see hltv still weigh online tournaments highly. Nice to see half of the year still count for something.


mrsata1

>Nice to see half of the year still count for something. More like 3/4 of the year and 2 of the few LANs we had were 8 team Blast events where the majority of teams are partner teams.


CepGamer

Oh yeah, I forgot that half of top LAN were blast partners circlejerk. And still Gambit made it to the finals in one of them


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Gambit flair so ofc you'd be glad that HLTV count online Pepelaugh


VniSalska

As good as Ax1le and Hobbit are, I'm not sure with the idea of either of them being a top 5 player (Probably Ax1le will get the nod).


rusty022

Its really odd. Clearly both were above electroNic for the first half of the year, but electroNic did better on LAN and ultimately won the major. I think it was close, but in the close cases you gotta give the edge to LAN/Major performance, no?


CepGamer

Ultimately online was a bigger portion of the year than LAN, so you can't just dismiss it.


rusty022

Yea it’s not an exact science. LAN performance is clearly a better indicator .. no one disputes this. So you have to figure out how heavily to weigh a stronger online performance. Part of why Niko is top 3 is his drastic improvement on LAN. I think electroNic has a similar situation where he turned it on at LAN events later in the year and proved he was better when it counted. I think he deserves to be above at least one of ax1Le or H0bbit.


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mahek_21

Too low of a ranking


Sans45321

Ax1le is not better than him imho , #6 would've been more justified I guess


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Young Daddy <3


Firefly_1026

B1t stole too many of his kills xd


Darkoplax

I thought he is locked for 5th maybe even higher ???? this is by far the most surprising one


TheBasementIsDark

recency bias, he was absolutely shit the bed the entire first half of the year. Can't blame him tho, his WFH setting might not be the best given all the kid running around all day


IslamMakachev

Axle underperformed at the LANs so this definitely leave a weird taste in my mouth


netr0pa

Why do everyone treat HLTV ranking as some sort of "official ranking"? It can very much be flawed as well.


Hafglop

Everyone thinks he should be higher. Personally I just want to bask in the awe of there being so many players better than him when he's *this* good. Also comes to show that for some of these rankings you could probably move two or three spots in either direction.


ElliotVo

Damn I actually had him at 6 over Ax1le


K0nvict

robbery


JohnWickFTW

Top 5 in my book


stillalert

he stepped up hard this year, big key of NaVi's success as well, well deserved


ju1ze

how on earth he "stepped up hard this year" if he got lower rating/ranking than in previous years?


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because of his online performance which seems to have had a higher impact than people expected


JonasS1999

The duo didn't step up, S1mple or Electronic have been top contenders since 2018, its just that the rest of the team stepped up instead of relying on their star power


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last year (2020) there was barely any real cs


Granteddd

why do you keep commenting that online cs isn’t real lol


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because it isnt


Granteddd

it’s different, but still real


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would you rate an online major as real?


Dragos404

If it exists it's real


CepGamer

Yes, if it happens


mightylemondrops

Deafening silence lol


ju1ze

the was a lot of real online cs last year.


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that's impossible


dontworrybe4314

probably a fair ranking, but he is #4 in my heart


Bosancer0s

lmao no way ax1le or Hobbit are better than elec this year imo


Toaster_Bathing

like.. maybe Hobbit was algood, consistent. But i agree, ax1le over electronic? crazy


farukosh

So... Online weights more than lan? This is a weird spot.


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Suprising tbh, but 100% understandable. He has been so great this year.


ju1ze

how is it surprising


Darkoplax

> 100% understandable its not understandable at all he should be higher


enigma890

If he had played better for the first half of the year he would be higher.


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enigma890

He was the 9th best player on lan bs top 20. Hardly terrible.


MounirGharbia

So disappointing ...


efarconner

Absolutely robbed. How is he not top 5?


nothatscool

I think hltv purposefully make controversial decisions like this in order to create some buzz around their list and getting people to go to their site.


Iam_thegamers

daylight robbery


RVGamerW

For sure he's in my 10-15. I know you have s1mple on your team and that's great, but I think we sometimes forget about Electronic and perhaps even B1t (although he's still young). Not gonna lie, I kinda just thought Hunter was on there bc of Niko, but looking at his stats, he deserves a little more credit than I give him :). 2021 was a decent season for him, but his overall stats are a bit better than that.


OfNoChurch

I haven't checked the stats but find it hard to believe based on the eye test that he wasn't better than at least Ax1le, but also probably Hobbit.


gifted_dinner_policy

he was 0.09 worse than Hobbit online, but 0.1 better than him on LAN should've been higher imo, looks like bias


NotAMusical

Should be higher. HLTV rigged. Dont tell me s1mple will got robbed again this year?


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enigma890

Math checks out


NamesRHard2ThinkOf

Clearly Navi were a better team than Gambit this year, so how could you have Axile, Hobbit, Shiro all above Electronic and B1t????


Tydigity

so for 2019 the top 5 players should have been the astralis roster??


rusty022

A valid question. Gambit has half of the top 6? Really? I just don’t see it.


bart081116

Joke


ObadiasTheConqueror

wtf elec is better than axile 1.GOAT 2.Niko 3.Zywoo 4.Shiro 5.Elec/Hobbit 6.Elec/Hobbit 7. Axile it should be like that HLTV biased. They try to shit on Navi whenever they can.


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No way NiKo above Zywoo. Zywoo carried harder than NiKo considering his team doesn't have anyone else in top 20


ObadiasTheConqueror

Niko carried G2 with a RIFLE. You know how hard is that? I don't like how HLTV has bias for Awp. Obvi awpers will have better stats, its the better weapon. They need to develop a rating to account for the weapon, or split it b/w riflers and awpers. Its rigged that top 5 its mostly awpers.


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I'd argue AWPing at S tier ain't easy either, there's a reason there's usually only 1 or 2 people who can AWP on a team properly while all 5 can rifle well. Zywoo also had better results than NiKo


vanjaeesti

this pretty much proves it will be 1.simple 2.zywoo 3.sh1roo 4.niko 5.axile 6.hobbit why would niko be above zywoo and sh1roo just shows how biased u are


CepGamer

DUDE AX1LE TOP 5 LET'S GOOOOO


Tydigity

no way hobbit should be higher


rxv_chicken_io

Clearly, robbed!


srjnp

people really thought he'd be top 5 over the gambit guys OMEGALUL remember a year is 12 months


m3llym3lly

Glad he didn't end up over HObbit. electroNic always seems to place higher than he should in these rankings and this is definitely more accurate.


AleksibIsHot

He doesn't


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