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the game. It's a really difficult
triple to by the looks of it.
Black Panther may be coming out
for Jipwood. I'd be excited to
see that. I know that Spider
Man is kind of their thing. We
like to see them on Spider Man,
but Black Panther can certainly
make a big difference as well,
especially with their devil
removed. Um on the other side.
I mean mask back on thought.
This was a big question that I
had coming into today as well.
Mask loves to play Thor. It's a
massive comfort pick. As I
strap themselves. You can see strap pool coming out the mask. Yeah, I mean, I guess deciding to
last second to see what they want to play if they want to go for a few fights of the whole,
you know, Black Panther stuff, but they kind of go back and forth straight over to the
strap pool off angle plays with Carter looks in the back side. Jitward is kind of making sure
not to go down, get the damage boost as well from Zaytec. So they at least get that Mantis
mismatch or rather, I guess, mirror and also, you know, maybe built that ultimate quick for
for mask side, they can get it really fast,
go in aggressively with it,
but as long as they're in card space,
that's just you making sure they have constant people on it,
you nice sleep onto blurb,
but eventually gets that over health
and able to back out for now,
at least slowing the pace down as given,
mask is old, but same thing for neck rise, right?
So which dead pool able to get more out of their ultimate?
At the current moment,
it's the offensive dead pool for mask
to go through on the back line,
neck rise going for the peel job on it,
making sure they can live through it.
Jackpot built up though,
can they get the KO's through it?
So to the answer is no, counter-dead pull, ultimate onto mask, able to take down Zaytex as well.
So because they made this fight so split, everybody's peeled off on SSG's side,
able to take down the opposition strategist and enable their defensive hold.
Ah, Space Station are doing so well at prioritizing their targets in the moment as well.
As soon as they notice that someone is slightly peeled off, someone is vulnerable,
SSG will pounce, and yeah, we lost struggling with that.
Now, if my ranked teammates are anything to go by, yeah, we lost should win this game,
because they have Gambit, right? That's how it works.
The real question is, can Xanthor make the difference? Will pop the ult, and there's going to be a chance, and now it will allow Jitward to really get up in the face of SSG here.
That poor Doom just got taken off the side of the map.
Dude, Jitward's push just flanked fast with that gambit ult, but do they have the portal play to come back?
Nectar is the one to switch to Dr. Strange, but can they get the portal play off in time?
Is somebody going to have to touch before them? It looks like it is blur at the current moment, but here comes Doom.
Ultimate soon by the way in the invisible boundary committed by month. They still have the bells and afterwards and doomed but
It's a matter of other reading Kendrick, right? Is this Dr. Strange ultimate gonna be big?
It looks like it's on the backside angle blocked partially though
So nobody goes down months still alive able to dodge back and forth and that was kind of the big deal though
Jitward comes in with a spider-man hole actually on everybody in the background and the deadpool as well from mass committed
That's enough look job done from Jitward to fully capitalize and move into the second phase of the map
that. Yeah, they just need to
give it with the space to shine
like that. And yeah, we lost
will have so much success. They
are so much more comfortable on
convoy instead of domination as
well. I do think that structure
is something that SSG I keep
saying structure and it's going
to be my buzzword for this
series because SSG are very
well planned, very rigid like
their structure. So domination
is perfect for them. But when
it comes to convoy, it could be
a little bit more all over the
place. There is certainly a lot
more areas you can be vulnerable
for the peel and for getting
caught off guard as well. And
this chaos as Anther gets well onto dude.
Maybe your ranked teammates were right,
Gask, Kavi, Wazantho, setting up these
Anties. The follow up is there,
it looks like most of the time Jitward goes down
but Spider-Man can come back quickly from spawn
so it's even for now, Cart, nice job
to pop the ultimate, switch before he
goes down, everybody making sure they can come and peel
off Cart, but Cart can maybe find the KO
until Doom pops that ultimate, needs to
get it off in time, Blur goes down to Jitward
by the way, peeling on Spider-Man
don't really see that at rank necessarily
that's actually a very valuable trade off to happen as Nektor came back on Phoenix by the way. Nice flank angle to take down Zampus playing aggressive.
And then another one removes Karp, trades their lives, but I mean that was so much value in that flank from Nektor.
I was about to ask what a space station going to do to try and counter this because they can't just allow it to be too comfortable for year we lost.
I like the switch over to Phoenix. There was a bit of bunching on the side of year we lost so you can fully take advantage of that with the splash damage from the Phoenix.
from the Phoenix, so Nectar being very wise
and does have the ultimate available
coming into this next fight as well.
Yeah, right now, team's trying to play fast,
jackpot, built up, takes down Zatek again,
so that's a huge pick in the middle of that ultimate,
though Doom gets falled, or gets traded, rather,
into the gambit ultimate for Nectar Kendrick.
Oh my goodness, gets deleted in the middle of his ultimate,
so that's getting canceled due to some nice shots
from Nectar, though.
He's lost ever to the backline, trades back one
at the very least, and Jett was there to trade it,
Nectarized gets the health pack, slows it down,
still alive the healing is here no way oh my goodness if he doesn't a couple more
shots that'd be a KO and Jibber gets peeled off too so nobody falls on the
side of SSG they've peeled off every potential KO for the side of yeah we
lost and now they have to go aggressive for the Mantis all yeah there's a lot of
pressure on both Mantis is here to make sure that they can get a little bit of
extra damage for the team but it's Tector who gets the opening on to said
Mantis which is now going to give them a huge advantage into this fight Jibber's
gonna do what he can to try and get around and survive but he was very much
the focus and the target eventually does get shot down and now we should just see SSG march on through the rest of the players here
It's kind of like when we see teams play Wolverine on inside angles and stuff man like the peel has been phenomenal
There's already a minute 30 left to go dead pause to make committed just because it's on that 40-second cooldown and get or sorry
A minute cooldown and you get back up really fast, but for yeah, we lost
I mean that's tough right multiple fights in a low-rost in a row lost and now they have to kind of come back into it onto
onto space station with Nektar in his damage boost and he's just,
or they've just not missed the single shot they're out there.
Like this has been beautiful.
Mask does commit that ultimate on the back side,
but can they find a KO off of it?
Everybody coming back to Peel.
Jitwim with that damage boost is going to be scary
for the invisible boundary by Fidel.
It's pulled out of the, and it's barely still alive.
Peel's off himself and the heals are there.
But is there anything else to follow up on Yabi's lost side?
Phoenix from Nektar and goes back towards the cart,
moves all that over health and the shields from Yabi lost,
but they're still nice and healthy at the current moment.
But do you miss the ultimate nobody down so far and this has been falling apart for Yahweh loss though
They commit that gambit ultimate it looks like it got CC'd or canceled though to some degree
No, nevermind it does get off
But can they find the chaos afterwards mask able to pick down nectar that's a huge amount of damage removed for the side of SSG as they
Get walked upon by the side of Yahweh loss who need to keep finding these ko's, but it's been slow
Poorl blocks come through from the side of Kendrick for now to block off that left side
But they've gotten through it blur and you talked about him before has been so good at living
but eventually will fall, Nekorite with the ultimate has to pop it, does so before going down,
but did they find the KO's? The green's been used from the side of SSG,
and can they find any KO's with 0.10 meters left to go? Looks at the answer yet,
where it goes down, but Mask and Kendrick trade it. I have a locomotive committed just because,
yet might as well, if there's this point of the game, Nekorite does trade out JTex at the very least,
but they're still stalling, dude. Like this has been an insane amount of stall from SSG,
despite what's happened. This has been a ridiculous fight, that's fine. To overtime now as well,
Well, as SSG just refused to go down, but now surely, yeah, we lost, we'll have enough to punch through and power through here, but with Blurr back on the scene, surviving yet again, yeah, we lost, just need to find a way to try and shut down.
This fight is crazy!
They just keep coming back!
Like, just holding onto that point with an absolute death grip right now, as here comes Jailward, months aware of it, in the Loki copy, will have Greens in a second, but Candidpill off that Spider-Man, and they hit service, yes, but CC's not there, Mask can't find anything, everybody's still peeling, Blurr's still touching the cart, and Xer's back on the ground!
their double they switched to basically everything gambit ultimate committed but it's maybe too late
we've lost two we've lost three and yeah we lost with point zero three meters to go i mean the last
person to go down is that dr shrane's that portal now has to be committed by somebody coming back
for spotter no he used it the portal block earlier so they have nothing to touch in ssg an absolute
miracle hold get it done i mean if you want a lesson in how to survive a fight how to delay a fight
you're going to be able to
fight as long as possible to
get your teammates back in and
also knowing when to switch
onto what heroes they can get
back into the fight as quick
as possible. That was perfect
from SSG and that is going to
be so frustrating for Yeah, we
lost as well. Are we witnessing
already the beginning of the
end? Potentially will have to
see, but I mean. I was just
frustrating on both sides for
both teams, I think because
they were looking at it and
they were just struggling to
try and get that wipe so that
you can have that breather and
Absolutely. And this SSG team is looking so good, dude.
Like, I mean, who knows, you know,
maybe going back to last week
with the win over Nightmare, you know,
maybe we're not gonna have credit to Nightmare
considering how SSG has looked so far.
I mean, this team, like they peeled off that so well.
I'm curious what Yaway Loss could do, you know,
going back to the band phase, you know,
does that mantis potentially enable a lot of this stuff,
right, like those peels from SSG?
just like how strong triple
is right now, gas like this
feels like I said, she have
just figured out the play style
of Y W L. Well, I think that
going back to like a triple
strapped matter is always going
to play into the favor of the
teams that were playing a lot
more throughout the 2025
season, right? Because it does
feel like what you some of these
fights unlike what year are we
in because it's like taking me
right back to when triple
strategist was at its very
core and now on the flip side
for Yeah, we lost. We see Adam
2025 even more so now is the revival gonna work and the coming revival be the difference for yeah
We lost because in a fight that was taking that long perhaps that could be what helps them in this one
Yeah, they're trying to find answers
you know a can date right because I feel like if a team like yeah, we lost have given up on that maintenance damage boost stuff right they've
have to
Switch to this sort of atom or lock res and immediately zek tex goes down has to use the cocoon though mask
That was the ultimate, not enough. He goes down immediately. Everybody's just trying to go for a quick first fight. It looks like for YWL's side, for at least that portal play, but that's a first flight win for SSG as the counterpolls come through from Necron.
Maybe off map.
What's going for him?
I mean, that was a valiant attempt to start with from Yeah, we lost, but again, we are now going to see SSG just being able to show us what they're made of when they have that structure available to them.
control the convoy they're starting to push it and now yeah we lost gonna have
to try and go for something a little bit different now. Absolutely smart from
yeah we lost think to walk all the way there understanding that counter portal
is coming through so they just block off that shows partially here's the line
and way damage boost over the height slowing down blurs dive but there it is
Z-Tex dip blown up by the height by the dive of blur and nectar so with that
player down of Z-Tex you lose the damage boost by the way off of switching off
of Adam Warlock. You do also have that piece of the vest available. No straddles for Yahweh
lost side. I mean, they're on the Black Panther now trying to go aggressive, maybe, but it
seems like the triple comp out of SSG has been so good. Doomed again. Now here comes
that gamble. Nothing on the side of the defensive angle for Yahweh lost because of that first
KO and no portal play is going to happen here at Gaskas. We moved to second quickly.
Very quickly indeed. And I think we are seeing a lesson being delivered to Yahweh lost from
SSG here and the fact it's the ultimate usage actually the economy of the ultimates that we're seeing from SSG
They are very patient with them. They're not just popping them unnecessarily
Which I would expect from every team by this point
But there were certainly times where I personally would be like oh, you know, I'm panicking I should pop it down to 50 HP
Was blur at one point, but he held on to it
He waited and he was able to get the support they trust in their teammates to SSG right now as yeah
We lost now looking to try and take them off the combo
Yeah, they've had to slowly figure out what SSG are doing, but
B'londre popped by Fidel quickly and early to make sure they can't find anything with this game at all.
But I have all the money to slow it down. Blur trades back Zatek's. Doom goes down.
That's at least a trade considering Doom has been so good so far.
Jitward trying to get some bounces with the jackpot. Able to get it off of Nectar.
The devil will not be let out today as Nectar's ultimate gets canceled and sent back away.
Nice little self because the very end he gets some more levels and CC immunity or rather invulnerability.
But SSG are still in this. I mean they still have cart presence and
They're capping the cart yet again cart trying to go by the way on the back of said cart to find maybe
Some cool down pop outs, but now here's that man to soldier from doom
They want to play aggressive now on the side of SSG but can they find the chaos the answer is yes for now
They found two Ztex maybe with the Phoenix soul could find something
But you're missing most of your team outside of that Phoenix soul Ztex like where did everybody go?
Oh, yeah, they're in Jeff back at the spawn Ztex gets stacked
Yeah, and again, it's just great chasing from SSG as well not allowing that one player to escape and reset and get back
the team the staggering so important it's how they were able to win domination and it looks like it might just be how they're going to continue to win here on convoy they look so confident in every single engagement at the moment yeah we lost have now maybe one last chance to try and defend here but if we learned anything we could get a very long engagement this can happen on this next point.
Yeah, let's see if Yanwi lost and rip a page of the SSG's book, Nectar by the way over to
Sylocke now, just flexing over to basically everything.
Ultimate's committed by Yanwi lost side, but can they find the KO necessarily not yet?
Zaytech's trying to find something gambit-ultimate committed from the side of Yanwi lost.
Can they find those KO's?
Nectar though in the Mantis ult, able to get one, trades back one out of month two.
Nice shot from Jitward, but really deep in there.
It gets pulled back in by the Force physics and they're removed.
Nectar with the two-piece in that fight.
You know that force physics committed by Fidel who's been playing so good so far two minutes and 20 seconds left to go
Zatek will come back from the spawn but Xantho goes down and just one after another man
It just feels like yeah, we lost they're getting picked the end of Christ has a
Magaboto as well
This might just be the beginning of the end if he times it correctly when yeah, we lost do you get onto this convoy
It's venom on venom action at the moment Jitwood what have you got?
Can you pull something off and maybe take down a couple of these strategies on the back line?
And that's the real question, because you have to get someone, and Nectar does go down.
This is the opening, yeah, we lost, need it.
Exactly, but two minutes left to go, but need to find some stabilization.
Blork commits the ultimate to just survive at the current moment.
Jeff Hulton is still available for Kendrick's side, but still holding on to it for P.O.
kind of.
Neck rise goes in with the avocamodo.
Jeff on the other side from Kendrick to get some healing.
But Jeff Holt goes down a little bit too far forward, but the Jeff Holt does get one,
and oh no, the butterfly is there to take down Kendrick.
the sky. Here comes a text, but
is the follow up there not for
now. Zatex falls low has the
sidewalk on nectar goes and takes
him down. Same thing with carton.
Again. Yeah, we lost just can't
find anything. Spider mental
and desperation. It's not going
to do anything because doomed has
dome. Jit word. And with that a
minute left to go. S. S. G. Just
have the Jeff to take care of
fish removed. Yeah, we lost go
down to Oh. I mean, well, what a
masterclass we've just seen from
the team. They went into the
VODs. They looked up what
yeah, we lost were comfortable
with what uncomfortable with
which is maybe I expected it to
be on the other side. I thought
yeah, we lost that we're doing
so well at making other teams
feel uncomfortable, but perhaps
with just the smallest amount of
changes to the meta, allowing
for tripstrap to come in a little
bit more heavily again. I know
people were kind of dancing with
it last week, but SSG are really
forcing it here and they looked
on fire. 16 final hits for
more look at those casualties on those vanguard only two for that cries who
constantly was surviving for the team always putting himself in front of the
damage but making sure he wasn't vulnerable at the same time I mean yeah
how good is this ssg roster and how good is team liquid right in that last game
of day number two just to get to owed by them so I mean this is a phenomenal
roster moving forward and that's just game number one gas can goes he coming
into it looking at the stats man like that was a that was a banger of a series
from SSG. My god this was the story of two minutes to go on last point. 0.03, it doesn't
get any closer than that. And they just kept on, it was the trade of having Jitwer being
able to go there quickly in cart with the Venom, but then the spawn was right there for Space
Station. Both teams had a couple minutes on the clock to stall and they just lived up
to the challenge. And then of course, we can't say without Nettry pulling the Thanos, fine
I'll do it myself. It felt like he had 99% accuracy. 50-45% still disgusting on sideload.
I mean, it was really great all around. And I want to highlight, dog, you brought this up.
You said, hey, Necroize and Blur, look out for them today and look at the difference they made
on this team. I mean, Necroize being the strange in the last two, you didn't really see that from
them on week one. This team adjusted perfectly. Yeah, this is a very good sort of team. And,
And I'm sure when we talk to blur later on in the interview,
we'll get to learn more about them.
Because yeah, just they're slowly getting better.
And I just don't know how you would beat them.
Like when we watched last week versus Team Liquid,
it was definitely Team Liquid's favorite
by a decent margin.
But this week, I mean, they've just stuffed anything
that we lost for doing.
And it's like you said, it's on Neckerize, it's on blur.
And then I think doomed was also just such a standout today.
So really good job around the board.
Now talk about doing your homework.
I mean, Gaskin, you said that best, right?
You said it looked like you went to the tape
got adjusted to what the game plan was going to be and that's what I can't wait to talk to them
in the interview is like you know it shows how liquid how strong they were and I love that you
brought up nightmare to taking a game off what looked like a very strong space station but
altogether man they saved the jeff then the jeff wasn't a part of the game plan for yeah we lost
to like the end and then it didn't have that big of an effect so gas continue was a lot of this
damage done again in that prep phase the film the stuff that maybe isn't too fun all the time as a
the most important. I think
that not only did they do the
prep and the VOD, they also
looked at how they counteract
some of the most kind of
oppressive heroes at the moment.
The most powerful heroes that
we see. They let them have
Elsa in game one. Didn't
help them. Let them have gambit
in game two, and they were able
to count that as well. I think
that's what's even more
impressive. You give them two
of the arguably the strongest
heroes we have in the game
right now, and you're still
finding the wins. SSG are doing
a lot behind the scenes,
whether that's the coaching
team or whether is that the
captaincy that's coming
have to give them their flowers because they came into this one with a game plan and they executed it.
And again, yeah, we lost. They dropped a map, but they haven't dropped a match yet. This being their third.
And so we've had nothing but great things to say about them. And we kind of highlighted that,
you know, when you have the fire that they caused in the back line, it's very hard to slow things
down and kind of extinguish one fire at a time. And it felt like that's what SSG did. Like there was
constant just, you weren't here and bit them there, but they were able to have this control over it
that not a lot of teams can do.
I was most impressed with the me dog is triple strat doesn't always have the best time pushing for it.
It's a tough thing to do on offense.
Sometimes it felt like they handled the dive of what yeah, we lost brought even on the offense side, man.
Were you impressed with the way that they kind of have this game plan already?
Yeah, I think so.
Really, they kind of just played around those sort of like peel angles.
They played around like back of the map very well.
So yeah, there's a lot to doing well as a team.
And I think it's as gas good.
You got to give flowers to the coaching staff and the team as a whole.
Well, let's welcome in our interview today. We have one of the main vanguard the venom himself right now
And that is going to be blur who we're gonna be welcoming in and asking him
I'm sure tons of it first of all congrats blur good to see you man
I mean you were locked in when we saw you in the green room a second ago
You're coming off now a 2-0 clean win
I gotta ask you man first question you bounce back in a big way today
You know how proud of you the way that this team responded after going against team liquid and is this show that SSG can truly
to compete with just about anyone.
Um, yeah, thanks for the congratulations and everything.
Our team is, I think we're kind of getting used to, like, I don't think that we've,
we went through like a really sluggish period of struggling versus like almost everyone,
basically, right?
And it started off slow whenever like I first joined the team and things like that, like
a month and a half ago.
And recently it's just picked back up and especially after like playing our first official
versus TSM, and even though it didn't go well,
this is Citadel, there was enough proof
where we feel like we performed well enough in officials.
It's a massive difference compared to our usual
scrim game compared to officials.
Everyone's giving me 110% and everyone's feeling good.
So even though we lost really badly to Citadel,
I think now we've realized you should just play for,
I mean, you've seen today, right?
We just protect Mantis and just play Comput,
especially into a team like this.
We thought it was really good
because we're scrimmed heretics who um I mean basically we just scrimmed heretics
for two days and realized man this is broken and was like yeah we'll just do this so that's
that's basically the thought process behind it but yeah we're feeling good about everything
and looking forward to the next matches and that's for you blur I mean like you you were playing a
lot of that venom so far right and just kind of living like I don't know like can you maybe describe
for a lot of those like uh like dive players that sometimes it feels like you're on an island
How were you even alive for so long versus their backline and stuff when you're just relying on your backline to outlive kind of?
It just felt like you were never kind of being traded. Are you doing something specifically or is this more of a standout performance from your strat as players?
I think, obviously, especially second map, right? Whenever we have like month is Loki, month is on his comfort pick of Loki.
And it's also just just running any type of triple especially into the team that likes running a spider-man
We first panning with DD like they don't really have a side player either. So
They can't really hard commit on a dive and whenever they do try and commit with like a spider-man
So it's really good. They like feeling it. So it's good on like
My back playing obviously living and fighting and doing everything correct
But I think it's just the fact that like I don't think they can really play the comps that they usually play into like a triple with
mantis is that there's like so much risk going into it right like diving into a mantis like a damage reset DPS
But yeah, I don't think there's anything like special really like I think tank especially in this method
It's just like I mean I just play venom, right?
So I'm just a fat guy people look at and it's quite boring. It's not very really majestic, right?
But yeah, I think we're supposed to play really well
I mean you certainly make it look good and you have one of the best like survival rates actually in the entirety of
you're going to have to change
the game. You're going to have
to change the season thus far,
so you give yourself some credit
there. One thing I wanted to ask
you, though, we saw you lose two
nil to team liquids itself. Of
course. What kind of is the plan
now because it's a very different
team we've just seen today
compared to what happened
against liquid. Do you think
that you really just kind of
developed as a team and you
learn from that loss or is it
just a play style issue that
maybe you have to change
obviously today is like important for us right because it's like probably our
biggest match like so far especially because it like has to do with like
seeding I think this is like this makes us really likely to get second seed in
our group which we're really happy for but I don't think that today was like an
exceptional game that we thought would be like significantly harder I think all
the other games like we played we played well I think they sit down game we were
like mad or like not really mad but it was really one-sided towards them
because I think we're just playing into their comfort too much and we'd like
We knew what they wanted to do, but we didn't really talk about what we wanted to do.
We just kind of went into it and just said, just match it, you know, just match Ultron, like do whatever.
And they were like really burst on this comp, so it was just a poor decision.
But yeah, I'm excited to play off, to play like the team in Group A, especially, and also like Citadel again.
Because I don't think we're like that far beneath every other team.
I got a question for you, Matt, to end it here with the Venom, okay?
So obviously when you get mad, this is venom.
It's a bit more fun.
It could be a bit more aggressive to get some of those,
you know, thresholds to be in that aggression for your,
you know, right-clicking more.
Can you tell me a little bit about how that enables you
as the offensive side of venom,
but also explain to me at this high level,
where you're trying to stay alive forever.
Do you always just know where those strats are gonna be?
Do you have like a comry where you go?
Because it's venom, it's about, you know,
getting in, cool downs, getting out, right?
Is that just something that, you know, you have ready
or there's so much synergy on this team
that you kind of are always aware
where they're going to be for the quick heal up?
I think it's really routine.
I think once you put enough reps into any dive here,
it becomes really routine in what you have to do.
And especially when other people are running down bit
and things like that.
Like I said, you're just some fat guy
and you're just going to slow point, you know?
Like it's not really hard, it's nothing to do.
I think everyone can do it
if they just think about what they actually have to do.
I think, I mean, yeah, it's just that.
I think it's just like once you put enough reps
anything like you'll know your job within the team come especially like versus a team like yeah we
lost like six man rushes in like one direction like using like support pool or things like that
with Jeff a lot like a lot of the time like you just go on stragglers or go still karth anyway you
know awesome hey man as a venom player a lot of fun just to hear from you and thank you for
breaking all that down for us we hey big congrats enjoy the win you know i know you guys have a
lot more ahead of you but uh we're just excited to see this team continue to thrive and enjoy this
this one with your entire team and thanks for coming on.
Yep, thank you.
No problem.
Absolutely, guys.
So that is Blur, the venom himself.
And as Gaston said, Amanda is surviving the boat.
Plain survivor here on Marvel Rivals.
And just been a ton of fun to watch this team.
It really felt like they clicked across the board today
and how they're not taking a loss to liquid.
Really that big, right, John?
And it kind of felt like they were like, we're fine.
We kind of know what we are and what we've adjusted to.
Yeah, they've read the week well,
and they've done a good job switching it up.
And as Laura said, he's just a big, fat man.
It's all carton.
There's not a lot of school expression, Mr. Venom Cozy.
So I don't know, man.
Yeah, it's been a pleasure falling down all over,
just being there, being name called, taking strays.
But guys, we have a lot more coming at you.
An awesome match number two.
Match number one was a fun one,
but even more fun on the way.
Don't go anywhere.
We're going to be a quick break,
and then we'll be right back to the action.
I think it's getting way out of control.
Lock it, lock it, oh yeah.
Who won't stop it?
Fly my inner destiny.
Let it all fly into the heart.
Turn the speed up, Taylor's victory.
The moves.
All right, it goes in ship here for your key player highlight.
We've got two more teams to cover,
and we move on to 100 Thieves versus Swamp Gaming.
These are obviously some of the, I would say, number one picks
in their region and in their grouping,
and now battling out for it.
This is going to be one of the biggest matches today.
We know these players very well.
They survived a lot of roster mania.
TTK is one of the most legendary vanguards in this game,
especially on controller.
And we see it here with just looking at the stats,
not exactly the showing that they wanted.
I would say in the beginning of their
Curry season of year two,
but nonetheless just an absolute lethal vanguard.
It's another one of those situations where,
you know, a TTK and Emma Frost is like storied
and Angela is not as much success right now.
37% win rate.
I'm not getting as much influence,
But that's kind of been the case for Angela as a whole and compared to some of these more divey frontline vanguards
Obviously looking good and pulling out that Deadpool when they'd be to which I think will remain a mainstay for the Vanguard front
TTK there's not much that needs to be said everybody knows them everybody loves him kid is really really good at the frontline role
And I'm bannable really the guy can switch to anything he wants and if he's not playing in a tournament right here
He's streaming and he's continuing to play right like this guy just loves rivals and that's what I love to see from it
But on the other side, obviously, we knew Self had some big shoes to fill going in, taking Tara's spot.
And I think the first match, we're a bit kind of, okay, we're going to see here.
He's playing Wolverine, even in that regard.
And then he's really kind of come on to form of what he's going to serve for the 100 days team, man.
Wolverine Daredevil, Ultramanthus, Dr. Strange.
This guy can do it all at a very high level ship.
Yeah. Looking back to our last game, when it came to last Sunday, Jude was discussing on Daredevil.
I don't think we really got to look at his Daredevil
and never really made it through the band phase.
There was rumors about it.
Nobody really wanted to touch on it
until the game started, obviously,
because screen bucks, you know what I,
you know, you don't want to expose secrets too much.
But yeah, just what's potentially like the best Daredevil
we've seen so far in Ignite really held down
that final point in overtime, got multiple KOs
and pretty much almost self-clutched it in the watch.
Hey, self-clutched it.
I'm gonna have to take that.
There's future guests.
No, look at it, bro.
It's funny because Hunter Thieves sometimes play passive,
but self is a very aggressive player.
So to watch these two mix together
is what I think makes it chaotic.
Delina has been the FBS mechanical keyboard god over here.
We know him for a long time.
Elsa Bloodstone, Psylocke going back even the last year,
a lot of play there.
Phoenix, Adam Warlock, guy does it all as well.
We've heard coaches talk about if you need to ban
either Elsa or Gambit.
When it comes to the Delina,
you got to get rid of Elsa Bloodstone.
Yeah, we talked to Coach Fox,
essentially called out Delena straight up and said you don't want to give Elsa to Delena right now
You know struggling a bit on the win rate front right back again
It is a team game and it depends on who they're going against right now
We're rocking a 26% win rate
But when he's on the hero and we just if you've watched any of these games you can just see the impact the plays are immense
He looks confident. He's dominating but still just not quite able to get these wins
Let's move on to swamp gaming who has the biggest rise in stocks
I would say in the sense of where they land on the power rankings even in America
this team has looked perfect a million ways to beat you. I mean,
Crasman is crazy. We always got to say his name,
but he is crazy man. I mean, talk about it is a perfect Hulk is
win rate on a Hulk in America and big all 100% across the board
because they're not losing ship and they're looking dominant in it.
I gave this guy my best captain America of the week. So if you're a cap player,
if you just want to see how you play a Vanguard role that's aggressive at the
highest level, look no further.
Yeah, I was going to shout out the cap. Like you said,
You mentioned the Bruce Banner looking really good, but he just has 100% on both of them.
Right.
It looks really good in both the matches we've seen from Cap and Hulk.
Similar, somewhat similar play style where you're going to see Cap be a little more divey.
Hulk can peel play a little more brawly.
But yeah, Cap is just in really strong in this meta and there are select few players
that play cap to that extent.
And I would say that Krazz is absolutely one of the top five and you know, maybe even higher
many, you know, especially not, not even four, you know, I'm saying top three.
So definitely, definitely something to keep your eye on.
I'm pumped to see Valentino E play White Fox with the buffs because Valentino's
playing White Fox before it was cool, you know, and so this is going to be fun to
see what has been one of the strongest backline strategists for any team here
in America continue to succeed.
And these are not just small buffs.
These are major buffs coming to White Fox for this server.
So this is going to be definitely, I think if they're already looking this
dominant man, it's going to be scary to see what, you know, when else comes to it.
I know this team is in the conversation for the best team in North America's
region right now, which is awesome.
Shout out to this team.
They're looking amazing.
Shout out Valentino, like you said,
running Fox before the buffs, 100% win rate.
Obviously the team has not lost yet,
but she just looks like an absolute unit on that hero.
Maybe a band target now.
Yeah, no, seriously, I mean, and on top of that,
Melophobia, not a lot to talk about him other than
he's exactly where we left him off last year.
Melophobia was always such a kind of
shining moment of that team.
And it was never, you know, if they didn't win last year,
it was never on him really, cause this guy always showed up
and he continues to do that right now.
You can see across the board,
no matter what this guy plays in the duelist position,
Even if he has to flux on over the Vanguard, things are fine.
This guy is cooking a lot of fun to watch him.
He's a rising name in the dualist department.
So that's going to be 100 Thieves vs Swamp Gaming.
Maybe the game of the day.
A lot of big players to watch out for.
We've got more player breakdown coming to you
after this quick break.
What is going on, guys?
And welcome back.
This is the match that a lot of us have been waiting for, right?
It is who we thought a lot of us going into the preseason
was the number one seed versus right now
who a lot of people put as that number one season certainly is in group a.
I mean, listen, Swamp, 100 thieves.
Gaskin, want to give it to you first, man?
What are you expecting out of this matchup?
Are you just pumped?
Oh, I mean, can anyone be good enough to take down Swamp gaming is my real question.
If anyone's going to do it, it would be 100 thieves.
But from what we just saw in that previous matchup with how this kind of strip,
the trip strap, that was a difficult one to try and say.
You never really want to do that one.
I think they're going to be
very comfortable with how the
meta is developing in the
moment, and perhaps that could
be a little bit of a concern.
But the big one for me is going
to be white Fox and Valentina
and how incredible they were on
it in the previous week. And if
we see anything like that, then
maybe 100 these might struggle
to deal with it. Yeah, so many
ways to beat you. I always like
to say we're swamp gaming, but
you know, listen, 100 these I
feel like dog. We've watched the
scene for so long now going all
the way back when they were
mutants, right? Like going back
for a while, the crowd was
is right like going back for a while.
The core team is still there.
This is a team that kind of heats up a bit later, right?
So they got their shock by energy shock,
but then they ended up beating up FlyQuest.
And we've seen some early shakes,
but we're seeing self and Co kind of come into form.
You expected them to be completely locked in
now that they've had kind of a break now for coaching
and God's and what they do best.
Yeah, I mean, hopefully I don't tongue twist it
as like gasped in, but they do need to strip their strats.
I see I messed it up.
No, it's a tough one.
The strippers, the Shrat down to the basics
and really just go back to the old owner things,
like you said.
I think that this squad, like you've mentioned,
adding yourself to the roster, TDK,
everybody knows one of the greatest players of that squad.
Winnie also is playing really good.
By the way, speaking of which, Winnie and Vinnie
on the same squad has been a unique team.
But yeah, like you said, it's gonna be tough.
And I think it's as Gasp mentioned,
like this swamp gaming team is very good.
I know that some people were maybe underestimated them
including myself. But with Valentina as guest put it earlier in Forky Dog joining from Solaris and
you know now TSM. This squad is very good on the opposite side for 100 Thieves. They usually
play better in matches especially high leverage matches. So it's a matter of can self step up
to the same level that Terra used to in which I believe earlier today Terra had a tough game. So
I mean like kind of big shoes to fill. But also it seems like everybody's kind of struggling
that has been veterans in this scene.
So a hundred people trying to kind of stick it to the new guns.
Yeah, I mean, look, we just saw Nectar just so well going from the ELSA over to the SILOC.
Delena has done the same place SILOC going back, way back, but we're going to probably
see a bit of that adjustment.
Self has just been a demon on the devil.
We just saw that at the end of Flight Quest and the game that you saw, one of the best
matches of the pre-season so far, but also filling the terror shoes of Wolverine quite
often.
So much to break down on them.
We'll continue on that.
Let's take a look at swamp gaming. First of all, W having these roster pictures got to see these guys repping the swamp here
But take a look at what this team brings. I mean, I gave
Crasman my you know, Captain America
I don't know what the honor
Over the last week this guy played him at the highest level in my opinion so much pressure built often
But one thing this team does gaskin is they sub in we've seen days
We've seen the median we've seen back to days and they play very different depending on it
But guess what? Both of them can carry that role.
Does that give him a big advantage before?
I think utilizing a substitute is absolutely massive in Ignite.
If you can have an extra player who you can change
depending on the team you're going up against and play on their strengths.
In a hero shooter where you need to have someone who is a good ex-hero
to be able to take down a team, having that seventh player I think is absolutely massive.
And Swampgaming taking full advantage of that.
Speaking of Krasman as well, I know earlier I mentioned Vanguard's how important it is to stay alive in those casualties.
He actually has the best survival rate in Ignite preseason thus far, only averaging two casualties every 10 minutes, which is pretty crazy.
If you think about it, we did just see how impressive it was on the side of SSG, but maybe expect more of the same here going into this one.
Wow, it's consistent.
Boy, we're coming off two of the most, staying alive, staying alive and speaking of it on the opposition to that, you have Delina versus Encelp versus Melophobia.
And I think, man, Melo has just been so consistent dog.
I think going all the way back to what this team has put together,
even in stage one, stage two, before the upgrade of the back line,
this man can play any role that's called to him.
But a lot of people, especially Vicki last week,
is calling out, I think it's the battle of the back lines here,
what Valentina brings.
White Fox, I mean, my gosh, she was playing it from before it was cool,
now White Fox is all the rage.
This might be when we actually do get that White Fox ban, yeah?
Potentially, yeah.
It's definitely in the books, it's definitely in the cards.
You know, it's something that you have to think about, right?
like do you want to specifically target like the White Fox and how it's been or the Jeff that I think like gas was bringing up earlier.
It's definitely maybe worth the ban. But at the current moment, dude, like there's so many good strategists that like across the board, they're kind of all very strong.
So it's always a tough decision you have to make. And then sometimes, like you said, if you just have a White Fox player as good as Valentina, it might be worth throwing that out.
for sure and listen yes they are undefeated but cafe rose did a great job I think putting them to the test I mean even you know social media they're like hey that wasn't the easiest
dubs you know we have seen them at some points where swamp gaming you know can't believe right if you will but for me I also think you got to look at it one team's already in hundred
these this is a must win for them gaskin if you look at it and it's not obviously the easiest team to do so when you look at it at one in one now or even you know looking at their record is three
three overall in between maps, I mean, this is going to really set a statement for the
order in the team moving forward.
It puts them into the danger zone, doesn't it?
I mean, I think it's a tough expectation of them to come in and take down some gaming
with how well some gaming have been playing.
But at the same time, at the start of the season, when they looked at this matchup, they probably
thought that this would be one that favors them because 100 teams probably expected to
come into this and wipe the floor with a lot of teams.
However, that's what's been so incredible about preseason thus far is a lot of teams
have surprised us, which makes for very exciting matchups.
I do think that domination maybe is going to be where we really learn how much tape hundred thieves have studied because at the moment hundred thieves haven't won a domination match
There's zero and two across the board. Whereas on the other side for swamp gaming. They are three and zero
They have really found their comfort in terms of domination
So if they've been going in studying swap gaming what has gone right for them what's gone wrong for them
Maybe hundred thieves can pulse pull one out of underneath them here. Yeah, they've won those quick
I mean those matches go very fast in the hands of sort of gaming a domination
And also if you win this if you're 100 feet all the myth will comes back and all the confidence boost talking about you know
Going into this thing you be who right now is everybody's you know one seed or the team to beat
This is a big one for them a celestial husk obviously is gonna give a lot of I think bonus to both teams
Depending on how you look at it, you know, I want to highlight Vinny and the tanks up there with TTK TTK
Obviously spin that Angela a bit that we've seen
You know not a lot of Angela to begin with that cries a little bit
but Angela has been somewhat struggling.
And then you obviously have the comfort pick in Emma.
It's social hust big Vinnum map.
Vinny has been super flexible obviously
from being a group player dog.
But what do you expect in the Vanguard roles here
and the role that they play against such a great opposition?
Yeah, I mean, I think that there's
something to say about like living and taking space,
but also like realizing kind of where everybody is.
Like I think a big problem for a lot of teams last week
was being desynced, like being desynchronized from your backline,
from your dualists, and from your other Vanguard player, right?
So, like, that's always a tough hill to overcome.
I mean, I think we saw that.
I saw on social media was trending the Jolly stuff last week versus 100 Thieves.
But I mean, I think, you know, I know, I know Imperator gets a lot of flack on social media,
but like he pointed out how it's not entirely on Jolly, right?
It's a team game, right?
In hindsight, for example, a lot of what I said last week about Mason stuff,
Like this is a team game what people realize at the end of the day you're out of position sometimes
But that's usually to set up somebody else
Especially if you're playing dive compositions in the current patch and like gas pointed earlier about triple strategist
You have to have these sort of set dives
Otherwise the comp, you know just because it lives for a long time. It doesn't mean that's the play like like I think blur
Said it in the interview, you know, you don't just because you're playing ultron triple or whatever doesn't mean you just want to
and AFK, you still got to be proactive.
And that was the biggest critique that I had last week
was 100 thieves and a lot of these squads.
Maybe it's because it's late in the day or whatever.
Just not playing super proactive,
not hyper aggressive like they usually do
to rely off people like Delana, like you said.
So a lot of that is on Vinny in this tank line of TPK,
but it's on everybody else to follow up on it.
Listen, hey, it's like when a quarterback gets
the interception or a couple of them,
it's like a lot of the blank gets cast to them
and it is a team sport at the end of the day.
At the pro level, of course, we're going to obviously
always be critical of every player because that's a great thing about sports.
You're in the limelight and you have the chance to shine and be there highs and
lows. I think that's what makes it great.
But the team aspect is what's so important.
And one of the reasons why I like to hunt the thieves going into this entire
preseason was they for the most part kind of kept their team together.
Obviously when you do the new addition to them and then self replacing
good rules and terror. But for me, it is about how you coordinate as a team.
I think, you know, fly. You said is a great example.
Team with talent across the board, but you got to be, you know, together as one,
especially in a dive meta more than anything, right?
And this team plays super unique
because a lot of them know their roles
and we have new people coming in.
They've got to figure out what their role is
and you treat your contribution to the team.
The Swamp Gaming, they've got that figured out, Baskin.
I mean, you're welcoming a new back line.
Valentina's Forky Dog,
it seems like they've been playing with these other four
forever and I think that's what is such a big impact for them.
I've heard their comms, I've listened in.
It's awesome to see that this team so quickly
the game. It is working as
one. Yeah, I think that even
though I give credit to
vanguards and their survival
with their casualties, they
have you have to also understand
why that's happening, and it's
because of the backline and the
strategies keeping the vanguards
alive and Valentino and forky
have been unbelievable, not only
at their healing rate and the
output, but also the amount of
assist they're coming through
because of that as well,
leading quite a lot of players
in terms of assist throughout
the league when it comes to
those strategies. So I think
that they're going to be a key
the team to get the
team to get the team to the
side of 100 thieves because
you've got to understand how
do you take down a team that
hasn't lost yet when you look
at trying to study tape trying
to work out how to beat a team
if they haven't lost a single
time yet. You are not going to
see many of those weaknesses
actually come through. So you
have to look at their strengths
and how you actually shut down
their strengths. And if the
strategist are their strengths,
then you need someone who is
comfortable diving somebody was
comfortable in one the ones and
you actually just puncture
through them. I do think a
daredevil would really help
being able to take them down,
the game. They've had a
chance to get back on the
ground. They've gone away from
100 Thieves every single time
today because in all three of
their losses, they've had dead
devil and gambit removed away
from them, and they've really
struggled to be able to kind of
bounce back from their strengths.
Yeah, I mean, self was absolutely
him on their devil. The big
difference of that fly question.
I know, by the way, it's 100
Thieves. It's like we're ready.
We're getting there, guys. The
players are getting ready to
roll here. But I mean, for me,
I mean, if you look at obviously
their devil, but we listen to
coach Fox, right? You talked
was, all right, we don't want to give someone like Dalina Elsa.
Did he just give away the plan going in?
Like, is this obviously what they're going to do?
And Dalina, does he expect that, or was that in the last patch?
I mean, we just saw it in Nectar.
They adjusted so well to that quick ban on the Elsa.
That's all they had under the resume, at least in the preseason.
And then the sidewalk came out.
So I think Dalina has big shoes to fill here,
because you have to be somewhat of a hypercarry at times
in that doulless rule.
Yeah, to take a step back and look
the overarching sort of history of 100 Thieves, you know, it was kind of like Tara, that was
the star of the team, or at least took a lot of the limelight away from Delena, but he
was kind of that sort of own song player. And then since last week has been playing
really well, right? Like giving a lot of people have noticed how his gameplay is a lot of
fun to watch. And I think that he plays a very exciting style for 100 Thieves. Now,
it's not like they've won a lot of their games, necessarily just because of the fact
that they, you know, had a close series with Flight West, you know, and the fact that they've,
lost energy a team that a lot of people assumed they would have beaten. But it's still a lot of
you know potential game plans leaked like you said but regardless what you saw in the last series
and like Gaston pointed out earlier, Mantis is kind of a real boon this week and maybe Elsa has taken
a smaller step back. Yeah I think we're going to see by far the biggest like wows to the balance
patch of what was White Fox and Elsa in this game in particular. I mean listen I used to know Daredevil
guys can give me their devil because self versus days and going ahead to head is just going to be
its own like spectacular to watch to be like DBZ going on just bunch of crazy combos up in the
sky looking wild I mean that's what I expect out of them but yeah I'm wondering what team of Swamp
Gaming we get because again Amadeus 10 month came in and the days as well right but we've got it
ready guys the yakuza over a hundred thieves versus Swamp Gaming is here for the potential looking
the best of the group. A
boys take it away. We got a
good one. Thank you sir. Cos
wouldn't be 100 Thieves game
gas without a little bit of I
imagine you know discussion
over the server, you know where
you want to play West Coast,
East Coast. Oh, I'd look
instantly 100 Thieves getting
the protect under Daredevil.
Cosy gets his wish. We will see
100 Thieves with Daredevil. As
I said in their three losses
thus far, they haven't had
Daredevil, but it seems like
swamp gaming felt like Elsa
was more of a threat. Of
the game. We're going to have
to be able to get the gambit as
expected, but we'll get a
protect onto their own gambit
indeed. So Swamp gaming at
least going to have the gambit
on their side, which is
definitely going to be
worrying when you look at how
impressive they've been from
their strategists in particular.
All right. All right. Well, we
get Cosy's wish, I suppose, with
that and. You know, on the
opposite side, what's going to
happen, right? Because maybe
this was a lot more focused
with blur said in the
that you guys mentioned in the
sort of lead up to this. It
seems like it is going to be
enacted by the size of gaming,
right? And I think it surprised
me to hear about how you know
we think Mantis is a little bit
OP Mantis is a much a must pick
in a mere we saw Mantis completely
ignored on picking ban throughout
a lot of the matches and it
might happen again here as well.
Of course, it's only going to be
a pick of Mantis. Most likely
you're going to be able to
get that mirror match. You
are just planning on playing
the triple two. Then maybe you
don't really worry too much
about mantis. And again, that's
going to come down to
preparation and learning about
what your position wants to do,
but looks like we're going to
have dare devil versus dare
devil. So cozy now is going to
be even more delighted with the
fact that we're going to get
that mirror match. All right.
Yep. We're going to see it, but
it's a lot of focus towards
that gambit comp. I guess that's
play for that fight win with gambit star lord galactic legend combination and then also the
rogue so you're already trying to prioritize that gambit composition but for swamp gaming that's
kind of like a i don't know almost like a benefit it's going to be interesting right so 100 things
go for that deadpool vanguard protection but for swamp gaming i'm curious if they were even
thinking about that right like i know a lot of people mentioned how good deadpool is i know some
pros will value that character so highly even despite you know strap pool and dual pool being
the game. So we've got a lot
of things being available on a
lot of times. A lot of those
are also still quite good,
especially with the damage
moves and stuff. They get with
strap pool. But some focus for
under thieves towards that van
pool. See how their sort of
chains up change ups are. We
did see that Ultron from self
before, and it's like you
mentioned, gas can no mantis
Friday or rather for the side
of swamp gaming so far, but this
would be very curious to see
like how they've adjusted moving
we're going to go for the triple
strat. And it looks like that
might be the case on the
sort of swimming gaming where
it's 100 thieves. They're
saying, Well, actually, we
love to play triple strat and
you've not taken away from us.
So why don't we just give this
one ago and especially alongside
ultra and we saw a lot of
ultra on last week. We even saw
ultra bands coming through last
week because people were just
that concerned about the triple
strap being a little bit too
oppressive. But we'll have to
see now how this one's going to
work out because 100 thieves
having tripstrap versus swamp
gaming who are going to go for
a lot of it is going to come down to how this works on that daredevil.
Are you going to be able to shut down that back line and maybe take out some of these structures?
Well, let's see, right between these two teams, you know, can 100 Thieves bounce back from last week or
the swamp gaming going to remain at the top of the group, right?
This team, you know, obviously there was whispers about how good they were, but now coming into it,
look to be that for 100 Thieves side, they're going to play out with that group kind of
Vinny back on to the sort of classic character as they play this full counterdive around
Delena again you talked about earlier Gaskin so did Cozy, let's see if they can heavily
play around this Mantis Buffer Delena as we start off with a very slow neutral fight
as the point slowly goes to swamp gaming, Hunter Thieves looked at touch for now.
It was very interesting the Hunter Thieves haven't gone for the Daredevil despite protecting
it earlier but I think with the Mantis being open they just felt like Triple Strat was
going to be their option and the way they take down this SGT.
No one else has been able to beat Swamp Gaming thus far, but if anyone could do it, surely, it would be 100 thieves and oh boy, do we know though, on the other side, Valentina has been so impressive as a strategist and now has the gamut available to her.
Well there it is, they immediately commit that.
Deadpool all commit on the back side, trade back one though, it's a one for one at the current moment, trying to play slow for the daredevil.
that's right Deadpool enabled the side of swamp gaming, but they do have that point. However, missing one
Crasin then able to come back on the venom fast into this upcoming fight as 100 thieves try to build towards that old
Toronto ultimate scatter on the right side angle just into that hot goes and takes out to make it potentially three as that
Auntie was big from Valentina and 100 thieves sent back to spawn
All right
So test one is a failure for 100 thieves and real question is how long do they stick with this before they try and change things up?
you can already see TTK switching over potentially to Angela here. Maybe feel like you can do a little bit of a difference being able to fly with her.
Maybe grab one of those strategists on the other side from swamp gaming.
Delana is going to have an ultimate. Shortly, that Phoenix, of course, can be a big damage output on the other side as well for 100 thieves.
So can that be the difference maker? On the other side for SG, though, they have two straddles to work with.
So they're going to have a great time defending this one, if I'm honest.
Excellent point, 100 Thieves. Try and take that same angle. Valentina, Ganda, Raging Warf, watch the back side, got those Loki crystals committed to sustain at the current moment.
Sort of like a soft straddle in their own. They try to push forward with that main to sort the back side from the Loki copy.
But will they find the KO's? Deadpool committed onto the back side of, it looks like Winnie pulled the side of 100 Thieves, but he's able to lift up the current moment itself trying to stay grouped inside these drones.
Anyway, Portal is going to come through, it's a last-ditch attempt from 100 Thieves.
In touch for now.
The straddle, as you mentioned, 40 still has it.
100 Thieves close on Melania's ult, they're going to pop out last second.
You see a lot of really good strat players wait until the very last moment of the portal to pop out.
They commit to make this ult, but you've got to find the KO's.
Looks like everybody leaves.
It's disengaged from the side of Swamp Gaming, who's going with the daredevil.
Dave finds one with that.
These are the abysses.
He can trade back, at least with his own ultimate, but are you going to find any more, right?
It just seems like swamp gaming playing so patiently. They're even just used for working dogs ultimate
He still has invisible boundary
They didn't even use it for the side of 100 thieves with that Mantis mellows there now on the backside the self and Winnie
They fall and in overtime. What a patient fight for swamp gaming that ends up 100 up
The experience that we are seeing from swamp gaming and what they've just learned over the last week of how teams trying to break
What they are doing because swamp gaming is setting the pace really swamp gaming saying this is how we're gonna play the game
it's up to you whether you want to try and counter it or not 100 thieves tried to
Three separate attempts of really trying to break through and none of them found success because swamp gaming just have so much
Coordination at the moment with how they're prioritizing targets
You'll see that as soon as there's a little bit of damage done on to either a strategist or one of the dualists
Swap gaming instantly jump on that the comms have to be perfect because they are making sure they shut down that player giving them the
player advantage off of the RIP and 100 Thieves struggling a little bit after round one.
Angela from earlier, so it looks like they're still trying to find that solution and that's going to also put the Lena back over to the
sidewalk with millennia on with the
Luna snow so they're trying to mix it up heavily in fact now popping out as well with Winnie on that white Fox
Yeah, going to the trouble to and the Luna snow white Fox combo that we know and love and I'm sure we were expecting to see a
Lot off here today, but already aggression coming out
Metaphobia getting the opening onto TTK so that magneto shut down immediately and then the follow-up
It's just going to be as easy as you like 100 Thieves Scatter to try and escape because
Swamp Gaming just were able to punish them yet again.
Yeah, 100% tough fight for 100 Thieves to win, but Swamp Gaming just commit that one
ultimate dive onto TDK and, I mean, that's just going to send 100 Thieves back.
Now, Entrasound on the board built for Swamp Gaming, at least they're down his straddle
for 100 Thieves side, and they're not even close to that Lunar Snow Dancer just yet.
And they have so much space to make up, right?
How can they pressure the side of Forky Dog and Swamp Gaming, right?
Like what does TKK do here?
It's just kind of taking the space that's afforded them by Swamp Gaming,
but it's almost baiting them into the choke point,
which that Gansel Butterflies is here.
Millennium though, claps him down.
No way.
Mellow got the ult canceled.
What a clap for Millennium and 100 Thieves to disengage it
sort of baited them in.
Ole Morpheus gets taken out by Galena.
They removed both duelist players.
However, self goes down on the opposite angle.
Gansel Butterflies here does a force-out Forky Dog and the Divisal Boundary.
and actually the TDK the damage is there with the white fox ultimate so everybody followed it up and that was an excellent push for 100 themes that's in the middle of the invisible boundary they got the chaos due to excellent target focus and the point.
100thies finally get their break then and is thankful to some very well timed ultimates that's for sure. Swamp gaming tried to counter them but sadly they weren't unable to do so that is fantastic timing on the side of 100thies.
The other Swamp Gaming as you look at the old economy, Krasman is going to have the available freedom charge to really push in and do what it says on the tin.
A little bit of a freedom charge to try and create some space for the rest of the team as they try and get into this one.
Let's see how much freedom they can gain towards this choke of Swamp Gaming. It looks like they're sent back through the Krasman very own.
So, we commit that into the Valentino ult as well, but any KO's can actually get up through the dance floor.
through the dance floor it looks like the answer is no for now because they're playing around
millennia's dance floor but here comes the meteor M to help peel dodge the wave though nice job for
mellow to evade it they still have the ultimate after and same thing with soft who can go bigger
in terms of the dead pools for both sides it looks like self is disengaged no chaos just yet
until everybody else is here to follow up mellow trades back at the at one for the very least but
it was an engage that worked out for other thieves due to that aggression for the side of swamp gaming
they're sent back again 100 things look a lot better when they have control of the point and
they are almost defending rather than having to try and break a set up and a part of that maybe is just from
their experience and how much they've learned as this composition just seems to be a little bit more tailored around defending especially with the
Magneto being able to just absorb so much of that damage as well
But really that white fox has been such a good inclusion for them
And I think that maybe swamp gaming will look at this one and say do we need a white fox of our own to try and counter this one a
Little bit, but now we're gonna get one more push from swamp gaming maybe two depending on the speed of which this fight goes
Some of the chew on for swamp gaming for sure.
Gaskin get a crass gets frozen by millennia on the back side.
Nice job from the freeze from the strategist player of 100 feeds.
However, swamp gaming playing it slow at the current moment.
Scatter with the dead pole ultimate.
Throws it onto the back line.
Met by Winnie and now self is here to track down mellophobia.
So using that double vision finds the invisible mellophobia
and actually is able to find that KO with the lunisnope.
Like he's been getting so much done.
and excellent callouts earlier by both you and Kozi to bring out how self has been dominating.
Scatter, another one, dance floor here too from Delena.
Don't even know if it was necessary because Swampgaining are sent away and rely on this portal touch now.
All touch does come through, but they're just gonna be too staggered here
and it's just gonna allow South to continue his domination and his reign of pain.
This is why they protected Daredevil.
This is why we wanted to see 100 Thieves on Daredevil,
But Swamp Gaming are trying their best, forcing everything through any ultimates available.
You can see Falky drops the ultimates as well, so this is still alive for SG.
A hundred thieves can they hold on now?
I'm going to commit ultimates afterwards, whole day's goes down.
Sorry, Valentina goes down as a Rage of War plus as well, so nothing to counter it.
In a hundred thieves, they get it done.
Yeah, they played it slow.
They would kind of build up those ultimates in Gask, and now we're headed to Celestial Hand.
The third round, it's one to one.
I think they're swamp gaming.
I mean, they now know that Daredevil
is such a huge threat and whether
we see a little bit of an adjustment on their side
and them going to something that's a little bit more comfortable
for them. Sure, Valentina on the gambit
in the moment is their contemplation of
should I switch over to White Fox
and maybe we go for the White Fox
and Luna Snow combo as well
and go for a direct mirror because
100 Thieves have found something here that has really
given them success and that's why I wanted
to see Daredevil for them. The stats
stats don't lie 100 these haven't won a game where dead it was been banned away
from them but perhaps now they can show why it's so important to have self on
that DD he's been absolutely phenomenal so far especially with that snowflake
maybe that's why forky goes for it on their own side but yeah I mean you're
right like they have to up the pace here with that ritual flush on to
millennia and 100 thieves but they alongside this captain America have
done an excellent job of living well gas this will be the deciding map right
starting it out, both teams are gonna, you know, kind of control that objective.
We'll see who gets pressed off first.
It would be kind of unlikely, I think, for him to go down early,
but Mello's been like kind of a hard target from Hunter Thieves' side, right?
A very hard target indeed.
And Valentino obviously has that rage of Royal Fush available.
Will pop it as well.
And now this is where you need to rely on your daredevil to go in
and get a little bit of damage off the back of it as well.
But you could see on the other side,
Hunter Thieves also put their ultimate defensively to try
and make sure that they can stay alive here.
This is a huge fight that's going down.
And as you said, whoever can get control of this first point,
it could really show who is gonna be able to win this game.
Yeah, it's an absolute clash of colors,
but is the KO, or the KO is gonna come through
for her team side?
Meteor M to help peel the back line.
Looks like it was this engaged
for the side of Swamp Gaming,
devil out, committed by base.
But what we find the KO is through all the healing
that is coming from that white box.
Like you mentioned, the freeze comes out, nice job.
To slow down the white box also takes out of the ultimate,
but Swamp Gaming are in control.
and yellow comes in with that dance to the butterflies is it disengaged with the bubble here on the soft and the deflect they come back for days and they do so nice disengaged back from that white box with the shields that you talked about mellow also invisible you can't hide from the blind man of the day of self as did he case there with the follow up right click
and you talked about a gas man.
This white fox has done so much.
It's just been massive for 100 thieves,
and as you said,
just the ability of having the freeze for that stun and the
stall has been huge for them.
It just has been the difference maker at times,
but also ultimate timing really worked out for 100 thieves as well.
Delina able to get that dance in the butterfly after the fact of
surviving, whereas Melophobia had popped it,
not really found as much damage as they would have liked.
And now 100 thieves,
They will gain control and some gaming and a half to try and break here and as we learned from the previous one
100 thieves very successful once they have control of this point
See a thing keep the success up PDK trying to mark mellow for now
I believe the snowflake by the way is going to be on days the whole time Ella trains back the letter though nice work to actually
Capitalize on an aggressive play to lend it to control that high ground
Excellent tracking and then the follow-up on to self, but will they find the ko's it looks like the peel job is coming through from 100 thieves
And I don't even have up that point given just yet due to Vinny stalling it out right not even any percentage nice
Healing coming over to Vinny as well here comes a dance
Maybe from the side of a swamp gaming on to the dive from Valentina
But no chaos found to say with the original flush will they find anything after a potentially scatter goes in with the band hammered towards
The back line but everybody else is sure to peel look at this
Tkk holding up the wall to make sure they could take down days and delay not nice double dash through days coming through with the
White Fox now cursing the Lunar Dance floor from 4KDog, but they are down a ton of damage
and they're able to take down Winnie regardless. Maybe they can clutch it up, right? All these
teams are talking about winning in these 4D or 5D6s and they trade it back, making it
a 4D5. Now, the other one did a lot of the same thing with Vinny. So with that swamp
gaming in terms of ultimates, they able to take advantage of 100 thieves and flip the
objective.
Yeah, perfect timing on the fate of both worlds there from 4KDog. I saw it popped initially
on the side of a hundred thieves and I thought maybe it would give them enough
just to be able to sustain and take out the enemy but some gaming again they
just timed their ultimate a little bit better on that side and now they are
hovering over to as well but you can say the same thing for hundred thieves
they have a better ultimate economy and they just need to time these correctly
initially you're gonna see freedom charge come out to create that space and
that should give self the opportunity to let the devil out here
And now slowing it down, everybody group together, here comes that dance to Butterflies, no CC to remove it in self, there with a follow-up onto it from the left.
And that's just gonna remove everybody, days like you said, a little bit too late.
Maybe they can get some KO, just kidding!
He's found two, maybe make it three onto DDK!
They all come back for the peel!
Somehow, didn't get one HP to DDK!
Scatter trying to clutch up though, is he 1v3?
He threw out the ultimate, found two potentially, he's still bouncing around!
I mean, it's what gave me this
law control. That Paul still
lives in that Paul still crazy
as always. Very impressive from
Scott again. You to be able to
survive. And of course,
utilize all of those abilities
to try and shut down the
remaining damage that had been
done on 200 thieves. But I mean,
TTK surviving was mental, but
at least there was a follow up.
I think days might have been a
little bit frustrated. Had TTK
survived that one. But now here
comes a quick push because
written 92% here for swap game.
through this, TKK kind of coming peel, I mean they have no ultimates, you have to rely on just raw peel.
You have people touching, at least it's Vinny and Self.
Delena probably to get staggered here on the back angle, everybody coming back for Vinny now.
I mean overtime slowly dwindles, portal. Actually they do have it right with millennia potentially with this portal in a moment.
But you're losing everybody in overtime now, 14 seconds.
They got CC'd in spot I believe. Who is that all the way towards the spot?
It looks like somebody on Swamp Gaming Cyber, regardless, they get it done on Celestial Hust.
they win 2-1 in a really fun matchup.
Oh, I mean, this is the matchup that we wanted with these two teams.
We wanted someone to be able to push swamp gaming to this kind of level.
We wanted how high is the ceiling of swamp gaming?
Well, I think we're learning more and more.
100 thieves, they found a way through in round two,
but then in the third, swamp gaming had their own answers.
They had their way to get back into the game.
And again, it comes down to prioritization in their targets.
That was absolutely fantastic in those final fights.
And also the individual prowess that we just witnessed as well.
the game. And that's what
we're going to see in a few
days. On that dare devil
showing just how impressive
they can be 21 K in terms of
damage on that side, but 14
final hits for Melophobia
really standing out for me as
well. Absolutely phenomenal
work out of Melo cozy. What's
what's your overall thoughts
from that matchup because that
was insane. Order in the court,
man. I mean, we got the lawyer
the lawyer matchup that we
felt like with the ult economy, 100 thieves kind of had that to lose.
And it was the swap gaming being the thieves and stealing that at the end.
It's just that sustain they were able to do.
I was pumped across holy backline.
So much to say, guys, you have another great matchup coming up after this quick
break, we'll get right back to this insane matchup.
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to you. Hello and welcome back.
My friends. That was an absolute
crazy matchup. Obviously we saw
like I said, going into a battle
of adjustments and got asked
right away. We saw the plan was
dare devil. We saw the bands
that protects right just to
showcase what was going to be
their plan heading in and
gas can I got to say a little
shocked that really the first
map of 100 these didn't
domination quick matches after you lose something so quickly like that.
Yeah, that was a little bit of a headscratcher for me. If you're going to
ban, if you're going to protect Daredevil and you know for a while that you've
struggled previously in games where you haven't had the Daredevil available,
what was the decision there to try and go for triple strat? And again, maybe this
is just the swamp gaming evolution, right? Everyone, no one knows what to do
against swamp gaming right now. So they're trying something a little bit
different. They realized it wasn't going to go and work the way they planned.
So they changed things straight up and went for something that was a little bit more comfortable and did find success
But I just think that at the moment SG have a little bit more firepower in terms of when this squad is working in tandem
As I said, I keep saying it that prioritization at the moment is absolutely fantastic
It's spot on as soon as they lock on to a target. They eliminate them off the map so quickly
Yeah, I mean listen, I thought for sure that was the hardest test for swamp gaming
I mean it was a hundred thieves to lose outside of the last, you know sustain effort from the Vanguard
I think it's scattered with
100 thieves jersey. I see that
on the I mean, come on. That's
what you want to see in the
sport, but going into it, I
mean, I think that the Vanguard
Comp is obviously leaning a bit
more towards swamp gaming
through it all. CTK. Once he
went over to that magnet, it
looked a lot more polished. I
think in their overall game
plan with that and also man, we
talked about white fox and much
with Valentina. I'm blown away
dog. I mean, by her flexibility
and going over to the gambit and
that was their whole game plan
going in with Winnie on the
fox on the other side. Yeah,
it was kind of smart. I mean,
you gotta take the advantages
you're given right because I mean you got to think about the macro to right like how these teams are playing in practice where they're playing a lot of
But regardless like you mentioned the flexibility has been big for every team including Valentina
Will swamp gaming sweep 100 thieves or whether they come back and steal the win
We find out right now guys the group stage is ready with a hundred thieves be swamp gaming take it away guys for match number two
Game number two immediately into the band phase and we go for the also band again gas
What's your thoughts on it, dude? Like to be one of me think about the dear double or not even who cares?
I just think everyone knows that with the threat of triple stride at the moment Elsa is just too much of a threat to
To be able to pass up
You've got to get rid of her sadly and even with the changes that we've seen in the most recent patch
I think people are just a little bit scared of the power of Elsa
Especially when you look at the jeweless on both of these teams as well if you give them that freedom
the other side of the game.
They will run through you, so I
don't blame them for the ban.
An interesting protect on the
other side, though. For 100
thieves, they're going to opt to
protect Loki here. Of course,
the gambit is going to be bound
on the other side. You're
probably a gambit protect to
follow, and it looks like that
is going to be the case.
Valentina looked more than
comfortable, if not exceptional
on the gambit. So excited to
see more from her.
Yeah, it's it's you gotta pick
your poison like we talked
about so many times, you know,
you gotta either deal with
Mello on the Elsa or like you
the gambit now for the opposite side for 100 thieves. They want to get that low key copy.
At least or rather you can get the low key mismatch and copy their gambit. Now we saw
teams try to do this before where you like copy the gambit on the opposite side to go aggressive.
Like I think we saw TSM doing that and stuff. But sometimes it could just not work out if your
you know your timings are a little bit off for swamp gaming. You know now they get to think
right after you go for that low key band and protect they're immediately going for those
the game. It's not like you
have to go to the other side of
the map. It's not like you have
to go to the other side of the
map. It's counters to the gamut
compositions, but if the mantis
that gets banned for swamp
gaming side opting into avoiding
that hero. Unlike the previous
maps. Yeah, and I think it's an
interesting one to get rid of
the mantis as well, especially
because you've just seen 100
thieves trying go for a trip
strat and fail at it. So almost
maybe you wanted them, but it's
different for convoy. I think
that's going to be the main
difference here. Convoy instead
you're trying to defend or push the convoy. You might have struggled a little bit and we know 100
better at convoy as well. They have a 0% win rate on domination, but a 100% win rate when it comes to convoy.
So perhaps we're going to see a little bit more comfort for them. They're going for a comfort pick
of Wolverine as well. We have seen them pull this out already throughout preseason. So perhaps that's
going to give them a good chance here on this matchup. Yeah, absolutely. We've seen Wolverine do
well previously, you know, trying to like maybe peel on the inside whenever it's like a hard dive.
by one squad, but for 100 Thieves, they will be attacked first.
Now we get to see the Invisible Woman in the thing banned on opposite sides.
We've seen the thing actually kind of take over this map
when there is these like Are These Died kind of compositions and stuff.
And when the Daredevil is available, the bands go through.
We have a little bit of a difference based on the first map.
And it's not going to be the Star Lord coming through on the side of 100 Thieves.
They ban out the Invisible Woman at the very last bit,
but you do still have that opportunity if you so choose for swamp gaming, though.
You know, they are up the map and they could potentially 2-0 100 Thieves and remain at the top which would set up an incredible match later on gas right if they were to play 100 or rather play a team liquid Citadel.
But regardless, 100 Thieves are still in this matchup, dude.
Like, in your opinion, what would they have to do on this map?
I mean, they're obviously like you mentioned, they're better on this map type, but what were some bright spots you saw of the 100 Thieves that kind of come back on mid-time?
I do think it is trying to
utilize this Wolverine because
we saw convoy midtown against
fly quest 100 these had pretty
similar pick ban phase where
they protected Wolverine. They
protected Loki and having self
with that ability to just jump
on and snatch someone away from
position and kind of make SG
feel a little bit lost and lack
a little bit of structure.
100 these just need to penetrate
with self and then be able to
follow up and I do think that
having the Loki as well is going
to be very important for them,
that's going to come through as well.
Yeah, that really breaks the question, you know, going back.
Like you said, self is sort of the way on forward.
And it kind of seems to be that sort of narrative for 100 Thieves
is that like self kind of has to pick up, you know,
that old rule that Tara used to fill.
And I think he's done it so far, at least give him
that advantage with the invisible woman sort of mismatched
when you went for that ban.
There's no Mac on the other side either
for the side of swamp gaming.
So, you know, we'll see if he can find those.
Valentina now backing up though on the height off angle still controlled by swamp as everybody a lot of height controlling it to decay
Really the only one there to help disrupt it, but the car's still moving forward
They're building up towards those towards those ultimate 80s come through to decay brings back one
So it's both of these pools coming in from the Angela and the wolf
But no chaos founders get so the building up straddles on this defensive side scatter also has dead pull to be available
available, uses it on the backline,
self trying to find the daredevil, but cannot.
He evades for now.
Greens also used on the offense.
No straddles just yet for 100 thieves yet for either.
So Swamp Gaming's still trying to control this backside angle.
At least four school downs out, but no KO's down for either side,
just ultimates to be built.
Oh, there is the first KO, though.
It's going to be on today's.
Melophobia will follow up onto Vinny.
And 103, he's going to find themselves in a 5 versus 5.
So at least it is traded out.
But I think that Swamp Gaming kind of worked out
what 100 thieves are trying here with the Angela
the Wolverine just trying to pluck maybe some of those strategists away from
their comfortable spots be able to take them out and then you can just push
through and dominate with the extra player advantage. Hasn't necessarily
worked out the way they would have wanted but they are slowly but surely
pushing this convoy at the moment and making it work. I mean I like it so far
they're playing from cover to cover. Green's used on the inside angle coffee
from Winnie but who is that on for a moment they're waiting to go on forward
forward for he playing back towards that bus stop side.
Valentina, understanding there's going to be a shuttle
and a moment goes for that invisible boundary aggressively
was when you copied the invisible woman.
Made you roll flush on the inside angle.
Can they find the KO's in the sky?
Potentially it's no, Milo goes down.
That combo usually finds multiple KO's
even invisible boundary nice shots from the lineup
to find the sky high stall lord.
Daze goes down as well.
So full stretch or both duelists removed.
This is the success we saw from 100 thieves earlier
in Celestial Hask is finding those duelist players in one after another, for he on the
back side does find Winnie on the flight, Kras is here, they're clutching it up, they've
committed the Captain America Freedom Charge, Deezus with another one and Kras with another,
so they might have called it too soon, 100 thieves are wiped.
How on earth did SG just manage to pull that one out?
Because 100 thieves had the openers that they needed, you were thought they were just going
to be able to comfortably walk through and clean up afterwards, but SG I guess just timed
ultimates correctly and also again sometimes you just gonna hit your shots
and we saw exactly that from the side of SG as well. Melophobia showing what you
could do a winter soldier. Krasman also not being scared to get in the face of
a hundred thieves as this Captain America right now. Oh, Melania falls over while
greens are up too. Oh shoot, Vinny. Or Winnie rather in this case. Unfortunately
losing his duel with his fellow strategist player. We also commit to the
K's ultimate in kind of a lost team fight after one strategist after another
are falling and that's tough man. That is definitely a mental break moment
potentially after they clutch up basically four versus six on you.
Well look at the difference. Swamp Gaming get those opening picks and they
continue to be aggressive, continue to try and stagger 100 thieves whereas I
think there was a slight bit of hesitation on the 100 thieves side
where they were kind of stuck behind the convoy. They didn't all commit but some
did commit which just meant there was a lot of vulnerable heroes and Swamp Gaming
took full advantage of it. There was a couple of 1v1s on the map that maybe
shouldn't have happened anyway. Again another teamfight already occurring here and again
Daredevil is going to be the focus from self trying to get any little bit of damage he can
but not able to pick anything just yet. We're walking it up. Rage of the flesh just smokes him.
Oh my goodness. Back to the spawn. That's everybody. Over time now slowly dwindles
and nobody's going to even get the portal. I mean just absolute dominance after that hold
from Swamp Gaming as 100 thieves get held on first point. Swamp Gaming, take a bow.
are we witnessing the start of
something new here in Marvel
Rivals Ignite? I think swamp
gaming might just be the team
we are talking about for an
entire year at this rate from
just what we've seen in these
first couple of weeks. I know
matters develop. They shift.
People can study, but people
and 100 thieves in particular
have had time to study swamp
gaming coming into this one
and are still struggling to
break through. If that doesn't
scream how impressive swamp
gaming are at the moment, then
I don't know what is. What do
the game. I was like, Oh, okay.
What is their like phrase?
Their hashtag. It's a hashtag.
Fear the swamp. Is that maybe
I'm not giving any credit. But
you know, maybe I don't know
like what I need a better phrase
than that, dude. Like I mean, I
would be scared right now. Swamp
gaming like you said, but I
would be scared. I would be
scared. I would be scared. I
would be scared. I would be
scared. I would be scared. I
would be scared. I would be
you know, you know, you know,
you're not scared right now.
Swamp gaming like you said, but
you're the swamp. Is that her?
That's the that's our phrasing.
Yeah, I would have gone for
something like what are you
doing in my swamp or something
along those lines, maybe that's
maybe copyright. No, you know,
probably is, but you know, maybe
they can scream it in their
comms. That's all that they need
to know. Anyway, a chance for
swamp gaming to show us just how
impressive they are on the
offensive side. Now 100 thieves
are going to go for something a
little bit different. You can
their ultimate a little bit and they were just getting stronger and stronger on the defensive side
and now Swap Gaming can start to tear through 100 Thieves. Valentina has been excellent.
Yeah, just playing hyper aggressive, right? It's just trades after trades. BRB brings them back
and everybody else here on the inside just waits for their demise. You know, it kind of
under talked about almost too, by the way, is like the mental aspect of it because, you know, Vinny
was able to get grabbed by base and yes, that was a good play by days, but also like sitting
in that angle. It's tough, right? And 100 Thieves now, 3 minutes left to go. Portal players come back
from self. They're on triple now, but into the Wolverine, self gets deleted. Deleted, removed,
and looks like it might just be enough for 100 Thieves to survive for now. But how long can
they survive? So, again, you just need to reset, gather up. You can see a switch over to Moon Knight
for Metapobia as well. If there's any sort of grouping, they're going to be very quickly eliminated.
You can see the Groot is going to press up, Krasman is more than happy and 100 Thieves are they going to have anything to try and stop this?
It looks like the answer is going to be no hit dogman.
Yes, so fast to run and stall it out, Root Ultimate available, you said there's nothing against it.
Let's see what happens, here comes that Root Thread of the back, it's caught on to Melendia and Winnie, goodbye, see you later.
In that strangling prison, might have put a strangler hole about 100 of these chances to win this map considering it.
Oh, just across the map, Kobe.
From Kras 2-0 out of swap gaming,
team. They're going to be
playing in the same team. 100
thieves are drowning in said
swamp as swamp gaming. Sit a
top group a. I mean, such an
impressive match yet again from
swamp gaming. Just when you
think maybe they're going to
slow down, maybe there is going
to be a response from another
team to show that in fact they
do have a weakness. They show
us that they are the dominant
force in this group. Maybe in
100 thieves they tried and even in the domination they were able to take one round of them at least and thought maybe that was going to be enough, but just so good from swamp gaming right now as we take a look at some of these stats.
Absolutely swamp gaming. I mean, they just dominated in that department.
Cozy, I'm sure you're going to walk us through it, dude, because swamp gaming, it says you would gas put it. This team is just maybe starting a new book, a new chapter North America.
I mean, it's not one. It's the
other right and I got to say
first of all, bold strategy
giving what is looking like
one of the best teams in
America. The Gambit Cup into
that long Star Lord to squeak
through and really relying on
the shot, which the Linux hit
but not doing enough there,
right? And it was ultimately
just too much for them to
handle. I got to say, man, you
said fear the swap. We're going
to let that trend. But also I
do like get out of my swamp. I
mean, come on now. We saw
exactly like all 100 of those
thieves got the heck out of
that swamp as we continue to
100 of those things got the heck out of that swamp as we continue to see, but, you know, they do so well for me.
It just, you know, we're going to get a lot of love over to one to swamp gaming, but for a hundred fees, it just felt like they not just this match up either.
They keep weighing these kind of early fights kind of, but then they lose the later part of the fight on the most important times every single batch.
And that's how they're ending up now getting these wins. And we set going in.
This was going to be such an important series for them and it ended up being an absolute showcasing once again
For swamp now being 4-0. I mean an absolute perfect performance from them all together dog
I'm gonna throw it to you first. I mean, are you just impressed with the
Every single role carrying the weight not just one standout member
Yeah, I think that they've sort of kind of steadily improved the strat line
I think a big thing with with swamp gaming
you know with Valentini coming in obviously and then just the overall
cohesion as you mentioned has been great and you know it's a matter of can
swamp gaming keep this up going into the playoffs right this is something at
least when they were formerly of Nemesis that I'm curious to see if it
continues obviously it's a brand new chapter right this is their time to
rewrite history but formerly team Nemesis and you know the squad in the
past they just had a tough time really kind of capitalizing in those big
moments so you know can they keep this up right sure you beat a hundred
teams 2 0 sure you beat everybody else 2 0. But will they be able to 2 0 team liquid as well considering
or not yeah not team liquid sorry but can they keep up this sort of hot streak going in this group.
No I mean I think you said it perfect I need team liquid versus 12 gaming like I need air I think that's
going to literally show us what is the new region of the you know the top of the region here in America
and that's what all this is setting the stage for and why a lot of people going into this said swamp
They look great at it, but with it, I feel like right now,
Melophobie is kind of the postman for Swamp Gaming.
He was there back in the old days as well.
We're going to welcome him into an interview once again.
Welcome in, my friend, for getting yourself
an absolute awesome W once again, going four and oh.
First of all, quickly, how are you feeling, man,
after that dominant performance?
Someone like, I don't know.
I expect nothing less man. Can you tell me a quick like when this roster formed, right?
Because a lot of you the core four would gather and then you bring in an awesome new backline.
Like did you expect it to click this easy man? I know you're showing nothing but cool,
calm, collected, but was there a moment you realized this team had something special going for them?
Yeah, I think so. I mean, we ever struggles and I mean, I'm assuming it's not gonna be easy for the
whole year we're always going to struggle, every team struggles, but I think our core,
we're just a group of friends that really love to win and will do anything to win.
And so whenever we added our backline who also just love winning, they're obsessed with
winning, it's either win or nothing for us.
And then you give us the resources that Swamgaming has, I mean, you see what happened, you know,
we're, what's that?
Are you eating it now?
Right now on mapscore?
I think, you know, kind of on
that, you know, I mean, we'll
see obviously as you guys
progress towards the very end
of the of the group stages. But
I think for you guys, and I
know that I think you guys have
worked up in the past two, you
know, when you guys weren't
in assistant now when you're
swamp gaming, right? A lot of
times in those playoffs, you
know, like sometimes
everybody's like, Okay, this
this is their their time to
step it up. You know, is it
now your guys are you in the
right moment? Is everybody
kind of like, uh, are you
veterans now of the scene? Like
what is the difference between
Veterans now of the scene, like what is different about the Swamp Gaming Squad compared to previous rosters you had in playoffs that you know should have gone far as well?
That's a hard question. I think
We just were just more experience, you know before like I had you know previous competitive
Seeing experience in other games, but like some of us that was the first time ever being in front of a crowd
So I think that's just kind of like lights too bright
But now we've had a year to just play at the highest level, being in playoffs, multiple
playoffs.
Eventually we won the MRC playoff in Season 5 I think, pretty easily.
So we just have more experience now.
So I think we're looking good going into playoffs.
Looking more than good.
Looking almost perfect, I would say.
Now talk me through that last fight when you were defending on Convoy, because you had
two of your players picked and you're in a 4v6 and somehow still win the fight if you can remember
how did you win that fight we can only see so much from the observer side maybe you can tell us a
little bit more um well i was one of the people picked because i made a mistake but um it's just
more it's just about discipline not pushing our limits too hard waiting for our respawn we knew
we had tp so it's mainly just about like staying disciplined not pushing our our luck and once we
We have our numbers back.
We capitalize on our mistakes of them either pushing too far,
just not having cooldowns.
And then just be very disciplined, I think,
that's how you win those fights.
Listen, buddy, I love the confidence from y'all squad,
but I also like staying grounded.
I feel like you have a good mixture of both.
And the lights, they only get brighter, right?
Last few seconds, the first time into the lights.
Well, hey, man, looking where this team is right now,
you guys have a lot to show.
I guess to close it, it's you guys and Team Liquid right now.
A lot of people have at the top of the charts.
Hungry to get and battle test them up and you know as we move along this ignite season
Yeah, I think
At least I mean we haven't seen we haven't played against group B obviously bar group looks a lot harder on paper
But that team we can't underestimate them. They are
With us if not below us, so it's mainly just well like
Not underestimating them just playing to our best giving her all and when I lose just lay everything
and I want to follow for.
And yeah, man, we'll listen.
We appreciate you being in some of the spokesperson
for swamp gaming with coach coming in too.
We welcome any of you guys we don't buy,
but we appreciate y'all and go celebrate the W.
Enjoy the win and thanks for coming on, man.
Thank you for having me.
Absolutely.
As always, that is the one, the only Mr. Melofobia
been able to watch this guy for a long time.
And Doug, it's been cool to see not only the new additions
to the back line, but I would say also in addition,
the previous Nimesis members, just man,
the flexibility of them has skyrocketed.
Daze was only a Wolverine.
Now look at what he's kind of become,
even though his Wolverine was kind of crazy at the end there.
But also, I mean, Valentino just went into that.
I only thought of it as N-Viz,
and now it's all over the board.
Are they the perfect model to look at
if you're trying to train back up on the off season?
Yeah, I mean, it kind of all started back,
maybe like a year ago when I was hearing like,
like from all these players, you know, we got to be flexible.
We got to do all that stuff.
And like you mentioned, they have all those players
who started as one tricks now, they're anything but.
So 100% excited for this team's future.
Yeah, thank you for the great, you know,
we saw what they did and we're excited to see
what they keep on doing.
Well, y'all, the first couple of matches were pretty quick,
but very exciting at that.
And we have a lot more coming at you,
three more epic matches at that.
So don't go away anywhere, kind of reset, reload.
We'll be right back after this break.
Welcome to another player breakdown. We've got two more teams going up against another. We have TLC versus TSM and TLC team liquid has been the team to beat in group B and they've got players across the board. We could name them all. We're going to pick a couple.
couple ship. How about you start buddy? Who do you've got on TLC? Yeah, shout out talent
across the board here. First, let's start with Cooper in the back line. Cooper has always
been a comms leading the band lead, which I think is super important at this level of
play. And you'll see players step up and do that. But Cooper is unstoppable in the back.
You cannot give Cooper gambit, but then not afraid to pull out the low key, the Luna that
in this virtually anything that is needed to be played and play at a dominant level.
So you know, they talked about band targets and also Cooper was mentioned saying, do not
give Cooper Gambit and you know what when they do guaranteed win at least so far
TLC looking so good and on the other side Nero I honestly you know I wanted
to shout out Nero last week because I didn't give necessarily the flowers that
were due Nero over 10k healing over everyone in the two matches we saw and
you know it was something I kind of missed but when you get over 10k healing
at this level of play that is a very significant number from 50 to 64 so
looked really strong back there kind of plays more the quiet just focused role
mainline heels while the comms are coming from Cooper side, but no matter what having each other's back and just dominating that backline
For sure when I look at them, too
I gotta say like Nero in general is just they compliment each other
Well, you look at their hero pulls and they almost don't overlap at all if any they they are able to play whatever they need to
Obviously Cooper is low key when I think of it and gambit
But Nero can always feel at such a great level on the vanguard side talk about getting target ban
and the other side of the
left side. That's because Paul
doesn't get to play cats in
America. He's simply too good.
Sometimes you don't want your
name to be too no chip because
that's what happens when you get
amongst the community. The guy
is Steve Rogers himself, but
still playing a great role at
Magneto in the frost. Dr Strange
Vietnam is playing at a high
level in that regard and spark
chief as well. Spark has been
target ban on the whole side
rogue as well. But spark can
also play anything that he needs
to. But obviously she's
also play anything that he needs to, but obviously continues to shine at the highest level. It's been cool to see spark evolve as a player. I think it was someone that, you know, with this on his team last year, we gave a lot of love to this and spark was doing so much for that team. Now you have him with Paulie. It's time to get this guy's flowers. He's a dominant anger.
Yeah, I think he's just similar to Swiss Army knife conversation where I can really play everything and talked about even after winning that map on Hulk saying that was something like 28 map straight with the W on Hulk and and I haven't even seen him play a ton of Hulk.
You know, I know he does, but I just haven't seen it. So that's just the testament to how many different heroes that spark and play. Absolutely.
Look at that TSM. Listen for me. Gail is the one to highlight a goal has 100% win rate because that is where the other success, but this guy's a true duelist at form and just great at mechanics.
he's just been a very steady Eddie when it comes to being a mechanical gifted player now, Phoenix, Hawkeye of all those are kind of the comfort picks, but Gail is this guy who in my opinion, it's this team out of trouble a lot of times and it shows it to the biggest degree.
What other duelist is flexing to the Hulk to save the day ship?
Yeah, this team has been struggling because they are definitely more of a
poke meta style team, but they're finding their footing with this new triple
Vanguard brawl style that really worked for them talking about goal.
Can we made that conversation look really solid as soon as they made that
switch that I've really struggled to move the cart forward.
They essentially stopped carting every map after that.
And it was definitely interesting to see.
I'm looking forward to watching more of them.
Yeah.
And when that space is made that allows bedtime story to tell his own story and
really shine, man, this guy on Star Lord can be a menace.
And that was who I always remembered him as is the Star Lord place sidewalk at a good level as well
I think this team once they get their space and they're kind of playing together
Look out because they've got a lot of talent their way. They just have to go into it with a bit more strategy
Yeah, a hundred percent agreed. They're playing more of those solo
Duelists that honestly get more value like you're saying Star Lord sidewalk stuff like that that plays with that triple Vanguard style
And I think if they lean into that more we're gonna see more success
So they guys go with TLC versus TSM gonna be a good one
We have more team breakdowns coming right after you coming up next
the game. Well, hello there
in welcome back friends to
match number three. If we just
saw from Group A, one of the
top of the tops and swam
gaming. Well, welcome to Group
B and welcome to team liquid.
This is the other side of the
coin that we're talking about,
and we've got a match up
between them and TSM, and I've
got to say on paper could be a
scary one. But if TSM really
wants to show that they're
fighting back this momentum,
the other one. They were able
to bounce back, but this is
going to be the obviously the
toughest opponent to him.
I guess I'm going to start with
you, man. What do you think it
takes if you are the underdog in
a matchup before you even go in
to really kind of bark it back
and we've seen that a lot from
these teams so far. I think
it's a lot of studying. That's
what we've been talking about
all day long really is how
much you're going to review
your opposition and what
they're good at and where
their weaknesses are now,
whilst similarly to swap gaming
have many weaknesses. You can
actually expose, but again, it's
trying to go against the
strengths that they have. I
think for TSM. They are in a
dangerous position because if
they lose this game, they then
go into that matchup against
nightmare as a must win. Otherwise
they find themselves eliminated
and you look at some of the
players on TSM. There's so much
experience there that you'd
expect them to be able to give a
good match up here. But I think
on the flip side, TLC are just
far too strong. I think we're
in another situation where at
team is just dominating the
competition. They have figured
out the meta and in that in
this instance, it's liquid
citadel. Yeah, absolutely. Hey,
look at that team liquid. If you
guys do not know them, there's
some of the, you know, I would
say most infamous names in the
rival scenes in America, but
they also got some love from the
EBA bringing over Paul Lee. Now
he is known as the captain
America, but has not been able
to play it much outside of just
the banner to represent him
typically because it's banned
out dog and that alongside
spark chief, who is nearly
undefeated on the whole and
and crazy road. This is one of those few teams that even though you have talent at every position,
you have to address the Vanguard line first and then that opens everything else. You add down the line.
Yeah, absolutely. I mean like like you mentioned, you know Paulie and spark definitely some of the best Vanguard's in the entire game.
That's 100% solid
solid shout outs for sure because of how much they've done and I think this team like it's kind of what
the one that Fliquess wanted to be right with their European mixed roster as well with the EMEA roster and on the opposite side for TSM, their opponents, man like they fixed up the roster.
They picked up some brand new players alongside like these Solaris guys and then also put Cal in a roll swap for the first time in this game, putting him over to strategist, which is what he was known for originally before marble rivals.
This was a very unique roster and it's going to be a tough matchup regardless,
but they should be able to figure things out eventually.
It's just a kind of a tough meta right now, right?
Like it seems to be very dive focused,
meta cozy and they have two arguable like hits game players in Gale and Bedtime story.
Yeah. I mean, first of all, Gale needs to change his image to the whole queen.
No, that by now, I mean, this is a team that we've seen kind of adjusted game plan.
We've seen triple Vanguard from them, Gaskin. And with that, you know,
you let the gold gal and then
it was a lot of pressure,
though, on bedtime story to
be all that make up damage,
whether you go triple strat
or with the Vanguard role. I
mean, with TSM, do they
continue the gold? Do you think
we see more of that or more
traditional against a team
that is probably ready for
anything in liquid? I think my
fear for TSM is that they are
very good at certain things,
but maybe lack a little bit of
flexibility from what I've seen
thus far and perhaps makes them
a little bit easier to target
the team. We've got a lot of
players in the team. We've got
a lot of players in the
team phase as well. So we might
see Team Liquid actually
punish them a little bit in
that initial scenario. So have
to see whether there is a little
bit more flexibility on the
side of TSM. I do wonder whether
there's a little bit of inside
knowledge from Cal. Of course,
he used to team with Nero on
the other side for envy
previously when they competed
together. He was a sub, but you
would have learned a lot about
how a couple of those players
played. So maybe that could be
the difference maker. Just a
few inside tips and tricks from
the game. We're going to go
into the game. We're going to
go into the game. We're going
to be coming over to the side
for them as well. It's just so
much to handle. But yeah,
listen, we're going to go into
what kind of first the
infamous location. But if you
are team liquid, I got to say
you just watch swamp dominate
once again. If anything, even
if you're looking at this
matchup, they want to put on a
show to continue to show that
they are the team to kind of go
up against and you know,
sometimes in these matchups,
you can get caught up with an
easy game, whatever dog. I
you do best because we've
seen Liquid struggle a little
bit in their matches, but
still they're undefeated. Yeah,
I mean, it's that resilience
that comes with with practice
and scribes, you know, and it's
kind of what we heard in Mello
saying like giving some, you
know, being humble and giving
some credit, I think towards
Team Liquid saying that OK,
this team might be even better
than us. You know, that's kind
of crazy for top player and
team to say, I think in an
interview this late in to the
tournament. So I think that for
the tournament. So I think that for Team Liquid, like you said, they have, it's tough to look
bad in a 2-0 necessarily, but I think they definitely struggle that points. You know,
I am just curious to see if they can maintain that for sure going week to week without dropping
scrims and practice in, like you said, maintaining that resilience. I think they do have it.
They have a lot of experience, a lot of players that have done well at the midseason, like
you said. So there's a lot of that backbone they could definitely rely on.
Well, what TSM we're going to get the one against SSG or the winners against Loon X.
It's going to be decided here in the pick-dan phase when you're going up against such a titan.
It is Team Liquid versus TSM. We've got ourselves a banger. Take it away boys.
Biggester-Cos headed into it, Team Liquid and TSM. Sorry, Team Liquid, Citadel and TSM.
Whereas, you know, TSM, like you mentioned, and Gasly would have seen,
they haven't had the best performance sincerely so far throughout.
But if they were to win today versus Team Liquid, Citadel, that would be obviously huge considering what everybody's been saying.
And we've just given Elsa as well to Liquid Citadel. So this one might get a little bit ugly. It's a very difficult decision to make.
We've seen people going back and forth today. Do you ban the Gambit? Do you ban the Elsa? Both teams are going to end up with an Elsa.
But knowing Liquid Citadel, they will be more than happy to have an Elsa off, essentially, because they're going to feel far more comfortable on it with how impressive they've been.
They get rid of the mantis. I think that's important as well. If we've learned anything today, the mantis can be very difficult to go up against in some of those trip strut
Compositions and I didn't say strip chat this time. So careful. I see you dare devil being hovered at the moment as well remove that and vanpool is going to go on the side of liquids itself
Yeah, that's kind of interesting back and forwards considering how much we talked about like daredevil before
you know, on the opposite side for for Deadpool 2. So, you know, it's kind of interesting to see the difference of opinion so far. Kind of liquid said it'll taking what they're given for TSM that sort of difference with the Daredevil band is definitely quite interesting.
And then it's kind of the same thing with the Captain America band from the Invis Protect.
I think this is very smart as
well from liquid. I said about
running the tapes. They have
definitely studied what TSM
struggled with because in TSM's
losses, they had Van Paul,
Mantis and Gambit banned away
from them and liquid have done
exactly that. I know that sounds
pretty simple because they are
three very impressive heroes
anyway, but it does feel somewhat
targeted. And this is what I was
trying to mention earlier to
cozy TSM. I don't feel like they
have as much flexibility as
I think I spoke to Vicky about
this matchup off air and she
said it was going to be in in
her words belt to bottom. So
we'll see whether that happens.
She may have said a different
word, but as an Englishman, I
think that bottom is more
appropriate. Yep. No, that
sounds exactly like your
response and it sounds like
what she would say. So I like
that, you know, canonical
casters over here. Um and
speaking of which, you know,
for team liquid, you know,
that's the interesting thing
that I think you pointed out
earlier gas is that triple
that. Yeah, that's right. The
invisible woman been going to
liquid Citadel. It's kind of
interesting, right? Like you
can still like you mentioned
earlier, play the white Fox
play Jeff the Land Shark. You
could play anything really. Um
so far, it feels like I don't
know, man. That then faces a
bit much of a commitment
towards the back line, right?
the back line seems to get targeted quite a lot across the board through a majority of the regions that we have in ignite so I think strategists are just so important to this game if you can eliminate some of the biggest and best heroes that are available.
Just give you a little bit more of an opportunity in some of these fights and that is a great freeze coming out initially grew unable to get through that portal.
Yeah, nice freeze from Cooper, but they've all disengaged towards that point where it
sparked a sort of off-angling over the height.
Gonna surely try to build that ult fast, but on that triple composition with speedily
flying that ultron, see how they operate, right?
God coming in from Pauli early onto the invisible woman and that Loki.
We'll see how fast those crystals come out, and oh my goodness, Peru's already gone.
Breenz couldn't even be able to save him.
Nice job from Energy.
Like you said, this could get ugly fast with likes of energy playing that could we've been to come back on the angel the very least
But you don't have greens anywhere say pizza demon and with that the dominoes fall everybody's back to spawn right now
It is worth knowing that liquid sits at our unbeaten on domination and TSM have yet to find a win on domination as well
And even though we're only one weekend those stats do start to build up and those patterns do start to emerge and
and the expectations started to begin of this should be a relatively one-sided affair in favor of liquids into that because everything is pointing towards them.
Their band phase went pretty successful for them and in general it's just a better map and mode for them to work with here.
But TSM, we know what they're capable of. They still have the experience on the roster.
You just need someone to be able to step up and get that first pick for you.
And it goes for that raw damage strat, right? Just full front to back style on domination.
Which I'm curious if it does pan out because I mean that could shape the meta a little bit
But I mean you rely heavily like you mentioned off of gale and bts doing raw damage and then for citadel as long as they
You know have those tanky players in the frontline taking the damage and then falling back and just not getting one shot to that
They're probably okay, but greens use gale blow on the high ground coffee out them there and isn't there in time to save gale
Unfortunately for him no more claw trucks also the instinct minus two for him
So that kind of turns him into a bit of a sub character, right?
Also, Freese comes through from pizza.
Everybody's surrounding.
Cal's gone.
Pizza, just watching his team get eviscerated in front of his very eyes, 70% of the board,
Ultimates used, and no fight went yet for TSM.
Fantastic patience, again, from Liquid Citadel there.
They got the initial pick.
TSM pops some defensive ultimates.
Liquid just said, all right, well, we're just going to sit back.
You'll be absolutely fine.
And then they waited, planned, and also staggered slightly by doing so.
and now Liquid sits at 84% and ticking.
So one last push here for TSM.
Perhaps we'll see maybe a little bit of an effort here
from the ELSA and also gonna see Punisher now
starting to let RIP and maybe this is the opening they needed.
Well they did use two ults for that.
In view, sorry, Luna ult committed by Cooper
just to try to like live back away.
But what can they do afterwards?
Okay, BTS just gets deleted.
Okay, Energy didn't get traded out by Cal though.
Nice work to help the back line
as Energy went in for an aggressive ultimate.
kind of saw maybe some slight weaknesses out of liquid,
said it all went nowhere to happen for energy,
but they're still trading, right?
Gilbert throws that meteor out,
just tries to dunk cross map with that knee fall.
Freedom charge committed by Paul Lee as well
to help sustain afterwards.
Bar-Chief has that dead pull ultimate.
Afterwards, Guru would have to be a big Kangaro's pull.
What do you have for me, Guru?
On the Doctor Strange,
freezes have been big from Cooper so far.
He could cancel the ultimate or the charm to come out, Guru.
Because you know, are they aware?
They get one onto energy,
He put the pocket there. He does eventually go down. That time story came back onto the Doctor or onto the Star Lord, but Liquid said it all kind of back it up for now.
Over time, Spidely does go down BTS so far. Nice work from him coming out of the portal to find two, and Liquid said it all backed up for now.
As you say, that raw damage coming out from TSM is working out. When they target correctly and they all are looking at the same hero, it is working out for them.
So Liquid's into that, just needs to be a little bit wise to it.
They do have a couple of ultimates that are coming up.
Speed gonna have that one on the side of Ultron.
The real question is, TSM on their side, they've got plenty to work with as well.
Of course, Loki having the ultimate available could copy, which is ultimate he wants to go for.
And you can see Gaeo is gonna pop his as well.
So now TSM are gonna try and use this initial damage, and Paul to try and push it.
McGill goes down in the middle of that fight, the peel job there, now she comes to Ultron.
That side no meteorite to save them, but they do live with this invisible boundary after the copy though
They use it Cooper aware. Okay, BTS just goes down traded though energy also falls
So both of these Elsa's removed for now at the moment playing slow right now is the side of liquid citadel eventually explode out
The high ground here comes Polly has double pocket with the drone and the snowflake
I mean just absolute uncavald demon takes down two already Polly make it three
huge plays by the captain America player who is actually pocketed by his squad
and Liquid Citadel reclaimed that objective and the point. Reclaim, hold and
enjoy overtime and they do have fate of both worlds available to Cooper as well.
Won't even need it and Liquid Citadel will take the first, meaning those
ultimates will carry over into round two. I will give credit where it's due. TSM made
a round of it there. It wasn't a complete stomp where Liquid Citadel just
completely shut them out. TSM were able to bully their way through with that raw
the game. They've got a lot of
damage from their duelists and
also some good ultimate usage
as well in tandem to make sure
they were able to push together
successfully. But liquid
citadel do what they always do
here dog man is they find away.
They are very good at reacting
in that moment, whether it is
switching heroes, whether it's
noticing patterns of play that
they can just stop in terms of
where people are actually
pushing liquid citadel just
always seem to have something
up their sleeve. Yeah, they've
very high level. Now, you know, I would say I feel like that last map on Warrior Falls is not the
best map if you're just playing this like full front to back, high damage and comp, but you know
in Intergalactic Space 4 I don't think it's much better. It's slightly better. We'll kind of see
if TSM, you know, opt into this same sort of style they've been running at least with Bedtime Story
over to that Star Lord and Guru over to the Angela. They're maybe gonna try to mix up the
pace for his Liquid Citadel side. You know, they could play aggressive because they have double
straddles available. Cooper just really wants to hold on to Fate of both worlds to be able to pop it
as a defensive. Maybe encourage a couple of TSM ultimates that are going to come out. You can
see the first one is going to be popped. The second one will follow from Cal as well as TSM are
really throwing everything but now their counter ultimates come out on the side of Liquid Citadel.
They were more than ready and with Gale going down it means there's going to be a 5 versus 5
because both elses it eliminated from the game.
Yeah, and so are both dualists sadly from the side of TSM
because Nero without the claws takes out two,
back line removed, nice shot from Team Liquid Citadel,
who set up Pauli's flank, found two,
nice fight win out of the squad.
As Liquid Citadel looked to hold it yet again,
TSM switched up to the triple comp,
tried to mirror it at the very least.
So now Liquid Citadel after breaking,
they're gonna be able to hold and again,
to work with as well. There's
the first energy going to get
that initial pool and actually
is going to do a lot of damage
on the other side, poly waiting
with freedom charge as well. Not
going to use it just yet. Don't
really need to because they have
the advantage in this fight. TSM
very much on the back foot here,
and that is just even worse news.
It goes from bad to worse if it's
TSM.
Yeah, it's a little bit of a
high aggressive play from liquid
Citadel. And now, you know, for
TSM, they they don't mean like
mirroring against liquid Citadel
may be a rough choice. We'll see what happens moving forward. Gale, you know,
could have a big large rocks to follow. Needs to be there from the squad though.
His liquid-seated off can peel it off. Here comes Guru's ultimate. With the
large rocks, it does fine too. Maybe three. Okay, nice job Gale. That was a huge
ult with a combination of Guru. But can they keep it up? The freedom charge is
gonna eventually not save Gooper as he goes down. And 60% on the board, they
flipped the objective. Maybe Portal could come out. But at the moment, nice fight
They're from TSM with Guru and Gale.
TSM showing that, you know, Liquid Citadel, they can bleed.
They're not unbeatable. You will still find a way to break through their setup if you plan accordingly.
And now for Liquid Citadel on their side, they're going to now have a little bit more ult charge to work with.
And now we're going to see good amount of damage coming through.
A very aggressive push as well. They try and take down Cooper.
We'll find the kill on Cooper as well.
And that KO will just make, they can have the advantage.
Six versus five in Liquid Citadel might have to back up.
The aggressive play, Ultron, and, well, the freedom charges last fight, so not too shabby
from TSM so far, I like it.
See if they can do it again, right?
30% on the board, we've seen this set in all fights.
They actually, they lose these fights so fast that they're not even giving up that much
point percentage, but there's the flank play from Nero and his Captain America.
They actually get a charm too, off of Cal, but he heaps away, has a little bit of self-healing,
also commits the ultimate.
So both white boxes just bouncing around, healing and damage.
at the same time, Clarke rocks here though,
is big from energy, does it get deleted?
Yes it does, so they peel it off for now,
Spark Sheet finds bedtime story though,
and same thing with Pizza Demon,
the healing is just far too much,
and same thing with the damage of Cooper,
as the rest of TSM gets cleaned up
towards the opposite side of the point, and it's flipped.
Fantastic, from a liquid Citadel,
I mean, again just worked so well together
to make sure they can eliminate anyone from TSM,
it was just one of those fights
with very mirrored ultimates happening,
You have to wait for someone to be able to expose one member who's maybe just stepping out a little bit further on that left hand side and liquid citadel
Now we'll be able to control but the pool is going to come through from TSM to go for one last stand here
But back through the portal some went because there was just so much damage coming out on the other side
Polly gets the open on to Gale and now TSM
They're gonna be at sixes in sevens here because liquid citadel gonna have the player advantage. I
Wonder why they'll walk down so early, but now he's back regardless at being at zero instinct
able to get the KO on Spark Team. Nice work from Gale. Also throws the Glortrucks on Energy,
does catch on to him, follow up there from Guru. Also away from the point and the Lunastore
dance floor blocking off the healing is Guru. Now Gale with the follow up in the sky. Great work
from Guru in that fight and Gale the capitalized. The panda of these two has been exciting to watch,
but can they keep it up 60% off that portal flip from TSM? Amazing portal flip and I think
Liquid's just now probably thought they had got the job done after that initial pick, but
TSM showing they are not just going to roll over and show their bellies here to Liquid Citadel.
They are here to play and they're here to prove a point. Remember how important this matchup is for them.
They do not want to fall into that danger zone where they would have to have a
must win against Nightmare in their next matchup.
So TSM holding at the moment. 80% as Liquid Citadel look to make their push.
They do have two ults available to them, but Guru also has Ayubagamoto available.
Will he pop it early? Or is he going to try and wait as he counter?
And BTS stuck at the point and they just fall over without goals.
Guru's ultimate is a bit late.
Dubai, see you later, we didn't use anything.
It's over.
I mean Liquid Citadel, they don't have Portal either on TSM's side, overtime ticks down.
This is going to be a fight win and a map win for Liquid Citadel.
It's over.
Team Liquid, Citadel, get it done because of that flank angle.
It looked like Nero on the right side and everybody setting up and BTS was just stuck
improving why they seem to be
one of the best teams in the region.
If not the best team in the region right now here,
dogman. Yeah, absolutely.
And if they continue this, right,
it felt like, you know,
it was a little bit close at points, right?
Like energy sometimes we get picked out a little bit,
but I mean, Gale going to be your SVP on the side of TSM
for the side of Team Liquid said it all makes sense.
It's Paulie.
I mean, just like all of the support given to him,
drone, snowflake, you know, everything given to Paulie
and he just gets it done, right?
team effort out of Team Liquid
Citadel and Nero too, by the way,
I've paid Nero. You know, we
talked about Valentina earlier.
I think Nero might actually kind
of be better like I'm. Is it
crazy to say Nero on my Fox
looks absolutely crazy? I mean,
we didn't get to see Valentino
and White Fox earlier, which I
think he'll be inside because I
wanted to see, especially with
the patch changes how it was
going to be for her, but nearer
was unbelievable as were the
entirety of liquid Citadel. But
But of course, that wraps up Map 1.
We've got more action coming here for you in pre-season of Ignite right after this break.
I've got a grin on my face from just such a great match, but also watching jumping run
back from the break.
I saw this man break you some bulls like speed, insanity.
Listen man, we finally got to see Paulie guys on the cap with the snowflake the drone
I mean he was just missing mule there at that point had everything he needed. They're just we saw the Paulie experiment
I don't know how much we'll see cap with that
But what if you first ask him we look at these strategists and you know dog
I'm just you know compare a little bit to Valentina, but I'm talking about Nero and Cooper though the reality of these two is
Honestly laughable. You just look at the DPS 14k damage from Nero, but also 14k healing 18k
the 10 K. The 10 K. Their
eliminations are stacking up
more than the door from the
side of TSM. It's insanity. I
mean, it's having those players
that are comfortable not only
with healing but also winning
those individual battles as
well. I think Cooper averages
around 10 solo chaos per 10
minutes and having someone with
that kind of capability and
that kind of firepower on the
back line just means that it's
terrifying to try and jump on
them because you don't know if
that fight. I do think that
they have something special
here with their strategist,
and I think that's going to
be the theme throughout this
entire preseason is the battle
of the strategist who really
is better, and we're going to
be throwing around these names
time and time again for sure.
Well, it's a team we compare
them to and listen, dogman, if
we're talking about TSN here
up in, you know, I do think
that they showed fight like,
you know, definitely domination
that's a tough thing to do
against a team of liquid. I
felt like they really planned
on having this save in this
man in this thing going on,
Which I think the end of the draft though short so like they have a strong beginning
You can't let Cooper have dampen so they had to go with the whole damn it approach
But I think that's where they flip the script to you. Do you think they changed anything up and what do you think they change up?
I mean, they probably at least like you talked about it like TSM at least they put up a fight
I think you in gas for it up mentioned it on
Domination especially with those first two rounds like I just think that their comps weren't going to be the best like Punisher and
and also just kind of struggle on that map, I think,
when you get surrounded upon there's so much places
to take cover in.
But now, if we're going over to midtown,
at least a little more open,
at least I shouldn't be as good
if you fight for these off angles.
The reason why I think I was so like decently high on TSM
going into this season is because, you know,
they had some really good hits game players.
I think they had also picked up towel,
like we mentioned, going over to strategists.
I think there's a lack of really good strategists play,
I think in North America and when
duelist players switch over roles,
I think a lot of the times it takes a while.
But if they eventually get there,
it's kind of shortstop some baseball.
Though the star players,
if they figure it out,
they will definitely be up there.
So TSM better shot here on this next map.
Yeah, but lost forky dog, right?
We just saw a forky did on the other side,
so you drop a strat just nail.
Go over 4-0. Love to see it.
We got another matchup guys.
Will this be another 2-0 or will we see some
bite back here is TSM versus Liquid Citadel taking away?
All right, into it, immediate
bandage of both gambits again,
seems to be the thing we're going to see
for the rest of the day.
Not as much focus towards Mantis,
it looks like in North America,
like you kind of, I don't know,
you can predict it earlier, right?
Ask like the Mantis stuff not really been,
except I guess in the first series,
as sort of pointing over here,
I guess we'll until now.
Yeah, until now in the liquid,
the Citadel, they hear you and they're like,
actually, yeah, we'll get rid of Mantis.
Last time we saw them on Convoy Midtown against SSG,
they protected Elsa. They
protected Ultron as well. So I
protected Ultron as well. So I
protected Ultron as well. So I
wonder if they're going to go
for something similar here or
whether maybe TSM will notice
that and get rid of the Ultron.
We have seen teams try and
target the Ultron away from TLC
just because of how good they
can be with it. Evident in that
first match how successful it
was for them. But we are going
to see the Mantis flipped out on
the other side as well. Vamp
Paul going to be banned away from
TSM again, and it's going to be
the same mirrored on the other
side. So now there's the Ultron
I think they're going to be pretty happy with this picking band. They've got the core of what they wanted in their composition here
Maybe we see the captain America band, which I guess after watching the last map. I'm not really surprised
Yeah, yeah, they wanted that missed match for team liquid side where they went for the band on that last time after the protect
But this is tough because it says you mentioned if you go for that mirror
You know what does TSM do especially if like both hits game players aren't given
you know, let the opportunity to do whatever they want, right?
The fact that we don't have Daredevil ban is kind of interesting so far, but also, like, you know, for TSM,
I just wonder what they're gonna do if they do get lost. They go for the cap protect this time around.
You know, what is the change up for TSM gonna be?
Considering it's kind of what Blur said earlier, like you don't want to just mirror somebody for the sake of mirroring,
like you want to play the Ultron stuff, sure, and you got to know what to do with it. You have to make plays still, right?
that. I think that's a good
idea. I think that's a good
idea. Okay. And this is an
identical band situation. SSG
did exactly what TSM just did
like. Exactly in terms of who
they banned. Cap, Vampal, Mantis
Gambit. They removed that from
liquidity to now, and it still
didn't work out for them. So TSM
almost feels like they've done
their homework, but kind of just
like copied what someone else
did and hope that it's going to
work here. A little bit
But for TSM, I guess you'd do it if you don't, because previously they let Captain America
up and Polly went off with it.
Absolutely.
It's definitely an uphill battle for TSM, but they have a roster that has made some adjustments
in the past.
They've been able to be a top team for a decent amount of time, at least Dubois and MRC and
Solaris Banner are now coming on to TSM.
Can they actually win on this map?
We'll have to see in a second as this is their map pick right against team liquid Citadel
Like you said, this is a top dog in the region if not top dog in the entire world
So we'll kind of have to see if TSM have a real answer is there the one starting on attack this time gas
When is it liquid Citadel start off on defense with that traditional triple triple triple vanguard triple shredders?
composition or sorry not triple shredders or triple vanguard having energy be the solo duelist along the triple shredders backline and
you. You can't miss place
yourself when you are the soul
damaged dealer. Almost It feels
like if you get caught out and
you get picked first, you might
find yourself struggling a
little bit, and we did see
initial targeting from TSM to
try and find it, but energy is
able to get that first. Gilbert
goes down and with now no cap
to work with TSM just have to
find a way to get the TSM to
No cap to work with TSM just have to fall back here because they have very little coverage to try and create that space
Yeah, good read by the squad also
That's obviously teams prioritizing visible by the way cart not moving Paulie's like guys the payload
The other team is not really looking at it at the current moment
So he's able to just play below place low Gilbert being a target of focus
Everybody kind of comes back to peel form speed holding the top left angle able to kind of stay in cover
Finally, TSM have controlled that cart, have to set up the surround yet again, but it's
red speed with the right click, same thing with that.
Invis or rather the white box coming over to peel, probably the same thing.
Here comes that Ultron of the Sky with the Ultron's rage, but will they find any KO's?
It looks like the answer is no.
For now, counter push now could have come through from Liquid Citadel side.
BTS actually comes down to the low ground, get trapped somehow?
An Ultron on a flyer?
That's interesting.
time. You know, I think it's
a long time. It's a long time,
and you can see that it's a
little bit like it's it's a
bell and not only gets one
gets two and it's an easy
cleanup. I think I think they're
already getting impatient. I
mean, two minutes off the clock.
You can see cow wants to make
plays. Go do something turns
out. He turns the corner
immediately. Glerks in his
face, so that's a tough to get
caught in. But at least they use
that ultimate right? You could
reset quickly. Yeah, at least
make some sort of plan of attack.
You don't try to be throwing yourselves
at liquid city at this point.
You can see dance floor now comes out for TSM
to try and give them a little bit of pressure
onto this convoy to try and push it
even just a couple of meters.
Cause at the moment,
having been able to move it barely at all.
Yeah, this is okay.
But like there have been a little bit reactive
on the side of TSM.
Gales, Gortrots, unfortunately
didn't get anything in that last fight.
Also cow jumping around on the white Fox
just as sustained,
but they can't really do much at this point.
charge committed by the attack forces out Nero's defensive ultimate. Ultron's range still available
for the side of BTS, but Polly's been holding this whole time with the Meteor M. Don't even
need it for now by the way. Now uses it. Yee on to Pizza Demon. Goodbye. Thanks for feeding me
that Meteor M. Say goodbye to your back line. Pizza Demon is gone. In 50 seconds left to go,
TSM just have done nothing here. It's just been absolutely one-sided.
Yeah, and there's little to suggest they're gonna have anything to actually break out of this
this spawn trap that's been set up by Liquid City now at the moment.
Guru is going to have meter M available,
maybe that could be the breaking point.
If you can maybe knock one of those strategies off,
you might be able to just get a little bit of presence onto this convoy.
As I say that, pressure on the side of the flip side for Polly does go down as well,
but there will be the counter from the other side as Gilbert falls.
Cow's aggressive on the right side, gets caught out again.
With that, you lost your White Fox player,
Gale has glory trucks,
he'd have to go big with sodas energy yet again.
Height, aggressive play from Cooper, trying to find a KO, Bubbles used by Guru, but everybody's in mid.
Here comes that Ultron's Rake, Larchov gets the lead again by Gale.
I mean, it's just gone off the rip, BTS trying to take him out of the sky at the least, everybody's kind of grouped together.
Here comes Energy's Ultimate. Doesn't actually get anything, but they do get the KO off of it luckily for them.
Guru does fall, Kal trying to go aggressive again on the inside angle, but it's Gilbert to fall, and just one by one by one,
they're getting picked off. Portal play was there from Pauli, by the way, they come back from spawn, Kal falls.
team. They are. White off the
by team liquid 70 meters is
all they got. Liquid Citadel
making it look like a ranked
game at the moment. They look
so comfortable targeting
correctly as well. You could
see as they were picking off
one hero after another. It was
just like we focused this, then
we focused that and it should
be a cleanup following. And
that's exactly what happened
with liquids. It's just wasn't
really enough for TSM to try
and break out. They tried a few
the ability. And as you said,
the ultimate which is kind of
getting gobbled up by liquid
Citadel TSM. If you can't
break out of the setup with
some of those ultimate available
that they had, then it's just
going to be such a struggle. And
now you feel that this might be
a very quick round ending and
very quick match ending here on
the side of liquid Citadel with
the way they've been playing
thus far. Yeah, absolutely. I
mean TSM might need a miracle
almost right like they're trying to set up these plays and maybe go aggressive
with Cal and stuff but then he gets caught out it's it's tough because you
have to read old charges and you have to read like like ultimates and stuff but
what do you do when Liquid said it does play this well now on their attack right
we'll see what Liquid said I want to do you know we do see a lot of teams start
out the Wolverine gas but again not very far to go only 70 meters and yeah first
point is tough to take but that is still an excellent hold from Team Liquid that
they set themselves up now for success on attack.
Yeah, keep an eye on energy here.
Alongside Spark Chief, they're just
going to try and bully the back line of TSM.
See if they can grab one.
Energy doesn't connect, though.
So that is at least job one done by TSM in terms of holding.
You avoid that initial contact from Wolverine.
And now you can set up space and you
can start to try and defend because you cannot allow
this to be pushed.
Remember, you need to be aggressive onto this convoy.
And TSM now realizing that as Guru is stepping up.
Yeah, he has to touch the cart, cooldown is already used, diamond to form, cart's still pushing by the way.
Can we build the ults even fast, near on the flank angle to try and set it up, soulbond used, so every cooldown used, can we find a KO?
With this soulbond, the answer is no, Kilbert gets kidnapped, taken to the front lines and deleted by the claws, no rocket raccoon to BRB him back into the fight either.
Double drone and snowflake honor that will bring by the way, so he can play as aggressive as he wants, cart's still pushing, Gale tries to fly away.
Unfortunately, it's put back into the cocoon form, and Energy's claws are just absolutely on a rampage.
Guru falls, Gale's brought back with the cocoon.
But Cal, he just stayed a case, he's just there to touch for a little bit longer.
Spark Chief's elite sped time story, Ultron's Rage in the Sky.
For it again, for Pizzadima's copy, brings everybody back, so, I mean, there's no kind of unit.
Portals here, Guru in Diamond form to delay. Gale trying to find something with the sustain.
We're gonna have Invis boundary up in a second, though, Pizzadima doesn't get saved by it.
the team. They're not going to
be able to get it. Maybe they
could build up. Gales ultimate.
He needs to build it 4% away.
Paulie with media. Rem could
be huge. Also in the sky. No,
he got hit. Gala doesn't have
cocoon either. That should end
it here probably with the
clause as there's no more old
from the defensive hole that
team liquid Citadel get it done
to Oh, it's a quick one. If you
blink, you might have missed it.
TSM sadly couldn't really put
up any sort of threat on their
the team. We've got a lot of
players on the side of team
liquid Citadel, but also we
know how good liquid have been.
We know how powerful they can
be when they start to get going
as well, and they just seem to
have that plan be that plan C
always ready even when we saw
TSM come back in domination. For
example, liquids is a very good
at thinking on their feet,
making those adjustments very
fast. And we look at energy in
that game 15 final hits 20 K
the game. And it's just a
little bit of a bad time,
fellas. I mean, five minutes,
54 seconds. That is a speed
around if we have seen one on
this side of things, and
listen, I mean, first of all,
again, to talk to TSM for a
moment. You know, sometimes in
rank, you go up and you just
don't exactly play the game
that you wanted to play. Things
go very quick. Like we just
saw here. You got a G G go
next. They have two now must
win games they have against
nightmare and yeah, we lost. And
now if you look with Citadel,
you punch your ticket. You are
the team. We're going to be
the top teams. We're going to
be away from being one of the
top teams, if not the very
best right here in the America
region. Tell us it just
continues to look like the team
has so many ways again, like
we said, we're so gaming to
beat you. If you were to shout
out one of these members, I
want to give you guys both a
chance here, but dog will start
with you. Like what's the one
person that you want to shout
out on team liquid Citadel?
Yeah, I mean, it's it's
probably got to be Nero. I
that he's going to be able to
get the. Synchronization of
this roster. Um I mean, I feel
like that'd be easier to call
out a potential weakness, I
guess, like with, uh, like
sometimes energy gets a little
bit too crazy. Obviously don't
want to take away too much from
them because the squad is so
good and that really is nitpicking.
But yeah, for me to be near.
What about you guess? I think
actually, I'm going to give a
little bit of love to spark
chief, even though that
statistically is not going to
stand out as the Vanguard role
and Jules away from his team. He was just playing the perfect vanguard role of just defending
the rest of his squad. And whilst the numbers won't be up there for him to shine bright,
certainly impressed me from what I was able to see from his POV.
Yeah, I want to just give flowers as well. Like listen, speedery adapting. Obviously we've
talked about cat, you know, cow comfort and the speeder coming to this team from that
squad and a dog. We know he was kind of always been just like the flyer. And what a perfect
person to go and be that Ultron in the triple strap. We've seen a couple of teams, especially
America try this and it's not working. They're like, why do you have your best player? You
know, what are you a great duelist on X, you know, character of Ultron? Well, this is why
and why he's also a perfect compliment to be that pseudo flex role of putting on the
aggression of DPS, but also having great healing numbers to boot. It allows you, you know,
more, we'll say aggressive Vanguard in someone like Paulie, especially spark chief to go
off and have flake and have drone, you know, obviously you could play so different from
are you impressed though by how these vanguards are adapting with their team and allowing them to
go full aggressive? I think it might be the most, you know, I would say attack heavy vanguards tanks
that we have in the scene. Yeah, absolutely. I think that these these pace makers, these pace
setters, I guess is a better way to phrase it. Are the real reason these teams are winning for
sure? Like you have to be able to be proactive to make plays and obviously it's meta dependent.
It's, you know, depending on what's good at the current time, but you can't just AFK
And you have to make a play like we saw them do, like just all over the place.
They're doing stuff together and that's really on coaching staff.
Obviously, first of all for Team Liquid Citadel, but the players to buy into that
and really set up place together as a unit.
So their calm structure is great.
And right now things are just flowing.
They look even better than they did last week.
Yeah, for sure.
And that's always good.
I think what we said a lot of us behind the scenes was swamp.
I think TLC is the team that most people have as the best team in the region.
had the best week. And so to
come in week two and to really
show why you belong to be right
there in the conversation,
obviously they're interviewed.
We're going to be asking it.
We have to compare the Titans
that we're starting to see
emerge. It's year two. We're
still very early in this whole
thing, especially when you're
kind of resetting some of the
year in the rosters. And these
players are continuing to show
why they deserve to be in these
teams and these orgs. I mean,
listen to what you just saw
Gaskin gassing it. I mean, are
they right there if not still
above small?
that is the toughest question for me. I think that in terms of picks and bans,
TLC seemed to have it locked down. I think that they were able to convince TSM that
banning Captain America was going to somehow help them, and I don't know why, because we saw it
previously. You try and take that away from Liquid City though, it doesn't matter. Their pool is too
deep in terms of heroes. Who's better? From what I saw today, I think swamp were a little bit more
solid. I think that TSM were able, especially in that domination, they were able to break
through Liquid, which surprised me. I think that Swamp Gaming would have not allowed TSM
to break through a tour. I think we might have seen a bit more of a shutout. But again,
I think that can come down to playstyle. So for me, Swamp Gaming right now, but I'm ready
to be very much changed in my opinion when we see them play each other in playoffs.
Oh, okay. That's also faces from you there. Do you have any comment?
No, I respect it. I respect it. You know, I think both teams are good right now. Yeah,
it's going to be a really fun
matchup. But if we do get to
see it considering both these
teams now, right? Both qualifier
the playoffs, so I mean, we're
probably going to see it based
on how things go. If these are
the two first seeds, if they
were to keep up their sort of
fire. Love to put you guys on
the spot. Listen, I mean, we're
about to have our guests in a
moment excited to walk them in
not a player, but the coach of
this team. But before that, we
were talking a little bit about
the picking bands and how
there's not like a there's just
against Liquid and so that's going to be difficult for them. But let's go ahead and welcome in the coach, Mr. Gator himself from team Liquid Citadel in for our winners interview.
First of all, it is good to have your buddy. How you doing? Good to see you again, man.
Good to see you guys too. How you been?
Oh, gosh, didn't tell. I've been a lot of fun watching you guys on your side, man. I got a million questions for you. It's weird seeing you without a hat.
I feel like I've always just seen you have a hat on. But first, let me ask you that.
You know, when you have so much talent on this roster, right, you guys have so many big names.
How do you balance individual strengths while also playing as a cohesive unit?
I think that's a lot of your job. That's a tough thing to do.
Yeah, I think we, we have like a really, I think even really good team environment as a team.
Everybody is like very self-critical, very critical of others. And it's like a very
good open obviously communication system. So there's like kind of constant improvement.
any time there's issues or problems, there's like instant trying to fix them, you know,
this team isn't like toxic like a lot of other teams. It's not really like a tilting team.
Everyone's very good, young, talented, like hardworking. So I think this is just kind of like
a roster building differential for the most part. So yeah. Awesome. And coach Gator looking like
like coach trustee in that regard I guess for you Gator, you know with this squad I think uh
you know we we heard swamp gaming earlier say some stuff about you guys you know they were saying
they were giving some compliments they said like you guys are probably the best team in the region
and they were actually giving you a lot of credit um you know just to maybe throw them something
that that way what do you have to say about swamp gaming and how they've looked in their group as
well because obviously you guys are looking like top dogs so far in group B uh swamp bass gaming is
pretty good um i think they are like the second team like they're probably the
second best team um so like i i think it'll be a good match when we
eventually play them uh they're they've been like a they've been like a team for
a while and they have like progressively gotten better and better and better
i think some of the players have like expanded the hero pool so i think that
they actually are like a really good team and they're not like a free win at all
so i definitely like respect them um the coaches you know he's a he's a
character. So and then they do some crazy, they do a lot of crazy shit. So like you kind of don't really expect, you
don't really know what to expect a lot of time for them. So yeah, I think it's, I think they're a good team.
They are a good team. Hashtag fear the swamp is what they're going for from what I've heard. Now you as a coach, there's a
lot of responsibility, especially when it comes to the picking band phase, which we sometimes see matchups one and
lost just through the ban phase. How do you as a coach of this team prepare for that? Are you
constantly involved? You're constantly checking on teams? Are you target banning for example?
Yeah, we target ban. I legit takes like the lead on like all of our bands and stuff for the most
part. He actually does generally does all of that. And then we me and the players will kind of like,
you know, give feedback and help maybe in the side or we'll play devil's advocate for him.
So he's kind of like our banner for the most part. He kind of does a lot of like our strategy stuff.
So we kind of work together as like a coaching staff to just kind of make sure everything's done
for the most part. So I feel like we we work really good together and we have like a pretty
good system in place right now where I feel like we're always kind of ahead of the meta or ahead
of the curb for the most part. So yeah, I've been very happy with that.
I got a couple last questions that close at first. I know you with Nero a lot last year.
I think such an unsung hero of this team because when you look at your band, you know phase,
it's like, okay, you're at a cap, you can open up things, Paulie. Then you have their devil
speedery and Cooper having, you know, gave it. But can you highlight Nero a little bit because
we looked at his numbers last week. I mean, this guy's a stud in the strategy position.
Obviously someone you've worked with for a while back even into year one.
Yeah, Nero is very, very, very good. He's pretty underrated. He was kind of one of the
people where he came from the other game. I don't know if I can even say that, you know
what I mean? But he came from the other game, he's very good at that game. So he was kind
of one of the people that we convinced to kind of come to this game. And obviously he's
very good. He's mechanically gifted. He played DPS in Overwatch. So, you know, he's got like
like the insane mechanics and then he's, you know, very smart.
Um, and he's, he's kind of like a, like a veteran role on the team as he's very,
he kind of stays very just like on the equilibrium.
He doesn't, he doesn't get too amped up, doesn't get tilted.
He's just always like steady.
Uh, and I think that's really good to have players like that on a team.
So good shout out to him for sure.
He's kind of like, he's definitely one of our pillars for sharing the team.
Man, David never changed.
You know has it been to say one word and then jump swamp ass just like that
But look at that you in the scene again. I know you guys have
Nightmare and then you guys have yeah, we lost so you guys, you know
I'm sure looking to walk in for those two to enjoy the win man
Give everyone our you know love and and thanks for coming on appreciate you
Thank you guys. See you guys later
See you get it
already that is coaching gator and
Man always fun to have him back in the scene dog and Gaskin for sure
And, you know, it's just cool to see how they measured up, you know, obviously swampy. There was a great question as well
But it was cool to have those teams back to back, right? I mean gas can we get to see a really good comparison?
Obviously some of the competition I think was a bit different, but still able to see the top two teams in most books in America
I do think the further we get into not just preseason, but as we move into the next series as well
These map selections are going to be so important
We're noticing that teams are struggling on certain maps and modes to be particular,
but there are going to be not there is such a wide selection of maps available that I do think
you're going to be able to target teams and find their weaknesses. So I'm very intrigued to see how
that develops as we move forward preseason. Yeah, for sure. I mean, I think when you look at some
of what he highlighted, I mean, it's just cool that there's just not a weak point that he goes
on there and they're playing as a cohesive unit, which is what my favorite question was to ask,
because there's so much talent to be had. And we've seen that in years past y'all,
We're just rocking through these games. We're three down two to go. Hopefully you guys have a great time
It's just a good time to be a Marvel rivals player
We're gonna reset let the players get in get ready
We have a great one coming at you next energy shock versus fly quest don't go anywhere
We're gonna take a quick break in the back of the action
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it.
Well hello there and welcome
back my friends. We've got
I think this one couldn't surprise us. I know I know we have like us at 0 and 3 right now, but they have a lot. I mean the play for clearly to continue on there's much more than just the preseason right and roster changes all that so they've got to play for that and then energy shock is at a very interesting spot right because in the group of death.
Let's start with you, dog. They went against the toughest two teams, essentially off the bat.
They did 100 thieves. They won that, had the shock.
Then it went against Swamp Gaming, got two owed.
Now they sit in this kind of, all right, you got three more games left.
It should be a bit easier for a rower from here.
Yeah, this is kind of the interesting, like you mentioned, with a part of Group A, you know,
like they have to obviously two-0 fly quest here to keep looking strong.
But, you know, they have to, you know, make the rest of the games look good.
Luckily for them, it looks like swamp gaming are going to 2-0 everybody, obviously there's
one more game versus FlyQuest, but as long as that happens, it's kind of like a whitewash.
It's like a wash over kind of a little bit because if everybody gets 2-0 by swamp gaming,
okay, great, that's fine.
But if we want to be that second seed, we have to keep winning.
We got to keep getting these games back to back to back because, I mean, especially with
100 Thieves and how they've looked so far, you got to feel confident so far, especially
with the head to head, right?
Because that could give you the edge over them moving forward.
And maybe you even eliminate 100
teams out of the playoffs just with that early win over them.
Yeah, to try to delay how early you have to go against a one seed
like swamp, right?
Like that's why it's so important to get the seeding going.
And obviously for them, they're looking like they easily
can be the third team, second team up here, right?
Take a look that we got FlyQuest in their roster.
Now, we've talked a lot about this team, obviously.
They're playing from across the pond.
Some of them want people to come out here
so that they can play all together.
you know, it's just a
it's just what we ask gator.
We putting it all together as
one and gas going to start
with you, man, highlighting
it. Obviously vest is a
shining point. What else do
you like in this like what
like what's team? I do feel
partly responsible for their
performance thus far as I
predicted them first, and it's
my first cast the curse of
Marvel. I was ignite and I'm
sorry, everyone. It had to
happen at some point, but I
do think with time, like
West will show us what they're
made of, and I think we saw a
little bit of that against the
matchup of 100 thieves as well,
obviously the delay that happened, which just kind of strung that match up out a little bit.
FlyQuest demonstrated that they can actually go toe-to-toe with the team like 100 thieves.
So there's no reason why they can't take down NRG Shock.
I just think we need to see the strategist being a little bit more on top of things.
There was a couple of times where strategists got caught out a little bit on the side of FlyQuest,
maybe being too confident and pushing up a little bit too much.
So hopefully they will be a little bit more reserved
and allow some of that aggression to come out of their duelists instead.
that for sure i mean dog you talk about you know in sprake out that was kind of
a great one to see is takes more there's more than you know an i in team
especially in speaking of
you know that in what energy is they would do i think that the polar opposite
i think they played as such a complete unit and they have a lot of
i think you know shining stars from across old teams but also some you know
core base that we saw in what was dreamland what do you like this energy
shocking
yeah i'd be a likely have a very diverse roster to pick from like that's
kind of the big thing is uh... competition you know
usually breeds the strongest players, I think.
So the fact, oh my goodness, sorry,
I'm just so excited for this matchup
that I just burped like right up live on broadcast.
But I think this energy roster,
because it's such a big roster,
I see you laugh over there, because it's because of this,
that they're such a talented roster,
because they picked up chuckles,
they picked up fraud, they have, you know,
these players that are in the wings,
like waiting to play in trial,
in these practices and scrims.
And you could tell the reason why energy shocker
in the position they are in being one to one to one and one is because they
actually get the due diligence as a roster they scrimmed with all these
players and they tried them out right like you can't just pick up players
willy nilly you have to see them for yourselves in have the coaching staff and
analysis to determine you know the actual best players through meritocracy
more than anything and you can tell that's why energy shock are in the
position they're in.
That's a great breakdown. I actually appreciate that because when you look
at it you know obviously someone like Wendell I think is a great kind of hidden
and Jim, who plays really like one of the most important anchors of that Vanguard role,
or sometimes there can be that weakness in there. But man, for me, it's been Sean. I
think Chime has done against some of who we've put as like the top duelist in America. And
I mean, he's come out on top of him and Delilah. It was this big matchup. I'll never forget
Serebro, Kakoa, here we go. And Chime was hitting the most perfect shots. We've seen
all the best duelists rise up to the Elsa ban for me, Gaskin. Want to see how Chime responds
I do think they're multifaceted, but it's going to be interesting. Yeah, I think it's been interesting how it's developed with the Elsa
Band as well because the question was, you know, is Gambit going to be more of a like a scary hero that you have to go up against? But
Jewelers have a responsibility to output damage, right? That is the number one thing. And Elsa still is the most oppressive hero that exists in terms of damage output.
I don't feel like you can allow it for anyone who is good at Elsa, and it seems like every team has that someone who is fantastic at Elsa.
I think Gambit you can deal with. Elsa is a little bit more of a troublesome situation to find yourself in.
So I do think that we're going to learn a lot in the bands here for both of the teams.
Yeah, for sure. And taking it over to FlyQuest. Listen, I think that this team, they have not only people that have played at the top level,
the game. And it's a little
bit more like it's a little
bit more like it's a little
bit more like it's a little
bit more like it's a little
bit like some of the highest
and most like intense matches
that have been out there and
now it's trying to put all the
pieces together. When you look
at a dive meta and you need to
have things like great being,
you know, that's where a lot of
this identity, I think was
formed for the team. The tape is
out there at this point. Quite
literally all over social media
dogman like what you adjust
to write, you stick with the
original game planners like
okay. We need tonight. Try to
stick to some new strengths as
we look forward and Oh, and
different compositions to play and whether they've gotten good at and they had a close series, I think versus 100 these, for example.
So there are some potential bright spots. I think that if they figure out their team cohesion, if players get used to the ping they're playing on and stuff, if you're on 100 something ping in this game, it's very hard.
So just with that alone, I think just repetition,
repetition, playing on hyping and kind of getting used to playing with each other is their strength in their way forward.
But like you said, energy shock is a very tough opponent to overcome.
Dallas, Oregon, Virginia ready. We are ready, my friends, for the matchup between FlyQuest and NRG Shock.
It's match number four and we start off in the pick and ban phase. Take it away.
Here goes. Go in, do it. Elsa immediately off the rip for bull squads and we're kind of determining and learning
the overall sort of opinion on
the meta for a lot of people
and even after all of these
Elsa changes, the nerfs, she
still seems to be priority.
Number one for a lot of these
top squads. Last time we saw a
fly quest protecting mantis and
silo if I remember correctly as
well, you can already seen they
are hovering the silo. So
perhaps that will come out or
you just hope that maybe the
band won't come through. But
again, it depends how much
research energy shock have done
because we certainly saw how
be especially alongside a Mantis as well.
Already that happened today.
Actually, in our first matchup of the day,
Van Paul gonna get banned on both sides.
That seems to be pretty traditional at this point as well.
We've seen very little Van Paul today
as Brog gets protected on the side of energy.
Yeah, I think it makes sense based on what we've seen
out of that character, just in terms of clutching up
in so many fights where it feels like
they're just, we're just losing them.
But, you know, that Rogue protect,
definitely going alongside the game,
that they're going to have to
make sense. The dare double
band respect what energy shock
could do or maybe to get their
own one side of matchup, but
it's a mirror to be across the
board right now, guess. Yeah,
the road gambit combo just too
good to pass up here as
invisible woman will be the
last and final band. So what
do fly quest have? Do they
have something to make us
think that they have what it
takes to get through to
playoffs? Remember if they lose
the game. We're going to see
the game. We're going to see
the game. We're going to see
when swamp gaming still left to
play. Yeah, No, thank you. NLG
shock have the chance to kind of
bury them in this matchup, but
fly quest. You just feel like
there's still something there
for them, and maybe that
expectation is going to be
there as well. We did see that
glimmer of hope during the
hundred thieves matchup, but
they need to try and elevate
from that. Absolutely. Let's see
if they can starting off on
this domination map that we
Can they start coming back in this group
where things have just had a horrific start?
Like it's been tough for them online,
but Star-Lord got through in that rogue gambit stuff
that is always available.
So let's see what happens.
If I quest, can they show us some life?
I mean, they did last week at the very end of the week,
but it's as cozy mentioned earlier too,
Chime has looked great so far throughout.
Apparently he's good at White Fox too,
so this energy squad is definitely not an easy team
to keep an eye out on the
energy shock as well. Once the
region Royal flush comes through,
Star Lord turns into an absolute
beast of destruction. Not going to
have that on the side for fly
quest, though, but of course, both
teams are going to be running. Rogue
alongside the gambit for that
team up. And already we're going
to see a little bit of just a
back and forth here. A lot of
poke down on the side of the
And already we're gonna see a little bit of just a back and forth here a lot of poke damage
No one being too aggressive no diving at the moment window considering it on the thing
But of course you have Hulk on the other side so both biting their time waiting for the moment and now we get the jump
Let's see if Melio could hit those shots
On to back line just kind of free farming it looks like over there, too
So has been relatively uncontested. I'm surprised that he's not being marked by basically anybody that is building up straddles
playing it slow. Right now FlyQuest are actually the ones closer towards that
Phoenix, Ensign, and Ferno velocity close to that invisible boundary, so all the
dark was so low after diving in, but cooldowns used. Back up also by the way
energy have claimed that objective first, so they still in control. They also go
aggressive with the invisible boundary if they want, but they know they don't
only have to just yet, meanwhile the triple Vanguard competition, they're
getting ready to all plush it upon. Here comes that Ensign, and Ferno with
with Melio not able to find a KO through that.
Too much help will help pull the chunk through
on the side of NRG.
They're focused on the foot, but they lose Renko
in the back, the vest, who win aggressive.
Melio's there with the follow up,
and they might have anchored a little bit too hard
on the inside angle because FlyQuest
had actually won the first fight.
Yeah, great patience from FlyQuest as well.
Naturally, NRG got the point first,
having things to kind of bully them off the point,
made they were able to steal it away, as you say,
but then in terms of actually sustaining damage,
like West just had a little bit more available to them. The Phoenix was doing a lot of work as well with a bit of grouping happening on the side of energy. So they have to be careful of that. They want to group too much. So the a we damage really hurts you. But now like West just trying to pin back energy and not let them out here. Magneto leaning the charge.
the back line. It's a good
point. All right. Here comes
best towards the back line
dives immediately on to the
kids. Good bye, Renko. Okay
Goodbye. Another one best
just absolutely putting carry
pants on people talk about
this guy being an insane player
for like less. And that's
exactly why it just removes
the old charge in that fight.
Another wins for flight West.
And that would look pretty easy
didn't it? And it starts with
someone just leading that
charge, but also having the
person starts to push and the rest don't follow. They all seem to be working in tandem at the moment
and NRG Shock need to find a way round. They're gonna probably go for a similar approach here.
If they're going to bully their way through, they do have ultimates to work with.
It's Helios, Mark and Affleck. Here comes that Meteor. Actually, it's Medara to dive deep on a can
who had that gambit. Ultimate, the Ragey Roof Watch was available, but here comes Jolly on the
backside. Velocity goes down. Can he find any more Meteor from Snickers? They're gonna find a KO
through it. It looks like the answer is yes. Rinko trades up the best there with another
on the wall on the stinker so it's back and forth scrappy at the current moment
which favors fly quest that looks like although Madara with the ultimate pop
tries to find at least something maybe gets rid of some old charge on the
front line as well but everybody backed up radio flush still available didn't
get connected on by the rogue of the other team but when this can you want to
pop it do they even need to window falls low has to back up for now points
don't control fly quest but is energy gonna get any form of stabilization on
the point they chop they chop in with an invisible boundary aggressive one
towards the side of FlyQuest, but is there gonna be a KO found by Melio with the N song and Furno?
No, it looks like the answer is nothing for now, as NRG has to keep backing away at the current moment.
Deal with Jolly finally going a little bit too aggressive, that could be a pick off they
desperately need to, but Melio again on the flight, maybe able to find two, maybe on the
velocities, another one, nope didn't hit the last shot, but it doesn't matter because Bess has just
been going off in the sky, that's a win for FlyQuest on round number one. Just when you thought NRG
you can see that. You can see
that the energy is done enough.
They get that initial pick. You
see whole go down, but then in
the feed. Suddenly you see him
dropping like flies because
again, the flank was perfect
from fly quest and it has been
executed. Excellently from them.
They had a game plan going into
that one. Jolly, leading the
charge onto whole cause really
making a difference, but there's
on the road just being able to
bully their way through and
take down energy who really
struggled to deal with the
You can see window contemplating switching over to Venom here, which I don't really blame him Venom a little bit better at diving in than thing.
Thing obviously good at kind of bullying players out of a point, but Venom is more likely to get that KO.
So we'll have to see whether this change can really help NRG.
Great points. You know, for energy, I'm curious, you know, they're playing the triple composition, the triple Vanguard comp and just kind of let Melio free farm on the right side.
talked about a gask i think that was uh interesting to say the least i let a phoenix farm that long
chai i'm going to go over to the phoenix of his own which is i think a difference um based on every
other series we've seen so far so that's a unique take on it and we go into the second brown which is
a little bit more open as stickers looks for a potential grab to his team i do think many who
has to be careful here now with the venom in action when you do have a lot of poke damage on the other
side sometimes you do have to try and counter it with a big old chunky dive that can happen there
is a jump in jolly going to take the initial fight and now you're going to see renko also being
more than prepared to help us some damage here on the strategist but now two old tops on the side
of fly quest to try and counter but the chaos are going in favor of nrg it did not matter from
fly quest it has not helped them and the early fight going to go in favor of nrg shock get a
bit of read by shock in that fight, deal with flyquests, engage with vests, unfortunately just
too much space to cover for him in that fight. Now, in this next one they have the Insung Infernal,
they have 11 more to go aggressive, Jolly gets staggered as well. I'm curious if they're going
to stick on this Hulk throughout as, at the current moment, it feels like there's a little more
focus towards him with that Wolverine Phoenix. The Hop Break is going to be available for
to be the first one to get off
with that heartbreak that was
talking about coming through.
And now fly quest have to
respond with one of their own
meteor and does connect.
Velocity has gone down and
fly quest have the openers.
They have the advantage and
energy shock on the back foot.
It's great work from them so
far from black Western that
reengaged his.
Case of play changed for
the first time in a while.
But it's a great opportunity
for the players to be able to
do that.
And it's a great opportunity
for the players to be able to
do that.
But it's a great opportunity
for the players to be able to
changed, flipped on its head, and now for FlyQuest, pretty excellent fight, you know,
can to keep it up, right?
They used that flush, the flush you mentioned, they used the Meteor M. How does this go moving
forward, right?
It seems like both of these rogues are kind of struggling at the current moment, but it's
a bit of a more open map, so it makes sense.
Snickers, by the way, over to his Psylocke, which is a hero that we've definitely seen
him on in the past, but without the Mantis, I'm kind of curious how this plays out also
with the Daredevil band.
That's impact is a thing, very early end song, Inferno towards the back angle.
Bounds he forced for sure. Oh counter-ansom in Pernault, Gorda Ken. He got the ignition
sparks onto him and he's going to get taken out. Nice job by time to mark him before flying
in with that inside. Now Jolly tried to trade it but they already lost Melio. Window trying
to find something on the back angle. Oh my goodness almost dies. No, actually does so. Too far to go
and travel under the seas in that case. But Renko on the Jolly, even though you found one,
it's not enough for the side. A fly quest that looks like, as the staggered chaos come out,
the game. You can't get
the game. You can't get the
game. You can't get the game
without energy shock. Clean up
like what? I think if you're
going to pop the inside
inferno, you need to be
connecting with someone and
getting at least one KO.
Otherwise it just it's for
what it's for nothing in the
end. And the council is
perfect on the other side to
be able to take down 10. A
little bit of aggression
coming through now. The care
will be found on to Melio, so
we are going to see trying to
get that initial and like
rest of going to be in again,
a two player disadvantage now
as energy shock have really
to the fight and that will just slowly add up to the time they're having. Of course,
FlyQuest were leading initially up to the 70% now, so it's not all doom and gloom just yet
for FlyQuest, but they do have to be mindful of some of these staggered pushes here.
They TP'd in just to stall at the point and, you know, at least they get up there raising
real flush to get up the sidewalk ultimate for FlyQuest. I'm sure they feel not too shabby
about that, but it's a matter of what they do in this fight, right? Tuzi, by the way,
going over to the Angela, going back to their triple composition.
They did it in the previous map, except what the Angel is, a bit of a difference maker.
And also, they're not being on the triple strat of this comp just to play with Melio
on this Phoenix.
But what can he do?
Look for Stinkers, who backs away.
Tuzi caught out on the right side.
Oh no.
That's a brutal start for FlyQuest, who, you know, had ultimates going into this fight.
That tries to go too far.
He goes down as well, and trying to make a play, Result's in nothing now, 5% away.
They don't have portal.
touch last second can even do so at 3%. Everybody's getting stagger KO'd by time and crew. It's done.
Energy Shock have won this round on Burned the Chala versus FlyQuest.
Yeah, tie this up, send this to a third round then. From FlyQuest it looked like it was all
smooth sailing initially, but definitely showed a little bit more containing and holding that
point in the second round. NRG doing very well to get those initial picks to really give them
the advantage time and time again. You saw the switch over to Angela, but then the hard focus
just came out sometimes if you're flying around as Angela and you you're not in the sight line of
your strategist you can be just ripped from the map and that's exactly what energy shock we're able
to do now energy i can have a slightly better all economy three available one not far off a fly
quest sure they're close to three as well for themselves uh i guess the rage of royal flush
soon to be available for ken could be the difference maker in this early engagement for fly quest
But the fact that energy shock have defensive ultimates available for them as well, particularly in velocity,
maybe just maybe they can hold off that initial push and get control of this point to begin with.
You know, let's see if Chime can kind of do what he did before with those sparking gauges committed by him.
The flight quest side, I mean, they're trying to figure out something with 2Z, but this is going to be very fast push, it looks like.
I mean, 3, 2, 1, go. And so I'm in Furno, plus Madara's ultima.
The backside tries to negate anything flight quest could do.
No KO's just yet. Can't come back with the peel on Madara though.
The game they taking now. Oh, the interest. Yes. Nice job on the disengaged invisible woman boundary
Very visible boundary from the visible woman velocity is not going to save anybody towards the point child goes down to and they came back
Disengaged it looks like they just found those targets one by one with our with the portal though
So the first flight not going to be over just yet
But in song inferno still going to be here for fly quests unless we got picked off here mid fight
This has been a great swap over to Magneto by the way is to see finds to towards the point portal going to be a little bit late
but not taken yet from NRG.
Maybe they could force some ultimates out
or try to clutch up with a gambit ult or something.
But right now they're just staggering in one after another.
Now the gambit ult from Renko.
That's interesting.
They try to come in with a piece of the beast,
try to find some KO's afterwards.
Matt kind of breaking in the background,
but nobody goes down to the anti.
Not enough follow ups out there
after they lost Madara earlier.
End song inferno with the peel as well.
Jolly to find Chime.
Great work from FlyQuest in that fight
to remove NRG shock actually as they've taken out two.
to get into the game. And I
think that's a tough one for
energy shock, saving the rage
and royal flesh and then trying
to use it to stop the initial
grab of the point. You thought
it. In theory should work, but
fly quest too good on their
defensive side able to just
sustain and heal their way
through the damage that was
coming out on the side of
energy shock as well. And now
energy are going to be behind
on that gambit ultimate kind of
economy here. And we really
and find the extra little bit of damage and we'll find the initials. Well, Anochi's shot
get one and swell, make it two and three are down on the side of FlyQuest, so surely Anochi's
shot can clean this one up. It looks like the answer is going to be yes as Chai finishes off
Milio and now FlyQuest on the back foot. If the target focus is just a little bit off for FlyQuest's
side, though Windo goes down, points don't control, too, as he's coming up with the portals.
So they might have a shot here potentially. Two Windo finds still as Jolly gets staggered out.
Deng got hard over on last fight by the way. It was a tough fight for him.
Falls back all the way to the health pack side by the way as
real quick swaps back and forth to make sure he can get back into that hulk form
through the portal. So fly quest still in control right now. Energy shock it was a
decent fight but could not get the KO's. Yeah very surprising actually with
those initial KO's you thought that energy shock
should be able to just bully fly quest off the point but actually it was jolly
on the hulk who was doing all of the bullying and ensuring that no one was
going to be able to take that away from them and just being very impressive and taking them down as
Velocity is going to fall first, followed by Windo and Renko, and FlyQuest on fire right now.
Are NRG shot going to give this one up? They might. I mean, the portal play isn't going to be here
either for them. I mean, 90% of the port. You saved Gambit all. Finally, that kind of stacker
from earlier. We have somebody hiding in the height, by the way, tried to touch the last
second. It's the Sylocke after using Invis. If they didn't even get the touch, it looks at the
The answer is yes, back to the health pack side.
Renko with the ultimate onto the right.
I'm aduling that hit by a time nice shot on the Zellos
who's caught on a position.
Jolly does find Renko though.
The game it removed is big,
but do we have any other ult for the side
of Energy Shock's side?
Window trades out to Z.
Ultimate's still available for FlyQuest.
I mean, they were holding onto ult,
but haven't been able to use him, use them rather.
And Energy Shock actually the ones to win
in the overarching scheme of things.
How many times so far this pre-season
have we seen 99% go to overtime
And then finally, the opposing team just gets that push.
Sometimes you just need that back against the wall mentality
of it's do or die here.
And NRG Shock just kind of saved those ults
for the perfect time, and were able to now gain control.
So for FlyQuest, they do have two ults available to them
as well, but NRG Shock could stay the same.
Freedom charge available for WINDOW.
Maybe we'll create a little bit of space for Chime and Stinkers
to do some damage to the back line.
So what happens is FlyQuest, already getting Jolly
into Bruce Banner form early.
That's a nice pick from Badara and a bit of an interesting position from Majali.
It seems like this team's a bit slow to follow up on him at occasions,
but now they're just going to back up for now.
They're just going to wait for him to come back from the spawn.
So already a first fight win for energy in that case,
and Melyos is waiting for his hold to come back.
Flyquest now, just grouping up, waiting, fighting their time,
but now you can see a lot of ultimates just going to be exchanged here
to try and get that initial pick, but no one's going down just yet.
And now the Freedom Charge will happen.
Shot though, Freedom Charge is into instant death.
It might have been just a panic, oh, I don't know.
But either way, FlyQuest were able to stay alive,
Ken now goes down on the other side,
Sinkus falls, and FlyQuest might have just done enough to it.
They might have found me nice job to take out the cap,
counter, and something for no too late.
Tuesday's 1xB, Zelo's there with the heals,
Jolly came back into the 4 minutes.
Best takes down one, same thing with another,
Sinkus tries to trade it back.
Zelo's down, so is Melio.
in the neutral with the portal play from window. I mean they're still here Meteor. I'm from 2Z.
Is he gonna find him? He's at the point. They have no time left by the way. Black West still in control
at the current moment. Ken, nice job to follow up on the speakers who's been in nuisance
for this side outside of the portal. Reiko goes down as well to fly quest
as they've claimed that point in the stolen overtime. Jeff from Velocity doesn't eat anything.
Unfortunately, his mouth is empty. Window comes back with his own portal though. Rather,
you have Melio on his side. So they have man advantage currently over the side of Ana or
G is chimed, gets double pawned by Ken again. Who will just do everything himself? It looks like Ken
has found two in this fight by himself. On to speakers who's come back on the Wolverine,
but the thing fists are too much from Jolly as Windu and Madora both fall. Then FlyQuest in overtime
just one after another get multiple KO's. Energy shock or stuffed. Bernard Chala is FlyQuest,
snapped her up 1-0. Jolly just started to ground and pound as FlyQuest are able to just about
that one out and I think they
would have been very disappointed
had they thrown that one away
considering they've been able to
get to 99 previously, but have
to give a lot to Ken on Gamber as
well. Not only just being there
for the rest of the team as the
strategist as you are, but
individually matching up
impressively against those who
tried to take him down. So fly
quest. Take the lead here in this
match, dog. And I tell you what,
this is a far better matchup
than maybe someone expected.
This is the fly quest that I
all in preseason. Maybe now they're finally turning on the absolute man. I mean, like
Melio was coming online. We saw, you know, especially on these like more closed quarters
maps, the best was just able to able to bring you to the squad. And I mean, the only thing
that I feel like fly quest, the biggest fault has not even like a lack of skill. It's just
a lack of coordination. And, you know, when this team can like go aggressive and make
plays, they actually do come out on top a lot. But we'll see if they can keep it up
moving forward as we enter
Convergence or Convoy.
In the meantime, we're going to show a break.
We'll come back for map number two.
I'm going to show you how to
play. Well hello there and
welcome back, my friends. It
was not a talent issue. It was
a connection issue and I'm not
talking about the paying up
that. We got to see kind of
how they play to get the 100
thieves and we saw the same
from NRG, right? They both came
out on top. That's our best
comparison between these two
or sorry, energy came out on
top fly not so much. Man, that
looks all the part. I mean, for
you, Gaskin, let's start there.
I mean, what was it that kind of
stood out on this match up
opposed to some of the other
0 and 3, you know, starting
just turned off. I do think
it's sometimes its ultimate
discipline that's coming out
from other teams a little bit
better, but I do think that
to be able to get that
advantage. They're not going to
get that advantage. They're
going to pip over the line
against these guys here. They
were far better at using their
ultimates when they needed to.
It was a few early alts pulled
on the other side that maybe
just allowed them to be a little
bit vulnerable and fly quest
took full advantage of that.
Sometimes it's who blinks first
when it comes to having all
it's charged, and I just think
flyquest kind of one those
engagements. Yeah, for sure.
And looking at Mellio, I mean,
he was a lot of dear devil. And
this time whenever that Phoenix
kind of stayed their ground. If
you had a Tuesday from Magneto to strange, but they were kind of they knew their game plan going in and played at a high level
Not surprise Shin Shibuya is going to be the choice from energy shock it
If it shocked it hundred thieves definitely when they took them to this map
Do you think when it comes to having someone like velocity on Loki felt the back line was struggling a little bit there against like us
What can they do to correct some stuff dog? And what would you like to see?
I would just like to see them move a little faster, honestly
like I don't even know if I could call out one individual person.
Yeah, I just feel like both these teams were seeing quite vividly the difference
between them and swamp gaming and Team Liquid Citadel, right?
Like, I feel like those other squads we're seeing are making snappy decisions.
They're very fast paced and they are on top of it when they know when they want to ult.
We you called it out cozy, I believe, right?
Like you talked about how Renko, you know, that one fight on the second map
on warrior falls is way too late to ult man.
But that's like, and then still did it, right?
like I think gas also notice it like it was just kind of a weird situation where you could see there's a disconnect a little bit compared to
the top teams I guess right now. Yeah for sure. I mean you know just recently I power ranked some of these teams and I didn't put fly at the bottom
because yes they may be own three but they've showed a lot of fight and a lot of bite and I think that you know this is the preseason
there's a lot more to be played for but it does start here. Obviously we open up with the triple vanguards from each side. It felt like energy
shock was trying to find their
way through it out through it
all. I mean, obviously the
stinkers you think is working
Wolverine in size really click
in there. If you look at what
they could clean up maybe in the
pick band phase. Would there be
anything that stood out because
I mean, you had some dare devil
bands. I mean, it was pretty
close neck to neck on the
comparisons. Gaskin. Yeah, I do
think they they maybe should try
to be able to do that. I
think that's a good question.
Especially going into
convergence as well. So I'd
like to see that in particular
if we're going to go into
picking bands in terms of
targeting energy, though, like
I think that maybe they'll be
already happy with how they've
done thus far. So fly
question is just more about
protecting what they're good
at rather than trying to play
NRG's game here. That's a good
question. I always love to ask
coaches and players. I do you
ban, you know, for your team
or you're trying to ban against
them, and it's definitely an
interesting way to look at the
you know, not only then
looked at the tape kind of a
lot of social media looked at
the tape of fly quest went back
to the basics in a lot of areas
and to me, I think that's what
cleaning it up. I mean, dog.
Surprising enough, a team game
requires the team, right? Yeah,
this is a very, very team oriented
game. A lot of times I would
compare this as less of a
hero shooter than more as a
MOBA. But you know, for both
these teams, they really have to
hone it in and fly quest would
to over energy shock. That'd be
huge. Well, guys, we're going to
find out right now with the big
with the big band phase where it starts all out.
Shin Shibuya, energy shock, shock the world
on this exact map.
Will they become the main quest?
We'll have to see.
Take it away, guys.
Thank you, Coz.
And we'll cast.
There's your answer, dude.
Immediately off the rep, we see that Deadpool Vanguard protect.
You know, sometimes I know what I'm talking about,
and it feels kind of nice.
You know, I said Mantis earlier, Vanpool now.
It must be nice.
It must be.
It's nice to be right every now and then.
I wasn't right about fly quest performing in the groups, but at least they finally woken up
It would seem they're gonna protect gambit on their side
The ban on the other side was for vanpool as well to deny and Loki coming out on the side of energy
They say no, you're not gonna be able to have the Loki should the protect now for fly quest probably rogue
Yeah, rogues and come through again just to be able to have the same team up with gambit and rogue for them
Yeah, you kind of know what they're gonna do and you called it out
So I'm kind of curious because like I don't know I was talking to some like pros and other squads and stuff
and they were saying how Gambit helping into this patch wasn't going to be a major priority
because of the old changes, the old nerfs, the 20% across the board.
But it's still been a kind of priority for a lot of squads and some are kind of moving
out of it.
Right.
Mantis has been a problem for a lot of teams.
Now we move over to Convergence.
It's going to be interesting.
But yeah, I don't know.
It's been very unique, I think, to see teams kind of shy away from going to Gambit sometimes
and letting it through, experimenting with that.
you mentioned going for that
Van Paul protect to prioritize
a very strong hero. Well the
fact that fly quest are only
going to be the ones who have
gambit in this one being able to
ban it away, but protect it
themselves as they do finish
things off with a dead devil
ban. So just wanted to make sure
they weren't too vulnerable on
their back line. The mantis
protect on the side of energy
suggests that we might see the
triple strategist coming through
and you pair that up with time
and how well times been playing
it. But we'll also see that
they might just go for the
double jewel list and go for a
triple two here. So we'll have
to see how it goes for at the
moment. Looks like they're
hovering the trip strat. So
yeah, velocity chime, Renko. You
know, I don't hate this
stinkers on the Wolverine. This
could be quite deadly. It could
be. And, uh, you know, I think
like a lot of people are talking
about how chime is actually one
of the best white boxes. In the
game, for example, just like
game on on on the hits game
was playing well, however, still
a loss by the way, because I
mean, fly quest looked phenomenal,
but chime. I mean, definitely a
player I know if you like to root
for because they've been on the
come up for a bit, you know, kind
of same thing with chuckles on
their bench, um, you know, ban a
lot of different teams never on
like that sort of top team, but
always a player to look out for
so able to get that sort of
I'm bouncing back, right? Like we could talk about rookies, new guys coming in, Jolly.
Honestly, if the last map looked a little bit more coordinated and in sort of lock and step with this team of FlyQuest,
which that's exactly what they need, right? Like to keep this pressure on Energy Shock as this is Energy's map pick.
And with the triple strat now for Energy Shock, can they actually make it count here against FlyQuest?
because FlyQuest has given me a lot of responsibility onto Jolly, I think, as the Venom, to try and jump on time things with the damage that's being done by Melio.
On the Phoenix, speaking of damage on the Phoenix, there it is as Melio gets the opener.
But Dara's gonna go down, so that is gonna be the first, make it the second, and the initial push is gonna be absolutely obliterated.
Dude, what? Every time we're on Melio POV, it just feels like it's AFK farming. It's kind of hilarious, kind of not.
If you decide of energy shock, like, the fact that he's been so free.
But yeah, Gask, I mean, first flight win, that was pretty clean, huh?
I mean, that's what you want. If you are a dualist, you want to be able to have that freedom where you can stand there uncontested and just kind of hold down left-click and have a fun day.
And that's what Melio is going through right now. Is anyone going to try and challenge?
You can see defensively, though, that FlyQuest are positioning people to protect Melio, just in case you are going to see the dive.
And now you are going to see a couple of ults do get popped on the side of energy shock as they now try and push in to take this initial point.
Yeah, maybe if Window had that upgrade and you get the KO there for the damage recession and see if they have the damage in that fight
But they're gotten too tick on the board. Oh because we're playing height so hard
We need someone to anchor this is gonna be the one to touch he goes down dead pool now has to come in everybody
Has to fly in last second from Jolly. He's gonna fall and one by one. This is awkward and song inferno
Okay, that's two, but do we have anybody else here?
But Darrell falls low people are still touching twosies touching we gave up so much percentage and we're barely holding on
But even though like our you know our heads falling off our body
We're not fully decapitated yet as right now energy shock, you know, they're still in this LOS goes down as well
So energy shock still kind of anchoring back here eventually got taken out and song infernal committed
This fight is happening in second point and yet we still have to take this first point objective
Eventually thinkers goes down in fly quest stabilize
Yeah, fly question eventually stabilize in what was as you said a very risky strategy to go for playing with so much height
I think it was the kind of old crap moment when they realized someone had to drop eventually they all did drop
They lost a couple but they did stabilize eventually thanks to a huge ultimate on the side of Melio
Who really has been the big difference maker for fly quest at the moment with this position in particular if you just
Show yourself slightly Melio is there to tag you so you have to be careful
If you do show your face as window gets the opener and with Melio down maybe now energy shot can finally make their move
Let's see how window could do with this off angle.
Ava gonna slows down Chime in that White Fox Ultimate.
Greens here as well to keep him healthy.
Here comes that piece of this into the group ultimate incoming.
White Fox ultimate as well.
So both White Foxes just slamming around
while Velocity in White Fox with a Loki copy.
His is going to be enough to keep the team healthy backing up.
The window with the flank does commit the ultimate.
They fly to the point.
Zellos goes down as well.
No more ults and that's gonna be it really.
Unless we were to have a fast TP play, Melio and Jolly don't have ults, that's going to
be entering second phase, Energy Shock Ham claimed the point.
I think that's so important for Energy Shock for obvious reasons, but I think now that
you go into essentially the movement part of this map rather than taking that initial
point, I now believe that NRG's composition suddenly becomes a little bit more powerful
as you move and groove a little bit with the three strategists rather than just trying
to break through that initial defensive mode from FlyQuest as they go through the portal
here to try and initiate the fight but two have already fooled and make it three
and energy shock making short work of this fight. Well I think it was a good
read from Snickers to go with that ultimate I think energy is looking a
little bit more proactive throughout and as well I think it's helping them slow
down the play style to putting Madara over to the the Emma is what a slow down
Jolly's pushes but thinkers read that portal play kind of a cheesy play from
FlyQuest did not pan out because he was there to match it and now we're gonna
to keep moving but we don't have a lot of time being right like they need to
surely shrink at least a few if your energy shock I guess yeah they have to
if they're gonna be able to actually push this point to a point where it's
gonna be difficult for fly quest on their own offensive round then they have
to be winning some of these engagements they can't allow fly quest to come back
through and maybe just maybe it's gonna be Melio who can make the difference yet
again on the Phoenix with the ultimate there and ready when they would like to
use it so you can see that fly quest struggling in a moment to do that
initial damage as I say that though they do get the initial pick make it to
And now energy shock I can have to try and fall back here. Oh my goodness Vescia's walked in took two and backs out
Nice job from him and for window
I mean he popped the dead pool to meet the follow-up sadly wasn't there due to what happened and now they've stabilized
Two minutes left of the clock at least no they didn't use ult no as fight too
So that's that's brutal. They just lose straight up in the neutral
But you know regardless energy shock at least have that dead pool kind of calling online because of those upgrades that have happened throughout
out. Don't have to worry about Elsa as well because that was banned out earlier.
Getting with the Regi World Flush, we want to go aggressive now. Diving through the
window. Topside could hit an anti with the follow-up. Ensong and Ferno, meteor and
from 2Z is there to connect on the Madora. So that's one. Nice job to take out
Madara in that fight. Now we come back in with the main assault. Can we find the
Dikaio's? No, the man, the answer is Zellos here on the White Fox. The Keep
Melio healthy too by the way. We have nothing energy shock side. All those
thinkers come up with that. Ensong and Ferno, no Jolly has taken him out. That
That was a huge ult coming up, now we only have to try to win maybe with this Sonic seduction
or the Mantis ultimate or something but FlyQuest slowed this pace down, have gotten one pick
and are kind of not fighting for too much more, they're taking their wins where they
get them.
We'll see a couple of ults going back and forth between both teams as well, now the initial
KO will go in favour of NRG Shock so this is the break that they so desperately needed
here as now they force FlyQuest back which will allow of course the truck to move a little
a bit, window's gonna fall as well, like West, now starting to take a little bit of control
as they try and push back at the same time, and now Jolly is gonna be able to re-engage
onto this one as well, but is being chased by Chai.
Yeah, Jolly just trying to delay the cart for a little bit longer, come back fast, at
least make sure his team backs up.
I mean, best never mind, it was like the exact opposite what I said before, he just goes
aggressive, tries to find something, but at least gets two ultimates out.
Now at the damage boost over the high ground window, what can you do?
In the middle of his fight as well, can you follow up on sneakers?
He can as well, can have a big regional flush aggressive play, at least force out that Nensong
and Furngo maybe, but Madara coming here trying to slow him down, get the grab on him, Jolly
finds Renko, the follow up, nice work from FlyQuest to find those KO's and Melio over
the high ground.
Whenever this guy is free, as you mentioned earlier, he's just been able to do so much
and now Window pops the ultimate desperation, Portals are going to have to come out.
We have to give up Ultimates too, and overtime is about to tick, maybe Portals going to be
too late, the answer is yes.
the first time in a row. They
were able to get the first
flight quest of health. Fly
quest with such a successful
hold as well. They might be a
little bit frustrated. They
weren't able to hold the
initial point, especially at
how successfully they were
doing for quite some time. But
the amount of time they were
able to eat away at the
initial point just made energy
have really a struggling
situation as they tried to push
the car through. And I thought
that maybe just maybe they were
able to do enough on that
second push through, but fly
and we're doing so well at
covering each other in particular.
If Ken was in trouble, we saw
zealous was able to come out and
make sure that the healing was
coming through as well. And just
having the white Fox in general,
the amount of damage you can
output as a white Fox whilst
healing at the same time. It's
so good to play alongside a white
Fox. Personally, I enjoy it and
ranked when I finally find
somebody can actually play that
hero. But I think that we are
seeing fly quest starting to
find their groove a little bit
man because like I don't know like I'm starting to have questions about you know the phoenix stuff potentially for energy shock like I feel like in the band phase
Based on how it's gone
I mean the daredevil gets banned against them too like you know we saw the Psylox before pop off with the damage boost of the mantis and stuff and
And that also went through and we tried running it. I don't know it was awkward too like maybe they just want to run it to counter
the over health and stuff but damn I mean
I mean, considering what we see out of stinkers on the sidewalk and stuff too, I don't know, very unique, very interesting take from energy shock, whereas I don't know, maybe like other teams, they could try to play something else.
Portal play early for FlyQuest though, because they want to flip the map it looks like for now.
Initial portal, get behind them, and Jolly just being patient.
to switch over. Love that. Okay, so get the initial portal. Now you go over to
the Venom and now you can really try and be a nuisance on that back line. And Jolly just
biding his time, waiting for that information from the rest of the team before he decides to
dive in. Once he has that info of where those vulnerable strategists are, as Melio gets ripped
away from the map. All right, well, Stinkers on the Wolverine can't do stuff like that. However,
it's traded by Vess. However, Chime on the height, able to find down Tuzi and Vess on the back left.
the team. It's a good team.
Nice work from them. And yes,
thinkers skybox takes a tank
takes a vanguard back to the
team and finds that first K.
Oh, now that's a minute off the
clock here off of an excellent
play by the vanguards and
sneakers. So attempt one
unsuccessful and the switch over
instantly from jolly over to
what's Hulk now. They don't feel
like the venom is actually going
to be able to do the job.
Instead, they're going to have
to go a little bit more brute
force and take on an energy
easy just to jump on that back line. Jolly has been able to at least get round and it
does open up a little bit of space because he best works around to get behind and deal
some damage as well. Energy shock though, do you have responses? They've lost one but
it's a trade, one for one. One for one, pull or bubble use to keep the life to can, gets
oh my god, trip quadruple dink by Windows. Thinkers there with a follow up as well. And
this is brutal if you get this dead pull online like we just saw. I mean that's just fight
after fight, not even a tick gained either for fly quest. They just want a hard engage
and it's just not panned out from them so far, guys.
Window running the FlyQuest skin as well, by the way.
We've seen that multiple times today,
running your opposition's dead full skin,
and I am all here for a little bit of banter,
as now Madara is going to be over on the strange.
Just such a big responsibility to be that initial contact
with the shield as well to try and block the damage
and keep your strategists alive.
But look how hard these strategists are working at the moment.
They are really going up against it with the amount of damage
we're seeing output by FlyQuest,
But they still have not been able to break
Not yet fly quest finally given some position to work with they do have original flush in which they commit
But can you find a KO with this anti on to maybe like a strategist or something?
Velocities goes low and song inferno coming in from chime and ranko's keeping everybody healthy, but not really
Because chimes ultimate sadly was just more to save himself avocamodo doesn't get anything because it's bubbled off
Well actually finds one okay take out a first batter won't be one now. Oh my goodness. He goes down jolly falls
But they've gotten to take on the point. Can anybody touch right? It's slowly going the way of the attacker side
It is about the wall from velocity that I don't think I've seen that that's very interesting
Doesn't save his teammate at the very least but stabilizes the point
You better new tech. We're starting to see something develop here a little bit, but fly quest now a re-edged
Look at the ultimate economy for fly quest as well
They have absolutely everything to throw energy shock and maybe they need to at this point
They are going to be able to bully them off slightly.
Energy trying to hold, trying to save.
Can you go huge here?
The answer is going to be no.
They do get that point, but they use everything to do so.
This is just wild, an absolute messy game so far
for the side of both teams, really.
But yeah, I mean, new strategy didn't work out
sadly for FlyQuest, or sorry, Energy.
As they sent back to spawn, we have three minutes
in the second phase, Gask.
What do you see in here going to the second phase of the map?
flight quest I mean they're starting to get a little bit of momentum back on the side right?
Well realistically they're only going to need to win one big fight and one big engagement
considering how far NRG Shock were able to push this cart. So flight quest if they can just slowly
tee to their way up with a lot of poke damage just force those vanguards back they are going to
create a little bit of space and then eventually when the fight's happening you break in this is
where flight quest should show their dominance Jolly's going to pop an ult as well. Flight
quest now need to follow up on that. If velocity goes down early Jolly just able to kind of do
do what he wants. Nice jump from him in this fight.
Two easy to get traded out short,
but close spawns doesn't really matter
as long as you're not in Bruce Banner form.
When he's peeled off excellently for other fights,
Windo tries to trade at the very least,
but it's not gonna result in anything.
Another fight waiting for FlyQuest,
and they still are building up to some ults
for the upcoming ones.
And that's the thing, we saw what FlyQuest were able to do
when they had just an abundance of ultimates available.
NRG shock maybe need to learn from that as Helio
just able to slam Chime out of the sky.
And now they're going to have that player advantage.
Energy Shock has to try and hold here.
But sadly, when you have the player disadvantage,
you are going to be forced upon.
You are going to be pushed upon.
Zellos gets another one.
Energy Shock struggling here, Dogman.
Oh my goodness.
Yeah, this is Melly of old right now.
Chime takes down Zellos, though, who
is going really aggressive on White Fox to spawn.
But that's how we get to do in the character sometimes.
We've fought off the cart now.
It's just thinkers back on a silo.
Nobody touches in Fly Quest.
They have looked completely different today.
you know, you know, it's
like, you know, you know,
you know, you know, you can
play offs as well. I think the
whole table gets kind of
shucking up here by fly
quest here dog man. That was
not survival man. That that
was a statement right there. I
gotta say it's like when you
find out who you are, right?
Obviously you're not always
going to find ways to adjust
when things are going swimming.
It's whenever you're, you know,
having pressure to make
diamonds and so like was
definitely when it must win
obviously to take down a team that hasn't lost and swap is going to be tough.
But what a way to get right and get some confidence, huh?
Yeah, absolutely. I think you guys have talked about playing through strengths a lot and I got to be honest.
I mean, I know it's definitely we got to give it all the shine to FlyQuest and they're playing to their strengths very well.
Like Vess is well on the road, just able to play that hero to such a high level was picked it up early on on the character's release.
I think he's been great, obviously.
right, obviously, but on the
opposite for energy shock, man,
like they didn't play with their
strengths. I don't know if we get
the dead pole band against us.
We have the man just protect that
we went for.
I get the pace of plays a lot
because they're going to have the
gambit and stuff.
But I don't know, man.
I just like would love to see them
play that stinger silo like he's
been good at before and he made
some plays don't get me wrong.
But man, that just felt like energy
shock lost all semblance of,
you know, self.
Yeah. I mean, I agree, but also just looking at you were having a triple strat lineup.
You're putting a lot on chime to then be a white fox with the duelist against triple
vanguard. Right. So then like that's so much, I think, responsibility on stinkers in, whether
he was the wolf or whatever he was trying to be and on chime. And that already struggles
against, you know, more classic lineups. And so I think it was just also just a match issue
of what the game plan was going in. Gaskin, at least that's what I saw.
I think that ultimately we have to give credit where it's due. And for me, it's Melio. I think that even though the damage output was very impressive on the other side, Chime impressed me, Stinkers impressed me as well as dualists, but Melio, it was the impact he had of the actual chaos he was able to find.
that one at the end. If you
needed the demonstration of
it was just being able to pick
that initial player and then
it just gives so much freedom
to the rest of the team. And I
do think Melio was the standout
player for me, not only in
terms of positioning, but also
in terms of timing with their
damage. Yeah, no, for sure. I
think it's a great point. We
actually kind of set the dog
going in. I was like, you know,
they were all in the dive
company. That was a lot of
their strategy. And before we
led into the series, I said,
do you think they adapt out of
the Melio, you know, dare devil
which was doing some good
things, but also the
little messy, but listen, now we have this phoenix into vests, picking up the whatever's
left out there. Uh, it looked to me like I think the duelist change was huge to help
with the effort.
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, they mixed up the play style. They played around it well. And
it's as you mentioned, switching over to the phoenix with Melio was great.
Well, guys, we have an interview and is one of the only they call it best quest at times.
It is our man, Vess. And we're glad to welcome you to the winter's interview and your first
winners interview at that. Welcome in. What's up, King? Good to see you, man.
Good to see you guys too. Dude. Listen, I got to say first, all right. You're coming off of
0 and 3. You got a very dominant win. And I want to just say, is this for you guys taking
inside that turnaround, right? Did this moment build confidence? Was it already there? I mean,
obviously, a lot has been said about this FlyQuest team. And I want to know how you guys is a team,
I feel yeah, I mean obviously after you're starting or three that doesn't feel great
But that kind of removed all expectations and like you know
We're already down a three like can't really get much worse
So we just we just kind of sent it and I worked out today
Hey, man, I mean I love that
I mean I think obviously, you know you've been here before fly question's been here before as well
I mean even going back to last year in some of these openings and so what I want to ask from you, too
I love what you put on social media, you know when people are looking at individuals you say no
We win and we lose as a team, but yeah, I think that's so important
I want to give you a chance to kind of highlight that because I think you guys showed it here today
You know win or lose but today being a win as a team
Yeah, I agree. I think especially on our losses people would kind of just pick one person that did bad
I'm like it wasn't even the same person every time like it. They just kind of switch it around but
But yeah, I mean, like it's a team game.
It's not just individual performance.
Like even if somebody does bad one game,
they can like hard carry the next game and do great.
And like, I mean, everyone just stepped up today
and everyone did really well.
I think we played as a team today really well.
And that's why everyone.
Yeah, absolutely.
In fact, I think for you guys, obviously moving forward,
a huge win, first of all, to keep alive in this group.
But I mean, like, how is it kind of,
What does that mean for the rest of these games?
Like, do you feel like you guys are getting better
as you go on?
You know, are the players getting more, like,
used to the ping and stuff?
Like, how has that dynamic been, I think, week after week
of these guys getting used to the current kind of
playing condition, I guess, like the whole team
for FlyQuest?
I mean, we've already been playing for a while.
So it's not really like a ping thing.
I think most of it is just, we're kind of slow
on learning the meta and being able to adapt to it.
And so when these changes come, like, so fast
are frequently, it changes the meta up a lot and so we're kind of slow like adapting to
that.
But as we get more time, I mean I think we're screaming probably more than most other teams,
like even on matchdays like today we still had like regular screams and then we had our
warm up.
So we're just playing a lot, trying to figure things out and like really, really lock in.
And I mean you're going to need to lock in because your last matchup is going to be against
swamp gaming who have been unbeatable thus far. It's very difficult for anyone to find
a weakness. What's preparation going to look like going into a matchup? There is essentially
a must win for you guys, otherwise you'll be eliminated.
I mean, we're going to keep doing the same thing. We're going to just look at their
games, try to figure out what we want to do in drafts, what we want to play, what we want
them to play, like how we're going to play against that, and I mean, we're just going
to do the same thing that we did today. We're just going to play as a team, play our best,
and hopefully we beat them.
Heck yeah, man. We said it from the beginning, it wasn't a talent issue. We know what you
guys have. We know who you are, man, and again, it's so fun to see you just be sharing this
scene more and more. I mean, all together. Can you let me in on this? Are we going to
see fly all together in one building, moving into maybe stage one or anything like that?
that?
Uh, hopefully.
You know that?
Yeah.
Yeah, if, if, yeah, I mean, fly would fly everyone out for sure for like the main stages, we
would all be like on land.
So yeah.
Heck yeah, man.
Heck yeah.
We're excited to see you guys and always, always good, always good to see you, bud.
Always good to see you and continue to see you success in fly.
We're rooting for you guys and proud of the way that you guys hold yourself.
So good luck out there.
You got a big one.
big match next to swamp gaming and you could definitely you're not energy shocker you could
shock the world by winning that one so good luck you guys prefer for that. Thank you guys
always nice to see you guys are here too. Already guys well that is Mr. Vest with the
fly quest and dog you know I gotta give him a lot of credit right his essentially I said
as I was like the whole team is different right and I think a lot of people you know
we're looking at him like, oh, you know, why would you go and he stuck with fly
quest in the best way possible and he believes in this team and it was cool to
see that all come together. Yeah, he is. Uh, and some would mean, you know, John
fly quest, right? Like he's just getting there, the young guy and kind of working
it out and you know, he's going to continue to do so as long as he's with
his work. So, you know, huge shots. Like you said, and after all those changes
to, um, we'll see if they could do it, man. I mean, if anybody can't do it in
the game. You know, it's
like, you know, it's like
you know, it's like, you know,
you can beat swamp gaming even
despite the start like it's not
too far fetch to see them. Maybe
put up a good fight. Yeah, I
think you said that Gaskin
going in. It's unfortunate like
that their first three losses
were some of the toughest teams
or the easier teams that right
and now they have the tougher
ones on the back end. But
either way, what a way to build
the confidence. I know that
they're definitely feeling
great about themselves and
hopefully we'll see if they can
It has just been 202.020.
We're maybe gonna have a Q1.
We'll see.
Anyway, we're gonna be back after this break.
Don't go anywhere.
We got one left.
But yeah, across the world, I see you standing in my way
I remember the time that makes me used to fight
The sun and moon and I wonder
Whether the words that tend to be a world of rags
And I have falling and shadow, swimming and yet
That it has gone from me to secure
We are standing up for our last reunion
Pruditions, hand your way, come with me
We will fight, we will crush, we will run away
We will fight, wishing across times
There is no excuse, you are mine
Just let it end
Do you see the dawn, the flame, burning brightly
Shining on those that are in these tiny acts
Of course, all time I see you turn in the sides.
And do you see now?
A time of time we can still fight.
That's the one thing in my mind.
And I don't belong.
Yeah, now it's the only time your heart is mine.
Life has fallen.
Darkness rolled out.
I
What is going on guys and welcome to our last batch of today and it is quite literally
a must win for both these teams.
you've got nightmare versus
Loonex gaming and it's
anything but a snore fest
because let me tell you
nightmare. They've taken a
game off SSG. They've taken
a game off. Yeah, we lost.
They've looked at the part in
some ways, but the scoreboard
to show another why zero and
two right on the other end,
Loonex gaming kind of the
same deal. They've been close
in a lot of their games.
Right now, a lot of teams
are saying, Yeah, it's a bit
of an easier team to beat.
So we need to now see these
two go up against each other
when your backs against the
wall. Gaskin means you have
nothing but to come out
swinging. So what do you
that they're going to be able
to pull out swing in. So what
do you expect to see here? Yeah,
I think that just looking at
how comfortable nightmare have
been in some of their matches.
They've shown a little bit more
promise on the other side to
lunax. So I do think that
nightmare are the favorites
going into it. That being said,
we're always here for surprises.
Right? Lunax might be able to
pull something out that we're
not expecting. Maybe they've
got a little bit of a trick up
their sleeve that they can pull
out as well. But. Looking
across the picks and bands for
both teams like statistically
nightmare. I think I've done a
should be comfortable to win
this one. But as I said, I'm
and smash is anything but a
light obviously coming back
to the practice dog man. It
in the week that they had
next week, vision of being
team, this team definitely
a lot of promise, especially
considering how as she's
played, you know, and I'm
excited to see them like that
at the end of the day. That's
that's all there is to say.
Like I think, you know, Mace
was doubling down on social
media. He was going around the
block and a fair play, honestly.
Like I think, first of all, I
just like full transparency,
watch back the nightmare game.
And I was like, OK, it wasn't
just Mace that had a tough game.
It was the entire team.
You know, I think it was
definitely talked about too much
necessarily, but in that
regard, Mace has been going
going around and chats and Twitch chats and stuff saying dogman you're going to sit back
and observe this game. You learn to sit back and observe is what he said. So I'm excited
to watch them versus lunax. Another team trying to make out of the lower bracket lower side
and all eyes are on nightmare and makes gas can I am maybe pulling for nightmare just to
watch the mace and dogman interviews besides that we've got ourselves lunax gaming and
again I want to highlight a lot of these players because they are so fun to watch.
team. We have a lot of
players in the team. We have
if you in tones have been
playing together in multiple
teams, even going back over to
previous stage two and one of
Ignite Reedus might be in
conversation top three easily in
the outside department, and we
have to see how he adjust, but
Gaskin they have so much talent
across this team even coming
from the MRC. So much talent.
Indeed. I think that. Seeing
teams come through from the
MRC is such an amazing thing
for the health of this game,
I think they've been doing it
for the past year. I think
this is just the beginning of
lunatic. So I think that you
know, preseason at the moment,
if they lose this one, sure, it
hasn't gone so well, but it's
preseason for a reason. It's a
chance to learn. It's a chance
to improve. I think that one
thing they've struggled at is
just surviving some of these
fights. Their sustain hasn't
been as good as other squads,
but I think that's natural.
That comes with experience. We
heard it from the interview
earlier from SG. It's about
discipline. Discipline is
absolutely everything in
Marvel rivals at the moment,
but again, that's something you learned through more games.
Yeah, I think, Doug, it's also about getting the reps in.
I mean, even Swap was saying, hey,
like when we first got into things,
it was our first time in the big limelight, whatnot.
I mean, if you kind of look at it,
I think the fundamentals are definitely there for Lunex.
They've made even TLC Liquid.
We've been, you know, praising them so much.
Day one, Liquid was kind of,
they struggled a bit here against Lunex Gaming.
So they definitely have a lot of the intangibles, right?
But it's kind of more of the pro stuff, right?
like the water view and getting the bands and picks perfect like that's what I want to see
and from them I think talking we've got ourselves a team that can compete.
Yeah absolutely I think Lunex are a solid squad and you know the even in losses they took a map
off of Team Liquid City or at least around rather on when we were on domination and Hells Heaven I
think it's gonna be tough though because like even if Lunex are good in domination this is
Nightmere's best map type like I don't have a I'm not worried about Nightmere on domination
and really, it's just when you go to Convergence and Combo
and it goes back to what you talked about, Kozi,
where as a MRC team, is Luminux,
like how good is their coaching staff
compared to all the other squads?
I've seen people on social media talking about how
there's not a ton of really good coaches in North America.
Even in this esport in general, it's very hard to,
not only be a leader of men, like a lot of good coaches are,
but also understand high level strategy of the game.
So those two things are very hard to kind of come back from
as an unsigned roster.
So let's see if Luminux can do it against Nightmare
on the first map.
Yeah, a lot of good coaches are just going to be players
at the end of the day, right?
Because it takes that skill set a lot of time.
But guys, this is our last matchup of today.
We have a Lunex Gaming versus Nightmare.
It is must win in Gaskin and Dogman at the mic
to bring it all in.
Thank you, Coase.
Heading into it.
Ask, we'll go through the band phase, obviously.
But you've seen so many high level e-sports.
So I just want to pick your brain at it
as the ELSA band comes through and the game
on the other side.
I kind of on that note from like the best analysts in eSports that you've seen or like in general for coaches
Who have you seen be like the best is it a mixed bag?
Is it x players is it just really you know stat nerds like what's your overall opinion on like who is the best coaches?
I guess I think it is the stat nerds
those who are prepared to put into the time and look at the things that perhaps are overseen by
X players at times X players do make good coaches as well
the game. We've got a lot of
players in the team that are
playing well, but sometimes
diving into the numbers and
the statistics can be
absolutely massive. For example,
nightmare the one map that they
won in their initial matchup
against Yeah, we lost was
domination on hell's Haven. So
there's a reason why we're
playing here. There's a reason
why we are focusing this map
because they have found success.
So if you're lunax, you would
have hoped that your coach
would have put in the time to
say, Okay, Why did they win
house even on domination? What
the team is going to have to
put in that time. As you can
see both van pools getting
removed, which seems to be
traditional on that fourth
pick that we've seen thus far
today, and Elsa is going to be
protected on the side of Lunax.
So real question is. Would you
rather have a lunatic? Would
you rather have also would you
rather have gambit because that
has been the big question of the
day. Ultron also going to be
protected here on the side of
looks like that will be the play.
But yeah, both these teams, it's interesting
because it's like you said,
both their strengths are actually domination
is Invis, Banford Tech,
we've actually seen that kind of come through.
A lot of these teams so far have been prioritizing the Invis.
Nobody touched in the White Fox so far, by the way.
So that's been something to keep your eye out on.
But yeah, like, yeah, focusing on that gambit,
focusing on the Invis, keeping it alive for Nightmare.
Both these teams, I mean, even though like Lunax
played well on this map on Kakoa,
They've also beaten TSM when we talked about domination.
So Nightmare also, really this is their best map type throughout.
They've even beaten, yeah, we lost a notoriously solid team on that map type
until today, apparently versus SSG and stuff.
But this should be interesting.
I'm curious to see kind of who comes out on top between both these squads
who prioritize playing well on domination.
And that's kind of been the takeaway, I feel like, for a lot of these MRC teams,
very good on domination.
And they've struggled a bit on convoy conversions.
we'll see if that's changed.
But this is the last game of the day, GASC,
as we enter this second week,
where things are kind of coming down
to the last few matches.
You know, Group A, every team except two
have only one win.
And then like same thing, except for Group B,
we have a few like top, top heavy teams, I guess.
Like this is going to be an interesting group
as this match definitely means a lot, right?
Yeah, it feels do or die with a lot of these matches
because if you find yourself zero and four,
like there's a chance that
you don't want to be relying
on someone else losing to a
team that's probably better
than them as well. So you want
to put fate in your own hands
here. And I do think that
nightmare will be pretty happy
with how that big fan phase
went. Previously they had
protected their dare devil and
the fact that they're devil is
slick through. I mean, they do
have that as a potential
option if they would like to
use it. And I do think that
dare devil being in the back
pocket could be huge for
We're on the way. It's domination.
This is where we're going to see really who wants to put their best foot forward and try and say that look, we are good enough to get to playoffs.
The bottom line for both teams. Mace flying above already trying to get off.
By the way, Nightmare kind of split with monster on the height.
Same thing with Lunex. They set up tones and silent on this flank.
Captain America, White Fox, tandem dive.
This time it's going to be the mag player off the map.
And now, goodbye. C.S. slowly floats through his depth.
Goodbye, Effie.
By the way, that's a very fast KO.
Toe and also fall, so immediately both
vanguards are moved for Lunex.
That's fight win.
Nice job for Mesa and Nightmare.
Well, Mesa had setback and observe,
and Mesa's flying around, making a very difficult day
for Lunex at the moment, because they have been forced
back to spawn.
Nightmare should be able to put some good percentage
on the board here, and Lunex, maybe
try and go for a little flank around on that right-hand side,
Captain America leaving the way.
But I don't think they're going to be
with the getaway with it.
Lunex got spotted out by Nightmare,
and now Nightmare forcing their way in.
If he's dead again, tones back towards the cap.
The funny thing, a little bit of laughter,
Mace said, sit back and observe.
If you said, Mace is not gonna win today.
And now if he's down two, casualty sadly for him.
But at the moment, it's been tough
because every time they walk in,
Nightmare's just there to follow up
and the Invis band is really ruining the side of Lunex
as they have no way to peel off these grabs,
and they're not really being reacted to.
Immediate Godcubs hit from Monster, Scare, and the front line is kind of playing together at the current moment.
But into the large rocks, here we are on the outside, immediately met by Dinks in his Raging Role Rush.
Able to take down Tone, it's nice work from them to find that KO in a monster, and with that, just multiple KO's immediately off of the Gambit.
Yeah, I think there might be a healing issue here for Lunax, the fact that the Vanguard's being taken down so comfortably on the side of Nightmare.
What?!
And she's gonna be an issue now when I'm there I'm gonna be able to grab to you think as I said I think she's going down
Things just double dashed into the wall
Poor digspin. He's not having a good week
But you know light gets traded out on the backside who's on silo now by the way in 20% on the board ready to go
I feel like it was kind of what you said
It was like kind of a free fight win now
It's got a little bit dicey pulled in now skier has to back up will cause great cheer when do they want to use that invisible?
Boudre if at all thinks is back
Here comes Monster, does have the already go, she's going too far, too aggressive, and now without the team, Logan still has that dance floor, has to use the last second, everybody now has to walk on in.
We've seen her just pop off before on the Elsa, but so far has been a little bit quiet, and no ult just yet, overtime has to be ticked down, light with the dance floor, no support, no shred ults against it, iffy with the meteor, I'm just to stall out a little bit longer.
Right into light after the dance floor, no KO found, the clap, the sort of patty kick on the right side, sort of gave them a huge edge, now Mace flies away, nice job,
Well, the map is changing to avoid that KO.
Here comes, at least in the midst of the back side,
freedom charge to keep and hold their tones.
Now they want to walk on forward.
They also layer that on top of the white box ultimate,
but KO's have yet to be found.
Nine year backs up for now.
A lot of old committed Mace could stagger KO's,
but that was a still,
I would say a decent fight for nine years.
They forced out some good olds.
I mean, it was a messy fight.
It was all over the place.
There was two separate fights happening at the same time,
and it was very difficult to try and keep up with
for a lot of the Vanguard in particular.
Didn't really know who to protect them, where to go,
but Lunex will eventually force nightmare off of the point.
They maybe could have had more time
if they'd been able to be more aggressive after that initial pick,
but they were a little bit hesitant and maybe for good reason,
it wasn't over time, so they were probably a little bit worried
about overstepping and leaving that point a little bit vulnerable,
as now you can see Elsa start to pop off
and three go down on the side of nightmare, make it four.
So Lunex coming back into this one now,
it's going to be almost a full wipe nightmare having to reset.
This was kind of the sort of main takeaway
ahead from Nightmare's matches, by the way,
Reedus goes aggressive to get a little more old charge.
Like, they just kind of keep not old truck
of tracking that well.
And it's just, it's been tough for them as a unit, right?
I feel like three people getting hit by door shocks
in just a raw fight is a bit crazy.
But for Nightmare, they still have ultimates, right?
They can still walk back into this.
The Shrats, you know, have to use the ultimates
in this upcoming fight.
Lunex still don't have anything.
So, nice pull on the AFB.
Great work from VangorLyn to bring him back to the squad
They use a rage removal flush to go aggressive towards Logan and Tiko. They're forced all the way away.
But he goes too far forward. He goes down to Ritas. We have ult advantage.
And we still find kills at RKOs at the very least towards the point. But this is, as you mentioned, Gask, very messed.
Very messy indeed into overtime, but maybe Lunex are able to take back point yet again,
although with the pull happening, you're just about saving yourself at your Iffy.
Iffy has gone down a lot, but no one's on the point to stop it.
No contact there and nightmare able to just squeak this one away from lunax when surely you would have expected someone to touch
Wow. Oh my god
This is a fun one gasp
I think we're in for a treat for sure like a lot of people were you know, maybe speculating the
You know how high level of a match this would be but I think based when we saw it of SSG
you know nightmare for play plenty of us a good team for lunax they've fought competitive so far and
And, uh, man, just nobody touching the point, like you said, that's brutal, but also understandable considering they don't have anything to peel off these Angela Spears.
But again, just even letting it get to that point and over time, there was a chance earlier for Lunax when they had got one member of Nightmare Down and they didn't really press their advantage.
They kind of hesitated, allowed Nightmare to regroup and they did win the fight in the end, but those minor seconds lost come back to bite you in the backside a little bit later on.
just a few seconds can be the difference of actually surviving and getting a potential touch later on when in overtime.
So maybe a little lesson learned there for Lunex about just capitalizing on some early picks,
but, you know, they're not out of it just yet. It's only the first round.
You know, I like that Niger's Lee trying to play towards their strengths, putting light onto the sidewalk and stuff, playing a little bit more proactive.
You know, even if they don't want to play that, that they're double that big bit through for them.
We'll see what they want to do in this open fight, right?
You do have that piece of the best way to go.
They go in aggressive with the Dances of Butterfly.
Before anything else is here to follow up.
At least they got out the Dances for it,
but now they can come in afterwards.
Here comes the piece of the best.
This engage in the meanwhile,
Monster just sort of backs it to the team,
lowing those down.
Large rocks, gets nothing.
Unfortunately, it's going to be hungry for the rest of this round
as the counter-glar tracks comes through.
So it's at least one for one on that angle.
And who next?
Their Captain America charge is not going to get anything.
the game. You know, you can
win the fight. Yeah, that's a
couple of ultimate state have
gone away for Lunax and
nightmare will capitalize and
take full advantage and look at
the pushback as well, forcing
back to spawn just seeing if
they can maybe get one extra on
that feed to just make sure
they can stagger a couple of
spawns, but now they realize
they have to back off. You don't
really want to take the fight
here. You want to move out and
get into a bit more of a safe
area that you can work with.
Mace is going to have ultimate
available as well. Does
Oh my, Rita, nice shot on the light though.
That removes them.
For brothers, your triple vanguard with this gambit ultimate.
It's gonna be hard to get the KO.
Silent does go down.
Very aggressive by the way with the TP to the point.
Emma Olt a little bit too late to save anybody on his side.
The same thing with Mace.
Traded out for now.
Mace a little bit aggressive with vision.
Nice shot.
Sort of cycling off.
Cool down, staying alive.
You have monster sitting up for the dive.
On the backside, Tiko does have Ultron's Rage available.
But we'll be able to find it.
The monster is absorbing so much damage without having really any lethality onto him due to
Lunic's composition.
Kind of, Oshon's rage committed by Tito.
Vision here with the Meteor M could connect.
Flush.
Dozen, though, in this case, is tracked down by Mace if he is well with the map moving.
Can't really escape Mace's grasp and Glaratrox in the back side sounds like it didn't really
get much, but Sion only gets to walk down by Mace.
He's trying to do everything by himself in the main side as the Invisal Boundary is here
if he gets stuffed and do a corner into a wall, but he's actually the one to get the
of it. So I don't know what
you talked about earlier. This
fight is multiple different
sections of the map and nice
wall there by if he with that
shield to block off the feeling
of the vanguard in terms of
vision might be sent back. It's
just the amount of time that
nightmare able to score whilst
lunax were taking that fight
from various different angles
as well. Ski was waiting with
that invisible boundary for
quite some time as a defensive
move just a delay, and it
means that they put 78% on the
board, and this fight is kind
Backed off they didn't want to overcommit
They didn't want to make sure that too much time went in favor of lunax and now they start to press and now they do have a
Couple of ultimates available thinks again has raging royal flush well
Pop it here as nightmare the freedom charge comes through from lunax and it is gonna be a straight brawl
It's happening, but son of place goes down vision will get the opener
Dead triple tap too far forward now here comes in into the butterflies to capitalize off of the positioning and there's nothing else for lunax
Nice job by Matthew to reengage to the fight didn't even have to use that much Chico here now
out onto the white box just to try to stagger and delay as long as possible, but he's going
to be a best send back to spawn. 85% of the board, portal's going to have to come from
tones. Is there going to be CC to stop it? Maybe not. Just waiting for Tiko off spawn
and now the portal can come through 92%. So it is a last ditch attempt. They died through.
There is going to be players there and waiting both monster and Mace have ultimates to use
if they would like to. Rias also has them. If he can pop theirs as well. So now Lunex
are going to be able to use this damage effectively. Logan gets the opener onto light. So these
This is going to be a chance. Can they take advantage?
My goodness, Reedus. Just nice job on the right side to get everybody in it.
Basically three huge fall-off in there.
Okay, for Lunex, you know, they did commit a lot in that last fight.
And they're probably aware of that. Didn't really use much gas.
I mean, such a huge old advantage.
How does Lunex potentially win this one?
Yeah, this is the issue for Lunex as they committed what they had to
because it was in the final moments.
But now Nightmare are going to have three to work with.
Make it four visions about to get Meteor M available as well.
And we've already seen how dangerous it could be when these teams have four to five ultimates available
You just kind of slap everything everyone presses their alt button and it's usually gg
So lunax are gonna have to do a lot to try and survive maybe eyes on Jeff here
If we can see a big Jeff alt path potentially you can disrupt things, but there's gonna be a lot of pressure
Get a lot of pressure indeed for sure
Maybe in this meatball that's going to come down from the sky Mace opens it up
Slows down these vanguards at least. Doesn't connect on anybody, but at least presses everybody off for now.
Does get tones. Beast of this is there. Double pocket towards the backline. Tones does go down, but traded.
Nice work from the side of Lunex to take out the vanguard of Monster, who's surely going to switch maybe to the Dr. Shrine Gift, need be.
Regardless, thanks pops out. The original flush. Does there any counter on the other side? Smoking with the dance floor.
But if he goes down to vision, even through that, it's just a little bit too late.
For the side of Lunex, they have to connect big with the big Redis ultimate.
It's how it plays with the Jepo. Actually goes for it!
He's gonna get dunked on! Goodbye! See you later, Visions! Connects with that Meteor rep.
Now on the flank, you do connect with the Redis ultimate! Are you kidding?!
What the hell was that, Redis? Tiko comes through, just a slam dunk onto Mace.
And in overtime, they're gonna flip the point. Portal is also used by Monster, so that cooldown's down.
Nobody's gonna be able to touch for a nightmare's side, Lunex.
Actually, just getting his light to here and touch. He doesn't touch.
He doesn't touch. She saves the stacks. We're going one to one to the third round
Reedus and Elsa bloodstone and take a bow if that is why you put your most impressive duelist onto Elsa because the
Difference maker you can have when you hit those kind of shots and you play that kind of way
I thought the game was one
I thought the round was going to be one after the meteor M onto the Jeff which was perfectly timed by the way from vision
But lunax they never say die every single time that you think that nightmare are going to be able to close this one out
that's what I was saying
earlier when Cozy was asking
like, yes, nightmare, our
favorites coming into this,
but Lunex have this kind of
unpredictable nature about
them being newest roster coming
in from MRC as well. And that's
what I love about MRC into
Ignite is we get to see some
of these teams who have
grinded their way through and
now find themselves at the very
top of competition and they
don't look out of place.
100% of the market gas like
this is a banger so far. I mean
I love the bloodthirsty
I mean, I love the bloodthirsty strata display in the aggressive supports that have kind of just been happening
But I just like I love it both trap players on other side
We'll just preserve the life a little bit more slow it down
It's like you said, I mean maybe silent plays going down to the media run saves Redis to go for that
So, I mean just back and forth back and forth
We're entering the last round in the very first map both these teams by the way
It's as you talked about earlier very good on domination, right?
very good indeed. I mean will the comfort shift a little bit when we move
over afterwards to convoy potentially but right now we can only focus on what
is happening right in front of our very eyes because he's light and skier, I can
have ult available for nightmare. Tones is gonna just drop down and try and do the
initial damage to press back the enemies onto nightmare but no one is really
there to do the damage at the moment. Reedis from downtown takes down skier
and especially before that ultimate pushes so maybe now Lulex will be able to
take advantage of this all traded though from light I mean they're still on the
point to tones does fall everybody's still kind of weak because of the
Shraps going down early but just on Venus okay redis finds one vision uses
cooldowns to still has Jeff back to dashes around the corner does have those
Jeff sharks heals as well nightmare does have the point but Redis is at tier
three instinct and this is able to kind of do whatever he wants right just kind
of back dashes back to team team incredibly low cooldowns I mean there's
still up but the characters he got are very mobile come back fast because Mesa's
on the Angela now so everybody's back in the fight coming up on an ultimate is
Rita still in control the point though is nightmare controlling it let's see if
Rita's hits a big old the silent flank by vision today just gonna go down
immediately if he trades back Mesa the very least what's a one-for-one but that
Jeff removed does move a ton of feeling out of the fight same thing with that
team up at the finish now push out of the fight though even with the game at
ultimate is the side of a nightmare but they're still in control the objective
this whole time, but even though they just committed alternate, Lunex has to back up.
Reader's still holding onto Galatrux as well, not using it just yet, and it could be a difference
maker.
Rage Ultron coming out, and Lunex are going to be able to try and push on this, but Meteor
M on the counter now from Nightmare to try and do some damage of their own, but with
two falling, Lunex have the advantage, Lunex will continue to push in, have not had to
use the Apex Predator on Readers either, and Lunex will finally gain control of this point.
A good amount of time from Nightmare to put 62 on the board, but Lunex are demonstrating
they have the ability to do it without ultimate. They have four ults now ready for this push from nightmare.
If they can just hold off time them correctly, make it five, Asylum Blades also getting his onto Jeff.
I mean, Lunex are in a fantastic position here right now.
Absolutely. And Light's going over to Thrower now to maybe get some advantage with this gambit just to get some like one fight win.
That's all they really need to keep this going forward for Lunex. Right like you said,
They have so many ults because of the last fight. They've held on to an absolute bank.
An ult fortune in this case. Mace just catches out one, finds Ritas.
That's the target you need to remove too. He had the Glaratrox, sends him down to one instinct.
Huge work for Mace to find that KO.
And with that, they're gonna walk off after...
I mean, there was a counter one by Efi, by the way, onto the back line, but nobody's there to follow it up.
Maybe just the Jeff, but here comes the Venom.
A little bit late, just not synced in. Silent Blaze gets one clip. Nice work from Light in the sky.
And people forget kind of light was actually an incredibly good starboard player back in the day as nightmare
They try to get this point back to the next who commit the dance floor. They're gonna keep staggering it out
They still have that Jeff ultimate and there's no vision on the other side
So maybe this could be big but light actually can still come in early before James even has the game
But ultimately can't he find the chaos on the inside angle here comes monster clapped against the other side
I mean you're there a staggering on the inside angle due to everybody being here
Mace goes down to read is who comes back those that is thinks so quickly
He's gonna fall comes back to monster stone control the point to lunax are they lose talents, but he's created space
It's still five versus five towards the point. These are such elongated fights, but all the meanwhile lunax are still scoring
It's basically light versus read it so you can kind of find that pick on the back line at the moment and deal that damage
And both of them are performing excellently
Rage of Ultron is available if they'd like to use it will use it now and that might just allow them to just generate a little bit
Of a pressure and force nightmare back to continue to score
but nightmare they've lost no they don't they managed to take down two so
Lunex will lose to nightmare finally break here and they will be able to get
the point yeah they're inside with Ultron's rage visions like reads it
perfectly smacked something to face I mean okay job done for nightmare now
70% of the board looks like we're going for a portal play mace may be gonna go
for the stun out of it if he is on it where's mace I need to see mace POV
please as we see that you know stun in spawn on the portal but they read it they
Force Base out for now. He sent back where's the healing form that's there bubbles use portal play actually isn't there though because if he's back over to
Angela visions. Oh my god Logan fall so low and he falls 95% of the board
We're down two now for the side of loon X without any healing and the portal
I think is just gone now
So silent plays going down is huge nightmare all they have to do is find these staggered chaos towards the point and they have done it
Just got a deal with now with the Angela if he falls
I mean, who else is going to be here? Just read us right. Nothing really have to worry about nightmare have one matter one in a very close series. I mean, what a first matchup. That was definitely one that keeps the palette nice and juicy for us as it's the last, of course, match of the day.
We wanted it to be at least a little bit closer. We've had quite a few two O's thus far today, dog man, but this one far closer. I mean, 99s across the board again. Very difficult to try and gain control for either team.
Very impressed with light though the switch over to star lord as you mentioned seemed to be a bit of a comfort pick for him
And it did work out was kind of
Free for a lot of the time just not being shot out of the sky and then the galactic legend was able to deal a lot of damage
When that came through?
Yeah, absolutely a lot of things you could take away
I think from from the side of of lunics and nightmare
I mean this still like begs the question, you know after this one with an onboard conversions
You know who has the edge? I mean based on that one
There was a lot of situations where I mean, we just kind of kind of saw lunax split up at certain times portal play comes through from the spawn
It might have gotten CC'd off to look at that later
But we have still more to go nightmare up one. They look to close that over lunax. We'll see you guys after the short break
come back for a match that I
team. I mean, I mean, I mean,
I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean,
I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean,
those two teams pretty well and
from what we've seen of them so
far. I mean, pure chaos is
Scarlet Witchwood put it. Lunax
once again looking so close. I
want to call Rita sex because
of just how much that man does
for the team. You know,
nightmare, you know, making it
anything but sweet dreams for
them because. Completely. You
know, I see a lot of C 9's.
Okay, listen, Mace give that
man his flowers. Huge Angela
they're able to come back and
win that thing. They play
perfect. I mean, if it may be
not perfect, okay, that's I
overstayed it. They played an
adapted great, you know,
because they played perfect for
nightmare. That's where you
gotta get a perfect for T
nightmare. That's what you
should have praised there. Yeah.
Hey, I'm giving light maze
flowers. They get they said
that light did a lot better on
that Star Lord pick. And for
me dog. All right, I want to
say this. I think you had the
okay, we're gonna get rid of
the Elsa and they were
comfortable giving the gambit
I think at first, I mean, if
they banned the Elsa, I think
they're going to solve any
problems they even had at all
with that last map. What was
the biggest difference maker to
you? And who do you think is
going to have to put the team
outside of Reedus on their back
for Lunax Dog? I rely heavily on
their vanguards right now. Like
I mean, we talked about it. I
mean, only because just to go
back on it, if we talk about
just like tough situations, I think. Like right now you talked about Reedus. We go to
Museum of Contemplation. Maybe we're going to mix things up, but like I think Reedus was great.
We saw some plays out of their backline. I think Logan was playing well. You know, same thing
with Tones and stuff, but like there are situations when honestly, because of the invisible woman,
maybe like we have to take a look at that where they just had no like saving grace for their
for their bank guards and they got picked off nine, 10 times. So it's just nine mirror picking
I'm a part right now, and I just need maybe us to slow it down a little bit on the next map
Make plays a little bit faster to maybe maybe not have
Silent Blaze get picked off by a flanking Magneto player. There's a lot to work on I think next map
Yeah, yeah, I'm telling you Gasky. Yeah, I think yeah, some players gonna have nightmares quite literally a vision behind him
We're just a quick one two vision doesn't again. It's like finish like again. I'll do it myself goes in there gets three
It's crazy
But I think what we highlighted early on the McGeagle stills there
I think we're going to have
a little bit of a break.
We're going to have a little
bit of a break there. We're
seeing great things. Some
fundamentals, though. I feel
like on both teams, some old
tracking. I think you highlighted
dogman on nightmare side. Like
there's no reason. Glartrox
should be getting that much
value. But then a lunatic
side is a cleaning up. You know,
you get why even put yourself
to that point where Angela
Spear off is going to end it
that match, right, Gaskin? Yeah,
I think that both of these
teams are going to be looking
at this one saying, Well, how
do we play a little bit more
structured? How do we make this
a little bit more mess less
messy because it was chaos. As
the team. We've seen a lot of
players in the last two weeks
have been both of these two
teams. I think the lunax have
definitely tried to target a
weakness for nightmare with it
being Museum of Contemplation
as well. We've already seen
nightmare lose Museum of
Contemplation so far this
preseason, so perhaps they've
looked into those picks and
bands and they might be able
to find one of those weaknesses
to try and tie us up and maybe
take us to our first map three
of the day. Yeah I mean, Hey
listen, nightmare they've been
here before they've got the
dub early. It's about finishing
strong, right? And lunax is
also been in the same position
before, so will one of them
that's what we have to see.
And both teams, I think are in big need
of a confidence booster.
Lunex especially, because this is it for them.
And Nightmare having swamps still on the table,
I believe, or sorry, TLC is gonna be a tough one.
Here we go guys, Nightmare's up one to Lunex.
We find ourselves over to the Museum of Compton Plation.
Pick it away boys, let's see what we got.
Thanks for Co's.
And, you know, like you mentioned,
I think that there's a lot to mix up here.
I mean, like maybe a coach would be a good help
for both themes, honestly.
I mean, I know they have coached to on the side of nightmare, but for lunax, you know, there's a lot to discuss and I think a lot to vaudeville, but it's always tough when you're, you know, you play a run team. We'll see off the rip, though, whereas lunax go for that.
Elsa band, they want that one set of match to be talked about gas. I am surprised, though, from nightmare, like considering that Elsa was the main problem. Sure, they still won the game, so maybe they're not too worried, but Redis was absolutely
the game. I think that's the
biggest concern for me on the
side of Lunax. So giving him
that freedom yet again to play
on the outside. I do think is
somewhat concerning, but it
shows that now measures value
gambit more. They think gambit
is more of a threat. Not only
do they get to buy it, but they
get to keep it as well. They
also remove the mantis, which
makes the trip strap more
difficult on the side of
Lunax. It's not going to be as
good. And of course, if you are
allowing a Elsa, you have to
get rid of the mantis. We've
you allow Mantis and Elsa to be alongside one another.
Yeah, 100%.
Don't give Redis the damage boost.
Don't tell him that's about Strap Pool though.
OK, don't tell him about that.
Vanguard Pool, banned out on both sides.
And I'm very curious too, because for Nightmare,
I mean, maybe it's like this, just because, like you said,
Redis was a monster on the Elsa, but just Gambit comps
just appear to be so much easier to run than anything else.
I feel like you just fly through the team's face
and it just pans out for you.
like it just kind of hitting that mismatch. Like, yeah, you got to deal with
Redis, but also most of the fights, we could just walk out of them, I guess.
Yeah, I think when done correctly, the raging Royal Flash is just such a
punishing ultimate as well. If you, as long as your team is working together
and you have a game plan, it, it, it feels like a must win every single
time you press that ultimate button. The question is, how do you actually
counteract it? Because I think that's the biggest question in the moment
throughout the community is, how are we going to stop Gambit from doing it
apart from banning? And it was the same question about how do you stop Elsa as
the team. We're going to be
trying to get them to do well.
Too very difficult, difficult
heroes to actually try and
counter and take down. We will
see Ultron just protected on
the side of Linux as well. So
expecting another trip strat to
come out once more. Maybe
because of that, they might try
and ban. What's going to say
Loki or invisible woman on the
side of nightmare to take that
away from Linux. It's mainly
just trying to punish their
strategists and make them dive
a little bit further into their
the Invis because it worked out so well last map.
This map, maybe you could assume the Loki
should be able to get more done if they do want to play Loki
because it's a convoy map.
They could play back and stuff.
But it makes sense to do what's really,
if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Like that's worked so far.
We'll see if it pans out for moving forward for Lunex.
I mean, this is their map pick.
You talked about how they played well last time, Gask.
And I think for this Lunex squad, I mean, you have to win.
At least have a good solid off.
the first time. He was
struggling to get to the
defense versus nightmare who
was starting out of the defense,
right? I think where Lunax were
struggling in that previous map
was when if he was just kind of
picked away and stolen and then
taken down too quickly, a couple
of the vanguards were just
falling a little bit quicker, and
I don't know whether that's a
positional error or maybe just
strategist not quite being in
the right sight lines. There's
clearly some communication.
These be worked out for
Lunax there. It got better as
the map went on. Just a couple
And again, that's to be expected from some of these teams.
They're not going to be playing perfect.
You are going to make mistakes, but it's about either
capitalizing on those mistakes if you're the opposition
or making up for them when you next spawn.
Great points all around, starting off now.
Can Lunex keep their tournament hopes alive, right?
I believe they were to lose this.
And this could be it.
And all she wrote for the side of Lunex,
I guess Nightmare, who are the other team current moment,
Things they play it back right now. Oh nice kidnap by the way who came out onto mace
This woman not there to save him bubble onto Reedus the Wolverine mix-up
Was vile for the first pick
Violent deed Elsa though
Is again gonna be a problem
But this time is being opted to go on to the side of Tico so Reedus gonna be switching up to Wolverine as you had mentioned before
But if Reedus can just steal someone away
It could be the difference maker as well diving get those claws in bring them to your backline and then absolutely demolish
At the moment no one really been able to take advantage as I say that sign of blaze does get the opener onto monster
So Lunex will have the advantage now to be able to press here and push and try and find another couple ko's and they do find another
Vanguard and nightmare on the back foot have to retreat
It's kind of the opposite of what we saw night here before like they're playing too passive compared to too aggressive
Mace has to walk out diamond form gets deleted and Lounex is in the second phase like they didn't even they got a portal play coming back
But damn it felt like they just got kind of walked on and never any car space
This is just a crazy changeup gas because considering I mean I think the last series never played in like there was a lot of focus towards objective
But now it's the exact opposite
Well as I said, I think the lunax have done their research when we saw Museum of contemplation before for nightmare
they were only able to get one round for and they conceded to basically they were able to let that convoy get that two round advantage over them. And sadly, it just looks like they struggle a little bit with maintaining their defense here. There's a couple of players who were getting a little bit lost here and there and
Loonex taking advantage of that being able to pick away those vanguard but it doesn't mean it's all over for nightmare yet
They can definitely stabilize on this next point and hold and a lot of it may come down to light being able to emit some damage on that star
Well, I can't when we don't save mace with the invisible boundary who got kidnapped earlier on again readus
Even though he's not on the you know potential carry character with the Elsa
He's found these pics every single fight he go there with the glory trucks on to another one
They've also used ultimate they committed star-lord the community visual boundary in a loss and now for loonex
They're just walking up right this brutal by the way isn't be cool isn't going against this meteor M
So it's not gonna get eaten necessarily however
Mace can shift a get potentially eat it with the shield bubble already used are they reading it?
Cards still pushing forward monsters back towards that mace comes with the meteor M
Actually just to get another choke point get some healing okay if he goes down while waiting behind the wall nice shot from mace
Considering what was gonna happen after that that's surprising else commit the white fox ultimate
we still lose one. Ritas is going to fall in the middle of it. And honestly, you just
send off Lunax for now. Yeah, that's better from nightmare. I think this choke is much
more favorable for the way they're trying to play the game at the moment. It's harder
to flank around for the likes of Lunax. You can see Ritas is now switching over to Daredevil.
Pop off Queen. Let's see how you do because I tell you what, if you're that good on Elsa,
I'm excited to see what you can do on Daredevil. I do think he's very fun character to watch,
especially being able to have the wallhacks essentially and be able to pick off some of
strategist when they are slightly caught out as Nightmare now just need to be careful they don't
over push here and over commit and leave themselves a little bit too vulnerable as now Lunex got to
push it. You're just walking up you do have tones in the backside trying to capture on visions who
gets out of the inside angle to get off the ensign Inferno if he wasn't a step faster he might have
been dead but in fact it's tones that falls on the opposite monster there with the follow-up nice
I think this makes up the hook visions under the else are under the Phoenix has enabled them quite a lot silent place
Who's now over to that Jeff yet again?
See if they can walk up right? I mean they used to meet you. I'm in the previous one base by the way close to another one
He's built these ultimate so fast pretty much gonna have a second one in just a moment
Dinks walks in with the gambit a little bit light in the sky with that Star Lord
Can they find the chaos in the middle of it the follow up should be there to at least get a KO
But no they're on the inside everybody kind of ducks in the cover and silent plays with an absolute stream
from across the map takes down skier who had the invisible boundary. Meteor M for Mace needs to go
big but can't find anything. The answer is no, it's going to be Visions who with the space provided
by Mace able to find one though it is traded. Tiko going down is huge that resets a lot of that
damage the Elsa is going to do. Also, Reedus doesn't have that ult. It was utilized in the previous
fight without any avail. Now on the flank here comes Silent Blaze trying to force away the
backline with a dive from Talon's book. Will there be any chaos inside? Visions still lives.
and song inferno just to save his own life here comes the Jeff in the water comes back it's on to his own Elsa
But no chaos. In fact, it's just going to be his venom who gets tracked down by vision from across the map
These two teams are putting our observers to work
They're going cross-eyed right now trying to keep up with these fights because they are happening all over the shop
There is no structure to it is a lot of individual fights to v2's happening
Vanguard's trying to bounce back and forth to try and protect their strategists, but right now
it just hasn't worked out by the team. They've not been able to get that solid wipe to really get
them to stabilize a lot of ultimates that have resulted to little damage. I was surprised the
galactic legend didn't get anything, but maybe we'll see something from vision now we switch over.
We're going to see the Phoenix available yet again. Mace is taking a lot of damage there,
but Lunex still holding on. Nightmare not dropping anything and again it's just sustained sustained
sustain here dogman. Well both teams are just like almost too scared to make the play at the
the current moment. I mean that was almost like a free also for Tico just
didn't use it now and he could maybe pull out of the Invis boundary game but
let me help us inside. Here comes Tico maybe you got to find something but
really vision's been so free. Ensign Inferno has been built up again. I feel
like he's had one every single fight because of the game at the pace. Here
comes a huge floor toss. Okay Tico that's what he's waiting for. In the sky
Star Lord is trying to find more but everybody's hiding back around Ensign
Inferno connects on to Ithi at the very least but you still have Tico alive.
He's got full instinct stacks vision towards the spawn is going to fall and finally off of a nice push from lunax and actually
They've held onto some ultimates. They're moving into third phase. Yeah, surprising considering
We saw that light had the galactic legend available vision also had her ultimate to work with
So the fact that we're gonna see nightmare not win that fight just again
We have to give a lot of credit to lunax for being able to shut them down without too much usage of the road
of course they are still gonna have tons to use one silent blazes got Jeff's all up as well and
Now the real question is when do you pop it?
You got snipe by the way by visions during that fight
Rest in peace to instinct right now light in the sky
Looking for the venom and there's actually there to belong both sides by the way. So if you
were
Looking at your Braille, you know, maybe you could relate right now like trying to look for this peel now back towards the venom
Who went for that dive with the venom old from monster?
Really tones it did the same thing
It's kind of back and forth like trying to mismatch on to read us who also gets you through walls
But three is with the ultimate on the back side invisible boundary Matt by skier
So he understood the assignment to counter read us his ultimate now
What happens afterwards media and could follow through from AFP or is he waiting on it to counter something?
maybe the end song or when they go in with more ultimates,
but it's nothing for the side of Nightmere.
In terms of straddles,
Lunex is also a little bit too late maybe from Ify's side.
Everybody's just engaged.
Nevermind, it's Mace that falls.
Excellent pick from Ify.
And they are walking down Nightmere at the current moment.
I mean, both the back lines are sweating buckets
in the moment, keeping everyone alive.
And the fact that these fights
are constantly going on in this way.
Even with that initial pick,
not able to capitalize and just continue to press
and actually get more KO's in your favor,
But nightmare and they are still backing off and they're allowing lunax to just continue to push this car
And lunax need to be careful especially the venom does manage to just stay alive if you're also pretty low
That means dance floor gets automated and we are gonna see the situation where you just trying to get everyone alive here
I'm gonna puke man. I'm actually gonna puke. That's correct lunax gets stopped. They don't touch
This is just C9 central dude
I mean that one caught me off guard because I thought for sure someone was on the cart there. I mean that
Like I was gonna call out how Logan like you know
Did the dance moves around the wall to avoid the media ram right without having used that?
Yeah, that was nice and then danced his way off the payload that was
The most lunar snow thing I think I've ever seen and it's not even a Logan
I can't just like obviously it's for the meme
that. I mean, but like, yeah,
nobody touched with everybody
there. That was crazy. Okay.
Well that that flips everything
on its head. Doesn't it gas
clear because like that is
insane. It does a little bit
because Lunax were looking, you
know, they were looking pretty
good, like potentially going for
the full three with the way that
they were playing. They were
slowly but surely pummeling down
nightmare chipping away at them,
getting a pick moving forward a
little bit more. And even though
we didn't see many clean wipes
reaching the three. It does put
advantage over to nightmare here.
Have to see how Lunax going to be on the defensive side.
Any changes coming out that we're going to see? I mean,
Redis on to Elsa is where we need to be looking right.
We're just switching over to Elsa now. We've already seen
what he can do on the previous map.
And now he's going to have free reign to try and be the biggest
blockade against nightmare.
Let's see if we can stop him. Man, this is an absolute.
I hate to use the word slobbernocker, but this is a slobbernocker.
I love the word slobbernooker. Use it all day long dog.
Okay, I will then. I will because, I mean this is like a canonical Deadpool fight.
Like cold Deadpool's losing limbs, you know, just slapping each other with their faces.
You know, I feel like in slow motion. But Redis, he takes advantage of it.
Dinks falls down like it is slow motion. Already finding that first pick is Lunettes.
Redis dinks, dinks. And now Dinks will be back up.
But again, similarly to the previous round, you get that first pick,
pick but you're still unable to push through even with the extra player just
because just one strategist alive and Nightmare still able to sustain and able
to hold as Lunex though will just try and slowly push forward and see if they
can stop nightmare from getting any sort of presence on this payload. Lunex
doing very well at the moment to stop nightmare doing anything really. Yeah we
just try to build up towards holds maybe get that Star Lord in gambit
combination tones trying to play live, play his life better than earlier but
Together just run us off the payload.
You know, you heard Bloor talk about it earlier.
Just be a big fat man on the payload.
That's exactly what if he's doing,
but he needs to not go down.
Obviously has that snowflake, has the drone,
double pocket from the strats.
We also have straddles on the defensive side.
Here comes the Gambit into a potential star lord combination.
As they just want to wait it out now,
if they've already gotten the dance floor out,
maybe they expected to use this afterwards.
But the Meteor M has not built up for tone just yet.
Tico has to go with the Ultron's rage.
Freeze on the mace, by the way, from Logan.
Excellent job to slow him down,
But it doesn't matter, Tico goes down in the sky.
Invisible Balanchry was there to keep everybody healthy.
We had number of straddles, but it doesn't matter,
because in the sky, without immediate end of counter,
is Light, who bleeds down the rest of Lunex.
That's three in the fight for him.
We're going to rely on a portal play now for Lunex.
Yeah, that was the cleanest fight
that we've seen so far in this game from Nightmare.
That's far better.
They were just pairing a lot more successfully
across the board.
As you said, biding their time, waiting for Ultimates
to be popped on the other side.
But here's that portal that you were talking about.
It is straight out and straight into the action for Lunex as a last-year's attempt to try and stop this first point from being reached
Nightmare do have ultimates to work with as well group with entanglement could try and drop something meteor M
Oh comes out. Can you hear anything?
Tones does hit vision so that's crew out of the equation. Oh
Visions through the ultimate but as he did got grabbed by Reedus
So that ultimate canceled and now we're switching over to the Phoenix
He wants off of the group phenomenal work by Reedus again
and it talked about this guy popping off so far.
And does it there?
Now back to the point was Lunax,
they have some semblance of stabilization
with a minute three left.
Vision switching over to Phoenix again,
and already at 74% old charge by the way,
ready to make a difference perhaps.
Remember how quickly Nightmare
was able to build that ultimate in the previous round
was a constant threat on the Phoenix.
Dings also has the rage and royal flush available
and Mace going down though.
Are you gonna have to pull out an ultimate
just to try and stay alive here?
Maybe life's back on Iron Fist by the way.
Karp was getting focused by the way trying to heal in the corner.
Get a little bit of peace.
But with the Gambit Ultimate, it's going to create only violence.
Going diving, diving the back line with the Venom.
Nice job, the combination of those two.
Removes Tiko and Tomas.
Rest in peace those vanguards.
No portal play going to come through now as Nightmere just slowly take apart Lunex who's trying to stall.
Took them a short while to get there, but they have been able to now reset that clock
to get to the top of the
game. I'm not sure if I'm
going to get to the top of the
game or at least put extra
time on the clock. Should I
say get that first point three
minutes now to work with to get
to the second and start to push
towards that end goal and
potentially try and overtake
Lunex and give them the two
victory in what would be a very
important win, of course, in the
grand scheme of things here in
preseason might just put Lunex
out of question of reaching
playoffs and could just be
enough to give nightmare the
edge to get them there
themselves. Light hiding above
He's still kind of in there light ultimate available monster going in. They just want a full heavy brawl
Oh, geez monster takes so much damage comes back a doesn't get any healings heavily
So he's gonna fall down go back into Bruce Banner form now here comes that Ultron's rage from the sky
To try to help pressure off everybody on the side of nightmare at least monster
There's some solos there that he forced that out kind of
Two minutes and 20 seconds left to go nightmare don't lose anybody else besides monster in that whole form
This is gonna be the big fight happening right here three hours available on both sides
There's gonna be four for Lunex shortly, but actually monsters gonna be the first one to go ultimate in terms of his Hulk form and now
Han you actually push and fresher some of those strategies away
But look at the amount of Molten are available for Lunex and they are sending it white fox goes in first venom goes in second
And now the Wolverine goes in but Wolverine gets shut down Mace gets that initial one a nightmare
Maybe have the chance to push through now
Yeah peels off all that damage huge shot from Mace
And they're gonna keep it trying going forward, trying to go forward towards nightmare as silent blaze gets picked off again
And everybody sent away
Excellent work. I mean that without that you're right. That could have been brutal now
They're off of the Wolverine back on to the Elsa. They have to dance before to come back into it
They're trying to start the cart to and this fight is going to be extended
Yeah, it sounds for a hat to come out. Otherwise, Lunax
We're just gonna get pummeled into obliteration by the Hulk in general and tones is gonna have meter M available again
But vision showing what vision can do yet again on the phoenix just seems to always have the ultimate available
Mace also gets one into if the and now this car can continue to be pushed
Can they get closer to this second? Is there anyone from Lunex to stop?
Someone can definitely dive on it if they would want to but they are waiting they're delaying
They want to try and get to a full six before they push this fight
With a portaling back in I believe somebody body block to in case anybody was CC'd Mace has to back up with the squad because of the
So a little bit of space given.
Nice disengaged from nightmare.
They do have the invisible boundary,
but again tones needs to go big.
He's a lamb at this meteor and
also has to worry about the bubble
potentially saving everybody,
but they're actually sent away for now.
They're giving up so much space
because visions is just hitting shot
after shot. Read us though on the flank
who is now back onto the else.
So like he was on the first point,
large rocks available to maybe
catch everybody inside of this.
So they have sort of tools to counter here.
Here comes the meteor and the
counter that Star Lord will it
Will it find a KO? At least it stalls everybody for now.
Okay, Visions gets caught out in the right side angle due to both
Redis and the White Fox Assignment's Blaze holding that right.
Nice job by Silent Blaze and Redis to find that KO with 10 seconds left to go.
They need a portal play to touch with the invisible boundary now
and things get brought in by the charm, but the peel is there kind of for now
as they come in with the portal potential ease.
They really touched the arc. Nightmare is touching.
So close. It's a head-winning this game.
where Lunex, and now you can see Meteor M coming out from Mace, so it is last ditch attempt then
for Nightmare to try to survive and push us a little bit further after this overtime. It's a trade
one for one. Will anyone else get the damage? Redist does have the ult available as well,
and maybe he can push through, but Vision will get the initial, and Lunex, they are struggling a
little bit, but they will send players over and over just to try and force this one back.
Copy here from Ithi, who is back on the Loki, by the way. He copied his own Elsa to Glortrux! I
I don't think I've seen that time and place came back into the wolf. He goes down. Usually you copy a strategist, but in this case, it was your own Elsa.
Very interesting. Very unique. We're going to third phase, man. Lunex, they're saved off. They're pushed away.
And now we're really going to wonder that lack of a touch previously from Lunex in their attacking round.
Is it going to come back to bite them in the backside now? Because we are going to see Nightmare with the chance to push up and we saw how Nightmare struggled to defend previously.
things last second with 40 seconds left to go. Light does have that.
It's a little old in the sky. I mean, they give up a lot of space to even without
ultimate. It's not here. Just going to take it for now. So the name or something
we haven't seen really today. We'll see if it can actually find something. Here
comes that venom, open the back line to just try to get ultimate out or something
but he's being clapped away for now. You take that one for none on Lunex's side
without losing anybody, but the cart is still pushing forward.
Lactic legend is hot vision also has the end song inferno available as well.
Logan has to go to dance floor just to try and protect this payload and now we're going to see Skiah
also bouncing back with the invisible boundary so all the strategies that was being used to protect tones
as Meteor M to try and slam dunk, can he hit anything? Not only! Oh! He also destroys light out of the sky
and now Nightmare can they recover from this because Lunex applying the pressure is in no shot at the time.
Huge shot from Nace. He could be the actual game changer in this fight as Gambit all
Committed as well visions with another one make it to overtime ticks down. Did they even have the portal from earlier though?
Yeah, that is all five
Maybe a CC out of spawn. This is gonna be super close. Maybe they don't even get the portal is off
Okay, so there will be one more touch your desk one more last-ditch attempt
Nightmare able to do it previously
But now lunax whether they have venom has the ultimate available and silent plays also has white fox ultimate as well to try and press this one
Nightmare gonna have to try and hold they have no ultimates to work with lunax. Surely should be able to bully them here
the try to take down some of the plays makes looking around need some support nobody ever touch
she go find him full charge light with the sky trying to dodge around fly around the cart
as this is one of the more annoying course the touch they don't do it lunax have tied up the
series it is three to two we're going to map three but the first time today we have a map three I
didn't think we were gonna see it dog and I didn't know if it was gonna be from this series when I
I was looking at all of the
matches today. I was expecting
you know, maybe 100 thieves
game would be a little bit
closer, perhaps, but this one
of all games. I mean, what a
match we've had thus far. I
mean, tying up lunax considering
they weren't able to get that
touch onto the car. Initially,
we thought maybe that was going
to be what bit them the back
side, but on the other side,
nightmare just can't quite push
through took far too long on
that second point for them to be
I mean Jesus dude like I don't even I've lost the where we are by the way in the
run a show cozy you mean you just saved me here because like I don't know what
we just saw like I'm with gas gear like that was crazy
I'm like what did we not see from that entire match I mean you had five people
not touch the point when the next it was a layup and there was no spear nine it
was not complete just not going on the duck flow you had two claw trucks in the
matter of seconds and then Mace was him and survived through both of them
essentially even with the Loki copy. I mean that had just about everything you
would want. I thought after Lunex was not able to move that point forward that
was that that ship was gonna sail and somehow they came back and ended up
holding that thing. I mean absolute perfect play across the board when you
want chaos. That's what we got. What did we say going into it? It was pure chaos
that. We're going to be able to
win this game. Let's ask if we
got it again. Pure chaos.
Indeed, and maybe we found a
weakness for nightmare in
museum contemplation because
that's zero and two now for
them across preseason. Two
losses that perhaps they look
at real struggles of being able
to push that car through
because, like I said, in the
last time we saw it, they only
were able to get one point.
Sure, they've improved this
time. They get the two points,
but they needed the three
really to be able to win that
one or just two and three
that. I mean, I think it's
been a long time since we've
had so far. I mean, these two
teams are nothing short, but
entertaining if we put it that
way. That's the word because
even at the end there, vision
was going for the Phoenix
started on the portal and
someone like body blocked at
the last second if he was there
with the venom either way. But
yeah, I think it had definitely
entertainment across the board
by the way, vision with 44 K
day. What? Oh my God. You base
hitting an insane meter in
during the glory trucks that
again. Anything but not entertaining. But here we go again. Nightmare. Up a game. Now
the Johnson game. And will they lose, if they lose this one, it's this, it's, I mean, now
we're looking at the exact same pattern that's happened with this team. And to me, it looks
like they've cleaned up a lot of, at least the mistakes that haunted them on week one dog,
especially I would say in some of the duelist decisions. So, I mean, what, what, what does
What is the date to close the book?
You know what?
I feel like you gotta maybe call, I don't want to make that joke.
I feel like I was gonna get really dark with it.
I'm not gonna.
Okay, this is not a nightmare for me just yet.
I'm not getting fired from broadcast just yet.
Give me another week.
I think realistically you need to really pull something like a really good map for you.
Go to maybe like a convergence map like Shinchebuya and set up with those dives or something
like that.
have to pick a good map for our specific team because yeah, like they've not been good on
convergence or Convoy and they're against another team that I would say struggles on
that map type. So really it's anybody's game at the current moment. I don't know what map
they're going to even pick. Yeah, I mean, you can keep putting someone asleep, but before
you can throw the dream eater, you got to, you know, you got to completely seal the deal.
And for me, I would say, yeah, I mean, I think they definitely want to gamb it out and I
the game. I mean, I don't
understand that, but it just
feels like especially there
where we kind of saw some
flexibility with the Elsa,
right? Like they still use
Elsa, even if it's not
readers in their game plan.
So like if I'm looking at
those last two matchups, it
to me is a bit more simple,
but obviously, you know,
Gaskin, they've got a game
plan against the gambit, and
that's what they keep sticking
with. Yeah, it did worry me
when they didn't ban Elsa
after the trouble that Elsa
not to interject, sorry, Kosey, but like, I feel like that's kind of a weakness of all these like
MRC teams, right? Like Kosey, when we watched MRC, I mean, none of them were very good at
convergence and convoy. Like the front, the back style that all the 100, these were good at, I feel
like we've lost the art of that almost in North America. Yeah, especially in best of three, we
talked about this before, but man, like when you have the DOM to open it, it's like, that's why it's
sometimes tough to seal the deal, right? And the whole of the jolly is going to be that in Wakanda,
But I mean man, if you want to say man, you got it right here folks. It's match number three. We've got Star Wars getting smoked midair
We've got double Glartrox is like what else could you possibly want as as dogman put a Deadpool's hitting each other with
Like I feel like in my head like when I thought about that
I was like I was thinking about like a Deadpool movie where it's just like they're just maybe it's more like
Constantly yeah
I knew what you were doing full.
I know.
I mean, the museum of contemplation in my head right now
about this series.
I'll tell you what.
Dude, I love that map, by the way.
I think that map is so fun.
It definitely creates entertainment.
And you can say what you want about the float at the end.
These teams scrimped, dude.
They play these maps.
They got to know the boundaries of the point.
I mean, that is what we're talking about.
The carts are so weird in this game, though,
in Marvel Rebels, just compared to any other hero shooter.
And listen, I love the carts, like you said.
But this map, that map specifically,
The cart changes, first of all, from second point to third, and do a giant duck, which
is crazy.
But like the cart, the hitbox itself is a rectangle.
Like it's, every single one, it's weird.
Totally great, totally great.
But we're all so dead, like they played this map, they obviously know, it's not like, whoa,
what a shock, this is totally a duck, like it's clearly, you know, but I do understand.
But listen, we saw kind of the same thing happen a little bit in domination.
So when it comes to this level of play, they just got to clean up some of that in my opinion.
Listen, it's match five.
We're having a ton of fun out here.
It's our first match, third, Gaskin, Dogman.
They're fired up.
IM2, hopefully you guys are enjoying this one.
Nightmare, Lunex will nightmare drop yet another 1-0 lead.
We'll find out right now, boys.
Let's see what we got.
Thank you so much, Cozy, for leading us
into our first game three of the day, like you said,
because we are getting out of the box now.
And between Lunex and Nightmare, this
is potentially going to be who qualifies, right?
Like TSM is also still in group B, Gask.
So, I mean, we immediately off the rip go for that gamut band for nightmare side and to protect like they've always done in lunax again.
If that else and this match.
Yeah, I mean, lunax going to be able to protect the Elsa once more.
So nightmare kind of sticking to their gut feeling here of we have to remove gamut.
We feel like gamut is more of a problem than Elsa is.
Lunax now going to protect Elsa.
That is inevitable at this point.
The fact that we've seen both readers succeed on it as well as Tico.
I think that they are going to do fantastic with Elsa available.
But now night may have to ban around that elsa so mantis goes yet
That's evident and now we're starting to see patterns emerge with these picks and bands teams are starting to learn
Just what you can't allow to happen in terms of whether it's team ups or just two heroes that are successful together for example
Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. I mean so far from the mag stuff like I know we first of all
It's the same should be bands that we've seen so far all trunk gets through
I mean, I feel like that was just a back and forth game man. Like was it even even an individual plays from that last one like I feel like Mace had his moments, you know, you had some six spots out of visions that he called it 44,000 damage or something like.
I don't know. Like you could even say it's an individual player that they could step up on this next map.
to be able to get back to the
other opportunity when he was
on the star Lord and maybe the
star Lord gets. Banned out here
from Lunax. They want to take
that away, and that is going to
be what happens. So like not
going to be able to play on the
star Lord this time at the
moment, hovering Black Panther,
but of course, most of these
players now have quite a deep
hero pool and they're going to
be able to get back to the
star Lord. And that's going to
be a great opportunity to get
back to the star Lord. Yeah,
you know, it's a very deep
hero pool anyway. So once the
bands come through, you just
have to try and work out where
you go next to follow up, but
there's your picks and bands,
folks. It's the final ones of
the day as dog man was
alluding to this is a huge
match up for both of these
teams and their chances to get
through to the next round into
playoffs, even with a match
still to play for both of them,
potentially lunax at zero and
three. I mean, it's so hard to
come back from that, and you
would rely on results elsewhere.
a team going into the first one but now Lunex have shown that they are here for a fight
and they've got their fists up and ready.
Excellent setup Gask in between these two teams, I mean that last fan could be the
difference maker, the Venom right going away from the invisible woman and then we've seen
Tones pop up by the way before on the Horde but based on last map we saw so much good
Venom play that I guess it makes sense but the last second adjustment as well as getting rid of the
Star Lord considering you've dealt with them last map like I mean this is some I don't know if
they're overthinking it or if they're underthinking it at the current moment because this last map
should be a barn burner and a huge change up based on what we've seen on the past two maps.
Well this first point can sometimes be a little bit difficult to try and grab if you've got a
defensive team that's set up
around this wall and just kind
of bully you every time you try
and approach. Sometimes you have
to rely on a dualist to try and
flank round and get a little bit
of a dive action on the go. But
Lunax, of course, they're just
going to be holding Reedus back
and hoping that he can pick
anyone off the start to approach
as now nightmare will be jumping
on in. They have been able to
show some presence on this point
already and look at this mess.
They are all over the place and
the first one goes in favor of
mace onto iffy. So nightmare
will find that first pick and
now they could start to push
They got walked on in that fight, you know, portal play going to come through,
Tones has to duck around the corner, avoid all that damage,
vision trying to find Tones in that Bruce Banner form.
And I mean, at the moment, the Venom, bam, looks like it's panning out, right?
They're just able to find that Vanguard line who's going over to Captain America.
Now the portal coming through from Ify, and they give up the point.
Oh my goodness, it's not even a contest.
We're going to second phase.
Yeah, that's kind of crazy that no one were able to get that that easily.
Lunex, I think, will be a little bit disappointed.
So now they have to back off to statue and try and hold this angle.
But at the moment, they are just being forced back as far as possible
so that they can create some coverage here, create a little bit of a gap in distance
to try and move this cart forward, and Nightmare, I think, will be delighted
with that initial opening play. They were just so confident.
They just walked on to point. They didn't fear.
They trusted in their strategists and, boy, did it pay off.
Now, Skewer is going to have Ultimate available as well, if they would like to use it.
Actually, both strategists on Nightmare have their Ultimates here.
And it gets picked off in the left side angle.
You do have Tico playing in height just kind of chillin using every pull done actually kind of here at this
Back angle to no shields in the middle of the fight
Though he'll build it up in just a moment regardless. Can you slow play you have that gambit all available
We come back with light in a second they go aggressive. There's the gambit open
Oh skier goes down to tones juggle it back and forth skier in the middle
But we're I guess away from his gambit if he'd been wall trades back me so both sides of the map
Nightmare got crushed and Invisible Boundary committed by Lunex towards the very end, but it's a fight win regardless.
It's a fight win. They've got a lot of time due nightmares,
so I don't think they'll be too worried as long as they are able to stabilize here, be patient, and group up.
Of course, they do have that Invisible Boundary ready to use themselves.
What if they would like to as well?
But there is definitely some questioning things happening at the moment. There's a lot of players all over the place.
I guess it was a pull from skier who came back from spawn but redis able to live here comes moss on the back side
Does that both available meanwhile invisible boundary against the fox open the backside bar trucks does connect with skier still alive?
It's 22 8 feet actually still alive even with the eye of okamoto
Nobody falls just until redis finally gets skier monster and dicks
So bit of an awkward one, but the eye was big from iffy in nightmare held off again with ultimates
that's. Yeah, when are they
going to pull the trigger? That's
the real question down to the
butterfly available now for
Psylocke light. I'm sure rep
primed and ready to use it.
Try and take down a couple of
the members of Lunex's backline
potentially just allowing them
to push up, but look at the
aggressive stance that Lunex are
taking at the moment. They're
not backing off towards that
payload. Instead, they are
absolutely just sitting and
getting in the face of
nightmare. But now we're going
to see an attempt at diving
behind from monster just to try
They don't have any straddles.
I'm just surprised there's not like a hyper aggro play
onto Strat here, maybe with like monster and light,
but carts controlled for now, they get at least space.
Now they go aggressive.
Here's the dance floor, not dance floor,
sorry, dance to the butterflies on the cart.
Maybe he's trying to go for Tiko in the sky or something,
but regardless, Gambit all committed by Dinks.
He's built up another one in the meanwhile.
Monster falls solo, but he's still alive.
Dinks able to take down Silent Blaze.
Logan also falls soon afterwards.
Lunax is trying to stall out for now.
that's kind of interesting,
regardless, Karts still pushing for nightmare. Yeah,
Karts still going and now eventually, Tico gets taken down.
So, Lunex are going to be in a four versus six,
going to have to back off. And they're going to get closer
to securing this first point on the board or second point.
Excuse me, on the board for them. There's going to be one last chance
to try and stop what they learned from their previous lesson.
Invisible boundary is going to be popped at the same time,
and now they are going to dive in onto it.
Don't worry about it. They're going to get it.
They're going to be able to get it.
and invisible boundary is going to be popped at the same time and now they are going to dive in on to it.
Dr. Strange doing his best just to keep damage away. Meteor M is sent forward. Not sure it connected onto anyone though,
but a lot of damage being done here as they try and force them off the car.
And I jump at the fox to live from the back left angle. Reedus trying to appeal for monster. Does he do so? Hit the shot he does.
The Lord Elsa player. Now they try to walk on forward. Diamond form committed looking for the silo now.
No ultimates again for nightmare two minutes left on the clock. I mean he's done a good job so far
I would say but I think it's dagger here that he brutal so much damage taken by mace, but it has to to just try to
Contain the amount of aggression happening at a lunax absorbing all the damage from the elsa player
And he is it building up towards the shreadles again. I mean, they're gonna have another gambit old to go aggressive with nightmare do
If no merch fall again, though, there's another clean wipe on the side of lunax
especially come depends on how many ultimates they use there from lunex right
they've got three available to them tones is gonna go for the freedom charge
initially just to push back give that little bit of space nightmare do they
respond eye bag at moto comes out they've popped everything have lunex this is
their attempt really to stop a nightmare are doing well to stabilize yeah
that's interesting you layered also cap in the white fox here comes the cell
like all from lights actually would say pretty well positioned this time but
they do lose monster actually in this case I mean they're still stabilizing
That's the tough part. Minute left, base gets low.
We still have invisible boundary.
Mace goes down, in fact.
And we're just only going after tanks
in the current moment on Lunax's side
because this back line has been so safe.
43 seconds left to go.
They're held again.
Will we see any sort of switch here from nightmare?
Are they going to commit to this as well?
Vision does have Meteor M available,
so we're not going to see that switch.
That's going to want to be used.
It looks like they're just going to commit
to this composition and no changes.
I mean, sometimes you see Angela come into the equation here
to be able to fly around, get
behind people and just be a nuisance.
But nightmare, this is arguably their last
attempt and their last push at trying
to break through. Lunex and Lunex do have
ults available as well. Gotrux available
on. Redix Logan has invisible boundary
to work with as well. So there are defensive
measures and they've just been able to get two
picks. Nightmare at sixes and sevens
here. I'm not sure anyone's going to be there.
It's a last ditch attempt from vision. That's not
going to work either. Into overtime then.
Can nightmare somehow squeeze this one out?
It doesn't look like it's going to be the case.
No one there to try and get the touch.
And Lunex will stop Nightmare for now.
Oh my god.
Jesus.
I like...
This is...
Wait, this is...
This is Nightmare's map, right?
Am I crazy?
I just want to double check.
Like, uh...
I've already forgotten because the series has been chaotic, but it's just their map,
right?
I believe so.
Okay.
Which did surprise me when it came out, because we have already seen Nightmare Lunex.
on this one. Yeah, you're talking about the first time with not even a tick given. Okay,
you know what? Fair play, confidence, aura, right? That's that's what nightmare of farming
right now, right? Guess like I feel like they got pretty far. But tones on the captain
American stuff. I mean, they've just been diving over the back line. And I mean, nightmare
haven't been able to get anything going to dive on a Tico and crew, right? I think we
could learn a lot on this first point. How quickly nightmare we're able to kind of unlock
that car initially. Just like gave them so much time to be able to at least push it close
to getting that second point. I think again, they'll be frustrated. They weren't able to
convert. We have to give credit to Lunex for being able to hold off there. That was very
impressive indeed. Great ultimate usage and also just discipline to ensure that they didn't
throw too much too quickly. They were trying to hold things back. There was great communication
I feel from Lunex. They kind of say, all right, we're going to use this. Oh, if that
isn't winning us the fight, then suddenly someone else needs to come in and try and
and use their ultimate as well,
but let's try and save some moving forward.
Now, how do they do on offense here, Lunex,
because if they can get this car unlocked quickly,
they are in a fantastic chance to win this entire match,
which, again, would just change up this group,
because if Lunex lose this, they're probably done and dusted,
Nightmare would look more comfortable,
but then suddenly it looks shaky for Nightmare
if Lunex are able to win this one,
and it looks like it's gonna be a strange ball to kick us off.
Oh, absolutely, dude.
This is, whoa, chose a little bit.
This might be one of the more fun, if not the match of the tournament so far, although
we've had a lot of bangers.
I mean, light come on the top left, gets bubbled out.
They're going aggressive, silent place trying to take that off angle.
Who on the white fox looks like a completely different player than the Jeff we saw earlier?
And now here comes the monster dive.
The front of the back line slows it down for now.
A nice job.
I like to take down tones.
Finally, they're able to deal with the Captain America player.
And you talk about it, this first point can be very difficult to take.
You're seeing exactly why Nightmare fully disengaged that flank angle, at least for Lunex.
Nobody's going down. It's Monster who falls.
Hold on a second. Yeah, Monster falling now suddenly gives them player advantage
because that sixth player off-spawn is going to be able to join.
Silent Blaze gets the second on to Light, and now Nightmare kind of backing off here.
And from the backline attack comes Silent Blaze.
It is definitely a risky attack, but what they're doing is keeping them off the point at the moment.
Silent Blaze will fall, but was it for good reason?
And can you do enough just to be able to squeak this one out as the portal now comes through nightmare are gonna be able to get
Onto point and stop for now
This is like Jackie Chan messed up his move like where we got the wrong actor out right now
But at the moment everybody's backing up here comes that old front rage light in the sky trying to pick it out with the gambit
Real flush and they do some nice job. I like to track him down
Excellent old counter roll from that push from lunax who's sent back away
I mean Ultron's rage for gambit rush at least you're fine with that for the next but nightmare two minutes off the clock
I mean, but they're not
other was just yet. Not just
yet. I mean, I think the
worry for nightmares if they do
concede this point, we don't
have to see Lunax get that far
to try and win this game. That
being said, Lunax haven't
really been able to break just
yet. Yes, they've got that
initial pick and being able to
get a little bit of a bar on
their side, but they haven't
been able to get that wipe. As
I say that might be able to
come through now or through
Redis off the back of it,
takes down Mace and will have
We will see vision go down as well. That is too falling for nightmare. This is the chance here to try and push through
There's a bit later than this will boundary, but I guess like they wanted to counter that ultimate
Oh huge. I have a good moto Logan goes down. Rita's could fall. No wait
Rita's does fall, but it's traded if he connects with that meteor and meanwhile tones the back line does get some support
So the patty cakes are happening. Meanwhile takes given four on the cart. Mace has to touch
Can they live without any ultimate so they have no straddles in the defensive angle people are inspired man of all things light
back on his main. Can we find a KO potentially on its eco in the sky? He does get webbed upon,
but the bubble's keeping healthy. Like it's killed for skier goes down. One of you on the
spider man, the sky's read his versus light. Here comes silent plays now onto the white fox.
Into the sky meteor and Logan dodges it unlike silent from earlier and that's going to be a full
wipe of nightmare. We're in a second phase and light is off a spider man. Into the second phase,
three minutes and 23 on the clock for Lunex to try and push nightmare back and get this
just that little bit further than they did. I mean, it's probably going to require just tipping it over towards that second point, of course, because nightmare didn't quite get there. But a valiant effort of defending here for nightmare. But Lunex, again, just timing those
to be able to get the
ultimate perfectly and working
in tandem to eliminate some of
those players who just slightly
overstepped and now nightmare
just on the back foot. They are
being forced back by lunax here.
Need to be careful. They don't
just give up an easy pick because
that could be a lot of time
gathered or a lot of space
gathered, should they say by
that car?
Right now, Tico O'Shaughn's
rage in the sky. Everybody's
still there. They're giving a
car right now by the way. Here
comes the gambit. We'll be finding
KO in it. I mean, right so far
back with the guilt tones. Nice
I mean, that's been the way they've won is taking on the captain America, but it's been tough to kind of disrupt
Lunex's backline, right?
I mean, disrupt is one way to put it. I think both teams are trying to disrupt the enemy backline,
but then leaving some players a little bit vulnerable as well.
I think there's panic on both sides of these teams, and for good reason.
This is such an important match that both teams know that they have to win this right here right now.
right now, and if you lose, it might be you not qualifying towards playoffs. Mace will
get a good pick, though, onto Tico. That could be absolutely massive for Nightmare's chances
here. Logan will have to drop the invisible boundary just to try and stay alive, as Lunex
are going to be forced off a point. That's a big one that he called out there. I mean,
Logan cruising the invisible boundary. Wait, they're committing Meteor M. Okay, can we
find any KO's in this? He just yeets it out there, doesn't find anything. The cooldowns
are up. The cooldowns in the ultimates are actually just used by Lunex in what looks
to be a weird and kind of awkward team fight. Now here comes the Captain America charge.
We're trying to go on the back side. Make sure Nightmare can maybe find a pick off Silent
Blaze there with the follow up. I mean, he's just playing absolutely so aggressive on White
Fox so far. Yeah, it's looking like a DPS out here.
Silent Blaze just wants to go dualist. He's saying, look, just let me at him, man. I think
you've just got to keep him back. You've got to make sure that White Fox is also supporting
the team with the heels at the same time, but it has worked enough to force Nightmare
back here as now Lunex closing into the crossover of where they will to try and
win this entire match and Knightmare are gonna have one last digit attempt to try
and defend this one. And I mean with the soft dive for now has the ultimate ready
to go. We don't even have the white foxhole yet.
Rita's pops out really early. Glar Trotch doesn't connect them to anything. Mace actually I think he did get hit but it's taken out
quickly. Tiko with the vision. Here comes the sidewalk ultimate but it's not finding
anything. Oh no! What is he dancing into? The dance of the butterflies. All butterflies are dead.
Santa plays in the spawn doors out of all things all the way towards the strap players light trying to lift
He go in the sky with the old trans race here comes that venom into the ground doesn't get anything
Oh, no, he doesn't get the over health
But people can touch Reedus is still delaying has tier three so far just mace the delay with no ultimate
Logan gets one on two another light in the one view almost Santa plays loses it straight up with 30 seconds left to go
They're following one after another a nightmare's biggest nightmare could be this specific game. They've lost two to one to lunax
that we just had. What in the sugar rush iPad baby like what did I see? I was pure. I mean
silent plays out here being like main anime or energy going pushing into spawn nightmare.
Nightmare wins three Dom's in a row on all their matches and gets reversed swept on all
their matches. I mean you can't make up. You just watched. I mean it was absolute and
you know what, man, that's
what it's like whenever I think
you said it best gas can you
say it? They're playing
panicked because there's a lot
to be panic for right? I mean,
nightmare. They still have TLC
to go up against. So this is
essentially a must win and it
quite literally is for Lunax.
I'm like, I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm
tired. Dad like I mean, you
are I think a good reason to be
lost for words because that is
I think here in preseason for
how lunax have been able to pull
that off. It also means we have
to wait a little bit longer for
a mason dog man interview, which
is also something I'm sure people
will be very disappointed. They
didn't get to see, but I'm just
happy that lunax were able to show
us what they can actually do when
they get into it because there has
been times we've seen so far in
preseason where they have just been
absolutely demolished. They looked
a little bit out of sorts, but
when they're more comfortable,
when they're starting to feel
themselves a little bit, they do
have what it takes and maybe they
maybe they just thrive in this chaotic environment that we've just witnessed. I'm not sure, but
they will be delighted with that win. Let me tell you that they want the chaos and they brought it.
They have also throughout the entire time, silent blaze going from a Jeff that's getting
shocked behind from a Magneto to now, you know, like I said, the main anime arc energy and getting
five Olympics. This team, if we say all that was a lot kind of messy, but they, they are, they are
play a bit messy. If they can clean this up, though, man, they even made, you know, other
teams kind of sweat like liquid Citadel. So I mean, the sky's the limit. If you're lunax,
right, you can look at all the matches you've had and say, wow, there's a lot we can correct.
And we actually have not even seen close to our ceiling. I think that's what's exciting. If you're
a nightmare, yeah, I mean, you said it, buddy, you're quite literally living in the biggest
nightmare. Cannot close out these matches though. Yeah, they can't. I mean, we'll see what they,
with it with it with it doing like the offseason stuff and I mean I know I'm sure on social media people are going to be clowning and doing whatever like you know like I'm always rooting for the players I think like it's never good to be you know it double down like absolutely just like jumping on graves you know like like absolutely
making fun of players for playing bad, but like that was a really fun matchup just because if
you're on the other side of it, I mean there is so much like you mentioned you guys both talked
about the anxiety with this matchup and how big of a deal it is and that's just tenfold when you're
participating in like you're watching back the cast listening to the casters watching back twitch
chat to see them talk crap about you and stuff that's not fun like you shouldn't be doing that and
that's something that uh like I mean I know that space in them make fun of me for bring up the cast
like my player career, but that was something I made a mistake of doing so much. Like I'd open up Twitter
during a like a half-time match. I'd open up people's Twitch chats to see either they type,
they believe they type Pogman or Dog S word. You could you could fill that in if you want.
But obviously that's funny and it's really fun to participate in for our viewers,
but for a player you should never be looking at that stuff, you know, and I know a lot of those
guys stay on social media and I hope they just log off for maybe the next week. Like that's what I
I would say for all of nightmare because that's a very bad outcome for the squad, even though
I think they did play very strongly towards the end. Yeah, I mean to reel back in from that too,
I mean, I think also there was a lot of great plays and fixes to mistakes that were going on
that has led to that. I almost can say that each of nightmares losing of the next two games have
happened differently. Like they fixed some of the mistakes from the previous one, but then a new one
kind of arises for me to just continuing to have readers. I mean, whatever it lunax is paying readers
double it a B. Let's see some more silent blades on the Fox. But I mean, seriously, I think readers
is playing at such a high level on that Elsa. But tones and if we kind of highlighted them going
in, right, these vanguards, man, they have some flexibility tones, whipping out Captain America,
you know, looking like Steve Rogers on that last one and being a big nuisance,
as well as what Tico has been able to flex into was a little bit of Elsa there went over to
to the team. I mean, it's
been a really good game. It's
been a really good game. It's
been an ultra. I mean, are you
impressed? Gasping with what
this team can play given how
kind of knew they are to some
of the scene here coming from
the MRC to have so much
flexibility. I think that's
what we've learned about a lot
of these MRC teams, though, is
that they do thrive in the
chaos in the madness, and they
make other teams feel
uncomfortable. They're happy
to switch onto every hero
possible because. At the core
of it, they're matchmaking
kids, right? That's where all
of this starts from absolutely
you're going to be able to
get the first win. You're
going to be able to get the
first win, which is swapping
and filling where you have to
because you're going up against
the best iron fist in the world.
For example, and I just think
that they're so impressive that
they have such a deep hero pool
here and they should be
absolutely proud of themselves.
Not only for getting their
first win, but to do it in that
manner where they were down.
They were out. It looked like
it was going to be a struggle.
They've made that mistake on
the second map where they
didn't get the touches. You
dance off the point as well. So
the team. What do you think
they're going to be able to
do in the next few months? Not
to mention they went against
TSM. I believe day two, right?
And they were they went against
TSM day two, got the wind, then
lost to the road. So they've
also had that feeling of kind
of letting something slip. And
so I think it could be such a
big confidence boost. I've seen
so many teams dog in the past
that have once they get this
win and finally kind of get over
that hurdle, which we kind of
said could be for either these
teams going up right now is
and I think for Lunax they found out a lot here. Yeah, they did. I think, well, I mean this makes
everything so interesting on like the last day because doesn't it, it all comes down to like,
well, first of all, I mean, Lunax could qualify still, right? It just math wise with that matchup
win overnight mirror. But then like, like this SSG want to try in that last game? I don't know.
We'll talk about that later obviously, Cozy, because we have some more stuff to do.
Yeah, we're about to find out. But first, let's go ahead and welcome in our first time winners interview of if he the vanguard behind the scenes here of lunax gaming and let's welcome him to the winners interview. First of all, hello, man. Welcome to to the end of your congratulations on what was an insane mantra.
Thank you. Appreciate it.
I mean, you just came off of
I mean, I'm not sure. I'm not
sure. Yeah, that's for sure.
We had a we had a blast
watching over here. You know,
a lot of back and forth and
you if you have talked about
you and tones a lot because I
got to cast you guys at the
MRC. I've seen kind of this
team go through a lot of
identity, right? And finding
yourself. I mean, I know you
in tones. I believe we're on
Y. P. Last year if I remember
correctly, right? You've had
that experience now coming
together with this roster.
Okay, great. Well, I mean,
talking about getting this
first win, getting that
momentum for your team
close in a lot of these right and did you know that this moment was coming that
breakthrough and what you guys need to kind of move forward and hopefully get
another one yeah we've got to talk about it we just know we're like right there
we still like we still need to improve a bit more but the win the win's definitely
gonna help us up also our mental will stick the TSM game kind of it kind of
hit us a little hard because you felt like we should have lost that but they
play better, but it's only up for MIRR.
Yeah, see it seems like you guys that I think cozy brought that up like it seems
you guys are getting better every day. And you know, honestly, I'd kind of be the
same spot as your dog right now. If I were you because like in the background,
he's just crashed. Yeah, you know, like I feel like she's always I mean, I don't
know how your dog sleeping through. I imagine you guys comms are going crazy too.
Like, I mean, first of all, like that was an incredibly close matchup with
with nightmare. But obviously, you know, with the back and forth, you guys to map number one, what did that feel like after, you know, it was kind of an interesting matter, but one, I think where it was kind of a tough one, considering you guys are usually
very good on domination in that year. Also a pretty good domination. So how did it feel after that game that number one.
We knew we made too many mistakes,
such as that one.
So we weren't too worried about it.
We just needed to go into the next maps,
chalk up the mistakes, improve this one.
We knew we could own it.
So we just kept trying.
I mean, you guys definitely kept trying.
And I mean, there was moments
where it was absolutely chaotic.
I was watching and there was like three separate fights
happening at once.
It wasn't just like one team fight at times.
How do you guys maintain composure
during chaotic times like that?
Like who do you look to?
Are you kind of leading the crew
or is there someone else you look to
to try and keep you composed and down to earth?
I mean, in comps like we were playing,
you're right, there's usually like two
separate flights going on.
So it's really just me and tones
like directly to each fight
and everyone like throwing in what they need to say
to like make the flight fluid
and everyone to keep on the same page.
So it's all over the place really.
I don't know if we have like a
mini IGL or anything, but.
We obviously were a thing.
Listen.
I mean, I gotta just a say,
give you credit for coming on to the
same view man. Hopefully it's more of
many and again I feel like I've gotten
to watch a lot of you guys as you've
kind of leveled up over and over and
just there's just so many small
things that I think get tightened up.
When we could expect more of these
interviews from you,
I want to give you the opportunity man
to shout out anybody you want to shout out.
You're here. We're on ignite preseason. We've got a long season ahead, buddy. Anything you want to shout out?
I want to shout out Regus and Tones. Those guys are down. They deserve more credit.
I mean, Regus is doing a lot of credit, but I think Tones, I'm always getting made
of fun of for Glazendom, but I think he deserves it. He's like, he's a good player. He kind of leads us.
I'm a tough believer, man. We're definitely crazy today.
you. Yeah, we sold. We said we
want more plays on White Fox.
We see what toes can play just
about anything. And if they
don't ban read itself, good
luck to him, buddy. And good
luck to you, man. Enjoy the
win. Like go and celebrate with
the team. You know, these come
either few of our between our
often. Hopefully it's a ladder
for you. Happy for the team.
Happy few man and hopefully
you guys have a great one going
up against SSG here in a couple
already guys that is if he with
the loon x gaming I gotta say dog I know you for you know you were player back there for me I love seeing like first time interviews for these guys like it because that's what new eSports is all about like you know the young scene these guys coming up to the camera get the dog in the back you love it right
I'm pretty sure I saw a guy come on earlier with like a Yeager Meister ball.
It's like, to me, this is what I love.
I love watching these guys come to the spotlight.
And Lunex Gaming Man, they've got players that can become serious names in Ignite.
He kind of reminds me of Cal a little bit.
Like a younger version.
The hair, the speaking style a little bit.
The speaking style.
He's got that very monotone.
They're terrible.
They're awful.
He's very kind, unlike Cal.
Cal's kind too usually.
He's a softball behind the scenes.
Anyways, yeah, I'm her so with you.
I think you and Gask both put it out.
You guys both played as well in other esports as well.
And I know you're both ancient, very old, just decrepit.
I'm done tossing it.
He's projecting right now.
He's projecting, folks.
Yeah, I feel pretty old myself.
He just wanted to make an interview.
Let's be honest.
Gaskin, I mean, as you see them explain through the chaos
you know what this team has
went through. I think it says
a lot to come up on the cam
and say, Hey, we made a lot of
mistakes there. I mean, I think
by the way, I'm glad none of us
brought it. I don't know how
any of us brought the two kind
of C nine like that happened
through there, but like, you
know, it takes a lot to kind of,
you know, focus your mistakes
quickly there, guessing. Yeah,
and I like that he was
mentioning, you know, it was
chaos, but it was almost planned
chaos. Like they wanted to have
two separate fights happening
at the same time. That was
their game plan. They were
trying to kind of target the
back line whilst also taking
the fight against the front
the front line at the same time, and it's difficult to do that. And I do think that it is a strategy
that if it's employed correctly, can work. It confuses other teams. They have to adjust very
quickly. And I think nightmare maybe fell victim to that. So, Lunex hats off to them. They did
something a little bit different, and we'll have to see whether they do more of the same moving
forward. Well, I mean, a big thing that we were highlighting there, right? Because Lunex has one
more match that they can play, right, to get up and get that W's. And it is going to be against
of the last day. Are you
kidding me? Right now we'll
get to that. The moment
results, though. I mean, Doug
walk us through. I'm scared
even past you, but walk us
through today. Two Ohs old
twos. What was today? What did
we see as they read the
results? Yeah, don't worry,
old man. I won't say anything
too bad. I think overall it
was a fun day. Like it really
was like, I think that last
game I don't know about you
guys, but that was definitely
in a while, like just huge shout out to those players tonight.
Me or to lunax. Obviously, every other team that's played today.
But yeah, I mean, it's huge out to everybody that played today and every team
competing at night because everybody deserves to be here.
And also make sure you're getting that freaking eSports bundle.
By the way, the Deadpool bundle in the in game shop to support your favorite
eSport team because well, a lot of those teams won today.
I mean, FlyQuest got a W today. Team Liquid won today with Team Liquid Citadel.
but swamp gaming one is 100
these rest in peace but swap but
as you wanted a versus yeah we
lost so really tools across the
board but at least they ended up
with that very intense
interesting matter master five.
Yeah I guess and I said it's a
start to show these players are
obviously playing for the money
and all that great stuff but
they're also playing for their
spots are also playing for
themselves to prove like they
belong here at the top scene in
these orgs maybe even have more
roster mania happen right I
mean that's why it's such a big
thing for Lunex to get this kind
the next big thing and the fact
that we have that infrastructure
through the M R C is absolutely
fantastic for mother rivals ignite.
I think that we are very lucky to
have that as an eSports, so I
think that we are going to continue
to find hidden gems in the
community. The fact that you can
do a lot of great things, but
you're going to be able to do a
lot of great things, but you're
going to be able to do a lot of
great things, but you're also
you can just jump on in game
and make a team and play in
MRC and then could end up on
ignite the next year.
Unbelievable and I think that we
are truly lucky and drama is
about to unfold guys because it's
four two and once across the
board with someone like set nose
have to be either 100 thieves or
they have to be in our G right
like these are not going to be
easy wins. Nobody wants to go home.
Everybody wants to make the playoffs
the team. They're going to be
the first to go to the TLC SSG
getting their points across
the board with YWL winning
their first two and obviously
losing today, so they look to
kind of bounce back that TSM
tomorrow. Speaking of this is a
must win for TSM most likely as
they continue to find themselves
through this in their team
rankings, but no one would have
guessed right there towards the
bottom going to be nightmare
and they've got to figure out
to be able to get the team
to get the big TLC ahead of
them as well as TSN to close
the last day. So team rankings
looking so much fun. And my
gosh, everybody could be playing
blamed dollar for Cassie's curse
because there are so many things
are different than we thought. I
thought we were going to get the
May suit of you today. Like I'll
be honest. I knew that guy was
loaded up and ready to go, but
it did not win today, sadly. But
like we're still everybody has that win actually except nightmare never mind just kidding
But they could still come back and they could still potentially win if they win these next two games, right?
So this is definitely the most interesting end of a group stage. I think that we could have had
Yeah, actually a thing with nightmare with how many matches they've won with the tiebreaker
But yeah, it should be the tiebreaker
But you know beyond that gas can either way upcoming matches tomorrow. I'll be there and I'm excited hundred these set knows
I mean, that's the tale as all
this time, my friend. If you
look at Mahoobal rebels, east
force, that's what you see that
you like tomorrow. I mean, if
you thought it was do or die
today as dogman's looting to
people survived teams have
survived, but it's last ditch
attempt tomorrow for the likes
of fly quest, for example, they
may have to be sg to survive
depending on what happens
elsewhere with results.
Thankfully for them, they will
be the last match of the day,
so they will know for sure
whether they can go through
just on like round difference,
for example, or whether they'll
the game. We're going to be
winning against SG. But either
way, we saw a very new fly
quest this week, and I'm
excited to see how they do
against SG. I mean, just
look at those matchups. There
are some juicy ones yet again.
There's no disappointing
matches. That's that's the
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