BLAST has revealed the list of teams competing at BLAST Bounty, the tournament organizers’ first event as part of its new competitive landscape. Beginning on January 14th, BLAST Bounty gives lower-ranked teams the opportunity to choose to play higher-ranked teams, competing to claim their “bounty,” with the number being higher as the opponents get better.
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BLAST Bounty Season 1 Teams Revealed
Using the list of Valve Regional Standings teams from December 2nd, BLAST has invited the following 30 teams to compete in BLAST Bounty:
- G2
- Natus Vincere
- Vitality
- Team Spirit
- The MongolZ
- MOUZ
- FaZe
- HEROIC
- Team Liquid
- FURIA
- Eternal Fire
- SAW
- 3DMAX
- paiN
- Complexity
- Astralis
- FlyQuest
- BIG
- Virtus.pro
- Sangal
- Gamerlegion
- MIBR
- Nemiga
- Wildcard
- B8
- ENCE
- Imperial fe
- Fluxo
- 9 Pandas
- M80
On top of this, Team Falcons have also received a Wildcard invite, as per BLAST’s rules for the event. One further Wildcard team will be announced before the event begins.
The big story here is that Imperial fe will be attending its first-ever Tier 1 event. It may also be the first female team to attend a CS tournament of this magnitude, in what is a landmark moment for the scene. Imperial fe have long farmed the female scene, winning the last eight ESL Impact events. It would be awesome to see them give a good account of themselves here and show what they’re capable of on the server.
Credit: Helena Kristiansson | ESL
Outside of that, it’s all your usual suspects attending BLAST Bounty Season 1. The top teams in the world will all be in attendance of BLAST Bounty, with only FURIA fe declining an invite due to already having the male roster at the event, as per BLAST’s rules. Given the extensive changes BLAST has made to its 2025 circuit, it will be exciting to see how they actually play out in practice.