Benjamin “blameF” Bremer has been named the Most Valuable Player of Pinnacle Cup Championship by HLTV x Bitskins.com, ending the event as its highest-rated player with a 1.41 rating over eight maps played.
The award is a bittersweet ending to the tournament in Lund for the Dane as Astralis were felled by Heroic in the grand final, the only time that the 25-year-old had a negative map during the event with a 0.85 rating on Ancient.
blameF takes home his first MVP medal after a stellar showing in Lund
Other than that outlier, blameF was a consistent force for Astralis in their run, starting things off with a tournament-high 2.06 rating against EG.PA and carrying that form into matches against higher-tier opposition, performing exceptionally well in series play against Imperial (1.46 rating) and BIG (1.44 rating) to earn Astralis a spot in the grand final.
He was also the top performer in four categories outside of overall rating, including damage difference per round (+31.1 — nearly double that of his closest competitor), 1+ kill rounds (58.9%), KAST (78.7%), and K-D differential (+65).
His top two placements on the leaderboard included ADR (97.7), KPR (0.92), and impact rating (1.47), as well as a handful of opening kill statistics where he landed among the top five — total opening kills (34, #5), opening kills per round (0.16, #3), and success in opening duels (65.4%, #2).
The award is blameF‘s first time earning an MVP medal after previously finishing a number of tournaments among the list of Exceptionally Valuable Players (EVPs).
Previous HLTV x BitSkins.com MVPs in 2022:
IEM Dallas –
Sergey “Ax1Le” Rykhtorov
PGL Major Antwerp –Håvard “rain” Nygaard
ESL Pro League Season 15 –Robin “ropz” Kool
IEM Katowice –Helvijs “broky” Saukants
Funspark ULTI –
