Seattle Surge suffered their second loss of Call of Duty League 2024 Major 4 last Sunday against Las Vegas Legion. In contrast, the Miami Heretics picked up their third victory of the stage against the Carolina Royal Ravens in a fairly one-sided series.

Both teams are 3-2 heading into this match, and they’ve both had their moments over the last three weeks. The Seattle Surge have shown higher highs, whereas Miami Heretics have seemed more stable with dominant wins against weaker teams and tough losses against superior squads.

The last two meetings between Seattle Surge and Miami Heretics extended to five maps, and considering their form, there’s a good chance we’ll see another close affair.

Atlanta FaZe and Toronto Ultra are guaranteed a top-eight finish this online stage, but there’s still pride on the line as the two CDL title contenders clash for the sixth time this season.

Of the five meetings, Toronto Ultra have won all but one — during CDL 2024 Major 3 Qualifiers — which includes a close 3-2 victory in the winners’ finals at the previous Call of Duty League Major. So not only have Toronto Ultra beaten FaZe online, but they’ve also proven to be the better team on LAN.

Even though Toronto Ultra have not accomplished as much as FaZe this season, they’re one of the few teams that can cause Atlanta FaZe problems. Admittedly, FaZe have looked much more potent over the last three weeks of CDL 2024 Major 4 Qualifiers, but this doesn’t justify them being priced as such big favourites. Value is with Toronto Ultra.

Las Vegas Legion have been very up and down so far in this online stage. They lost against Toronto Ultra in the first week, then picked up three wins against New York Subliners, OpTic Texas, and Seattle Surge, but lost their most recent outing against Los Angeles Guerrillas.

This confirms what was already known: the Legion are highly volatile, although capable of causing upsets.

The Los Angeles Thieves have not been as inconsistent with their showings. They have beaten teams they were expected to but also crumbled against Atlanta FaZe and Toronto Ultra last week — although the Thieves showed some resistance, namely on Hardpoint and Control maps.

Las Vegas Legion have shown high highs this online stage, but they’re not to be trusted when expected to do well. They’re also 0-2 down in the head-to-head with Los Angeles Thieves, which makes backing Daniel “Ghosty” Rothe and co. an easy choice.

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Los Angeles Thieves finished the Call of Duty League 2024 Major 3 Qualifiers in fourth place and looked set to make a splash on LAN. But the Thieves failed to make it far in Toronto, suffering an early second-round exit against Miami Heretics.

Losing to Heretics isn’t that worrying, but the Thieves also had an iffy showing against Boston Breach in round one, suggesting they might not be as good as they seemed a few weeks back.

Los Angeles Guerrillas are not as much of an enigma. While you could rank them above Boston Breach, anything more is too optimistic. Still, the Guerrillas are much more efficient online and are 3-1 up in the head-to-head against the Thieves, who haven’t shown enough recently to earn the tag of $1.30 favourites.

Toronto Ultra are the clear third-best team in the league, behind Atlanta FaZe and OpTic Texas. They had some distinct issues over the first three stages of the season, namely with Search & Destroy, but even that doesn’t seem to be a problem anymore.

In CDL 2024 Major 3, Toronto Ultra managed to grind out some great wins on Search & Destroy and showed great consistency on respawns, earning them a silver medal and a ticket to the CDL Championship.

Las Vegas Legion exited CDL 2024 Major 3 in the first round, which marked their worst LAN result of the season, but that was expected after what they showed in the qualifying stage.

Legion took a map in two of their three meetings with Ultra this season, but they’re now in worse form, whereas Toronto Ultra are improving. A 3-0 sweep seems likely.

Miami Heretics placed fifth-sixth at CDL Major 3, which is a massive improvement on their consecutive 9th-12th finishes in the first two LAN events. That result didn’t come easy, but Miami Heretics earned it with solid performances against the Las Vegas Legion and Los Angeles Thieves.

Their only loss of CDL 2024 Major 3 came against OpTic Texas, who beat them 3-1 in the third round of the lower bracket. That doesn’t sound too inspiring ahead of this fixture, but we can’t ignore Miami Heretics’ recent improvement.

By winning CDL 2024 Major 3, OpTic Texas earned the tag as the strongest CoD team in the league. They’re still 20 points short of catching up to FaZe in the season standings, yet their improvement since the second stage is noticeable.

It’s very difficult to doubt OpTic Texas and their chances to defeat Miami Heretics. Still, there’s a very good chance they drop a map — as OpTic typically do online.

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London Royal Ravens secured a crucial victory last Saturday against Las Vegas Thieves (3-1), yet, they’re still 1-3 ahead of the final week of Call of Duty League Major 4 Qualifiers, so they’re still far from locking in a spot in the winners’ bracket.

But if we look at Royal Ravens and their performances this season, it’s tough to find a good reason to trust them, especially when faced with well-rounded teams such as the New York Subliners. It also doesn’t help that the teams have overlapping maps, so it will all come down to which squad has better players.

New York Subliners aren’t perfect and can look shaky, depending on the day. But they’ve shown enough over the last two weeks, with wins against Atlanta FaZe (3-2) and Minnesota R?KKR (3-1), while their only defeat came against OpTic Texas (1-3).

London Royal Ravens can win a map, but anything beyond that seems unlikely.

Las Vegas Legion had a good run until last Saturday when they lost against London Royal Ravens (1-3) and barely made it past Las Vegas Guerrillas (3-2). The main issue with this team is their poor performance on respawns, which is a huge problem.

Florida Mutineers are 0-4 with an abysmal 20% map win rate (3-12), so it’s fair to question their chances of defeating the Las Vegas Legion. But it’s not like the Legion are a top-tier team, and their performance last week was underwhelming, to say the least.

Las Vegas Legion need to win this match, and they likely will, but we don’t see them sweeping the Mutineers. This match can easily reach map five, so we’ll take a bit of a longshot bet and predict the Legion winning 3-2.

OpTic Texas look very strong heading into the final week of CDL Major 4 Qualifiers, but that doesn’t mean they’re guaranteed to sweep everyone in their path – especially not the Boston Breach.

Boston Breach are 2-1 with wins against Toronto Ultra (3-2) and London Royal Ravens (3-1), while their only loss of CDL Major 4 Qualifiers came against Las Vegas Legion (1-3) on day one. Although not the loudest results, Boston Breach have shown good form over the last two months and shouldn’t be underestimated.

Boston Breach can be a bit inconsistent, but they usually do well when faced with the league’s top teams, so we can see them challenging OpTic. We like Boston with a map handicap.

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Toronto Ultra were incredible during the last Major but have since not looked as good, and even that is an understatement. They’re 1-3 ahead of the final week, which keeps Ultra within reach of a top-eight finish, yet there is no telling how the last week will go.

Toronto Ultra have lost against Boston Breach (2-3), Seattle Surge (2-3), and Atlanta FaZe (1-3), while their only win of CDL Major 4 Qualifiers came against the struggling Florida Mutineers (3-0). Even though suffering close defeats against the Breach and Surge isn’t terrible, we expected much more from Tobias “CleanX” Juul J?nsson and his crew.

Las Vegas Legion continue to linger somewhere in the middle of the CDL table, with a 2-1 record after two weeks of play. They’ve beaten Boston Breach (3-1) and Los Angeles Guerrillas (3-2) but lost against London Royal Ravens (1-3), which is a weird mix of results.

Ultra and the Legion are very tough to figure out, as it’s nearly impossible to say how they’ll do going forward. They’ve both shown some flashes of greatness but close to no consistency in their performances. The Ultra still look much stronger on paper, but we wouldn’t bet on them at this price. Over 4.5 rounds is a bit of a longshot bet, but Las Vegas Legion have proven they can compete with the best, and Toronto Ultra have shown they can lose to anyone.

OpTic Texas have always been one of the toughest teams in the CDL, but based on their performances over the last month, they might be THE best team in the league ahead of the final Major. They claimed a silver medal from CDL Major 3 and have since beaten London Royal Ravens (3-0), New York Subliners (3-1), and Los Angeles Thieves (3-1) with ease.

Los Angeles Guerrillas are an entirely different story. They’ve yet to win or come close to winning a Major this season, and their performances though the last month have been very underwhelming. Particularly over the last two weeks, the Guerrillas have shown very little, with defeats against Minnesota R?KKR (1-3), Los Angeles Thieves (1-3), and Las Vegas Legion (2-3).

As the latest Call of Duty betting odds suggest, this is OpTic Texas’ game to lose, and it’s hard to find a reason to argue with that logic. Even though OpTic are known to drop maps, it’s unlikely for them to struggle against Los Angeles Guerrillas.

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Seattle Surge finished the first week of CDL Major 4 Qualifiers with a 1-1 record, which is pretty impressive considering they had to face Los Angeles Thieves (1-3) and CDL Major 3 champions Toronto Ultra (3-2). They’re now left with a relatively easy schedule, needing to face Florida Mutineers, Los Angeles Guerrillas, and Atlanta FaZe, so without any major upsets, the Surge should reach the Major.

Florida Mutineers were far less successful in the first week of the qualifiers, losing against Minnesota R?KKR (0-3) and Atlanta FaZe (2-3). However, despite going 0-2, the Mutineers took FaZe to game five, which is nothing to sneeze at.

Seattle Surge have looked good since CDL Major 3 Qualifiers and are objectively stronger than the Mutineers. Even though the Mutineers have shown some flashes over the last month, most of their success came from their opponents not playing as well as they should.

We’re giving the Mutineers the benefit of the doubt that they’ll win one map, but anything beyond that seems unlikely. Take Seattle Surge to win 3-1 on the correct score market.

Minnesota R?KKR won both of their series in Week 1 of CDL Major 4 Qualifiers against Florida Mutineers (3-0) and Los Angeles Thieves (3-1). Even though they didn’t play the best of the competition, going 2-0 is respectable, considering they went through a stage where they didn’t win a single match over eight series.

The sudden resurgence came shortly after the R?KKR replaced Dillon “Attach” Price with Kevin “Fame” Bonanno, and even though it’s tough to make any firm conclusions from the two wins, Minnesota R?KKR are playing better.

Still, they’ve yet to show enough to be considered serious title contenders. On the other side, the New York Subliners have done enough this season to be viewed as a strong team, but their recent slump puts an asterisk next to their status as live underdogs to win the CDL Championship.

They beat Atlanta FaZe (3-2) in game five last week, but we’ve seen it before where the Subliners played well against top teams but then blundered against weaker squads. The Subliners are the superior team on paper, but they’re not consistent enough to warrant a bet at the offered CDL betting odds.

New York Subliners might still win, but it won’t be as one-sided as the Call of Duty betting odds suggest.

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?Boston Breach enter the Call of Duty League Major 4 Qualifier following a solid fourth-place finish at CDL Major 3, which explains why they’re considered firm favourites for this match. But Boston Breach have to face a new-look, hungry Las Vegas Legion, who acquired Eli “Standy” Bentz as a replacement for Brendan “2ReaL” Stockdale.

Las Vegas Legion haven’t won much this season and are considered one of the league’s weakest teams, but their run at CDL Major 3 (5th-6th) looked promising. It’s tough to ignore that Las Vegas Legion got eliminated from the Major by Boston Breach (0-3), but the series was relatively close, so there’s a world where the Legion do better with Standy.

Expecting Las Vegas Legion to produce a complete turnaround and sweep Boston Breach isn’t realistic, but we have high hopes for the improved roster. Priced at $2.62 with GG Bet, Las Vegas Legion seem a bit underrated, and even though they seem weaker on paper, it’s easy to underestimate how much of an impact adding a solid player like Standy can have on a team.

?Last week London Royal Ravens announced the signing of Ulisses “Ulisses” Rios, who joined the roster from Decimate Gaming as a replacement for Paul “PaulEhx” Avila, which looks like a decent move. PaulEhx has been struggling to perform on a sub and was one of the reasons why the London Royal Ravens haven’t looked as good lately.

If Ulisses can step up and deliver, London Royal Ravens can be a good team. They already showed flashes last stage, when they nearly took down OpTic Texas (2-3) and won against Toronto Ultra (3-2), so it’s fair to expect things to improve in the Royal Ravens camp.

The reigning CDL champions, Los Angeles Thieves, are fresh off a disappointing second-round exit from CDL Major 3, where the Thieves lost against Las Vegas Legion (1-3). Even though one poor tournament run doesn’t mean that Los Angeles Thieves are doomed, they’ve not been too consistent this season.

Particularly online, the Thieves haven’t produced any notable results, and still, they’re $1.36 favourites for this affair. On the one hand, the Royal Ravens are 5-14 this season, but they also won against Toronto Ultra and nearly took down OpTic without Ulisses.

At $3.00, we have to take a shot with London Royal Ravens. Some might prefer London Royal Ravens with a map advantage, which is not a bad choice at the offered CoD betting odds.

?Florida Mutineers are strong candidates to win the CDL 2023 wooden spoon, and if London Royal Ravens can keep improving, the Mutineers likely will finish the season bottom of the table. Even though we saw the Mutineers defeat Boston Breach (3-1) and New York Subliners (3-1), those were just two decent results of an otherwise very concerning record.

The Mutineers have yet to find any consistency, and without making any significant roster changes ahead of CDL Major 4 Qualifier, it’s fair to say that they won’t reach the CDL Championships. Atlanta FaZe, on the other side, will – the only question is whether they’ll also win the regular season.

Atlanta FaZe are 18-10 on the season, but they had a rough run at CDL Major 3, where they finished third, following defeats against Toronto Ultra (1-3) and OpTic Texas (1-3). Placing third was disappointing, yet that’s more of an indication of the expectations everyone has of FaZe rather than a sign of FaZe struggling.

It’s tough to expect anything less than a 3-0 sweep for Atlanta FaZe.

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?London Royal Ravens are the most improved team in the league, having won all three CDL Major 4 Qualifiers matches against Toronto Ultra (3-1), Minnesota R?KKR (3-1), and Florida Mutineers (3-1). But for them to be considered an elite team, the London squad must also take down Atlanta FaZe.

That might be easier said than done, knowing how deadly Atlanta FaZe become as we get closer to the Call of Duty League Championship. However, FaZe have not looked as good across the last two weeks, and they don’t need to win the qualifiers since they’re already guaranteed a spot in the season finale with 280 points.

Atlanta FaZe are still a more talented roster, but at $2.50, you can’t pass on London Royal Ravens. They found traction just in time, and even though they’ve yet to defeat FaZe this season, this might be their best chance to do so.

?Paris Legion were expected to be the bottom team of CDL Major 4 Qualifiers, and that’s where they sit now. Not only have Legion failed to win a single series, but their map count is 1-9, which is enough to illustrate how bad they’re relative to the rest of the league.

Their only map victory of the qualifiers came against OpTic Texas on Saturday, but even though Paris Legion won a map against one of the league’s top teams, it’s not like OpTic are doing much better (1-3).

This is not a bet on Florida Mutineers to win, but rather a bet on Paris Legion to lose. They’re not playing well, and according to what we can see on social media, the morale in the team is at an all-time low.

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