Create your own Fantasy team and compete against the best in the WAL play-in and playoffs. WePlay Academy League Season 5 is set to return on Tuesday with a field that is down from 14 teams to just eight after the group stage. Six of the surviving squads have not yet qualified for the playoffs and will first battle in a single elimination play-in. The two best teams from that play-in will then join the two top performers from the group stage, BIG Academy and fnatic Rising, in a double-elimination bracket for the championship. A fantasy game for the final two WAL stages has been set up for our users to compete for skin prizes provided by Roobet, although it is worth noting that this is a standalone event and will not contribute any points to the seasonal leaderboard. Thinking about how the bracket will play out is essential to making a good team due to the competition's format. It is imperative your players go as far as possible in the tournament and don't meet each other early on to maximize your points. The teams entering the play-in stage earliest are FURIA Academy, Astralis Talent, Spirit Academy and OG Academy, who will need to win two games in a row in order to not get eliminated. The higher-seeded NAVI Junior and Young Ninjas need just one series win to qualify for the playoffs. BIG Academy and fnatic Rising are awaiting the two play-in winners in the playoffs, meaning they are much safer picks. Their members are proving to be popular choices, as six out of the eight most picked players so far come from those two squads and users are taking advantage of the padding points they will receive by skipping the first few rounds. Erik "ztr" Gustafsson and Andrii "npl" Kukharskyi are the other two players that are finding their place among the most popular picks. Both of them have a budget price under $200,000 while skipping one round of the play-in, which reduces the risk of picking them. The skin prizes for the HLTV x Roobet League are: 1. Hydra Gloves | Rattler (Field-Tested) Please take note of the Fantasy rules before competing as they provide important information regarding the prizes, eligibility, and selection of winners. Fantasy is free of charge and can be played in the official HLTV league as well as in independently organized private and public ones. Start playing Fantasy by going to the Fantasy page.
2. AK-47 | Bloodsport (Field-Tested)
3. AWP | Redline (Field-Tested)OG Academy #80
Arbnor 'Dementor' Pacolli
Alexandru 's0und' Ștefan
Max 'Marix' Kugener
Blagoi 'oxygeN' Dimitrov
Kaloyan 'shaiK' Borisov
Astralis Talent #78
Frederik 'Fessor' Sørensen
Victor 'vigg0' Bisgaard
Benjamin 'brzer' Jensen
Mikkel 'MistR' Thomsen
Alexander 'Altekz' Givskov
FURIA Academy #75
João 'koala' Pfeffer
Bruno 'Bruninho' Rodrigues
Lucas 'decenty' Bacelar
Leonardo 'zmb' Toledo
Kaue 'kauez' Kaschuk
Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson
Age: 19 Team: Young Ninjas Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 416 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.69
Young Ninjas #73
Jack 'Jackinho' Ström Mattsson
Adam 'adamb' Ångström
Linus 'LNZ' Holtäng
Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson
Adam 'bq' Bergqvist
BIG Academy #53
Elias 's1n' Stein
David 'prosus' Hesse
Tom 'skyye' Hagedorn
Nico 'Aqua' Kembitzky
Marcel 'hyped' Köhn
fnatic Rising #82
Matias 'Banjo' Kivistö
Peppe 'Peppzor' Borak
Sebastian 'volt' Maloș
Mikkel 'Maze' Sparvath
Filip 'DEPRESHN' Jarkić
Andrii 'npl' Kukharskyi
Age: 17 Team: NAVI Junior Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 39 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.70
NAVI Junior #105
Daniil 'headtr1ck' Valitov
Dmytro 'dem0n' Myroshnychenko
Adam 'froz1k' Nahornyi
Mark 'UNBR0KEN' Varakuta
Andrii 'npl' Kukharskyi
Spirit Academy #86
Mykhailo 'OWNER' Lymar
Myroslav 'zont1x' Plakhotia
Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets
Artem 'ArtFr0st' Kharitonov
Vladislav 'H4SAN4TOR' Tuchin