The eastern European region has taken over the Counter-Strike world since the start of this year, with teams like Gambit, Spirit, Virtus.pro joining the otherwise lone CIS rulers NAVI, at the top of the CS:GO scene.
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The strong CIS quartet has taken home strong and important titles at BLAST Premier Global Final, BLAST Premier Spring Groups, cs_summit 7, and DreamHack Open January.
The total dominance from NAVI, VP, Gambit, and Spirit has left the rest of the CS:GO elite in disbelief, something they have continued to do so in the ongoing IEM Katowice. You can read a lot more about their strong showing at the prestigious event right below.
Read more: CIS teams has taken over IEM Katowice
degster’s insane quad kill vs Astralis
The rankings from the start of 2021 are also stacked with CIS players, represented both by experienced superstars as Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev but also new and promising youngsters in Gambit’s Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov and Abdulkhalik “degster” Gasanov from Spirit.
Top 10 Highest-Rated Players of 2021
1. s1mple (NAVI) | +255 K-D Diff / 1.38 Rating
2. Jame (Virtus.pro) | +174 K-D Diff / 1.28 Rating
3. mir (Spirit) | +102 K-D Diff / 1.27 Rating
4. sh1ro (Gambit) | +228 K-D Diff / 1.25 Rating
5. YEKINDAR (Virtus.pro) | +81 K-D Diff / 1.25 Rating
6. degster (Spirit) | +160 K-D Diff / 1.24 Rating
7. faveN (Sprout) | +106 K-D Diff / 1.18 Rating
8. syrsoN (BIG) | +96 K-D Diff / 1.18 Rating
9. Hobbit (Gambit) | +117 K-D Diff / 1.17 Rating
10. EliGE (Liquid) | +58 K-D Diff / 1.17 Rating
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