ESL Pro League S21 — Eight Storylines That Decide It

ESL Pro League Season 21 kicks off in early May, and eight roster storylines will define how the bracket actually plays out.

Story one: the karrigan situation casts a long shadow. Whether or not the Falcons deal lands before the event, every team in his orbit is playing for leverage at the same time as they’re playing for points. Story two: NAVI’s post-shuffle group looks coherent for the first time in 18 months.

Stories three through eight: G2’s Snax era, Heroic’s NA experiment, Liquid’s rebuild without their veteran AWPer, MOUZ’s coaching change, Astralis’s slow-burn return, FaZe-Vitality momentum. Densest set of plot threads CS has had in two years.