Rainbow Six Siege: EU Playday 8 & 9 preview
Amid all of the chaos around the world right now Rainbow Six Pro League Season 11 will resume play on March 23.
In this segment, the team will break down everything you need to know about each EU Pro League team and share the predictions for the week’s playdays.
Rogue (15 points)
The leaders in EU are matched up against G2 and forZe this week. The only team without a loss so far in Season 11 is recovering from a poor performance at the Six Invitational in February. Rogue exited the tournament in the group stage losing to both TeamSolo Mid (TSM) and Natus Vincere (NaVi), only claiming one map in those matches. This roster even back under the organization of Giants Gaming excelled in online play but failed to show up at LANs. That burden has not left this roster under a new banner. Rogue will battle G2 and forZe in Playdays eight and nine, respectfully.
Rogue’s matchup against G2 will most likely be the match of the week as G2 is showcasing their new lineup for the first time. This matchup will most likely turn into a “frag fest” and that is something Rogue does not want to happen. Rogue will tally their first loss of the season 4-7. forZe will bring Rogue back to normal Siege. Its first versus the worst in this matchup and Rogue will keep their first place spot with a win 7-5.
Team Empire (13)
Russia’s Siege war machine was unable to complete its mission at the Six Invitational. Actually, they were not even able to make it out of the group stage. Team Empire is now looking for a bounce-back performance in the second half of season 11 to push their name back up the power rankings. The well-oiled machine that is Team Empire is still a force to be reckoned with. Their opponents in the upcoming week will be NaVi and G2.
Since NaVi’s roster became official less than a week before this match they stand little chance against Team Empire. Team Empire wins 7-3. The battle with G2 will be more interesting, these two teams have been slugging it out for over a year now neither team has gotten the overall edge. G2’s new roster will surely cause some trouble for Team Empire, but as it has been shown over and over again in Siege a solidified roster wins. Therefore, Team Empire will sweep its playdays this week beating G2’s 7-5.
Team Vitality (12)
One of three teams out of EU to not attend the Six Invitational has had a lot of time to practice. The team with four different countries within their roster finally started to put it together at the end of the split, stringing together back-to-back wins for the first time all season. The two teams they beat before the split will be the same two teams they face coming out of the split. forZe and Chaos are standing in Vitality’s way this week.
Team Vitality will come out the gates firing on all cylinders and continue their winning streak this week defeating forZe 7-4. Chaos, on the other hand, will do what their name insists and create chaos for Team Vitality. The veterans on Vitality will be able to stand toe-to-toe with Choas and, tie 6-6.