ESL Challenger and Impact Valencia Fantasy games now live

Try your hand at building the ultimate team with our two latest Fantasy games.

Both events in Valencia feature $100,000 prize pools and GSL-style groups into single-elimination best-of-three playoffs, with skin prizes available for each HLTV x Roobet league as well as leaderboard points for the Spring season.

It is expected that these two games and the Fantasy game for IEM Cologne will be the last of the Spring season, so make sure to get your picks in before it is too late.

saffee currently sits as the most picked player for the Challenger event

The clear favourites for the Challenger event FURIA dominate the picked players so far, with all five members of the squad residing in top eight, AWPer Rafael "⁠saffee⁠" Costa taking the top spot.

The remaining three are Alexey "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev and Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali from Outsiders and David "⁠dav1g⁠" Granado Bermudo from Movistar Riders, those two teams being the secondary favourites behind the Brazilians.

Surprisingly no MIBR players feature, despite the team being in a very winnable group and Marcelo "⁠chelo⁠" Cespedes and Jhonatan "⁠JOTA⁠" Willian often posting stellar statistics.

Something worth mentioning is that FURIA and Outsiders reside in what is the least predictable of the two groups, with their opponents being a Sprout team who have shown decent form since adding Laurențiu "⁠lauNX⁠" Țârlea and an 00NATION squad who will be something of a wildcard having completely revamped their lineup prior to this event.

The prizes on offer for the ESL Challenger Valencia 2022 HLTV x Roobet league are as follows:

1. Gut Knife | Ultraviolet (Field-Tested)
2. Galil AR | Sugar Rush (Field-Tested)
3. AK-47 | Neon Rider (Field-Tested)

Aidy takes the top spot amongst players picked for Impact

The winners of the previous Impact event in Dallas Nigma Galaxy find all five of their players among the most picked, with two from previous runners-up FURIA fe and one from BIG EQUIPA making up the top eight.

It is BIG EQUIPA’s Aida "⁠Aidy⁠" Garcia who grabs herself the top spot, being a very affordable option from one of the teams who are expected to make a deep run here in Valencia, having made top-four in Dallas. It is likely that the Leader player role and the Bottom of scoreboard booster will be paired with Aidy to make her an efficient point-earner.

Interestingly not a single member of CLG Red, a core that has been together for over a year and has dominated the recent NA Impact Cash Cups, find themselves amongst the most picked, likely due to the fact their players are all priced over $214,000 and they only managed top-four in Dallas.

The prizes on offer for the ESL Impact Valencia 2022 HLTV x Roobet league are as follows:

1. Hydra Gloves | Emerald (Field-Tested)
2. AWP | Wildfire (Field-Tested)
3. USP-S | Kill Confirmed (Field-Tested)

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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 official HLTV leagues, as well as independently organized private and public ones.

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Outsiders #15 Alexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPetr 'fame' Bolyshev Jhonatan 'JOTA' Willian Age: 24 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 422 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes Age: 24 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 907 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.65 MIBR #20 Marcelo 'chelo' CespedesRaphael 'exit' LacerdaMatheus 'Tuurtle' AnhaiaJhonatan 'JOTA' WillianBreno 'brnz4n' Poletto CLG Red #175 Diane 'di^' TranMounira 'GooseBreeder' DobieEmma 'Emy' ChoeJuliana 'Juli' TosicKelsie 'uhKelsie' Click Nigma Galaxy #141 Ksenia 'vilga' KluenkovaAna 'ANa' DumbravăVictoria 'tory' KazievaAlexandra 'twenty3' TimoninaKatarína 'Kat' Vašková 00NATION Marcelo 'coldzera' DavidSantino 'try' Rigal Dzhami 'Jame' Ali Age: 23 Team: Outsiders Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1173 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.55 Movistar Riders #18 David 'dav1g' Granado BermudoAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoRaúl 'DeathZz' Jordán NietoÁlvaro 'SunPayus' García Rafael 'saffee' Costa Age: 27 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 392 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.61 David 'dav1g' Granado Bermudo Age: 21 Team: Movistar Riders Rating 1.0: 0.85 Maps played: 271 KPR: 0.56 DPR: 0.67 BIG EQUIPA #179 Aida 'Aidy' GarciaMarta 'D7' AsensioAna 'Zana' QueirozJennifer 'JennyR' Irina Brea RodriguezAida 'Aida' Simão Alexey 'Qikert' Golubev Age: 23 Team: Outsiders Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1253 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.64 FURIA fe #174 Olga 'Olga' RodriguesGabriela 'GaBi' MaldonadoIzabella 'izaa' GalleKarina 'kaahSENSEI' TakahashiMariana 'mari' Preste Laurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea Age: 17 Team: Sprout Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 232 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.70 Sprout #34 Rasmus 'raalz' SteensborgTimo 'Spiidi' RichterFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichVictor 'Staehr' StaehrLaurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea Aida 'Aidy' Garcia Age: 31 Team: BIG EQUIPA Rating 1.0: 0.77 Maps played: 40 KPR: 0.53 DPR: 0.72 FURIA #7 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRafael 'saffee' CostaAndré 'drop' Abreu