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game wild. Yeah, Navi's looking the same. They're looking like a problem running that
penny all try on comp. It's been a threat and honestly, it's the new big threat. In
my opinion, thieves, not the best performance by them. They get knocked down and go against
Gen G. And that was a series you should absolutely watch, especially in museum. Gen G takes a
series three one knocks down the thieves, but he's started looking more like themselves.
Unfortunately, just not quite enough. Gen G. However, that's a team that I think we need
to keep eyes on. Yeah, no, I agree. I think Gen G is something special. We've been called
He's looking like an utter king when it comes to like the dualist role
But like you mentioned like actually getting to see the penny that people have been talking about with the ultra on composition
And a hundred thieves tried to sort of like match it in areas
But ultimately it was just like museum of contemplation relatively close
But that was about everything else now be looking probably favorites in the tournament so far judging of all the results we saw yesterday
That's actually a great point
I think it's tough because any great stories obviously gonna have some losses of favorites the hometown heroes are gone in a hundred
But with that you get a rise of other teams right? That's what has me excited in general looking at a Genji when it gets VP
VP we say land buff right we say land buff is strong for them
Rau go to you as the EMEA. I mean they look the part. I mean, yeah, I think it's like to do it on
Yeah, mostly yeah, I think for like all of the teams for EMEA everybody's looking like pretty experienced like verse pro
More pushed I think just from what we saw from like Genji right before Navi
it felt pretty much continuing on with what has been a win at preseason or when it's stage one
and just looking and having utter panache whilst they do it as well. Yeah age ship I mean swamp
did we talk about them because this is the team people are sleeping on just a bit. Yeah see when
I watched swamp and I watched how dominant they were in the performance I thought maybe OUG was
lacking but then we got to see what OUG did later and I'm realizing now swamp is just built a little
bit different this team is very consistently strong. I think that's well put actually because
they look strong to people like maybe it's just a regional pick but it was just swamp being swamp
and they continue to do it with quiet confidence.
They said family Valenzina on stage
is what keeps them together.
Oh, your G said the same thing,
but it was looking like one team united as one.
Now going back to what I thought was an incredible matchup.
Navi, we said best of the day,
TLC is the other really top team.
And there was some shake up there against RAD.
Yeah, I mean, I think it's like 25 and zero,
I think team liquids is a lot of domination.
So that continues on as well.
But it was actually seeing RAD make that Jally pick
that they tried against a hundred thieves on the first day actually work a lot more well.
Like they were able to sort of like dig their heels in fight on the defense.
It was just Yigta so which we've only seen a couple of times from team
like the Citadel.
It feels like the only bring it out in case of emergency looking really strong using
stuff like the storm and everything else like energy looking really good on Magneto.
It feels like get it will push a little bit, but they needed that to make sure that
they were ready for the bigger games are about to come on.
It was quite a sight seeing Vess actually playing the strange and allowing energy
on the Magneto.
I was like something wrong here the multiverse.
But and he went crazy.
What did we talk about with TLC and looking to today as well
in day three is that because they're so good at Tom,
it allows them to kind of control the rest of the destiny.
Like even if they lose one, they get map choice after that.
And that is what allows them.
And we saw this against Swamp back in even preseason
to eventually squeak out that overall win.
They're gonna be a tough team to take down,
but destiny expect the expected right now
in the upper bracket.
Now, of course, OUG went up against RAG
with RAG being sit down there.
And I have to say it's a tough look
because the China teams that have come here look so strong.
But, Chip, it just feels like they're falling
just a bit short when it matters most.
Yeah, there's some just small plays
that didn't lack a strange portal sometimes from OUG
that kinda just, I don't know,
there's something missing and also Rad.
They've just looked pretty solid.
They have a similar story to what we've expected
from Rad in the past, all the way from the lower side,
potentially Scoochin' all the way to the very end,
but I don't know, I think OUG looked all right.
Well, it's like, also we sort of mentioned it
on the desk as well afterwards,
like you've got OUG, you've got to prepare for the swamp. They've never played on a land before,
like at least in international land, it looks very comfortable. There was a lot of take pauses,
which I think just allowed the place of like, just sort of soak in, take a minute, okay, I'm on
stage. Things are looking good, we're looking strong. And then you go up against Rad, who are also just
the dark horse for this tournament. That's two hard opponents in OUG. They've picked up maps
before, but both them and Aconix, leaving back to China with not even a map win, never mind the
series win. Listen, I mean, I know I would say the game of the day that circled talent-wise is
the Gen G VP matchup, but now it's inevitable as Thanos would put it best, right?
All the matchups we have cooked up for day three are the best of the best,
and somebody's going to fall, someone has to take it now, the other, the W.
And so that's where all the excitement is today.
I know you folks are ready.
We're at the halfway block.
It's day three.
Get ready for an absolute show that we've got cooked up today.
It's time. Los Angeles, California.
where stars are born and the impossible becomes possible.
10 teams! 4 regions! The way is over! The world is watching! This is, not-
Los Angeles Day 3, are you ready?
Welcome back to Marvel Rivals Ignite and my god, we got ourselves a day today because
we said yesterday millions of people playing this game turned into thousands of believers
that thought they could be the best of the best.
It gave us our hundreds of pros, and we've gone from 10 to 8 to 6 today to find our one.
And ironically, every region, they think they're the best, the best of the best, but today,
they're gonna have to prune that within to each other before the rest of the world.
Because you see, civil wars, they're not, they're not fought because new enemies arrive.
No, it's because only one truly can lead.
This is our Marvel Rival Civil War.
We're going to find out a lot with the best of the best.
Are we ready, guys?
Now, listen, if you missed out yesterday,
let's walk you through the action,
what we're going to see today.
First up, we've got VP versus Navi.
This is for the crown for the EMDA, the story of revenge
on both sides.
VP beating Navi last year.
Navi hasn't looked back since.
But the action only gets better, my friends,
as we do this very same for America.
These two teams have defined the region, if you will,
but the story's been the same result, time after time.
Can swap gaming, rewrite history?
About to find out.
And well, if survivors are your thing,
well, the lower bracket has two absolute lovable
in both Jinji and Raq that have gone
against everything, thrown at them to survive and thrive.
There's nothing harder in eSports, I can tell you,
than the lower bracket run.
Are we ready to get this thing started?
Well, let me tell you, they are going for $500,000
for a prize pool.
Big time money, big time ego.
Everything is on the line as we have two days left.
Now, with all the action, the schedule today,
Let me tell you, his pack from head to toe,
if you thought yesterday was long,
well, we're only getting started today.
And yesterday we opened up with a crazy Navi versus
100 Thieves.
Today might even top that by a mile.
Let's get match one going, yep?
Well, let's go and meet our two teams.
First up, everybody, once again, give it up to
One seed in the E.M.E.A.
Nobby!
From Raj!
Never mind, fear, Gattakido, fear this man!
Trust me, the leader, Tara!
Consider the greatest D.P.S. in the world!
Cherokee Deflection on in the gothic backline
of level one, Cripple and Bink!
That we're getting right to ya.
Trust me, but we've got to meet that other side.
That side that you met not long ago in the Grand Finals.
Again, to your former champions in 2025.
Deep enough, for first, pro.
In the fan guards of Navek Simfinzi,
called cool and collected.
Sparker, your 2025 Grand Finals MVP.
By the aggressor, sci-fi and the strategist go, and Retro, the lifeline of this team.
We've got our two teams ready.
Let's pull our two leaders here, Sparker, trust me.
I'm going to start with you.
Trust me, this man, this team, they took, step up if we both feel.
This man took your dream last year on the stage.
You're here now, 20-26.
You're facing against him, what do you want to say?
I'm out for revenge and we will win.
Out for revenge, we will win.
Sparkard, do that.
If you all win, push him down, win this whole thing.
Is the rivalry over?
Is it one-sided?
I think we're going to take it back this time.
No more losing to Na'Vi.
After today, everybody will remember,
Virtus Pro is what?
A good team, but we're better.
A good team, but we're better.
Again, brought to you by Disno Sparker.
Trust me, the team over there,
everyone's saying Terra, best in the world.
You're the MVP, you're the duelist, are you the best?
Oh, I don't know, but we're both great players.
I love these, hey, you know what?
Hormity, we'll get, you know,
let's get this to the grand finals game,
and we'll get some heat talking.
I love it.
We'll both be your best of luck.
Give it up for your two teams
as it's going to be VP, Navi in the rematch.
The Civil War for Marvel Rivals starts now
and we're gonna be bringing it to you
with the heat once again on the mikes.
I run ship, dogman, you ready?
Oh, I am so ready.
Welcome rivals to the Marvel Rivals mid-season worlds.
Day three, I'm one of your casters.
here with the birthday boy dog man.
A happy birthday, my brother.
Well, she had what better way than to walk some
Marvel rivals to celebrate your birthday.
I'm so excited for today and I'm sure the rest of you guys
are as well.
This is the highlight of the year for all of us and
it gets even better with the grand finals.
But this is going to end very soon,
ship some pumped and I want to see what the best
has to say a little bit of friendly fire going on
today with the regions.
I'm stoked for them to break it down.
So why don't we toss it over right now to our
right now to our desk.
Tetscher, take it away.
I will do so willingly.
This is a rematch.
We already mentioned that Virtus.pro are the current reigning and defending champions,
but there was another that was born last year.
Mid-season finals last year, Na'Vi were our champions.
Virtus.pro didn't even qualify.
I am Tetscher.
I'm going to be joining you on the desk and I'm going to be joined by from the EBA, representing
them here it is going to be vulnerable and representing Americans later on today
but to also celebrate EBA with us today due to some spiritual heritage here.
Every day I have to represent America. Can't I just be my own man?
His own man is Gaskin. Thank you, thank you. It is good to be here. Also happy
birthday to uh America Man as well. It's good to see
he shares a birthday with Dogman. They do. I've heard they share a birthday. I don't
care about Dogman but America Man. Happy birthday. Yeah, happy birthday to
America Man but also happy birthday to this series. I mean we got to see this
twice in the Grand Finals last time and now Na'Vi, they're here for revenge.
Let's have a look at some of the players here. We have had Sparker the MVP of the Grand Finals,
but we also have Terra, who is making a big play for MVP of, well, the entire stage. Stage one in
the EMEA, he was putting on a clinic. And when we were talking about the actual damage numbers,
the actual statistics of those Grand Finals, there were three players in top in terms of
damage in KO's and those were Sparker, Terra and Jerky, two of which are now on
Navi and Sparker now has to basically with the help of five attempt to 2v1 the
other two who are in that top three with him Vod. Yeah I mean looking at how
things have progressed from RAD EU all the way to Navi and then facing off
against each other plenty of times throughout the competition RAD EU
without Terra and without Jerky was the first team ever to take a series off of
the other foot right now because
not drop the single series this
year to be born out currently.
They haven't really dropped a
single series at all outside of
like a little three season how
much does it count? Speaking of
exact I do have an apology.
Yesterday I did say that swamp
have never beaten to see they
didn't preseason my bad. I have
to say that all folks will find
my knees and.
you've seen them perform. There's
a team that so many people were
expecting to potentially take it
all. You've been covering
America's recently. Now you've
had the chance to see Navi. What's
your opinion of them? I'm not
impressed yet. That is a wild
take. I've heard a lot about
Navi, and I've seen how good they
were online, and I was expecting
them to be a dominant force here,
but they've only played 100
thieves, right? And 100
thieves looks a little bit
lackluster in that series. They
did get better. Drop down into
the low bracket. Sadly did see
the top eight team and they
looked okay, but maybe they
weren't showing much. I think
this is going to be the first
proper test for them now. You
going up against a versus pro
roster who are going to be
hungry to try and take them down
to prove a point. So I hope
that Navi will show me why they
could win this event, right?
This is the time now to be at
you very best. These are the
total stats for the event so far
taken as averages so you can see
that already we're starting to
to get a few standouts here.
Nevix is getting hit pretty hard
in that front line, but the fact
is he has taken his team to several
victories to find himself in that
upper bracket. But when we start
looking at those damage numbers
we're seeing terror 28,000
on average, which is almost
the exact same as spark.
This is why we went for the
comparison vote. Yeah, the head to
head. I mean, we saw the parallels
throughout the preseason into the
in the Stage 1 playoffs as well.
And that's where, you know, typically,
a terror would be the one to elevate the competition.
It felt like VP didn't have a full grasp of the meta,
but it's a different story here, right?
Everyone has been seeing the praise as a first pro,
being undefeated in scrims, typically,
throughout this competition.
But scrim bucks only go so far.
It all comes down to cashing in on these maps.
And Cracow, kind of interesting they're
facing off against each other on this one,
because the one series this season that Navi has lost
in Stage 1, or watched the map to first pro,
was Krakowo is where things started out.
Very interesting. Obviously, there's quite a few teams that have drawn the maps throughout history.
There's a lot that can go into it. We talked a little bit about Ben and T'Challa being a VP one yesterday,
but Navi do have one of their own that Mike Shaw played it today.
Yes, Central Park. I mean, that was the boogeyman, I would say, for Navi for a bit, especially pre-season,
starting out with Shikigami Shout to them, playing like the human torch flyer composition there with torch ultron.
But we haven't seen much of that yet, so I don't know if people are having those strats.
Krakow, I mean, we know Na'Vi have been unbeaten on pretty much everything.
They are unbeaten. They're 3-0 at the moment throughout Stage 1.
VP are 2-1. They did lose in that match you were speaking of, right?
They started on it and they lost. It was a 2-0. It's pretty easy.
Well, Gaskin, there was something you were talking about
while we were getting set up today that I want to bring up for you,
and that is the fact that Na'Vi have been at the top of EMEA
for basically the entirety of this year,
but they find themselves in a similar situation that VP were in previously,
where there's been a lot of time to look at that team at the top and research, right?
You have a target on your back, it's as simple as that. Everyone's going to be studying you, everyone's going to be looking to take you down, and that's exactly what Navi are going to be feeling here, I'm sure.
We'll have to see whether Virtus.Pro have been putting in that time to try and work out how you defeat this Navi roster.
Heading into the Mutant Nature and Mutant Nation of Krakowa, and we're starting off with a couple Mutants in that band phase as we will see the Gambit taken away by Virtus.Pro.
Mantis is, of course, going to open it up. One-sided Gambit is obscured by Burdus Pro, which means Magneto slips a little bit further down.
Now, we could secure it one-sided here.
Yeah, I'm not too surprised on this, right, in the two series that we saw, one from each of them yesterday.
The Magneto was the prioritization on Domination for Navi, versus Pro the exact opposite.
It was the Gambit. That's the typical 50-50 that we're seeing right now.
The Loki Band, of course, do not want to give VP a double Gambit ultimate. It's not a fun time.
I will say for the most part, the one side mag seems to have been better than the one side gambit.
So already I'm like, okay, I'm leaning towards Navi just seeing these first four.
But all this talk with both these teams has been about this kind of Henny plus Ultron team up.
Are we going to see any of that? And is anyone going to try and hit a ban here to try and put it there, sorry.
I think a big thing here too to note is the save from Virtus.Pro on thing.
They have 100% win rate with thing saved for their team, especially against Gen.G like we saw yesterday.
that. It's great into that
anti dive, and we know that
Navi do have the flexibility
to get that dive going. In
fact, we even saw level one
crook during the stage one
play, actually bringing out the
daredevil themselves. He was
the mid season finals MVP. So
we have basically all of our
LAN MVPs in one game together
and Navi, they're going to
secure the lunar snow. Another
hero who's massively jumped up
while Verna's pro will remove
the ultra on they want to try
and prevent that strategy that
teams that popularize that alt from penny Adam team up.
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if versus pro do roll out with it at some point here on
Krakowa that being said, you just have to have the versatility.
We've seen some of these teams try and roll out with it, struggle a little bit and not
willing to necessarily bounce off of it.
And what one word answers, Gaskin, who have you got?
VP.
Vodable.
VP, now we've got the perfect split.
Let's find out what our cast has to say.
Let's send it over to Iron Shib and Dogman.
The moment VP have been waiting for, can they finally crack the Navi Code?
Looking forward to this matchup today, my friend.
Absolutely. I mean, the code has to be cracked to get the trophy once more.
My name is Dogman joined by SHIB once more.
And today, I mean, it's going to be another rematch between two phenomenal EMEA teams
and some of the best teams in the world, if not the best.
Last two winners of the mid-season in Navi and formerly Rad in VP, our grand final champions.
Yeah, there are folks that are thinking this could be a run back.
The grand finals coming up here for this tournament,
but we'll have to see what they look like right now,
setting the tone and the pace for today.
You've seen the comps, you've seen the bands.
They look pretty similar to what we've expected from these teams
and before seeing how they match up.
Starting off immediately with Storm alongside the Punisher.
So we'll see that Penny maybe come out also for Vinzi
and Verges pro side not be probably understanding that,
want to play a bit slower.
Moving for that damage, outputting Sparkert.
Going to be building up that instinct, trying to get as much damage down range as possible.
If Sparkert being more of a mainstay, immediately going to find trust me on the thing.
Who does come back with the BRBs, so the numbers are evened out, but still a very good start here.
Curtis Probe will have that BRB on their side from fate as well.
That's the Boke cross map. I mean, you still have that soul bond out on the side of VP Ultimate built up.
See, seems kind of slowly filling each other out.
They're out Nevix though, gonna find Rajarro and now they're walking forward once more.
Nevix with a two-piece on the Terra and Virtus.pro are coming out hot with 7% climate.
Yeah, that was incredibly fast and it's interesting that we didn't get the one-sided thing as Nevix gets another
himaker to the face or other who cooked those brother and you know it's interesting that Navi so far in that first fight opted for
that Punisher team-up with the Rocket Raccoon obviously the full enhancement but that decision between both you know the Punisher
I'm not sure alongside the Ronca team up or the Daredevil is always one that's been
Interesting to keep our eye on for BP. The running that triple stride of this comp
Alongside the gambit playing it slow yet again. We saw this comp kind of dominated a few days
We talked about how good Ultron has looked so far for the tournament
They try to take advantage of not having that Magneto all this damage here tarot with some insane accuracy ice in the veins right now
As Nefix gets deleted a bunch of shots there one of the goats of the DPS role
See if he can move forward on this dualist, and that's going to be another pick this time from Trust Me on a Finzi.
Yeah, that was honestly interesting that VP kind of played in that position. I mean, they were very far back. Obviously, Nevix is a bit far forward.
The only way I feel like we would have seen VP maybe even take that fight is through Dredro, you know, maybe harder off-angling or whatever.
Because now, if he didn't have to deal with that, they just played front to back style, just track down. Trust me, hit him with the vulnerability.
In this up and fight, a lot of holds available.
Large rocks for VP, also a fast-paced push.
Maybe with the Raging Royal Flush in Navi, they do have.
Let me try.
This next fight is going to be a tone center here up
on the high side once more.
Terra set up with that turret, trying
to provide some damage towards that backline.
But again, here comes that commitment.
The Raging Royal Flush begins, matched back
by the boundary of number one.
Terra going in with the final judgment.
Does anyone go down?
No one yet.
Just feeling each other out for the moment.
Trading ults back and forth with a point.
ever-growing 40% and climbing here for Naughty.
There's that rage of ultron now for Fai.
And now trust me, he is low.
Matchback in the mid-air ramp, but watch a little bit too early.
They're expecting a bit more damage,
and instead, it's just going to be answered into nothing.
The fourth play from Fintz on the penny,
but again, nobody has fallen just yet
with all of these commitments of ultimates.
There's those over the claw-touch right side,
Laura Rujaro, poked down low,
has a ton of healing, no nice job at keeping himself alive.
Oh, Sparker right there under Rujaro.
Tara falls from Nevix back in.
Oh my goodness, Sparker.
Put that on a highlight reel.
Who's locked in with a Quadra now as he finds trust me.
It's also in a similar position to what we saw yesterday.
He's popping off one of the best duels in the game.
His jerky, besides the fall back,
does get it out of his life.
Regardless, back and forth so far between the two top squads
at EMEA and for Navi, no ultimates on their side too.
60% of the board is a lot of potential for VP to finish up
on this series.
Maybe the board will have to come through from Navi or Nogitik.
You can see the Glarchox form right into the Pennymines
here, potentially in a moment.
Cooking the meal, the Glarchox, Barker's
able to find, trust me, Finzi on a tariff.
Finzi doing such good work here on the setup.
He did his team multiple mindkills,
is just exactly what you're looking for prior
to every single one of these fights.
Trust me, going to have to portal out of spawn.
Everybody going together.
This is going to be such a hard fight to win.
You're again, so many ults on VP's side or rather now.
Just Ridros, so I wonder how Nobby do it.
It's going to be tough against the penny as well.
That's been popping off.
It seems like a run like a spawn break comp.
And it seems to be working as much for the moment.
And all the advantage still up here for VP.
Ridros has that res.
Teams once more, setting the tone, playing slow.
Bill and each other out, trying to force out some cooldowns.
Spawn gets committed.
That's a huge one to call out here,
playing around the spawner, which does go down.
So ready for the Karmic revival.
OG takes down though.
They do touch at the last possible second.
That was nice.
Huge and dismal boundaries from level on hook, but they're weighted out VP does lose 1-5
But the BRB are out of the resurrection for Zidro comes out
Yeah, an early res here the team could slowly fall in play for that res
But the point gets capped here by Navi
It'd be a neutral trade everyone will be back into this fight cool downs are gonna be reset
We'll see who finds more value this next big is going to be massive terror going in with a judgment
Fights by in the sky goodbye to one 86% now and moving upward
Yeah, great job from Navi to fully push into that point and VP not lose any more
So they actually play it slow come back in ultimate advantage
They're really good pacing there forcing out two ultimate to now coming back in with the region world
Vash, Fintzi, Nefix now, Dredro and again and that could be in here on the retake for VP
No portal to touch point one will go to VP who have done their homework here
And they're trying to shut this down quickly and that's the crazy part too is with the BRB from fate
It brings back trust me the only guy who could portal from spawn excellent job from VP
Patience which you rarely see on domination like that in such a tight situation
They knew they had time to retake together if they didn't lose everybody the disengages are perfect VP are playing back on such a high level
Like they did yesterday. That's a great call out. It was a huge disengage as soon as they saw the CEO with the judgment
They walked backwards they reset with the rage and royals plush came back in and found two
instantly and from that point on, the fight was already won.
Yeah, this is why people talk about VPV won best teams in the game at all times.
And you can see for Nobby's side, they're trying to figure out maybe they have a solution to this thing,
Penny Parker tandem. People talk about how that thing is dominant now,
catching up to even Magneto, you saw, like we saw how good Magneto has been
throughout the tournament and how strong he is.
But honestly, just like the trees on this map, Rajaro, rather Nevix is just
unfaltering, unwavering, except when everybody shoots at it, looking more like Rajaro in that case.
Look there at Krakowa, the living island, like to that face, very cool.
And then you immediately go and just destroy all those trees.
So there's a little damage there.
But deforestation is actually something that I promote.
But it's definitely not in place at all, not unusual.
First one to break those trees immediately canceled.
But we're going to start off right now with the setup.
I love this top-down view.
We talked about the chessboard, Nevix, hyper aggro.
Talks about the thing.
It's a great call-out with a very strong fight.
Fighting, trust me, instantly.
Into the Omega Hurricane, coming out from Jerky, is that going to land?
Oh man, Rejaro taking out Side Pay, you know how valuable that is.
He talked about how good these Magneto players are hitting those shots, Jerky can't find.
Player at the very end, Fai trying to escape via the air and cannot avoid the other Flyer in Jerky.
They're moving here by Jerky, he's a good scantima.
So much damage thrown on the field right now, old team dropping backwards and Navi coming out on top after that first day.
Well done by Navi.
So far, Navi in his front to back style should be able to get the advantage in the neutral with those
Engages also against the large rocks coming from sparker. I'm curious how they play it and have it to set himself up in the past
But I wonder if they disengaged Tara and then come back in with some ultimates
We talked about yesterday jerky being so versatile so many different heroes very difficult to ban and out and
See the gauge once more the bond goes out every cooldown matters getting that cool down out
is going to allow Na'Vi to move forward a little more aggressively.
The limited ammo popped right there.
Terra trying to take advantage of that.
When you can see them trying to show pressure,
Beta ultimates and then fall back.
If they've not used any ultimates on DP's side,
Na'Vi now understood that also aren't using those that early.
All right.
That's just getting out there, so it's heavy.
See if this works out.
Judgment dies, and his jerky cleans up Nevix,
a second big here onto Finzi.
But there's that Karmic revival.
Everyone back in the fight.
That's what they were looking for.
How else they expected Nevix to ult there, too, though?
So out this res they had to use two for just one on Na'Vi side.
Yeah, I think they were hoping to see some more commitment well done inside of Na'Vi if they knew that.
Vi able to find Tarot, comes back to the BRP, another cool down burn here.
Scythe may try to build a fort towards that all after just using it.
That's a nice pick from Tarot once more on to Sparkler, who had been on the stage together in the past.
And both called each other because Tarot, find Street Drow,
does not, or actually does have her as, excuse me.
They're doing the job of walking around that tree which is broken, but...
Generally too much damage coming out from Terra, who uses the grapple, comes back in, Momo, might have out the KO there in the case of IRIS.
Not in that fight though.
Sparger dropping Terra down once more now VP up a number the meteor and does not land again trying to eat some of that
Damage for the rage of ultra very difficult to find a target that quickly nevix gets very low play around the spot
Or the team has taken the space the large trucks lands doesn't find a view
No, we can burn instantly sparker trying to get the pick on the front line
It does make it to as that explains up trust me the reds comes back onto trust me again
And the space has been claimed but 90% here for knobby
They want to make this a 1-1 this is what makes the top teams of the world so good
Even in this front-to-back style, which we know VP is really good at dive and playing hyper-aggressive
and also play a very, very classic front-to-back style round sparkler.
Like you said, finding those picks early on.
Navi does sit on some ultimates here.
They've been using level-on-clips ulti-sonic to secure an anchor on that point,
but it will be against VP in their vanguard line who do have double ultimate.
The balance of power has shifted into VP's favor, but is it just a little bit too late?
90% here for Navi.
Their goal is to just have one committed ult fight and win this thing here.
as the Omega Hurricane, that's worth the background.
Forcing out Bond, likely in a moment,
but in a tough spot, goes to the sky with the flight.
Now Bond gets committed, Terra, finding Finzi first,
Navi up a number with no BRB available.
Finzi got to come back from the spawn door
with no ultimate, Saipay very close,
but it doesn't matter as Nevix falls here,
likely gonna hold, maybe come back from the portal
on a retake, we'll see what that looks like as Terra
has a disgusting shotgun shot to the dome of Bayam Sparker,
and that's gonna be a quadra here.
I can't believe that Terra used to be mainly a melee iron fist player with how he plays this hit scan.
Navi tied up one to one against VP.
World-class patients from Navi there trying to force out some cooldowns and then committing as a unit.
VP will have a ton of ults available for this next map though. Both teams live in it all on the line.
Yeah, I like that Navi was playing fairly patient. Both teams are.
And realistically like this has been a very unique style that we've seen on Dom too on domination in general
In the past I feel like we see more venom and stuff and people have kind of figured out and I know early on in the tournament
Trust me. I was you know, it's crazy for saying that venom doesn't feel that good
Everybody's like venom is broken towards the latter half of the tournament is slower or not slower
But maybe higher HP kind of characters have been
Number one priority and just keeping alive as we had a pause bit of a technical issue on the main stage
But tied up on the one now shit between both teams Navi do have the ultimate advantage for the upcoming fights
But how VP played that last round. Do you think they still have a shot on this?
Yeah, I mean there's one thing to mention that I actually didn't even catch until we're seen here
I think sidebay try to commit all at the very end there try to get the team to the right and that is a mistake
They don't typically see from sidebay. I think that will put them in a tough spot
I believed that they were trying to hold on for the next map and maybe it's that mid-season diff in that case because Navi
They played it so patient you could see if VP was starting to crack at the seams
I mean Finzi goes in with an ultimate towards the very end does get KO'd same thing with Devick's in the previous
side with a clobbering time and then side pay at the very end
So Navi not making those same mistakes, and I'm wondering how that happens and how that plays out the opening map
And Navi playing like the pressure just does not exist after being down a map and playing lights out there
We had to our third map for game one who will take this thing home
I'm going to introduce half to the mishap.
Nobby, I think, like you said, playing that Punisher alongside
is very, very slow style composition, trying to pick out VP, force out bad ultimates from them.
Can they do it? Can they find the pick through Finzi, who was finding the Penny mines previously?
It might be a bit harder or rather easier on this map type, so, because it's so more close,
maybe the mines actually do get those KO's.
Because of the discovery phase here, his teams are just trying to play slow.
Alkosa Sionic's induction, and everyone is seduced here, as trust me, finds Dredro one down.
There will be a res available for him. It doesn't matter what three of you fall here.
Dredro, Conver for Bible, Psycho, I'd like everyone's back in the fight now.
There's the double commitment. Final judgment out with the sea.
Glaratrox gets launched, but it gets deleted, I believe, here.
Yes, immediately, Na'vi will take this point.
Yeah, why is Parker Glaratroxing that? I mean, they're using ultimates in such odd spots.
Rook pops the individual boundary, can't even find the KO with it.
Maybe we could use the Glaratrox now.
And this championship composure, this team saw the res,
played slow, and knew exactly what to do.
And just trading so many ults there.
Covered in two?
Not early killings.
A lot of commitment here.
The team is panicking a bit.
Navi, once again, just staying so comp cool and collected.
Taro almost finding another pick.
Couldn't pull the drop back.
Good focus by the back line there.
Looking at Dredro there.
That was some good flight mistake.
To me, this reads as a team that's
starting to lose confidence in their competition versus Navi.
I mean, the fact of trying to panic all last second,
it's a bit, yeah, sure you could say
is on the players themselves for not playing up to par.
But I think that they're just not as confident against Navi who have figured out how to play slow versus Penny Park.
I think a lot of teams struggle with not committing too many ults when there is a res available,
but Navi's doing a great job of really just finding value with one and trading one out for one on that Karmic revival.
Here M available here.
Rejaro here goes the commitment.
Rejaro flush, will there be value here from VP?
They need it now.
Up in the sky with 150 HP and a dream.
Bang, that's going to find one.
Rejaro goes down from Nevixit.
Even the odds a bit here and out goes the hurricane.
Well, this one land on the Sparkle.
It's on a damage, but this time into the face of Jerky,
he's able to drop back and get the pick on a five.
Mujaro with a follow-up, but that damage boost
from the storm provided.
He's just able to clean him up.
And this is 65% of the board now for Navi,
who are looking clinical.
And maybe last fight territory coming up soon.
Or was Alton a win first and after that?
I don't know that judgment again.
How fast is this dude farming this Alton?
It is insane.
Now, it's like every single fight here.
Invisible boundary for an answer.
Sia there for fate as well.
Now he'll be looking like they're in a very strong position to take this home.
And here begins the next fight as Verjaro's holding this angle.
Trying to find some damage onto that front line to build towards Alzhamith.
The sword comes out, crushing that backline.
The commitment to get from Nebix is what a great job taking this fight.
The problem is, when you've got somebody like Terra coming in hot,
they're able to clean up Finzi.
Verjaro drops side pay, and this point is going to immediately be taken by Navi.
Wow.
Absolutely dominant after the first round for Navi. They figured it out. They played against the Penny Parker a lot
Bettering I mean that first round as well when we talk about cradle. It's a very good ultra map
Maybe but those other two I play you think maybe the second one
But there's nowhere to hide. Yeah, you saw five at the very beginning get picked on the second round
And then the third kind of that they never could find positioning and they kind of panicked like you said
I think yet easy MVP for Tara in that squad and Navi put themselves up a map and because it's feel three
I mean this could be very fast unless the VP figured out the next couple of maps because that comp that knobby just played
I wouldn't mind it if we go over to you know more of these combo with convergent map types. It's like a professor x-crab
I guess genius they're gonna run a heavy damage when you know you don't have Magneto and there it's like a spawn break comp
Without needing to spawn break. It's beautiful. It's working so well 13 finals with almost 40k damage for Tara there
That's a great point. I mean I guess pointed out perfectly earlier that the
The general fact that you get Magneto usually in the protect phase, instead of Gambit, feels
like it's more impactful and they were 100% on the point there with that and at the moment
that's the best one with the Rosario playing the Magneto.
I've got to give you credit for that too, you made those calls early saying that Gambit,
although incredibly strong, maybe not the same meta pick in terms of priority as Magneto
now is.
Yeah, absolutely and I think this is going to kind of continue as we move on is that
not that Gambit is necessarily bad, just feels like you mentioned the Magneto, the
Vanguard's are kind of the main characters of this patch.
I do think the team-ups for Vanguard's are very impactful,
whereas the duelists don't necessarily have as much power out of those new team-ups.
Maybe we should do like a one-to-one comparison.
Like if we take even like the Rocket Raccoon team-up,
maybe that's a bad example.
Maybe like let's think of like a Shraddiger's team-up or something,
that like the Luna Snow team-up with White Fox,
the fact that she's a CC immunity,
compare that to what's the thing team-up and stuff.
Yeah, I mean, I think the thing team-up pushing right back into
to the point where now when teams aren't having things,
it's becoming a win condition.
It's very similar to the Magneto and conversation
we have with Gambit, where a thing now can essentially
attack almost twice as fast, get more over health,
and just press your front line just as much
as he was able to kind of peel for that back line.
He became a new hero with this team up.
So those kind of changes have been just so influential
in the meta.
And I love how different these team concepts have been
and how much variety is in this hero.
Oh, absolutely.
You're right.
The variety is something that you mentioned countless times
because if you even know that is so good
and the thing is so dominant and hard to KO,
you can see if you play Storm and freaking Punisher
just like the Olden Days, bring us back, bring us back.
Yeah, and you don't have any flankers on the side,
the BRB ton value every time from the side of Navi.
I mean, that was perfectly played
and kind of also calls back to the mid-season
back a year ago where Rad at the time
were playing a little bit more Rocket, I think,
than other people were, and Jeff,
and like those super mobile heroes
because everybody was so focused on the Ultimates
And that kind of stuff, Navi was always
thinking a step ahead.
We're thinking how to counter that.
And right now, in that replay, you
could see it was all Navi after round two.
It was just consistent success.
And VP have to figure out what to play against it.
And this ultra on atom top is always going to be a mainstay.
The Loki ban also had a big focus
in terms of the overarching strategy of VP.
Unfortunately, that kind of ban is kind of tough in terms
of maybe getting that atom lock alongside it.
But I wonder if they prioritize away from the game,
but back towards the Magneto, because that all
kind of comes back to what you pointed out earlier,
with Rosarro getting the Magneto one-sided.
It's a great call out, my friend.
But looking here, I mean, fate not going down a single time.
This guy's been playing the lights out of this tournament.
So much flexibility.
I'm actually surprised with the amount of rocket
that's been coming into play.
I know rocket's a strong hero.
But being able to not fall one time,
allowing your BRBs to always be available,
farm that all incredibly quickly,
and have it for a combo ultimate with things
like Terra on the Punisher is just, it's crucial.
It's next level.
It's a playmaking move there.
Fates just been playing so well.
All right, ladies and gentlemen, we're heading to a racco
for map number two, and it's already map point shift.
So this could cement one team in the bracket finals already
into one of the best teams in the world yet again.
And you can see he keep all the coach in the background
trying to give his team a bit of an edge on the side.
And meanwhile, our new guy, shoot.
By the way, brand new coach for Navi.
He just talked to him in the lobby the other day.
Great guy.
He's been around the block for quite some time.
And he's definitely been a huge factor in the fact
that knob, he's been able to stay as a breeze of unit
and look so dominant.
Yeah, so don't see a racco too.
I mean, it's been a while since we've seen a racco.
Then we talked about yesterday, teams
have been running Museum of Tondon,
and that's because it's a scrim map.
But now we're going to start seeing these maps
that the teams have had in their back pocket.
So they're surprised, something they've been working on,
maybe cheese comps that they can use at different locations.
So I'm excited to see what we're going to see from VP
after their map choice.
We'll see them looking at it, talking about it right now.
And we'll have to see how the band phase goes.
And I think it's something kind of interesting, too,
that we saw the Penny Barker counter that last map ship.
That was something that we haven't seen as much.
I mean, you talked about it before.
Remember when Penny Barker was showing up at the beginning,
you were talking about, where's their Moon Knight?
Where's those kind of classic characters?
You have the Punisher alongside a Storm,
and you usually see that for spawn breaks and stuff.
But on domination, that's a bit of an interesting choice,
and it worked out for Navi, right?
Yeah, I think Ultra on Storm, you just
want to get in the sky and find that spawner and prioritize
that.
It really puts Penny in a much worse spot.
I do think Penny in this meta right now
is incredibly strong, especially
to the team up with Ultron, giving everyone drone,
being able to actually stack those drones and multi-healed
at the same time if a team is stacked,
which you will be in that composition super synergistic.
But if you have found a comp to counter that,
they're going to continue running it.
You don't need to change a thing.
You don't.
You're right.
They don't need to change a thing.
And Navi, I'm sure they're thinking
about the draft phase for the next map.
And same thing with VP, like you said.
They've kind of probably figured out,
based on domination, how to play.
And this is the thing with VP.
Yesterday, it looked great.
Like to me, in terms of performance,
they had a very, very good matchup
against the teams they played against.
And for Navi, they, you know, I would say, just look good too.
But it was a bit of a difference in terms of those matchups.
And I think that kind of goes back to what we always talk about,
is it's not cut and dry every single time we talk about teams,
right?
There's always matchup dependent.
Oh, yes.
Yeah, I mean, there's so much into it.
I'm actually surprised too, because I know that before VP
has beaten Navi on Central Park.
So my assumption was that is where it was going to go.
But then you also say, you got to get more in depth.
Navi's a smart team.
They know that.
It's a weak map.
I'm sure they've been practicing.
They've been working on how to find a way through that
not have that loss happen, so instead, they all
like to take it to Arakko, which I don't know,
is a very practiced map.
But we used to see this map all the time with Dive.
It was super prevalent because you had those escape routes.
Yeah, absolutely.
You're right.
Dive was super good on Arakko.
It knows flank angles and stuff, the portals and stuff,
always mattering.
BP times, man.
BP times, yeah.
Yeah, RIP self-soul BP.
Yeah, where's that at?
Yeah, he's been playing nothing in Black Cat.
Has looked good alongside Crazy Kitty.
But none of these teams, by the way, these top two teams,
haven't played a ton of, or top four teams, rather,
Haven't played a ton of Black Cat, U3, Navi, and VP.
They've looked at on everything else, a lot of hitscan characters
alongside those.
I mean, we talked about how Vanguard's
looks up at this patch, but the dualist,
it feels like people haven't fully decided on the best
kind of character to play.
You saw Storm and Punisher that game and hitscan characters.
Yeah, you're right.
Really good, and I've been showing up later on.
It's funny.
We were kind of discussing the other day in the green room,
but where's this front to back poke comp?
I think it could work right now in this meta.
And you know what?
There it is.
We've been seeing it, and we didn't even discuss it.
Yeah, and it kind of goes to how strong Magneto is,
how strong he is.
So kind of all ties together, as we enter the map,
enter the band phase in Morocco,
this convoy was the map chosen by VP.
So that means Navi's going to be on the defensive side,
a VP going to be an attack, and it was chosen by Navi
to be on the defense, right?
So kind of see how that plays out with these two squads.
You can see the immediate band coming across
from Mantis on both sides, and then the lock-in of Loki.
The Mantis band, I believe, has been the same mainstay
in every single game we've seen so far.
it has and taking a look back at the overarching view behind our players you
can see the band phase and below take place for our live audience which is
awesome as well as the fact that you can see that Loki protected for the side of
VP and the Magneto for Navi again they get the one-sided Magneto but I guess I
don't know shit like it feels like the Loki and the Magneto kind of in terms of
how they play are a little similar maybe obviously the Magneto sure as
provide more damage to the front line but the same kind of protection yeah yeah
yeah actually I see we're coming from with that fully I mean the crystals is a
huge cool down I think bubbles a similar story right it's actually when you see a
big alt come up you know that you can be immune in that moment for whatever's
coming at you so the removal of Adam to I think is a smart play here by Navi
because you're trying to protect against some of the cheese defense cops that can
come in at a racco with this triple triple spawn door hole absolutely you're
right Adam's been dominant his whole turn is looks so good VP's adjustment this
game is the ban rocket raccoon on the opposite side based of like that to play
yeah because nobody's finding the BRB they're always getting the fights they're
also having a ton of damage to see you later you talked about that the gambit
protect comes out from Navi so we're gonna get Magno gambit this is the
first time I think in a while that both these characters were available for a
team a single team as our audience obviously this game between VP and Navi
there's that removal of Penny too from the side of VP they do not want Navi on
on that hero for now, which you can also run a very similar comp
that they were running the last go round.
I thought we might see a mirror there on Dom,
but instead, for the band phase, goes another way.
The final lock going to be the thing,
which makes a ton of sense to me,
based on what we were talking about last time.
Absolutely.
I mean, this is kind of something that
needs to be called out.
Definitely, VP's priority towards the thing
has been something throughout the tournament.
A lot of teams are focusing on definitely keeping
one or two characters in their hero comps,
the thing being one of them.
Penny Parker, obviously, is shown by VP.
They don't like to play against it.
And for Navi, they look like they're countering that comp,
and they're countering the thing.
They've thought of the ways to deal with the thing.
That's why, trust me, and this Navi
seems to be a little bit ahead in terms of the draft phase
is because they're thinking, what is everybody playing,
and how can we counter it?
What's the good stuff to play right now?
And it seems like that is it.
They get things through on the other side, though.
This time it is not.
Wanting to be a little one-sided.
Yeah, we're going to have eyes on what
Navi wants to run here on defense,
because they're going to get out there and set up.
But then you look over at Verdes Pro,
they're just kind of thinking through what they want to do
here for the band phase, trying to find a solution to break
and get out the door.
But again, this is their map choice.
So let's see what they have cooking.
I think they know they have to make something up, too,
because that last map, you saw, they played
fun-to-back style on domination of all things.
And you played Ultron, and you played the Adam Warlock.
Now that it's banned, it obviously
forces them to mix it up and change something out.
And not the are now the ones that
have to adjust to what VP is going to have
to do in their 2-2-2 style.
Let's see everyone locking in right now on the stage.
Currently, for just tuning in, Navi up 1 to 0 into Virtus.Pro.
A tale as old as time with these two teams.
But although it's a 1-0, Virtus.Pro held a fight there.
Was able to take a map off on Dom.
Can they move forward and take this game home
and get into a 1-1 series on their map of choice?
Let us begin.
Starting off going for that counter-spawn hold against Navi,
who are playing triple, triple, triple, Vanguard, triple,
He's trying to just line alongside the Gambit and Matvito.
One of the first times we get to see that, as well as VP
having Sparkler back onto his Elsa hits.
Oh, my goodness, hits can again in the fight.
Right now, the point's just kind of moving for free.
Not a lot of stall.
Nobody holding too tight.
It's just what we typically have seen from a guy to the pass.
Instead of trying to play around that lower side corner,
notice this level of play.
Not really holding that topside.
It kind of puts you in a tough spot for flank angles.
And there is the commitment now.
Finsie walking toward heavily.
The whole team being driven backwards all the way
Look at that backside corner.
It's a lot of free space here by VP.
Give them an inch, and they will take the map, it seems.
It is also doing so much.
They soul bond back into it.
Kind of like the Loki crystals.
Both teams playing it out.
They'll fence using the cart as cover.
Now they go for their counter-engage.
It's a bit of a yo-yo in these two competitions right now,
prepared for the last map.
Taking their turn on the fight here.
Goes the engage now.
Sparker out goes the yanked the street.
Cooled out a visible boundary already from level one Crook.
That's an insane amount of healing jerky.
Able to find five going to Pace's back in Navi's favor.
As Rixarro drops Nevix, and that's gonna force them back to the door, Terra cleaning up another.
I think VP's a bit mistake there, was just playing a little bit too fast.
I mean, we saw for VP against Navi the last map, it was being countered on the other side,
but let's listen to a Razor listen in for VP.
I pull Loki, shoot him. Loki low.
Keep on, Loki low, Loki low.
Thing is gonna be the same, thing is gonna be the same, against the Dope, I think.
Yep, yep, yep.
Okay, we have Gambit in turn.
Kaisa rocket with the micro with it.
Popping times out and that's going to be able to find one actually this time turned around on to trust me
Well done there by nevix on that ultimate the res comes out here from terror the karmic revival the numbers are even once again
Saipa going to start off with the world watching some great positioning and head immediately into nevix as that's going to be one
Number one crop dropping nevix sparker taking out trust me and rajaro drops by it's back and forth for days here as they take the third turn
Oh my goodness crystals to save that front line and blocking off the hills of rock it actually rajaro
Sorry, Jerky falls back to the main side looking like Rajaro in that last flight with how much he did on just Magneto in the fight
And I get staggered here too. Sparkler on the right side of the flight could find a last-second bar trucks
But not really trying to make them uncomfortable
There's that huge bar trucks out of the front line Sparkler dropping Terra. Is that wrestle available? Yes, it is Terra
But a drop back to the team will still be a 66 in his moment
He's a trainer for the goal. That's gonna be a nice boundary right on top of the head of the vanguard line
But they are
Molten right now, or not, if I'm almost, excuse me.
They have no reason to slow down their pace.
Still moving forward with the Seiya here from Dredro.
Is that going to be launched and committed? Yes, it is.
This is the way that you are.
They're really even the fight with B.L.T.
There's more.
Nancy Shree trying to take five.
Slow down that pace here.
Nebix gets the next pick.
Sparkar drops Rejaro.
There's Pro trying to move forward on this attack,
and it looks like they actually will.
Finally getting the pace back in their favor,
but the portal from level one's roof is guaranteed to touch.
Will it be enough for them to retake?
There it is, last second.
We have a few meters to go with two meters.
He's touching, but against the storm,
it's going to be hard to keep on this objective.
Oh, Sparkler with a two-piece instantly.
Ice in the veins, trying to get on that highlight reel.
Five dropping fade, and the whole side of Navi
has to drop back for point two.
VP fully camp out, but that was a bit of a struggle bus.
Now we enter the second phase, and we talk about teams
either full holding on these convoy maps
or almost full camping.
Usually, the second phase is hard to hold,
So let's see how Navi do against VP's comp,
which they were doing excellent first point, I think.
They held for a long time.
But Sparkler was a difference maker with the Glaratrox.
Can he do it again against Navi?
Get out to the Stormades across rivals.
Ferrell's getting a ton of play.
He's some confident side of seduction, getting launched.
Now, looking for Jerky, great bubble there.
He talks about the protection from Mag.
That's a great example.
Does not get tranced in that moment.
Drops back and he's forced to reset as an answer comes through.
Oh, no!
That is a massive pick on the side pane.
Navics goes down, I'll be back with the BRB, but it doesn't matter. That will all was already committed. Yeah, he copied, but did he get it off?
Yep. Oh man.
Seduction, or actually no, it's just raw attack power.
Yeah, Sypey is gonna be blacklisting Emma Frost from everything in the future. VP now again getting caught in these situations with ultimates or wasting ultimates in that case.
It was actually Sypey's fault, it's Navi. I'm playing so good at the current moment.
Yeah, it's just good focus. I assume it's seduction, but not me.
It's Sparker!
Damage, oh my goodness.
Sparker finding jerky early.
Air is going to be high coming in with the Omega Hurricane, trying to force out some
cooldowns onto the frontline, heading back towards the team.
Typically, the path you want to see from your storm here, Navek's taking the space, clobbering
time in, but Sparker!
Sparker!
This has not been here, goodbye to Teraf!
Up with the Meteor Ram, Rejaro looking up towards the sky of five, but no, it does
not land!
There's a ton of damage, great movement there.
Sparker!
Oh my goodness, Sparker!
With another huge claw, trust me, it goes down to Jerky.
I can't play, I just did it by myself.
They literally did it myself. He flanked up topside, got the storm who's caught above the high ground.
And Sparkler again!
I mean, MVP for a reason. Talk about on the stage, both good players giving a bit of a shout towards the other squawk with a minute left to go.
Sparkler puts the team on his back.
Doesn't want to go down like this. I don't believe Portal is available. They got to make this work out now.
Inside of VP, Nevix with the Clover. He's trying to retroll.
Going in now with the Sia.
Cherokee in the hurricane of Met. Oh my goodness, everything's getting committed.
Who's going to be the first to fall to Sia? Gets current instantly. Clovering times out now too.
out now too.
Don't seem to land too hard as no one falls just yet.
A neutral trade for the moment with two first two ultimates.
Alcoh's crystals too.
And this is kind of all on Sparkler too.
No any ultimates available besides Scythe being a moment.
Same thing with Fade.
Both teams playing a slow Terra.
Now well on the else as well can you got a match.
Oh my goodness.
Terra almost gets that pick there on Anavix with some really good movement.
Sparkler in the tough spot.
Terra trying to get this big.
The ulti heals.
Both go down to like 30 HP but still no one falls.
Trusky got to find the first pick out of Finzi.
Oh and this could be big.
Rage Royal flush.
15 seconds on the clock.
Gonna be forced to portal here for the final fight.
Everybody drops back.
They need to go down now, where there won't be a unit together.
And this portal gets cost busy.
We'll go down just a little bit too late with five seconds on.
Can this portal get here?
It does not.
That's going to be a hold on point two by the side of Navi.
Man, they were figuring it out.
I mean, there were some good plays out of EP.
But that's kind of rare that we see teams get held in that second phase,
like we saw in all Convoy maps, basically, right?
That was a first.
Yeah, I just feel like we haven't seen a ton of a Racco.
So it's hard to, especially at this level of play,
it's hard to get a good judgment,
but definitely a decent push there from Virtus.Pro.
Again, this is their map choice.
We'll see what they like to do on defense.
They could have something up their sleeve.
This is the map that always makes me contemplate
why I use red outlines.
Because I'm like, do I need to go back to yellow?
It's such a red map.
There's so much evil here.
I'm a bright green guy.
That's where I stick with it, feeling that's safe.
But we're looking at the stats across the board here.
11 for Sparker.
We saw that presence in this map.
and the 3-char doesn't go down a single time so far on that attack.
Yeah, I mean trust me being a difference maker in those fights like you said,
between that matchup with Terra on the Elsa and then Sparkler on it,
that matchup I think slowed down Sparkler's pace because they were on the storm earlier.
And then the difference maker there was trust me, full energy on the Elsa,
which you talked about earlier has been so good and can match against things really well, right?
Yeah, absolutely. You just stay on 100 charge,
a lot of times you see pros use Diamond Forms just to stay there.
In between fights you get those, it's 4 seconds until your charge goes down,
So why not hold in diamond form, get those extra seconds,
reset the next fight at 100, they're not expecting it,
and your frontline falls over.
So well done there by Navi, who are looking to try to get out
this door with the comp.
They have used time and time again.
Two, one.
Sparkle, the nice natural cover peek
playing around on breakable walls
is going to be a common theme here.
Got a good job pulling them out the door,
and they're just trying to figure out
which door to go out of here.
And depending, those lines have been a threat here,
Fizzy doing a great job coming back now as the whole team charges with bond
There's gonna be the first one to find to pick out a sparker
Excellent pick by him doing with the storm to the other Santa play against this penny parker
You know, I thought this pay for the top was pretty much impossible to beat
But especially against this phone hold break. It's definitely going to dominate based on what we saw in domination
Yeah, I mean the play style into penny is just angles, you know a they're gonna dominate whatever specific zone
They've chosen to lock down you've got to play around that really good decision-making there by a super cerebral team
I'd love to see that thought process coming out the door right back in their favor
Yeah, I mean terror doing the job escaping of eating with his wife understand. Oh never
What was my she's been predicting the movement? That was 30. They're well done by Finzi who again finds another one of those picks in the
neutral part of the second fight a little bit too aggressive there
By the man who allegedly doesn't play turn a ranked but is a bit of a
They're the genius, what happens when I'm on the rivals?
Absolutely.
Setting up for the next fight here.
Alt-Advancers got to be with level one Crook.
Brace-Grow not really close to an Alt-Advancers yet.
The little Crook always seems to be the first to it.
That's just a testament to his strength.
Look at him on that backline roll.
Whoa!
Ew!
Ha ha ha!
Rope shot there by Jerky.
Jarro again on the Dredro.
It kind of seems like the pacing is just heavily in Navi's favor here.
Even being down to number,
Uh, Burt's Pro kind of just played slow.
They were afraid to move forward and try to attack off that.
And it shows here the portals already be committed here by five. That's an excellent point. How Navi's playing right now is world
Champion tier tarot with the pick on a nevix to and that makes it worse makes it to on a finzi and through the portal
Does anybody else even touch the answer is definitely no
We're in a second phase with so much more time in the bank than VP had and obviously just downloaded this team right now
They look like they've got it on lock steel
We'll have that royal flush coming up with Rojaro trust me jerky and tarot's all here gonna be matched back by a few from
and Virtus Pro eyes on as we will likely see the commitment
from Sypay as well with that world flush.
And this is really interesting.
When we talk about matchups, I feel
like a lot of the Black Cat teams have played Black Cat.
There's 0.5, doesn't show it, and he's
playing the Sylocke instead.
Sylocke coming into play.
Not as much of a mainstay in this meta.
There is that midi ramp available now for Rajaro.
Just holding this highside while the car just gets
free push.
Nobody's stalling it for now, but it's still a little bit back.
You want to hold this corner as your first defensible spot.
The reason we're bringing up two of Sylocke versus Black Cat
They both have to do same things.
They both get target focused on the right side.
Finzi does find Terra.
But the point of Phi is not to actually find those KO's
just to make out cooldowns.
Or, oh, I just didn't say that.
Caster blessing for Phi.
And this takes down Jherty.
Down early.
There's that space.
Verjaro dropping Phi.
That was just Terus.
I thought it was a clone without AFK.
Not much you can do.
You can knock back like that right to a sword.
All from downtown Jherty using all over 100 meters
away so they don't hear it till the land and just send in.
But right on top of the mines might be Dicey
We need to burn that ability first and now walking in headed back towards the team with good decision making and thought process as
Out of the boundary did your implants doesn't seem to hit though as we're showing up cleans up nevus
No, you see didn't even need to he did be soaked up all the output from the healing the damage
Wow one sided with three minutes ago. There's no portal here ship
It's not be looked like they're gonna close out on VP in the upper bracket to cement themselves in the upper bracket finals to oh
Navi
Clinical here by Navi not missing a beat the map choice by vertus pro was not enough to make them shake in their boots
He said they were on solid ground and walk the light through them
Navi to get into that upper bracket final to go one more game
To be in this case the reigning midseason champions, right?
That would be insane with how good Navi looked yesterday and how good that VP did look as well
It's a bit of a surprise that I think Navi just dominated the game throughout map number one and two map number
Around number one you could see they made some mistakes
But when we look back at the map number two and also the glass two on the first map on Kakoa
It was yeah, all knobby. Yeah, it was like they figured them out
I think they were just trying to find a solution or at least the play style changes
It wasn't even a major change in comp a lot of the time and and once they had that figured out it was nothing
I mean, it's just world-class execution. We talked about it yourself. This team just looks so dominant
Once they find their solution, I think a lot of rivals is trying to find the comp that is going to work well into what you're struggling on.
This team always gets there.
Absolutely do. And Navi obviously have a bit of fans of the crowd. This team always thinks a step ahead.
It feels like when we saw the Penny Parker stuff, I was kind of on the boat where Penny Parker seems OP and the teams that are playing it are playing it to a very high level and it's hard to counter.
Navi said, no, we figured that out. We played Punisher and Storm against it on domination.
I was it was crazy to see their jerky was using that omega-hurricane around corners to try to get to that spawner without it affecting
That was just really smart decision-making always getting the spawner prior to the engage
They would fully commit together and it worked every single time
I mean coming out that left side door instead of center when they saw the penny set up and
Immediately walked through the team. It was like after that VP could not find their footing
They didn't really know what to do and it they never actually did yeah, and this goes back to I think matchups matter a lot
Like I wonder how this team would play, you know, versus other squads that can play Black Cat and stuff like Rad,
and that's why we saw on Rad, or rather at EMEA. A lot of the top teams were having a tough time versus teams like Rad,
but the interview was ready on stage with Kozy joining him, I believe, is trust me, or no, that's Jerky on the main stage.
Yes, it is. It is Jerky from Nub. Everybody give it up, LA, one more time!
Four, Nub.
Now jerky want to ask you I mean this was a different story last year in fact
They were the team that sits you down and then of course ultimately beat you in the grand finals
I mean what is the difference in this team versus the team that was there not long ago and also like it's revenge sweet
How does it feel revenge definitely sweet? I think the biggest difference is not actually in VP
I think it's in us because in Atlanta. I think everyone kind of knows this. I was a silo Kotepe
I think I had a very good siloed but nothing else and now I'm kind of the flex God as people like to call it
So yeah, I think that's the biggest part and of course Tara right there is Tara
I'll never forget when you did say I remember talking to you like I'm just a siloed watch
And it was looking good for a day before the nerve happened and now hey the Swiss army knife any duelist position
I think one of the most important roles honestly in these teams is that flex duelist is so much responsibility for the role
What ask you this? It's been TLC saying we want Navi. Navi saying we want TLC.
Now that matchup with Swamp still has to be decided, but if it is TLC, how do you feel matching up?
It's always been the conversation best in the world. Y'all are them. Any words?
I think TLC and us are the best in our respective regions, right?
No one no doubt about that. And I think the draft, the band phase will go very very deep in with them, right?
Like every game will change, every band phase will be different.
So I think it's just whoever is better on the team and I think they are a very good team
I think we are a very good team so all respect to them and yeah
Amazing and anything you want to say to all your fans now be here in LA and all over the world the viewers anything you want to say to them
I mean, thank you guys for coming out. I mean, it's very nice to see everyone, right?
So yeah, of course of course and if I if you have the time for it
I want to give a quick shout out to my team of course and the people behind the scene
I mean Debit and Kiril and our coach Shu right there do the best
Possible thing for us get us the scrims and everything and of course for me personally to the girl that's been supporting me
Throughout this whole thing right throughout Atlanta throughout everything. She's been the best and couldn't do it without her
Appreciate you so much jerky and once again that was Navi taking out vp
And to close it out bring up all the action
Yes, Detcher take it away. What did we see?
We saw what felt like a prophecy
come in two parts. In fact, multiple prophecies come in two parts from Na'Vi there. We saw what
everyone's been talking about of this incredible penny altruism composition from VP and Na'Vi,
despite stopping a little bit, beat it. Votable, what a start for them. Yeah, the big problem here,
it felt like Verus Pro were stuck in to this penny comp and didn't really have a different game
plan afterwards. And Na'Vi had completely figured them out, right? Especially the flexibility that
that we saw from jerky. He's saying it himself used to just be that silo go to feed no longer
one of the best flex jewelers in the game and proving it here as well. I feel like the
storm is a perfect answer to that penny Parker. But Gaskin, I mean, you were doubting Navi
before. How are you feeling now? I mean, it's two of me teams, right? I've got to doubt one
of them. That's true. Someone and I'm going to be honest. I think DP threw this in the
band draft. I don't think that they did very well at all. I think the Navi got one sided
to start, then they get a one-sided
Mac and one-sided Gambit, and what
are we doing with it? Like a low key as
your first protect. I just think VP
completely got outsmarted in the
picking bands. It was a great effort,
MAP1. They were looking good, but
Navi, we know what they're capable of. They're a team
who adapt so quickly. As soon as they saw
what VP were trying to do, they came
out with an answer to it. And yes, I will
say, Navi have impressed me now in this
series, and I'm very much looking forward
to see what happens between them and either
the second prophecy coming in
as well there. It wasn't
against 100 thieves, but during
the interview of that series
yesterday, Tara came forward and
said, Well, I really just
gonna first protect Loki and
we're going to win. It wasn't
thieves, but voters pro tried
it and well, Navi showed that
it's not always a good idea.
Another solid set up here and
there is the man himself.
win this tournament. I think
he's going to be a key factor
if Navi are going to go on to
win this entire tournament. If
you can keep him hot, keep him
playing this way. And I think
Navi are going to be in a very
good position. That being said,
I still think VP gave Navi an
easy win here. I would like to
see more from VP in that
band draft for me when they
dropped down to the lower
bracket. Now I hope they've
learned that lesson because
we've already seen one side of
you can't allow once I'm back
and once I get back, come on. I
worry a little bit for VP here,
though. They're facing off against
a very hungry rad in that lower
bracket in the preseason. We saw
them go out in their lowest
placement ever in six place, and
that was against Rad drop from
Navi in the upper bracket in the
semi specifically, then fell
against Rad there so history could
repeat itself here on land. There's
a lot of pressure on the board. You're
talking about history repeating
itself. I was telling the story a
lot yesterday as the day before
the day before once upon a time last year about this time there was a team
called Rad completely different roster but same org that came in through the
playing stage they lost in that playing stage against an American team they then
went on through the lower bracket defeating multiple teams from America
EMEA and all around the world in order to win the whole thing that team went on
to become Navi they are the champions of mid-season last year Rad is waiting
potentially lower down to
potentially cause a little bit
more chaos. If it happens, but
first. Rad versus VP is
potentially awaiting in that
lower bracket. Now as far as
probably they're not out yet.
Gasket. They're not, and I do
think that if they get
domination again, if they can
get capturing that first point,
we saw what happened in map one
round one order. They captured
the first point. They have
the penny. They lock it down.
They look brilliant. What
unable to get the first point
on either round two or round
three, and it really hurt them.
And again, I think that we saw
the prioritization from Navi
They said let's make sure we win this first fight. We can blow whatever we need to as long as we don't allow them that first point
They won't set up and then the rest was history. I
Feel like VP were kind of focusing a little bit too much on the thing protects
I was yesterday they did so much with that of course against Gen G
But this go around it didn't seem to be too much of a prioritization in terms of any issues that Navi had against them
Right, it's a different team different quality a different caliber as we saw by the evidence of the 2o this time, right?
So I think maybe focusing on something else to prioritize. It could be the gambit that they would like a little bit better there as well
But it just felt like the band drop as you're talking about earlier Gaskin just wasn't into their favor once again
What were they thinking?
Protecting the Loki yeah, I don't know how many times we see Loki pop the gambit old with the copy and it failed
I think it was twice. Yeah, if you would protect you won't even use it
Exactly if you protected the gambit you get that all out potentially win that fight
I do think there is it has to be a lesson learned for me
I do think VP looked good around that the fact they still made it work and still made it closely contested despite that fact
They should still be proud
We're gonna be heading it to the break so that we can get set up for our next series
It's gonna be our second upper bracket semifinal. It's the battle of the Americas
It is team liquid sits down versus swap gaming coming up after this
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It's virus connection is so fast, there is zero delay to how I play.
With the best mic in the business, my short calls are always on point.
To top it all off, active noise cancellation, so that I can focus on what matters most.
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The match is from Jin Ji from Na VVP that just happened.
It's been absolutely a blast to be here today.
And who is the team you're going for?
Who's going to win this entire thing?
I'm hoping for Jin Ji.
I've met their parents and honestly they're just been the greatest people.
able to watch today and in the past and I'm assuming are you a I'm assuming you're
Loki main or um no actually I play Vanguard I love playing rogue Magneto and
Emma like those are my favorite but I just really like the look of Loki so I
decided to dress up as one today. Ladies and gentlemen give it up here for Loki!
Thank you so much my friend and wish you the best for Jin G. Now I want to go and
And yesterday we found the awesome moms of some of the players from TLC and Vess's mom
to the amazing crowd that you can't ignore in the Gen G mom squad.
But now I want to come on over here to Kara.
Hi, how are you doing?
Come with me to the stage if you don't mind right over here.
And we have everybody, Nero's mom, her son, just about to play.
And can I just try to understand how is it like having your son go through playing video
games?
wanted to stop playing video games. Walk me through the journey of how you and your son,
you know, got here today. Oh, it was absolutely crazy. He started gaming really early on,
and he, he told me just to trust in him, and he knew that he had what he needed to go really far.
And so we're here. It's exciting to be at a land again since COVID hit. We haven't been able to see
in life and we're rooting for TLC all the way.
I love it, I love it.
And what would you like your son to hear from you, speak to him about to play one of the
biggest games in his life?
So proud of him and he has put in so much work and he says that he literally, literally
dreams strategy and it's 24-7 and I want him to take the whole thing today.
Well, thank you so much, and we appreciate you.
Give it up, let's get to the amazing players' moms
here in the crowd.
I'm going to find one more here before I move forward.
Let's go.
Hello, how are you?
What's your name?
Robert.
Robert, come with me on over here.
So Robert, where do you hail from?
Where do you come from?
To LA.
I'm from Bakersfield.
Yeah, I'm actually pretty close.
I was going to say, not too bad, maybe not a new group,
also not too far away. How long have you been playing the Rivals for?
Uh, I played since season zero, but I took a break until 6.5 and I came back.
Yeah, but the game is so addicting, like very addicting.
Do you have a favorite team today in this whole thing to win it?
Oh, originally I came here to watch the 100 Thieves, but I had hope and they're gone. Yeah.
Pivot, you gotta pivot quick. Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah, you just, you know, bandwagon's here open, alright?
You got, so who are we hopping on?
Oh, man. After what Navi did? Oh yeah, Navi.
Like, Terra is the truth. Stompin' level threat.
This is what you love about we have one of our great American players going on over to EMEA,
because I thought for sure it's like, well, go to the next American scene.
No. Going on over to what would some consider in the dark side there, okay?
I'd love to see it. Definitely a hundredthies fan if I've ever seen one.
What makes you love Marble Rivals Esports?
What makes me love Marble Rivals Esports?
Well, that's hard. It's a lot.
I mean, I couldn't really get into eSports at first, but I loved hero shooters. I loved Overwatch. I loved like I watched a J3 content a lot
So yeah, man, we love J3
Shut up J3, what's up, man? Our full team there at this home and the viewers anything lastly
I want to say to give you the floor before we get this thing going. Oh, yeah, man
Hey any team that's not Navi back it up man. Tear of the truth
That's it. They're right here, man
We've got teams right here listening here.
All right, take your seat over here, you traitor.
Appreciate you for coming on.
Well, folks, you heard it.
We have a hundred teams.
Oliver, Bandwagon, all onto the Navi.
But today, right now, match number two,
we have to settle the score.
Now, we introduced them earlier as a story
that has had a familiar finish over and over.
These teams continue to be what defined this region,
the top two, and it was pretty clear and cut.
but every single time, the results have remained the same.
Personalities couldn't be higher, the skill,
floor, and level as best as you get in America.
Let's meet our teams and our matchup.
First up, your number one seed,
as we call them the Super Team.
Team Liquid, sit it out.
The group for Dustin Tenero in the back line!
Collier Bess, the Vanguard, Energy, the advocacy king, and of course, Spittery as your flex,
Dope!
Now, listen, we'll get to y'all again, just in a moment, great to have you here, Cooper.
You guys feel it already?
Love it, confidence, quiet confidence.
Well, let's meet the other side.
y'all are very familiar with these opponents of course your number two seat and their first time
to land making yesterday look easy today we have Swap, Gank!
from Crassman and Scatter your vanguards of Valentino and Forkydog in the back line and of
course Nellophobia and doing it all day it's Daze! Welcome in, welcome all we have our
our two teams, but for this interview, for this matchup, the heavyweight fight, it's
not the players. We've got the coaches that've got something to say to one another. So first
for TLC, welcome out coach Gator and coach Fox for Swap Gaming. Gentlemen, gentlemen Fox.
Gator, good to have you here. Come on over here. We're going to step right here in the middle.
Coach Fox, hello, hello.
Shake hands, gentlemen, shake hands. Well, we have a big matchup you guys are both familiar with.
All right, first up, we're just going to go ahead. You're staring up right in the eyes. We'll start with you, Gator.
You got seven seconds to say whatever you want to.
Um, they're losing, so it doesn't really matter.
Coach Fox?
All the notes I need
Liquid's bad liquid is bad. Yeah, definitely very thorough for a man of how many words we usually have
This is not what I was expecting here. Hey, I mean either way what I want to go ahead and say is this man this man
Let's go to Fox first from you. What is one thing he thinks he's good at?
but not so much
Uh, drafting.
Drafting.
How do you feel about that?
I mean, they lose draft every time.
Okay, alright, and same question to you.
They have shitcalls.
This is why, by the way, this is why I've got these coaches here, alright?
Now I'm gonna flip the script.
I want you to force to give him a compliment of what he's best at, but why it won't matter
today?
He's great at dressing. He looks great.
But that's not going to help though.
That doesn't do anything, so...
Hey, you got the pitch check. We'll give that, alright?
Okay, how about Fox for you?
What does Gator think he's great at?
But it won't matter today. What is he great at? But it won't matter.
They did a good job recruiting their team,
but my players are the best in the world.
There you have it, folks. We've got Coach Fox, Coach Gator.
Someone will be sent to the lower bracket right here, right now.
the American region in the
civil war. And what's better
desk? It could be the three
E. M. E. A. Castors to cover
this America's game. But quite
frankly, of all the games we
have had set up for us, we've
been looking forward to this
one a lot because we've just
been watching pining vicariously
over the fence. The Americas
region with such a tough set of
and we've seen a lot of
players that have been
involved in this matchup and
we've had some good games so
far, but this two teams who
have had quite the rivalry
vulnerable. Yeah, I mean, we've
seen, you know, a great run
from these teams so far during
the preseason in it to ignite
all the flying all the way here
for the first time for both
these teams, right? We've seen
different amalgamations of the
team. Look at the roster play
on land for the players
teams have actually been in
this environment all as a cohesive unit.
So I'm actually more curious to see, you know, what we can expect from this
match, Ryan. Yeah, I also love that we've all got like free laptops here
because we're about to queue ranked in between.
But yeah, this is like not our region, but this is the matchup that we've seen a
lot of with preparation because these are the two teams that consistently meet
in the grand finals of preseason, the upper bracket. There's so much to go
It's come from Swamp Gaming.
Swamp Gaming, of course, won in the pre-season,
but Liquid Citadel had a solid run during the main stage,
so we have that beautiful rivalry.
Let's try and break this down about some pivotal players.
But let's start with you.
Who is a pivotal player for Swamp?
I'd say the main one coming to mind for me right now,
focusing on the dual-aslan,
because I feel like that's been very important
to make sure you do enough damage
because the other team is Daze.
If Daze is doing well,
this team is going to fly high in the competition,
But the problem is Wolverine not quite matter right now.
So I don't know how well it's going to be a factor here as well, Ryan.
Yeah, I also feel like with on the flip side for Team Liquid,
Sistel in their case, you can rely on that frontline a lot.
Energy, a really good series against Rad, but the player that I think
you need to sort of match up well against one gaming is the strategist.
Koopa 13 eliminations against Rad when they lost on Jalio.
He was hounded by the likes of Crazy Kitty.
So if days is having a good game, Koopa is going to be on the other end of it,
but also FalkiDog and Ballatina for Swamp, MVPs of yesterday.
It feels like if they have a good game, Swamp are going to play well,
so it needs to be matched from Nero and Cooper in the back line.
There's a lot of pressure on them.
You brought up the amount of times Cooper was targeted down,
which is almost as many times he went down as the entirety of the actual stage.
He has put on such good performances in the past.
He also had a great run at the Grand Finals last time,
but now with this different roster to really show what they can go in here.
Let's do a quick comparison here.
TLC. Pivotal players you've already mentioned that Nero and Cooper could be strong here, but Vodable, who else could it be jumping out to?
I think speedery is kind of underrated here as well, right?
X-Flyer, one trick now onto just incredible play.
Exactly, yeah. The black cat was very effective, actually getting a ban out from Rad because of how strong it was.
But also, even with, you know, CrazyKitty doing so well against them yesterday, was able to show that flexibility that was a question mark sometimes before.
So nice to see that come out even the more if they need to opt for that too
But I think my biggest question I had going into this event was Pauli Captain America pretty non-existent in this meta playing thing quite well
Yeah, I mean he's he's flexible enough
It's just mostly that the Captain America it was so good last year in the MEA when he played for Sitzdel that it was just you couldn't ban him out
He was an anomaly that seemed to work consistently
But he's filled in nicely alongside the other like new vanguard with Vespa coming in King Magneto really but you know
It's a flexible role. I do like the point out of like speeder. He though because he was playing a lot of storm yesterday
We saw it in the last series with VP and now V with the storm being good on convoy maps
But going into domination
This is the one area that's one has not been able to do any damage to team liquid citadel because they haven't dropped them out
Team liquid citadel are pretty much like 24 25 and 0 here and getting into the draft
It starts the same way one of the main differences first of all an ultra protect the start from liquid citadel is crazy
the game. It's not easy, but
more so that it was a switch
between Gambit and Magneto. Both
these teams going in different
directions. Team liquid system
pulling out somewhere completely
in it. Very early Ultron
protect. We've seen it protected
and banned in the later states
of draft, but this is usually
this means like you mentioned,
Magneto, Gambit, all these other
characters who've been in our
first band. It was the petty
bad on the other side. It is
going to be that petty and that
Ultron at the go to the
security Ultron that protected
the petty band out. They do not
That ultron's definitely just metering as we were talking about, very effective on a triple strat, just line up.
And Swamp Gaming has been known to struggle against it, so that's the game plan it feels like for Team Liquid still.
And of course, Vest is going to be getting his mag.
Looking mostly so far, like it's Team Liquid sitting there actually not being able to get their hands on Ultron once from the games that we saw yesterday against Rad.
So like now it's that priority to make sure that against Swamp that they're going to have it.
Loki being banned now is consistent. It's the one thing that we did see.
a lot of one sided with the Cooper on Loki, but neither team's gonna have access to it. Luna, just to make sure the Swamp gave me a bit of protection from the dive that could come in from days.
Makes sense, of course, that Luna with the snowflake for the Swamp ball for a freeze on anyone who dives, and of course that white fox team up for a little bit of a charm and a bit of a self purify to make sure they don't get dove too aggressively here.
We have not seen TLC drop domination in best of three.
It's so important, right?
Because all paths lead through that map one and dom that we would expect to give TLC
that big advantage.
Big confidence booster if you can take domination.
But of course, after watching that locking band phase, we knew there was going to be
a lot of mind games.
The instant ultra and protect into the penny band as well.
There's been a lot of murmurs about what TLC are going to play, what Swamp are going
to play.
I think that Swamp were trying to throw them off the center a little bit yesterday as well
with their locking bands, but now we're into it.
We've got our game ready. The crowd is loud here for the top two American teams. We start here in Wakanda, the infamous location live in LA.
It's Liquid Citadels. We take a look at Cooper on the gambit. So far, pretty interested in the fans, definitely is to find a bit of not what they've done in Pat.
Very different for TLC. It's what gaming. Maybe they've won that battle. They wanted this to happen so they could find some sort of counter.
of counter. Very intrigued to see how Mello does on the Bucky as well. He has a lot of
responsibility there as the Winter Soldier to get some of these hooks. Yeah, they best
best to pick up the tree and he's done just that, but it's looking close to 99 wood cutting
as going low. We're going to stay in this thing. It's going to be the side of Borky
down going out first. And with that, it's going to be the tree on the opposition. And
quickly going to spawn as most of Swamp, again, they like it muddy, but right now it's clean
gameplay from Liquid. Another big thing was the ban on to the Rocket as well. How much
does that hurt, Falky, who's having to move over to the Luna? We've seen plenty of Luna
from for key, but he really does look better when he's on that rocket raccoon. And without
it, it just means that maybe they might fall back a little bit at the highlight right away.
Nero on the Adam is something we don't get a full lot here. So love to see a little bit
of a different play with the trip strap. Tack line now going to go and play aggressive.
We get ourselves a little living tribute. All those that love the Marvel there for Nero
going to go and stay aggressive. I like the play festival getting low days that bubble
once again coming in clutch and most importantly, just getting this course point is huge for
TLC having the other because now they can get the rest as long as nearer gets up to that ultimate the comic revival and he is building
It fast mellows gone down again. So swamp gaming and have to back off once for him
It's aggression turned to 11. This is similar result. We've seen in the past
Just over with that quick range of ultron to silence any form of aggression and outside that you set it fast
Maybe he got born again ready to go. They've got the group and Cooper's all this could be tough for you for swap with 52 already
Yeah, Liquid will once once commit ults to this fight. They'll say we're happy to take that get taken down
We'll get our revivals and then suddenly we can pop ours and SG may just find themselves not even getting a touch on this
First call well listen
No, probably is the snowball himself in a hero that is lucky if they're looking to get something down
There's days on the wall as well. The glow tracks coming out to come up open if the days is gonna be the one that jumps down the tree first
Was best all near him underground. What happened there as Paulie trying to hit the clip by the ceiling
Bell on 4K to clean it up. That's what you're looking for, but once again it's
four-ball zombies out here trying to board again, win again, but looking like
they'll lose again. Look how much was committed now from Swampers. Finally you
will see the Karmic revival, but it hasn't caught everyone, Vessar and Cooper
having to come back from Swampers. So Swamp, this is their opportunity to try and
get a touch on this point, but it is great defensive work from Polly at the
moment. He is zoning Swamp away. You got a lot of just pointing to the C on the chest for Polly,
going to Cressop like he did there, but yes with that 97% I mean Swamp has to
get this thing back and rates his state effort from him.
Just so hard to take down as Energy does just that on days,
puts us within to the expanded speeder
and now with the rage, looking closer.
So close, and it's a huge chance now for Liquid
to just to fully them away with this rage of ultron.
Yes, Naze is going to have all available to him as well.
You've got to be careful if you're swapped,
that you just don't throw a player in unnecessarily.
As Energy gets to, Poly gets another, and just like that,
it's going to be the capture of the point in the first round
to TLC.
Let's listen in by Razor, powered by Razor to hear their thoughts.
Team, a few words here as they are prepped in, ready to go.
We've got Veswa with the ult here.
I mean, look at what they've done, Gaskin.
Energy is performing just how we thought we would see it.
Again, the stakes are so high, but right now,
the results are the same.
Same results.
TLC still on top.
So the first test for them has been very comfortable.
And really, Slop Gaming had one attempt at a push,
and maybe things could have gone their way.
It was the way that TLC were able to stall so successfully
there, and a lot of it goes down to what Pauli was doing
on that Magneto, boppling himself,
getting that shield up consistently,
waiting for the rest of the team to join.
And really, it's Adam Warlock, yet again,
being the prime example of, with this tripstrap,
having an Adam Warlock on your team
can be just such a huge advantage.
Absolutely here now, going in the lower ground,
trying to climb themselves in the past to success.
And yeah, looking at what Adam Warlock,
kind of why is it getting best,
does have that big group ult to get things rolling for them.
I'm curious, in the ult track,
this is kind of where it comes the data behind it.
Do you want to play aggressive,
Bell is doing just that with the quick uppercut there
to send a new G back to spot.
A lot of responsibility for days here.
I think as the Wolverine, judging
by what TLC have been able to do previously,
you could just rip one of them away, which he did.
Maybe SG finally get their first attempt to take this point.
And we know what Swamp Gaming could do
when they're in control of a point as well.
Finally, they break through TLC,
and it looks like they should get the first hands on it.
Absolutely here.
They just have so much defense and sustained effort,
with Palatina going to have that boundary and more.
How much did they need to commit though?
We saw that.
They wanted to fight their own first stone,
and Deyz is going to get the best of Pauli on it, so just like that,
Swamp David feeling comfortable again, they like it dirty,
Dragon to the Swamp and Nero brings it to Deyz back to the action.
It's an early Karmic revival, but it could be massive fall,
and Valentino's going to respond with an infestable boundary, but no.
See, the Strangling Prison comes out alongside the damage from SG,
but now Forky's gone down.
It's true, true, but Holy Ward remains,
and that's a Warbird, slicing and dicing through the Ward,
making Splinter's quick.
Now, Gorkly getting pulled on, 20% climbing, Forky still has to show to put on.
That's going to give the rest of the team, allowing them to build up as a look at TLC.
I mean, they've got some work to do on the up front.
Yeah, they sort of get me, should be proud of that.
They were able to power through, even though we saw five revives from the out of Warlock.
Now they've got control.
Now they've got ult advantage as well.
They also can be able to keep them held here,
but already Meteorite is going to be put instantly from Scatter
just to help zone a little bit.
As Mello is able to get the opening pick, TLC again on the back foot,
they're going to have to retreat a little bit here, Coach.
Absolutely, here now with 44% and climbing.
Yeah, like would Citadel is an interesting position because they have to build up right they get to pin on neutral
That's a tough task with the comp they have rolling here in swamp gaming last and is ready folks
If you don't know Wolverine capable of just getting a massive slam down take down team white potential
Looking for that opportunity days is a definition of aggressive. Yeah, this is gonna be there again
He's gonna be a problem as Valentina gets the opener on to energy and we know what an important factor energy is on this TLC side
Here he comes! Slicing Dyson, he's looking for Morris, like watching Animal Planet. Slowly as the hunter is looking for the hunted.
Today he's going to hold onto it, that boundary got pushed, or the force physics got wasted.
Thought he was going to go through that opportunity, chooses to save it. There it is.
Finally, we see the commitment, but that's the good thing from SG, they've delayed, they're at 83% already, and they still have invisible boundary as a backup.
It's a back to back invisible boundary on both sides.
And that is why Magneto is the babysitter of rivals, able to protect through the bubble is huge, but it's not gonna be enough near
or does find that neutral pick they're looking for, forcing the shoulder to open.
Forky Dog is our show today, is looking huge,
Melophobia throwing down that crack in the back, puts it into the tree in overtime, already ready.
It's touch from energy though, to make sure this one keeps going, and the big pick as well, but it's all about swap gaming right now.
Krazenbees working together as one goes down.
Massive free spray, but just like that, the Kodak ball with a Forky Dog getting that huge hit.
huge hit just like that the yellow is slimming down mortal is opening but it's on the side from
scattered to ensure that defensive hold strong decision strong moment for swamp to define a new
era they get themselves the second zone swamper on the board valentina celebrates that for good reason
what an important factor she played on that back line just saving that ultimate for the right moment
at the right time but it was actually it was the ultimate usage swamp were very careful with when
they popped them they had control they were bullying liquid back didn't over connect to the fight they waited for liquid to
Do something and then they responded one liquid had to get neutrals that they wanted anything to be even and it was on
The other side I mean it was swamp that was continuing to get these important picks that we see and we expect from TLC folks
Remember once again TLC has not given up a dumb map ever to swamp game
It we're talking a full year here have not seen it could make some history today live in LA as we look at the panther and
and warrior fall, somebody iconic moments in Marvel decided right here we're going to see more.
You feel like this would be a passing of the torch moment if Swamp Gaming were to take this
dom off of TLC and it would be a defining moment in this tournament as well of who we think might
be the favorite. We saw Navi take down their counterparts in VP and show that they are the
best in their region but who's going to do it here on the side of North America and even though
it's still first map it's still early stages we will learn a lot here in this third round.
Yeah, that Adam is moving way too fast. He's flying right there.
Love to see the overview of the position they choose to take.
Right away, it's gonna be TLC trying to get that point around first,
but you give the high ground. There's advantages to both here.
Quickly now, Swamp Gaming trying to find an early pick.
Energy is solely looking.
Trying to match Melophobia on that fucking.
Very important that TLC get this first point.
It's all what happened when SG were able to take control,
but now they start to apply a little bit of pressure here.
Rage of Ultron is gonna be there, and it will be popped as well.
It's the first door to come out and SG just have to retreat here is worth though
Incommon reliable is going to be there for TLC in the next flight as well. Yeah, look on the other side, too
I mean having Valentino Eve and porco doctor dangerously close
So one of the best full trackers and teams treat themselves as a family quickly as it's gonna be the quick hook and trying to find something from it
Get a force now the boundary on the side
It's gonna be down to you trying to get this point for you dog in yellow make that statement
No, the inflammation point is had as Nero bringing the board again
Ring it through the holes of the corner bringing back two now three, but again, it is born again losing it
Swap gaming are on a tear. It doesn't matter if you get brought back to life
It would seem forky has to pop fate of both worlds though as best work cannot connect with anything
It's Valentino. It's mellow. It is liquid citadel falling apart here
And they are going to have to just give this one up you feel they are gonna commit an invisible boundary though
They are confident they can get back off sport
They end that pass, used by Adamus, and into the wall, they're showing Crack Swamp as the modern ready to roll as folks three now down.
It's gonna be point now over to Swamp. I will say through all that chaos, great job from Liquid, and still keeping that foundation strong and having the point.
Not being said, they did commit Slionic Seduction and Invisible Boundary, and yes, they gained an extra 10 plus percent, but they have given away those ultimates now, and it's gonna be tougher to break against an SG who have been able to build up ultimates in the road.
Yeah, this is where you want to play Crass if you do Swamp. You have Crass, and you have Melophobia. All the strats ult are offline, right?
At this point, move forward. Don't let Speedery get that rage.
You have to go. Press W. Now is the time. Don't be scared.
Don't show your scared on your first land.
Bubble up. Grassman looking for more.
He's got the groove on. He tried to fight down.
He's a polly. He's the one to sit up back to find himself spot.
Both those ults were popped, and neither of them connected with anything.
Mellow's gone down as well.
So now TLC should be able to comfortably march in, steal this point away.
As SG will retreat and just reassess.
As again, we're going to go back to point A here.
Speedery's going to be the first one to get ult.
We've reset everything, but Valentino will have a visible boundary this time.
his energy is showing up now on the bucky. The switch over has been big. Energy show wise one of the
best in the business and it right now speedery holding on to that rage. I mean it is the age
of speedery here right now in the first map because we're getting a good look breaking that environment.
Love to play and the positioning for swamp. A little bit tougher here. Balancing to Eve getting
close to that Balancing. Forky dog at 74. So now it's kind of on the opposite side. Liquid Citadel
being aggressive even with that point hold. All right we're going to go for a raise and listen
in now and check out how the comms are in this game.
I'm not cheating!
Get me in, get me in!
I'm licking, licking, licking!
Fuck you!
I'm not cheating!
I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not!
I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not!
I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not!
Energy slammin' down, makin' that statement, though,
that domination is their game, folks.
Gettin' the other funky, on the other side
of this multiversal war, fighting another,
looking for more, best of all,
it goes up into the media in.
He wants the king in 2025!
To the slam down, it's fine.
It's another energy though, doing it!
It's showing that energy in L.A., it's showing why they cannot be taken down in the mode that is theirs.
Team Liquid City now continue to sit on top of North America at the moment as Swamp Gaming will fall here at Domination,
but that was to be expected, right? That's what we've seen all season long. Domination was never going to be a question.
TLC have been the Domination Kings and SG could not answer.
I mean, it's like a choose your own adventure book, but all the pages lead to the same result.
We've seen swap try this more and more it always looks like they're close. They've given a zone before I can't get that done either way
That is why TLC is so hard. You ask for a weak link. We're looking through it
Someone's gonna step up and be and have that Captain America moment right for the Avengers in that case energy, right?
Could not be stopped won't be stopped but interesting. I think statistically swap gaming had a better game
They found more chaos in their favor, but it was about the execution from TLC
the team. It's a good team
strategy. Every single team
fight was planned out. Yes, a
couple went wrong, but when they
went right, they looked so smooth
and buttery, and that's what TLC
have to offer. I agree. Highlight
speedy having 24,000 healing
17,000 damage as the Ultron in
the triple sub at that. It allows
him to play aggressive. You have
an amazing strategist like Nero,
who is great and lethal. We talk
about something like millennia
100 B's. Nero does that job very
well. Speedy being that flex DPS.
everything was perfect for TLC when they got rolling.
Sure, a few shaky moments, and that's what Swampgaming want.
They want to try and disrupt the consistency
and the chemistry here of TLC.
And even though at times it did work,
you have to look back at one of those final fights
in that midgame of round three,
where Swampgaming did commit some ultimates.
They tried to be aggressive, grew okay mount,
they tried the crack and impact as well.
Didn't connect with either, and then TLC never looked back.
You know what, they did shut down TLC's Vanguard life pretty well,
and that's what's kind of scary,
because if you look at it as one does not have a lot of games or into some struggle one final hit is
Unusual I would say for what we know from him and Holly so they got that right
But what's Gary is that means they could correct the ship at TLC one of those teams that get better and more and more
Putting that foundation of the Citadel mud is fine
They're gonna build it up both lucky players played incredible and they were huge parts of the success of both teams energy and mellow
Take your hats off without them finding those hooks finding that damage
It would have looked a very different game on either side to be honest, but what's the mentality like the swamp gaming now?
That's gonna be the question, you know, you commit so much you felt really good after thinking that second round
Yes
Now you still have to go back to familiar territory here where you are one lap down against TLC
Yeah, I could tell you by watching this team at time
They are one of those teams that play with how they feel right?
I mean when you look at especially land nerves on top of that
But this team is defined with how their success is rolling and snow pulling from it
So if you are swamp, one of the things that you have to perfect is you get better and better, more pro scene, more land focus is keeping calm, cool, collected.
That's one thing Gaskin we've seen here in LA a ton is these teams that look down, they're not out.
We've got to see that from swamp gaming as we take a look at the final stats.
And as I said, in terms of numbers, it looked really good on the side of swamp gaming.
They had the better of the KO's in their favor.
But again, it was Team Liquid sitting out, who were just consistently on point when it came to the execution of those fights.
and if Swamp Gaming are going to be able to win this series, they need to be shutting down some of the damage that they're seeing from energy.
Whether it's some flanks on their side, whether it's someone targeting them completely, you can't allow the same kind of freedom that energy just saw.
Well, on top of that too, they were winning great fights, but they could not get the point back over and over as Spider Island is making its appearance here in LA.
Listen, a lot of map choices that Fox could go to. I like this choice for Swamp Gaming.
the game. I mean, it's a
good chance to look at what
went wrong and how they're
going to rectify this with
practice. And I do think this
one had a lot cooking coming
into this event. I actually
saw a comment from mellow in the
game chat there where he said,
Oh, prep didn't go this far. We
thought we could have went
well, you've got to be prepared
for what could happen if they
going to win that one, but you've got to be prepared for what could happen if things go
wrong. And Swamp Gaming, we know they are fantastic players, right? They have the capability
to get back into this one. It's always going to hurt losing that first map. And that is
why it's so important to have that domination as one of your best game modes because all
paths lead through it. Best of three, it's nearly, it's so hard to get that momentum
not once, but twice, right? Getting perfect twice against a team like TLC. Not going to
be an easy task, but Swamp Gaming, they do not want to be known as underdogs anymore.
is their chance to prove it.
You're lying on the biggest stage.
We have ourselves a big band phase coming up.
Now, if you look at the last one,
I felt like they both had great strategies.
But what do you want to see change?
Well, I think a lot is going to change naturally.
You get the mind games.
You also get a different order in terms
of who gets their first lock here.
Remember, previously, Liquid Abrams
get their first lock.
They did lock down that Ultron.
But this time, it's going to be Swap Gaming
who get the first protect on their side.
Obviously, we have the Madnesses.
We know that and we are going to see
an instant low key protect.
I know there's a few memes that are flowing around about the instant Loki protected the moment, but clearly Swap Gaming feel like this is going to help them.
That's kind of funny too, because some of those memes originate, I believe, from the coach back in the day of Foxzee, first Loki protect.
What are we doing? But hey, this is going to secure what they feel like they need on that backline play.
One thing I saw is you looked at the strategies front. They had great final hits for Swap Gaming that damaged half of what they were able to put up there for TLC.
You're going to get that ult on save again. The old plan used to be ban out speedery. It looks like things are changing now, but that's it.
that's it. They feel so
comfortable with the ultra on
the extra healing that he
provides and also just the
presence that ultra has on the
map as well as a flyer. It
will be a one sided Loki, so I
don't hate that, especially
after we've seen the gambit
ban on the other side from TLC.
So sort of gaming just trying
to answer back and it is going
to be once more penny taken
away. It's obviously
relatively similar here,
apart from the Loki protect,
of course, with forky dog
being focused on that rocket.
Yeah, they felt like that
Adam Warlock really enabled the
team to continue that fight.
And even though there was a
kind of sometimes can force you to play funky, which Melophobia can't do.
But what does that do? When you're playing one, it takes away the other.
That's why that flex DPS role is so important to be able to fill those gaps
in the little Melophobia, shining like we know they can.
But the group man's going to be there, best unable to play the tree.
It's going to be interesting to protect now, then, just to finish things off for Swamp Gaming.
Magneto has been often focused here and maybe should be because we know
the one side of Mac doesn't go down well and Swamp will decide to pick up the Magneto.
On the other side though, we did see, oh, well, I think we might see an invisible woman band here, by the way.
Yeah, absolutely, TLC. Yes, it is going to be an invisible woman band, and that makes sense because the invisible boundary was one of the key factors for SWAP gaming.
Just in general, invisible woman was looking so good on the side of SG that TLC looking to try and target a little bit here.
Oh, absolutely. And hey, you know what, starting out, I love the offensive pick here for SWAP gaming, and having the one-sided group on this map in particular, I think you give a lot of value.
These vanguards aren't talked about enough what scatter and crass can do.
We've seen stronger play online than I've seen here in LAN when I continue to see this shine.
Because we say they took care of OUG pretty handily, but when we saw how OUG was not that shabby,
it's kind of giving more to what we think of Swamp.
It's a big brother, little brother situation right now.
They've got to prove they can fight on.
Yeah, how many times have we seen these two play-ups against each other?
They know each other inside and out, but now is the chance to switch things up.
TLC looked like they're going to go for a trip trip on their defensive side as we do get into spider islands
One of my favorite maps to play and to watch it can be very difficult sometimes to break out of this first point
We are 15 seconds away to find out what America seed is going to go up against
Navi and what will be sit back and down to the lower bracket now folks
They did flash it for a quick second that fastball special something they like to run hope not really solid in the meta at the moment
The fastball is a swap special days gonna be on that storm
we saw yesterday. Gaines open. Here we go. Yeah, this is just an attempt to try and break
through the potential trip trip that they thought they might be facing and will be facing. But
can you actually connect with the damage off the back of it and will days be able to avoid
the damage itself? Absolutely. I mean, just getting so much firepower to enable this stuff
on the squad. Belafobia able to get that quick hit on Paulie and that's going to open up
the door right away. There's a rocket bringing them right back to the action, but getting
on that corner for first and aggression. This is typically the portal back right away. But
right now, no one's falling, it's energy.
Picking up right where they left off yesterday on the back.
The one-sided rocket is gonna play a huge part
in this game as well.
Just count those PRBs that influence this fight
because you won't have it on the other side
between gaming when they're defending.
At their first attempt at breaking here,
unsuccessful, and again, it's because of that PRB.
Yeah, gonna be tough too.
Cooper already, that invisible foul,
you're coming up in any moment.
You're miles away from the strap prep there,
so if you don't get a pick,
this is gonna be a quick three minutes going out.
Scatter is gonna get festival going down.
So right now, push forward, that respawn beacon is gone,
and force that first portal.
But now it's going to be the visual boundary.
The committee towards this spawn,
we're fighting at the gates of Spider Island, Melophobia.
Trying to find some solace here and get that important.
I do like Melo onto the publisher.
It works very well into Thing, of course.
They were able to get that pick,
but Thing won't be coming back.
Instead, though, it's going to be a group from crowd.
This time, it looks by best.
We're moving over as Katagenji trying his hardest
to protect everyone, and it's working out right now.
Yeah, here comes energy.
He's floating the strange momentarily, you know, with that team wipe.
Looks like he's going to go in and stick to that meter in that he has locked and loaded.
Maybe someone else will pick it up on the team, or they'll choose to use that portal a little bit later there on the higher ground.
Either way, good job by Swamp Gaming, kind of cut things up quick.
Either way, days have that Omega Hurricane is a quick way to force out anything they have.
And right now it's only Nero, Speeder, he's still 20% behind.
It's an early call tool, but we know what best could do as well.
If you've got the strange, they obviously go onto the high ground, get behind enemy lines, and use this side on their seduction to their advantage.
Absolutely, that was going to be a big all eyes on the side, Paulie trying to get his best here as the group is going to try to make that difference here as shortly as Crasc looking.
Melphobia, all the bullets have a name, great castle looking for that hit, but the kite is too good for Chelsea.
He did force them away and it looks like Paulie might be stuck on the river, they are able to get away and a little bit of help came from elsewhere.
It's now Crasmatt bullying once more and does have the striking person to use here.
Oh, this is everything coming out. It is all the glory, Scatter.
Then it goes up, slaps down to my speedery and your ult as well.
Vice-adductor, it's a pro line.
Zeddy's gonna get more, but everybody coming back wants to get it from Nero.
Finding that board again, you just can hear him on the rock, it was huge,
but that leaves Adam ready to rise.
It's all eyes on the grass. The Strangling Prison doesn't really connect with enough,
but Scatter is able to find one of their speedery,
so it is a 65 despite the board again.
What have you got for us?
They fight for us!
You just tear off the back of it, fight the first,
and swap are gonna have to fall back.
It's not gonna be a first point just yet.
The eye opens, it closes the opportunity,
as a minute is on the clock,
and this will certainly be all that is in a swap.
Gaming used everything to try to secure that win,
but Vest sold domination last and said,
let's see what I can do.
As Valentine Eve is gonna be the most important member.
Keep it alive, stay healthy.
You've got one fight to make it.
TLC switching off the Adam Warlock after they found the success from the Karmic revival as well because they are recognizing
They have 40 seconds. They could do it here. You could hold it now
Probably before that Karmic revival even becomes part of the equation. Absolutely love this swapping here in Speeder as a cat
Now there's a Y right there for you down already taken out of the equation now
What do you do final fight 28 seconds for the channel look for more of a melodphobia getting probably out with it
This is going I love the ICR in Speeder. Just trying to get this backlight uncomfortable. No, it's a task Adam
General for Valentina Eve, it's going to be speedery in fightin' one, now two!
That's what they call the best of the flex!
They went for Valentina, collateral damage found Mello.
Ten seconds now for Swamp Gaming, someone's going to have to touch
to try and keep this portal alive as Mello desperately switches over.
Four, three seconds left, Mello probably trying to sub to the match.
It will not be quick enough! The same story remains!
It's a one-sided rivalry! It is DLC, two-ohing, Swamp.
Not quite yet, there is still going to be a chance, of course,
But they did manage to find themselves with a successful hold.
And now we'll have to see whether we can see an even better one from Swamp Gaming.
But remember what we spoke about. You don't have that rocket. You don't have the BRB.
Are you going to try and go for the Adam Warlock as well? Or will this be Team Liquid Citadel doing what they always do to Swamp Gaming
and bullying their way through against their little brothers?
Yeah, listen, up to three matches. I'm the one that skipped to the end of the book, right? Just going to read it.
I'm like, all right, hold on. There's still some good storyline to be had here.
Either way, this would be a great story, right?
to make things muddy enough to
keep this team in it in their
dream to follow. Look at the
stats here with six out to you.
I mean, just scouting engine a
lot of success, obviously, but I
think the energy needs the
credit where credit is due. Again,
the same kind of angles that were
being found from TLC energy was a
big part of that. It wasn't a
bunch of damage, but it was
successful chaos and final hits
that really influenced fight after
right time getting that karmic revival off. It was a full team karmic revival from TLC.
After Swamp Gaming committed literally every ultimate they had available.
Yeah, but it's a hero moments over and over. The first map, it was energy, then it was vast,
right? Getting those three for the Augumotor shut down any chances. From that point on,
well said by Fran. 3-2-1 opens up the gates. We'll see how TLC chooses to attack. The thing has
been such a lethal hero thus far in LLN. Well, Swamp Gaming, they have to defend,
and they have to hold. This seems like the perfect chance to go to a razor lesson and let's see what Swampe has to say.
We see one.
Over down.
One on down.
Three, two, one.
Two.
We see one.
Oh yeah, one right.
One right, one right, one right.
Yep.
One right, one right side.
Done.
Whoa!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, they're turned, they're turned, they're turned.
They're back.
They're back.
They're back.
They're back.
They're back.
1, 2, 1, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
OK, walkie walkie walkie walkie walkie.
That's a vessel!
Extend, extend, extend, extend!
Yes.
Who are you on?
Someone, someone, someone, someone, someone!
I have left someone right on the air.
What's the fire relay?
You can pull on on.
Do you suppose that now?
Hold top left again.
Oh, I can't see you there.
Oh, this car.
No.
Can we go thing thing thing thing thing thing thing thing.
Already folks now just like that going quickly here and I love the calm and cool collectiveness of Valentina
Just getting those columns out trying to spread the message of hope for this team points to the side
Say you believe Gaskin of course the huge difference here is having the penny on the side of swap
Yes, they don't have the rocket to the BRB
But this next is proving to be a problem for TLC at the moment and they will still have the out of war
Like my speedery does find one on to scatter so swap gaming now in five versus six
Make it a four versus six because Valentino's gone down and they are dropping like flies here Swamp Gaming.
It doesn't matter the power that he wields. It's every hero showing out here for speedery as the rain goes down once again.
Day is getting out, portal summoned up, desperation at play, two minutes 15 seconds.
This is the last chance really to hold for Swamp Gaming if they lose this fight. This one's done, this series is over.
Yeah, I mean listen, that's why this day is a future past 1.13 meters left.
This is the last hopper swap in the upper bracket of Ghostophobia trying to find that help
It cannot get the desperate connection on store speedery
Available keeping his team off and healthy with more Nero as it is all boundary
They have so much to play. This is going all the way towards TLC
Swap did get the first pick Koopa went down to see a TLC
They back off but now you come. Sionic seduction and the hurricane combined
Yeah, both together using everything at once as Nero gonna go and commit as well
Throw everything out there to push yourself into the upper bracket and find
against the other region best in
Na'Vi. Folks, TLC is your winner,
and that is where I come. Skip to
the back of that novel and find
the same result.
You can see into the future,
Kankozi, and for good reason,
because we have seen it time and
time again online here with TLC
versus Swamp Gaming, even though
there's always so much promise,
there's almost so much hope that
comes from this SG team.
Evidently, it always turns out
as TLC as victors here, and now
they will move on to the upper bracket finals, where we will see the best of
America's against the best of EMEA. And here's the thing, it's why best of three
is fine, but when these two teams go together it's typically on opposite
sides of that bracket, right? Going all the way up at least to the upper finals
and grand finals, so we haven't seen them in the best of three. It never would have
favored swap gaming because typically the coaching, the adjustments, is made
late and that is what has allowed them to have some competitive series, but this
did look like once again a one-seventh of a favorite. Well yesterday when we spoke
to Fox. He said if we lose, it's because we didn't play well enough. I know what my
team are capable of. I know we have the best players, but they will still have the chance
to battle through that lower bracket. It's not done yet for soft game. And what that
means for those that are in America region fans, it puts what is our best of the best
against their best of the best. EMEA again, winning last two lands. This is their big
hope to send them back down to the Lowers. TLC versus Navi. I think everyone knew this
was what was going to be the upper bracket final. There were some hopes from some of the other teams
in the regions of course, but now who is going to take that one? That's the real question,
because TLC have been touted and touted as the favorites, but also we know how strong Navi have been.
Expect the expected. I mean, sometimes at land you get the Cinderella, we still have two remaining,
but right now the upper bracket is proving the best of the best, Gaskin. The best of the best,
and I'm very impressed with what TLC were able to offer there, whether it was from the bad phase,
or whether it was all the way down to the execution of their fights.
Swap gaming, sadly, just could not keep up with the pace of Team Liquid's Citadel.
And as we look back at some of the replays,
every single time TLC had an advantage in their fight, they made it count.
Swap gaming just couldn't keep up with the damage output that we saw from TLC.
And the most moments of hope from Swap gaming, of course,
they found their success. They have a relatively good found draft,
but in the end, they came down to those individual clutch moments from TLC.
the team is going to be
the best team in the world.
They just made some gaming fall
to that lower bracket. I do
think this one game you're
going to have a fantastic
lower bracket run. I'm sure
everyone is going to be
terrified to try and face up
against this team who is going
to be hot on the heels of
anyone in that lower bracket.
As for TLC and their chances
against Nabi, I think at this
point it's going to be whoever
plays best on the day. I know
who I think is the favorite,
but I'm slightly biased with
the TLC. I have seen
throughout this tournament so
far and of course throughout
the online stages. But as we
look at the stats, you pick
the key factor for me. Energy
played a massive part. It wasn't
just the amount of chaos he was
able to find, but it was the
angles in which he was able to
take down swap gaming time and
time again. Swap gaming found
themselves losing a strategist
to the damage the energy was
putting out. And even though we
saw Cooper on that rocket didn't
necessarily play a huge factor in
terms of damage. Look at the
amount of cyst they came out in
the end and the amount of healing
you're able to find. And I think
the BRB was a big difference.
That's for sure. The swap gaming
I'm going to go back to the drawing board. I am intrigued to see what Fox is going to say because I know he's going to have a lot to say as he always does.
It is TLC who come out as victors. Now, you might have thought Gaskin's talking for a while, but I was still giving time for Kozy who's down on the stage with some of TLC.
Well, thank you Gaskin and 616 Kozy, other variant here folks. Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for TLC once again, proving they are the best in the America region with the matchup.
I'm joined by Polly and Shpeteri and hey listen it's looks more of the same against swamp gaming first any words
I want to ask do you wish them hope in their lower bracket run?
I do I do I mean the second best team in the night, so
Well, there are American brethren, so yeah, I wish the best for them awesome now obviously the story has been and I've been highlighting
It's Navi, it's TLC, back and forth.
Ping is an issue online, but here at LAN, not so much.
Any words to say right now to Navi
before we will eventually get to that match up?
What makes y'all better?
I mean, it's just a roster.
We're just all better mechanically,
and I think that's just it.
Yeah, I'd say much of the same thing.
I think our players are just generally better mechanically,
you know?
I love it. Just simple science.
We're just, we're just better. Either way, y'all are both players full on a team that has been close to greatness.
What does it mean now moving up to this upper finals to get yourself to that grand finals at Land at Rival?
For me, it already means a lot because this is already my best land placement guarantee top three.
So I'm really happy about that.
3rd season, last mid-season finals.
This man was on another team and was making it all the way there close to greatness.
How do you feel with this team making the difference for you, and what does it mean to you?
Yeah, I feel much more confident with this squad than you know last year, so hopefully
we can get it done.
Anything else you want to say to your viewers at home, fans of TLC and more, can you give
you guys the floor one last time?
I got something for Navi.
Good luck to you guys. Unfortunately, I have to bring NA the trophy.
NA the trophy, speeder!
To the players of Malibu, let's have a fun match.
Hey, I like it. We get the trophy. Let's have a fun match. Everybody's so nice around here, folks.
Give it up one more time for TLC. Get the win over Swamp. Gaming, get to break it all down at the action.
Attention to desk. What do we got?
We have some excellent points being brought up.
That is the highest position we have seen so far
for Polly and Land from Berber and Patipin,
all the way to Citadel now to liquid Citadel,
swapping regions, meaning that we are actually
going to have a match of the teams who have poached players
from each other's regions,
teams that could sit down stealing Polly from EMEA
and, of course, Narvi stealing Terra from the Americas.
But I want to talk, we'll talk about that match up soon.
That's going to be coming up later.
But I want to talk about the draft in particular.
Ryan, we saw Ultron getting protected so much earlier.
That's actually been prevalent, but it's crept all the way up.
I mean, I really like it.
I think here, these two teams are very familiar with each other.
They play each other consistently at this point,
and it was speedy.
It was the one playing the Ultron for the most part as well.
And I think, like, not only did he start to show up massively
with the storm right at the end there on attack,
which was one of the things that made Team Liquid sit still look really good
against Rad yesterday, but it's
the fact that it really opens up
the draft because it forces
one to have to ban the penny,
which means that you basically
confirmed that you're playing
triple strategist with the ultron,
right? As a protect. But then you
don't have enough bands to get rid
of some of the other strong
strategists. So, and it wasn't
even one sided. Team Liquid said
they're like, we want this. It's
not that we don't want you to have
it. We just want to make sure that
we have it because they know that
swamp isn't that comfortable
triple strategist. I mean, talking
about the triple strategist who
we have to mention there, right?
The way that they were able to
that they were able to play the Adam Warlock with the team up using the enhanced healing
from the Cosmic Cluster and also has an AoE burst once you have the fully enhanced team
up. So having that together, I feel like so many teams during this lane have been underestimating
the lethality, but also the amount of healing output that you can have sustainability to
just by using the soul bond from Adam Warlock. He is good now. He's actually met a Carova.
I miss you.
The Adam has been very impactful. It was great to see you already mentioned just how well
the game. I mean, the
game. I mean, I don't know
that sort of jazzy with that
Ultron. But Ryan, if we're
talking about synergy, TLC
just look to be perfectly in
sync and especially on
domination. Our first map of
that series. The stats are so
much in their favor. It's
ridiculous 26 and zero across
the year, and I've been crazy
one is like so okay like 26
6th of Domination full stop and that was the only one that they've dropped him in into chalice this year for one
So they're gonna be like wait guys. We've got to do better. We we've started the season in like April
We're not getting into August and we lost the first round
But also like it's only the second time that's what we're able to actually take a round off of them in domination
It's like yeah
We lost stick drift and lunax right at the start of the year
They're the only teams have done any damage to team liquid citadel over on domination
It's too good for them
But then you go to spider islands where swamp have taken a couple of maps from them
They got full held the same as last time that we saw from stage one, but we also saw a rare appearance from the Wolverine
It's creeping it every now and again, but not finding the success that may be something looking for no
I mean a lot of teams like to play the Wolverine
Some of them try to do the gamma fastball as it's called now with the Hulk no longer has the team up with the thing
Unfortunately, and I feel like that was what made it so good before and was so good for swamp in the past
to use the thing and also Hulk
to toss back and forth this
Wolverine that could just be a
menace of Canadian rage. But
unfortunately it was not enough
this go around. Maybe they'll
find some composition that works
a little bit better for it, but
a good try nonetheless. We also
saw a little bit of that rivalry
that has started forming. We
mentioned earlier that terror
called out I remix 100 thieves
with the first pick on the
low first protect on the low key
and then later on they got a
the game. We're going to see
the game. We're going to see
the game. They further for
tried it and it did not work.
But Ryan we saw it come in
here, and it was maybe a little
bit more successful. How we
feeling about Loki's starting
to creep in early into the
protects here. I mean, just for
the nature of the character for
one like the ability to copy
some of the ultimate and we're
seeing a lot more better play
from strategists, not only like
Gen G who are going to see
later on, even when there's like
gambit not available on their
bit more aggression. Even if Gamda is one-sided, Loki provides some opportunity to just counter-attack,
and it's hard to gauge with how that plays out. I think a big thing here too is the
Viper Vitality team up right. The way that you're able to use the regeneration domain and have the
damage boost from that as well makes it so that you have just another iteration of damage that
you can increase for your team. Storm, Loki, you have the Rocker Raccoon with Cosmogharn,
Amplifier. Mansons has never seen the light of day, so they got to use something. That's one of the
the team. We're going to be
the best team in the world. We
are one of the main reasons
why right? Yeah, because that
team up in itself would just be
best in slot. It would. We have
found out upper bracket finals
Navi and team liquid Citadel
are sitting up there, but we
have more elimination games
coming up as well today. There's
so much more action here at the
midseason finals. We are just
having a delight, but we do need
to head to a break to make sure
that we can get those games set
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I have no doubt so I want to make sure that VB can bounce back. I want to be a tight one
But I'll tell you what rad they looked pretty good early on in this tournament. I think they're starting to struggle
I mean, I didn't love the way they looked into OUG which was a team that got destroyed by swap
So I'm they need to start figuring out that band phase a little better
I'm really curious on exactly what the prioritization is gonna be for the band phase right?
We saw ultron work really well with speedery at their four team liquid Citadel
And we've seen a very similar copy run that by a vertus pro
So that might be the game plan for them focus on that ultra and yes penny might be banned
But you can play something else. Yeah, no for sure
I mean I feel like between these two teams obviously
Still some more like inner civil war that they know each other so well at this point and even going back to like scrims
Right. It's an interesting story between them for me
I want y'all both to pick the X factor for both teams one player one thing that they do well that you feel like could give them that
Chance for victory in radskies. I think the hope that they can get it, right? Yeah, uh, so who do we start with?
to go VP first? Sparker in that last series was like the only, I mean I'm not trying to
roast everybody else, it was like the shining star, I mean it was finding finals was making
place. I gotta say for me specifically Crazy Kitty, if Crazy Kitty is doing well, has the
black cat, can go on the dive, can go towards the backline, make sure that they are struggling
to do this. It's easy. Yeah, let's give the MVP to George, it's all to us and they even
come from a front line over there in the vanguard to feel betrayed. No, but that is a good point.
I mean, I was going to say, to pick something different,
I would say when Rad has looked comfortable,
which let's be honest, even though they're where they're at,
it hasn't been a comfortable ride at all,
or a cozy ride, you might say.
But I do feel like in playing safety here,
it does feel like the front line,
and Lugico and Duckey has felt more solid over what
was yesterday.
That's going to be the difference for me.
I need to see how they measure up to someone like Finzi,
Navex.
Those are obviously who we know they are.
They're such great players.
Yeah, Duckey's super solid.
Lugico, the one thing I will say is,
I think he's discussing, he can play some really unique heroes,
but I'm not lovin' some of the more off-bed of stuff.
I don't love the Rogue right now.
We haven't seen a ton of success with it,
so I get iffy when I see that out there.
Yeah, one thing to focus on, I think, too,
in terms of that band draft we were talking about earlier,
is Ducky's Groot.
Ducky, I think, honestly, is the best Groot in the game
right now, and the way that we've seen them really
evolve throughout the playing stage to now,
and really pop off with that hero,
depending on, you know, on combo, even on domination.
They have looked so strong.
But I do know Virtus.Pro do love prioritizing a gambit save.
And, well, gambit's pretty good at cleansing
at those strangling prisons.
I feel like, too, I mean, obviously,
best of five changes the story a lot.
I'm going to be honest.
I'm just a big pro.
I think it should always be best of five
in stakes like this, right?
Because it allows that time for the teams to shine,
the players, too, as well, and those micro adjustments.
Because we've seen often, especially in Rad's case,
that sometimes it just comes down
to the small things to pull off that win, Chip.
Yeah, one thing that cannot happen here, though,
is VP cannot allow the one-sided mag in Gambit again.
That was just kind of a shock to me, Vadiou,
and I talked about this in the grand-out.
I mean, I don't know exactly what their game plan was there.
They wanted to play the penny-ultron composition
with the Adam Warlock.
We saw they also work out well.
It's the perfect penny comp you could ever want,
but it was not the right one.
There was counters to it.
The storm, I think, is a good answer.
Yeah, domination to start things off with me.
Obviously, we said, well, I bested three.
It's so important to get the win here.
But either way, looking at how VP plays,
I mean, we're starting to see God's bleed, right?
Over and over, I think VP has this entire persona
about how this team plays.
And certainly, I mean, you look at some of the players,
they're represented as to a lot, like the goats, right?
I don't think Rad gives a damn there, Jim.
And this is a new thing for them,
being the lower side of the bracket.
They haven't really been tested with their backs
against a wall like this.
So this could be shaking their mentals.
I think a big thing too, we saw Krakowa just earlier
from the Virtus.Pro.
This is a good example of
the game. You know, this is
a really good example of this.
Rad has a lot of footage
already on from this map from
today. So they probably know,
okay, What were they playing?
What they good at? This is
what we can look at. Usually
you get the advantage when you
are in the uppers looking at
the lowest rise, but we've seen
it in this case. It's the other
side and this coach right here
always has some prep. He did
elect last time to go for a
black cat and a dare devil
band up in the upper bracket
earlier. I think we might say
I mean, it's interesting, right?
Because if you look at I feel
full strong there who can get the most value of distraction but also sometimes
it's that one-on-one quick hit making this quick 6v5 ship.
I think kitty wins on the black hat fight.
So like that might have to be a prior. I'm curious to see what VP's gonna do.
They need to change the band phase up. We talked about it, but yeah I'm looking forward to seeing it.
I mean speaking of that band phase as well looking at the series we saw ahead of time.
Thing was a save both times for the second one.
That's where they got the win against Gen G and this is kind of a similar team to Gen G right.
They like to play scrappy. They have some more flexibility some dive capabilities as well
But I feel like rat is even stronger in that category with crazy kitty. It just leads to the strengths
I mean, yeah, I mean you said it best and that's why we're seeing a lot of these one-sided things trying to happen with that because
Do you want to go that more aggressive angle or if it's a one-sided mad case?
It's kind of like controlling the chaos if you will how many times did we see just then from TLC and swap like quick
Poly bubbles you don't see those things when you're watching the chaos
but they matter massively for team watch your stress in the batship.
Yeah, I mean mid-flight and Wolverine all catching a bubble to save like I mean, that's just insane reaction time really really
You know high-level play, but I think again nevix on that thing has been a problem. Yeah
One thing we haven't talked about and this must be in the minds of urtis pro is that in the preseason
They were in this exact same position
Lost in now being the upper bracket rad took them down and made them have the lowest placement
They have ever had could have in the year again
Can I say if Rad is able to win this game now they are dangerous
This would be a massive win for them as players obviously we say they speed run the emotions
We find ourselves in the pick and ban now ready to roll the Ultron save
Audible I was hoping Virtus Pro would be the ones to do but it's rad that actually read the playbook
Well shout to Dennis as we were talking about before and there's gonna be the mag ban right afterwards typically
It's the penny instead
So maybe razz gonna be trying to pull a page out of that composition. You know one of first pros here trying to get that
One-sided mag will see in a moment if the lock comes in
But yeah, what a call there on the ultra on that cop really has been kind of a main say up today
This is not really been consistently the turning they were thinking there, right?
I saw I was like they're trying to decide what they want to do with this save
And I feel like when you look at what they have available you could go with that one-sided mag
They choose to get themselves the gambit and equip what is so known of this team and the back line
I love the. So buff road. I respect that as well. I can't tell you the red fence for sure. And yeah, I definitely agree. You know, she young was in the building. Maybe he'll see that at some point. But stop bothering the man by the way.
Give her HP back specifically. You love to see it either way. And there's the opposition of having a one sided old Tron and we have seen that that really come up to life. You have. I mean right now I'm in favor. I love what I'm seeing there from the top.
Yeah, one-sided ultron, removing the Loki across the board.
Loki's that vibrant vitality in this meta.
Just too much to handle, especially when they don't miss shots at this level of play.
It's what was banned out all the time.
Previously before the team was becoming a permanent thing, and now you just have access to it.
That's why we're seeing more first Loki saves than ever before.
Still get themselves the one-sided mag. This late is disgusting.
Yeah, that's deep. I mean, you know, it's weird because it's all about what they're expecting,
what they see in scrims against teams like this, so they have their own decision-making process.
But from a top level POV, the Mag has been a problem
across the board and keeps winning even in the one-sided
gambit versus one-sided mag matchup.
The Invis band is very interesting.
I think that's to make it so that crazy kid
can go out and play that dive as we were talking about before.
But we do see the Atom save.
And that's exactly what we had happen with TLC.
We've honestly seen the team that saves Atom last year
in Domb come up successful most of the time,
even outside of Domb.
I mean, it's such a huge thing you could add.
We need to think is it going wrong or just go right up the gate
to the good old triple three.
It could be a penny ban here too, because they saw that the Ultron was locked in.
It has to force it, right?
Yeah.
I think they're forcing it.
You have to do that.
I'm happy they made the decision.
What year is this?
I'm going to go ahead and say one word.
You go ahead.
What is going to win?
VP, Rad, first for Dump.
VP, I'm going Rad.
Going Rad.
You know what?
I'm going to believe in that Cinderella story.
I'm going to Rad as well.
Taking away Tasters for our first match of Rad and VP.
A little bit of a Cinderella yourself there, cozy.
and I already to wheel our and fairy tales here between two teams. We are eminently familiar. Yeah, it's been a bit of a horror story for
Virtus Pro when it comes to going up against this rad team in the elimination bracket. It was rad that took the reigning champions of
Virtus Pro out of preseason, but both teams are qualified. Both teams played against each other after they had got qualification for
for mid-season finals, but Nuki was out sick, wasn't really too much to say about it,
the seeding game, it felt like this is the matchup that I think Rad were wanting,
and Virtus.Pro were maybe a little bit scared to repeat.
Yeah, we already get stuck in here, and that last band of the Penny Parker coming
from Virtus.Pro, I think it's going to be incredibly important for nullifying the overall
impact of the Ultra, and that team-wide damage use we've seen has been an absolutely distressing
turn of a team that someone else has to deal with in terms of disengagement or putting for free sources and you mentioned turn like
Now it's a big change up because we've seen right sort of go for the 2 2 2 now the triple strategist with the ultra on crazy
Kitty is very good at it and verus pro
Lamented for maybe being slow to the metta going for the 2 2 2 themselves. All right, there's your man in my room here
Charged up stellar shift moving through but straight into this yancy street charge doesn't mean there's not quite as much of an
explosive de-parkation of the portal. As they were hoping for, Virts goes down already, should be able to resurrect themselves,
but seems to be opting out of it, given the casualties that Rand have already suffered.
Is there going to be much changes? Yeah, you've got Ducky going over towards the AMF, you're going to make changes now,
it's good because you're not losing much on the ult charge, but that first fight not going well,
and Virts' pro poised up on the high ground and already trying to close that distance, making it half the run to get into position.
So they should see Fi on the Scylo, because we usually can attribute this character to a Sparger,
not only on this team, but also across many methods of Marvel Raps as well.
They've had to give up a huge amount of space, but they give us a fight to move in towards the back.
They want the Ultron so badly, and so we'll just have to stuff up a little bit of poke on to the over extended atom,
who gets finished off by Saipan with the kinetic arts.
He's got the life for Kuno, so he can come back into this fight if he feels that it's going to be good for his team,
if he can actually get away from the dive that's potentially following in from far.
The Cypher is very close to having that Royal Flush.
It's available on both sides as Mash is going to likely use it first as he gets set up.
Did you more of Flash bring everybody forward?
You can see the pressure on the point.
He's already started to build on up.
The Cypher's rescued everybody here.
He needs to move towards the back to make sure that hope does not go away.
But the Glashrocks towards the back,
they should grab the opposing Gambit.
What a pick up here for Sparker.
It was... Oh, what a turning smashness!
Just gets his head blown to smithereens by the monster fierce as Sparker.
is making himself known in the server.
Getting to see how Radar gonna respond to this with the Razer listening.
They've got a chance here to switch things around but they're still fighting.
What is happening?
I am coming I am coming
I am coming
I am coming
Broke I am broken
What is happening?
I am looking at the thing
I don't have any guys
I am just throwing
I am just throwing
I think you just point some
I have only one
I am not gonna rest
I can't
So it's a fully staffed front line for Rad to try and hold this point
It's only the one that they brought back but it's forced by this approach to rethink how they want to fight this
But they were trying to disengage and smash theirs with the apex predators brought Finzi back into the fold
Finzi doesn't have the speed to escape the touches of the wolf back they tear at his flesh and tear on the park
It's a little bit feral, but that's the kind of expectation for crazy kitty this time smash
There's he was absolutely warmed up to the occasion playing on land with Rad for the first time
I've seen this organization in the fifth season finals before, but here a very different squad that is very scary against the likes of VP.
Trying to regain control as overtime is about to hit.
Alright, Sniper is a rush, everyone forward.
The Raging Royal Flash is going to take so much space away from Rad, will they be able to answer it?
Masha's still 12% away from having his own answer here, as Fyre's got a couple of pluses in this back room.
Sparko looking for an opening to try and lay down the apex.
Predator already very much for a get the flick, and Rad is taking it slow.
I managed to get this point only to Han, but Bride have got the royal push themselves ready to bell.
They're crazy, it's just got the rage of ultron taken out for Spark and finds the right target.
They're going to invest of only 5 here, I believe it's winnable in a 5 versus 6,
but he still haven't failed with Spark on the off angle.
Ducky moving forward for the charge of a Sarnik,
Bim, Fincy casting up some of the damage, no one ever think he's here to try and make it work.
Alchemist of Sarnik's seduction, Syphe's charmed in the back,
but has some cover to try and work with Vertigo, gets the angle,
And only the remainder of Verda's broken trying to keep this one contested.
The rage of Ultron rains down from above,
and even while Fincy is getting the assistance of the Cosmic Yarn amplifier,
not much more can be done.
Mesh found on their way back, but overtime begins to tick.
Fires to get themselves onto a point.
Still long enough for Nevix to open up the pentagram,
but Ferala Restridor is going to move forward on the Luna Snow.
And it's only Frey playing his alive on the objective for Riot.
Crazy Kid is going to be able to come back with Verdeco,
bringing himself into the Frey with the life cocoon,
but Luki it goes on down and numbers are back for BP and Ultimates have plenty.
Up the garden crush from Fintzy there, on to the thing of a nevix box
off the heels with the shield off the Seraphim.
Ground have been sent scurrying away, but they're gonna pull it back up their own accord as well
and Masha doesn't really want to try and convince of this one.
And this moves away from the Gambit so we've lost all of their charge to Ultimate X Royal Flush.
That was a very early part of it, like nobody else is ready,
people are still staggered to come in back from spawn so this is very scattered from round.
Yeah now it's Luki who's on the Gambit and might not be quite so adept when it comes to dancing.
the incoming Blaze Slashes of Five doing his father Proud here as Sparkle looks on nicely.
Nex's gonna approach ready almost with the Eye of Agamotto looks to the Sorcerer Sabrina in the
sky and takes down the Doppelganger and incursion is defeated and so too is Brad's spirited attempt
to hold the quiet council points versus Pro walk away with their first domination sub map.
That's only round one. This series has gone the full distance plenty of times but you have to
look at it from like two moments from mashup particular, one using the royal flush to play it down,
it felt like that's been something that has been pointing out from mashup particular, like
numbers disadvantage, still going for a big ultimate, turning some of the fights, but if it
doesn't go well, you're left with egg on your face, but then he's the one that switches over to the
strange, he puts the portal down, you got smash days, it got eliminated, you have to wait for him
to come back, and then it's broken, get into position and where the portal's going to be,
and you have a silent way down to the butterflies. Sidebay was also doing this a little bit against
now the earlier today, couple of like rogue ultimates, but he was feeling much more in control
with where these Royal Flushes are coming in from both the Gambits.
They showed you from the other side as well, when they were leaving their portal to recongest that point.
They kept it calm,
Luke Yeagot was right at the portal with the right clicks.
The Stone He-Maker Shriner really taxed that exit,
but when Second Lady moved in, we did see a carbon crush get hit by the Emma Frost.
They were placed away from their team in the block off,
and the heals from the shield that was put up by Nevix was so important.
The team-ups are plenty, as you saw the scene on the left.
Rad trying to use as many of the new tech as you possibly can,
but the main one being Gambit bringing in the like, well, the Ultron alongside the Adam and then the front lines looking a little bit stronger
Virtus Pro making sure that they use that Magneto-Gamma combination to the best ability because it is one sided with the man.
Alright, Vertigo, ready for a resurrection as well and this could be incredibly important in this fight in particular.
You want to play for that first control because they're playing through defensive manner.
Five's already taken down, no second chance available for them, no battle recoil beacon, nor add some warlock on the table.
And so Spark announced to try and find a clutch with the Apex Predator.
It might not be a full engagement that Vertigo found on the outside,
he's confused they could revive the two return in earnest.
Vertigo just leaving it as late in the day as possible.
The point is looking likely to be flipped towards Rad.
Now the eliminations are gonna all but confirm that,
but Virtus Pro still trying to fight out as much as they can.
Once it's lost, disengage, you don't want to feed up any more ultimates.
Rather than a good view to work with, notably, the camera revival for Virtus.Go in hand now.
I mean that early Gravel to 5 was so essential, right? Like, you know, a great angle check on Rage,
you don't really have a hugely mobile tool list to try and make sure that FI can't work those angles.
The Virtus.Pro sort of almost playing like an older composition, right? Outside of like the
Gambit L-send genuctions towards the end of Ignite beforehand, you've got that front line of Finns
in there, explaining that old Vanguard front line that we saw in the pretty much fit season finals
last year. Rage wanted to try and get out there, Luke is in a good position to try and pick these
picked but the Royal Flush was slightly sending in. Raging War of Flash met by CrazyKinnie,
the Rage of Ultram will be well known here at the Metsu and kicks to the skies and Nevix
with the airball midway through the flight. Unbelievable stuff, Vertigo is going to be
threatening the resurrection for Madcannon's exactly what Nevix needed so there's no second
chances for this one. Rad are going to lose control. It seemed that the fight was like
lost a good while ago but Rad did well to sort of get it up an extra like 5-10% Vertus
control in hand and now it feels that Raj is going to try and match these royal
flushes, rage vaults on so quick to build that that might be able to beat
stuff on the edge. So Nevek's doing so well with the Meteor M to just make sure
that one of those free pesky strategists are out and it wasn't a great
opportunity for a camera revival to come in either from there to go.
Vincey, standing on business. Those things down to get a little bit hairy, they can just
pop the science reduction of force at this engage from Rad. Can it be losing some HP at the back of a soul
side but already Smash there is taken down by Nevix. These iron volleys are just so precise.
And while there is the democratization of damage, courtesy of the Solvon, fighting to
make sure they get out of this one alive is trying to confuse with the clone but you know
it's an absolute scum. This engage might can't go anywhere. He's just trying to back out,
got caught on the corner. So right, I've had a good opportunity to try and actually put the
point in the end. But Burt is probably so good around playing the objective they're going to
stall for a good amount of time. And Rad, despite things now, trying to retreat themselves into
into that fight, into that frame, and the Apex Predator trying to catch out on targets,
finding Dredro, but the point is still in hands of VB.
Fall in onto Dredro, one slaps back here, Mash goes down to Sparger, but the Smashners
managed to win their duel, and then turn up on five, and make his presence known.
Rad, a backing control.
I've got to say, like looking at Fai, he was the first one to sort of go down in that engagement.
Sparger trying to go into this, Elsa head to head, not seeing the Black Widow, and I,
besides, notably for Rad, like Smash, they're feeling more comfortable on what was the queen
of the meta at the start of this year with the elsa full instinct but obviously using
the ultimate doesn't have too much offensively to go for even the likes of Simon seduction
available to Dukie might want to use it now with that royal force being used again from
side pay.
Simon seduction is going to keep them away wasting the time with that rating royal flash
could put a control there onto spark at the final to get out with their life for now Dukie
avoids being shunned grabbing their primary threat but can't quite get the spinning kick
that's needed to deliver the burst damage and so Vertigo is forced to use the karmic revival
to bring back the fallen members of RAD.
They've got plenty of ops to try and work with now.
Two strategy stalls on the backhand side.
In fact, if they would like for it,
they are going to be downed Vertigo for the majority of this.
And Shurich is going to drag everyone forward
with the fate of both worlds.
Surely MASH has to respond.
And the call and response is going to be the raging royal flush.
Crazy kitty finds one, Smashness, two on the other side.
And already Fincy has deployed the pentagram of Ferala
for some backhand.
Attempt for the backcap.
My goodness, Nevix just floats above them,
gets rid of Smashness.
Vertigo's gonna go down as well, Rad. They don't even need to deploy a portal here, as they can give it up. They've got some breathing room.
How has it turned out like this? Rad seemed to be a player down used to Royal Flush to turn the fight, but it's another amazing portal from Vertis Pro to actually flip the objective.
It means that if we get Skull to no T, it's not gonna be available next time. But Rad, they almost just flipped the point flip with VP going for that contest in itself.
But it was just a huge error, and VP have capitalized off of it.
Nevix now though has lost the anchor on his team up for Magneto and so that point won't last forever.
No, not even slightly.
Finsley staying over on his character might be able to build up an Eyebag at Mota
when things start to close out on the distance, but the rage of Ultron from Crazy Kitty
is going to be the thing that maybe starts things up for this engagement
and Lugia with the club bedtime needs to get in close. He's always close.
Obby's taken so much damage, the monster piercer just breaks through that meaty HP bar in a matter of seconds.
Right up from space on the point though, Apex Brothers is towards the back, it grabs in Nevix.
before what's going to be there.
Smashners now knows a future of RAD is in his hands,
looks to spark it towards the outside,
but doesn't want to take it under them and flanks.
Instead side bang, fire make move towards the back.
Extra movement speed is teleported away from here,
as you find the stragglers on the other side.
Smashners goes down, crazy kiddies next, and RAD,
they've been scattered to the forewinds,
they don't really have the return reinforcements that they need.
Everyone has to pile in through the portal loop,
here goes finally here, and Nash has been found on the other side,
a little bit peeled for themselves on the back of a team up,
but Faisius there on the chase, Vertigo's returning 40% away from the Karmic revival, rather all out of options,
all out of second chances, and all out of Mulligan's, despite Smasher's spirited attempt, surely Virtus.pro are just going to get in here and dominate on the points.
Only way to describe that, I think for Virtus.pro was poised, they felt that when the chaos started to rain,
the game. It's like the
game. It's like the game that
side pays ultimate so pretty
much perfect every single time
they needed to be with the
gambit to find us right kind of
fights, but even stuff like
things he calm going for the
portal contest, not letting it
go to around free. Rad. I think
you will back at that and you
go. There's a lot of errors
there that could have cost us
this one because it was close
99% 99% on both of these two
points and fire. Actually,
I mean, one of the players to
sort of highlight going over
towards the silo coming a good
like a sort of silo beforehand in the early days
when he played on like Team Katz.
Now he's the hit scan of Fi, can be the melee character
which would include, I guess, silo in that category.
The final hits for Fi was MVP at the end
of round one as well.
And for Virtus.Pro this is going to be a little bit of a buoying
of the confidence after they kind of got read really strongly
by Na'Vi in our first series of the day.
And I think one thing for like Virtus.Pro,
playing up against triple strategist,
This is a team, I guess similar, I guess like Swamp has it said about them as well, where it's just like they don't have any play triple strategist.
Virtus.Pro, when they look bad, it's like they're behind on the meta, whether it is triple bang or triple strategist, something that is a Q2-2.
They pretty much keep it very casual and very straightforward, and even with Rad trying to change things up to go for this first strategy themselves, it felt that Virtus.Pro were still in control.
Having the damage, you have the Iowa players like Smash, there's 15 final hits, but he's the only dualist. He has it all to do himself, which feels like Crazy Kiddy is a great player, a really good ultron.
You need some more defensive capability. Just to open the map up a little bit more for Smash Bros to get those hits.
Yeah, like Crazy Kitty, as you said, good ultron, but doesn't play out of the agency.
But he has on something like a Daredevil or a Black Cat or even the Cumans Horde occasionally from Crazy Kitty.
And I think being able to have this like double angle, double angle, like pincer and duelist from Virtus Pro did allow them to really force in different positions coming through from round and catchmash out a couple of times.
You'd have to imagine now with Rads when they go down a map has been the halls of galley to come out against the likes of 100 feet
Rejecting Team Liquid Citadel and notably that Team Liquid Citadel game they won
Feels that Virtus Pro are going to probably expect that that would be the map of choice here
I mean it's been like 3 picks all of which going towards Rads
But you have to think of it like the best of 5 right? We are going to potentially see other dominations come up
And furthest profit, that's the scary thing about them, it's like, if they go map down, they don't really have that home ground that they see when they're right of Jallier, they don't have something that they can consistently rely on to go to as a choice to luckily be able to win out on domination.
Yeah, the choice of stopgap against Narvi was the Rakko, which is a very rare pick and maybe was a specialized pick against Narvi to go, okay, let's go to a zone where we haven't really fought Narvi before, maybe they won't be as familiar with our strategy.
maybe aren't as familiar with our game, but now that that's out there now the data is out in the
wild you bet the rabble watching that series will baited graph to try and figure out everything
they could about that as practice. And I think with you look at the sort of stats certainly
towards like the dualists it's always going to be like your hitscan players doing like maybe 10k
damage more in this case on the side of like spark of 28k damage 19 for five but one figure
does see on this graphic is final hits it's 16 for spark and 11 for five and I think some of those
games that VP haven't looked as good. It has been like Phaed doing a lot less damage. That's natural,
that's expected, but like having four final hits. Just not enough. He's not involved in fight enough
because he's been healed for. He felt the ride couldn't quite get a hold of him on the silo.
And it is Spider Islands that we're going to. Spider Islands. We just saw this between Swamp
and TLC. And both of these spawn holds were absolutely brutal to try and contend with.
Maybe this is a world where we could see a pivot into something like a storm band in order to
to make those spawn holds all the more hearty.
I mean, I'm surprised that we haven't seen
some of the ston bands come out
with just what likes to be the release,
being able to do on it here,
but we haven't seen Virtus.Pro play
Spiderman's at all this year.
So the last time that we would have seen it
would have been the Grand Finals,
played up against the likes of Na'Vi.
Very close game, some of them,
but overall this has been a map
that has been fairly comfortable
for Virtus.Pro across their history,
but this was also the first map that they ever dropped
to Team Pex back at the invitation.
Oh, man, you are bringing up the ancient lore.
The dwarves wrote that on me for real tablets.
I mean, it's. It's the old
ease, but they're the goodies
as well. So rather is a bit
more of like a surprise, but
it has been a good map for them.
They beat Paul. So it was I
remember that game as well
because I was in stage one
groups. They were like looking
at crisis trying to watch you
find around it because he's sort
of gone to the strategies.
Fortunately, not here. Certainly
one of the highlight moments
of grand finals where he just
came in snapped on the as pro
in one map and dipped. That's
it was a full push so this is right actually being able to push towards the end of the map consistently and it does look like they're going to be attacking first.
A little bit more of a priority here going towards Ducky and Lugius here at Port for Magneto being saved first to allow for that flagging power off the back of the chaos blade that can be offered over to Magneto.
A Loki take it away. Has been creeping into the early band phase now as a Loki is of course as powerful as ever.
Yeah, I mean especially on convoy. It's almost been like a first protect
It just in those specific scenarios just to have something if it's going to be a double rocket double gambit
Even like the camera Bible having a copy of that within a visible boundary
There's just too many strategies to actually take out triple strategist on a map like this
So it's surprising that right haven't gone for the ultra and protect it's a little bit scary that they might have gone
Okay, didn't work a domination
Yeah, I don't think it's that as such
I mean it's just magnitude for both these teams trying to draw the line and eat things further on as you start pushing is
is necessary and needed, especially the ball watch for some more sustenance.
Okay, simultaneous ban going to come through here now from both of our teams.
Adam's still on the table, Henny's still on the table, of course.
I'll tell you, everyone's making sure there are no second chances.
The mortal coil has been unwound. It's now just a mortal line.
You are up or you are down.
Now, other than the Rocket Beaker, I suppose, we can talk about that.
Yeah, we've seen less of Rocket.
It hasn't been quite like the big ban of it beforehand,
But you've already taken it low key for all of the different reasons the team up with mantis and stuff even when it isn't enhanced
It's still pretty good, but the invisible boundary is going to be protected for VP to just sort of allow a little bit more of that
Hold I suppose it's just making sure that you have something as like a main strategist to pump out that healing
Even though like gambit still available available on both sides never mind right just taking it made it one sided
Yeah, it does seem like with gambit being obviously able to protect the game
This better be a very strong pocket shot from Virtus Pro to leave that gambit on the table and allow for round to
Snatch it away from him. We've equal snatched right
I'm also a little bit surprised of like it's gonna be a one-sided in business being hovered over all front not
Touched by other team penny not touched by other team. So that team up by imagine is gonna come out in full force
That's a wide damage boost a bunch of healing for everybody
Very Marvel rivals now point out. Yep
and I think you've got too young in the audience of just like, yeah, this was one of the like adjustments
I was very excited to see Ultron like I really like playing him, but I'm like, eh, like 2-2-2
I would like to be able to play Ultron, but even then it's like, yeah, this seems a little bit egregious, right?
But that's just, you know, the triple strategy side stuff. It's always a problem. It's always available
And I am curious to see where Virtus Pro, they had really sort of nailed down the triple man-gad triple strategist compositions
I think that stuff get geeked or sealed like during Ignite across its whole like inaugural year last year
Seems like maybe now it's gonna be what they roll out with but the storm is in the sky and it's in the shape of a crazy kitty
Crazy kitty is one of those like original storm human torch players like in the Frost Mountain vibe right?
Like these are people who are very vertically gifted when it comes to these mind characters
characters. I know Frostmountain South Home is like,
just get it, let me go on stage.
That's my girl, that's my character.
He's the Leo moves off.
Yeah, I've been mentioning it.
So far, like, RADs,
Gambit is available and open for RADs,
and MASH doesn't have to worry about side-page
matching him on the other side, but it is their map choice.
They don't want to get full health like Swapjusty.
Alright, fine.
You're going to be holding the line here.
With the additional power of the Chaos Blade
at their back, this is going to be a third
this pro 3-3 that has a lot of damage behind it, including the Vibranium team up for Penny
Park here that's also increased our fire rate.
You've got fire that's over on the magneto, trying to see if you can copy what energy
was able to do in their first series against RAAD, because Smash Bros. finds that first
pick onto Nevix. The rocket means that there is going to be that recall beacon allowing
those three front-liners to come back into this fight as RAAD are trying to throw Enderweight
Splinter now that there's a bit of a cool-down.
Time moving in Cycles. RAAD back to the Elder Shricks in the book to break their spawn holds.
Storm and Punisher, we saw earlier from Na'Vi, to great effect against Verda's
pro's penny ultron composition, if I get to isolate it, bounced around a couple of times
with the rescue seems to be there.
Now watch for that flaming shield from in this, if you start to get your sword projectile
sword as magged, you are going to be doing unlimited damage.
I mean it's a whole like just cartoonish battle over on the objective, but with all of these
on the ground when it comes to the penny setup, now it's the Anampli trying to push on through.
Because we got an amplifier that's going to force a disengage here, but Virtus.Pro aren't going anywhere to go for the second phase is what's interesting.
They can wait outside phase ultimate because Virtus.Pro can't really exit that invisible boundary safely.
And that means the second it goes down, MASH is going to have the opening.
Smash there is beginning to cook, down goes the unlimited ammo.
MASH waits in the back with the Ragey Royal Flush and is still hoping that Virtus.Pro will give away more ground to the terms that are being taken by RAND before they have to connect.
A strange little thought is going to be the thing that starts off this engagement with a meter and see if we can eat up much.
It's thrown out prematurely, can't find the elimination, but there's the combination he mentioned for Rad.
It's found the picks it needs, but fire's going to be brought back very soon.
Extra speed is everything. What was 3-3? Do we got a wise group picking that ultimate?
Up into the sky with a clobbering time, maybe Luke Igo can try and save this one.
And Smash has been resurrected, whether that a week or weekend.
Frank Castle has returned as Crazy Kitty lands on the floor with the Omega Hurricane.
Nowhere for Sparkar to go, and that is going to be surely a big pull in here for RAD.
There should be the claiming of the point. Let's see how they're celebrating with our Razer listening.
Yeah, we can go 2x2. Yeah, we're gonna help them.
They can go Sine, yeah. They can go Emma.
Yeah, I can go Emma, you go back.
You go Luna, you go.
Cool for Luna. Cool for Luna.
For Driger. Driger says no thanks mate.
Look, I think they're all the Mal in the middle of that.
I don't know if they went in.
Oh, we just lost it at the Mal, but...
trying to contest, not looking too as hot as they did with the softball contest.
It was a bit too much, but rather being consistently pushing past this burst,
they don't get spawn held often.
They usually finish up the map, but they've got 3.5 minutes to get to second checkpoint.
All right, Smashing as, seeing the approach of Versailles,
I'm wondering if that is going to be a clone.
Actually, Versailles is trying to get an 8 versus 6 here,
with multiple MRT maps allowing for the Siren Explosions to be projected towards Rann.
But Rann are going to have a bit of an advantage when it comes to initiative here,
on the back of playing the Cosmic Yarn Amplify,
Sieverture has already been a little bit warded away by Krazy, he's speaking, now he brews you on the chart.
Yeah, he said he gives him more initiative, he's on the due list, so that sort of helps.
They're actually going to try and combo up as the Emma wants to try to put that Murdoch in an early grave
and can't quite do that, smash those punishes on the other side.
And now there's brother force to invest even more, just to try and hold it here,
make good on the investment that's already been given over, the invisible boundary from Cypher is sure to go away soon
as then it's waits with the Mieterem,
Needs someone in the back, half force of resurrection, nice play to Vasky, excellent dodge from Vertigo,
who now can put down their Cosmic Gun apple pie without too much worry.
Fai moving towards the back, Vazalja of Alpha is in hand going all in onto the rocket,
but look at that score there from Mash to absorb a slice, extra damage coming through.
Rammagee, Rammagee, Rammagee, Retredro is turned into a twisted furry salad,
where Rocket Raccoon once stood in defense of this point for Vertis Bro,
getting low on the dregs it seems like Rad are so close to capturing this one
and no one really has the meat to keep it contested
and I mean the way they described that salad on this map so far for Virtus Pro is hairy
because it hasn't quite worked out in their favor still a good portion of time
and VP just that adjustment for Rad who is right at the perfect time the triple strategist that sort
of like bunker breaking composition straight to 2v2 crazy kitty having to let the devil out
ultimate means the practice continues momentum and there's no strategist ultimates to work with
with the BP.
All great responses coming through from the Magneto.
Protecting Smashness when he was caught unaware
by the rising offensive of so much space
that he had to be given away already by Virtus.Pro.
There comes in the ultimate for Crazy Kiddy,
but Ducky's the one that finds the first blood
in this engagement.
He's trying to dive in and has to be careful.
He doesn't accidentally slip off the side of the map.
He's put the pressure to force Virtus.Pro
pretty much all the way back to the spawn.
So it's more window and time for the subjective,
the payload to move uncontested.
Letting the Devil out, moving like a demon,
Fai, still threatening around the back,
but Masha has the self-heal of the Rage of War
of Flash, if needed.
A wall, vox out the living bullet.
Smarka begins to cook towards the back,
has access to the Apex Predator.
Yes, I'm here!
And the invisible boundary is going to be forced out in the end.
That's going to be the side pick to sustain for the remainder
of the Earth's probe here as well.
Finsis going to the meter rim on the back-hand side,
and he's going to keep Masha at bay as they have to go towards the next ultimate.
Here comes the Apex Predator,
but Gartrock's towards the back with the monster.
Pierser is perfectly placed here from the Smash,
No one's really going to be falling down to that. Still the Metsu-Ren in the back pocket.
There's a lull in the action to play for positions.
It's a right try to take fights everywhere as well, where it was on the side with the
let the devil out ultimate. Now it's on the high ground, then it was on the low.
It's just constantly bouncing around, prepared as pro, but somehow they're keeping everybody
up and topped up. And now the Fableflops pickets Rusty.
Also, Yarn Amplifier is going to be deploying that so much charge, and it almost...
Is Delay destroys Loki?!
That's why he's the goat, baby!
A triple with the Metsio M, the king of the birds,
has risen from the ocean to reign over Virtus Pro, who bow under the pressure.
Silver, legendary, with little bits of copper in that Metsio M,
just enough to actually take up those players,
and it's the third time out of four attempts for Rad to finish out on Spider Islands,
and Virtus Pro now needs to try to match it.
You've got to say, like, Rad want this opportunity, right?
It's like they came into it and speaking to them before their giant slayers
They've done this against furthest pro
They've looked very good against these top teams and they've played the most on stage so far this time
Furthest pro there's a lot of expectation world champions
But then they drop our preseason to this team no less and they're not even the second seed going into the first international event
And suddenly now in the elimination bracket something that didn't happen at all during grand finals. I'm gonna be stats. This is a
This is a pencil
Masha Bersko have not been eliminated once.
Nibra's Lugia, who's 11 and 0 as well.
This is not good for Virtus Pro, but this is a long match.
Look at the comp for Rad as well, we do see some triple strategists, a lot more of them
taken out.
In fact, that was all of the bands.
I do want to call this composition when we have Jubilee, Juba 3.
Because it's a free win when you go against it?
Uh, yeah, I mean it's just been mostly three.
There you go.
It could be a three-year low in the team.
I'm the last person to make sure I'm not being able to pronounce the H's.
That's really real.
I mean, it's just the hop over the Atlantic and enunciated,
but so far, for Rad, all of their eyes are dotted and teams have crossed.
So, so far, this defense set up with the only time they see the Jubilee
in these triple strikers compositions.
Yeah, fully charged up here as well.
It's going to make sure that he doesn't require too much in the way of, like,
personal babysitting algorithm.
They can get the passive fuels already having to use their GF bubble to try and disengage.
The layers of walls erected behind him are cutting off the healing, but the convertigo on this off angle here, constantly able to deliver that over to Ducky.
Maybe this is where Jubilee really can build up her niche on playing this off angle for healing, but isn't as stymied by brick constructions.
As far as the one in the sky is to storm this time, see if they could break it, but there's no punishment for Sparky.
He's just wanted to keep on the else and see if we can go for these ultimates in the end, but rather doing really well to actually sustain this ultimates.
Not quite there, even for the strategist, as it's all going to be gimme out with the healing.
So Virtus Pro might be able to get some big bolts first, but they're obviously going to let the Gambit.
Okay, Nevis faked down. Vince, you've been doing your best to break the rules of this 100 energy on the Sonic blast.
But without Nevis to help them reinforce the frontline, it's very perilous movement.
I mean, VP have just struggled to get these final hits and against this composition, it's going to be harder.
You just see the Vanguard's trading blows on each other, but all that's doing is getting ready,
really set up with three Stratus ultimates on the horizon.
Yarn and Popeye's going to be there first though.
Yarn to open, but will it be weaving a tail on the tapestries or will it be pushed directly into the beam?
Fai can't stick around, that's one damage restored, it's not going to be around for a ranger of this.
And Krazkid is just getting so much neutral healing.
This is what the Jubilee is bringing to the table, inside of that old 50HPS, you don't need pockets.
Rai don't need an ultimate, they're going to have all six available on this defense as they've managed to bottom modern half the time,
but the science solution is going to come out first from Finzi, Nobby's being fosthout from Maddox and then a meteor M,
just then.
All overwhelming of the Neteor M gets burst in the hand of Luki a goat rather than bursting
over three members of Burvis Pro.
Rats love plenty to work with though.
Out comes the raging royal flush.
Dare Mash go inside of this ultimate.
Three players caught in place with the strangling prism.
The damage is so high.
Spark is the first to fall and Nivix and Fire will shortly join them.
Spark gets resurrected yes but the fight's already done.
The curtains have been closed.
Is anybody from Radbin eliminated at this point?
There's no rocket on the defense, so there's no beer at back. It's not even been needed.
All five of the six ultimates available used. It's just Jubilee that has hers in hand,
Virtus Pro. Strangler Prince and Nevix needs to find something with it,
especially with the Punisher ulti on the way for five.
Jubilee, gonna be our most powerful here.
Kevin Rose knockbacks, and try and drive Virtus Pro back to the cliffs, but not five.
Gonna be CC immune, ensuring the judge, jury, and executioner.
Cross bit yard amplifier, moving forward, Nevix knows that it's now or never.
As Vertigo just keeps everyone healed up inside of his zone, look at this, they're just hiding away.
Yes, huge car control here for Vertigo and Radick enough to try and chase after the objective itself.
They found nothing, nobody has died on the side of Rad through these big ultimates and the damage boosts.
Vertigo's pro are finding zilch, Lugia finally goes down and maybe that's where the crux starts to show.
Lugia's going to be able to prep that portal to try and return though,
upcoming the walls and what's going to be behind them.
of its netics in a bubble. Unlimited ammo, so much damage can be forced away of the opposing
group and the cart continues to move. Spider Zero going towards the master weaver zone,
but now you've just got to try and get everyone off of this zone if you're Virtus Pro. Up comes the
opening and Luke Yergo barely even existed in this fight before they were evicted by the Wolverines
at a man's human claws. It was like the Sentinel spray as soon as Dr. Strait heads down the Wolverines
scoops it back up and now finally some semifinals for Virtus.Pro to work with in
visible boundary and assign it to the deduction about to be ready to go but
it's more to keep Virtus.Pro in this map with 22nds left.
If they try this off, teams will have grabbed a little bit, Sparkle moves towards the back
ready with a last standup, it's going to be necessary but can you even get onto a
point right now with your round? The last contestant trying to weigh a symbolic swing
to return to the objective and bash the ball into the net's winnable. Outcomes are
raising, they need to try and break them down right here and now, Virtus.Pro all
have a chance is four seconds remain, Smash is giving so much healing, Nevins can't find
the end, but eventually they will. An extended grassy tendril, an attentive knockback from
the Jubilee to try and force a manner of C9, but Nevic stayed strong. Inside of the bubble
they have all the tenacity that they need to remain in contention. Mash is here on the
Spider-Man, but it's all said and done for first point.
Finally, Virtus Pro continue on, but they must have been sweating,
not being able to find anything to go their way,
but as soon as the Vanguard starts to fall,
it's very little to try to trade out the battles,
even with two strategies still to its use together.
Crazy kitty though, bringing out the feline with Black Cat.
Significantly dive in and sort of disengage as much as possible,
as Vinci switching over to the Magneto.
Of course, Vinci knows with this slow Vanguard line of Kevinson, Vinci,
healing opportunities are going to be few and far between once they are committed to a fight.
It's just the trade in a blows it's not a great position for RAD to try and re-engage
the objective but you want to take these fights in fact RAD is just doing the best finty in
pressure to stall in the objective as much as possible but not Captain America this time.
Trades on either side for Virtus.Pro now using this Punisher Ultimate to find the retribution
needed to take this map.
He's trying to disengage here bring up the walls in the way too much damage has been
taken by Fyder really pressed that much further and RAD safely disengaged from the primary
threat.
Why is now the flies brought out this ultimate and rather disengage nicely now they do have the royal flush if they want to try and go in on an engage
but right now Virtus.Pro is cruising along.
MASH stands ready. A raging royal flush. Ducky we know has been adventurous with these Brutes ultimates. Ducky falling low.
Dassy go high though. Can't have it absorbed by Fincy and all of the healing towards Ducky is being absorbed as well. What is bro? What is bro ulting?
What did he see?
What did he see? What? Who spoke to him? Ducky towards the back!
Two of the players inside of this will banish you. The instant response is Ducky to try to platform away from the incoming erection of a forest
that's been laid down here by Nevic's side-patriot, or in the back they've already used everything that they have.
Vertigo on the back-hand side is used for both worlds.
It was just going for the strung with present force scheme, this will banish you off of the objective and then fighting on it,
but Virtus.pro managed to springboard that play into taking out the vanguard, everybody else is going to drop,
and suddenly there's life in this one for VP.
Yeah, they hit the DPS check as well, knowing the rating of the raid boss this time around.
Virtus.Pro now have two minutes to try and match RAD's completion.
I think they were a bit surprised with what Finsi was aiming at.
Everybody turned around and took his like,
Okay, now's my chance!
Strangler Prism go!
Immediately sort of protected from VP.
Force is out the invisible boundary, which is what they wanted,
but there wasn't a good opportunity for Lugia to have a meteor air.
More crazy kits it's going for the calling card.
And there's a window now.
No strategy stall tonight, nothing to really beat this,
but Nevix having a Strangler Prism might be the picture to stop this onslaught as defense comes in again.
Nevix caught in place there, the walls and there is the falling,
Cracer Kitty putting even more into this, doesn't mean a Virtus.Pro,
like this just disengaged despite the resurrection onto Nevix.
In the back, I heard a strangling prison somewhere,
I'm not sure if Nevix really got any of it, it would appear that the casualty feed
is not going to be implying it, instead Cracer Kitty was left isolated on their own
and is going to fall for it.
Maybe it just isolated Cracer Kitty enough that nobody else could really come in for the dive,
but then again you've got a Groot and a Magneta that are trying to match you, speaking of which,
You're seeing if the meteorite can find much on a low H3 Nevix, but there was enough there to actually keep him up and fighting.
Every time Rad tried to go in on the offensive, they're finding very little. It's like the roles are reversed from the first point.
Yeah, when Nevix needed all that healing, it was not available for all Fincy on the handle getting aggressive with the sword.
And you've only got like 45 seconds left now, but the Yann amplifier and Firewood is ultimate.
Fire needs to find something, and you know the Rad are expecting it. They have a rolling flush.
They also want to just try and get in and out, but Ducky is now going for the Strangler Prison and it's set up for the game for two.
Yeah, Krazygina gets two. I think that Fyze actually is going to give up the ultimate to go over to the 10-devil instead.
Needs to continue checking the progress of this black cap. This is a forced swap on to Fyze.
He has to go in for the dead. I've also tried to check Krazykitty out in this position.
BF is going to be broken, so it means that Virtus.pro supports anybody that can come back into the fight until they go down,
can actually regain control, but overtime has to be pushed all the way to the end for VP if they want to take a 2-0 in his PO5.
Sparkas looking towards the back, Tracer kiddies doing absolutely mental right now, but it's off the map!
Sideways are taking down as well, so the trades are good, and it's even better for Rad as they managed to find their feet.
Finsie looking for something off the back of the Meteor M, but once again can only hit the group going up against their counter par here.
Wall, the invisible boundary drawn up to reinforce them, and Smash is just too far out.
Maybe some punishment can be found as the Magnetic Greatsword is drawn from it's scabbard,
but Nevix has had to come in on the emergency venom.
Spark around the outside, you know he's been noted.
A forced movement coming through off the back of the Apex Predator.
Vertigo's finally returned from a gravity grave, but they put themselves in previously,
and they are gonna have even more when it comes to the healing.
In comes the fate of both worlds, out goes the glass trots.
I was letting my devil out, but he's nowhere to be seen and that's one to one between our EMEA titans
And better go fell off the map at the end again
So I made a two for two, but yeah shows how close these teams are
I'm sure there's a lot of people that have not maybe been watching EMEA as much victim like oh
This is just a washed VP no rather that kind of team that can actually compete against them spider islands went as expected a
Ducky MVP and I loved at the end there. You saw the glow trucks coming in from sparker
just using the Jeff team up, the duct it dived just to make sure that he couldn't get anything, he got a point
and then now Virtus.Pro have to sort of come back on what we were talking before
and map choice, we're not sure where they're going to necessarily go, we saw the Arakko, we saw some more convoy maps
but we can't see that here because the Spider Islands out here has to be convergent
Kind of a feel that the last half of that band phase from VP was funwalled
Like they let go of the gambit to get the Invisible Woman
And I didn't see any particular, like,
compositional magic,
where the invisible woman was getting a huge amount of value.
And that was right at the end as well.
It's like the last band and last protector to Gambit.
So it wasn't even early on.
Like, Magneto's clearly important for both of these sides,
and stuff like the Adam, the Loki,
making sure the combat doesn't get too out of hand.
But for Virtus.Pro, you need to now show
that you sort of own some of these maps, right?
The bigger teams, like Team Liquid Citadel,
have a lot of maps in their back pocket,
as we saw with Yggdrasil, where they just look,
like, worlds above a lot of the other teams,
You now need to find out on Convergence, which these guys are so experienced for hero shooters, playing around a payload or taking a point is key to them, but rather matching them.
Yeah, rather matching them, blow for blow, and well our analysis is going to be blown out of the water by these smart fellas on the analyst desk.
Below now the water indeed, like damn, hey listen, the good news is both teams are familiar territory, I mean VP has given up a map, Rad is certainly comfortable.
Well, if anything, they're like off-paced because typically they're coming back even later than they are now right now
The series is tied between these two EMEA
Giants and right up the bat ship. I've got to say I said it was gonna be the band guards around that would impress me
And I feel like that has been a huge difference maker 11 finals on the ducky group
I mean and some really clean play across the board. They're just leading the charge doing exactly what they need to
I love the mag play across the board like you're saying buddy. I am with you. They're out shining right now
but I think the big thing here for me too is just seeing exactly how the
smashness glow-up has been from the flame stage to now I mean on the else
of doing a great job but on the other foot sparker at the least amount of
finals we've seen in quite some time only five at two their names so a tough
spot to look at for the you know MVP we saw from the grand finals from the
hi-highs now to low lows yeah I mean I agree and also we've talked about the
X factor of crazy kitty. We've got some craziness. We've got some for sure not as much kiddiness as we want to see this
But anyway, yeah, it just feels like again. We've highlighted this before is rad
Virtus. First known as being a patient team. I think that's what's made in great
But rad has shown that throughout that and it's like they're aggressive
But also somehow it's like a toddler with a range, but somehow as you know great genus. Pasture patients
Yeah, I mean the one thing I'm kind of hung there's a couple things I want to mention
I don't know that I prioritized the Invis over the Luna right now.
I think that's a mistake for one.
And then also, in Virtus.Pro's favor,
I think it was really clutched.
And I think that's why they keep pushing this series even farther.
I think that game was dominated by Rad, truthfully.
But they just always seem to make things happen
when they're in overtime.
So it's similar to what we saw in Dom.
I think that's their main strength.
They just never give up.
But yeah.
For me, Vod, I feel like if you look at the team as a whole,
the only thing that I would like to see, maybe clean up a bit more,
is that back line.
We saw, I mean Jubilee, or as like they would say,
Juba 3, something we might start to see a little bit more.
Rav showed it against Aconix, right?
That they wanted to show it.
Maybe Test, if you will.
Yeah.
Jubilee to see how it went, and it was showing all right.
It's decent for the first point hold,
like we saw there in that triple Stragis lineup.
But aside from that, we really haven't
seen too much out of the Jubilee specifically.
Like team ups wise, what are people rocking here as well,
Shib?
Well, for Jubilee, what I will say,
one thing I just want to mention real quick,
because I do like the blind.
I think the blind is huge in the damage which it's the new cloak, right?
That's how you're running that for the most part.
But team ups across the board, do you mean for the back line or for Jubilee?
Yeah, for Jubilee.
For Jubilee, it's hood is what I typically run.
I mean, you're just going constant hit scan damage.
You can kind of play, you know, like I said, that cloak format,
but instead of having to switch to the damage front,
you can just hit scan heavy in the back line and rotate consistently
to make sure it's always up for you.
Speaking of that back line, can we just talk about MASH?
I mean, MASH is, I mean, obviously a little casual Friday there on stage.
The jersey's still making its way here.
I mean, are we joking? We are not joking on that one, but we're also not joking here for
Smash Ness versus Spark. This is the lineup. This is the average we have seen from this
map specifically as well. And seeing actually, no, this is the exact stats from this match.
Excuse me. 34 finals to 34 KOs to 17. Just the effectiveness. The damage is very similar,
but you were talking about the ship during the break. It feels like Spark is just shooting
tanks. Yeah, a lot of damage there. But I mean, it's also a testament to the tanks,
a lot of damage there, but I mean,
it's also a testament to the tanks
because I think the back line stat wise
were very similar, right?
So if you see a ton of damage and not a lot of finals,
it means the tanks are doing their job.
They're getting out after soaking all the damage
and it's not necessarily on the strats back
because the numbers don't justify that.
No, that's a great point, especially.
I mean, you see all your favorite Star Lord players
have crazy damage on this final,
and it's just farther from the front.
You know what's interesting is obviously
that is a match up between Smash and Sparky,
rookie versus vet, but that might be a land,
but Smash has said eight years he's been doing this, right?
And now, finally, has had that chance
to shine on this stage like this for rivals.
That's a big matchup.
We continue to highlight how important, obviously,
most important role, in my opinion, a lot of the times
is that flex, duelist position.
But when you have the hitscan, V hitscan, a 1A versus 1A,
a ship we've seen time and time again
that it's those measurements of this pressure
in the first early pings.
Yeah, it's all about coming up in clutch moments, too.
And a lot of the times, Parker is that guy.
Just right now, in this matchup, wasn't able to do that.
Talk about the Dom, too, with me.
Yes.
Oh, my gosh.
So this is the first time, at least, during this event,
We have seen the Dome map one by Virtus Pro.
So they finally got that off their backs.
They say, hey, we can actually win again on domination
when we used to be the most winning this team on Dome.
Now it seemed like it's little as we've seen,
what, 26 and 0 at that point.
But I think the big question mark for me
for this first pro roster right now is five.
We haven't seen as much effectiveness from them recently.
Yeah, for sure.
I mean, if you look at this,
obviously this is why best of five is gonna be even better.
Because when you get the early tie in the series,
we're gonna go back to Dome.
Obviously being a big point in factor in that.
When you look at the pick and ban, Fod, and what you expect to see here before us,
we do get the infamous location of Wakanda.
We were just joking the other day that that first point used to be so iconic,
and now it's like, alright, okay, it's just point three now, Fod.
Yeah, I mean, seeing, you know, Virtus.Pro going to a map where a lot of people are thinking
they'd have some good records against them here as well,
but we've seen them play pretty decently on all of DiGalia before.
And again, I think it benefits the compositions that they like to play with the penny ultron.
We saw that first point for a lot of teams.
And one thing I did want to bring up,
which you've seen with this map and a lot of different ones,
is like, first point now on these converges maps
is taken pretty quickly for the most part.
Yeah, and you know what I was saying,
sometimes even on even convoy, right,
it's like the first point is a battle,
second point seems to just be a breeze every time,
because the teams are coming back on defense,
burning all these cooldowns, the attacking side then
wins the trade at the end, cleans up those KO's,
gets 20% alt advantage, wins the next fight, right on to 0.3.
I mean, you can always say the same
about winning matches as well.
I mean, it's like starting to believe, right?
you get that first one under
your palate. Okay, let's just
go ahead and finish this thing
strong. And for me, I mean, V.P.
through the standard. They're
the one that everyone has
circled the pressure on them. I
can't imagine they handle it
well typically, but we'll see
now when things get closer for
that door to shut. Will they be
able to handle it, folks? We've
got the band ready to go. We
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we're going to be seeing another
0% play rate, but gambit being
that first lock once again for
the backline of VP Vaughn. Yeah,
they like to focus on that game,
you know, Museum of Contemplation, they went for the low key save, and that was kind of iffy,
but the big thing here is that they played this map as a counter pick from Gen G and still got a
two to zero victory against them, so no longer are they going to have any stipulations against
this map base. It seems to be their domain now. There's conversation for where Widow can come into
the bandface here too. What happened, Widow? What's going on today? Talking about that early on,
we were saying, hey, first day, we're like, it's here, Widow, what year is it? And then,
I mean, I think that's the
best way to do it. I mean,
I think that's the best way to
do it. That's kind of packed
away a bit. You know, it's
interesting. This would be one
of the stronger maps to be
able to take into a game. We're
going to hold the Jolly and not
Spider Island there. And when
you look at the bands in
general, I feels like the
pressure you get man smashed
wasn't able to play that's a
level of listen to limit in the
play in stage. Maybe it's just
not enough time on that
comfortable rework. Yeah could
be the case for sure. And but
now that we see the removal of
mad conversation comes back
I mean, I understand why Virtus. Pro do not want to deal with that this time. No, it's a great point
Either way, I mean you see a lot of meta meta strong stuff happen, right?
No one sided mag the gambit not squeaking through late
This is the stuff you expect and we've got to talk about it the more this kind of leans towards the end
You got to pull off all the stocks. You got to show everything not show your old has your new your fresh
You have something ready. It's important to play your best
But keep a couple cars close to your chest ship as we're wrapping up the big pan. It's pinning old truck
Yeah, I mean that's just been the new thing. It's almost like a chess piece moving forward. You've got to react
It's gonna be a removal of penny here. He has to be right back to play. Okay. Well, I guess not as we're gonna see the Adam
Removal but you know if you get ultron throw in the lock phase it seems or it has been in the past
You want to remove that penny but instead? Well, will we have a vertus pro put on the ropes or rad to go down in the series like
Day Ryan, let's get to it
up a bracket. Yeah, you can tell the Virtus.Pro after losing a lot of very important games
on this map have been maybe leaning towards it in their scrim schedules a little bit and
making sure they are an incredibly proficient team on this, but this should be an absolute
slobbernocker because Razz, they prefer to get this map quite often. Yeah, I think the
big thing to highlight is that MASH with the one-sided gambeck only got eliminated twice
in all of Spider Islands, but when we did see this head-to-head of the gambeck at side
I paid some cleaner bigger ultimate so we'll see if mash can sort of make sure that he keeps up with his counterpart on either side
Early portal perhaps
So if I was cooking
Leap into the fray
I mean we saw it yesterday against Jimmy as well
So I'm going from the same position just being able to take the high ground force sort of make the side splits if you will
If I sort of now to the dead I was making out a pincer minute here in our first hangout all of the tournament feels like
Yeah, I mean, for Finzi, it's not
means Mom is a wild and blind guy who's
picking up Magneto, not available for both sides,
but Ducky has to be the one to jump up to the point
to make sure it's contested.
It's just allowing Finzi to build up the band camera
and the skill issue if he wants.
Ducky's got a rantaloga fear as well,
so he can freely transition between high and low,
ground, the vertigo going down already.
Might have to invest their cocoon to revive
while you're off the back of being headshot by Voluna.
Scythe actually messes up their team up there,
and so it's going to have a little bit more
trouble appealing for themselves,
but Ducky's gone high, but will he be laying low
So even more anti-heal Finty needs to be rescued, all surviving by the skin of his team.
But that really grows real quickly when you're deadpool.
Especially when it was like Nevix went down, it meant really that Ducky was able to stop the surviving,
he's able to just put him top of the high ground, but he's fallen in and just don't touch high pay.
Finty still believes it to be winnable.
He's gonna send him a Van Hammer admittedly, not so much of a waste when you are on the deadpool,
but those generate rather quickly, but Virtus.Pro have like such little space control right now.
They are split 3 and 2, but they're waiting for Cyber to come back,
and this means that Masha's gonna have an opportunity to outpace that ultimate when it comes to the Ganba generation.
It is a messy fight, but Rada gonna be able to take it, show everybody some positions that they probably weren't expected to be in,
but they managed to stall almost all of the time. Ducky even looking to sort of use the Strangler Prince to find out these players from Virtus.Pro that are trying to disengage all the way to second.
They have so out of position, Virtus.Pro completely split.
Nevix is left, he's like, you know what, Drudra, your problems are your own, mate.
Wait, Drudra won.
Oh, Drudra won!
Scypher might rescue him from the back.
Can he deliver the raging royal flush in time?
No, Druid has already fallen on down,
but Nevix has used the opening to get rid of Crazy Kiddy.
Out comes the soulwink from the side of Rant,
so they can spread out the damage.
And instead of fighting,
they're just going to give up the position on the point
and wait out this ultimate.
Nina's now going to be 2-3rds,
actually ticked up in the end for Rad.
They have to try and jump onto the objective.
Masha's going to bring out the royal flush
as Scypher has used his early end.
Finns sees the first two,
at least go down off the back a bit,
and Rad holding on,
where it's about 80% made up for VP.
Two ticks to their name, Dredro.
A fate of birth, or to the next fight.
It's gonna be a duel, though, between the glass rocks.
Yeah, it's just a crazy engagement, right?
We said, okay, yeah, Dredro, we'll see you later.
Hold on.
It's almost just like...
He didn't want?
Meanwhile, whilst it's over, like, Avengers,
what was going on, there's a little side quest for Dredro
going in for those fights, but the fact that Rad
have got the triple strategy set up means
that losing out on one of them,
they're able to actually keep their heads above water.
VP just looking just chaotic right now.
His strategy? Take Nashor's head off, it would appear.
Crazy kitty, in this tiny area is gonna have an absolute layer for a rage of ultron,
but not even gonna need it.
Matt Vinci already taken on down, piece of the abyss, not getting much for Nevix,
and in comes the Glartroc Sparker.
Doesn't appear to have gotten too active in the feed of vanquishings thus far.
And so crazy kitty can just hold on to the rage of ultron for what is desperately needed for Triage.
It's just that one pick for Furthest Pro, and they're trying to get to position,
less than a minute left. They're not at least playing for a draw, but they really need to actually get this first point against a team like Brad.
Otherwise, it's going to be a nightmare scenario. So, sign a seduction. Maybe going to make it worse.
Just about trying to get out that constant feathering of a shield here from Fincie is going to make sure that no one falls victim to the feminine wiles of Emma.
Smashing is... Oh, Smashing is going to cook on the angle here.
Has the apex predator and has a big line to play with.
There he's overstepped, which is maybe one of the things that consistently goes wrong with Rad.
He's out of position and now suddenly Radder are playing down Vertigo having to come from Vival.
He's going to use it now.
The last second was waiting as long as possible to bring that one up.
Vertigo falling low spark, he's got a fantastic angle here on the black widow.
And Vertigo's ready for... What is Masterman over there, bro?
What is my campin' doing?
Vertigo brings them back.
Five begins to dance.
A dance of a butterfly is going to start extracting the blood from Rad as they just survive this off
off the back of the Rage of Ultron.
Lugirgo anchors for Karr in the corner,
keeping this one going.
Smashing his down again as Sparkers angle continues.
Just brutalize them!
The Rage of Ultron is instantly stopped.
Anger management delivered via percussive bullets.
Finzi would assign a seduction,
acting like the Pied Piper making these shots,
but Masha's still somehow involved in the fight.
I mean, the point is gone.
He's gonna go through and Virtus.Pro
just relying on a great position from Sparker.
Better go with no idea where it was when he went down.
And sometimes Rages get, they take a slope of a silly juice, you know?
But like, we're winning more, he's like, wait, what?
But so many teams as well, like in all of the chaos...
Oh boy!
...Blogger has the freedom and Ducky decides that now is the time to go in.
Rad have found the W key and they're pressing it consistently.
Oh man, Ducky just solo grabbing the Emma there,
which is forced to the balance, was like, all right, cheers, I'm out, baby.
He's still finding a little bit more, Virtus.pro,
he's the best, has to be dedicated from Nevic,
And suddenly again, we're just in an absolute brawl on the streets of Jalior, I guess it would be.
But Rad, down numbers want to try and get out.
Sparka going for the new fangored meta.
The Black Widow raining over these streets, carrying little for best.
Instead, is what Natasha Romanov demands, that will be the order of Vade Daki's down Sparka.
It's just so difficult to try and assault as Fincy holds the front line with absolute vigor.
So now I've tried to get the numbers together to actually be able to contest this.
You've got a sign of seduction on the way for Lugia and the strategists are sort of building up,
but they moved over to the 222. Crazy kiddies over on the dead of all.
Wall touching here might be a tall order. 59 centimeters in it for now.
Mashed on is going to bring everyone forward with the raging royal flush.
What value can be found for second-rate finishes?
Fincy's been counting them out as Crazy Kiddie moves towards the back.
A quick sonic pursuit wants the strategist so bad that the healing is overwhelming.
But while they look towards each other, it's the front line that of a victim.
Nemech and Fincy could not receive any healing and a fly is so far back that Smashness is able to get an easy 1v1.
That was the right adjustment at the right time for Rage.
Just moving away from the triple strategist that they were sort of playing on and staying on over on domination.
Crazy kitty now. Soda gets the body check fly a little bit who had that freedom over on Krakowa to just sort of find a backline.
But they also need to close the distance from Sparko. If he has freedom, he will absolutely dominate this lobby.
Assassin's focus good to go. Smashness had to give up the angle. Look at the hands who come in here from side by side.
Oh, no! Yeah!
Just going off to try and carbon pressure away.
Just about has the hops in the motion
to get away from the assailants.
Crazy kid, he has his target locked in at the very least.
The Smash Desk wants to go in with the Apex Predator,
forced back in the end as Barker's trying to bring up
the Black Widow Ultimate, looking for a target
to just pop the heads around the corner.
Orbolic's one aim, trying to break on through.
Mash headshot in the back.
The healing is too fast.
Back you go for solo up here.
But it's an easy cleanse for Treetrow
to get their partner out of harm's way.
Smash Desk engages.
as the healing's overwhelming, Tridro drags them all forward, but Nevix needs to get access to the face of the Abyss.
Crazy kitty from the outside shifting all through, it's a good shift in, and Finksy's been shifted to a different gear!
Surely it's gonna be a TV back here from Five, but who can stay on the point?
Five finally debarks, but he's up against the corner!
There's nowhere to go, surrounded by foes, surrounded by blue, and he's drowning in the ocean of red!
Finally, Sparkle moves on in, has to get it done themselves.
Verda goes down, Smashness is looking for an over-extending gambit,
but Fyre has somehow managed to cast a spell.
His wizardry has excruciated Red's defense,
and it can't be miraculously summoned for Verdas Pro.
All part of the plan for all of these teams.
Fyre just had to dip out, and then suddenly he's back in with a portal,
which was at the right time, but maybe the wrong place.
Back over towards the daredevil, away from that silo,
so trying to match up for Crazy Kitty.
Now, going on to the second point, you have all of these hallways to keep an eye on,
and we all know that Daredevil loves a one-shot scene in a hallway,
probably wasn't expecting him to find himself on the other side.
Mash though, having the Royal Flush before side pay,
there is a chance and an opportunity for him to go aggro on the defense again.
Aggro inflicted here, they know where the Daredevil is,
and Mash opted in for the 1v1 there, seems to have won it against Pie.
Spark pulling it down as well means that this offense is now toothless.
I mean, Masha's been happy to take these fights, a lot of 1v1s.
The strategists, they have hands when they need to.
And now, Smash, there's a Kani.
He's the one that's got these positions full instinct,
but wants to make sure that he's got these angles locked in.
Otherwise, Spark is going to start to pull apart these deep ends from Rad
and have players on the backline isolated.
Masha needs to keep himself alive and fighting,
certainly when there's a one-sided Royal Fush on the other side
that almost up for furthest pro with 20 seconds left.
Lugia get up with an ult to play with and Nevix can't bring up walls in its way as the group has been dropped away on the other side.
Ducky feeling the same thing here as Nevix moves on forward.
Up come the walls to try and get over some of that covering.
Vibord, Ducky gets isolated, the mash was taken down in the back.
He's not going to be able to get over this one very quickly and Lugia get up.
Sentience is crushed on the Finnsies' brain power.
It's a right target, good ultimates to combine.
It just means that Black Widow can get more out of the Sionic Seduction
and now Fyze in position to make it a little bit more hurting on the end now that overtime's here.
Grabbing and saving their ultimates.
It all comes down to this.
Blue Gecko forcibly engaged, looking for sentient seas,
but knows that Nevis can get out with their embattled lead
and so saves it for a less rainy day.
First one coming through, building up that energy.
Out comes the raging royal flush.
There's no cleanse for those who are caught within the strangling prison.
Smashers has gone down, the fight traded out on the other side,
and Vertigo's got healing aplenty for Rad,
as Crazy Kid has got pain aplenty for the backline of Verna's proam.
Moving towards the back, but Devil's been let out, so two of all the heals as they've just stayed in ability for Virtus Pro.
They've ran out of time, and they've ran out of chances. Rad will hold at the end of Hall of Charia.
111 meters right there at the end, but Virtus Pro, we could have very easily been a full hold if they weren't careful.
Scrappy this one. We saw a little bit more for Spider Islands, the ideas, adjustments going from one composition to the other,
but here it's just two teams that probably dislike each other very much in the server at the very least.
Just taking chunks out of each other.
Getting Verdes. Verdes, I'm getting Deja vu right now though for Rand.
They did have issues here in particular against a Delayna Black Widow on 3rd point of fall of Jalia.
And that large room is such a good angle.
That's why MASH has a lot more eliminations against him.
Saipay are only going down twice.
And this is kind of like those games, 11 final hits for Sparker.
5, low on damage. Like we said, you sort of fill a net roll to just sort of close in,
Go on the dives, get final hits, but he's only been able to get free in comparison to Crazy Kitty that was mostly playing triple strikers.
Moved over towards the 2-2-2.
Same amount of damage, just a couple more picks in the end.
I think you have to really look at the vanguard as well.
Certainly when you have these high lines playing, it's not like dive, high mobility characters in place, it's just the likes of Brute and Emma.
No Magneto available for either side, so pretty much is going to be like this head to head.
Pretty much matching up well.
But you'd have to imagine, I'd love to see Crazy Kitty bring up the Spider-Man, I saw
a little bit from Jeriki, I was a little bit like, are we going to see the defense pull
on the defense?
But probably not.
This might be a scound for the Pennycombe, because they never thought of spreading off
the flavor of Pennycombe, and the remainder of the team might well want to swap here.
Yeah, let's see Crazy Kitty, he's going to take a look, like people instantly turn around,
he's going to fall down, he's going to steal like 10 seconds away, nice little hit there
from sci-fi i think the spark also contributes about that based on his own charge and that's
brand new day everybody that's that's it three minutes long yeah spark a nice to see him on
the black widow when somebody over like e me a sort of main headscar and jewelists haven't shown as
well in somebody's cases smash there's obviously prefers to be on the lc he's going to be on it
in this case but spark have wants to keep that distance away from ride somebody has to close
it down and that's somebody is crazy getting on gd first kid is going to be able to come in through
the window. Yeah, all Dredger's actually fallen down onto the low ground as well, which could
be critical. He's gonna give a little bit less in terms of options for an escape.
Rand have already posted up on the point. Dredger's fallen down. Crazy Giddy found them
on that low ground where they could not be peeled for, but they are gonna be punished
with such an audacious manoeuvre. Now all the healing has to come from Saipa. Everyone has
to share out the cards of Gambit and share out the power. It's gonna be rewarded with a very
quick return to the ultimate, though, as Dredger prepares a portal for him to engage.
These have been so good in the end for Virtus.Pro, but it has to be great as it's 3-0 now.
It's trying to stop in and gets frozen. You see the team up as well that's coming in from the gamut to just create some space.
It's not enough. It's another fast take for Ragnarok with 5 minutes to push onto second.
Well, Sniper goes to save KD at least.
You see Winterdrift with the Bournemouth, I was like, I'm out of here, bro. See you later, homies.
There's an uh-oh moment, but there's been a few of those.
Shaky perverters pro this year, world champions not quite looking like in that form, but Rad, a dark horse for this event, Falk said, might be potentially playing him later if they went up against Gen G, Ducky found something nice to pick up Finzi, which staggers the defense more.
which are stuck in the crucible down there didn't have the carbon crust to go.
Oh, they're going to try and make a lot of ruff-ruff-vincing.
A five versus six, Mashes happy to want some, Bucky full so low,
but shuts it down with the strangling prison.
Farewell to five, Farewell to Nevix, deforestation going in favor.
The rat.
And it was just because both of those ultimates were available,
they matched up nicely, right over dedicating a little bit more,
but you'll do that when you've got everybody on the objective
and you've lost both of those for a bath.
They've got how many strategies to ultimates now,
Hoping for a big pick for Nevix with the Orcs.
Alright, riding the radical highway towards the end of second, no one can break the walls!
They're trying to break the walls down and Nevix can barely even escape here.
Trying to cook up a re-engagement, up come even more walls, floating towards them in a bubble.
So many CCs have gotten Nevix's way, the most controlled man in history.
Lugia's going to surely go down for the overextension, but they got the point.
This is looking a little bit nervous though for Virtus.pro.
Five minutes to hold on second.
We've seen some crazy holds in the end, but maybe not to this level.
Virtus.pro has been completely caught out,
and you have to say with Ducky playing well,
the group walls are superb, isolated targets,
and no Magneto, and I've decided that there's no ball walks
to make sure that people can get out of these situations
to get punished for them instead.
All right, going in on to recruit, not the ideal target here,
for a dead devil.
Five doesn't point their way to going,
so they're going to go up against their counterpart,
Riker is getting his sense of trying to flee away inside of the strangling prison.
Everyone shares out the healing. It's a perfect ultimate here from Vertigo.
Just making sure the dance force sustains the remainder of the team.
Pop shots now. Smash this. Just trying to make sure that this objective is moving.
If anybody oversteps for Vertis Pro and Apex Predator, it's gonna catch.
Riker takes the angle.
As the bull is the one, Grip gets crazy, getting midway through.
Extra damage and it's all that you need.
When you want a hero for Virtus Pro, I will show you Sparker!
How does he find these sort of moments?
He can't even line up the targets because he's turning around to deal with them.
The sense of space that he has knowing where everybody is.
It helps when you have fire making the calls on where exactly these targets are.
But it's just setting him up to knock him down.
Virtus Pro holding on when Brad certainly looked like they were going to maybe strike the death...
...strike.
My goodness, perfect information for both Black Widows.
The question is, who will have the perfect aim to back it up?
Smashna is going to be behind when it comes to old generation here, but slowing down,
Sparka is going to send them scurrying into cover, needs the pocket to be delivered.
A big battle, please! There was the back, then he says I'm going up the number one.
What a cleanse coming through. Quick-witted side pay, behind them there.
Using the Royal Flush to bring the remainder of Virtus Pro forward.
CrazyKitty postulates him in the back, but knows that they can't escape this one.
It was Ducky going for the plate of Team Liquid said to Dells,
used to gains them yesterday knowing that the sort of these positions at the
hit scams want to set up on right at the far back where spark is basically going
now put the group there strong prison capture me position but you've got too
many cleanses both with the Luna and the gambit on the other side it meant that
it was very little if you could get off the back of it and that was never
just turn mash needs to be quick on the trigger here when it comes to that air
we cleanse can remove everyone from the prison freedom from these bars the
Chaos now for Rads, they're trying to play front to back, seeing if they can let Crazy get his lip in.
But now Nevic's trying to go in for these walls to separate the sight lines.
He's actually going to go very low down and can't really get into the jump because of the stuff thrown out from the gambits.
That's got a good position though, the crunch needs to be here and now.
Nevic's looking for an opening behind that all-you-seize of hang guards.
That's a lot of piercing power from the bullets.
Lugia goes low, needs someone else to break the wall.
And a smart disengage here from Rads just gets far off the angle and it's going to take out this ultimate from Sparky.
It's doing so much damage now, Masha's trying to go in and put this one to bed, potentially with a rolling thunder, but the wall means that we're not going to take this fight, but as pro-train, just gauge as much as they can.
Alright, Smashers, try to take the off angle as well, Assassin's Focus, in the back corner if they are going to need it, out-cram the bullets, and now goes the fin-c!
Ducky's gonna be the one to finish that smash, there's a collat on both the tourists!
It's unbelievable stuff!
And Nemex's plan of a try to lay down is just going to wilt under the Wheel of Rare, taking the lead in the series!
Over in a whisper for Rad, right there at the end, Smash Desk.
We sort of pointed out in some of those games against Delaney from 100 Feeds,
the Black Widow Head to Head wasn't matching.
There, Spark was looking like he was getting into form, but Smash Desk just puts it to bed quietly.
A pure assassin style, he's going to get the MVP for this one as well.
And suddenly, Virtus.Pro world champions looking to be eliminated from mid-season finals
in this Losers' Bracket if they lose one more map.
Brad.
From Marvel rival, Shanti Chips, from MRC to the big stage, to Los Angeles California.
They can tread the Royal Road here, but they need to get past the Old King to get this.
standing in the way at the bottom of the steps.
Rad have a chance to ascend.
And this was so much left up,
we saw the pointed out the side pit there,
looking like the head to head,
just where the gamut was gonna look good.
It did look good for the most part.
But Rad on this map,
it was for his map choice.
And it looked like Rad's, right?
With just how quickly they sort of
take the attacking rounds,
how the first defense was almost a full hold.
And yeah, sure, it was good towards the end
for the defense, the third is probably,
he had to hold for five and a half minutes.
You can't let that happen at an international event.
I can't be pushed that hard on your map choice.
It's these kind of moments that make me really nervous
for Virtus.Pro, but they're world champions.
These are some of the most experienced 10 players.
They don't feel pressure.
It's for tires.
It's not for them.
They're against the name of Rad.
They took the first series against Virtus.Pro in their history.
They eliminated Virtus.Pro to the first time in their history
from three seasons.
Might be eliminating them for the first time
from an international event.
It's always Rad.
It's always them.
Well, pressure might be for Tyres, Ryan.
But right now, Radar's saying, we've got Tyres on hand.
I'll let you step aside and let some new young talent take over.
You can rest now, you've done your job.
Both are apex predators, right?
We've got the bears of Verdespro, but wolves of Radar looking a little bit more hungry,
a little bit more strong, and a little bit more comfortable as we potentially go into,
what could be a big map for VP.
Yeah, Smashnares, I want to call them out as well for having a fantastic Black Widow here too, like the biggest problem it felt like on day one going up against 100 thieves is that Delaney was outperforming Smashnares on this map in particular on the Black Widow.
But Smashnares, I don't know how they've turned it around so quickly, but they bloody well have.
I think it's also like the right change is there, I really like the Black Widow coming out from Spark, it looks fantastic but it's the common complaint.
playing. It's good changes for Virtus Pro, just slow, just late, whereas Rad and like Smash
Nets, okay, immediately sort of goes onto Black Widow and finds that. It's just enough.
It's just enough of a change, but I feel like even though Rad and VP are making sort of similar
changes with compositions, right going for 222, it's Rad that's making them a lot faster,
a lot snappier, and Virtus Pro are just lagging behind a little bit with some of the composition
changes. You're not really going to change much with the frontline, but Lugi going towards
That's the thing, to just add a little bit more oomph and like pushing power, makes the
difference where Virtus.Pro aren't changing too much with a composition outside of, you
know, the likes of Sparkard going over towards Black Widow and Phy, Sylocke to Daredevil,
just those small incremental changes.
You're not changing the backflip now with the Gambit Lunar, so it has to come from somewhere
else.
Yeah, but the changeable thing allowed for Ranta reorient their whole composition as
well because remember, Lugia could be this consistent peeling pressure against Phy, meaning
that they could never really execute on that pin
so that was being set up by the daredevil
in the background again and again.
I am very curious on where Virtus.Pro want to take us again now.
The map pull-eyes open up because it is a Vest of Five,
so it means the domination is available,
and I'm seeing the hover over Celestial Huss,
but this is also the map that we saw right,
eliminate Virtus.Pro right at the end.
It was chaotic.
It was Virtus.Pro looking unlike themselves.
So if that is the choice, it's a brave one to go to domination
because it can be very just point-footy, right?
But it does feel like going for these other game modes.
Game modes that better for the best team in the world
because just playing around payloads,
playing around objectives instead of a king and a hill style,
suit with them.
But that's what they're choosing now,
to go for these control maps.
I mean, if we think about how so many of the Rammems
are previously on that team chopped,
they miss out on...
Grand Finals, yeah.
By a celestial husk.
They got their revenge,
but this is a whole different space.
And you have to say with like the coach coming in for Rad,
like how much of a difference that's made to just keep them focused,
but even like speaking to like Marsh and Speducky on the way here,
you may be thinking that there's going to be a little bit of a nerds in,
but they're like, we're sort of ready for this.
We know these guys and we used to playing on stage.
They've been on the stage more than anybody else
because they went through play-ins and a lot of these series,
including this one, probably will go the distance
unless they're able to get a win here on Celestial Husk.
Most games played, Rad are getting those Landjetters out of the way real quick by force of experience.
The Virtus.Pro there, we characterise them as the Bear, not just because of their logo, but because these guys are kind of...
I'm going to name it a little bit. They're taking their time to spool up.
And I mean, especially after like grand finals, like it's what, the whole total price pool of last year,
someone's this year, $5 million total, right? Like, they've got the bear share of it.
And so they took a little bit of time and didn't play any MRC that was happening around the holidays,
took it as a chance to really get some rest and respite.
You could say they're doing a little bit late to the meta,
but it didn't look too bad when it came to pre-season.
But it's every time that we see them playing this kind of, like, ignite draft where it's not mirrored,
some teams, certainly when they're called RAD, find gaps.
And here, with all of the changes with team-ups, it looks a little bit more open.
You can't even... I don't know if it's too much with drafts specifically.
I feel like it's just individual moments in the server.
But more RADs rise into the occasion, and Birderspro falling off completely.
Well, they're not dead yet.
We'll see if they fall off entirely, as they have one last chance to take themselves.
To map number five, we are in for lower bracket, ladies and gentlemen.
The reigning world champions stand on the precipice of doom,
and they must shuffle through the desolated wasteland that Rad have erected before them.
So far, the draft is looking very similar to what we just saw on Jalya.
the game. The first phase is
exactly the same. This is
where these opportunities of
the map being on domination.
Just how this series is going.
The magnitude needs to go, but
I think that benefit Radmonet
certainly did VP. Yeah, right.
I think that's a good point.
I think that's a good point.
I think that's a good point.
I think that's a good point.
I think that's a good point.
I think that's a good point.
Being able to move away from the max so you can let Ducky have that group's matchup that Ducky
Honestly is always happy to take that Ducky's been one of our most
ardent Groot enjoyers in EMEA for the last two years essentially
He's like the the EMEA cool of Vinny, you know Vinny loves his Groot and and Ducky loves his Groot
Ultron has been protected
And it was the penny that was banned out before so Ultron is actually be protected
So Virtus Pro, are they going to start to show a little bit more of the triple strategies themselves, Adam?
So this is an interesting start. Virtus Pro in Ignite have never lost a map of like in this case
where the draft has been exactly the same. When it was like an MRC, where they were so dominant,
there has to be a slight difference. In moments like this, Virtus Pro need to show that when the draft is the exact same,
when it's pound for pound who are the better players, it's them because it's exactly the same.
No availability for the likes of the main strategists,
Amantis, Loki, and Adam, and then the Magneto too.
Well, that's the question, Ryan.
Is it the good old days of the coming back,
or is it a bold new era where Rad will feast upon the bear's flesh?
I'm nervous. I have to send one of these guys home.
I mean, Rad have certainly had their mums where they might have thought
that it could have been them if they didn't sort of get their act together against Rejects.
They were nervous in that game, but feel like they've really come into it, but there's only going to be one team that is scared now.
There is the World Champions on the right-hand side for VP.
It's not only that, if this series goes a distance, whoever wins has to play later today.
They can dive a swan, but Gen.G, so it is a absolute gauntlet.
Right now it seems that it's like similar compositions coming through.
And whether there's been this focus on the Penny Parker, which is available, any ultra composition, it's been the talk of the town.
might be neither team actually running it off the get-go.
Let us throw a fan that a lot of teams have figured it out already,
going in with the Storm and the Punisher. Rather not hedging on the penny coming out again though,
they are rolling out on essentially a mirror composition.
Yeah, it's just a group versus them and it's the slight difference in the end,
but Navik talks to going on the thing and he's got more than he bargains for,
takes a lot of damage in this early scuffle.
Already a soul siphon going over on to Ducky,
but it's not really going to be characterized with a lot of damage here from Fincy.
He's already fallen down to the low ground, big claim of the high gear from Rand.
Have to be careful to move down onto that low ground together.
Virtus.Pro are actually in quite a split right now where their vanguards
maybe are going to be isolated from the remainder of the team
who are still going to have to come through all these walls with Ducky of War.
He just seems to have so many.
He's just pulling up a forest on Clintart,
seeing if he can bring new life in,
but it's fire that burns that thirst to go to Livia.
Rare to try and go after a thing on the daredevil,
but sometimes you just need that lick more down
that your Matthew Murdoch is there to provide.
Duffy has to give away the space here, doesn't have the healing especially,
but Virts go down, Masha not with too far out as well as Smashners has taken to the skies
by the Yancy Street Charge.
All they can do is watch as they fall one by one.
Holding on, finding our first fight, so there's a little bit of breathing room in the end.
Not much to change, I mean you have developed any ultimates.
Actually Duffy is going to go off of the group to see if he can actually make this a format trip,
as the Emma Frost is coming out to play for Duffy.
Alright, the other Frost, very good against the thing, can put all that consistent damage
towards him, as well as only provide one target, plus their name maker to generate that over-help
from.
Masha's got his ultimate first though, but Cypher's not quite there, so there's the
pushing powers, but it's probably disengaged completely.
Pop Skip and the jump and Cypher is ready to counter-strike, bend but don't break, they
thaw, but it looks like all of the vanguards will break under the pressure that Rann have
bought on 4th, 5th and extra 4th, and Spark is there as well, the damages are gone, only
The Q's remain here and the strategists there, strategy must be to flee.
Even though Virtus.Pro were happy to expect Rad to get the royal flush first,
they just engaged what it's a counterattab, but at that point Nevix and Finty found more than it bargained for,
and suddenly you're in a 4 vs 6 to one of the most impactful ultimates of team fights.
It's flipped over for 42% of VP means that they have something to work with.
Smash n' Edge lies in wait, an Apex Predator to try and play with here for a second,
that that road gets extended once again, but every single approach here from Berlusbro is covered.
Right on the high ground, the Sionic Seduction is going to come out from DP,
first in, he was the one that started over on it, and the thing tries to get away able to,
using up as much terrain and shielding to make sure that nothing else can happen over there,
but Nevix, with the clobbering time founds the pick and forces up the fate of both worlds.
Mr. Moore's the back, who's quick on the field, but you're already fucked out the fate of both
worlds. The clobbering time stands to here, and the glass rocks straight through from the clutches
of Triedro, but Sparkrass plans of his own, since he goes down, the Glatrox is slain and
so Smashness is able to once again take over the lobby. Monster, Piercer, and dual-barrelled
shotguns pierce into the hearts of Virtus Bro, and once again they are sent scurrying back
to their hidey holes.
And that was four ultimates used from VP and they can't even flip the objective, right
actually being the patient wants to sit back and just let these ultimates come in and clobbering
time, Apex ready to the difference. Tha is still trying to build up that daredevil ultimate,
crazy kid he sat on and mash has another royal flush to work with he's building them up so quick
he's doing so much healing and now grand can really control the tempo of these matchups
i mean it's the gambit from mash a lot of teams say you shouldn't be able to have it but he's
been having it consistently across the series other than the only map the vertus pro taken so far
so it's a little bit scary cypher's actually gonna go first building up the ultimate and he's
Matching it on the other side of the map.
Triton want to flush the play with.
Finders, there's no consistent nut back coming through from again.
But he's already been used and can let the devil out.
But Crazy Kiddy's been the one who gets the nut.
20 on the initiative and never took too much damage.
A little bit too far out.
Put on ice by Triton as Vi begins to assault the backline.
Frozen in place as well.
Now facing up against the M. Of course they want the Lunar so bad!
And so they shall find it pure!
Domination of Will from Virtus Pro will get them back onto his map.
Yeah, Virtus.pro moved first, Rad tried to counter and fight that one themselves, but they got it to 99% if they had anymore Ultimates, I think they'd be holding onto them.
Just to thank you all a lot, because a little bit more has to come out of Virtus.pro in this play, so I think they're not going to have that Ultima, and I think this is a perfect opportunity for Spark to show up, trying to sort of get these fish to barrel to line up, but instantly rather in.
Rad moved quickly, scaring away these players, but it seems like thus far it's been a bloodless approach, but thus far I've had to get with their positioning to make it happen.
It's respected though, that's the main one, and Crazy Kid is being spotted on the flank.
Spark is trying to keep an eye on it, but he's left the rest of his team trying to
fight on top of his high ground and being forced below.
Attracts a play with Nevix now, gonna be playing the frontline.
Fies falling down to their counterparts, all the flank pressure is going to come through from
Rav, but Garchok's moves through, but it's easily slain once again by Smashing,
as Keating that one to stay him towards the back.
Grabs one, instantly treacherous, so quick with it, this guy's hand
I'm moving at the speed of light!
Inverters Pro are 6% away from claiming the point, Crazy Kitty's already casting.
The glass pad is looking clean for Dreedrow as he's showing that he can fight back in his engagement.
Portal forced out from Crazy Kitty and the rest of the rabble for Radd is trying to fight on, but they're dropping one at a time.
Getting out of this portal is a no-no zone. Gambits made it so and the thing has been the reinforcement on the other side.
Nevic stands tall and proud to body block and Inverters Pro are back in the race.
Herad's pulling off the objective and getting it to 99% but just it shows how important it is to win that first fight in the end.
And now that you've got some ultimate sort of banked up in these cases, if Saipa with a rough like Royal Flush to start off, bounces back nicely,
and in fact the back line hasn't been eliminated once, right? Like, Dredger and Saipa, like, it's kind of ridiculous actually considering how like end to end, back to back, that kind of stuff was.
You're looking a crazy kitty. He's sort of being the better like melee assassin play style
He's only managed to get one final hit and fight similar damage
Just keep your things in check and open in the game for sparking. No chill on tree draw though six final
Hey, it's the most on the team
He needs to fight back a little bit and I think it's certainly when you know like one of the reasons
I think the fight has been struggling this series is because you've got first go and mash fighting against that
that. So stacking up as much
as possible. But Dredger and
side pay at the most if not the
best backline, but I don't think
you can say that anymore. They
get eliminated from this time at
the stage rather certainly
putting them to their poachers.
And first probably need to bring
out that world class performance
from everybody. They want to
keep this one going. Six
Alts on the table. Play the
first loss. Ready to go. If
someone passes the emergency
and now it's Psycade who goes first again.
Reggie Warrowflash moves first, Vertigo and Ducky Bergeron to attempt to answer this one
as Plyo decides that discretion is the best of plans to Valor in this case.
Looked at what Smashness has moved over onto a Black Widow to put them at long-range pressure
on the longer map, Pincey's found themselves on opening, but Masha said that the opening
actually belongs to us, cool and ambulance, but not for me, as Shredra just heals their
drawn-up off the back of the fate of both worlds, and Virtus Pro should be able to claim
the first cap here, par the intercession of Lugia, but maybe a bit of more than he could
crazy kid who's next to move on, but VirtusPro get the first gap.
Yeah, we're certainly moving on to these like second two points to map up
to pull up more than the bottleneck that we saw previously.
So VirtusPro using this high ground and Spark is just everywhere right now
right after completely disengaged.
Ultimates basically traded out the two Stratodists and the Emma Cross on either side.
Luki maybe could have turned things around because he did get that quivering time early on,
but he was immediately eliminated. Smash there's now on the Black Widow,
Team defeat can find a difference against Spark now.
Smashness has the assassin's focus and on these narrow lanes those piercing bullets can do so much damage.
A little clap to try and work if Lugia can stun them up the flopper in times ready to go.
Five found in the air, Lugia knocks them up, only Nevix is going to be the primary stun,
but it's still easy headshots for Nevix to evict Ben Grimm from the defense of this point.
Might be enough to turn it, but it is looking to be 41% this time,
so Goddess Pro winning that first engagement on the second round of Celestial Husk again.
Even if I'd get it to 99%, you know that Virtus.Pro can actually still turn this one into their favour to make it a 2-0.
It will literally just happen.
But you'll at least have some dualist ultimates to work with, and a bit of time to actually build up MASH another faster quick royal flush.
Crazy kid, he's playing close here.
Making sure that there are no flanking angles that Smashners will be unaware of.
Perfect information is the perfect space for a sniper to work with.
And here comes the assassins, focused, piercing through many.
Three bullets remain, but look how impressive Nevix is getting!
It just absolutely incinerates Smashners and Lugia goes for the next one to fall down. Crazy Kiddy's timing wasn't there.
But ah, Mashen's gonna try and make him up at 4. He believes it to be winnable.
But could he be right? Extra damage won't help. Duck is never slays into them.
Among Smash Troys, the Bayou bashed on through. The pentagram of Ferala's opened by Smashners.
They're not in time to save the point and Rad were late in all aspects.
It's a sunk cost fallacy that's sort of coming from Rad and Mashen,
That's not the first time that he's done that. This event players down thinking that I'd win grin and hope for the best
Mashed grin bro. Mashed grin
Well VP have maybe just given themselves a perfect opportunity to bring this to a map five with
So many offensive ultimates and a fate of both was for dreedro which five percent away
Santa seduction from ducky is going to get there before finsees
But he's pulling in the front line and everybody else dips
Yeah dreedro
Haven't already had to use a fade of birth while Smash can't afford to go down, but by the size just move on to a more fruitful target apparently.
The Emma Frost demanded attention, but I'm not sure what Fai saw at the end of the turn.
Turn this one around, but they're able to be let out by Crazy Kitty moving in towards the back.
You've got to be careful of the control, but Fincy's going to try and lay down onto them here, the constant knockbacks of a broken brain!
But Fincy has crafted where Crazy Kitty once stood, breaking down the sentience.
The Smashness has the angle.
Rand still aren't in control, so it's now or never to turn it back.
The Finns seem falling back. There's no one to contest them.
Virtus.Pro are back to the drawing board.
I mean, they're happy to. They've managed to have the point flapping.
Just a scuffle of doubt fight, but they have so many ultimates to try to turn this one.
It's where the site they can get there early again with these Gambit ults.
They've both well-deserved for Virtigo.
Rad needs to be patient here.
They're on the precipice of doing some real damage to Virtus.Pro
in the history of Marvel Rivals.
But you can't rush this.
You can't rush. There has to be a perfect performance.
and VP having four are gonna go straight in.
He goes to the Rage of the Royal Flash,
they're gonna go get a answer.
They're feeling radical rogue right now.
They're gonna follow the rogue rainbow!
Maybe off the side, but none of the glass rocks is slain.
Smashnares is keeping it red.
Lugia got their first.
Plobber in time was used from Nevix,
but it got stunned out 50%.
So Lugia is the one that strikes first,
and it's now 85%.
Virtus.pro might be panicking as it could go to a round three.
And so the panic's gonna set in for the Penchgrammer Ferala.
I mean this is the flashbacks of before right Brad can maybe close the distance and interrupt this but instead
They're gonna play around the objective play from different spots and set up smash this with the ultimate in a great position
Where even is he? Where is smash nairs and can mash hit them with the raging royal flush already down to hard
Mashed kind of ought to fall on down smash there's gonna be able to rebar fall of his incoming aggression now
This absence focus good to go and Finns is already fallen the wizards gone and I want even paladins
the Virtus Pro remain the bear-like barbarian strength is surely nothing
against the circling wolf pack they have smelt blood in the water they are
following the tracks in the sand down the Royal Road towards the crown that
once sat on Virtus Pro's head it's going a long way here now for Virtus Pro it's
poised now to finish out over on basically a pillar it's final engagement
Oh, who's ready for a 5 minute fight?
I mean, it's a begin with, right?
It was literally that micro moment of Lugia
that has been sort of throwing out the thing now and again.
He's like, I don't want to go for this typical Vanguard line.
I want to throw in Hulk.
I want to be like swamp gaming.
I want to be able to pull out these kind of characters
to show that I'm one of the best rogues when it's not banned.
When Angela is playable,
now he's getting to show the thing up against
one of the most flexible Vanguard in Nevic's
and just got there ever so slightly first.
And it's stunned out Nevix, it's stunned out the rest of Virtus Pro, and it made it a good fight.
And, Mash, yeah, he's using some interesting ultimates, but when you get them that frequently,
you find yourself some pretty interesting timing to work with.
4, 3, 2, 1...
My base still hasn't gone down! He's 12, it's 0!
I'm in here!
Go to play for GD, question?
He's wrapped in bubble wrap, I swear!
It's gonna be a duel of two ultimates here.
Pop-on time versus Hasanic Seduction, what do you think he'd edge to?
Well, we've seen Nevix use himself as a projectile.
Yeah.
I need the fastball special for Nevix any more on the thing when you could just do it yourself.
Fine, praise the kitty.
Gonna report back the information.
I see early usage of a team up there from MASH, but Ducky's moving first on their own when it comes to these ultimers.
My head re-
This is so much damage taken!
Where are Bro's heals?
We've all fled away, but apparently Nevix didn't get the memo.
The fire is going to be the next to fall. It's such an easy first cap for one, usually for six minutes.
Awkward and comfortable, it means it was Ducky that went first with the Sionic seduction, so Nemic still has the clubbing type in hand.
You don't want to overthink it though, like sure, it's a big ultimate, they could win these teamfights with a long stun.
With just finding the right target, it's going to be key, something we're crazy into, he's finding so much.
The backline is opening up for him, and Trigia and Cypher are more than they're bagged for, but they do have two strategist ultimates to maybe turn this fight in their favor very quickly.
Flubbering time still on the back foot for Crazy Kitty.
Get off the try and deal with Sypei here, out comes the Raging Royal Flush,
Visoring with damage towards the back, a spinning kick from the Black Widow.
It's all needed to try and rip up them.
Farewell to Smasnaz, farewell to Versigo, nor of Roire to the Heels of Rad.
As Crazy Kitty still thinks it's winnable.
Could he be right?
Mashes managed to do it from beyond the grave.
A martyrdom for any Lebo there as they managed to throw in even more
Without raging.
All royal flush, the portal's gonna open up soon.
Yeah, he's managed to get there just in time, but they're not back.
Ooh, there's enough stall there in the infirmash.
Smashness.
Wondering how do I get out of this portal?
The body box there should be strong, but they can't stick around for long.
Nevix should make sure they're smashing into so many.
Fintsy ran the backhand side,
gave them even more spark as they get so many away!
An express delivery of rad!
But I'm afraid there's an ambulance to be called.
Not for the... not for rad, but for Elcer instead.
Lucky's got the energy to work with.
Looking towards the thing, Virtus.Pro managed to flip in the mix of all of this after many players were evicted from the point by the guardrocks.
That was a big dedication from Rad. They did so well to stall the point.
The smash there managed to port the portal. It gets itself an extra 30% pretty much doubling it from where it was at to Virtus.Pro having less room to breathe, having to use a lot.
The side bay, having two-thirds of his way to another ultimate means it is going to be like a bit of a space race of how many of these flushes could come in.
How lucky can these gambits get?
How many cycles can he work?
Oh, Fincey! Oh, the door closed in his face!
And now, five. They have to get something off the back here.
They are able to let the devil out.
But he's making it a little bit more cautious in the end,
making Rado over-dedicate in the end,
but Prey the kitty found himself two in the meantime.
He's on an absolute tear with three.
They just went every single initiative roll,
the door standing, Fincey's facing it,
might slam in Virtus.Pro's as well.
It might be a different script in this one in the end,
but for Virtus.Pro, that's a cheap way to end up losing the points
with RAD, doing so well to stall things out, VP are on the back foot.
Going up this hill, into the Sniper, the Assassin's Focus ready to go,
Smashness has been given the emergency flight to try and sustain through all of this,
Cypher tracks them forward, the Rage and Royal Flush but RAD's is engaged,
been pretty good, must far-fly, those who want the back, is building up the fury,
he wants the Lunar, can he find the yes? A Devil's Cross to crucify,
the backline of RAD, the Inferno's Broke 1, last chance!
And it's Rad getting it to 99% right to the end, but the portal play was dedicated early.
It might be available in time if Virtus.pro pushed this to the nth degree,
a potential map 5 on the horizon if VP could pull this one back into their hands
and the vanguard to the ones with the ultimate in hands,
but they're also the ones that have let Rad into this domination map.
Alright, from sticking off the high ground, we'll be able to last violently from last time.
As Vycontinues to work at these margins, moving in towards the back,
That could move rather quickly here. It's a good dodge away from Nash.
It's Nash with the ultimate. It's not even close to the side base of Dredra.
Has to get that paper ball to help, but he might not have the chance.
There's a raging royal flash, but look at it was the back looting!
He gets stuck out of his own ultimates!
It's Globbering time!
But it's all time for Nevix to rise up!
Oh, Captain, my captain!
He leads them to glory,
and he takes them away from these hallowed halls of death and despair.
It's Nevix this time, not Xperia.
You're not going to let the new kids make the same trick against him.
Lugia even switching off with the thing entirely smashed there's now the one that has the portal in and the venom is gonna
Leap into stall things out a little bit for Lugia so triple band guards for the time being.
Raw fist, rock and stone, Verna's pro, bad to the bone, Lugia goes already down.
But how do you exit from the portal? First up it's got to be the CC immunity of Ducky with the carbon form.
Now Crazy Kiddy has to follow after.
Alright, she's got to go straight into the glass shrocks! The timing from Spark is so good.
But there are no frags to be found on the other side of Luki as damn they're getting us crazy.
Can you guys try and make something work?
Ready to unleash the devil on the other side?
The healing's gonna be solid.
They move towards the back through to get another stun.
And crazy kid, he's just going mad with his devil's throw all over.
Three groups go down.
Sideway two.
Oh, Virtus Pro.
I will show you an honesty.
I will show you a victory.
It was written in the Virtus Pro's as Red, Red, Red, and Virtus Pro was slain.
There was no time just enough and world champions being sent out from the team, the organisation.
It's always them, it's always Rad, and even Lugia at the end interrupts with a Spider-Man play.
It was everything and that trauma keeps coming up again and again, but this time it sends the best back to EMEA
and not a chance for a top-free finish.
to tread the royal road. You must kick aside old kings every single time and this Ryan is a coup.
It shows that it's maybe chance for the new kids to come onto the block
and Radhavin moments would have to play again so they're at least gonna be glad that they're done
in four maps instead of five because that would have taken an awful lot out of them
but the adrenaline of actually getting a win in a similar fashion to last time with VP,
but with bigger stakes, that's going to take you to the rest.
It could even take you to tomorrow.
It could even take you to the grand finals if this road keeps going,
because right now it does a lot like there's many teams that can stop Rad when they're this scary.
Here at Ignite, it's time to go down with dynasties, and it's time to crown some conquerors.
This is what it is all about. You could go from your couch playing with your
controller in MRC to that stage right there. Go up against world champions, kick
them to the curb and claim their crown for yourself. That is a rad story. Even with a
couple of whack ultimates for good measure as well because like it brings
out mistakes from even the best players like Radluck shakey to begin with but
they don't look like the green team anymore. They actually have built up so
quickly to play an international level to the point that they're knocking out again the old guard of hero shooters
It feels that that's gonna be a big one
We're gonna have to see what right have to say because we're gonna be joining cozy on the stage. We've got old mash green. Oh
My goodness ladies and gentlemen to give it up for rad
We have a new wielder this year of the infinity gauntlet as our previous champs have been eliminated
I'm here with mash. It might be casual Friday, but while the performance out there
you just eliminated VP, Virtus.Pro.
For those that don't know,
Virtus.Pro eliminated, chopped and prevented you
to go to LAN last year.
How does it feel now to even the odds
and everything involved?
That feels good to get my refines, you know?
That's a lot of time we didn't make grand finals
because of them, but yeah, it just feels great.
I don't know.
Listen, I have to ask, I mean,
we can continue to say the story of couch to pro,
But for y'all to go truly from the MRC and make it all the way here now to eliminate VP all the way back
What February January? Can you even have imagined that this was going to be the result of this team coming together?
I mean not this far, but I expected to make land after we beat VP because I was very confident in this roster and
Yeah, I mean I'm just glad that we are going this far. I'm gonna try to win this all
Oh.
Mash grin.
Mash grin.
I've got to say, I mean, listen, what makes Rad different?
Because y'all have been putting it over.
You're here more than the hotel.
You're staying in from morning to night now, both days,
now a bit quicker work.
But we've got to ask it, what is the identity of this team?
What makes you different?
What's the heartbeat?
We just always keep adapting.
We never give up.
We can play every character in the game,
so there's no weakness in our roster.
just makes us better than everyone else. Love it. Love the answer. Last one for you. Moving forward,
the lower bracket, the hardest thing to do in eSports. Have to ask you though, we've got Swamp
Gaming, JinG, who do you want to see? I think they're both really good but they both have a weakness
so I'm not worried about them. You love to hear it folks. I mean we talked about the VP,
I think it might be rad buff in the mid-season finals.
Listen, I mean, you are going to be able to take on potentially
go through the same journey that they did before
to win the first mid-season finals last year.
What would that mean for you and your team?
I mean, I don't know.
Hey, he's locked in. He's ready for the next matchup.
Give it up right now for a match in rad.
Once again, the desk is going to break it all down.
We're here in LA, witnessing history,
So much cozy for the interview there and mash grin is what keeps saying but we got to talk about that the conversation you know we saw during the stage one competition people were frightened of mash's gambit yeah mash versus side bay where are we feeling with that okay so my take on this is they're both just insane strategies as a whole but
MASH's KO participation just was so influential.
There's just 10 finals, I believe, on map two.
This guy, and that was halfway through the map.
I mean, this guy is just an absolute demon on the heroes.
But do me a favor.
Walk me through the history of these two teams.
Yeah, so as Kosey talked to you before,
we saw in the old chopped roster in stage two of EMEA,
MASH, Vertigo, and CrazyKaty were on that team.
Went all the way to map five.
CelestialHusk was the last map where
they lost against Artistral, dropped
low bracket, and of course, Navi to one them afterwards. Now fast forward to the preseason.
Well, we got to see them actually get their revenge there and send them out in the lowest
placement Virtus.pro had ever had in sixth place after losing to Navi. And that was also
on Celestial Husk. And now in the grand, in the midseason finals on Celestial Husk, they
take them down and give them the worst placement on land for Virtus.pro. This is crazy guys.
We talk about revenge tales, you know, and it's usually like within the land or the land.
I mean, for you to be prevented to go to land in general.
Yeah.
And then send them packing the previous champs.
World champs.
Listen, you can tell he was kind of speechless with some of it.
The emotion there was the first of it that we've seen.
From the scene that's been through a lot,
I mean, in already their first land.
And you can't highlight it enough.
I mean, listen, Rivals has opened the door to give you the MRC,
to prove that you're a gamer.
Right, you belong.
Millions of players, right?
I was saying this in the intro, millions of players,
Thousands believe they're the best and to be able to do that with a team of six insane. Yeah, that's awesome
I mean we just made comparisons. There's plenty of comparisons you can make across the board
But five versus crazy. Yes, it is a comparison that needs to be had
I would say kitty's winning that argument for me right now
What do you think about what's so insane about it too is five was the one who innovated on daredevil in the grand finals
The reason that they got the victory in the first place
But crazy kitty has come out of the woodwork really shown and put the work in themselves that he's one of the best daredevils
aimed at the game for good reason.
Listen, all right, keep it a
fun. Let's keep it a fun.
We said it's the most important
position there, having that flex
to us. Yeah, in my humble
opinion, I feel like pilot
Sparker down. You've got to look
at it a bit. Discombatics.
Sparker was doing as much as a
previous MVP could have done in
that situation. It's a heavy role.
They make it look easy.
Trust me, I understand.
But if you're looking at the
entire front to back, what makes
a championship team and what they
had last year, quite frankly,
that was a bit of the missing
identity for me, they should.
It's so difficult to go DD
into Gambit, and then especially Mashed Gambit.
So I can't imagine trying to get that.
But crazy, we can't even start but to do that into Saipan,
who's just also equally in the conversation,
just as strong in that hero.
So being able to do that is a testament to strength
on that particular role for the team
as we check out the stats.
I have question for you, Vile.
Because I hear this about VP a lot,
and I know their fans are wondering this too.
When I continue to hear from coaches
behind the scenes players, is that there's some old heads
there in the sense of like, they're kind of like,
they used to set the meta, and now it
It feels like they're catching up a lot to what this meta is and when you have something
as like fresh and crazy as what we got and what we're calling rivals to, right?
Yeah.
It just feels like it was like it took too long to adjust.
Yeah.
I think that's the big thing here, right?
In their old age, but also because they've been, you know, playing the game for so long
in Hero Shooters and Esports in general for a while.
It feels like they've maybe not really gotten complacent, but they've fallen behind the meta
so much.
It's those joints.
They're not as flexible.
team. They have some of the
most talented on the block,
but you've got to come together
as one. It's not just one like
we always like to say right
there should obviously crazy
kitty getting MVP is so fitting
to the store. I remember I was
up there in the casters, but the
gas gets tips and you're going
to hear it all land. Crazy
kitty and it was almost they
were almost out right with
Regen. I was like not all way.
I mean, maybe we'll talk about
a little bit. Yeah. Hey, the
story is going to continue. We
got both crazy and we got that
kitty there. I think we also
need to say shout out the
I also need to say shout out the org of rad. I mean this is the second time now that they are going from MRC potentially all the way through this tournament. That is insane.
Through the lowers, but through the lowers. I mean if you all don't understand you go back and it was in the which you know they're gone but they were able to take down envy from that uppers and create what was.
I would say a lot of the standard, obviously, that team has moved on to now.
What is the favorite here in Na'Vi?
But it's crazy that we're seeing similarity and shout out to Rad to identify talent and get that thing rolling.
Yeah, no, it's a huge shout to, you know, any of the organizations that are supporting the upcoming talent here as well.
I mean, half of the new roster from that chop team, Ducky didn't even play in stage 12 at night.
And now he's taking down world champions. I mean, everyone putting in the work.
Hey, group player over there. I think you said it.
And Emma. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think you said it.
often times, right? I'm hesitant to say like this is the best ex-player for this
hero because all Rages is sore to tell. Vaughn has been trying to pitch to me
that Ducky's the best group right now in the game. Man, we're seeing some plays
that back that up, shit. For sure, for sure. And obviously all consistently on that
new team up at the bubble looking really solid in moments we saw avoiding
Glartrox with Bubbles, right? Really good timing on that. I mean this team is so locked
in as a unit. I can't believe they took Ducky. That was such a David vs. Goliath
story, MRC vs. World Champion.
What I'll say, Vaughn, is that last mid-season final, VP
didn't even make it, right?
So this team's not out, right?
Like, this team is going to be fine.
You don't want to piss them off.
They're the Hulk, right?
So they will be back.
We know that.
There's a lot of great talent there.
We do pit them a due.
But again, we've got to keep with the Cinderella story.
One way or another, we're going to find out
who they clash with.
Coming up next, it's going to be Swap Gaming vs. Jin G.
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What am I losing right now to stay next to this European?
Oh, yes, American man.
Oh, I've been waiting.
I've been waiting for this day.
It's been what, since November?
It's been a pleasure to meet you, homeland.
Oh, it's so great.
Yes, absolutely.
I've got a lot to say to that.
OK, yeah, no, listen, American man.
Swamp gaming, right?
Was it looking so great up at the top?
Obviously, it was the big brother of TLC,
which is another American team.
I feel like it's perfect for you to talk.
What do you think they did wrong there?
I mean, realistically, everything.
Like that last game, it was just a sloppening back and forth,
and like we saw, it was a little one-sided.
And this match today, too, kind of be the same thing.
I mean, Swamp Gaming really is one of the best teams
this entire tournament.
We've talked about a cozy behind the scenes so many times.
We know how strong Swamp Gaming is.
The only problem is they're stuck in the best region
against the best teams.
They are also against one of the best teams so far.
We have had a team that has now been proved multiple times
that there is no fluke in their playstyle.
Gen.G, formerly Ground Zero, formerly Chopper Mag,
I'll once again back and they have matched their best finish ever basically and are continuing their run but swamp gaming stand their way
I want to break down the roles bit by bit of like who what do we think is actually gonna be the
Fountains for these two teams because starting with Vanguard cozy do weapons in starry have just shown so much especially do up on the
Mac. Yeah, I mean listen. I want to highlight the Vanguard's I have to say to
Gentlemen that I guess it off of you. I'm gonna command. I hate you
I would say that it's sad either way.
If you look at both these teams, one of them getting eliminated.
Like I kind of like have an attachment to both of them,
just like they're so lovable as players and together as one.
For me, though, even though I am on American region,
Gaster and more, I would say probably the vanguards,
I'm definitely going to get the edge over to Genji.
I feel like due web might be the best Mac in this entire tournament.
I know American man, it's hard for us to say, but you got to agree.
Yeah, I mean, he looks like an American,
Realistically, just how he plays absolutely takes is that guy. Absolutely. Yeah, I mean, it's every American player here
He is one of them, right? Like now at this point we could just adapt him and you might as well
I mean, we'll probably come for Australia eventually. So might bring him over here
Why not in the North America region because it's the best region in the entire world here bringing up players?
Let's move on to Judas. I'll be starting with you here
We've both have that incredible Judas lineup for some game including days
He's been so flexible throughout the region, but bringing over Bobo from China has been such a massive boon for Gen. G
I mean the only out compliment I can give is that Bobo has looked very American
I mean at the end of the day he has been and that's the only compliment I can say that's the highest praise that
Anybody could say about
Realistically any human being in Bobo has been the most American player this whole tournament
Let it free. Yeah, break me free from this desk right now from this man
No, I listen to the dual list.
If you look at the dual list, I would agree.
I mean, Bobo is such an X factor for that team.
Mellowphobia, though, I think if you
would have put him on a few teams,
it would be like a clear, crazy standout player.
Mellowphobia is an absolute unit when
it comes to clutch factor.
I will say hard on the sleeve a bit, right?
That's what I want to see change from this team.
It's the first land.
We've seen Radatap.
We got to see Swap do the same, or it's
going to be a quick end to that story.
about adaptations though FMCL has also been very flexible for the side of Gen G having some
incredible dare double place at the grand finals is one of the big reasons they were able to push
on so far and it's definitely widened their hero pool since then. No I mean I agree if you look at
what we've continued to talk about in that flexible position right days is always seem like he's one
hero short of making a massive difference to not be bad. Coach Fox smart guy love Coach Fox
But this is it. This is where you've got to completely let everything out of the bag, because obviously elimination is here.
You did not come all the way to LA to quickly get sent back home.
American Man has just been sent back home, it seems. So we have Dog Man returning to the desk.
So Dog Man, I want to start with you four to strategist. This is where a lot of people bring a lot of attention to this one.
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, the strat department is definitely where I would say they live.
And yeah, like you mentioned, yeah, he's out here. Get that guy in a different place, not the guy to be around in this matchup.
because both Gen. G and Swamp are phenomenal.
Personally, I had Gen. G making it all the way
to the Grand Finals, winning the Grand Finals.
So they were that team that can beat Swamp Gaming, I think.
And Swamp, while they did look good,
versus other teams potentially,
I think there's a good chance, like you said,
the back line dominates.
Would you even say that Swamp Gaming
have potentially been looking a little Australian
in their play style here?
Yeah, definitely.
Australia as the most underrated players in the entire world.
And I think that's shown today.
like genuinely one of the best regions just that that have been able to compete over the past few years and
We've seen it every single time. There's so many Australian talent that have come out to be said though
I would say when you go against what is the best team in the nation, right?
Like it's so this is where it really matters, right? Because outside of this swamp has been tested TLC a beating them
We know that was probably gonna happen, right? It's the same when you lose to Navi
So for me in my opinion, this is where it's like, okay swamp
How do you compete to these other regions because if they take Gen G down?
This definitely is going to rise the stocks on swamp gaming believers
Then they go against rad and I like their odds there too. So swamp gaming
This is easily the biggest match these six have had ever to face
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I mean, Dubbin, we got the thing right off the rip getting saved, love that.
That's kind of more of the same that we saw a couple times from yesterday just kind of leans to the play style of the team
Oh boy
It felt like forever was trying to get like that flink on a hundred these and it wasn't that like that when they're passive
That's what I feel like Gigi kind of starts to choke up and the thing just enables what they love to do
Yeah, absolutely. I mean you like you said I mean things think play style right now is very hyper aggressive and the best teams do that
The best teams are proactive with their gameplay
That was why some of the teams that have played that kind of comp those compositions before out of the tournament now
It's because they're playing the comps that were more traditionally slower
But because of the new team have team ups we've had it because of the enhancement team ups
It's changed so many different things with the gameplay. It was going to address the heretic in the room here
So far Genji have not really been able to come to a tournament with a full roster
Once they've had Bobo and salvation on the team salvation unable to make it to this event
It's got that but Alex is it. Thank you. Alex is doing a
Fantastic job filling in for this and is really making sure that Bobo especially can play that aggressively. Yeah, listen
I mean, it's a great point to have their attention.
For me, what I want to see is we will continue
with the bands in a second.
I want to see this on one side of the map.
Take away Duweb and that amazing mag that we know,
and then start having that safety net on your backline
that you know so well.
Valentina, one of the best in the game in the backline.
And so Gen. G has to start targeting now, right?
We've got to start seeing the gambit and more.
Absolutely, you're right, Cozy.
I mean, I think when we take a look at this, too,
it's interesting because we brought back up to the thing.
And also, like you said, it's in Starrie,
known for the group, right?
in days known for the Wolverine as well.
So that matchup, how is that going to play out right?
That's going to matter in the long term.
It's all about where you can place down
as Ironwood Walls to try to defend yourself
from getting picked up by the Wolverine.
And as Cozy said, we will see that one side of Mankito
and Groot taken away by Gen G.
They don't want Swam to have it, which could leave it one side
of a Zen story.
Yeah, I actually like that group and a lot,
because we think we're most likely obviously
the one side of Matt going to be going over Scatter
to have that role.
So, Crags, what is Crags now going to lock in?
maybe do we get that whole fastball special?
You know, they've been teasing that a little bit.
That'd be perfect thing to shut down,
and they come out at the right time.
Vin and Ben at that is going to make it even more
lean that direction.
Absolutely.
I've kind of had a weird theory, this whole tournament.
The best teams are the ones that are banning out vanguards.
Currently, I feel like a lot of the,
when I talk to the pro players behind the scenes,
it seems like the vanguard players
have a very good read on the meta.
Everybody has their own opinions and biases, but yeah.
Hey, this could be a one-sided gambit.
Hold on now, because on Domination, we've seen, OK, OK.
I was hoping.
Fiji, you had me worried there, so for a second.
And now, it's all gaming though.
One of the weaknesses is Adam Warlock.
Here's what a lot of people might go with.
I don't know.
I don't know what they're going to end up rolling with,
but either way, that gambit saves us huge.
I actually want to bounce off of what you said here
about the fact that we're seeing more teams ban Vanguard.
Vanguard seem like they have been kind of the heroes
of this tournament.
We've been seeing a lot of teams go for triple strafges
comps in the past, but in this competition,
it's one of the first where we've been seeing triple vanguards
without triple strafges to follow it up
of just a single duelist who really bounce it outside of Vanguard Deadpool better.
So it's good to see that flexibility come on in, as we will see
while we have had Penny and Ultron sneak through the phase,
we will see at least one more removal at the end from the Adam
to prevent that hyper revive composition.
The Vanguard's definitely had been the heroes of the Storm of Ignite.
Yep, Adam is gone.
That's what I expected.
Get rid of the cheese while you can, folks.
I've got Swamp gaming taking this first one.
Who do you have, Doc, man?
I have Gen G in 3.0 fashion.
And I have host neutrality, so I'm going to send you over to the casters
in order to bring you all the action of this Elimination Game.
Thank you guys, and thank you, Mr. America, for leaving the set.
And one of the worst things that's happened to America since 4Way stops, I would say.
But this one is nice for us because we get to get out of our region
and see what one of the best of Pacific...
The best of Pacific is going to do it against one of the top contenders to settle some scores to see where Swamp Gaming settles on the international scene.
And then a best of five elimination game of an interchala. Great way to start with a triple Vanguard of all things as well with the bands that came in from Gen.G.
I saw someone ready to describe Gen.G. as I feel first with their second favorite team no matter who you like the best.
And I think that's pretty accurate. This is a team that is so lovable for their story.
But even Swamp Gaming are just a bunch of sweethearts, they just don't have as much pedigree when it comes to playing on the international stage.
Gen G last year said Payus and Gen G the organisation did, but this is where that cost needs to come back tenfold.
You have a little bit of isolation right now, but those of us who are just not going to lean in behind them.
Swamp Gaming, still threatening with this Wolverine. You have to be on your toes when it comes to trying to dodge.
trying to dodge as you can see with days went for the feral leap on the opposing thing.
But it was not going to get too much because the thing is immovable.
And I was in so I can cleave through so many of these tightly packed players.
Now looking at the compositions it's just very different in the style of what the duelists want to go for.
And Bobo trying to sort of make sure that he's playing at this but he can help it.
And throwing himself up high in the skies, just almost keeping days locked in.
Like a cat of the tree, he's got the high ground and it's actually Duet that finds the feral hit.
It's gonna be difficult to dislodge him from this one.
Deisto doesn't want to go for the leap, he gets hunted down on the disengage.
And Bobo can just play this one safe now.
Jiggle peeking the corners, making sure this escape route is going to be revealed.
Now Genshin can hold close.
And now you've got the Daredevil as well, and you can get all of this information
where this fight is gonna come from and any other lanes that Swamp Gaming wants to try and hit through.
They have to change their case, switching away from the Warbrained Daredevil himself,
means that he's gonna be a bit behind with Vultrash, but not by much.
Is that MCL? Is that 3 behind 47%?
A little bit behind, but there's plenty of time to try and catch up here.
Alex doesn't need to play catch up when it comes to the Gambit Ultimate though.
Already Valentino, Red Scout with a first, a Raging Royal Flush.
He's gonna try and answer this one with the cross-pianamplifier.
It's gonna amplify Bobo's damage, and you've gotta be careful if you are gonna be blinded here
because they will take your head off two sweets.
Income with a couple of charms, but the shield is enough to go above the incoming control of Duelette.
And with a couple of charmed players here to work with,
Melphobi is gonna go down.
ZenStarry peeled off of the Magneto.
It's great defensive play here from Krasmang,
but from gaming, so I've only got any progress
on the point to speak of.
ZenStarry takes the corner,
just breaking down these health bars
and activating their team up for even more damage.
Scalagengi takes the disguise, looking for a victim,
who set off with a daredevil.
Yeah, it's just from gaming,
having out these ultimates to sort of stagger out,
but somehow Genji are holding on to this defense,
got themselves up to two birds.
and something about a week will be consumed as well question is from
the whole idea of you was trying to invest into this one they've got a lot
of pressure towards the point itself and getting rid of skills might be what
seals it all the board which is not in time and FM seal decides not to commit
to this one I have enough time if it's gonna be a push all the way to the end
this one gaming now that they're set up in position and dualists with ultimates
the one thing you can say about them is like that fight was looking great for
them it was that a lot of ultimates and it was that a lot of times the change
He's just holding onto that objective pretty much until the very end, but losing out on the portal for potential overtime could be a big miss for them if it doesn't go well.
With a brutal exchange of blows, thus far, the Melaphobia has the most brutal off them here.
Great quick draw on Duet Shield to Harry, Dean, and Mibana cooking take away a turn.
It's a hard head to head for him going up against Bobo, who is just like the shining star I think of grand finals, won all of our hearts.
And Skittles is gonna make sure that Heart stops on the other side.
But a copy from Swamp Gaming with the Loki
means it's gonna be another Royal Flush to come through with Orkies on the horizon.
Valentina, I got a submission of Skittles,
because the yarn amplifier is not enough to stop this one.
It would appear that Gen.G had decided to call this one Curtains,
as it's gonna be another Hall through Swamp.
And this is where the ultimate economy works so well for Swamp.
They're very disciplined, they have a plenty to work with.
It was only really just that dedication of the Royal Flush to go for that fight
that ended up working well for them.
The Skittles actually switching away from the rocket to go for Invis, feeling that maybe they could pull Daze out of position,
but that swap over to Daredevil has done a lot for him in the end, Gen.G otherwise keeping the cop the same.
Here, just constantly threading that backline. You can see the Skittles.
On the invisible one, it is going to potentially be able to push this one away.
Extra damage, extra movement speed. Daze can't get through the barrier that's been erected by the Gambit, though.
Malfobio has no such issues. The Bullets are rotter-sturned.
Pierce, Flesh and Bone alike from Gen.G and keep them at the gates.
And that was the trade-out as well with the Royal Flush from Alex.
Nobody really seemed to go low HP. It was just MeloVoBi that found that one pig,
but it's called it all the way to 90% for Swap, so it's go time for Genji with that, that wall.
And CL noted, on the other side, anyone who gets charged in if their head's gonna be taken off here by the Assassin's Precision,
that Bobo is leading towards over here, forky god.
Found in the back, whoever on was with you, else aware.
Low on the HP, Matthew Murdoch has to try and dodge away.
Bobo's just having this consistent sleep paralysis team, and there's no one there to help them.
These fights, the 1v1 in the back, shutting down the Assassin's Focus in Zen Story, isn't recent upon here.
Placed down on the floor, Duape never stood a chance.
Carbon crushed and crushed by Metal.
Swamp gaming, win out their first round of domination.
Better late than never for Swamp, it's a bit of a slow start, but they're still getting used to it.
This is only their third series on LAN in this kind of performance, but they're at least able to get things going.
And as soon as they have control of the point, they look a lot more comfortable in the end for Genji.
So it puts a lot more onus and focus on how these first fights are going to go this time
However, all the wits are going to be available. It's the one thing you saw Bobo there
So I get caught out from days that switched over to the daredevil
That's where salvation missing and Alex coming in even though Alex is doing a tremendous job of being a substitute
It was Bo one salvation the two Chinese players that kind of not so much did their own thing but looked after each other
So if there's a lack of peel coming in for Bobo, it's almost maybe that assumption that like Alex should be the one doing it
Obviously he's filling in for that slot
It's just that missing piece of Gen.G. that could be the difference maker when you've worn out a better melee players
That is looking to go in and actually fight otherwise
Melophobia is kind of held down the thought when it comes to the duelists and the Vanguard line that's had the majority of them banned out in the end
Surviving and keeping their heads above war
FMZL potentially moving out of the group here. It's having a lot of trouble finding entry onto our backline on the daredevil
Namisodly, mainly thinking that Bobo needs a touch more peel or like a little bit more biomass between Matthew Murdock and himself, because we saw Bobo during their ultimate assaulted pretty handedly by days with no real help coming their way.
Yeah, and that's what I mean. You just need a little bit more help coming in, but like if the focus is coming in from like FMCL to make sure that Melophobia or the backplane of Valentina Falkydog have only been eliminated once between them,
the game. It seems to be the
modus operandus, I suppose, for
like, small gaming. The very
least like you're playing on
stage for the first time. It
might not be them. It might be
the other side of like Gen G.
Making sure that they can come
in, but hopefully the. The
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beacons are late. So we've got Mr. Fantastic and Gold, that's all we decided.
We're not gonna go there again. Oh, I'm wondering here if, uh, if Dewiq was just on the
Mr. Doctor Strange here for the teleport bank towards the end. Yeah. Or if they're gonna try
and commit to this. I imagine it's not really gonna be a commit given the
Crasmang has been doing absolute bits thus far on the Emma.
We did see an interesting combo as well from Crasmang and Scatter.
Well, they went for that carbon crush, just to lay someone down on the ground,
crushed by carbon, then crushed by iron. It's a great one-two punch.
Yeah, just make sure that there's no peel, I suppose, in the end.
And you know that that same level of peel isn't going to be available on the other side,
because as a reminder, you can sort of look at the likes of Magneto being one-sided for some gaming.
They've also taken up the low key, which wasn't traded for Gen.G.
Mantis banned on both sides because Mantis has been the first ban for both teams in every single series so far
For multiple reasons, I feel like team ups for sure
But she's just as strong as she was before even with the changes to like less damage boost down the speed boost
It's certainly doing a lot as we saw the scene with some of the like the storm play like the soul born
Combination like speed boost plays that we've seen from some corners of the meta
They're still just one match and played as the clock is now ticking again.
And Gen.G, wanting to show that it isn't just going to be another episode of NA vs. EMEA,
Pacific can be involved in this discussion.
Question is, has Swamp Gaming strong enough to knock Gen.G off of their well-deserved perch?
So Falkidog is gonna shut it on forward here with the speed boost of the bubbles.
Meanwhile Dup, he's actually gonna go for this early mugging.
He's gonna find the right kind of target, or whether Salt Gaming are gonna be ready and they're not scouting against him first to go.
Yep, the slowest of the bunch, the old man can't move so fast unless he's got his metal skates on.
Valentina gonna be rounding up on here, already having to use the regeneration of the main.
Falkidog pulled in as well, Sonic Vortex is just elucidated from Dua.
And already Scatting is beginning a counter strike here.
Swamp Gaming do not want to give up first control despite their disadvantage in that initial fight.
They really don't want to give it up because there's three Vanguard's that Gen.G are going to park on this.
He might as well build a whole parking lot because everything concrete is going to come down to Gen.G.
All Valenty to do, but she's got the wrong coffee.
I like a lot of just going to get thrown in, but it's done the spree.
That's three. She's the best Vanguard in the game.
Maybe at the MCL we have a side rig to go for, with some manner of control, we do have access to the strangling prison, but so look at you right there.
I appreciate Valentino being like, oh, whoops, by as well, Yeats and brother something to the brain.
When in Wakanda?
It was a good stone and Genji certainly weren't expecting it, but neither was anybody else on the server, including Swamp Gaming.
What do you mean by that?
Strange that's when.
And now it's Genji taking the fight first again and they have now got the bodies on
the to hold as well as the Strangler President.
It might be great against this push in as it's going to be the Royal Fly.
Alright, finacity gained by a couple of members of some gaming as well.
Diffie here, I have control of it was in their path since it was already falling on down.
Femcio and Astrid needs to make a decision.
Are they going to try and convince him this one?
Oh, Melofobia!
What a parry!
Unbelievable!
CC and New Zealand flew back with the Cracket Impact and they're just going to keep going
and going.
into the hole potentially as we're going to be a reset available. There's enough
healing to stop it from happening and still Gingy are going to hold on to this point as well.
Krasmeg's found the offer angle and we've managed to grab a bunch of squishies.
The mind control is there. Just look in the Krasmeg's eyes. Don't worry about the days it's on the
other side. Nobody else that can hold on and touch it but Swamp Gaming managed to get through
these bounces on the objective and now it's getting those bodies back on and is there going to be
Maybe any adjustments here, so Strangler President was here from FMCL, do they want to go back to 2-2-2?
Or they just want to get those bodies in because of the Royal Flush, you're catapulting these BP hitters
along with an Apex Predator, you're sending the Goon squad after swung gaming.
The old classic style of Goon. A good Goon.
A good Goon.
What a bad guy you must pose.
Alex opens up, Raging Royal Flush. Oh, they already caught them!
Won't they go for solo here? Is the bravery there? No, it's just going to pop over there,
I think he really started to see like, you know, Emma Frost is very much back.
Some of these ultimates that we've seen since that seduction across this tournament have
found so much value, it's so cheap as an ultimate to use, and there's never really a best bad
case scenario in order to bring it out. It's not a game you do have plenty to try to work with,
but it's about setting up days who is really wanting to make this Wolverine work. He has the
last stand and plenty of targets to pull out of position. We know that he loves to use his
feral leg to go in towards the back and then last stand everybody forward, Valentina,
making sure this time to have the gambit in hand and ready to repel the team with the Raging Royal
Flush. But Genji, they've already given up some space, they've complied in advance.
Daze looks towards the back. There's the raging royal flush. Can you drag the invisible man from her armoured carapace?
But no, Daze. Just gonna play it slowly now. Genji will have been one fight of winning this. There's the second raging royal flush.
Daze gets put down on the ground, but he's got plenty of feeling behind him. A melophobia is joining the symphony as well.
It's called a response, and the response sure is bloody, yet another for melophobia. New phobia unlocked!
Yeah, it was the Glartrucks thrown out from Volvo, but that was all that was really time-fiving, as the clobbering time got ended up being used from ZenStory.
It was not enough, actually, to stop swamp gaming, just absolutely sending the swamp straight to Gen.G.
It's getting a bit more hot and humid on the servers, the points put over, but Gen.G, 99% just filled up the results.
Control immunity for many, days goes towards the back,
who may bring forward both of the strategists.
You don't got a strategy for that one, do you?
As Dave's punches you in the face.
It's the typewriter effect of days,
just getting the last stamp,
pulling everybody across, shifting it.
And it's an absolute jackpot in the end there
for Swamp Gaming.
Yeah, Gen.G now just have to waste a bit more time.
And Elise gonna have the portal,
but they're dedicating it early.
They're not, it's not an overtime play.
They're just gonna try to get out of the way of Swamp Gaming
and blocking off this hallway.
All in for zone control, Melaphobia around the outside. What a pull on Tobobo into a mix of the enemy.
And there's nowhere safe to disengage to. And now Scattergengi can play so confidently,
knowing they're not going up against an Elsa, even more anti-kill perfect play coming through from Forky Dog.
You want the thing, you get the thing, you look to groups, put it down on his head,
but there's still so much HP to try and work through here. And Genji are in control.
What was game there? Was it blocked off by the shields? FMTL has dragged him.
But look what you have wrought upon yourselves, and they just make it so difficult to survive, and a man team claws
Carb on through and Alex falls back as well.
But in the case of the fight with Gen.G when they went for the poll they did actually flip the objective so Swank Gaming needs to get it to 99%
But there's not going to be much to try to stall it has to be Zen Starrie in the venom to hit.
Or Zen Starrie looking to make the landing instantly going to be potentially controlled here by the Emma Frost takes to the sky.
with a symbolic release, keeping it going, overtime is slowly disappearing,
and Duaff has pulled one down into the grounds below.
There's no friendly neighbouring for you here, Duaff,
and there's no chance for contesting swamp gaming without humidified Gen.G.
And seeing what the Pacific Best can do here is domination.
I mean, I don't know if it's a bit of an anomaly.
I'll have to check with Dan Gaskin.
But from the stats, I have one game.
One game from Gen.G playing on this map, and it's a win against Riddick.
So I don't know what's exactly been happening over in Pacific where we've seen the likes of Genji play on this map too much, but for domination, it's pretty good going.
All things in case scenario for some gaming, they basically be everybody except for that team that they lost to earlier today, which he might consider that.
That's the one area in domination, but everybody's losing to them.
And it's melophobia with the MVP, and I think, well-deserved, with like some of the hooks, the picks.
Even you can say that, like, Dave's just trying to find his footing, playing the Wolverines, the Daredevil on that first point.
Wolverine looked a lot more solid, but it was just melophobia, just controlling where those facts were happening.
And Gen.G, even with, like, more bodies on the point, immovable objects had to be shuffled a little bit more from what we just saw from, er, Swamp Gaming.
This is one of the advantages of having an old-head team, right?
Like, Crasmang and Scatterganky have been playing together, well, since the times of Jesus.
And it means that they can play this very old style of Vanguard line.
The Mag and the Emma together, when so many of them are like Nouveau Tank and the Jor,
the Vanguard's have been banged away.
Also, it's just like some of the scary ones, like Venom, Funt, Dive, seeing the top right,
stuff like Bing, Groot, but you're leaving the Vanguard line and we just saw pretty much
every single map series from round VP so it's still good. It might even be one of the best in
slots to play the thing works in these kind of scenarios that trying to basically use the one
sided like all the vanguards that they have even putting three on the server at once but it just
didn't seem to be enough in the end so JT sort of pulling out a different strategy not working
good they can either stick to it going into somebody's other like payload maps whether it's
convoy or convergence it's their choice and just sort of like either iterate on it make it better
I'll just go back to what was worth it.
We definitely saw some interesting traps come out from GenG here.
The question is, of swamp gaming,
feel the need to over adapt to warzone when it would be
if their neutral gameplay would yield tried and tested.
Has served them very well.
Admittedly, the thing and crew are going to be particularly invaluable
against the amount of displacement options the duelists are using
on the side of swamp gaming,
where they're playing both the Wolverine and the Barnacook of the Parking.
I want to look a little bit at what, indeed,
potentially going to be picking up this event. It has been a lot of Central Park, which is like a map that we've seen a little bit of from
Swamp but not too much. It's only like two wins that they managed to get and it is going to be Central Park actually.
It's going to be the choice from them. So that's actually an undefeated map for KNG. A bit of a last bastion in the end.
But it means that potentially we go to like a convoy choice of Swamp Gaming if they do end up dropping the map.
And I want to see like this be just a close series similar to the one that we just saw from Rad because
you do want to see a little bit more from the Asia region.
It's not just a case of like China picking up a series or whatever.
Now it is just like Pacific generally speaking.
Gen.G need to sort of like lead the line with that
because you mentioned the frontline, the Vanguard, the Swamp Gaming,
being together a while, it's the exact same for Gen.G.
They've been playing together, good portion,
even with Bobo and Salvation coming from Nova from China.
That's a year ago now.
Yeah, that's true.
Admittedly, they're stouting in the home region.
Might not be the most, might not have the most options,
But who needs them when you are the best team in your region by a considerable margin? Oh, it's not the man to sell a steam cosplay. Very nice
I missed that. I was looking at my stuff. Oh, you're such a nerd bring the cosplayers back Jarvis
My boy Hugh was busy nerding out. He was looking at numbers Lord forgive him for he has math
I was just seeing a lot of green on the side of like Genji when he comes to this map
He clue to win over a hundred feet yesterday, which you know went the distance
So those kind of moments are going to work nicely, but have a chance to reconvene, see
if they can make things worse.
And it's a win over TSM and Lunex on the side of Swamp Gaming in both the Stage 1 playoffs
and in the Pre-season playoffs.
So it's intermittent actually on the side of Swamp Gaming, but you'll look at the results.
If you're expecting to win that first map, this is where you expect to go again after
this with Detroit's Gen.G.
All right, so we head into our bands, you can never guess what was band first.
It's Mr. Fantastic finally out.
It's the Fantastic, off the table, now who's going to be in goal?
Mantis, he's going to be taken away, and it would look like there's going to be a pivot
towards that first Protect on Magneto now from Gen.G.
The gambit that they made, the first Protect on Thing, was certainly a unique approach to bands over on Domination,
it didn't pay dividends. And so Genji are going to be forced to pivot.
I mean, I feel like on the subject of football, it does feel like it is bringing on big dump
burn. It's like, you know, it's just bring on the defenders, hold down the fault.
And I don't think I'd be making that kind of like joke on a broadcast like this. But it is the
same sort of premise. Magneto is going to be that main protect. It doesn't mean that Gambit is looming
across above teams are going to be happy to potentially pick it. But also Loki does climb
up the rankings when a payload match starts to come into the frame. Most certainly,
When you let Gambit and Loki be available on the side of Gen G, it meant the Forky Dog and Valentina's job was very, very easy.
Yeah, for Swamp Gaming, they're one of a teams that is particularly adept when it comes to both the Loki and the Gambit,
because, well, both Valentina and Forky Dog are fantastic at Gambit,
and Valentina's got a nasty, lazy Loki in her arsenal as well.
I think we saw a little bit from Swamp Gaming against OUG yesterday.
Like, just kind of happy to have these drafts be completely identical, right?
And I mean that was the one thing as I mentioned with like VP like they were very good when it was a mirrored band and obviously
That was completely broken by Rad who I just actually waiting to see who their opponent is going to be at this rate
So it is going to be pretty much identical across the lines here
Here in some more the lock-ins which I can tell you one of them is going to be gambit on the side of swamp gaming
They're gonna be defending first
And I see the hover over in this you guys don't get to see it
But there's still a little bit more of a look at both things now just taken out as many strategists instead of that fan guard approach for Jim G
The question is are they gonna protect the gambit here or are they gonna go down the versus
What they're going potentially down the Virtus. Pro route. They were hovering the image now this last time though rock it
They've got 13 seconds. The thing is that nobody else could see this a little bit or no
So they're only just hard to I'm the other idea that you've got them predicted in this victim of that is pro
What does that mean?
Well, this is what Virtus.Pro did on Spider Islands, against Rad, allowing the Gambit to make it all the way through.
And now one side of the Gambit's on the other side, it did not go off of Virtus.Pro.
It did not. That's the only difference though, and I mean it was a little bit like somebody else did this.
Like, yeah, we're happy to actually just make this a long-sided Invis.
It might have even been like Gen.G in some of these cases.
Certainly like one of the Pacific Region teams have just like, we don't really care about it and it's like fair.
stage played to your strengths but you know that there's no Loki either so it
doesn't mean that you're just gonna have those ultimates to consistently fight
with. Well I want to see exactly what the composition is going to be from Gen.G
whether we are gonna see some triple strikers 2-2-2 and now it's a bit more
like Gen.G if you've got some ideas you've shown this map and it's gone
pretty well but someone was certainly watching in the wings. You might even
scream at each other because you're on like different parts of the bracket to an extent
but yeah it's a little bit nerve-wracking for Gen.G but this is
where you sort of make the big books to be fair.
Yeah, it's time to put it all on the line here.
Neither of these teams will be able to have a second chance.
Survival in the mid-season finals on the line,
and the Americas are looking bloody powerful right now, Ryan.
Not too much to add to this, mate, I don't think.
But I think it's also the side of it.
It's like this one came in.
I do want to see them put under some pressure.
It was very easy win over OUG.
It was a very easy win for Team Liquid CityDell earlier on.
So I want to see them just push a little bit more.
and Genji on this map, it's undefeated 6-0. This is the place to do it.
Okay, question is, is Bobo drinking here with unlimited ammo?
The ammo overload is going to be enhanced by skittles to run off a high rate of fire
and a bottomless magazine.
Might be also just an element of, like, Alex coming in as a substitute.
He has had the experience of Team Heritage to sort of play in the sort of, like,
like, mon-lokey.
Okay, then my mellifobby goes down.
This is a good opportunity to push in,
but the dive has come in for a counter-touch.
This one, which means the day is first down too.
Mellophobia must have taken such a wide swing because FOBO didn't even use the unlimited ammo to get that pick to open up.
They could just go in with the deliberate shock and so quickly Mellophobia is going to be portaling back here and Genji mercifully haven't got any progress on the point yet.
Mellophobia might not be able to get a third before it's contested. Mellophobia went down so early, it's like I know exactly what I need to do.
And because the switch over to the thing that's happening with Prasmy, you're able to actually get those bodies in.
And Valentino's there to jump into the fray so Genji has to do it all again.
Mr. Glothangl found, Tom Gaming have plenty of HP to work with,
a buy-a-bash through, and the midst of their team will heal everybody up,
as Enscar is coming all fully close towards that group's ultimate.
A strangling prison to try and tie a noose around Tom Gaming's neck here,
and with days down as we're going to be all the more aggressive as a group.
Cut off from heels, you see Valentina and Fokido desperately trying to borrow their way
through the wood walls of a place in their path.
Gen G, let's have a quick listen in to see how they're celebrating that point.
camp of razer you should go outside can you go outside or use your bus for breath up to you
yeah also let's go outside and you can talk out there i think i might go left play left side in
the house come left side in the house come left side in the house i'm just gonna rock it off
i'm gonna rest i'm gonna rest i'm gonna rest i'm gonna rest i'm gonna rest i'm gonna rest
just push car just move car i'm gonna come back
It's been an amazing run as that payload has started shifting across so same story with the strangled prison Bobo
Just under a good amount of onslaught from this dive from Krasman, but it's not quite work for some gaming
They're pushed all the way back to the second checkpoint. Well, we can't hear skittles calling it
Well, certainly here skittles one of the crowd soon if we get another successful push here FMCL already forcing things out of a position
They would like you Krasman's been discovered as well. That's gonna complicate masses not gonna be receiving Valentina's ultimate
and they still really had to run away.
Being able to answer this,
a last stand into a mix of the Swamp Gaming,
and Genji have finally found my tempo.
They finally found some chungus life from FMCL
to go and fight this one a little bit more.
So Bobo, he doesn't even need to use that Apex Predator.
Basically had everything set up from him,
from that last stand,
all the Swamp Gaming pulled out to position
to make it a nice shooting range.
And I don't think Bobo has been eliminated once.
He's absolutely cruising on this attackers, Elsa.
14 and 0.
They go towards Crisbank and Metaphobia here for a big combo.
At least the BIS often gets people down into the calling
or a range for an execution and a reset.
Also, you've got to worry about that.
Big drop down to the left-hand side.
It's only going to be done with Intvair rather readily by FnZL.
It's a good match.
This is a good chance.
It's a good chance for Torn gave in to try and go in for the attack,
but it's a BRO back, so it's an intermittent break
from the strategists that are going to come back
as Torn gave in to dedicate more.
And second, that needs to run us over.
Bobo is under assault from the devil being let out and it seems that one by one Genji will fall and inside the castle
Fighting him in the end
Swaggy still have a lot to work with and it was one of the highlights from them over the victim challenge just the old economy
Being a little bit more reserved not over-dedicating and it's great there for a fight win
And you have so much like backed up now
Genji's sort of losing the objective in a rough position but having four minutes on the clock
They have plenty of chances and opportunities for this team to push all the way to the end
but it didn't get stuff on the feeds.
And Starage has arrested himself here with the Ironwood Wall.
Wall's broken down by the frenzy, the rival of the Venom
and then Starage is taking so much damage, but gets saved!
A turnaround! Cos we've got an amplifier and the Groot Ultimate as well.
Call in Skelligingi and Dave for their appointment
and I'm afraid it's not good news, Doctor.
I mean, to WEP, it just feels like every 13 elimination that he has,
everyone has been a final hit.
He's been absolutely connecting with his shots from Magneto.
It shows why he's so good in his met, so he's got some of the setup and even the damage.
He's coming in from Alex on the Invis, and no wonder he's just pushing and Swamp have to respect the space
that the pretty much the King and the X-Men himself seems to be taking.
Melophobia does a good job buying all of that space-continuency here long to do it,
but there is just no tree arse to try and deal with it.
A deep dive coming through from Krasmang, and by days, but can they find the value here?
Phoenix team up, and ask for Krasmang to cleave through multiple players as they set up for yet another frenzy to rival.
Invisible boundary for Alex, when that dive comes in, it might be just making Krasman's life a little bit harder to actually come up with those bigs, the days on the flight taken out from FMCL.
Now Krasman has to carry a friend to the rival, and a feast of the Abyss, having to deal with the shield in the back, already he's gotten reeds of the invisible boundary, and so it's one beginning they can just disengage.
That's perfect, yeah, feast of the Abyss forces out of the physical boundary, off of the objective itself, but it's still moving and contested from Swamp.
A big blow onto FMCL who has the last stand.
There goes the second life, Regenerals of Healing Vector has been popped now and FMCL can be a lot more cowed into submission.
Towards the back, Crasmang's aim is certainly being rewarded, but a quick float away from the Rocket Raccoon will keep him safe for a moment longer.
The aim is solid skittles, dodge, dodging, ducking, weaving the energy of the mothers, flowing through him right now.
And where can Crasmang go? The door's blocked off! The door's stuck, Ryan!
It just felt like it was a trap set up perfectly from him.
You've got the peel, amazing work from the Super Sub of Alex,
but then everybody from Gen.G showed up.
Q-App is being sent down from Malogin himself,
but the rear of my friends are straight back up.
I'm a little clutch, it's got a Gen.G.
Hook is towards the back, he needs to shut this one down.
Here and out, FMCL just about survives by the skin of their teeth,
or by the hair of their beard.
But where towards the back, Daze is noted.
There goes the glass, shots is grabbed up a couple into the hole.
Oh, you go for Burbos, but unable to duck away, Magneto!
Metaphobia of a perfect dodge.
Do it, master, hit the ground once again,
and Burbos, I have him on the brand new angle to try and play with.
He doesn't round anything off the last stand.
Two were grabbed in, but Clems is solid, Valentina's quick on the sticks
when he comes to withdrawing of the cards,
and it's a reshuffling of a fight.
It's three minutes already burned off from this defensive swamp,
and Alex has built a Burbos in physical boundary,
so Krasman wants to tramp it out, but here it's all on the point.
It's all to fight for.
Ganagenji isolated, taken in again.
Crestman goes around the back to use their biomass to try and hold this in place.
One minute, one meter.
All that remains here is Bobo falling down to his arms of Falkid over,
brought back straight away by Rocket Raccoon.
The walls are brought on out, and there are the Thorn Lashes to try and
can't throw them.
Crestman's down as well, floating away in a bubble.
Duiwep had to stand alone with 44 seconds remaining.
Genji have reset the fight.
It's still scrappy, it's still going on.
It's just been one wrong battle between these squads, no ultimates to rely on just yet,
but Mellaphobby with an apex predator, he's setting the sights, he's fighting their fxl,
who is just surviving consistently. The cc means nothing to him.
Has to be done here right now because we got Epiphyze here, moving forward, grabbing one,
they're gonna call it back, but Daisy Valentino already gone!
Morgan Crestback do, taking down Alex as the majority of their heroes, but Fombo smells the blood in the water,
and the sharks begin to circle, taken from midair like an ochre in their prime!
Genji finished their run!
A swan gaming were just left a little bit sloppy.
I think on the first and second defense it was all Genji,
but four minutes, but it's 12 seconds that are left in the bank.
So there's still signs of life in the end for swan gaming,
who have not lost on his map for a year,
but just haven't played it as much as the likes of Genji.
Different kettle of fish, and it's now been starting.
Skittles that haven't been eliminated, that has continued on,
but even then it felt like maybe half a dozen eliminations
when against Gen. G were well after the second point. Dwepp, yeah, I was right. Ten final
hits out of the sixteen eliminations that he got, just constantly connecting with the
left clicks and the right clicks.
Someone get Cosio Lasso. We need it if we're going to interview Dwepp as a boy during this
run. The Swamp Gaming is still in the lead and they still have their attack to go. They
got Gen. G all the way down to overtime in Swamp Gaming. They've been playing remarkably
against all of the controlling practice. Fountain has been so quick when it comes to
to those cleansing cards.
Yeah, I mean, it's only that era before of just copying over
the Doctor Strange Ultimate on the first map of Domination.
But that's one of the things, like you forget
this whole gaming still green to play on stage.
You've got like a new setup.
You obviously can change the sensitivity
of who you're like connecting onto.
That could easily be a setting that's like just missed
when you're like setting up on stage.
So it could be just those kind of small moments,
heating issues as you get used to playing in this position,
but you're already thrown up against like
the kings of Pacific, a Gen G.
And this is one of their main castles to Bastion and Defendal.
Full of controlling factors, the Barnet Cook by Melaphobia has been taken away to go back
between the Elsa Bloodstone.
Melaphobia was an absolute beast in the pre-season during the Elsa-net,
one of the best in the world.
Deus is still one into not even going for the head-head,
with a dead-head, and he's very good on the section of the mat to go for the planks.
He used us a little bit of high-enter rain to rain havoc on the backline of Genki.
Certainly when it's a bit more intermittent with Alex coming in instead of Salvation,
means that the magazine caps to exploit. If it isn't for FMCL, just keep it in check.
Asia's been doing a good job here, being thrashily on the walkway,
making it untenable for the magnitude to move into this zone in controller.
Day's falling low has already lost out with the regenerative healing factor,
and it would seem that FMCL has been rescued from the Feral League still in Alphobia
on the hunt terms and around. The monster piercer accuracy is absolutely disgusting.
Ransied stuff for the beer about beans at ffcl should be back in fray
But everybody else from jiggies forced off at the point
The bird has been captured at the very least and something from Genki needs to start pushing out
There is a fraught these group walls from Prasman. Yeah, that's my really ceiling way this team
Genji needs to try and break out of their zone and coming use that offensive bubble here
They are gonna allow Valentino but on to the left it's so very close
But yeah, the flies gonna be used first
You're not gonna combine them that might be able to just actually bang up the gambit ultimate not even needed for this first point
It goes down and it has to be a number five trick on the other side so much now
It's already gone that way craftsman looking towards some victims doesn't want to see this one finished already invisible boundaries
Four on up two players are stunned by the clock ring time, but there's plenty of extras off the side
Melophobia
Unbelievable stuff with the back of the apex predator and ain't no one touching this point
It's another portal that's gonna arrive for Gen G. He was just right at the end and pulled immediately off the point
Means that nobody else from 10 G is gonna be able to try and contest us in the end
When you've forced out the ultimates, you don't have to worry about a gambit on the other side.
And because the potplay was used, you don't get that how Alcatraz can see a play
where you can actually contest this one very early on because he tried to contest it on the objective.
So this one gaming have a lot of freedom to set up, but most certainly Deis is looking to leap in.
It's got a game game.
Once this poke's fought, it still hands their cast of a sword.
He's baiting.
The second someone will pop up there.
It would have been Deis on the other side.
Deis taking so much damage.
That's the move in the other side. Valentino was grabbed by FMCL.
That's a big pull from the jackpot.
The VRB means that you've got one that Bobo's already taken out another.
So this fight is actually going pretty well for Gen.G.
The position is solid.
The payload has stopped and held onto the defense.
And Swamp Gaming needs to be careful that they don't get spawnheld here.
But Gen.G keeping a lot of respect.
Mostly allowing FMCL to find another target.
I'm going to be starting to flag my quick draw on the shield there
from Scat again. You know that means that there's one less resource
to try and work with on the disengaged FMCL.
just pours out moving forward almost as the last and could bring everyone in if they could only get what they need
Into a mix of them the last stand is ready and attempt to block the incoming meteor M
You know what do I just happen to try and take that one in midair knock back after knock back control of the group
They're part benders out there. Just Christ I'm just facing I to I with a magneto with a meteor M in hand and somehow winning
I want you to hit me. Yeah, it's a brilliant on Jeff help me please
But FMCL is like the switch over to Wolverine has done a lot, but just is sustaining and obviously you have to full enhanced team up with
Well, not even a camera on their side. It's available for days
But FMCL is just looking like he has it enhanced with the way that he's playing.
I'm second my days, I'm taken away. This means a lot of room for Dota 2 World Cup and start building a 2 World Cup.
The next M2RAM still has one gaming. They have so many ultimates to work with.
Can't see the things that's winnable and so out comes the boosted M2RAM.
Alex surely can't survive this one. They've been tracked down and that's gonna be Bobo.
Crushed under the magnetic mastery of the magnetic mutants sitting in the middle with a bottle
Good power on the incoming leap of days
Now you've got it this engage just so much down just being pulled out from his cosmic yarn amplifier
A more time stall two and a half minutes left yarn amplifier and a frequency use so it's won't give him a straight back in
Oh, Melophobia gets it done again. What an absolute hero. What was that FMCL's all?
That was FMCL's all. And polka dots come down in the process
but so is everybody else on the other side.
Melophobia pretty much binded the team A's
clearing up one at a time, but ultimately it's dedicated.
Yeah, it was one of those, like, I could be the hero.
I am going to see you guys back at spawn.
And in that, you ain't on the title of a comic book, bro.
Not yet.
But what a title of a comic book.
FMCL gets one gaming FML probably days, though,
is thinking OMG might have a great opportunity
to find these more picks and find himself a second checkpoint.
At their time though, not enough, Melophobia's already taken down the CC immunity wall, so Zenz Dari is going to be eminently bullierful.
It could be pulled in, FMC is going to be the first one to fall on down, the trap gets it done here, tick damage, overwhelming.
And Melophobia, still in the midst of a brawl, the monster pierced, appears through multiple targets and just burning them away.
Fair Lord Zenz Dari, two apps going to be the ones to move in now. Bobo tried to get some action going on the Black Widow,
but the Red Room won't save you from the Red for Swamp Gaming to see in.
Oh, Leia, I'm getting motion sickness watching from Melophobia's position.
He's just dashing around like crazy using the team up to have the two traps as well.
So it's not even like four instincts, two second dashes, like the olden days.
I said the olden days, like two months ago.
Swamp gaming actually might be able to set a better time here,
but Gen.G hoping to sort of pull what Swamp gaming did on the defensive stall itself.
But it's already climbed a good portion of the map so far
because Swamp gaming pushed all the way to the throw room.
Two and a half minutes.
Plenty to work with, you can see that the high ground has to be given up here.
Estes has noted on the approach, would really love to grab this Mag with the Mag6EMU
ensuring the need to rem try to use it to peel.
FMCL taking down by Krasbang, it would appear but there's been a turnaround.
Bobo wrapped the back with a headshot!
A wide shot there is a bit of a miss and so Scaligang can turn it around on the off angle
that was so desperately curated by Bobo.
He's flipping around to turn swap gaming around in play but everybody was prepared and this is looking dire for 10G.
Melophobia sends forth the glass rocks the minions have been sent skittles can't even pop the ultimate in time invincibility not on the
Cards and scatter ganky reigns Imperius over the castle move over Dracula. There's a new king of this swamp
Don't in good time. It took a while to get going on the second, but Genji first second blitz
This one gaming on the defense have done maybe enough
It's gonna be a 48 seconds added in the end on the side of Genji to make it a full minutes
a little bit more time allocated to also mean to Genji have a chance to push this first and we
have seen some like crazy overtime pushes but that requires you to get this objective and
Swamp Gaming there might be a little bit like loose a little bit clunky in some of these positions
but they're very like disciplined it just feels a very like reserved so many teams tend to overplay
they over communicate the top really fast it's a little bit more chaotic Swamp Gaming I feel are
just like in their element just very relaxed like a lizard under a UV ball
this just chilling out Zen cold-blooded yeah I think the cryo to make
sort of a group as well as an event has been instrumental so again quickly
realized the diet wasn't working too easily about to have a choice of a one
side the invisible woman and instead of just playing a lot more front to back
because they have a gambit I mean melophobia is looking fantastic so far
as well like the amount of damage that they're outputting in days like the
It's not about doing a load of damage, it's not about getting a lot of final hits, it's
not about getting a lot of elimination.
It's just about causing chaos into Gen G, and that has been consistent.
Gen G certainly felt in that defense, certainly as we got to that second checkpoint that they
were just uncomfortable everywhere they stood on the map.
Alright, last time this happened, Swamp Gaming lost the Melophobia early, some 3D positioning.
This time, being on the Elsa has a lot more disengagement option.
I mean, this is an early fight. They didn't quite go well for Swamp Gaming, but they did have the full play to work with, but Daze has been caught out again.
He's able to at least escape from little slippery hands from FMCL, and Swamp Gaming at them since the path of their team in the first 20 seconds.
I know we shouldn't have played casual in that battle before we started. He had never missed a feral leap there from Daze.
Those force out resources to make sure that he can't get too much in the way of control.
The network towards FMCL is trying to turn this one around,
Krasniks already had to use their bubble, gets it from the Magneto as well.
That's all the peeling power, basically gone.
Now this is a very imperiled frontline,
relying mostly on their backlines, keeping sustained in this final fight.
All the time is walking in, and nobody from Swamp Gaming has been eliminated.
Gen.G haven't had anybody go down yet, which means
Ultimates have building up pace and Melophobia full-instinct goes low,
but he's holding on with the health of the Stratx.
As we go on Amplify, they make some tracks,
but already Melophobia is taking it on down.
Krasmack instantly gets resurrected.
He's actually going to be able to move in from behind FMCL and Gen.G here.
A surprise from the back.
Could be the last thing that Gen.G wants.
The day's already been taken down.
They found Valentina as well.
A perfect bubble from Skatak and he had just the right moment
to get kidnapped away by the Reformation of the castle.
Already two 6th games here from Gen.G.
Moving for Valentina, heads on.
Heimelophobia almost already has the guard chopped.
We saw how many it took off at the point last time.
Have you planned inside the invisible boundary?
No, but Melophobia lies in wait as Genji are building up towards the remainder of their ultimates.
Valentina sends them all forward. They're going to be caught by the double CC though.
There's so much control and FMCGL feels like here's the one who's in it.
That's going to be a cap. Rattatoska is unleashed.
Genji says stand still for a second. We have some work to do but overtime is going to consistently
truck along and you can see how I've got Wickey's burning. None of it's going to come back.
Just want gaming and looking to pull people off, and that means Jeff the Longshot gets to say hello.
Okay, just objective play.
Never mind.
Okay, yep, they're just gonna go back over to Rock and Rock, and we're gonna maybe just force everyone up with speed bubbles?
Get in there with the wick! Look how long the wick is! What happened, didn't she?
I guess we just couldn't stay on it for too long, or it's just going down over time anyway.
We're beginning to stay on the point no matter what.
Now, an already Valentina's been dragged into a mix!
She goes makes down as well!
It's gotta get you through, but all Valentina Eve will be able to do is flee
as the remainder of their team have been ripped to shreds.
It's the land down and they might have turned things upside down for Swamp.
They might have felt that they had this in the back of this push,
as they made it to the end of the map in plenty of occasions.
But has it happened at an international event like this?
For Genji Mums, they feel it in their soul right now.
There is an opportunity here for Swamp getting to have so many resources to work with me
to ramble me the first to move on in up against the Ghost of the Iron Amplifier.
They want Skiddle's real bad, but instead they're gonna settle for the Ironwood Ball.
They're going to away from the Rocket Raccoon, and Skiddle getting his overextended.
Melophobie can make their way around the walls.
They have to make something happen, the guard troops are going in towards their counterpart,
and Bobo Elson, plus them, is hit for dirt!
Krasmag now stands on business, and stands, so is Anoke, before Ratatoska.
FMTL back in fourth floor, up the floor, up the floor.
Three players trying to get into the strangling prison, but no one's on the point!
And Swamp Gaming, hold on second!
You had the rocket rushing in, and then the portal started to loom from do-web.
But still, I think you take that if you're Gen.G.
It's two and a half minutes to push now for Swamp Gaming.
Not quite done and just it just yet.
But for Swamp Gaming, it's whether this defense is going to be good enough in the end.
It was a fast point-a-take on their attack.
But Gen.G did buy a lot of space on that second point.
And I imagine at that point, if we do get there again,
If we are making some sort of return trips back and forward to the Dracula castle,
it might just be that case of like Gen.G would do that in overtime.
Let's think about how someone going to first on our first run around.
It was all about by setting the team, they forced Alex and Skiddles into those back rooms and warmed them off with the group.
The question is, are Gen.G going to identify that and modulate their positioning to not be vulnerable to such a play?
One small update though, is that FMCL was on the dead of a light, didn't have to say sustain, right?
Dead of a gun only do so much, and Dead of a gun can still do quite a lot, it just deflects everything.
But FMCL on Wolverine just seems to be very lore-accurate, Logan, just...
Yeah, I don't go down, even as much as I want to go down, I still somehow find myself taking these fights.
I don't see Ten Starry having got a jump pack here.
Which could be problematic if I do get grabbed, but of course setting up that iron with wool in a...
Well, Alprascada position will found them on Limited Season Unity.
Anything changing? Oh, fuck it.
Oh, just sending everybody out similar to last time with the jet,
but otherwise it's the same for Swamp Gaming.
Composition not changing up too much.
No cheese.
There's only two and a half minutes on the clock
to try going for the fly scout again.
He gets stunned out first, and...
And they're down.
Knocked out a place for a second, but it gives Gen.T some chance
to maybe contest the high ground, at least FxL is looking to.
Oh, that's a big gravel to do.
You have nice surf as well there from days, but it seems like they've managed to slip the clutches of Swamp Gaming and Scabby Genki might have over extended try and follow up on this one.
But eventually, Joep gets hunted on down and Bobo's gone too. Now with the resurrection having been used, FMC will need to find some value in the back blind.
But Swamp Gaming is just all over this point.
Bobo's gonna come in with the Doctor Strange, so it's about everybody else from Genki's stall and to make sure it works better than the last time.
could be an isolation. You can see that momentarily grabbed out the Wolverine and Zen Starrie is going to find themselves in the path back on to this point as well.
Alex almost up there to the invisible boundary, but Bobo's been taken out and Alex won't be able to build this time around.
Swamp Gaming barely ever do anything to take this point and that's perfect considering to make it all the way through seconds.
Yeah, but that's the thing. Sorry, there's the thing. Zen Starrie comes in to try and fight that one a little bit more, but can only do so much.
Still, time stalled out. It is going to be some old gaming taking this first checkpoint and pushing on,
but just a minute left and Genji now seeing if they can just get everybody off that objective before it goes to the end.
They have to worry about Valentina though, has got the one-sided gambit hole.
Genji here, they want to just take two fights. They want to try and force out early in the economy,
and you can see that's why they didn't go to the second point.
Valentina's getting mighty close here, and she is putting in so much pressure.
Alright, what a touch, cause we kept away!
I've reached out to the guard trucks!
Oh, it's in-storey! So quick of a draw with the wall that's disastrous!
Mellophobia doesn't wanna go inside this time.
Apparently, as the walls were just stopped in and yet amplifier now gonna come through,
as it is gonna be the royal flush-used FMCL going down to shy of having that last amber beer back into the...
Straight back into the fray!
As we are now fly used, Berber and the outside caught out here by the trap that Krasbang's forming low.
Great bubble uses and straight up into the sky!
There's a really safe direction here!
And Graspang has managed to grab multiple people, but he's not inside of the invisible boundary of the machine in just in time.
Scatageng is trying to hunt someone down with the meat you ever can't find a target with instead set up for duet.
And Genji will lose control of Ratatosuke soon.
But it's 10 seconds left, so you've given yourself another fight even if Genji starts to go down here.
They're not dedicating anything more. They've got every ultimate oven and a strategist, so this is just stalling.
Because all the time is about to hit, and they have 100 meters to stop this one completely.
Gen.G, our four ultimates to work with, Swamp Gaming have won.
This is all about economy.
If you want a hero to bring America's one step closer through this bracket, it's got to be Daze.
Oh, man, he's rigging it up! He's got no one!
Oh, he's got zero on the last stand!
The Scan again, he's already down!
Now Gen.G are moving forward.
The Vanguard is starting to disappear before the Palatine has been crushed!
So do other amazing Swamp Gaming!
Can he rise up once again, or central park and come through with claws of Eastern Fury?
The last stand brings us to a one all-score line as Pacific strikes back on their home ground.
Means that it has to be Convoy of choice for Swamp to try to get this best of five over the line,
but it shows in these big moments that Swamp can let it slip out of their fingers,
out of their claws and find themselves in positions like this.
What a small maneuver.
Swarovskiy had a round towards Radetosko,
while it was still in the underground.
That was where you were going to be safest
from the Wolverine kid.
That's because he can't take you to the sky
when he's got such a low roof over his head.
And it's a Skittles MVP as well on the rocket.
Like, they were happy to go for the one-sided infiz
instead of going for the gambit.
If it's comfort, it works.
Skittles is incredible on the rocket,
and it's one of those elements
that they certainly won't need to lock out.
It's one of the few times that we've seen him play on stage,
But this series it feels like you go to distance
I want to see swamp push to see what they can do in these moments
But I also want to see Gen G show what Pacific is made for now that they've made that trip across the Pacific
I'm wondering like what what what happened that we had the the envies one side
It got so much value
I guess I came down to the Wolverine versus Wolverine being able to hit those force physics for peeling
I mean also just a head-to-head, but there is a desk ready to break down some of the stuff that's happening these first two maps of guys
What is going on?
What is going on? We are having just the best games at
I'm less key. We are having the best games coming in right now swap have an incredible star
We were a little worried you guys are talking in the break about just how much domination has been the potential like
The pain points for some gaming in the past, but they absolutely
Cruised it. I mean can we just talk about that epic comeback? They had a minute and a half over Gen G
And for them to be able to pull off what seemed like impossible.
Swapgaming was clicking on all cylinders, quite literally,
but mud all over the ground.
And they just sliced right through it
and got on four-wheel drive and pushed through.
I mean, Gen. G, this is why there's such an interesting team
and fascinating to watch.
They've really put up a lot of potential here.
America man, hi, welcome back, by the way.
Hey, how's it going, loser?
What's up?
I put out that two of my teams are still going
still in the tournament just like yours so loser is a is a bit strong well
that's true but they're about to be limited to a later on because of how
swamp gaming are playing looking at these highlights yes they didn't have the
best map but like we talked about Gen G have a very free play style very much
so like the land of three and I think realistically how Gen G is playing is
quite good just to give them some credit but that's the end of it there
because swamp gaming tightness up yes one-to-one we're going to another map
type that they should be good at.
And I think that swamp gaming have the consistency
to do that.
It felt like to me, listen, what a swamp like a talent time.
We're family.
We're all together as one.
All I know is if you look at final hits,
there was only one altogether family in that department.
I mean, Gen G, they shared the load across the board,
and they did an answer to the call of what a lot they couldn't
do yesterday, even in the loss against 100 fees
that they had in that one map of Museum of Contemplation,
like bow bow, not being able to get those ultimates.
Check, right?
Do I have to get that mag back?
Check.
I think the ban phase was important on this one.
The one-sided pink tether wasn't the plan. You don't take the ball away from Tom Brady. No, you give Mag to DeWey.
You give Mag to DeWey. There's the thing you mentioned as a potential ban as well, but they also let Zen Starry throw on Groot so many times.
There was so much attention, as Dogman brought up earlier, you'll be in there, American man.
Don't imagine the guy ever again.
The person who will remain unnamed talks about potentially banning out vanguards being potentially imported.
And you can see exactly why by the performance of Gen.G,
where they just get some of their preferences due up,
though, also a very impressive game on Emma.
For the first time, you made a good point,
that you're a dogman absolutely so wrong about that comment.
I'm glad you pointed it out.
So I think it's like Homelander said over here
on the left of me, realistically,
this team, Swamp Gaming, are so good
because of what they played due up, though.
Given that, you know, I'm like me,
you mentioned Tom Brady, he's the go.
Yeah, hey, listen, America, man,
we can talk about that all day.
But what I will say is I'm disappointed
in that loss from Swamp Gaming there.
I mean, it really was everything that they do well.
And what they typically don't do, obviously, at TLC,
but what they don't do typically
is let something like that slip through.
I mean, once they look dominant,
they really don't hesitate.
And this team does wear their heart on the sleeve.
It has to be worried because you gave Gen.G
even a sliver of that confidence from the full state.
And speaking of confidence,
you've got to be a little worried about that.
We have some gaming.
The team where their players, it's their first LAN.
Gen G we can very much call them experience now. They've been to every land and they're essentially at their best ever performance so far and they're now only
Two wins away from an even better than their best ever performance looking at the statistics here
Bobo with an incredible
43 eliminations and starting with 49. This was just a very yeah, but you're okay
You're you're noticing one major thing Bobo had 13 KOs of 13 casualties
so that you have to bear that in mind.
Obviously, we're stat watching,
and I'm watching how bad Bobo played
in terms of that win.
Cozy, by the way, speak, or sorry,
Homelander, my apologies.
I forgot, you're not easy.
Go to Waffles, go on now.
I've got a little bit of a present for you.
I know that behind the scenes, you...
Well, you're Homelander, let's be honest.
I mean, I see how you dress, I see your hair
and how blonde it is, and I figured this is for you.
This is a present for you.
I know that you've lost the way of America.
What are you trying to do here?
Do you, I'm stronger, I'm smarter, I'm better.
You understand that you understand that and on top of that you guys are the real heroes you guys listen
Bobo comes up to me in the hotel yesterday
He's like hey come over here cozy and then he's like he's on live stream with like half a China can't wait to talk
So why are you waiting? Listen? He calls me home? They said they all call your home later. Listen. This is Marvel
Dang it. I'm not having them out. That's right. I'm milk. That's that's
cozy
Lander somebody somebody okay. This is this is I'm upset. Okay. I need help. I'm a lactose intolerable
Help me welcome to that one anyway, he's back to the main show swamp gaming because of that
Man, it's tough to make speechless and damn it. You just did it there that listen. Hey all I could say is
not a lot
Yeah, listen, go boy, listen, I think swamp gets right back here. You know, spotter island. This is a map where they wanted to take it, you know, against TLC, obviously get to go the way that they wanted to there ended up not getting past that point one, but this is is a map they feel confident in.
Coach Fox, you talk, you've got to talk, you gotta walk the walk.
We gotta see how this team responds.
But Gen.G, we've seen it before, Tetscher.
Once they get a little bit of that hope, they're not, man.
They seem impossible to stop.
And the crowd out there, we're in America.
Oh, you would think it's all like the land down under.
We saw some clips yesterday of some of the matches from the Gen.G versus
100 Thieves game, another American team dog man.
Sorry, American man.
You're getting lost.
I really am.
I'm gonna try it.
I don't know where I am.
But we saw them at the crowd. There was some loud support for Gen.G.
Yes, sadly there is. And that's why we need a lot more USA.
USA in the crowd.
Okay, and if I'm not seeing any Shuys on the other side,
then obviously there's not a lot of Gen.G fans out there.
We'll have to see if we do get a Shuie by the end.
We can find a Shuie for some milk.
If Swamp Gaming loses this, you're doing a milk Shuie.
Yeah, hey, Doug.
No, you have to say yes right now.
My name, Holmander, you will do.
He's gonna protect Loki first and he's going to lose then we saw it in the Virtus Pro
Na'Vi game a little bit like that.
The first Loki save here, huge.
We saw that before with TLC when they were going against him.
They didn't go in their favor but I do like it here.
It's kind of the argument.
We saw the bait from the side of Na'Vi from Terra calling out.
I read it.
He's gonna protect Loki first and he's going to lose.
And we saw it in the Virtus.Pro Navigame a little bit later on, and Virtus.Pro did lose.
It's a little bit of the argument of, is this low-key protect early and actually worthy
pick-up here?
It's always a debate, yeah, depending on if we go to Convoy and Convergence, obviously,
with the Magneto.
How good that character is, I'm kind of in that department, and that's why I have to
partially grew a dogman there, but realistically Magneto's broken.
Going to the Invis save and either way I'd love to see that the Golden God is making its way
Really for the first time in midway through the band and we don't see that too often
Oh, geez to be had here. They want to win at the old-fashioned way either way
This is we have to make it you can't have one-side Mac, right?
I mean at this point if you're swamp gonna use this last man on Mac or do you just feel like they're gonna do what?
Well, this is why going to the same I bet going back to stage one swamp gaming lost the match so that they shouldn't have lost
He lost, banning all strategists. Fox cleverly said this was all planning for two months in advance here, hitting the meta back then when he lost.
That's a great point, actually. Yeah, that's true. I mean, listen, it is this fourth strat ban here, Swamp Gaming has tried this before and it's worked somewhat in the past, but this is a risky play out like it.
Speaking of the strategists, we're seeing Band out. You already mentioned we're seeing the Adam being banned out. There's a Rocket ban out and a one-sided Rocket secure for Swamp Gaming.
When we go over the history of this map in particular, it's one of the first maps we started to see, the full spawn holds on first point being attempted.
It was this one and midtown where teams would set up sometimes with Penny.
It was the first time we started seeing triple vanguard, triple strategist who really just try and burn time, try and delay and make something happen.
Loves the rocket save here, the best rocket in the game, and he saved fucking dog.
So given that action over to him, Wolf Band, no fastball special for days.
Not allowed.
That is interesting for sure.
Who are you? Have you got give me one word answer cozy? I like swap game in here. Who do you have America man?
I hesitate to ask. I'm with homeland rope here on the left. I got one
Well, there's only one way to find out who will take the lead in this series
Let's head over to leg day of Ryan central to bring you map number three
Is there anywhere?
America man won't clip farm Ryan is nothing sacred anymore
What happened to me?
I don't know I'm kind of into watching cozy be false that milk. I mean that just seems to be like that's my eatable
No, Mike's on bro. Yeah
My I'm Stan mobs. Yo, can I get some of that nice food? I need I need a I need a snack and a lie down
Definitely the lie down. I think because I mean either these two teams would be win you've got rather have been just chilling
the game. It's going to be a
lot less Logan, less adamantium,
and it's going to be days on the
dead of all. It's going to be
that composition to break out of
spawn a sport game and try to
make this map twice work. They've
probably ever used it against
people considered else, but it's
kind of a new look for them to go
against the big team in the
Americans. Didn't go great
earlier against him like with
Citadel, but maybe Gen. G or a
different tier of competition
to an unforeseen coming out of
North America. Do apps getting
You can see that unlimited ammo for the Punisher has been really problematic for these Vanguard,
Metal 5, it just lets loose with adjudication and pierces through the skin.
I mean, it's also like there's no rocket on defense, there's no triple triple, so all
of those eliminations go against Gen.G, have to sort of make it all the way back to spawn.
FFCL is going to be actually going pretty low, but if the Cammy's available, it's going
to be very low.
Alex, Alex, Alex, please, Alex, please heal me, please heal me.
man just to back up but he has to give a lot of space for Swall.
He's here. He's able to pick on so much long-range pressure as well, makes it very difficult
to approach Swam doing without taking a bunch of damage.
Now if Lovia trying to be pulled off of the high ground, there's nothing to do all too
much, not too much bit disruptive play in the air, but Genki's composition on this defense
isn't looking too robust in comparison to the other teams that want a full hold.
I'm going to focus on myself, cool down. Ten seconds to the next unlimited ammo, that
means Rich engine needs to make a move now or never, the Christmang might want to move
first year almost as we're strangling prison up comes because we can't amplify
but still Zen star is feeling safe inside of the invisible boundary but there's
no safety to be had because Melphir is just doing so much damage with the ammo
overload hook towards the back of him and him seal is still back there and
Valentina Eva is looking for a copy here of the Cosby on amplifier gets it
straight off of the opposing rocket and Bobo is caught in the corner of nowhere
to go yeah man is gonna push on and it's a
early call from Zed and Starrie but this hasn't really fought all that much time to change
here across this series. Silly when Milo Kobi is sat there with the
retribution. Reddy and waiting to strike but if they can hold on to this ultimate for a little bit
longer they're going to use some of the other ones in case to clear off the point.
Precious sitting and tracking. Now Dave's looking for the backline where Canalex go. It's all about
the healing and the healing's being delivered and now Dave's got the instruction for extended
Milo Kobi. You can't bail them out here as the judge's jury and executioner all join the fray
in favour of NA. FMCL towards the back learning that they're the loud, but surely it's going to be so easy to come through the water,
reflecting in 10 stories there with the finish. Still, there's not much to be done. Bobo sends them off the map.
They need to keep it contested. Scat-o-dengue has no means of returning to this one, and Job's going to come back on the Captain America!
We're going to turn your freedom against you, America, as they say.
As Skiddles falls at the hands of Kras Vang of Valentina Eve's Magic Missiles, cast at level 9 for a quick victory.
FMCO's got 4, you know what's happening in this fight, Ryan?
I mean, Storm's apparently clearing up, though, as that sort of old guard is coming in as Spider-Man is trying to be the hero at the very least,
but it's going to be the Punisher not quite tagging up with him this time, instead sending him to an early grave.
It seems as if Spider-Man has been coming on every single time very quickly,
but it means that Swamp Gaming, for the first time out of their four games, have actually cut past this first part of the map.
It's either being a full hold for them or against. This is new to them. It's new DLC to play.
I love the new TLC, Ryan.
Thank you, Gwon Gwon. Thank you, Gion.
By best of all, he's got an angle here.
I think those third ones are a black widow.
They are going to be a long range threat that Melophobia's going to be very careful about.
The days is not going to have the Wolverine option for one.
We'd have to go daredevil if you want to cause that.
This is what it is. The double hit scams for the setup.
Oh, hi.
But Alex just dives all in.
Dude, Alex's getting involved here on the gambit.
No fear, and two upsets upon the car.
This is where he is happy. He's sitting on the magneto.
has the blade back in hand but has to back away because of course Scaliang is throwing it the
other way as well. FMCL went too far in towards the back but still after all this is said and done
it's going to be all about the unleashing of power from the gambit. Bobo is invigorated and he's
ready to ignite the battle and ignite the enemies. Bobo's got Swampgaming going oh no but Swamp
have so many ultimates now that it's just happy for some lead up. I go their way it's just a
the royal quest that was dedicated in the end, and now, Genji can actually get a bit
more comfortable, and SwampGaming needs to find a way to close the distance, and today
it's going back to the daredevil, it's just sort of flip-off in a way of which Karate
wants to be on.
So he's focused, already found, I think the Mountain Smash has steeled away a Ragey Royale
flash, great play from her, but can Genji rebuff the incoming aggression, seems that
SwampGaming haven't been able to make that much space off the back of it.
Yeah, I mean there's two efforts, like where is everybody, I just heard the gambit ultimate,
Nobody's actually fighting on the objective of Bobo.
We cut away from that because it was too brutal to show on TV.
It's taking us, it goes down, the ultimate is activated.
Aw, 40 dogs, so low, follow-up coming in from the venue.
They've caught in the reinforcers,
they've caught in the air,
it's like Valentina's tricks don't work on Bobo.
They're too smart for this one.
And Melophobia's approach is shut down.
Too sweet.
And it's now just Bobo just going into the fight now,
it's the one and one.
They want him to go back,
Niso is there, Scalagenji has managed to find it,
but also Alex in the process, traded out for duet,
but now it seems that Genki are losing out on the numbers.
Okay, taken down at what cost?
It seems that some gaming were willing to pay it,
just get the Magneto and the Daredevil on top of that winner.
Yes, then Starry just trying to touch on to the point.
I mean, Genki, they've watched it up first,
it's probably like just throw these vanguards on the point,
keep stalling and keep forcing out fights,
just basically make this a battle of attrition
and Genki have all day,
it was all night for them with the towns on difference,
but they won't matter all too much,
Mellophobia has the apex predator. It's the only thing that's one path in hand.
And so I can't get away pulled back in by the anti-suit charge. The purple's there as well.
Vulnerability breaks through symbiotic bonds and Mellophobia's set up.
They see the landing strip for the GLaTROx. The airfield is prepared.
All they need to do is make the landing to bring Swamp Gaming home.
Just finding the right angles here, but he's trying to get this crossfire.
He's going to go in offensive, but it is going to be the devil out and they can't get all in.
They can pause the back, already for a generation, the main runes have been used, but FMCL doesn't stop, it just keeps on going!
Fuck you, Valentino! It's taken down with the constant pockets from the invisible woman! FMCL keeps it going!
Absolutely on the same wavelength, it's a blur of red as the gambit and the daredevil just rush on through and 15 seconds of swung in its touch.
The pause could be really hard to do for Strange because Gen.D are in this form!
So instead of having to send Krasmang forward on that venom, they had trouble on the previous map getting value out of a venom.
I heard the devil being read out in the back days looking for the backline skittle,
so I could be taking down Melaphobia adds as well with the Glashux!
And Danny gets it done this time!
Bobo Scatter, FMCL goes down as well, and Melaphobia will reign over these lands as a cool Monarch.
It was just that in-between Genki wanted to close the distance, stop a bottle play,
but as soon as that Venom swings in from Krasmang they have to go back.
People are split and that finds opportunities for all of Swamp Gaming.
Valentina does have the coffee. She's already managed to grab one of the
boiled flushes on the side of Alex, but it's going to be a lot harder with a minute left
and all of this high-fence perch on. You've got to keep your step. We've seen people fall off of here earlier.
Got to give you just a try and buy what the space they can using their Miss Alex Kersen.
And you've got to make sure that Alex is staying hidden here as Dua goes above it.
All my try and follow down fast man for a generation amazing to be taken down by someone else
But do it can't get it down in time and now cannot afford to charge up the meet your end
Look at all the bank you said now
That's what I call peel a turnaround here possibly off the back of the group inside of the invisible boundaries
We're giving up everything they need the healing the numbers the multiplicity of
Brawesses well and do it just as exchange their vitality for time
He fell down to the low ground but still managed to stall for a little bit more time and space
So I'm gaming now, throwing the thing in, just want to see if they can get right to this choke.
He's at the where the group is, far as the distance, and he's been allowed to.
This is going to be hard to move Krasmang away from this spot.
A hallowed path, they must tread now.
After these difficult stairs, each step more difficult than the last.
A double parry on the club one time, but Valentina still has options here.
They've pushed on out, and Fypsio's fell to her.
And now only 4K dog is going to remain on the outside.
FMCL is absolutely earning himself a salary here for Gen.G. The parries, the blocks, even finding a pick onto Valentina that goes for the copy on the invisible boundary means that it's shut down near enough in the end.
as the portal begins to open, but Crasman can't drive it fast enough, and Gingy hold on last.
FMCL is absolutely earning himself a salary here for Gingy. The parries, the blocks, even finding a pick
onto Valentina that goes for the copy on the invisible boundary, means that it's shut down
near enough instantly. The one time that we have seen Gingy put onto this map from Exo-Exo in Pacific,
It's XOXO01, which is a fantastic name for a team, and very narrow to actually miss out
qualifying for this event itself, but Genji pushed it all the way to the end, so actually
it just stopped being shy of third.
It's good for them, but it's just we haven't seen an awful lot of it in the end.
Swapgaming have been very good at full holding or been full hold.
They want to make sure that things end here on first, and when you have the likes of Loki,
you have the rocket, you don't quite have stuff like the atom to work alongside, but
you imagine it as going to be that triple, triple composition coming in again.
So Vinny Jinji just didn't opt to do it.
Jarvis, bring up the fan-canned machine,
because I have never seen a more vanguard duo thing
than both Zinstarry and Duweb reading that clobbering time
and double-parrying it with the bubble and the diamond form.
That was absolutely sick.
It's the experience now that these guys have managed to get,
even before we saw some of the players coming in from Nova,
like I mentioned before,
to really make this like Chopperman squad
international squadrons plenty with like qualifying for the Grand Finals.
It's just even a little bit beyond that though.
Gen.G, they've set themselves in a good position.
Maybe take the lead in this Best of Five series,
but sort of game its defense on their map is one to definitely respect.
All right, FMCL, not gonna opt in for a penny just yet,
alongside of Bobo's usage on the storm.
Of course, it would usually be Bobo who's playing that hit-scan player.
There's no Ultron, too, so the penny was free.
The Ultron was free, but they're still running this triple strategy
Just with the rocket and the Loki, it means that Valkyrie has a lot to do when it comes to the main strategy of putting out that healing.
Bobo wants to try to send people out and FMCL over on the Wolverine, one-sided.
Found the target to pull in, but I don't think it's actually a lot of turny eliminations.
Yeah, I think it may well have been a clone from the Magnetaur, maybe Crassman should have had to instantly get out using the Cyberweb's snares.
Bobo just can see and use building up all of his damage, he has to be careful at range though.
Crassman is going to be the first to fall scout again, getting to get revived.
Was that not a phobia to just have a little bit of a wiggle, a little bit of a roll around there as they go in
to keep this point contested for as long as possible?
Yeah, just one at a time, dropping so it gets Craftsman into space to go for a call.
Like, Swamper very well drilled when it comes to these plays, and it's all about just stalling for as many fights as you can.
Swamper just happy to go down because they're going to just contest their own instantly again.
Have to be careful here. If you are a strategist, you'll not get picked off early when the Goon Squad rolls out and wow, the gambit really does mess with that formation.
Everyone on Swamp Gaming is going to have to reconsider their position, but they do at least keep the point contested so it's not running away from holding in to the Wolverine.
Dangerous place to be inside of the invisible boundary balance.
Teams are already coming down, but should be resurrected here by days.
The battle recall where he can bring her back, but Scannagangie's not going to be able to grab it now.
Wolverine's next upon the docketness, and we can eat buffet for FMCL.
Vanguard and their big health pools are easy pickings for the Wolverine, but inside of the invisible boundary things are more complicated
You cannot convert.
Not at all. Alex even got the Royal Flush,
but that fight was just going on.
Valentino gets a great coffee, and that's a great leaking,
but just dodged him away from FMCL,
who somehow survived all of this fight that's going on.
The stall continues for Swamp.
Now, Prasmak has no other like a murder.
Gonna be quite easy to shut down, though,
between duet, Skiddles and FMCL.
Whoever they can see it coming in the end,
there's another invisible boundary go up from the fork.
He's the Swamp. I'm happy to go for this.
Some of herbie, grabbed, gone in,
And towards the back, the Omega Hurricane is going to be unleashed.
Valentina's ready. Swap down for Melaphobia!
Graps two!
Skittles and Alex hiding in the same location,
but I'm afraid you're going to need more than cuddles with your co-strategists
to avoid the incoming wrath of Metaphobia.
There's Bobo,
came in with the Omega Hurricane and thought it'd be very least
to clear up some of these lamps set up from Valentina's Loki,
all of the copies, but he was immediately sort of sick-packing.
Melaphobia, because of Benz, it finds two, wouldn't meet your end,
but it's on the back line.
Now it's time to pull out the Royal Flush.
Crasmang wants to cook, they just need to try and find the opening.
Last stand takes down both Crasmang and Stadagengi,
as they still think it's winnable with the Cosmic Young Amplifier,
but they could not be more wrong.
Crasmang, resurrected, returns to the point, but is summarily infected.
It's two fights, one for Gengi, but three minutes burnt and bought off,
and they have to pretty much get towards the end here,
so Swamp Gaming gonna have at least another fight,
maybe even having another portal.
They're switching away from the triple-triple-seventh to Marv 222.
Might just leap into the fray and take this fight,
but it means that ultimates are missing.
You have to look at the vanguards for Genji to be the difference makers.
Irving's taking this opportunity as well to swap over in the round, right towards the Elsa.
And he might be able to just get some sightlines,
but he's actually very involved in this fight.
Wolverine wants to be in this sort of closed space.
It's a scrap here at the start of Spider Island.
He's there stalling the cart already.
Very strong player.
A couple of players have been stunned here by the clobbering time,
but already Dwepp has gone on down.
Inside of his invisible boundary, FMCL just keeps on playing and days can't make it to the cart.
He's inside of the Gambit team up on the knockback, so simply too strong.
Melloflabe is taking on Puebo on the other side, but it's a big grab from FMCL.
Spear tackling the boy from the point, and Duet is here for a little bit of, you know, it's a cameo.
New movie.
Yeah.
Hey, Consume!
Spider-Man's here, everybody, and there he goes.
That's pretty much about it, but Skittles had a really good invisible boundary just to sort of set up and take that flight there like Swamp Gaming would just pulled into a dark position.
But they have another portal to go for.
Just keep forcing fights, send the bodies in, Swamp Gaming go again.
Here we go again, Skittles already down, Alex probably going to call this one
as you can try and rotate back to walls to spawn room
where you are technically invincible.
Metaphobia rolls for dice, no Nat 20 unfortunately for that Barna cook.
He's very much in the focus there, he's sort of forgotten that the spawn of the enemies is right
behind him but they're still finding targets for Zara, send Starry to send him back to spawn.
Everybody's going to adjust in a great perch for Swamp Gaming to sit up on.
No, they've been looking for you.
Never hurt once, Bobo.
Finds Bobo, but the peel is solid off the back of that personal Guardian shield.
Because of the swap overs as well from the triple Vanguard, it means that these Ultimates
have been built up fairly quickly.
Deus is happy to swap over towards the strange to go for the portal.
Very close to having an Eye of Agamotto to join the other five Ultimates available for
Swamp.
Now, Swamp very close to using a bunch of Ultimates as well.
And the back of the shield's already falling on them.
Spikey, bullied up by...
Oh, Bobo!
It's got a gangie just gets taken out there by the shield and already so much damage
But I'm fucking dogs still gonna commit going in with the invisible boundary as
Melophobia hurt the cause it time to do or die. We've taken down both
We're the right skittles as well the believers are rising up on swamp gaming
But when all the dust settles Genji have found their purchase it doesn't matter if they didn't hear about swamp gaming
I got to throw themselves into a number fight
They'll have the copy and actually switching away from the invisible boundary to go for the Luna
feeling FMCL has just got way too much freedom. He has been swapping around, went for the Black Captain works,
he's going to go to the Daredevil to try and match days, but it means a change has to come in for Swamp Gaming's defense.
He's going to offer Valentina Eve a good early ultimate though, she can instantly copy over that later for the world.
But do absolutely make sure there's no such options already using their new buses, exchange what he played for Malophobia.
And where was the remainder of Gen.G? Do-it was out on an island and the rest of Gen.G were watching from afar, have fun mate.
We're gonna get reason over here tainted voltage into a quick pull and there goes the last one
Count them on down the cleanse is solid to end the ultimate but Skiddle surely is gonna fall to rot a stern
You have to sort of back up a little bit from baller now in the end
Oh, we just get caught on the exits
So it does mean that Gen G is gonna try to go in as fast as they can
They've got the bodies to do as in Starry's gonna be over on the venom has the ultimate gonna leap in with a feast of the
Abyss to see if it can catch on to somebody as the regeneration domain from the Loki Valentina
Going to be used even the ultimate has to be copied in the end
But someone gaming somehow bringing this out and it's all the time pretty early on in the second checkpoint
No, oh that one dance co-streams gonna be very invigorating
The whole cinematic universe it feels like felt that
that's all off the back of
swamp just forcing as many
fights as they did. Yeah, like
that's just the perfect
position of like we can go for
the port. We can keep doing
this. We can go for that. But
like that hurts if you're Gen
G. You have to be able to
bounce back and we saw some
like long fights go to
distance and stuff like
Museum of Contemplation
yesterday against 100
thieves. But it does mean
the swamp gaming one map away
from knocking out the last
Pacific team that we have
going up against in a fourth
a little bit later on. I mean I'd love a little bit more America's versus the
MEA but I'm not sure if this is the way that I wanted to happen. For Gen G, it's time to lock in or get locked down.
Yeah I mean I hope we're not thrown to the desk of American man's there I don't
want to hear what he has to say about that because it was just feeling like
good for Gen G like it was defense was setting a good position they were
dealing with one of the strong teams when it came to these like defensive
it was the map choice of Swamp, but you just saw it from the glimmer of Fox's face there. It was just like, oh, okay, we'll take that, but we were expecting that to go a little bit further on.
Yeah, Gen. G Grain in this case. I mean, unfortunately, but like you said, Crows and Swamp, they played that defense so perfectly that we burned through six and a half minutes of defense with Spider Zero making it barely halfway through the map.
through the map, despite a couple of lost fights from Swamp on that defence, they just played it sublimely.
Like, you know what, we don't need to win, we just need to lose slowly until you miss a...
It is just, you didn't hear a bell, but Gen G didn't hear over time, on the horizon, I think.
But it's the fact that this is what tests it here. That's a harrowing experience, we've all done it, most of us have done it.
None of us have really managed to do it on the stage, mind you.
But it's the fact that you have to quickly bounce back and go like, OK, that was the last map.
We have the map choice now, we can go for something a little bit different.
and try to prepare what Swamp is going for.
But we are going to hear what the analyst has to say about that,
and please don't let American Man on stage, please.
Well, thank God, American Man is gone.
It is me, Kosey, joined with Dougman.
And, hey, listen, all I have to say is,
it's nice to see America get right back on that track
as we see Swamp gaming kind of take care of business.
It's always tough to see the old C9 and the Gen G happen there
at the end, but either way,
Swamp Gaming, how'd you feel like they played?
I feel like you're getting some maybe quotes from Eric Mann
with their saying that it's now the Gen G
that they don't touch in the car.
But I felt like, yeah, Swamp Gaming played a phenomenal map.
And it really is through a lot of this vanguard,
play the front line.
But it's everybody right now.
I mean, this team is such a cohesive unit.
And you know, I thought that Zen Story back when they were
playing a group a little bit more was phenomenal.
But now today, they do have Swamp Gaming's front line
popping hell off.
One day, he was able to come back a little bit, right?
I don't think we saw the best of it in Central Park.
we did there in the other map of Spider Island. Either way, I mean, Bobo looks so clean out there.
A lot of pieces are there, kind of like 12 Gaming, kind of give it up that last one as well.
But for me, it's really that if they were going to, if Genji wants to win this thing,
it felt like they had to get that map from them. Now they've got to be perfect to finish off this
B05. It's going to be a lot tougher when you are ice skating uphill, as Blaze likes to say,
Dogman. Absolutely, yeah. And I think that the thing is as well that you mentioned about Bobo
being so good is that I mean even though they did lose that round or that map it
does feel like Bobo he's I mean who know he is the statistically he's the most
successful Chinese player of all time so far in this game. By a lot yes because
of what Tetra said I mean he's played on Nova he did well in the season and yeah
he's just such a talented player and really good it's a shame that you know I
think some of the other players could make it but he's really good. Can I say this I feel like if
Trump gave me somehow won this whole damn thing I think I think Melophobia might be
as he knew Thanos. Like, it doesn't matter the role or what, Tetra. This man continues to shine.
He's been absolutely dominant basically every single game we've had. Even the ones that Swamp
have lost, he's been a shining beacon to try and bring them back into the series and was instrumental
to Swamp now heading to match point, which we have just found out is going to be mid-town on
Convoy for our next map. I got some thoughts on this. I mean, I feel like when we saw the last
map and what we've seen at Gen G I know they don't want to go back to domination and I get that but
based on what we've seen out of swamp behind the scenes in stage one they're not the best on
domination at least just for this team Liquid Citadel so that is something to take it take it
account but if you look at Citadel we're closer I would say to getting that trophy then swamp gaming
just because of the fact they've been dominant throughout the tournament. So here's the thing
obviously Midtown really front to back map right we've got a ton of front to back going on it if
you look at the teams both of them obviously have a pretty solid front to back comp I'm curious on
to see. We're going to go
back to the game. We're going
to look at the game. We're
going to look at some what
happens here because days in
the Wolverine didn't really
work out for them last time
group. They want to go that
route. You know, obviously we
have some counter play to be
had the band phase could be
ever so important. But I do. I
like this back pick against
Swamp. You can see the one of
it and this might be the one
that you're going to mirror
what I said during the last
draft. This is the second
map where we started to see
these big spawn holds. We
started to see the pennies. We
started to see the triple
shots down momentum of any team.
Hey, and listen, starting the right way,
I like it right off the rip, no funny business,
just get the mag to do it, all right,
to get the big time plays, and obviously we saw a lot
of that, you know, with what was pulled off yesterday.
Dog, Loki ban off the rip, you like it?
Yeah, I mean, this is kind of an interesting point
because of what he was talking about.
I mean, maybe you get the ones out of Loki.
Is it really worth it?
On convoy, and these type of maps,
it's kind of worth considering,
at least what I feel like about the meta,
which is everybody has their own takes,
So I'll take it with a grain of salt.
It does feel like Loki is almost as good as Maggie
in a locked face.
It's creeping up.
Yeah.
Because here's the thing.
Listen, there's not a ton of teams
that have an amazing Loki player,
some like Valentina having access to Loki.
What does it do?
Hey, if you have an amazing mag on the other side,
it's a quick way to shut down that meteorium
and you have all the other greatness
that comes from the trickster.
We've talked so much about,
hey, what's the optimal pick here?
What's the best pick here?
But sometimes you just can't beat a player on your team
who's goaded on a singular hero and making sure that they absolutely get it so that they can get some control through.
They now have access to the Loki. They prevented access to Loki and Adam on the side of Gen G.
So if we do go for spawn holds, Gen G's is suddenly a lot weaker.
This is a sexy draft right now from Swamp in my opinion. I mean, if you look at what Gen G's trying to do,
listen, I like the gambit. It might be one-sided unless they choose to save here, which, you know, might be the play either way.
You know, one-sided back also is going to shut down a lot of the 3-3 or any of the Vanguard business you want to do.
be some metal phobia pulling off some crazy meter in there even on that side.
They want to make it a one sided Adam though.
Hello special Marvel zombies born again right through the halls.
I'm digging it.
And what my problem with both these squads so far through the draft phase,
because I do have a bone to pick, it's that they're not doing what somebody like
Navi would do.
I feel like they're very adaptive or at it.
They have great adaptations rather in terms of their band phase in that they're
doing things ahead of the meta and head of the curve right now for Swamp and Gen G.
They're doing something we've seen all tournament and I like when we have new
iterations come out. Gen G with the rocket at the end just so they have at least one revive.
We're heading into what could be match point for Swamp Gaming. Cozy, who do you have?
Yeah, I got Swamp again, taking this home and moving on forward. I'm shocked that Foxy doesn't
like the triple with the cheese for the end here. And Dogman. Yeah, he looks like he's ready to go
for this match as the coach of Swamp Gaming. I got Gen G though. I think they'll come back even
though this is a tough map for them. There's only one way to find out though. Will Gen G bring it back
and keep the hopes of Pacific alive, or will swap?
Shut them down, let's head over to leg day and Ryan Central.
Ryan, what's the matter?
A lot, I think.
But in this case, it's a map.
I sort of highlight this as you point it out.
These are the two teams that have brought out a blade on this map,
whether it was the Grand Finals of last year with Gen G,
or Swamp Gaming doing it in the playoffs here.
It could show up, it's less than likely,
certainly with the teamwork changes but there is always an option if there's any
kooky crazy ideas that Gen G have been sat on in the oceanic region now is the
time to use them. All right Gen G up against the wall now a swamp game you're
on the precipice of victory and booking their ticket deeper into our lower
bracket. It's gonna be Gen G attacking first on that map choice they have to want
to draw this line and they have to draw the pennies utility out as much as
possible. I'm surprised they don't go for the stones to try and play this, but they do find the first pick of scagging.
Yeah, but here comes the first resurrection, Velarickle Beacon, already used. Now you just got to worry about the two resurrections coming through from Velophobia and Valentina, Eve, so much damage taken already by Zinstar, but the healing is good, the triage is strong, you've got to worry about those penny mines, the spider spawner has been taken out instantly by the wall text of the group though, and now look at this gambit team up, that's actually split swamp gaming in half and allowed for some space for Zinstar to get stuck back into his point.
as if there wasn't enough to deal with on the ground to move people in and amongst these positions.
Oh no, he's too big! He's too chungus!
He's too chunky to fit through the door, put him on a bit of a slimming plan,
but there's this man who's to get himself out into the fight yet again,
and BoBoB had himself stunned in the middle of this brawl on the streets of Midtown.
Oh, the extra HP from the charge wasn't enough, now there's taking down.
Might want to be resurrected here by the battle recall.
Beacon indeed is, but still too much has happened already.
Many players falling, Valentina, Forkydog, Allgaard and Malaflavia are still 24% away from that resurrection, so it's going to have to come back next time.
It feels that, like for Swamp Gaming's whole composition with the draft, it's about how this first point goes, and we've already seen that they like to take as many fights as they can do.
Skatak Endi's going to come in again with the portal, and a couple of Kami revivals on the way.
Oh, Bubba's got such a good angle, though. Bubba's got such a good angle. The adjudication is just tearing through them so quickly.
Gotta worry about the incoming fire, though.
The stretch to have a good line of sight here onto Bobo.
If a second of a can that comes up to try and fog it, then Bobo's gonna leave.
Out he goes with the charge of the jury, the executioner, all are coming in
to show what they think of Swamp Gaming.
They scatter Genji Krasmang, Melophobia, all falling tender, all falling alive.
And it's just as Cameron Viable came alive from Melophobia,
he had the life cocoon, but he's decided to opt out against it.
It might not be much of a chance to touch now.
Sorry, he's gonna look for an early ultimate here.
Maybe I'll also try and get rid of Valentina before she can make something happen.
You can see her when the overseas is heading their way.
So we're going round the back balance,
our team has fallen, Melophobia 2.
Finally, Gen G have actually managed to win the initiative fight.
Oh, that's a big miss as well, right?
Because Melophobia gets sent down again,
life cocoon of Valentina E was at 98% to go for the coffee.
So no Karmic revivals get used in the end,
at least they have the strategist ultimates,
but that whole strategy, playing around the one-sided Adam,
it finds nothing.
That's what gaming, then. They have the resources they need to retake control.
Two Cosmic Yarn amplifiers to play with.
Yeah, at least you're gonna be able to sort it.
Tick those fights and all the phobia being over on the book.
He feels like that has been one of the saving graces for Swamp Melephobia.
He's been certainly on one, but he's already pushed back to second checkpoint.
So much risk we gained, but maybe Swamp Gaming just want to play inside of a second zone,
so they do not get snowboarded, set off team for a more defensible position.
In the underground, Valentina already having use of Cosmic Yarn amplifier,
I copied it away from Falky Doll, Genji looked for a disengage here, perfect timing on to Zen-Story,
but a nice parry to get away from the trooper's fist, and up into the sky, into a midst of Genji!
Days falls on down, and Scali-Gengi-Genji try and save them all via the power of the mind itself.
FMCL resurrected, all spare and love are more, but Skittle Shryza tilt the tables in their favor.
Krasmang goes up against the damage boost, and the Julication Shotgun is just too much damage
to try and deal with BoboPyro's incoming grab using the tower, but then it just stuck in
place for ScattyGanky to beat him down.
There was an attempt to just try to hold on to pull out something in order to protect
from this oncoming storm that's swamp gaming.
What it means to that copy is that the Jan Amplifier is going to be quite a way off the
swamp gaming and the Royal Flush very close from Alex at this point.
Genji, I would have thought that they would have switched up some of their composition
a little bit.
No, Bobo wants to stay over on that Punisher and if he's timing well with all of these
like bits of utility, the unlimited ammo with damage boosts. Yeah, he is a winner for GenG if he can get stuff going.
Oh, Jaze already has made their position known here and yet he's actually gonna fall.
Oh, he gets shut down by the bubble.
FMCO gets tracked in at least the Mellophobia and Scatic Engineer there on the other side to make this one work.
Great triage there from some game going on to a plan that might be a little bit of a lie.
Means that there's push all the way back to spawn, so what's gonna be the way you might even have to dedicate stuff like the royal push once you've rested your teammate comes back in order to just get back out of this first choke point.
It's a great hold here, from some gaming and they're doing this thing once again but they just keep on fighting and draining that time back.
FMCL is going towards a black cat with scenes, bitterings a bit honestly but really not too much out of the couple of picks now and again.
So Paul in card needs to be built up, he wants to try and dive in and just goes in, there's off the back of the side at seduction.
They're going towards the back, Raging Royal Flush makes it so easy for them to try and find their angles.
They want Mellophobia so bad, and they are going to grab them.
Carbon Fist pierced the flesh of the wayward Bucky.
But Bucky is taking so much damage from him!
Oh boy, his heels!
Forky Dog taking down in the back, and Boba gets resurrected,
but Skittle's already been taken down and swamp gaming.
They have a locked down Grand Central Station.
They're just losing too many people in quick succession,
so every time we do see Skittle's beard backbring somebody back into the fray,
have to go down again because everybody else from Gen.G started to drop.
It's looking a little bit scary and this point is very hard to retake once you lose it as the
attacking side. And certainly now the swap gaming build and up the strat just
automatically again means that there's a sustain but there's a chance here maybe for Skittle.
Because we don't have a fire use already in Bantino ready to match.
Putting up on the high grounds of great location is going to be difficult to try and take on down
because N-Star is looking for something here. A multitude of players have grabbed on in and
Bayz is going to be the first to pull but should be easily resurrected on the other side.
Forky does be fined in the back by FMCL, but Black Cat may finally pay some dividends,
but Melophobia still alive and kicking.
Alex getting involved himself, Scat again, get down to 3 HP,
someone's gonna finish it, there's gotta be Alex there,
but taking damages enough, FMCL goes deep,
a phantom pursuit onto a wayward tree, and Melophobia still needs to be evicted from the back line.
But number 4, Alex is raided out on the other side,
Krasmank floats around in the bubble, it's just gonna keep this one contested.
Over time now, I'm sure the Genki are going to attach themselves, handcuff themselves to this objective so it doesn't C9 again.
Bokkidog has the answer. Bokkidog has the tickets to the finals cos we are on Amplifier, already used.
Bokkidog sent on 4 for the team, bisected by the Gambit team-up.
And you can see that FMC has so much position to move on in!
They've taken down Falkindog in the back!
No resurrections this time!
The Skiddles, Pyrno, FMC, Amalophobe, you'll find them all!
And they're not gonna stop right here!
Yeah, there's gonna be some desperate attempt from Gen.G,
but all they've got is a tree,
and they're going up against the entire swamp of mangroves!
And swamp does keep clearing Gen.G out in such a way that there's no chance to keep stalling.
Time is the name of the game for these objectives with a payload.
And Swamp are really making those things count.
Genji went for the attempt of the strange portal,
but much like a lot of the other ones that we've seen today,
it's just you're just coming out of spawn, you can't really get set up.
And Genji just losing out too many people, too many times.
And Melophobia again, the king of it, not that many final hits,
but when you're playing with this amount of sustain,
you're not seeing that much elimination, didn't serve a full stop at this point.
I think it's a good idea to
get the ball. Really looking at
Bobo. Let's match you get the
10 final hits 15 K damage. And
one thing to really sort of
highlight, I believe it's just
Valentina Eve. It's the small
stuff. It's using the copies to
regeneration domain on Loki.
Getting the copy over and rock
it for a beer. Back down using
the N number flight. It's like
all of the utilities available.
Didn't you probably wish in the
likes of like Jean Grey was a
and they get their hands on it.
And Valentina's had so many good lamps coming in from the Loki,
it saved them from some big ultimates from the likes of FMCL.
I mean, she's got a great multiplicative punch, right?
Because not only do you get the damage risk from the lamps
before you copy over onto the rocket recue,
you also are going to get the multiplicative damage risk
from the cosmic yarn amplifier.
So in those first few seconds before the lamps are taken down,
you are doing so much damage, you can get that crazy burst.
And I think every time we've seen the double bureau back
been placed down, they have brought people back in that little window that they have
of the Gollum mixture being in play, but Gen.G want to try and make this a full-hold defense
if they can, but a lot of the tools to do it have been banned away, so they have to sort
of dig in deep with a 2-2-2 setup.
They're just walking out to them menacingly, but it's lost their regeneration for the
trouble and for the ones who have already been found in the back by Do-Wet.
They have to weave those sword glass through the mix of swam gaming, and it's taking a
lot of damage and it's going to require some attention from Gen.G.
Grassmines walls are going to be a real problem here.
Mellophobia is trying to sort of do his best,
like impression of Ogre, what he was able to do on attack.
But Ogre finds that tickle today's beer vacancies.
It's not going to be out too long.
Yeah, it's end story.
They're not thinking of having any similar luck here.
Indeed, they will be resurrected.
That means FMCL will be able to come back very quickly.
And Gen.G are giving up so much space here,
which means they aren't going to get as many fights
as small gaming did.
It's staggering.
It's one after the other, just in a way
that Gen.G can't quite disengage from fights
that they want to take right now.
They're pretty much forced to fight here for Swamp, but they don't want it.
They're never Bobo's behind them.
Isolated if you get them to the 5 vs 1 right now, and yeah, Bobo can't stand up against the arrayed armaments of Swamp gaming.
So close towards the goal already, Swamp gaming moving fast, big pull in onto the group,
he takes the musketeer and turns to Swamp around, but Krasman could be the final nut in this symphony with their own ultimate.
No one can approach the cart, and that is going to be Bobo with the quick TP that's a touch too late, surely.
Oh, he's... Yeah, he's not even attempted it.
Rasmang's gone in on the other side, like, just close out the distance.
He's managed to actually...
Ha-ha-ha-ha!
A little bit closer comfort.
At least a window there for some gaming.
The changes have to come through.
Vovo going over to the Black Widow.
Needs to keep check of Deis,
who I think is actually winning up this battle against FMCL now,
who just cannot get off all of this.
What is that from Rasmang?
I'm putting that wall in my little roll of decks of tricks for John.
It's rebuilding its way into Midtown and they're already mid-going at this.
Here about though, means it's not going to be too long out.
Yeah, extra damage going to come through from the Cosmic Yarn amplifier,
but as far as some game you're concerned, they have not lost anyone and Zinsari went too deep.
And now it's Metalphobia's turn to break on out.
A perfectly positioned shield there from Skada Genki.
The Peel is solid and Dazer's only going to add to this.
There's no mercy remaining in Dazer's heart, even if they grab to get peeled away from here by Alex.
Alex Bobo's gonna go for the Ascension Focus!
Ah, it's working out!
ZenStory, NFMCL, fight low HP targets!
Scatadengi's on top of the Wild Black Widow.
This backline is being severely punished.
Valentino is able to at least grab two,
but the jewelists of Gen.G have given himself a bit of rest.
But you'd think so, but they're still going for more.
ZenStory is hungry to find this backline.
And Volkydope for a second has gone over to Elsa.
Now he's gone over to Luna just to go for the ball for days.
This is swamp giving a back in!
This is deep being back, not the ideal hero for this, but we'll still have access to that
big dark maelstrom.
FMCO towards the back, flooding with their blouts, get me combined with Senstari on the
thigh but they aren't going to be partaged away from remainder of the team and he's
trying to make it work here and now, but seems like the back and forth feeling between Falkidog
and Valentino is very solid, Bobo now going to be isolated and can be shielded away from
remainder of the team.
Valentino looking for a copy, managed to take away the opposing rocket, but they can't
It means that the final four, two of America's, two of EMEA as Pacific have to sort of finish
out in a 6th place finish, the Swamp Gaming, they're not going anywhere, they've got Rad
to play it up again next to see who's going to be making it to that final day of mid-season
finals. You've got to say, like, commiserations for Gen. T, a howering moment that came in
over on Spider Islands, but Swamp Gaming showing that this environment is their environment.
They look comfortable, the meta suits them, and they know exactly how they want to take
this approach. Now, they want to take the lives of an EMEA team in Rad to send one of them
the game. They went into a
game that was fully Genji
peeled and they managed to
win it. That was an absolute
maelstrom of chaos. What were
those last two fights? I mean,
it was everybody was so spread
out as well. It did sort of
just descended to a bit of a
do match. It felt like you got
Boa trying to set up with the
black widow, but then you
don't have much that can
actually just keep on the
objective itself. People get
separated and so much of a
focus went in just a small
Fok hear off, move off it to the Luna. Just to get away from the rocket, give
themselves a little bit more going power. Find some of the isolation. CC some of
the people at FMCL in the backline. It was a very quick sort of E-Jerp reaction,
I felt, but it broke the ankles. It felt like from Genjy who just ran out of steam
at the end.
Some gaming they are going to have a very busy day today, Ryan.
I mean, yeah, they go up against like the team that has
been harrowing them in their own region into play-in.
in somebody that I imagine you've been screaming quite a lot even with ping or even at this event because you're on other sides of
The bracket and then going up against Rad who I know folks has had some good opinions of the likes of you know
Crazy kitty and stuff on the other side now
He gets to see if he can sort of outmatch them when it comes to the draft
They're really like you've got the second seat of America's versus the third seat of EMEA
Really is sort of time another Virtus Pro pretty much the two best teams behind the likes of Navi and Timur consist fell
We're gonna be seeing tomorrow really seem who's gonna be the better region
I mean, it's what's been incensing chats across esports for generations, right? NA versus EMEA and honestly, the America's region is looking more powerful than they ever have, but the big avatar of EMEA, NAVI, is looking still infallible.
Yeah, I mean, when it comes to like that series as well, like a general MVP to work with would be like, Melophobia for the series, and that's exactly who Cozy is speaking to on stage after that series.
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Swamp Gaming.
Taking down Gen. G, and now ensuring, once again,
Land will go through the EMEA for America.
I have Mellowphobia here, getting MVP after MVP,
play after play.
It feels like we've been talking for so long
to lead to this moment.
You're on your second land win.
You just went through a bit of a nail-biter.
What's on your mind? How are you feeling?
I mean, I feel amazing.
everyone's first land on our team, you know, we can be here last year. We did
pretty okay. But this was always what we were striving towards. And I mean, it's
it's surreal meeting the fans meeting players like surrounding myself by
people who do what I do. It's it's surreal.
Metaphobia, first of all, beautifully said, I've got to ask, I mean, you are
Thanos at times. Do you feel extra pressure because as the one on the team that just has
elimination after elimination, and a lot of that mass can run through you, does that build
extra pressure behind you?
Yeah, I know a lot of people expect me to be the best, anything else, a bucky, whatever.
And you know, it used to get to me, but I mean, the pressure that I put on myself and
with how much I believe in myself,
far outweighs what other people think.
Like, no matter what happens on the stage,
you know, I know I believe in myself, that's all I need.
Amazing, I'd love to hear that.
Listen, hey, love the claps on it.
TLC, Swamp, upper bracket, they put you down here now.
Walk me through that, motions forward,
obviously revenge match could still happen, absolutely.
I mean, you know, people look at the loss
and think, you know, that sets us back.
They're the only team we've lost to yet.
And I mean, besides Rad and Shadow, yeah, we lost.
We're the only team to take maps off of them.
And it's just like, I feel good.
We look, we look back at it.
We realized, you know, the mistakes that we made,
you know, not in game in the band phase, et cetera, et cetera.
And the mistakes we did make in game.
And I felt like it showed in the Gen G match.
And I feel really confident going into that.
I love that.
Lastly, I'll end on this.
You're going up against Rad, who just took out the champs
in Verdes Perot.
How do you feel like you match up against Rad moving forward,
which will be the match to come?
It's hard to say.
Like, you know, the practice and scrims,
that is 100, if not 1,000% different than what
happens on stage, how I feel on stage.
I feel in my zone, in this arena, and I mean, they're tough.
I'm not going to say, obviously they made it, they beat VP, but I mean, I think it's
a win for us, 3-1, if not 3-0.
Well, job's not finished, and again, it's just been amazing to watch your journey.
I've been watching you a long time with Marvel rivals.
Again, give it up for Swamp Gaming as they move on forward through the lower bracket
in Melphobia. Desk breaking all down. What did we just watch? We just watched an incredible
series of Marvel rivals, dogman. We had one of our best series once again, which is kind of seems
to be a theme with Gen G, but swamp. What a performance. What a performance from swamp. I mean,
they continue to impress throughout the tournament and that's the concern or that was the concern
about swamp going into this is are they too green? Are they, you know, experienced enough kind of the same dialogue we have with Rad? And, you know, going back into it, it seems like they've really prepared well enough and they have yet, they've continued the storyline right between these Americans and EMEA, right, Detcher?
Yeah, we're back. We're down to our final two teams in the lower bracket before we get to an upper bracket match later on.
And we're down to our final four teams, which happens to be two EMEA teams and two America's teams.
And two of them have never been to LAN before.
And speaking of LAN, we apparently have another interview on stage.
So let's head down to Cozy and see what's going on.
Thank you. Thank you so much, Jethyr.
listen with hi-highs, jink up low lows, I think all the fans here and across the
viewers across the world have just loved Jin Ji in this story from last land to
this to China. Bobo, your sensation and the entire team of Jin Ji we love the
support is there, want to talk to you as we say goodbye on what are you feeling,
what do you want to say to your fans at home and here in this arena today in LA?
First, I want to say thanks Alex, because we lose our support.
Salvation, he can't come here.
So we call Alex come here, help us.
He play very good.
Shout out to my, what to say, I don't know, swap.
They are very strong. We already try our best.
We still lose. Our mid-season story is, and we won't stop. We still want to chase the champion.
Maybe not today. You know what I mean? Maybe not today. Maybe not next month. Maybe not next year,
but one day, maybe we will be the champion. Can we give it up here for Bobo, everybody?
the game. We'll return. Thank
you so much, Bobo. We wish you
best of luck, and we appreciate
you and all of Gen G. Once again,
Ted shirt desk breakdown the
action of Gen G versus swap game.
It truly does feel like a crowd
really do feel like they have just continued to grow in both the love of the fans and in skill like Bobo said
Maybe not next year. Maybe not next month, but in the future. I really do see it
Yeah, absolutely
You could tell that meant a lot to Bobo to say such special words like you said and you know
I mean it's huge shout out to our production team over at game square the same thing with cozy for getting interview with Bobo on stage because I know
How that much that means to the players?
I mean there's a situation that I had to deal with in another league where they canceled the loser interview because a player cried on stage
And they understand that's a very sad like what you don't want to see that but that's a part of the game
Yeah, these guys put so much time so much hours into it and cozy very well understands that that's why Bobo got the interview
Got to speak his heart out and it's hard to do that. So I'm glad that Bobo didn't eat such a good job in the interview
ability just to say you know what we just lost to a great team and we will
be back right I mean that's a beautiful thing about these sports and hero
stories right like the heroes don't always win we saw that infinity war I
mean come on now but without the infinity war there couldn't be the end game
so I just I really Bobo we've fallen in love with this kid going all the way
back again to China through Atlanta to today and and Gen G honestly and Bobo
great Gen G I have fallen in love with this team tether it's exactly what we're
you've got here. They have
really just captured the hearts
of everyone. But speaking of
capturing hearts, we have to
talk about some gave me their
first land versus brand their
first land, but swamp. Everyone
just seems to like to just be
vibing with this team. Maybe it's
because we're in America. The
American fans are really starting
to get behind them hair cozy.
Yeah, for me. Listen, we said
this kind of in a segment, right
with us, right? So we got to see
now. Please. Yeah, I mean, we got to see them against
Gigi, who obviously, I mean, they eliminated
100 fees pretty quickly there, and then they
looked strong. Obviously, even outside of me,
take away central park and the shenanigans
at the end. Swamp gaming looked pretty
dominant there, right? Throughout most of that
series. And so I've got to say, obviously
we're going to see them in the matchup up ahead.
But yeah, they are showing that they are every
bit of a two seed and maybe more.
And you talked about you've been seeing the
praises of melophobia, and that's been a great call
considering on the bench of swamp gaming.
They have another fantastic hits game player in a medium,
but Melophobia is just such a talented player.
It's like a flexible player.
Back in the day started as magic,
now goes over to things like Bucky.
Has any grown up so much too,
even in just like a year and a half
of doing interviews that he was like the quietest man I knew.
And it's crazy to see Ted.
I actually want to bounce off you a little bit.
Hey, you talked about, he's been bringing out the Bucky.
Bucky's been really creeping up that we started off
with a lot of widows when we first started.
And then we moved to a lot of else's.
But Bucky has actually been the constant here.
Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, it has to do with the character's mobility
that kind of stuff. There's so many different ways to move around, not go down and get KO'd.
That's the tough part about this game. That's the hard part about why so many players that
were washed up from other esports that we brought up earlier didn't make the transfer
overs because you have to play your life so much more than other games.
Honestly, yeah. If you look at Mellophobia, the reason I talk so highly of them is because
people like Terran Energy, they can play anybody and that's Mellophobia. When Daze
plays well, that allows Mellophobia to access that hero pool. I feel like the only time
the game in the last one. And
the first thing that makes you
swamp can struggle is when you
take greatness and you try to
put it in a box. You can't
right? And so Melophobia, When
at the axis is there to go
Bucky to go Elsa to have the
hero moments, which is why I
asked him to try on stage. Like
Is the pressure there because
it does. The whole team is
great. Belphobia doesn't play
his game. It's done. We have
two of the most experienced
teams in Marvel Rivals,
and Mario for swamp gaming now because they're playing against the only other team left in the tournament with almost zero
LAN experience with the exception of mash who's subbed in for OUG here
Rad versus swamp to try and move on to that lower bracket final
And it's like look in the mirror
I mean these guys basically had the same exact path right just through and through teams that were green trying to figure out on their
Region coming through they had to play rad on their side had to play against Navi
which is the same situation like you guys said about Chelsea.
I just think it's cool because no matter what,
I think both these teams, they have a shot against whoever's going to be sent down from that upper bracket,
but we love them both. This is an amazing finish. That's what I said. America, E-M-E-S.
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back ladies and gentlemen all good things must come to an end and day three
we're getting close by friends because we have had an incredible day of action
and we've had to say goodbye to some great powerful teams it has left us in the
lower bracket and Ryan swamp gaming rad both these teams deserve to be here in
this moment right here right now you just casted swamp gaming immediate thoughts
I mean I think the Gen G like played well there's substitutes our vision missing
I mean, I'm not sure if I've
ever been in such one of those
cases, but I'm impressed. I
like to want gaming sort of
kept their heads above water.
You know, feel that they panicked.
They didn't really found the too
much. They had a game on and
they were able to stick to it in
a sort of new environment, right?
So it feels that these are the
two green teams that didn't have
any long experience going into
this. Swamp is talking the most
composed of the two. Yeah,
listen, I mean, this is a matchup
that I feel like we've been
waiting for not only America
versus EMA. I think that's always
the way these play are very
similar in their play styles.
You've kind of have a somewhat
hyper carry if you will.
Crazy kiddie and
Melophobia back lines both very
solid and holding up strong.
For me, once again, it's that
front line versus rad.
I feel like Vottable when we
look at Swamp, Crasman,
Scatter, they can play with
anybody.
They showed that there with
Gen G.
They got a big assignment here
with someone like Doug.
Well, it's so interesting too
because like it felt in the
first years of the day that
days Wolverine wasn't really doing as well as it could have.
We saw a lot of it towards the end here, though,
and I feel like he's been able to walk in since then.
And that might be a good counter
once the Ironwood wall is down to take out Ducky.
Yeah, no, I mean, without question, right?
Listen, Rad, they're definitely feeling themselves.
They just beat VP, them packing.
I mean, that is just such an emotional high to write off of.
But the hot team, who just played?
Sometimes I can benefit you.
I feel like most of the time, especially in an environment
like this, I would want to be in Swamp's position.
You just got off a game.
Some don't like it, but what do you think?
I mean, when it comes to jumping on the stage so often, it's been rad.
They've just been in and off of it multiple times a day.
So they're kind of used to it.
I would have thought that, you know, you'd maybe do some sort of warm up
scrims for that's hard because you've got teams maybe taking a bit of an interim
at this time, depending on what part of the world that you're in and playing from.
But they were mostly just watching this series,
just taking a good moment to make sure that they're set up.
I think for rad, the thing about it is like the first maps in these series
that we saw going up against the likes of 100 Feeds,
just trying to go for like one sided like black cat dead able guns for that in the bands today though
We saw like the Ultron right the Ultron protect trying to play around that a little bit more crazy
Kizzy so I would like to see just right like not go too crazy with some of the ideas just use this best of five as a way to
Feel out what's what want to try and play especially if domination keeps cropping up for sure learn from your mistakes
We ever gotten a lot of EMEA versus America, but if you do look at it
I mean it's kind of it feels like forever ago at this point
Yeah, and it almost feels like a different rad team at this point, but two point hundred these
They kind of took care of business when they did go against Rad. We know what swamp can do against 100 fees throughout the year
So when you look at the two obviously your American man, but you're from EMEA
I mean who you liking this matchup? I mean the big thing for me here is momentum, right?
We always have to talk about that usually a team coming from the lower bracket has a decent advantage going into those finances
What we saw with preseason from swamp gaming from TLC, excuse me against swamp gaming in the Americas region and worked out
Well, they got the win there and eventually able to carry that forward so swamp gaming
I think because they have the momentum the nerves are gone. They're on the stage. They could take this
I mean, I think that's what they're like leaning towards in the end
But I think the thing to swamp is that even though you know the amount of times I tune into like Fox's stream and he's
Disparaging our region. He always takes time to compliment rad
He always takes time to come from a crazy kitty especially like it just passes the eye test
Consistently and some of those inconsistent parts whether it's the front line of I'm guys overstepping being punished for it
are some of the match ultimate that we've seen they somehow for once they'll make it work and to they become in
Less frequent I suppose some of those like really egregious errors that you see on stage from round
Becoming less and less as this tournament has gone on
I like that you said the eye test because it's the it factor we see it in sports
It's an e sports to and that's what I wanted to see from swamp gaming that last series
Like you just lost kind of a map they gave up right how do you respond you let it get your mental? No, they handled it
Well, Rad though has been in that position how many times now backs against the wall elimination here, you know more and so
They've got the effected. They've shown that under pressure completely. They're still fine. Whereas with swamp they got pushed a bit
Vod, but pretty comfortable throughout this I would say land so far the one advantage
I say Rad have is that they played through the play and they played every single day of competition
They've been warmed up. They know the setups. They know exactly which rhythm they need to get into swap gaming
So we played a number of series this go around and I think this bandrapped is going to be so crucial for this last time
We saw more mag prioritization for swamp and it didn't work. They lost the domination
But we'll see if it turns around this time. Yeah, we see the handsome man
Fox ready to go was engaged said the fit won't help him here on the stage
Well, we'll see if it matters. We do have a one-sided mag
We just had that against what was Gen G Dwepp the best mag some of us say I like that they're doing more the same against
and powerful Vanguard well, I think as well from what rad found out against Virtus Pro when the mag was taken out on both sides
You don't get as much
Stop protection from some of the mistakes. I mean if you're like our position the ball walks out there and available and that really hurt VP
So I think it's one of those cases that rad would rather have the gambit for mashed and actually have that protection
Means that the bandgads can sort of open up a bit more and body
You know who's the other one that can help you from mistakes is Loki right you get the lamps from the whatever chaos out there
I mean, it's gone towards black cat actually, so that's a lot of respect given over like
Daredevil just at the end to make sure that these can't quite match it because we've
seen like bits of the black cat in that last series, but not an awful lot.
Oh, hey, the crazy thing we always say, we're going to get crazy with Rad.
How much kid are you?
We're going to get obviously this one in domination, not as much.
Well, we've got new casters bringing you all the heat, all the action, gasket, teture.
What do we got?
We have one more time, one more time to say goodbye to one more team.
We have Swamp holding on, coming in hot after that series, Gaskin.
Very hot indeed.
I mean, both of these teams now, the pressure has been lifted a little bit.
The Landjitters are gone.
Remember, for both squads, this is their first lap, right?
This is their first chance being under these lights, and now both of them have an opportunity
to get a top three position guaranteed, which is maybe something that they would have been
kind of screaming to achieve when they first had the rim by here.
We've got to be talking about the journey these teams took
as we head on into Sunnesty or Husk.
These teams came in from MRC in some cases,
RAD qualified for Rignite through MRC
in order to try and get there,
and then had an incredible preseason,
an incredible Stage 1,
and now they're guaranteed fourth place,
potentially third if they win this.
And Swamp Gaming, of course, they won MRC Season 5
on the Doom crew if you can go all the way back to there.
So these guys have gone through the ranks to find themselves here today on the main stage.
We're underway between RAD and Swamp Gaming.
Who is going to have enough to take that one step further into that lower bracket final
and have the chance to compete in potentially a grand final if you can continue to be a giant killer?
Which in the moment, RAD have been the giant killers of this tournament.
They've taken down multiple of some of those top teams including Virtus.pro,
the current world champions, but will have a new world champion
At this tournament tomorrow, Deis already sending some shots down range.
As we see a quick retreat out of Kraus' man,
he's that jeff team up.
Make sure he doesn't get caught out of position.
The bucky already looking for the bionic hooks.
But everyone trophies to the low ground.
It's Rad. Looks like they're trying to take the point.
Crazy Kitty, your daredevil is always going to be a concern.
It was a respect ban over to the black cat.
But last time when Rad, we saw them on this map,
it was Crazy Kitty popping off.
And yet again, Kitty gets the opener.
Falky's down, Deis follows, and Kraus is going to be the next.
It's a clean wipe here for Rad in swamp gaming.
to get back to sport. The
freeze was good, but all it
did was sort of freeze that
respawn timer as the rest of
rather a bit of close on in and
finish off that pickup. Smash
this utilizing the best out of
this window. Just staying at
range where a swap they move
over to the bucket and they
move over to the Elsa. So they
now have that team up with the
bucket Elsa. They're just going
to get a lot more instinct
charge and it's going to be
able to get massively reduced
cooldown. Think the versatility
of smash being able to play the
Elsa or the widow is hugely
important for right chances
bouncing between the two of them, depending on the situation in front of them.
A lot of pressure onto the board right now, RAD up to 34% of Swamp Gaming.
Look to try and break through that front line. Great wall to try and zone him out,
but Melophobia has picked off as he tries to go for a flank smash.
This is a great angle on the side. He's grazed the kitty, slowly breaking through walls,
looking for a correct angle, great shield once again.
This gives a damage boost over to the Widow with that human-touched team up.
The invisible woman trying to just ping them out of the sky, trying to take down Melophobia.
the backlight for RAD will get massively whittled down, and the front line will
fall shortly after as Swamp step onto the point.
That's a great break from Swamp Gaming. They assessed that one perfectly, manipulated the
map in their favour. They saw there was an opening. RAD kind of was sporadic all over
the place, and they found their one pick, isolated that one player, and now Swamp will
be able to hold here. But alt charges are definitely there on the side of RAD, depending
on who pops first here. There is more on the side of Swamp, so if you can find something
I think in the neutral it would be massive, but both teams giving the respect that it's due.
Bull ult charge for Swamp Gaming on every single character, whereas Grada still building up towards Luki a Goat and crazy killie.
But like you said, if Swamp can win a neutral, then that's huge for their extra defences.
Grada tried to push in one more time. They got the Rage of World Flush from that for the extra commitment and the silent seduction.
Telegey with the Media Rumble absorb a lot of that damage out, but he's trying to find a target that's going to be blocked out by that barrier for the minimum worm.
Daze has taken down by Lugi a ghost who's been caught to the point.
It's an ult, but dads are coming in.
There's 40 nuggies going to drop that coffee guard out of the fire.
They put the glass across to the intent of the bottom half.
Cracking impact, but no one's going down, so there's no reset for Daze.
Everyone plays a part in this one, but RAD's still somehow surviving.
But eventually, Daze does find the KO onto Crazy Kitty,
and now surely RAD will just start to fall apart here,
which they will, 1, 2, and 3 have found.
Swamp gaming successfully win the Battle of Ultimates,
where everyone it seems like popped theirs.
And with Lugia being the latest of all, RAD finally will just disassemble here, back off, reassess how they want to approach it.
As we get towards 70% for Swamp, maybe one last push here for RAD before they start to think about Strange Port.
A lot of these games seem to set up as who gets the first point and then goes up to 99% and then it's all about the other team to flip it and try and maintain it.
This one has been back and forth, up to 50, then up to 50.
Now up to 80% for Swamp's game because RAD looked to try and push on in.
Lot of damage coming in from that Chaos Sword of Scatagenti to try and weaken them down on the Assault.
He eats a lot of damage themselves, but with the mandatory variables they're staying on through.
Good group walls from Ducky trying to isolate anyone from Swapgaming if they could take down Scatagenti.
Though that will be a big setup for them.
Love this position from Balanceria in the moment, making sure she's not vulnerable,
but also being there to support both the backline and the dualists at the same time.
And also making sure that Yavanga's are topped off, but eventually Scatagenti goes down.
They have all charged for MASH, but he's trying to make sure he stays up.
He's not able to shoot as he's taken down to the side by Melophobia,
but he's traded out by Nuki Ako.
Good fate of both, Walser, Bertie, to Eve,
and the rhythm of foundry will mirror that for Vertigo.
And we're waiting for that to expire so Smashness can try and drop the winner
on 4th instead of a straggling prison.
Is it enough? The group of Swamp Gaming,
Wittle and Down, and now it's all about the stragglers.
Portal is going to be incoming, so they will be able to delay.
Incredible delay coming in from Swamp Gaming,
and it's already at 99 for them.
They look for a sustain and it looks like what might try and go for a portal gank or at least a high ground position
Yeah, they can take their time wait to be a fall six here
And they are gonna use the portal to try and re-engage as quick as possible from a different position
So they don't get caught out and really ambush from the other side
But rad still have plenty to offer here and it's gonna be the rage of oil flush up and available for match
Oh, but he's holding it for as long as possible. They try to see if they can grab someone at the usual
Don't we got the upper fire will be dropped off immediately
the flush has to come out to make sure that they can contest, but it's going to be Melaphobia
who falls down first, Eve was followed but they creep back at the Fenerbahrikan, Daze falls,
Dragon in prison, Robby in tit for a cross break to try and turn it, they get a couple,
but the numbers are so heavily in favour of Rad, we're seeing a lot of members of the squad
giving me a boost off the point, now it's all about getting back to the point fast,
and in the meantime the rest of the team just has to hold Scannekeke, is holding this as long as they
can, all comes out from Smashness to try and just came from it, just to try and take them down,
But everyone is just taking through this!
There is going to be an iMagamoto available.
Definitely be the difference maker in favour of Swamp Gaming here.
But Rad they're aware of it, and they're spreading out to make sure they can't all be hit at once.
Craftsman come again with the threat of the crime plus of disruptions on the Smash.
This is Core to the Trap! The shield is good though!
The iMagamoto is going to be blocked down from the counter shield.
And suddenly Scanner is going to get focused down.
And the back line of Swamp is nowhere to be seen.
Valentina is one of the only people still up and is trapped in the corner.
Which means they are not on the point.
The duel is good, though, but Crazy Kiddy comes out ahead and overtime takes down Rad.
They're going to take the first point of Celestial Husk.
So, Rad will take the first lead here then in our loser's semi-finals against Swamp Gaming.
And I think this is so important here, Tetch, because Swamp Gaming, they're going to be coming into this one hot, right?
You just had that series, you get to stay on the main stage, you're going to be feeling it.
Rad, were they going to be cold? Was my main question coming into it? They are everything, but we know Celestial Husk is a strong map for them.
We saw them take down VP on it, and they have carried that in through to this loser's semi and now for swamp gaming
They need to find a way to respond
Did they pull a little bit too early could be a question from me
They could have perhaps taken that fight and then pulled to it as a desperate play at the end
But either way rather be delighted with the victory there in the first round fatigue versus warm-up
That's the battle right now that swamp are playing with themselves
They come in with all the experience
We've talked about lower bracket buff and a lot of these tournaments where teams just literally get more reps in more chance to figure
more practice and just get better, but Rad coming in,
potentially just off warm-ups and scrims,
are looking good right now versus Swamp Gaming.
Swamp taking a look at a couple of changes as well on their hero pool.
Maybe looking to try and find more comfortable heroes that they can use.
Days on the Wolverine building up the ultimate as well,
but it is going to be Lugia who can kick us all off
with that clobbering time.
What are we going to say again? I love this map over here,
and I hope we see more of it.
The further we get into Marvel Rivals ignite,
as we see now the approach here from the Swamp Gaming.
Can you catch anyone off guard at the clobbering time?
time does come up. He's got it is good for the back. So gaming wants to get showing just how much
value they have. Last stand from the Wolverine is able to take out Bucky Lugia, unable to find
anyone to capitalize off of that clobbering time. But as the frontline falls, Rad will be forced off
the point. That's going to be swapped with the first point cap. They show us if you can get that
first pick onto Crazy Kitty as well because you have such an advantage going into the next fight.
Kitty has to be careful when jumping in. So that's always what's going to be your responsibility
as a daredevil player, as a dive player. You either get that pick, you win the fight for your team,
or you go down and suddenly your team's in the shrug.
Both shots coming in from Melophobia, then the bubble on the group to try and do it for the high ground
as you see the range of roll flash, but it's a double ult from Slop Gaming.
The strategy is trying to keep the team top up, and as such,
that rainbow thing will pick that crash back, but the cockpit yard amplifier will expire.
It allows the rest of the team to hold the low ground for at least a little bit longer,
as they are even trained up for crazy kitty, which might be to save it Grace here,
But further go has that invisible boundary, meaning that when this fight comes on in, they can hyper-commit, they've got the healing,
and now it's all about saying if they can pick off these weapons before too much charge goes over the Swamp Gaming.
For as it goes down before that, prison can be used as well in their favour.
Mellow does still have cracking impact, that could be the difference maker.
We know what Mellow is capable of for the Sionic seduction is just going to force them off this point,
and they find a couple of KO's to boot, and they will regain, take control, and now start to score on their side.
Swamp Gaming, they'll be disappointed with the double straddle, you've got to do better than that.
You need communication to make sure it doesn't happen.
48% for Swamp Gaming, Rad finally getting on the board
and they're building up towards a couple more ultimates.
They're about to have covering time once again,
they're about to have let the devil out,
but Swamp Gaming are significantly ahead in the ult economy right now
in terms of having strong influence,
a meatier end-cracket impact, and soon to be last stand.
And with the speed that Falking up's going to build on that rocket,
this could be Swamp Gaming's chance to try and turn this round
and kind of shot Rad down before they even catch up.
If you give me a case of should've, would've, could've, though, and Smash can certainly be the difference. Make it with these shots!
And Dey's gets ripped off the server. Mello will come back from BRB, but they are still gonna find themselves in a 5v6.
Mello pressure coming in from the window, trying to find anyone who pokes their head up, anyone who comes above the surface.
Might be at risk, Lucia.
Just keeping the pressure up, making the use of that bonus, help from the stone haymaker to try and keep the high ground.
From which I've chosen out. Great! Double bubble! Set them back to the spawn!
I mean, in the video, I'm coming back here to swap gaming.
I'm also going to hold the trigger and try and set this down.
Let it then allow it to come on in for crazy kidneys, even to try and trade out.
To get in the bottom for their team, but again, shot down by the mag cannon from the Magneto.
And it's falling out of swap gaming right now.
As they look for the stragglers, get the reason of the cracking impact.
The raging royal flush will not be enough for Rats to stay there.
The portal will come back if they want to contest this here.
They don't want to give percentage back to swap gaming.
As getting a Genji though is just going to continue to pick up one after another.
still ticking up though up to now close to 80% as they're trying to make this awkward for swamp gaming
It's been everything but good for swamper terms of getting finally you get the conversion
But it was already 82 on the side of rats
So I like that stalling ability from them, but of course they did give away a couple of volts alongside that fight as well
This is going to be where the focus point is of course
We'll have to see whether you can just grab one of ducky or Lugia be able to steal them away get that damage in and
Potentially that can help a swamp tick up towards there 99 they're looking for on the high ground
They want to make sure that Brad fight for every inch.
They don't want to just wait on that low ground and wait for Brad to come to them.
So they drop a little bit of damage and then drop down to the low ground waiting for an opportunity for anyone from Brad
to want to get poke their head above the surface to get picked off.
And that would be a perfect target. They could take out Smash this early,
but instead it's Deis who gets dropped will always aim it as they are.
Thanks to that regeneration from the Wolverine as immediately it's round with the high ground.
So in its deduction, into the choke point, the bubble pulls them back in,
He's made of both worlds, keeps us back up as Valentina dances with her lives to try and hold this back smash as they pick up on the back crowd
and there are very few ultimates left for Red, their back are having the boundary but he didn't stop
You're gonna be used in last turn, you're gonna take Tucky out of the boundary but it is too much
They sustain on through with Crazy Kitty falling, it's a staggered elimination of the duelists for Red
They don't have damage to come on in so they're forced to portal
Crazy Kitty's gonna be coming in but the rest of Swap Gaming are holding for now, Scanners dropped low but the healing is good
They're zoning the rest of Brand out, portal coming in for the reinforcement.
The EVA team is dropping, fighting this comes down, but the repo speaking is still up.
Widow on the backline takes out MAD, the Lephomians guard.
They're trying to pick up a Zabba, Vanzina E falls, and the wrap ran into the front line.
But MASH is completely isolated, but he ties it through,
thanks to the Force, physics and burn a guard.
I was gonna say, who've you got? Smash or Mellow?
It's MASH in the end who pops the ult and forces Mellow to switch on over to the strange now.
As again, swap of force to portal, just to try and keep this one alive.
Otherwise, Raph might be taking this first point, and there's going to be a desperate attempt as they all bundle through.
The Acid Treechard has come on in, the Coverage Time fight, very few big backs to the bubbles.
There's just so much potential inside of Swap Gaming.
Nothing got out, but Fyze is going to be coming out with a bump from the media, and for the blow-up, it's blocked out by the shield.
But suddenly, that's not a great position.
LugiaGrow is going to be taken down before he goes.
On the backflide, will be removed as a lot of the healing output is going to be taken down.
The enemy team is taking on Froot, thanks to that Lugia team that's struggling for it to come on out, to take them down.
It's gotta fall!
Eternal Bomb is already charged!
And then a huge amount of healing for Swap Gaming, and that might allow them to survive.
A little bit of lovage, they focus up to Ducky, remove the front lines, remove the delay.
Lugia's on the better, but he's taking a lot of extra damage, thanks to that damage boost from the Toad team up onto that Cloak and Dagger.
The focus is big, but Lugia will not go down!
He's still delaying!
He's 1v4 right now!
Great to get these joins up. Try and take some of the pressure off.
But they're running out of body. They're running out of delay.
Last dance. A focus down.
And now the back line is up to pressure.
I don't think RAD have the tools to hold this, Gaskin.
I don't think they do either, but they are going to get a full overtime clock
to try and get someone on the touch.
You've got to be aggressive here if you swap.
Okay, go!
Foggy goes down.
Nucky will be taken down as a response, and there will be a touch now for RAD.
If they desperately try, but they cannot cling on.
Swap, tie us up.
One to one here on Celestial Heist.
It wasn't pretty, but they made it work it smash
There's really trying to prove that they are that clutch God that some people seem to be referring to them as they throw their own
Body at the point of the window to try and delay that but there's just too many members for swam and too little time on the overtime
It just took a second to be pushed off before swam even up the score
Looking at the Alta economy as we head on in Ducky is already charged up
Many that it will be Brad who pulled the trigger and look for that first point camp
especially with boundary also just around the corner.
It is a battle of Smash versus Mello at the moment on these final hits
and how influential they've been in some of these fights as well.
You saw that it looked like Rad were behind,
but then Smash suddenly on that widow able to find one, two picks out of nowhere
and it completely swings the fight in their favour.
You can see the same for Mello and what he's been able to do on that bucky as well.
And both of them being able and being prepared to switch over to that strange
if they need to just to get that poor to win.
But I wouldn't have had it any other way in our first map here.
We're going to round three here on Celestial Hux.
Both teams know what's on the line, it is survival,
it's all that is available for them,
and that third place guarantee and the chance of that grand finals.
This is only map number one of our best of fires,
and these teams already taking each other to the limit.
We expected it to be close, but you mentioned it as well.
Now, going into this fight, Rad having advantage
in terms of that auto-economy, and they are going to use it straight away.
The Sionic seduction, just to try and force out
a little bit of space for the rest of the team,
but it is going to be counted a little bit from the wall of Krasman.
So good job there, but now Rad on high ground needs to design up when they want to drop and make sure they drop together
Coming in in that diamond form to try and look for a setup
They go for the crystal kick they haven't gone for the full commitment
I'm focused down by the T2 Eve who's that lunatic level a little bit of protection
And it is gonna be swap who will fall one by one and the ladies gonna come in from crass back and coming from bounty to eve
And days but overall rad just have so much momentum and such a big number to bondage
They will be able to pick this up
They don't actually get the first cap.
That went over to Swamp, and they were just
delayed to try and build anything they can.
They get to 18%, but now Rad had the defensive position.
They swapped it really well.
A lot of it was down to Krasman on the group,
being able to isolate them on the high ground,
then take that point.
And that 18% could be everything when we look at the end
of this round as well.
But now with Masha having the Rage and Royal Flush
available to Rad, they certainly have the advantage
in this next engagement, depending
on whether you get in the position to use it properly here.
You could use it as a response to something
that comes out on the side of Swamp.
That's for sure, because Mello, cracking impact, is certainly going to play a huge factor if you can get anyone low, as Lugia does take down days and gets caught off guard, but he's going to get brought back from BRP.
Not a pressure being dropped in here, Lugia wants to get back to the most of this, covering time comes on out, Media empties and dodges, and absorbs some of the damage that makes Rokos come on out.
Media is blocked beautifully here by Rad, and that was SWAT Gaming using a lot of defensive tools and not able to convert them into anything right now.
They're gonna make their way down to the low ground to see if they can step onto the point to try and get a turn around.
Good spot!
Octus in win-on and taking them down!
Smashdown is completely scouted on the flag!
It was defensive tools used, but think about the offensive one used on the side of Rad is now cracking him back to welcome him to play.
Swamp hoping that would define 2KOs.
On the other side, Kitty says,
I'll let the devil out, but do you want to go toe-to-toe with Mello?
That's the real question.
Kras gets involved now as Swamp Gaming looks to take control of this point.
Dragon and Pizzle trying to lock them down is crazy.
He pressures the backline, takes out Melophobia,
and Smashners has rejoined the fight with the mobility, takes down Scanner,
Graspard falls, and RAD continues that charge up, approaching that critical 99%.
The delay was insane there from RAD, allowing those players that were picked off early
to get back into the fight and get back in quickly and influence it with those ults.
Now 84% already, Swamp already having to consider a portal here.
Graspard is going to go for the switch on over, and this is a last desperate attempt.
Once more, it did work out in the previous though, what does Swamp have left?
days again it's gonna be the one on the old and it's going to be can you actually find that pick last time being potentially a very literal name for that Wolverine
Ultimate as they look for the turn around coming in
BOOM! PINKS OFF THE MAKROY! MURTING UP A TASHA CLEANED OFF THE BOARD AND SUDDENLY RAD SUSTAINED IS INVICERATED
Well you have one job and boy did he put it into effect still smash is finding picks by the way forky dog taken down
So there is to be a little bit of a race back to the point on the side of swamp
You're gonna make sure for keys in the fight before the likes of ducky and crazy return to action
But in 99% already for round and they do have time on their side
They can start to build up these alts
Maybe try and bait out some alts on the side of swamp gaming before they then turn this around and flip it on to swap side
Say look, we're prepared to take this one and take the first map
You really need one fight to win. There's no portal available for swamp
The backline ultimates charging up and not yet ready, so Grave the Kiddy can find someone before they're able to get set up.
That could be huge, Raging Roar of Flash getting charged up to make sure they can get the rest of the team from the side of the seduction.
For the focus onto the backline to make sure they can't heal the front.
Good attempt at the escape from T'Kata, but they're taken down.
Eve falls for Smashness and it's full control for Rad.
It's full control. It's probably the round. It's most likely the map at this point.
Daisy's going to try his best to stall, but no one is going to be there.
Over time, Tix, over. RAD, take the first map here in the Loser's semis.
A very solid setup, but Swamp are making them work for it.
So much of this is coming down to the front line of RAD.
That Sionic seduction was such a shot down onto the back line,
pretty huge opening for the jewelers of RAD to move on in and try and get some pickups.
And a well-deserved in-game MVP, at least for Smashners,
means that their damage output, every time they were taken down,
to the fight and made the most
of that window range to just get
even more picks. 22 finals. Yeah,
how many times were rad down and
out in that fight and then
suddenly smashed just brings it
right back into the question for
their side and very impressed,
color me impressed and for good
reason because I think going into
these next maps now they're going to
be full of confidence. Swamp
thing and have to try and bounce
back here. Don't be too disheartened.
There's been a lot of teams that have said Swap, their domination has been where some teams have taken advantage,
but when you're talking about that, it's Team Liquid's sister.
That's the team they have had to play up against, and Team Liquid's sister haven't really lost almost any map types,
let alone domination.
So Swap, I'll try to make an effort themselves here, but Rad are still managing to snipe these wins from these teams,
and it's an incredible land debut for both of them.
I mean, both of them have a point to prove, right?
They've been in the shadows of the likes of TLC, of the likes of Na'Vi and Virtus Bro,
in the case of Rad, but they were already been able to topple one and they would love the chance to topple the other, I'm sure.
As we look back at some of these key moments, I think this one gave me maybe a little bit frustrated that they gave away some of the fights where it seemed like they had the advantage, but it was that man on your screen,
Smash Ness, who turned up time and time again on the Black Widow as the Difference Maker, and again just shows with this widow rework how important and integral it is to have someone on your team that can play it effectively.
I do want to continue a story that I've been telling on the desk.
Coach has even mentioned it on the stage.
This time last year, there was a team called RAD
at an event called a mid-season finals.
They came in through the playoffs.
They had to fight their way through.
They lost in the playoffs to an American team,
but still made it through to the bracket phase.
They then had to fight their way
through the lower bracket of that bracket phase,
after being knocked down by an American team,
and they went on to win the whole thing.
That team is now what we call Navi, but Brad at this event are looking to try and mirror that performance.
All are standing in their way right now to get it to that lower bracket finals and be in with a chance is Swamp Gaming.
Maybe it's a good luck, John, being on the right organization when you're at mid-season finals.
Swamp do still have time, and that's for sure.
That's one thing they're certainly going to be aware of here with the best of five.
Sure, it gets a little bit dicey if you find yourself two oak down after the second,
but now it'll be their choice of map.
They can go to something they're a little bit more comfortable on and they can reassess this lock and band phase as well.
Do they really think they have to be banning the Black Cat away from Crazy Kitty?
After you just saw what he was able to do on the Daredevil, is the respect ban a little bit of a waste now and would you like to put it elsewhere?
If you banning one, is it worth banning both? If you're starting to struggle?
They had the thing to try and counter it out with the anti-dive, the grounding, the anti-street charge, but it just did not capitalise.
It's the issue with these players who are most well known for one hero.
What do you do when they have others if you've got to force that man onto it and they still have the flexibility?
You're just giving something to someone else on what is incredibly good team for one of the first times as well
We see the one-sided mag not going in favor of the team that had the magneto as well
So I think that rad should be very proud of themselves
Because so many times the single gambit against the right against the magnitude has just not worked out
They made it work
And I think a lot of it was down to the winner that we were talking about, but they were also fighting so well as a unit.
Making sure that no one was forgotten about, no one was isolated either.
And they just allowed and gave freedom to Crazy Kitty, giving him that space to be able to jump onto that backline and then supporting him with the extra damage.
And then Kitty's communicating well, and he's letting them know who is weak on that backline or on the front line.
And then they will be finishing off those KO's effectively.
We've also got to bring up Ducky here, starting off on the group and moving over to the Amorous time.
and went on contact the Hellfire company because this is money for them right now as we see
Brad again the lead in the series here are the post game stats and you can see that in
terms of being taken down it's vertigo who was able to stay safe on that backline the
most whereas if you look at swamp their backline was being so pressured by crazy kiddie and
smash nets.
Thing is so often the unsung hero as well, Lugia putting 31k damage on the board as well
of course, you don't get the same final hits necessarily, but that was a huge fact of the
reason why Rad were able to take it. Well, speaking of taking it, Swamp Gaming are going to take us
over to Spider Islands here. It's a convoy map. This is one of the maps traditionally that really,
well, pun intended, spawn, spawn holding as a strategy, setting up as many defense as possible,
triple vanguard, triple strategist, low key Adam compositions, the Rocket Battle Rebirth B
the first point hold and of
course the real like.
Initiation of the Doctor
strange portal back on first
point to waste as much time as
possible. This is a map that
has seen it all when it comes
to hefty defenses. Now it's
just about what we'll see in
the bad phase, especially with
Penny coming into the matter.
Yeah, I'm intrigued where Swamp
go with this one because they
tried to do the same thing
against TLC. It didn't work out
in the end. Maybe TLC had the
number a little bit knew what
they were trying to play for.
trying to play for and got their bands correct. If Swamp are able to get the composition they are
looking for going into this one, I do think they have been cooking something up. But perhaps
everyone is wise to this penny Ultron meta now that we've seen so much of through this tournament.
No surprise, Mantis is going to be a potentially banned away for these teams. It's been the go-to
in literally every time your bands will be joining us very shortly. I'm very curious to see if we do
see that penny making its way onto the board and if so, will it be because of an Ultron being let
the game. It's a great way to
get through is ultimately be
taken out to prevent the team
up. Well, Penny gets the team
up from Black Panther is just
a base. Is it worth for the
combo here? We are going to be
heading into that draft, and
there is a first low key
protect brought up by terror
earlier, but still seems to be
making its way into these games
and mentioned very beautifully
on the desk. Valentina Eve is
absolutely insane on it. One of
the best low keys in the game.
the strategy that the employee following it. On the other side, most likely, you will see a gambit
protect on the side of RAD. So we are going to get the one-sided gambit in their favor again.
Really worked out for them. They were timing their gambit ultimate successfully
in that first map. Every single time that Swamp are going up against it, they really did struggle to
try and contain the damage output that you have once you are able to tag everyone with that ult.
Now, for Swamp Gaming, they have a decision, though. Do they want to try and get the single-handed
mag again like they did? It didn't help them in the previous, but they are going to at least
the team is comfortable. We
want to make sure that front
line sustained and they have
removed the rocket raccoon away
from forky doc. I do think
banning rocket against swap is
important, especially here on
this map. We know how integral
that B. R. B. Can be to the
game plan, both defending and
attacking if I'm completely
honest, rocket is just so
much more than just a little
bit of a game plan. It's just
a little bit of a game plan.
I think it's a little bit of a
little bit of a game plan. I
think it's a little bit of a
little bit of a game plan. I
the game. It's just a
fantastic hero to have on your
backline and in particular
forky dog, one of the best to
pilot it. Now this is an
important of the swamp gaming.
They recognize how much of a
problem Emma was towards the
end of that game after the
switch and they will remove it
immediately. Emma is a problem
in general, not just the
sionic seduction, but the grab
is something that is so
difficult play against going
to that over the grudge,
choosing to believe like you
mentioned that seven
instructions shuts down
ultimate even before your court
it's going to be a daredevil
ban against what gaming. Well,
rather said, all right, you're
not targeting our black cat.
Let's look after crazy kitty
here and let's make sure that
daredevil is not going to be a
counter to it. So we should, at
some point during this game,
get to see crazy kitty on the
black cat again, and it is
exciting because he has been
touted the best in the world
that's going to be the last
time we're going to have to
find out who can actually put it
into effect once we're into the
map. We're going to have to find
out as we're going to head on
into Spider Island right starting
on the defense and swamp gaming
will be bringing it on the attack.
Having that one sided Magneto is
very important for swamp will have
to see how that's going to be
going to be the last time we're
going to have to find out who
important for Swamp. We'll have to see how they're able to execute it. But in terms of rollouts,
you know that this map can lead to some very hefty defenses. Will we see RAD go for that triple
vanguard triple strategies? The answer is no. They're starting off on a standard two-two-two.
Let the kitty have his claws out. That's what I say as we saw previously as well. Swamp, when
they tried to do this against TLC, they did run mellow on the punisher just to make sure that
they have you an answer for Thing and how impressive he can be, especially in this opening point,
just hitting those haymakers left, right and centre.
Swamp, show us what you got, because I'm excited for this game.
In the press, we saw a rollout of the hole to fly
and sent Dacus to the back side to get them through that first point.
But they're unable to get the final hit thanks to that false physics.
On further go, protecting Masha, who was almost caught out of position.
It's literally just a rollout for aggression.
Immediately they go back to score and swaps to the storm,
get a stick with the soldier in the end
to make sure they have the range damage
to deal with any bunked up members of Brad.
So much of Marble Rivals is knowing how to play your heroes
and how you can counter other heroes as well as Dace almost gets walled off
but is going to be able to get back behind his teammates.
Crazy Kitty does get the opener onto Falky Dog as well.
The kitty's been let loose and she is starting to scratch.
And look at the power of this crazy kitty here.
Oh, fuck!
Because they fad away the daredevil,
the character who would be able to see them every time they go into that hell of Hades invisibility.
So now that that's been removed, Crazy Kitty has so much more freedom
to try and track down the members of Swamp Gaming without being punished.
And already it's working out as Swamp Gaming up, sense back to spawn, and Brad set up the hold.
Very difficult, because you want to peel to be able to help your backline here,
but then if you do so, you just give so much space to things to start bullying Q as well.
We'll have to see where the Swamp can find the answer here,
because at the moment Smash also on the elsa is being a real problem with the amount of damage being applied.
Optimus are charging up very quickly, they're guaranteed to even get a hit there first,
and with that broken back of a 40 dog, they could go in for eternal bonds to try and go for a backline set up.
That's going to be zoned away by Scatter, but it's going to be picked off on the blind, beautiful position.
It's a trump game to get the full battleground and cut off that backline.
And suddenly that defense of Brad collapses as quickly as it was set up.
It was a big switch over from Daze as well, moving over to the Bucky, being able to get that pick on to Crazy Kitty.
You eliminate Black Hat from the game, you have the six versus five,
and at that point you just have to use the damage output of Mello on that Punisher,
which is exactly what they've been able to achieve here.
And FalkiDog does find one to Crazy Kitty again,
so it is going to be another stagger here on the side of Rad.
And they have to make a decision where they want to commit to this one.
They do have ults to do so.
Group balls trying to be zoned out,
trying to get a punishment on Stucky who steps forward.
Gorax is going to be coming on out,
knocks up Krasmag and Manatee to E,
preventing that ultimate.
But it is going to be a total bot from Manatee to E
with the God of Bishop and the Crack of Dimash
looking for the first three-step.
And then Banogar is going to keep the top-top preventing Stucky from falling.
Glastrox comes on down, grabs two,
but it's not enough for the finishing blow.
Baptists just cannot fight them here.
That's ult from both sides, but bad by nothing.
And Swamp still have tools to use.
Fiting Fancy leaves going to fall on the back line
once again, crazy kitty is piling on the pressure.
And despite Swamp having the ultimate economy advantage here,
they still lose.
Bambler's meaning it might be down to the next push
to drop those ults with it.
Fairly certain it was another double support,
or another double straddle from the Swamp gaming back line,
which again is going to be a little bit frustrating for them.
And it has allowed Rad to come out on top,
despite the fact those ults were used and yes there is still some form of economy here on the side of Swamp Gaming that they can utilize and gain an advantage from.
You use both of those backline ults which you'd be expecting to win that fight.
Oh, you would hold this metaphor which is going to be sending some shots down range.
You can see the Elsa trying to unleash fire from the boss.
Metaphobia plays close to the building. Make sure they're at least a little protected.
I'm not going to get first or above, but once again, crazy kill.
If it's the backline causing a mischief, the final judgment comes on out for attempts to turn around,
but the rest of the team is just falling around them.
But while that's happening, while they avoid it,
the Void just moves forward.
It's gonna be a dive from Mash to try and delay it.
Scattergate is gonna be coming on in with a media M,
and it's tagged beautifully,
but it's just too much damage.
If you go, it won't fall.
The Belaphobia will be picked off in exchange.
Scatter goes down, and somehow Mash are still holding us.
And Grant is pausing the back.
Mash healing is fantastic here.
Scatter committed heavily to that fight.
Maybe he got a little bit power hungry on the Chaos Swords,
as I'm sure all Magneto's do at the moment, but it leaves us with only 14 seconds left for Swamp Gaming
to try and make this push just to the first point. Is there going to be any attempts at a portal here
or Swamp Gaming just going to try and run this one up? They're running out of time.
They need to stand for Valentina Eve's focus down, which is going to get a lot of gold.
Four back, Black Cat, days on the flight though. Looking for an opportunity, he's 66% of the way
towards a last stand and a move on in, straggling present, 4 to 7 seconds to try and zone them out
of the backline is going to be a triple, but the point moving,
days of the backline nearly gets the back cap,
but it's going to be marked by Zuckie preparing that from going on in
and the rest of Swap Gaming are whittled down one, five, one.
Days trying to play for a portal, but it's no way he holds his time.
As Rad, hold on point one.
At the start of this tournament, I was told,
Rad might just be the underdogs, the dark horses of a team
that could go on to win this entire thing.
And the further and further they get in this tournament,
the more I start to believe they definitely have the capability to do so. And a lot of it
does come down to Crazy Kitty on that black cat. And now you understand why Swamp Gaming
had that respect ban in the previous. I questioned it, they now have allowed it through on the second
and Crazy Kitty has punished them. But Swamp Gaming do get a hold here. And remember, Swamp
Gaming chose this map for a reason. They have a game plan. Do they have something up their sleeves?
The penny is an option. Look at what is banned on the side of Swamp Gaming, what they cannot play.
They have access to the Adam, they have access to the Penny, they have access to the Ultron, even if they want to go for the full, whole, whole care.
When instead, it looks like they choose for people to stay on that invisible woman to make sure they have the damage boost.
They're healing output with the boundary, but they will be bringing in the Loki.
So no matter what, it's the potential for double revives or even double boundary.
Of course, if you have the option, you would rather make sure your team never goes down at all than to revive them, but having the option is nice.
It's an interesting mentality to go into this one for Rad as well, because it feels like a win.
It feels like a success. You've denied the first point, but how many times have we seen on Spider Islands, where a lot of these teams fail at that first point as well?
Rad needs to know full well, swap gaming have the capability to do exactly the same thing to them, so they need to very particularly calculate how they're going to break this initial setup to give them as much time as possible.
Let it go started, the pre-round, on the daredevil, just in case anyone was trying to set up or set a trap with Wolverine outside the storm door,
just so you can see through the wall. He tops over to the invisible woman once the round starts, but I love the min-maxing here from Brad to make sure that they do not get cheesed out here.
And now they start to move up the penny. Webs are set up, but it is going to make it very difficult.
The side door, that side building, it's very hard to push into, but it also means your team is not there to help you if you get pushed in.
The time of death but it's a bit too much for crazy kitty who will fall down and Smashness will retreat back to spawn but it's just unloading shots into the penny and the penny seems mostly unbothered.
Yeah, whose job is it to find that nest or are you just gonna try and brute force it and take the penny down?
If so, would you like to switch over to a Bucky perhaps, see if you can get a grab and then everyone just pummel the penny at the same time?
Or you can just pass it over to Smashness who gets the opener, Kras goes down from crazy kitty and the break looks like it's gonna be here already for Rat.
That was very heavily in Brad's favour as they clear on out and immediately scan us over to the strange.
They know they can't afford distance. It's exactly how this point is played.
You fight everything you can on first point. You portal in, you delay as long as you can.
You do not let that point move. That's your entire strategy here and you hope that you can build up
to that Atta-Ballot ultimate right away. A smash there, this absolutely bonny through that portal.
Yeah, that is a fantastic opening pick there from 4K. Such an important one for this next engagement,
But still, Rad are applying the pressure and they are going to commit to the region royal flash as well.
Valentina dates and Foki all come down.
The entire front line is going to focus through the portal, but it goes down.
They can't leave.
So it's going to be a full team reset on foot here.
They can't just retreat and swap characters.
They have to wait for those timers and immediately Rad roll on out to try and set up for that hard defense
to make sure that Swap can't even touch that point.
Rad will march on forward towards this point now in Swap Gaming,
Even though they are going to be having the chance to touch here,
they will have to defend for an entire two minutes off the back of winning this engagement.
They have no ult to work with.
Vertigo is going to have the invisible boundary as well.
It's certainly advantage Rad here.
Swampgaming their backs are against the wall.
They tried to go for a wraparound but was caught out of position
so was unable to capitalize.
The Black Cat, as we've already mentioned, is not contested here
but the cover time comes on out.
It's a focus on the front line and no one's on the front line.
Who's on the point?
Invisible boundary!
Just so the Black Cat can touch!
They have the force this, but with one of their front lines down,
How long can they hold? They don't have Adam, they don't have Madri.
Second Madri comes up just in time, who'll make a hurricane?
And the final judgement is just too much damage though.
Who can stand up for that? And who can stand up to Rad?
Rad continue their march on as they find their second map now here against Swamp Gaming
and put themselves on series point going into this third.
to be able to do that. What I'm
sure a lot of people would have
been considering a very
closely contested match here in
the lower semifinals is turning
out to be completely one sided
and swamp gaming. They need to
reset. They need to be looking
at themselves and saying how on
earth do we get back into this
one? They've tried the attempt
of banning out the black cat.
They've then said, all right,
we'll give the black cat. See
where you could do. And boy, did
they learn a lesson quickly. It
in this one. The Punisher with the Storm. Not even a team up. This is just an old
fashion team up of just, I'm giving you bonus damage. There's no fancy overlay,
there's no fancy logo. This is just Storm gives Punisher damage and Punisher
does damage. We're gonna head over to the analysts to break down that incredible
first two maps. Thank you so much, Tetra. I mean, when Destiny has a name, it is
hard to erase it. I mean, the fate threads are showing right. I don't know what it
It is about the mid-season finals, but it's crazy.
You look at someone like 100 Thieves that look like work
for Rad.
I mean, they handled it easily.
Swamp gaming typically can beat someone like 100 Thieves easily.
But Rad is just clicking on all cylinders.
We keep saying this.
They're getting better as this thing goes on.
Yeah, and I think that for Swamp,
they've been a lot more reserved in their approach,
but now the mistakes are starting to come out.
And it's like Rad have just been going
gung-ho with their approach.
That was probably the more patient approach
that we've seen from them.
Swamp Gaming again wanting to go to spider islands. It was the only time against Gen.G where they actually played past the first point either full holding or being full held themselves.
It's the latter against them. Rad actually having a good defense. Evo with all of the triple like Stratus Garbo banned out. It was a tune that you set up that was held in from Rad to Swamp.
It feels like they're kind of out of options whereas Rad have got more and more creative.
I think Swamp Gaming are so practiced against triple Stratus when they play against the comp that isn't that. They kind of fall apart a little bit.
a little bit especially with mash being one of the most aggressive gambit players we have seen in this entire tournament eight finals in the first game
Seven in this one going toe-to-toe with some of those tar star players from swamp gaming
Yeah, Matt just really impressed me throughout this entire thing and honest. I mean we can't listen the domination was very close fellas
I mean that was as close as you get so like it's just been like a one-sided affair that map though
Like if rad was in the position to swap was in I was like, okay, there'd be some hope for me
I get nervous because swap not being down to oh
this is just it's not built for how swamp is like they like it messy right but
this is just a team that it feels like it will be very tough everything stacked
against them to be able to climb that reverse sweep not saying it's not
possible or possible but right this is a team that makes me uncomfortable in this
position I mean the best analogy I can think of is you know like their team
called swamp and it's like imagine in the Florida you know Georgia like swampy
to the West Coast in L. A.
where play midseason fans.
It's still hot, but it's a
different type of hot. That's
kind of how it feels for like
some gaming like they're still
trying to play their game, but
rather a sort of well aware of
it and they're not afraid to
just take a few more risks. It
feels like rather playing to win
worse one to play to not lose
and that costs to eat. We have
to highlight this right? This
is first time to land for both
teams right? And so one has gone
and sped run all the things you
could possibly go through. It
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So, I mean, they might have a good strategy here.
I think the big thing is making sure that you can secure either the DD.
I mean, we have not seen that be online at all to try and counter crazy kitty.
And I feel like the one-sided vision of the Daredevil has been such a monumental advantage
for the side of Rad.
And the overage is not working.
We've got to go with something else.
I mean, if it go into Clint Tower as well, I think we've only seen Swamp play at once.
small the fact of like at this event swamp have only chosen spider islands have not been in a position
that they've had to be choosing convergence but the other main option that have gone for across the
area is Jallia which is a very very good map for Rad as you've been seeing so they have to go something
a little bit different. Here's my opinion on this for a couple reasons. First of all this map can
kind of lend to all play styles it's French back if you want to go dive you can go dive as well
the second point is built well and funny enough again I've been covering this team now for as
long as this esports been around they were nemesis before swamp gaming a couple of changes there
But the Nemesis use a lot of this map too.
This was kind of their home base back in the day.
Metaphobia, it feels like the home court for them.
We talked about like it's so important to have a map locked down.
You said rad there.
I think that was a great point.
That's kind of their map, right?
For Hollywood Jolier, for Wakanda in general.
For them, Swamp Gaming, if they can get this win
on this comfortability for them, it gives them options.
And it really plays to what I feel like Vodable Swamp does well
and that is having that flex.
But when you fan out days, it could be tough.
Those options get limited, and the melophobia
is uncomfortable, and you go from there.
Yeah, I think the big thing here is that comfortability,
as you mentioned.
It felt like the back line as well of swamp gaming
wasn't in their elements.
I mean, we saw the one-sided Loki,
but the rocket band that came out was so crucial.
Forky Dog was trying to figure out exactly what
to play about, having to flex even from the first map
into the limousine.
And we hadn't really seen that throughout most of the events.
So I think the big thing is just like mash and vertigo have such a synergy going on the
back line that has not been disputed by anyone so far in the slow bracket.
And Rad's like gonna be defending first because Swamp want to play on the attack.
So like we saw Swamp play it once against 100 fevs back in groups of stage one and then
a little bit more often peppered in.
Rad haven't lost on it.
4-0 like beating Shikigami and Pulsar in playoff.
So there was a couple of teams at AMAs that throw this out towards the end as a Hail Mary
and Swamp's gonna add to it.
I'll touch on this was what Vaude said to just want to say,
listen, when we look at our best strategist
in the American region, Valentina
has been putting that role so many times.
And that's what's shocking to me is that right now,
it's Mash and Co.
Really just shiny bright.
And I say this all the time, in a region,
it's so tough to compare things, right?
To look around and see just how good in those roles you are.
But right now, it's showing detail.
Now, obviously, both teams believe in that back line
as they should.
Gambit being saved.
Loki ban on the other side.
We've talked about why that's important.
with that gambit. Can I have to kind of match the same, right? If you're swamp?
Yeah, I mean, the main one, I think is the swamp have been going for the one-sided mark
right at the start in these drafts. But now they just want to get the gambit.
They're also going to be looking to try to get the Loki one-sided, but it's going to be
banned out early from RAD. They've just wanted to try to get that kind of combination together.
But seeing the swamp have gone for the gambit, swam bit, I guess is what I was trying to say.
Like the Loki ban comes in a lot more prevalent for RAD.
Yeah, the first two maps, we have also seen the one-sided gambit too from RAD. So that's been,
maybe the difference maker that Swamp has not been able to have that avail. But I do like the
thing ban here does allow days to be a little bit more unleashed on that Wolverine if they
opt for it. Of course, we see the Daredevil ban in tandem. Yeah, so my guess is they're going to go
back and put the same respect on the flex duelist that is crazy kitty, right? Daredevil's gone.
Now, what is Daredevil? Yep, great against going to be the black cat, right? So you have one save
left, one ban either way, and looking at it, Rye, what do you want to do to close it out for Swamp?
I mean, they have been going to stuff like the Emma, but you've got the Magneto sort of like protected.
So yeah, just the Magneto to just make sure that you have that team up in full force.
Swamp Gaming can make it work, but right, I'd rather be really good at this series.
I'm so sorry, I got spoiled a little bit on this one, but the Wolverine Band comes out against Swamp Gaming.
They're respecting it fully here for this matchup.
Yep, absolutely. Listen, we've seen it in America time and time again. Band, days, that has been the plan.
It's more of the same here, Gaskin-Tetcher.
This could be it for swamp gaming.
Take it away.
This really could be it.
There's so much pressure on these teams.
I'm going to take advantage of my co-coach, Agatheon.
You've actually played in quite a few esports in the past.
How do you deal with when you're in a situation
where the next map could just be the end?
I mean, this is where you look into your coach, right?
This is where Fox needs to step up,
make sure the mentors are brought out of the gutter.
It's so easy as a player to start to think about
what losing might feel like.
Coach needs to turn that around and say,
just imagine what winning will feel like. Just imagine the victory of being able to overturn this one, get that reverse sweep.
That was what pulled me out of things when I was competing.
I'm hoping that the same can be done for these swamp gaming players, because right now I'm sure they are feeling dejected.
But all it takes is that one map and you feel right back into it.
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The petty, the Ultron and the Adam coming in one more time as what could be the last gasp for swap gaming.
Or, I think Red will turn around and hold as they get the first pick up immediately!
Crap, thanks! It's here to play!
right onto Smash as well. One of the best players to take out of the fight to begin with.
Get a 65 and sometimes feels like a 64 with how much damage Output Smash has had so far.
I do think Swamp will be happier with this lock and ban. Of course, they were able to take out
that Black Cat this time. They do give the respect over towards Crazy Kitty and they have been able
to get close towards the first notch here. It does tick up and now Rad are going to try and
push back through with this storm. It's a big choke point. It can be very difficult to fight
through this, especially as one of your players in the fire who has to come in through a doorway.
They use the walls to make sure that they have an opening but that means nothing to forky dog
Who just flies up and is just pinion over the top with the damage boost and a little bit of movement speed from crazy
Kids they're trying to play safe but they're picked up both damage dealers are finished off on the side
They have to boundary just to try to delay this it's at this point probably gonna go down
But they can't afford to let swap gaming take all that time
It looks like swap gaming have just been able to overpower them through sheer brute force here after getting that first pick
and they are going to get the first point in a commanding fashion, again, exactly what you needed here, Techo, when you talk about getting yourself out of that trout, a quick first point, regains that confidence a little bit, a swamp gaming now, in a little bit of an ascendancy, and rather going to have to reply.
why. Gaming also going to be pushing forward. They don't try and stay on the cart to get
that extra movement speed. They have a penny. They have an ultron. They want to be as far
forward as possible. They want to set up those Elsa Bloodstone traps. They want to make sure
that they have the positioning advantage and they're going to try and do exactly what they
did on that first point. Rush in, maybe get an early pick up and take position again,
force RAD through toke points. But RAD have been able to zone them out at least a little bit.
Yeah, RAD needs to make sure they don't get picked off as easily as they did previously,
but the Glartrucks comes out and Mello will get the opener on to MASH as well.
There's not going to be any sort of VRP, so now suddenly RAD starts to fall.
Jaze will go down, but he has to cocoon and can't come back.
It's 86% of the way to avoid that extra rematch, the Karmic revival.
But it's all about the positioning for Swamp Gaming right now.
Cupigan from above holding the high ground,
and they're able to clean out the defending members of RAD
who are just trying to stand on the point and slow it down.
And honestly, that's been the whole story of this map.
It's just Swamp Gaming's just picking people up
as Brad slowed them down, but it's not by a lot.
They're approaching the second point with four minutes of the clock.
And I wonder if Swamp Gaming will look back at those locking bands as well.
The Instant Protect onto Loki. Should they have just been having Valentina on the gambit?
Yes, she's one of the best loki's around, but don't forget one of the best gambits to do it in the game as well.
There's now Scatikengi trying to be a little bit aggressive here on the mag,
but you're going to get Meteor M on the other side.
Here to absorb at least some of that Rage of Hope from there is going to get sparked.
This fucking god unleashes.
Rage and Ryo flash from both sides. What a turnabout. The Omega Hurricane.
On to the objective to try and focus down the front, but it's right into the pain, yes.
But it's enough to keep Grave getting top-top second Meteor Ember to look for the blow-off.
It's enough! Crazy kitty falls!
And some of the defensive tools from RAD are running down to about a half-thousandth of bad rings.
It's once again, they're down two people, but they want to fight for every single second.
But this time, they're committing the portal, Gaskin.
Yeah, the invisible boundary just delays enough to try and get this portal out and re-engage,
but Mello cries and Mello again will take them down one, two, three,
And Rad, even though they have the port, or you'd imagine they are just far too stagged here at this point,
and Swamp Gaming look like a completely different side, but Rad is still going to try and hold.
There are too many webs of the point, there are too many spiders in the Rad defense,
as they are taken off the board, and Lugius says if you can't beat them, join them.
They're pushed off the point, and they move over to the penny themselves,
they pick up the ult, they pick up the atom, they know that they need to hold,
so it's all about that triple strategy, it's all about the sustain,
and it's all about trying to stop Swamp Gaming just walking forward
but the difference is Swamp have been doing this for longer.
They already have the Adam Warner Karmic revival.
You just wonder why weren't Swamp playing this composition earlier?
They had the possibility to do so on map 2.
They had the chance to have the Adam Warner plus the Ultron.
And of course, depending it's been so prominent in the meta at this tournament,
as Swamp Gaming continued to push forward.
W gets going in the trap, focused down.
Back to the barrier, has to drop the self-bubble in order to tank off through.
very nearly finished off aggressive move from Lucio with that cyber web stare.
Not even a fishy flow with income, the range of ultron into the glass drop pops it and might have just saved the rest of the team here.
And the positioning is pushed forward by Swamp, forcing right around the corner,
hiccups the ranging royal flash, the bash, and to dumps the gamelopobi,
and upslings on Valentina, but Dave, the perfect being, brings them all back!
Swamp won't stop pushing!
does get four back is now swamp gaming after all those
ultimates of use can now turn and flip this script in their favor it is gonna be
rage and royal flux trying to be countered here by the meteor and that
gets sucked up it's human it's vacuumed but crazy kids he still has break of
ultron
it's gonna be absorbed with the meteor and from the other side though but it's not gonna fight another pick up
basically it drops down but there's no revive vertical despite we've gone off for so long there at 80%
who given the spider time is able to control the point and at least force
swap into the cave to try and prevent the piss I'm web snare of stuffy but it's
Not a finishing blow, it's a cut through, Smashness has to retreat up to a high ground here.
It's honestly like the team's a swapped position here.
A swapped play on the low ground under the defensive side of Brandt, trying to hold the high ground.
While trying to just keep swap in here, don't let it step out and keep the pressure on this.
That's like when my team up for the extra attack speed adds that shield.
Smashness goes down and Burning goes somehow, got a charge!
Able to bring back one, looks for two but will go down but he has the cocoon.
As the cocoon can come back, of course, but now the extermination comes through from that rage of Ultron.
Yes, people are being brought back by the Swamp Gaming done enough to apply the pressure.
Crass is going to have spider time available to him as well, if you want to try and just apply that extra little bit with those mines.
Neither of these teams want to go down.
CLAAR DROGS CAN'T GO DOWN!
Try and pull him into the nest, but it's not enough!
Fuck, you don't chase them down!
Jakes have smashed this, Vertigo falls as well, and there's no more cocoon!
Two members, three members, Volsperan!
and Swap after stalling a bit on that corner, making the slow, seemingly inevitable,
barge towards the end of Supernix's surface as Rampagid to respawn,
and they've got to start throwing bodies at this point.
There's a big stack in there from Swap, and Barge of Scarry's so many as well,
as Ducky gets removed.
They're going on Insanity Double Trap to see if they can pick someone off outside the spawn.
Lots of damage onto the back line, days take through here,
then a Boombie gets more to go, and they make sure to put an Excavation Barcoder with the raging Royal Plush.
Swamp Gaming complete the triple.
That is the response we needed from Swamp Gaming
to have any sort of thought that they can come back into this series.
They managed to take it to three,
and they do it in an emphatic fashion as well.
It's a dominant one from Swamp Gaming, only losing really one teamfight.
And even in that teamfight, they were able to get the Karmic Revival,
get back on their feet and re-engage instantly.
Rad fell apart a little bit defensively.
I think ever since they had that first pick on them
on the first point, right, they just were never able to reset properly
They tried again on the second point where Swampgaming were far too quick to stagger.
And even just looking at the statistics, I mean, Rad weren't involved in half of those fights
in terms of their own KO, Swampgaming very much one-sided here.
Look at how quickly Rad are looking in compared to Swampgaming.
Swampgaming just don't run it back.
Rad, they know that they only really slowed down Swampgaming when they mirrored the Con,
but now they're on attack.
They know that the Punisher can be very effective into this, as can an Elsa in theory.
They just need to find the right angles to deal with it.
They're also looking at the potential of the Wolverine.
If you can't get through the penny nest, the penny nest goes down when the penny does.
It's that or the storm.
You don't need to worry about it if once again the penny's removed from the board.
So you might as well just maximize the damage and try and pick them off,
especially with that hit scan that we now have with the Thorter Team
up to help take out that Ultron in the sky.
Mello put himself onto the Elsa as well, of course,
having that possibility of trapping the dead devil that could come out on the other side as Black Cat is in band,
just in case we see the dive from Crazy Kitty,
which I'm sure we will, after the initial storm push happens.
this push a few more legs. It certainly gives them the option to re-engage here, right? Yes, okay,
Daisy's gonna have the cocoon, but they went down a player. Now they have the ability to re-engage,
get some damage out, and maybe apply this extra little bit of pressure, and Smash is the one
who is basically front-lining at this point, and I don't blame it. It's just piling on as much
damage as possible, taking as much as well, but that's building strong of an ult charge. You can
see it's going to be Bash who's building the ultimate first, Vertigo. After going down early,
he will be rejoining the fight, but this piece of that Raging Role Flush will be the first
the first commitment to this fight as they push on in and it's the first ult to finish charging.
Then the commitment for Raphs, they make their way in. The extra attacks be from the Punisher.
They do so much damage with the Raging Royal Flash at the frontline. What frontline? But what smash there's?
Raphs back. With the extra mines, they've been able to finish them off from the grave.
Maybe Kras can do something on the play. Foggy does take down Vertigo as well. This is not over yet.
As I say that, Crazy Kitty says it wasn't, but now I will end it myself as Swamp Gaming
They're gonna have to back off, try and rely on a portal here.
The good thing is they are gonna have time to get it down.
They're really taking the risk for this is a hard position to portal from
as there are several tunnels where you can't do it.
You have to go for a little bit of a wraparound to get that positioning
but they will still commit to it.
Scatter, gonna be on that DrStraight 4 to set up for coming on in on the Ultron
and quickly immediately shields the whole team
to make sure they can try and force back RAD who will give up some positioning
just to make sure they don't get bursted out here.
Rage of Ultron comes on out of Borkidon and RAD don't choose to fight it.
They back up, they just got two points on the board
and lost very little for it.
They were in more than happy, it's just back away here.
But if they lose something here, that will slow down.
Glock comes in now with a media rep.
The trial absolves some of that damage
and makes sure that no capsize.
With the strategy prison completely blocked out,
it's just blocked with a media rep.
Be there!
Final judgement is going to be here, though.
Can you tag through?
As Katakenshi gets taken out.
But remember, Karmic Revival is going to be there
to swap gaming, but they are so close to getting this dodge,
and they already get it before the Karmic Revival even
comes into effect here.
And Rad will find the first point.
They make a hurricane to try and finish them off.
They don't want them to be slowing down.
They want to see if they can get a stagger.
Crazy gets caught in the cyberware stair,
but they really want to just pick these people up and look.
They're not even going as aggressively as they can.
They slowly finish them off to try and stagger those eliminations.
And with that, while Swapgaming were able to hold for much longer
than the RAD did, RAD are able to get a stagger,
and that will give them a big chunk of distance.
I did like the portal, though,
and with Krazz having the nest down on the other side of the portal,
just firing those mines through,
it made it difficult for RAD to try and contest it.
And yes, it's just about eating away at the time for Swap Gaming.
Maybe they recognize RAD definitely have the firepower to get through these first couple of points,
and it may come down to time going through that overtime-overtime.
Smash falls down once again.
Metaphobia is just getting so much value, the trap onto Lukiya,
but they keep the pressure on the tail sword as a pull down,
but it's not for the side of Swap Gaming.
They push onto the scatters, they push onto Lukiya,
and Metaphobia gets the finishing blow,
and now it's time for an attempt at a hold.
They've reboot past the point and want to try and keep Rad in this open spawn area from the first point.
Yeah, I like this aggressive positioning from Swarm Gaming as well.
You get that nest down, it could be in an awkward spot on the side of Rad.
So again, it'll be eyes on over to the likes of Crazy Kitty and Smash.
Can you manage to pick apart the penny or at least find the nest to allow everyone else to push up?
But too much damage there.
Scatter gets the opening onto Smash and Rad already just thinking about packing off at this point
and it's going to be another glock once available for Mellon.
Damage boost from that invisible woman shield with the Human Torch team up is doing so much worse than Belaphobia alone to finish off the members over and over again.
Looking for a match on that backline. 40 Dog comes in there for Soulbomb, but the extra damage with the rage of Ultra to try and commit Verligo is once again finished off in the backline.
The damage boost of the rage of Ultra is focusing down the backline and it's once again three more members of Rad that fall and more time is being eaten away by Swamp and even worse news, boundaries on the way.
and they have 50% of the way towards Karmic Revival number 2 Gaskets.
So obviously they don't get overzealous here and they do back off accordingly.
They wanted to see if they could stagger a little bit more to add more time in their favour,
but now Rad they've grouped up and they might be able to do enough damage to go front the back
as Scatter's gone down and Falky follows.
That means a lot of that extra damage is going to be coming up the board as well as some of the healing.
And Glashrox is good at the whole of Alaphobia!
He said, what difference? What number's deficit?
I'll make my own!
Takes down RAD!
And suddenly, Swapgaming, the defensive player, was about to disappear.
But it's only needing what bad?
They're Alaphobia!
A one-man army.
At times, with of course Swapgaming, you need to quickly rejoin the rest of the squad here.
As RAD are going to have everything to throw at them in terms of ultimates.
If you want it, they have got it.
But there is also replies on the side of Swap.
They've got invisible boundary, as they counter alongside the spider nests as well.
They have Baldery with Vertigo Returns, they have Crack and Impact, and Omega Hurricane to try and force out any remaining defensive tools from Swapgating.
As long as Crazy League does not go down attempting this, then it's a great setup and an early push to try and give them an opening.
They still just don't have the time here, and they only have 42 seconds right now, they're only halfway through this point.
Spider Time begins here from Krasman, again, and they attempt to stall and delay, even though Smash was able to get a pick onto Scatter.
Swamp are still stopping this from moving too quickly, and they definitely have time on their side.
Canada was in Brand's backline, finding themselves ice-saving.
They drew a lot of attention, but Walsh picked up,
and once again we see Swap realizing that that fight is over.
They throw bodies at the point, let the backline retreat to a safe position,
but the front line was always going to go down there.
It was just about burning through even more time,
and now we're heading to what could be a final fight
for Strange Mortal, potentially available for Swap Gaming.
Ultimates creeping in as well,
and we've only five seconds on the board for RAD.
RAD need to hold this here, but they still have cracking impact.
As long as Smashners is here, they have the potential to try and wipe and try and push onto point three.
And now they engage as well, there's gonna be range of ultron that comes out with visible boundary as a reply.
Mellow still has Glaratrox, keep an eye on whether Mellow can find those specs that we've seen so many times. He's going for a wrap.
And again we're fighting to get visible boundary, now we hiccup the Kraken, it back, gets one, gets two, crazy kitty falls, but it's Smashners all the way!
Again! Again!
Takes them down, a point, two is open,
and now it's all about the conversion.
One minute, 20 seconds for Rant to even up the push with Swamp.
But Swamp had that much time left over when they pushed all the way.
Regardless of what happens now, Swamp will have the advantage
if we do end up going to the overtime at 3-3.
But of course, Swamp will want to try and stop that right here right now.
With Falkie falling, it does mean they are fully going to have to try and think about
approaching this one a little bit differently.
they do have invisible boundary if they would like to use it from Valentina.
Why don't you try and save that a little bit later?
You've done your job by stalling initially with the portal,
and now you really engage naturally.
Even more seconds off the board, once again, it's all about burning through time.
Dace was also able to get even more charge onto the Karmic Revival by doing this,
and they're still rad, trying to get space with 40 seconds on the board
to push the rest of the way towards this final point,
while Petty is already getting set up.
Forkyduck's returning, and Valentina either has that invisible boundary.
This is looking great for Swung Gaming to try and delay this,
But they just need to make sure to don't get caught by RAD as Ducky comes in.
Sardic's deduction grabs one, but can't convert it yet.
But they've got a great ankle on the base, finishing them off with no cocoon.
This could be the opportunity for RAD.
Swamp gaming, they've got a touch!
Scatting engine is all that's left on the point.
And RAD might be able to even this up and go to overtime.
What a final push!
Even though Swamp gaming had the up on one and two, it was RAD's final push.
that was far quicker than swamps, and it does keep them in contention here. There was a minute and 16 as the difference after that extra time gets added here on OT, and Swamp Gaming, I'm sure they would have loved to finish off there, but at least they still have the advantage, and remember, they did hold that first point a lot stronger.
So they are definitely going to be feeling confident going into this OT as well as we take a look at some of the stats as well. I mean, it's looking pretty even. Stevens across the board when you look at some of those numbers, Tej.
It's looking even Steven's across the board. It's a very high elimination game. Smashners and Vertigo have been being targeted because Swamp Gaming do know how dangerous they could be.
Vertigo was targeted down about three times before they could ult in that last push, but when it came down, it was right when Smashners needed them.
Those two went down the most, but they capitalized together and created that opening on the second point in order to make their way through that allowed them to even get to this point.
the point. So, Rad, with the
chance to set the pace here,
but remember, they only have
one minute that it's
realistically one fight before
a strange portal or if you
wanted to strange portal
first, but of course, I
imagine they will try and go
for the normal walk up
alongside the storm here as
Swamp look to try and hold. If
Swamp can successfully hold
here, it's about how many
notches Rad get as well.
Remember all we need to see is
Swamp hold the entire point
and then they would only need
one notch to win this map and
send us to a map full starting
off a little bit of min maxing
here. Match is going to be
starting on the Jeff not to
their team movement speed because they know they don't have time they have to
touch so they're gonna start off on the Jeff speed boost their team with the
bubbles and the swap to invisible woman with that double jump control out quickly
and catch up oh it's an ambush as well it's a very aggressive position from
swamp gaming they want to take the fight to run and delay them as much as
possible and they do get an early pick but it's traded out there's goes down he
has to cocoon so he returns to the fight it's a very similar situation to what
happened on rad last attacking point but they're not gonna give up yet they
They continue this push, they continue the momentum, they know they're close to their spot, good trap, crazy kitty.
It's not going to be converted on Swamp, they've already backed away and will not get caught out of position as Raiad regroup and make their way into the push with 20 seconds on the board.
You've got to have that strange ball to that already if you were the first to go down here just to try and stay alive in this fight and maybe get a notch on that ticker, but Swamp gaming, holding strong in the moment and the grab, catches thing, it's not going to be pulling him anywhere.
There's days though when the cocoon's already down, no reds is even though they're at 40%.
And that newsdays may have to give up all that charge just to straight forward or he might try and fly as Adam.
And it looks like that will be exactly what happens when the key drop slow but it's gonna be healed up for the rest of this fight.
There's a lot of old charge coming in for MASH, they're funneling it onto them for a radio roll flush.
Graspag falls, beatings on the front line.
Offswap is being taken off the board, scatted the lays as long as they can.
But overall, it's Rad with great momentum and they are trying to convert up to the first point.
Smashless gets another and first point goes over to Rad and Swamp Gaming, they back off and choose to regroup.
That was far quicker from Rad, wasn't it? They knew exactly what Swamp wanted to do.
I liked the attempt from Swamp with the aggression on that first point, but it was the fact that the trade happened.
It had days out of position for a short while and it allowed Rad just to reposition a little bit and try and find that angle.
and they did catch up a little bit off guard here, but now we go into overtime
within overtime. They cannot afford to step off of this point here.
At life, Kacun is not going to be far back for a while here for days.
4-key dog with the radio ulcer at the ready, but it's going to be fancy.
The even charges up first, fast holds the trigger.
Radio roll flush, Mirrored from both sides. They try to fight into the choke point.
Ducky dives onto the back line, almost finishing up fantasy.
The even, they escape in the mobility.
His media rep from Lugia looks for anyone.
It might be Krasbang, sends it back, blocked beautifully by Scanner.
And like a hurricane, it's gonna be used defensively here, just to zone away, will not find anything.
And that's a big ult to burn.
The Smash Nets is still here with the most important one.
The Cracking Impact from Burnigore about to get the boundary.
They may choose not to use it, and for days it might be charged up.
Live that!
Reconnick Revival!
Boundary comes on there!
Meteor air from Skattles trying to take out the back of the Tigger!
Burnigore removes the boundary!
Cracking Impact!
For the burn!
Trying to get Volunti to even the backline!
The Metaphobia is like your through.
Glatrock's on to the point to take out the front line.
Donkey falls and Dace is second away from the revise.
The mice show the shut down to RAD and Swap Gaming
clean them off the board. They don't even need it.
Swap Gaming will not go down yet as they hold,
but now it's their time to push.
Melophobia again, just timing that Glatrock so successfully.
He was biding his time. Almost went down.
to keep him up so he could get
that Glartrop's out. It wasn't a
difference maker in the end after
all those ultimates flew around on
our screens, but it is a good distance
still pushed by Rad considering the time
they have here. And even though Swamp
have a significant time advantage going
into this one, we have to remind ourselves
how difficult this first point can be
sometimes. Do Rad change their strategy
and their approach on the defensive side
this time? 20 and 9
for Melophobia. They are putting on
that's the only thing that's
going to happen. I mean, it's
going to be a clinic here. Like
you mentioned that glass trucks
was huge. It's going to be
one once again, sticking with
the same strategy. They know
it's working. It's got them
this far. Like you mentioned. Is
it time for rad to mix it up? The
answer is yes. Well, they don't
have a penny on their side. In
this case, they do have an
Ultron. They do have an Adam
and they do have a gambit. But
instead of penny, they choose to
I really like Ducky on ember. I think he's been such a big difference maker throughout this entire series
Swamp have struggled to deal with that signix deduction at times and if Brad can build up this ultimate a little bit quicker than the side of
Swamp in the neutral
There is a fantastic chance for them to just get a full-on hold here and still not just win this map
But remember touch they would win this series
They would send Swamp gaming home and they would send themselves into a guaranteed top three position in those lower finals
for their first ever LAN. For both these teams, it comes down to this swap fighting to just stay in
the series. Rad searching for an opportunity to go to those lower bracket finals. Krasmang looking
for an opening, sends a couple of mines just down range in case anyone backs up and is taking up
attention. That could be a huge pickup if Rad do not spot it. But now, less aggressive on this point
that we have seen in any of the rounds so far as both teams just look for a couple openings,
It's a damage, but I don't expect that to last too long, and both look to try and create an opening.
Push God, it's all up on from both sides.
The tank on through is 4Kg, is trying to find an opening from the other side,
but this triple strategy healing is a little bit too much to burst through like we've seen previously.
Smash is winning the alt-race at the moment though, it's worth noting that actually Crazy Kitty,
something takes advantage and potentially will be the first to get that ultimate.
If no one goes down in this neutral, Smash trying his hardest does get netted at the moment,
but you do stay alive and again it's the pressure that's being applied with this damage from Smash over and over again onto the front line of Swap.
Chin down to the low ground, ground of forces to the choke point.
This is where Swap are able to take advantage of them last time.
That penny can make this a really miserable point to push, but they're still trying to fight this.
Ducky onto the point, good damage, but it's enough healing to keep Slashness up.
They have Rage of Ultron out of the ready and they pull the trigger early.
They make sure they can keep the healing onto their front line, but at this possession from that cabinet,
I'm saying that either team up is good, Ducky will fall and here comes the counter from Swap Gaming.
They get the most of their timing advantage here, with the fact that Ducky is still yet to respawn.
They zone them off the board.
Last one coming on out to try and push them off the board, but he won't find a machine blow,
but Melophobia has a beautiful flank going on.
It's a great flank from Melo, does some damage, but recognises there could be a lot of threat if he stays there.
So it's said he goes back to the point, and they will manage to capture.
They have 30 seconds on the board to try and match what Rad were able to push just previously.
And Rad, they back off, they set up, and they do have utility here.
They've got the ability to get that Sionic's seduction a little bit later, which they may save during overtime.
With the sword, they've come to the coming revival
Tanks up through, stays up, bash goes down
But it's now smash, they're cracking in like cyberweights there
They are taken down, swap gaming, green inch by inch
On the finish line, but the coming revival from Burnigo brings back all of Bran
They will not go down without a fight, spider time, onto the point
To delay as long as possible, surround that poop as many webs as possible
So that they can keep the pressure onto the board
Graspag is dropping low but the healing is good.
Bellow's off this portal to bring him back with Doctor Strange
as Brad just has to keep the lathes going.
Here's a big stall in the moment with range of Ultron.
Can you find anything if you're forky dog here?
It's the only Ultron, but now you see the counter
on the other side from Crazy Kitty here
as Brad is desperately trying to force them off this point
but now we get back to the neutral.
No Ultron's available. It's a straight 6v6.
Portal comes on end because they have to keep this contestant going.
Swapgaming, Flowing Bodies at the point.
Their lifeline is that little yellow car at the top of the street.
Grassback falls, there's no revive.
So it's all about Ratsy and they can finish off the frontline members.
On to that point, your kick from Ducky to Isolated.
But Crazy Kitty is doing so much work for the finishing blow.
Malphomia falls, Valentina E falls, Swamp falls.
And Brad will move on in the lower bracket.
The giant killers continue to take down team after team
But as the underdogs are dark horses, they guarantee a minimum of top three here in the Marble Rivals
at the Mid-Season Finals and sadly we say goodbye to Swamp Gaming who will finish in fourth place.
A valiant effort from the American team, but I'm sure a disappointing one, but again we have to remind ourselves
the first land performance for the Swamp roster. But the same could be said for Rad as they just keep going.
From play-ins all the way here, they look like maybe, just maybe, they could go all the way.
They look like they could potentially make history repeat itself, Gaskin,
as once again, like you mentioned, RAD continue to show up, they continue to take down teams.
An incredible debut on the main stage by both of these teams that are LAN.
Swamp Gaming should be proud of that performance, making it all the way here,
All the way through this bracket, taking down some of the best teams in the world, but they will be stopping here.
Rad on the other hand, they move on to play against the loser of Team Liquid Citadel and Na'Vi, a team they are very familiar with.
The last remaining team from America is Team Liquid Citadel to try and keep the region alive, because EMEA will win out in this MA versus EMEA battle,
which we didn't know really how it was going to go. I thought it might be a little bit closer in the end.
Swampgaming, they gave it a bloody good effort towards the end there.
I thought they had done enough, but we have to give the respect to Rad.
They really were able to analyse just how to break down the composition
that had been set out by Swamp.
They did it perfectly on that initial pushing overtime.
I thought it was over on the triple cap from the side of Swampgaming.
They did it with so much time.
Finally, we did see, as we already mentioned, Rad react
and be able to basically mirror the comp to slow them down
and stop them on that first push.
And then when their push started getting slowed down
so effectively by Swampgaming,
I thought it was over, and yet, and yet, Rad never give up.
And we're going to find out how they can stay so cool under pressure
as we head over to the main stage with Cozy to talk to Rad.
Destiny has a name and her name is Rad.
I mean, I'm left speechless.
I'm here with Coach Dennis, who was anything but speechless after that win.
3-0, Dennis, first thoughts, words, what are you thinking?
Um, I don't know. I would say that my guys, uh, yeah, sorry, my guys played
insanely. I have never seen them play on this level. Today when locked something,
uh, I have never seen them that locked in. All props to them. It's insane. I know.
Congrats guys, you deserve it.
Give it up for Rad. One more time. I love to hear it. Listen Dennis, you know the story of this team better than anybody and again,
It's just insane from couch to dream to now having a shot to what playing stage to the main stage
Should potentially the grand finals walk us through all this journey and just what it would mean for your entire team to have that shot
I've been with some of these people from chopped
And I was losing map five versus VP. It was a very hard heat to all of us. I
I can't lie, a lot of people wanted to retire, and we were thinking a lot about what we could achieve together more.
We couldn't get an org, we split up, and now I'm back with some of these people, and we're here on the big stage,
and this whole journey was insane. Congrats again to all of them for performing this good today.
I can't imagine what they're feeling. I'm just a coach.
Those emotions in the game as a player might have been insane, but I'm pretty sure they're surprised
that they're dislocked in listen yet TLC and Navi up above who do you want who do
you think you're gonna play let me hear it 100% TLC I'm sorry guys like I knew I
need to root for my friends for my region I want Navi to win I want to
match them in the final I hope we are this locked in for tomorrow I hope for a
very very close series against TLC and I really want to go to the final listen
We've done three lands and so far the road has always led through the E. M. E. A.
And right now the odds are stacking in that favor.
One more time.
Give it up for Rad 3-0 and Swamp gave it here on the big stage
and to break it all down and get close today, let's bring it to the desk to check out the action.
Credits where it is due cozy to Swamp Gaming.
They gave it, they're all even pulled out the strats.
They were probably saving for Team Liquid Citadel with that symbiotic surface.
first time we saw it this event, but Rad just seemed to be on another level.
And when you have the likes of Dennis even saying that like this is beyond his
comprehension, he spends a lot of time with them.
It's how do we feel as an idiot?
Like we sort of expect Rad to sort of look promising and then just have weird
moments. But certainly this series, there wasn't really anything given up.
But it came to some of the mistakes, right?
It felt that everything was like locked in.
We were starting to see like some gaming push to making some errors,
some misplays, but more rad individuals, especially rise into the occasion, stuff like
Crazy Kitty, not having to lie in Daredevil, Black Cat, he's not a one-trick pony, going
in for the Metastorm on maps like this, having grand stuff, the back find, the front line,
every element of rad has been like a world-class contender.
Listen, I was just there on the stage, and as they won, Dennis just kept saying, Holy
Shin Shibuya, over and over, I've never seen y'all play like this, and I think we were
talking about it here you know in the green room that at land it's who shows
up it's any given day and rad picked every day to play their best and that's
exactly what you need to do I forget the level of competition comparison Ryan
if you show up and there's enough belief there in clutch factor rad right
now feels like the team to beat well it almost feels like you know we're on an
a soil of swampers in America's team but there was a good amount of cheering for
because you can't help go for the underdog, but also the way that they play it's the panache.
It feels like swamp gaming, getting to see them play, it's very like it.
No for the football analogy, but it's like Italian football like 1990s.
It's a lot more defensive, it isn't flashy, it's a little bit boring,
but it's just well played in the end, so when you have a team that's just doing like terrific stuff
going up against a very disciplined approach for swamp,
you always lean to the team that's just sort of like firing more neurons and endorphins into your brain.
You know, I mean Bob, we're back. It's soccer over here. All right, it's soccer, you know, but I know what
Listen, what's impressed you? I mean we've all watched rad so long now and we're gonna have to you know at the pleasure to talk about them
The jobs, you know, not finished
What's impressed you about them and I do want to talk about swamp gaming in the inner-earth air?
Yeah, so for me the unsung hero and honestly also at the desk
We've you know been kind of doubting a little bit throughout this competition was vertigo actually stepped up huge on the invisible woman using the
playing shield the human torch team up 20% damage boost using that in combination with the Ultron that we saw from crazy kitty
With the rage of Ultron ultimate just so that they can just do so much damage to the other team
We saw it there with the Punisher ult at the end as well
Damage is key for rad and it seems to be the name of the game for them
And they've just figured out this meta in a way that the other teams have been struggling to so far. Yeah figured it out
Especially hero wise but also just like exactly what needs to be done in that current moment for swamp gaming
obviously have covered them for so long at this point.
You know, I know definitely they're disappointed, you know,
to come here.
It is their first land to get in that top four element.
I'm sure they are happy at least about that.
But overall, you know, I know their expectations
were so much larger.
Hey, Ryan, I think you said it best.
It's not like, oh, do we replace this, that, yeah.
No, they can go back to the drawing board.
They have the talent there.
You said Pizazz.
Yeah, like the sexiness of a team, if you will.
Yeah, exactly.
They'll be looking at the play style, what they do.
and for me, you know, you can
highlight a couple of things
like days and adding those
hero pools and everything
combined. I mean, it's all I
think it's just a name like
swamp gaming. It doesn't like
it's really. In fact, sex, you
know, as well, but it's not as
if that the way that they play
is like swampy. There's still
a style to it, and there's a
level of respect they have to
give when it comes to the
place, but it feels like from
watching swamp at the start of
the year, like take a series
against T. Look at Citadel.
It's getting further and
further away, and I think like
as a player to highlight like
like the MVP just across the series was ducky to sort of highlight but there was clips of him
like just looking to the camera pulling silly faces he's feeling a lot more comfortable when
you look to him on the first day in playing he was like a ghost he was making a lot of errors
individually too but now he's completely in his comfort zone and rad are looking above and beyond
and i think even the likes of navi who have typically been smashing rad in officials if there
is the chance of them meeting up tomorrow with like navi falling to lose his bracket or even
going all the way to Grand Finals, whichever way they have to be a little bit more afraid of this
right because they have become something else. I just don't know why so many teams have not
been banning out Ducky. We finally saw in that second map the Emma ban came through right after
the mag, but I feel like they should have continued with that into this one and the Emma was so
consequential especially with the Sonic seduction is creating so much space from that. I feel like it
was a bit of an underrated hero for them because they were so good on the group. Yeah, you know what?
I think Doc said it well earlier. The best teams right now are banning the Vanguard line. Like if
If you look at what have been the strengths of some of these best teams going through
the entire thing, that's been a lot of their focus and then having to trust for the rest
of the game plan.
You know, sometimes it's like, do you ban to lose or do you ban for your team to enable
yourself of what you do well, right?
Not just go with the stereotypical things.
You know, I do want to say, as we wrap for Swap Gaming, to not let this get to you as
players, Melophobia, an absolute just young star in the making, now seen in the back line,
we know what they can do.
We're still seeing very much just the beginning of this team and what's been put together.
But I could not have put together a better script through the lowers as Rad has just
shown.
It's the hardest thing to do in eSports right?
Yeah, I mean, but it's also some bit of rad has done.
Exactly!
No!
It's a history.
It's a move.
It's a flat circle, I think, at this point.
But I also want to say, like a fourth place finish for Swamp, I know they'll say, you
know, we're expecting to win and stuff.
I'd still take a fourth place finish.
I think that's a good showing for your first international event.
to see in how both of these
teams sort of grinded it through
rad, sort of knocking out
world champions, Verda's pro
again, but in the international
event and then swamp gaming,
making sure the Pacific only
leave with a top six finish. Here
it was a lot more standard for
rad who are just good when these
days along, you know, they
qualified for third seed having
to play in this sort of
similar position in that match
and then go into the semi
final. They used to it going to
full distance. Yeah, but it
feels like they're learning
from their mistakes. 100%
that's happening to them. If you look at playing to here, that's where that
advantage comes from playing so much. You're learning more and more as again,
we take a look here from that upper bracket. Who they might play. I mean,
you're talking about 100 Ds or seem to be one of the few teams aside from TLC.
You actually put up a showing against Rad, right? Unfortunately for them,
they fell to Gen G earlier on. But if they made their way, could have been a
different story at this point in time. But the story is Rad are that Cinderella
team. We also got to talk about the upper bracket, right? Navia team,
and the only team to not drop a single map. Yeah, I mean, Ryan, listen at the beginning of the game day was not super dramatic or climatic because we knew that these two top teams were exactly that.
that. Yeah, I mean, it's
unstoppable force versus
unstoppable force. It feels
like you have got to see like
now. He just on this like
current form looking
tremendous. Really only
dropping one map of Central
Park against VP like in group
stages of stage one. It has
been completely dominant from
them in the end, but for Team
Liquid Citadel. They've got
the team. They're going to
play up against the EMEA
region again. It's true. Yeah,
it's good boy. I mean, take a
look at that schedule as we are
on our last day here for land.
I mean, we open up with the
matchup that everybody has been
waiting for both teams. No
weaknesses as we all like to
say, but one has to lose,
fellas. We're going to be
playing against the EMEA
region again. That's true. Yeah,
it's good boy. I mean, take a
look at that schedule as we are
lose, fellas. One has to go down to the lower to play rad opposite. We did see that
TLC rad matchup before and we did say in that lower bracket, the team that we felt
like had the best chance kind of moving on through that lower was going to be rad.
No matter who they play either side, because they played one side, the other is,
you know, a local team. But yeah, I think them having, you know, footage on both
these teams is more of a benefit than anything else, right? Navi going into this
team, looking to do a matchup, of course, they probably scrimmed and then whatever
preparation they can but you know Navian scrims not really the best at it
they're more on the day and I was talking a little bit earlier to Gaston he
still has not been truly impressed with Navi he says they still have not been
tested if he went out early this is the true testament to how Navi can be
dominant or if TLC are gonna show up. Right it just feels like everything we've
been building to all year it is leading to tomorrow all past lead to what is a
great final day when I go ahead before we close let me just get your
prediction there. Shock me. Who do you think can be the grand
final? Probably the two teams in the upper bracket. Um I think
Liquid win that upper bracket game. I think Navi have to do the
whole gauntlet tomorrow. I said shock me and uh color me
shocked. I have not been doing the whole thing again but I
don't I don't know. Liquid on home soil is scary. Yeah.
Especially with it being the Championship Saturday right
hometown crowd here for Team Liquid at Citadel. The last
of the game. We're going to
have a lot of players in the
American region team remaining.
They're going to have everyone
cheering them on. We saw like
West in the grand finals. The
last fashion of hope for them as
well. Taking a map against
British pro, but this is a whole
different ballgame hold of her
story, and I gotta agree with
you on this one. Ryan I think a
team looking still take the
uppers, but the Navi come
through lowers. Listen to our
day for we have concerts, voice
concerts, voice actors. There's
so much cooking on top of the
all of you watching what was an epic day three whether your team move forward or not we can
promise that tomorrow is tomorrow is going to be special thank you so much for watching and we'll
see you on the other side tomorrow.