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SK vs. TWIS - VCT Game Changers EMEA 2026: Stage 1 - Group Stage - Day 9 !maps !casters
02-09-2026 · 5h 00m
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Tom Banks you thought you were fun
Welcome back everybody we're here once again as we close in on the final week the final
couple of days of Game Changers EMEA Stage 1 here on the EMEA 2 channel. How are you
all doing? Well, and I'm here with, oh, this is honestly such an honor. I'm here with the
one and only Kaiser, my sister from across the pond. How are you doing today?
You know, I am doing so great and what you guys missed right before we went live is Affinity
actually proposed to me. So, could not be doing any better than that. So happy to be
here and so excited to be reunited with you and so excited to kick off this
match we have SK Numbula versus Twisted Minds Orchid today so I think it's
gonna be a good one Infinity. I think it's gonna be a very good one I'm quite
excited for this matchup and I think dare I say one of the more evenly matched
of games this week I think this one has the potential to be a real battle till
the very end but let's take a look at the standings as we come into it this
week as well in case maybe you missed a couple of days in case you're away maybe
on holiday last week you're lucky thing we have got the standings available to catch you guys up
and so that we can maybe talk through a little bit of the stakes of what's actually happening here
now g2 goes in at the top there only having conceded one series this stage and have secured
themselves with spotting qualification to maybe not the surprise of very many people i think this
was almost felt set in stone set in fate right but then we've got gentlemaids atn sk nebula and
and then it in that top five.
Unfortunately, job life, I believe,
are out of the running in terms of ability
to qualify at this point,
but still have a couple of games to go
to claw their way back on up in the leaderboards.
And as you can see right now,
we've got Twisted Minds All Kid versus SK Nebula
as our first game today.
And there's a lot of stakes on this one, I feel,
because we're getting towards the end of the road
for some of these teams.
Yeah, I mean, especially when you're looking
at the records, right?
G2 are the only ones who have qualified.
so far now like you said i mean there's a couple teams that may be at a
contention right now
but when you're looking kind of at these
middle set of teams i mean
really there's a lot of variability so it really is going to be
important to win some of these matches i mean you talk about g2
uh... being so dominant in losing match right karmine core is the one who took
that and and they're you know just right at it
that playoff kind of spot right now so it's really going to come down to these
next couple ones i think there's a lot of variability in terms of who could
qualify
but it's kind of going to be determined by,
are you able to win some of your remaining matchups?
Obviously too, when you're looking at the record,
some teams have more games left to play,
so we could see round differential
really coming into play there.
I mean, there's a lot of variability in terms of it.
I will say, I mean, I think these two teams
are in a solid spot as long as they can get
a couple more wins under their belt.
And for SK Nebula right today,
I mean, they're four and three right now.
They only have two matches left, including this one.
So this one is a little bit more important.
Twisted mind has a little bit more wiggle room.
But again, right, I have my eye on Carmen core and Ginex,
like just right out of those playoff spots.
If they're able to kind of sweep the rest of their games,
you know, depending on what happens around here.
I mean, we do have a chance to see these standings move a little bit.
So yeah, I mean, like you said, it's the last week.
And these are the matches that are really important.
We only one team qualified so far.
Exactly.
And I think especially as you said there's Kinebular only two games left that gives it so much more weight
If you lose this one you go 4-4 twisted mines orchids go 4-2
Then suddenly your fate is you know, yeah, you've got one more game your face and very much dependent on your opponents
This is one of the last opportunities
They have to to rely on themselves to qualify right everything after these two games
That is on all of these other teams and there's nothing that they can directly do about that one
So it feels like the weight of the world kind of on the shoulders
It's not do or die here
But it definitely feels like it sets the tone for the remainder of the week
But let's take a look at SK first up. We talked a little bit about them. We've yabbed a little bit about them
Let's take a little bit of a look at the roster
Because I think we've been quite surprised by them
This season we all knew that we're gonna do really well
But they they've come up pretty dominantly I'd say
They definitely have and so I'm really excited to get into right this SK roster and even just
looking right we just here's a bigger look at the standings that we just saw and when
we're talking about SK Nubula right I think the other thing that's really going to come
into play there is we saw the map differential just there a second ago right and you know
I mean I think one thing that really did hurt them was their win against Giant X they actually
lost 10 in terms of round differential because of that 0 13 loss. Um, so yeah, I mean, the
fate is very much going to be in other hands, but I think, you know, looking at this roster
right, it's a strong roster. We know these girls. We've seen them before and I know
they're not here to play. Yeah. And of course, for those of you that maybe haven't been
tuning in, haven't heard previous casters talk about it. There was a huge overturn in
the roster at the beginning of this year. In fact, they replaced the core they bought
on Fluxy, Rescue and Tui and that was sort of a really, really big change.
We were curious to see if it was going to slot together very quickly, if there was going
to be maybe some growing pains.
There's definitely been a couple of moments of weakness that we've seen, but as a unit
they're actually looking pretty good together for a team that has only been in this formation
for not even a month at this point.
Yeah, but, you know, I mean, that being said, they've looked pretty, pretty strong.
And I will say other than, of course, we did just have to bring up the zero 13 there on
bond.
But I mean, even prior to going into that, they were flawless on bond going into that
one.
So, you know, I think Gynix just just had a really good map.
They did take the series though overall.
I mean, this is a strong roster in a playoff contention spot right now.
And then, you know, also, right, we have to talk about just the fact that, like, the pure
clutch potential, right, is just unmatched right now at the stage.
It is, and I think we might be able to pull up our little bit of a head-to-head that we
were talking about here, because we talked a little bit about the clutches, you touched
it on it there, is that these are both plays with a lot of potential to change the round
at the very end, right?
that it could be looking all done. It could be looking all over, but both of these players
have shown already across this stage alone. Clutch after clutch after clutch. Some of
them being honestly quite miraculous. And the fact that they've got two players on their
team that are able and have already shown us putting up these numbers, you know, 12
clutches on record from Tweet, eight from Liza. And those have been that counts, you
know, I don't think it's necessarily just 1v1s, it's 1v2s, 1v3s, I think we saw a 1v4
from that way I want to say, earlier on in the stage. It's being genuinely impressive
to see and it makes it very dangerous because you cannot count the round over until it's
you know that round one hits the screen, right? As long as that number has gone on the board
it's fine, but anything before that, there's any time left on the clock, they're a very
dangerous team for really surpassing expectations there.
Yeah, and, you know, I mean, you mentioned it too, looking at those numbers and the
situations we've seen them in.
To me right now is nearly leading the entire GC Strucker right now.
Second overall, in terms of clutches, I think Lisa's eight, her eight clutches are sixth
right now.
Yeah.
Sorry, I was reading the clutches.
But yeah, I mean, you talk about a clutch potential in a team like SK and being able
the clutch those crucial rounds does give you a little bit of an edge going into a certain
situation. So should they find themselves in the need to clutch? I mean, you have two
members on your team that are able to do just that better than a lot of other rosters, right?
So just being able to put up numbers like that, it's going to be tough. It's going to
be tough, but SK has a good roster, a good lineup, and they had some good pickups.
they did indeed. Now let's take a look at the lineup of the team that's going to have
to deal with these clutch maisters. We are actually, you know what? Well, we'll skip
ahead a little bit. It's here now is other people to highlight, right? Is we'll look
at Lee and Angelina here, right? These are two incredibly, incredibly strong players.
And this is going to be the really flashy clash of the Titans, right? This is your,
know Godzilla versus the Loch Ness monster. Let's go something even better than the usual,
right? It's going to be this crazy matchup of firepower. And as you can see, their ACS
incredibly high, KD is well over one. And a lot of first blood potential here, especially
from Lee. She's got the second highest. She's the second highest. I think she might be the
the first time is actually for first kills in the stage. However, you got a sort of caveat
that with being the first death per round as well. And you know, a lot of these situations.
But I mean, and we did just get a chance right to talk about the SK roster. So we talked
about two in Lisa Jelina, another strong member of that roster. So very, very strong. So now
as we're shifting over to twisted mind, right? Two strong players, like you said, what I
am though looking at is that first blood and first death ratio because that shows you that
as a doulos right you're going in and you're creating space and sometimes you're getting
that first pick sometimes you're you're dying first but that does show that lean is just
so comfortable just getting in there and creating that space whether it goes in your favor you know
I mean obviously yes her first bloods are higher than her first deaths but but just across the
I mean that that shows you how comfortable she is on this role and she's a strong player like you said
Second there. I think she's third overall in ACS. I mean just a very very strong duelist player
I'm someone you definitely want to be looking out for not just third in terms of ACS
She's got the third most kills in the stage so far if she can hit
14 I think it's 14 kills in this first map
14 no sorry 24 once she hits 24 kills the series she will have hit 300 kills in
the overall stage which is a crazy number to think about considering that
it's only been you know what seven eight maps or something that they've played
it's it's been honestly an amazing season for us so far but let's take a look at
the rest of the line right we took a look at one line up let's take a look at
the other, the Twisted Minds or Kids Ladies. And there's a couple of players in here that
we've been really surprised about. A couple of players, you know, picked up like Grahams
was a amazing addition signed over, but over from the from the APAC region and was having
really good results there. And has found a self having really good results here as well.
Yeah, definitely. I think when we're talking about another strong roster, Twisted Minds
organ has to be in the conversation. I mean, just overall, these ladies have been putting
in a lot of work. And also, I mean, when we're talking about this matchup too, right? It
is worth noting that like, Twisted Mind are coming off of a pretty good series so far
and coming off of a win, right? SK did just have that loss to Zenit Gaming. And I think
that was quite an upset for them. So, you know, we talked about how strong Lean is,
It's not just lean, right?
She has the rest of her team to back her up.
And of course, strong IGL-ing as well.
So, yeah, I mean, I think this is going to be quite the series.
But Twizz and Mine have a little bit more buffer room
in terms of series they have left
to put up some of these numbers.
And like you said, I mean, Lean already sitting
on that many kills.
And when you think about when we looked at the standings,
right, they haven't even had as many series
some of these other teams right there. They're a little bit they have a couple more games to play so
definitely definitely a squad to to watch out for when we're talking about these playoff
convention teams. Exactly now I believe that we'll have a veto come up any second now
you and I we spoiled it for ourselves a little bit we talked through a lot pre-show
we've been allowed behind the scenes to have a look and we'll we'll talk through with you what
we were discussing. So Split being up first and being SK's map pick was something that we were
definitely maybe raising a couple of eyebrows about because they've only played it once this year.
Sorry, Twisted Minds have picked it. They picked Split which has only been played once so far by
SK and they haven't won it. So this is a pretty you know decided one and this being for us that
maybe worries me a little bit as we go into Haven and then Corotas are decided. Now I'll let you
talk through it because you had some severe thoughts on Haven, especially about why this map you think has come up.
Yeah, I mean, I do have some thoughts and obviously once we get into the server and into that map, of course, we'll see it a little bit more.
But I'm really interested because these teams don't run the same comps, right?
You kind of have on one side that double dab, you got the neon yoru, you have the cypher info channel.
And then on the other hand right you're running the viper the viper comp what you've seen is so viable right now
In the meta and in terms of denying that information
That wall is just like so volatile to have to deal with
And so you got the viper chamber or viper excuse me viper killed you around the other side
What's interesting is yeah, we were a little bit
This did kind of raise a couple flags in terms of oh they're picking this but I think a lot of
what it has to do is when you're kind of as a team and talking with your coach
in VOD reviewing right that the other team has only played mirror mirror
comps right they they haven't had a chance to kind of have this oh Viber against
double dive I think both are so strong in the meta right now I think they're
pros and cons to both I'm really interested to see how that comes about
in terms of this matchup and I think evens can be a really crucial map in
in terms of how these two teams play.
And should we go to Corode?
I mean, we were saying, yeah, I'm surprised they put
Kaven instead of Bind.
Twisted is going to, instead of Pearl,
Twisted is going to ban that, right?
So that does leave Corode as the decider.
I think this is going to be a really interesting decider
in terms of a map like Corode.
Utility usage is so important,
but you have to be so intentional with it.
And I really think it kind of determines those teams that,
I'm a good team versus a great team.
I really think that's where you have a chance to shine in terms of cohesion and we talk about these
rosters and some pick-ups they've had and I think this is should we go to the decider where we're
really going to get a chance to see okay who is really fighting for those playoff spots.
Exactly. I do I did worry a little bit coming into this that if you look at just the maps that
have been played this year Twisted Minds all kids have the upper hand in the veto just statistically
better across the boards. There's a lot of overlap in the maps that these teams do and
don't play. So, Twisted Minds kind of did just have the upper hand here and I think if it goes to
grow, Twisted Minds or kids really have the advantage here. So, if you're looking at this
from an SK Nebula, you really want to be winning this out until I think, but we've got our first
agent select of the day ready to go for you all. Let's take a little bit of a look, see if there's
anything unusual. I doubt we'll see much of a switch up. Other than maybe we see the Omen and
and the Astra switched out from, from just in mind all kids. Um, looks like they're sticking
with the Omen waylay that's been kind of up in the air. Sometimes they play Waze instead
of the waylay. Sometimes they're playing a Astra instead of the Omen. I think they've
kind of settled on this comp recently after going through a few iterations.
Yeah, I'm not too surprised in terms of these, uh, comps. Like you said, I mean, there was
a little bit of variability in terms of what we could see. I am really interested when we
When we talk about different comps that these teams are playing, I am going to be really
interested to look at rescue on that Yoru and Grahams on that breach.
I think both agents are good, especially in terms of flashes.
I got to say, and I'm a little partial towards the Yoru, I think, in terms of the kit.
I think there's a reason Yoru's been in the meta recently, I think, and also in terms
of rotations.
that TP, but there's something to be said for a good breach.
And if you are comfortable on that agent,
I will never knock you locking that,
despite what I might think in terms of comps
and metas right now.
So I really won't have a chance to see the difference
in that until we're in the server,
but that is kind of what's sticking out to me,
what I have my eye on.
Yeah, everything else seems kind of a little bit more
In the ordinary here
It's it's pretty much what we seem to be running the whole time. So nothing, you know unusual being pulled out
I think at this stage in the tournament as well is that we saw in earlier weeks teams
Maybe experimenting a little bit. Eskenebida have been very set on this composition as I said about the twist of mind
Dawkins we've seen a little bit of iteration
But by this point when we're getting to these crucial games where you're running, you know
Low on opportunities for your own faith in this tournament to be in your own hands
I think teams are kind of settled down now on what they're wanting to play. I
Like it and it's been fairly successful, right?
At least the twisted minds orchids we've seen some good victories
We've seen some maybe a little bit difficult losses the 713 versus giant X brings the mind
But they played all to the tax ruby and as we've seen it's been an incredible season for them there
Kind of one of those upper teams one of the teams to beat at the moment
And that that went all a regulation right that went all 24 rounds so close to overtime actually
On the flip side esca nebula. We've seen them play this map once it was versus gentle mates
It was in week number two. It did go in to double
overtime
And it was unfortunately a loss
But it was it was very well fought here one last thing I kind of want to highlight from the side esca nebula
is that their pistol rounds have been really impressive,
watching them this season, the stage,
especially on that defense side.
They've had very few lost SK pistol rounds on death.
So I'm hoping that this can be the springboard start
that they need, right?
Is that it's a pistol round on the side
that they're good at pistols for.
They've got a good track record for it.
It can set them up early for a nice little round string,
around me because they're very much a team that feels very momentum heavy is
that when they're winning they're winning when they're losing they really
struggle to break that cycle yeah I I have to agree with you and even just the
chance to look at like yes these teams have played split not necessarily the
same amount of times in the stage so far but these games are going pretty close
which shows that
I pretty evenly matched in terms of like what I expect that they can put up in the server.
And I'm expecting the pistols to go SKW this way because like you said, I mean, they've
just been so kind of domino on that. But then after that, I'm expecting a pretty
big brawl and I'm hoping I'm hoping for a good series because at this point, the
series is crucial for both teams. But yeah, I mean, it's got to start with the
pistol and it's got to start here on split.
That it does. We tap in a way not going to find anything just yet that will do
it a lot of heavy lifting as the wall goes down, spots lean come over tagged up
marked by the prowler, Leen uses the fault line to go for the peek, absolutely immaculate,
heads on back and that's the sight clear, Ness already filled in the gap, their spike
goes down and Sarah's holding for this, but it's a double push-up from Rubs, she doesn't
see the second player more crucially though, and look at this from Leen, lovely headshot,
does get traded there by Flux who has the high grounds, aftershot coming on through,
is gonna hold rescue from having a look at this, flash as well, it's just so much stall
potential paranoia goes out and everywhere they look they're getting blinded.
Jolena, spraying away Conk, went by and the finishing blow, their grams finds the pick,
rescue gets one but now the heroics have to continue.
Diffuse is getting stuck around the corner, knows where the last is but Light Hail comes
on through and it is a red bull colloch to kick us on off.
If that is an indication for this map and this series, I am so on board.
I'm so on board.
Lots of good shots coming out.
Lots of good, well, lots of misses as well.
But I mean, the fact that it came down to a red bull
clutch there in the end.
Couldn't ask for better.
I mean, I've been saying I've been excited for the series,
but man, that piss around window does put Twist of Mind
in a little bit of better terms.
In terms of economy here, especially
on their attacking half, should make
executing on site a little bit easier. It's going to take some utility from SK but a lot
of weaponry in terms of what they can deal with.
Not very much indeed. Sarah around the corner. The saturator try to isolate the fight with
Grahams. Isolates the fight but unfortunately to their demise the kills come flooding on
in. Now we do have to caveat this by saying the weapon disadvantage is going to play a
large part here a lot of spectres even a vandal in that second round they have not drawn on lightly
with this but rescue again left to try piece together some stuff this time with flaxie side by side
talking on in but no one's going to give them the fight
it's tough right when you only have these classics on hand and
really going against five you need to die at least this but it's whether or not
you want to try to get one for the road whether or not you want to try to get an
extra alt or but you don't want to give it to them either yeah it's very much a
scorched earth is if we can't win we're gonna make sure that you get as little
as possible all the aftershocks so that's just overkill a great combo of you
until they could just, unfortunately, find and set out rescue in the end.
I mean, honestly, if you're a rescue, like, what can you do?
You can hope to get one, right?
But yeah, really, I really like that out of Twisted Mind.
I think, and yeah, I mean, you're investing that utility, but the benefits,
I think that come from that, especially, you know, on a flawless round coming up
for me, I love to see it.
Getting ready for round number three here.
weapons on both sides it I'd hardly call this a bonus I mean there's a couple of
light shields and there's two specters but it still feels worthy of going up
against this full buy from SK so this round could go either way
we're dancing on the angle it's gonna hear a couple of shots and that's enough
just to fall back here orb comes on out the prowler to clear on through
to go on out as well, but not
actually going to push the issue
here.
A little bit different than the
last round where now suddenly
SK do have guns.
Doing a good job of holding I
like this. Kind of hold there on
mid, right? We got a lot of
bodies over there, but I think
in a map like split, right? Mid is
so important. So, so important,
especially when you're running
these double controller with the
So you're kind of lacking that sense of having Viper act as a quasi sentinel that opening picked up from lean
I'm gonna make it a little bit easier to ask if you're onto the site
And they are straight on through Liza wants to have a little bit of a look but a smoke the snake bite goes on through and that will be
Completely denying them the space funneling them down towards ramp here
Twisting minds orchids players. They're not gonna have much time to push beyond the site
They're just gonna bump her down and hold on
Teo I'm gonna a little bit of a watch law the different directions head on the swivel really relying on
That's not coming off through up into heaven takes down Fluxy paranoia is ready. That's just gonna hold off all of these players
Iza knows that let's A's up here has to do something about her
The tail is just not gonna peak on up swings on out as the smoke fade takes an extra life with her
And now these two remaining players, they've just got to say there's not a hope they're
making this happen.
No time, no players left, and twisted minds, orchids, they take the bonus round flawlessly.
I loved that kind of active post-plant coming out from Leteo in terms of positioning, right?
Because at this point, you are executing on site, you're lean, you find rescue, right?
So now there's nobody else holding onto site, so they can't just like flood retake in there.
They're going to have to set retake, they're down the numbers.
And so when you have active positioning like that, and you're able to just insert yourself
and they're not ready for that, I mean that just makes it so much harder and you find
that extra pick, I mean.
And then you do it again.
Well a lot of information about where they are early and rescue making that save Phantom
missing, finds two, right now not able to recover the weapons but I mean only
they're still here, Grahams the last player and they know exactly where she is
and they don't need to recover the weapons when they've managed to wipe the
whole team out already and look at this, Fluxy immediately posted on up
sensing the rotate possible and just wanting to be the contingency plan.
Grahams going back for seconds here though.
at this point if you're grahammed. Yeah that's a tough ass. There are many weapons and you
have the economy that if you die here you can get again. Not even get one more for the
rhythm. There's a lot of weapons that are recovered for the side of SK so that's called
They're coming a little bit after this cool round off this
Right let's have a little bit of a look as we head into the next round round number five
Coming on through
Smokes getting ready early on looks like they want to go for a super fast B pop here
smoke comes out early not spotted anything and I have a feeling that smoke
gonna be so far from respected jump on up ready from lean is going to uh they
were on out there for actually getting another smoke ready knowing that that
first smoke is gonna do little to hold them off for long I just want to go
for this rolling thunder is ready to go and lean getting ready to pop going for
the early information play.
Aspe is ready for that but unfortunately with that rolling thunder, it's a little hard
to deal with but look at Flaxie's positioning.
Oh Flaxie, could potentially be the ender of everything here.
There is Jelena Holds on, does get instantly traded rescue last player alive.
Sarah, low health, has to push through the snake bite, finds the first spots, the first
Both come off and are ready to swing the angle, but Sarah with the three-piece
sorts them on out and SK, they get around but they cannot replicate that success.
It's tough because I don't hate what I'm seeing from SK
in terms of like they're ready for that tight hold, but like they're just not able to hold on to it.
I mean even that, right, allowing Sarah to get through there, she was so low.
Yeah, but you allow her to isolate those fights and say like it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter because she's gonna
Get that first, but man, I mean SK really kind of looking on their back foot. This isn't really the strong
I think SK that we were ready for or
Expecting this is just a mind-smap pick, but I know SK hasn't won on split yet
But if they keep playing like this, they're gonna have the hard time finding the win here, too
Yeah, and then that raises another question right if this is as we talked about momentum if they really struggle on this map
If this is another loss in the books
Then we've got to take a look at how you fix this because you can't have a second map that you're trying to
To take out of the veto if teams know there's a weakness
They're just gonna exploit it talking of exploiting weaknesses lean straight on in
Can't find the pick with able to back away, but look at that the stuns amazing and Jaleena comes on through find two
ready to go for a little bit more. Hungry with that, Bucky finds a third.
Lee does eventually get the trade on through, but the thrifty and the second
shotgun rings on out and Water Heroic play their stun and a Bucky brings the
whole of Twist in Mind's Orchid to their knees. I mean they heard us. They heard us
talking about them. They did exactly what they needed to do. I mean, man, Jolina with
that shotgun. I mean, who needs a buy when you can just start the honestly. Exactly.
Exactly. It looks like though off that back they are able to buy here. Now suddenly, Rescue
has the operator online. They able to find any sort of contact. It's going to do so much
damage and look how active rescue is over on that A site. That means they're getting ready for this
kind of B mid push. Oh, Jelena knows. Jelena knows. And there it is. The converging
path comes on through. It's going to deter them from pushing, but the issue is it's not going to
catch any of them. Okay, though, because I definitely stalled them in that Molly as well,
right? I mean, you just saw how much space they took and I saw the eyes on mid.
I mean they know they're posted up here at B so even though yes they didn't find any of them
it definitely stalled them and that gives enough time for us to get a rotate over.
About a minute left there's time of twisted mind decide they want to rotate
but if they go through mid right rescue's waiting right there with them.
Yep and rescue has been amazing with the AWP. They're all sports do.
Oh it doesn't quite connect the shot clone goes on out doesn't have a day
crash though and this is a problem because there's going to be no way out
the flash to try and cross and it's managed to be enough of a deterrence to
get them to head elsewhere to keep the attention in mid for toy to spring the
trap and rescue back against the wall first missed shot still enough to allow
the team to divert the attention I was I was nervous for rescue I mean things
We're looking dicey, but you're right. I mean they
And up is enough to create the pressure. They don't know they don't know rescue doesn't have that gatecraft right?
Oh, they don't have no idea so
Enough to like you said divert attention and by that point SK is waiting on the other side of that orb
Well played from SK well played from SK
And it's a good round to find as well because it forces twisted mind orchids back down onto
well majority pistols and it keeps you with the opportunity to tie up the scoreboard early
not to let them run away with the lead. We said that they're a team that when the momentum
starts dropping against them they really do start to slip and this is a really good way
to keep yourself in the fight early. We're a little bit of activity spotted but doesn't
want to allow this opening pick to be isolated. Me pushing on forward not gonna see anybody
How are they going to slip silently down through Sue's reposition and they've had Sarah holding
this the whole time to make sure that no one's going to aggressive out towards MN.
I like what I'm seeing from rescue just kind of being in that right rescue waiting with
an operator now.
Yeah I think a couple shots were a little bit dicey last time but able to get out this
time but lean.
lean. Sound afraid to get in there.
Rescue amazing pick and using a dimensional drift. Most of you are just a repositional
zoom there. Find another one. These are everyone's distracted by the nightfall coming on through.
Able to find more rescue another with the op. They bring this back in it, looked dicey
for a second, but it's a 4k to grasp back onto the rounds.
I loved that dimensional jack for reposition.
Not something we see a lot because it's such a good informational tool.
Yeah.
But man, I mean, right?
You don't have a gatecrash, that's okay, I have my ult.
I can get out, reposition, find 4.
It's one of those, the gatecrashes have been used very early,
which means that if they're needed later in the round for reposition,
There's not anything. Maybe you use the flash to try and you get a little bit of a window.
But, Metro Dressen always can be available.
Nightfall comes on out. Jelena's gonna find one.
They've all been marked up by this as well.
Smoke goes out, but they're not getting greedy for the picks here.
All they're doing is holding them off. SK know that the win condition is on them stopping the spike going down primarily.
And if they can stop them getting onto site, there's no need to push for the kills and concede the advantage early.
Paranoia drawn on out the wall comes up to stop them capitalizing off of it
They're doing a really good job of using the skill to stall like you said
I think it's tougher for SK to retake once that spike is planted and
It's gonna trigger though from close to mind this rotate over
But if you look at the map positioning just from SK, they're waiting for this you have res K with that up
How's that gate crash ready?
Well, I take that back did time out there
but you also have Fluxy they're made just kind of waiting to see where this
rotation comes through and as soon as one of them has any sort of information
gonna trigger the rest of the team to time is ticking is and rescue that's
point of Quonsite coming on up they got the guns ready are they gonna be
expecting the Ops so close now there's no chance for it to find a second but
still long enough for Fluxy to get into position try and deny the spike going
down it's not gonna happen but three players still on a gives them the
numbers advantage in the retake there's holding on tight Vipers pick comes on
out Jelina needs to find this first pick to give them an angle to work back in
from ropes being heard Liza still up top gets hurt it's a good trade but now
Sarah low HP but has to try weasel out where this last play is coming from
gonna have a little bit of look around the outside of the smoke not gonna see
anything dips back in waiting to hear the the spike get tapped but steps knows
that time starting to run low there's the cue it's just being stopped there
round the corner and Sarah to close this one on out beautifully done for twist
in mind orchids it's an expensive round but they get it across the line
And despite the amazing positioning and across the map control there from Esken.
I think part of the problem was that you crash not being online when you got that opening
thing.
Yeah.
We're not quite able to get out of there.
That and like a natural like Ness just kind of like locking in and you're allowing Ness
to isolate.
I probably too would take a time out because yeah we won the round but like you said it
was expensive, ultimately were impasted?
Yeah, I think you're right, is that,
I think if you're using the gate crashes early,
that's fine, but if you have none for later in the round,
and we see rescue holding, albeit very nice,
very aggressive angles, with very limited ability
to reposition, there's no cover really,
you can talk into the right hand side
in the cubby and garage, but that's not an escape,
you are just in another corner with less angles for them
have to clear to shoot you and I love the angles that rescue is taking but it's a very you know
sort of one and done without the gate crash and yes it's good for one but if they've if you're
going to have the remaining players still rotating on over it's going to give them the
sight if you're only able to stall for one player out of the three. Yeah and then the other problem
too is unfortunately flexi right wasn't able to find one which would have stalled a little bit more
and so the plant didn't get down um because I think if you had one there as well
it would have been enough of a stall and maybe you could have found another
my other worry is going to be about I mean they really went hunting for Sarah the poor
Sarah got chased back into a spawn my other worry is that um the ops often dying in quite advanced
positions which means that if it's going down you're having to rebuy a very expensive piece of
utility a lot of the time, a piece of weaponry a lot of the time, because it's not really
in a recoverable position if anybody else is alive at the end of the round, it is very
far removed.
And that might be a little bit of a worry economically if twisty mines, you know, can
keep getting rounds on the board against them.
But we are in round 10 to the half, it's starting to draw to a close.
Jelina up on the angle, waiting, Fluxy's got the paranoia ready.
Perfectly timing this could be absolute devastation.
Oops, being secure, trying to spam away.
Maybe just to rotate it elsewhere on the map.
Or shadows.
Ooh, Whiskey's going to the spawn but that has divided the attention.
Jelina needs to go and clear this now.
Paranoia comes on out.
Faultline in response.
That's actually what it comes on through just to make sure that they haven't managed to
push up that far.
They're really holding them abated.
They're really hoping that the Teo can find something with this position and it's gonna
need to, but it's gonna have to be quick because only 13 seconds they still need to get on
to site, they still need to plant and they've been stoned long enough.
Ness is not gonna have the time to do this and now doesn't have anywhere to try and escape
to.
Either has to fight her way out if she wants to keep this weapon.
Yeah, unfortunately SK are not gonna allow Ness to isolate those fights this time so that
round is gonna go to SK. I mean, Affinity, what do you think things just kind of went
down to them?
It's, I think it's just the stall capability, right? And the thing was that you have the
into the shadows to teleport into the storm. And I was hoping that would be enough of a
attention distractor. But it felt that the tail was so hesitant with it because now you
have to play left and right in case the road takes a run over. I wanted to see something
a little bit faster there to alleviate the pressure because there was so much
door capability to keep them from getting on to site and then with the
timing as well there's only one player left you still haven't cleared outside
it was um I like the idea I needed a bit more productivity from the tail from
from the play though or rotate I think a rotator worked if they had the time to
I'm not really on a great by two
vandals in hand. So they are
going to start their way to
rotate over. It was a little too
hard to push and they're going to
make their way here. I mean,
it's doing a thing.
Oops holding done my arms length
for now.
It's not going to be amazing.
They want to make sure they can
end out this half on a bang.
So this round it's going to be
It's gonna be maybe a little bit of a fizzle here
There is a couple of vandals available and lean with one of them, but
difficult fight here because
Toy knows is aware someone could be there smoke comes on out and now
It's just gonna be about holding this face all eyes on sight and the rotates come over quickly this time
Talked about that up going down and not optimal places across the map
exactly what Sarah was able to do at the fight of the year.
Ooh, the tail is managing to keep this competitive, and again, there's going to be an issue with timing.
They've just about managed to get it down, but it's not exactly been with a whole load of time to work with.
Lean needs to find a pick here, find the first, spot at the shoulder at the second.
The fact that they allow her to escape Jelina needs to clutch on up here,
knows that Lean probably behind the boxes, spams away, it's a lot of damage,
but the thrifty comes through and it is a beautiful play there from Twisted Minds.
The time are getting maybe scarily low again but SK we talked about the up
going down, that is the first Dominator topple in this sequence.
Oh really good.
Climbing, positioning and incoming is fine here but I mean what we're seeing is we're seeing a lot of these
trades on sites right and and we've seen this a couple rounds they're doing a
good job of these gunfights and getting trades in both sides but the problem is
when your twisted mind's attacking you have those numbers on site and now yeah
you lost a couple of years but those guns are in recoverable positions like
we said it's been hard for SK to retake so as soon as their entire hold on site
is down and that plant goes down it's like infinitely harder for SK even when
have equal numbers and they're once again now up in a bad position going down. It is
Rescu's been giving away this four versus five handing it to them on a silver platter in quite
a few of these more recent rounds. Now that means there's a one less piece of the puzzle to go and
help out on with the retake potentially. Lovely hold there, lean falls, wall comes up and that's
That's gonna make Tower a perilous endeavor if you're trying to take the space like Matteo is.
Again, holding him away.
Toys have a lot of ability to stall here.
Single-handedly, he's been so impactful in stopping this.
The smoke still descending.
Fluxy is able to find a pick.
Sarah is sighted by the paranoia, but the Jelena with the Bucky.
We've seen her work miracles.
She buys enough space to bait and switch the toy to find the pick.
And there it is, it's gonna be a 6-6 half.
I mean, what can I say? Don't let Jolina get a Bucky.
All things considered, a very, very good half, but an even half.
But you could kind of see the difference in these two teams.
And I'm excited for them to see who takes it away.
You ain't got time to be wasting
But don't chase it, don't control it
Hey!
I'm trying to control myself
I'm trying to control myself
We can't control the world
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We can't control the world
Baby, I just can't hold it
Just trying to control it
Just trying to control it
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Yeah
Welcome back wonderful people.
We left off at 6-6, couldn't ask for a more even half if we tried, and a very back and
forth game that we've seen, we've seen thrifties, we've seen clutches, we've seen it all really,
and now a pistol round to decide who's going to give themselves their leg up starting this
half.
I gotta say, affinity, going into this half, especially after what we saw last half, right,
I really liked what I was seeing in terms of holds from SK.
I think they did a very, very good job.
I think where Twisted Mind had the leg up,
is they were able to kind of adapt and read SK
a little bit better.
And so now, as we're swapping halves, I'm thinking,
okay, well, how did their retakes go?
Because how are they gonna be able to execute on these sites?
And that's kind of what I got my eye on right now.
How are they going up?
I have to find out, smoke goes out,
a little bit of a window of vision there.
Haunt goes on through with the Paranoia perfectly timed, means it has to be limited ability for Jelina to find much information.
But they burst onto site, Sarah the last remaining pillar, as Ness is smoked off, and suddenly they have got the world at their fingertips.
Rescue wants to peek on out, hasn't spotted anything yet, but here's the gunfire, here's the drop down, Leean gets punished, but there it is.
Stealing away the ace at the last second with that pick on Tonesse, but SK a very very decisive round to start off this half
Yeah, just just beautiful shots coming out from rescue
And at the end of the day, right?
Around is around didn't get my ace this time, but that's okay because we got
What's more important is is around on the board and we said SK. We're so good at pistols
That last half was really really close that first round but definitely where SK want to be finding themselves
They have the guns now and that'll make exacting on site even easier
Sarah John sport rescue we talked about the off angles
We talked about the sniper rifles in the first half and there it is ringing out again
This time is getting the pick and is
is untreated lining up waiting for some more whilst the rest of the team pokes and prods
elsewhere.
They want to clear out garage, they don't know that it's just rescue here and are able
to take down both single-handedly, clears out half of them, map for them.
That's going to spot out the lurker, you're going to have to figure out if they're hitting
here if it's just one, but now suddenly knows, and with just a classic in hand it's going
to look to do a little bit of damage but not going to find it.
Now all down to lean, can't do anything, another 4k for rescue.
Act-a-back, stacking them up here, and that is going to be doing absolute wonders there
as we can see 18 and 7.
Now, we had a lot of criticisms last half.
I feel like we've got to give credit as well.
And I think that with being on the attacker side where you're not necessarily having to
hold it, you're able to go for those fights a little bit more freely.
The ability to back out is going to be less important, and it feels like rescue's been
fully let off the leash on this half already.
Oh, yeah. A third round, ultimate ready. I mean, what more could you ask for? To this
mind, maybe looking better in terms of gun economy, but ultimate economy definitely
favoring SK right now and rescue's turned up.
Really really has and that's going to be important. Breaking on to these sites comes
out actually this time they're going to decide to respect it. Often going for this nice little
combo gonna be the dimensional drift this time for the info gathering and a
little bit of a look is the smoke boots on out sports two players back side
control this all on over the paranoia comes on out using that as an opportunity
to break out the dimensional drifter will get punished by Sarah who has regained vision
Liza gets one that the kills come flooding in let's say it goes down
though and suddenly why in a position to be able to clutch potentially they
don't know where she is head spotted but that's given away at the game now. 43
seconds to try piece something together with here.
Warp comes back on out and that's the huge benefit right of being the Viper
player is you've got something to work with. Smoke fades and that's the
issue because both fights can converge at the same time and Twisted Minds
Orchid are going to get the bonus they're not gonna let SK start a
monumental round lead. They're gonna try keep this humble. Definitely feeling humble. That
one was you. That one was personal. It's because the Paraguay was great and the dimension
it was. I don't know if I don't know if rescue just hadn't seen Sarah because she was on the
other side of the pillar and she'd only cleared out on the left hand side and back side. But
the paranoia is great but Sarah's just unaffected by it so when you know you break out she immediately
just turns those in. We highlighted Lean earlier just because there's somebody who likes to get in
there and feast their fame and gets the killer or dies but I think Rescue's been doing a really
really good job of doing that as well. We've seen really good openings from Rescue. That's
this time at the hand of a shotgun. Not unlike last half with Jolina.
Yeah, it's very much been Jolina's the one that entries onto site and gets the information.
And Rescue's kind of almost lurking to find that opening pick is kind of the tip of the
the spear but never really where the majority of the scenes are looking to reach sight.
Sarah ducking and weaving here, caught by the tether and taken down by Liza, the drop
from the heavens, lean, ready and waiting, low health, hasn't been spotted yet, spots
the gun barrel, take this over to Litao, give the early warning, not ready for Liza there,
now Liza knows but the paranoia is still available, taps the spike, has to reload duck back on
but that's given the opportunity to reposition and now two sets of eyes on her
Manchester find the tail doesn't know where the last is next swings on out and
will collect and that is gonna be us tied up 8-8 on the scoreboard
Gass and Lee any advantage SK had and turns around we've only been equalized
really push around here coming up from Tristan Mines
It just kind of seems like I
Like the plays from SK. I like their defensive setup. I like kind of what I'm seeing from them in terms of
In terms of their ability to adapt a really really good opening pick with that outlaw
and able to get out of there, but
Woo! Flame of their food! That was a crazy sequence up there. Runs out of bullets. Oh, look at that! The blinds so good!
Sarah manages to blind through there. Flash round the corner. Rescue finds a third. Lean there immediately to trade.
But chaotic as anything sequence. The fight for Tower. Really being the Beal and Endle.
But Twisted Mind's winner on out amidst all of the shenanigans going on.
And that places them back in the lead.
Yeah, really good overall from this in mind.
I mean, I know they have the guns, but.
Rescue just seems to have like a knock, something this half that I mean,
we wish we had been able to see it a little bit.
And in rescue, very much was getting their picks last up.
I think it was just like positioning issues.
or not having that gate crash, but really good things can happen, doesn't it?
I also really like, in like paired with that Viper wall, I liked how Ness was able to kind of come up to events there,
really good kind of blank that I think SK just weren't ready for either,
and you have to be ready for that position, but with that wall being cut off in those sightlines,
those sight lines. It's hard to hold everything, especially if you're fighting
power like that. Yeah. I'm not called done from SK. Nice time to use it. You've got
two of them available. Haven't chosen to use any just yet. So one now to give
yourself the opportunity to close this gap. Make sure the twisted minds or kins
don't get to ahead of themselves. They want a lot of ultimates online that
you're gonna have to contend with. However, Piper's Pit comes out incredibly
early to shut down garage, which has been, you know, really rescues hunting grounds
so far this half. So to say no, pretty avidly to say, I know what you've been up to and
this is us stopping you in your tracks. I don't think it's going to fully stop rescue
though, still hanging around, still waiting for something, hoping for a peak.
I mean, if there's anything I've been able to see from rescue that rescue is not afraid
of anything so not surprised they're hanging around that viper's pit. I like from S.K. putting
this pressure gear up towards B heaven because although that viper's pit is there, it's gonna
shift the attention over there and you can have a rescue just kind of come in here. Sees
the gun barrel too but it doesn't matter. That's a close one though if you're sarae
you're fangy you're wiping the sweat off your brow. The taeho finds a pick. Reza really
Everybody wants to try hunt down during this reload. Flash comes on out, lies the dodges
hoping for the re-peak, but it won't come. And even though they heard the Vibers, even
they knew it went down on B, they still want the challenge, they hungered for it. And they're
still wanting to hit this B site, there's no time for a backup land now to any stalker
B issue! And Rams, what on earth was that flick? Lean collects the last, but Heroics
just to stop anything and time was running like don't get me wrong but what a mighty
mighty transfer that was nasty that was that's for the highlight rule that was
nasty oh again boom boom
oh my god thank you production that was beautiful oh my gosh honestly I will say
I mean, I've seen a lot of really good flicks, but I think this is mine, though
This is my orchid like they just have they have shooters on their team. It's great. It's it's nice
It's it's all of them honestly
And that's that's tough if you're okay really good shot
But we've got to get into the next round and it's just gonna be stingers and sheriffs to stop twisted minds
collecting even more rounds for their scoreboard.
Lean finds two, and we talked about the entry potential.
We talked about opening these rounds on up in style.
Matteo finds one herself.
There is a pit inside there, but it's going to be short lived.
Sarah there as well.
Everybody wants a piece of the cake, and that is an 11.
There wasn't much resistance to be put up in the buy,
But now this round feels so important.
This is the round that decides the map in my mind.
Honestly, it does, right?
Because in terms of economy, if you ask, can you lose this one?
You're being put back again on a save on match point.
That's if you win this round, they'll bring it to nine
and have a little bit more of a buffer in your economy.
You do have a chance to bring it and close it out.
But what's in mind are just kind of locked in right now.
Their shots are hitting, their rotates are coming through,
their holds are really good.
It's honestly, it's tough.
This is I see what's there that pick.
I can see it.
Yeah.
And I think on the other side, rescue has been individually,
it's been very good, but it feels like very top heavy is if rescue hadn't had,
You know the back-to-back 4k's the beginning of the half would we see this be as close as it is?
It's kind of teased it off a little bit with them finding answers to rescue's opening picks and and
Craziness towards garage is that slowed down a little bit in rounds and
You know if we take eight kills off from the pistol and conversion that does even the scoreboard up a little bit
But it also kind of would shift the rounds
distribution 11-8 a bit further and here we go Jelina or the action but not
clearing Latao the jump on out the shadows step to get out of harm's way
rescue there to find the equalizing pick now Ness sports the prowler has to look
left has back up from the teammates everyone's on ramp it's a bit of a
party Sarah Latao both fine kills their own Fluxy just talks on in very few
places that she could be left however spike in a difficult to retrieve position
incredibly so in not even in no man's hand in enemy territory bearing the
taeho's holding this peach through the smoke it's risky business and that is
going to be map points secured and four opportunities to close on out
I gotta ask your opinion if you're in that position, are you considering saving?
I mean, I think that with the smokes there, I think you wait them up, but then time's
really low.
I think you do save, because as we can see, money's not great here, and I think a single
better weapon.
We've seen what it can do.
We've seen what it can do when put in the right hands for SK.
seen the thrifties happen and I think just that little bit of extra firepower would be nice but
in the heat of the moment it's difficult to make that call because you don't know where
the remaining players are. I got three of them around the map somewhere but here we go. Ness jumps
on down, rescue tucks in, tates down Ness that's the first piece to fall but immediately the gate
crash gets punished. Gramps swings on out to double down here. Fluxy forced out by the aftershock
The haunt goes forward, clears the space, allowing the push on towards site, towards screen,
allowing them to wrap because it's not safe to plant. Right now they need a few more picks to
give them that safe to Liza, could go huge here, but immediately shut down and that's three players.
They know that this A site isn't particularly safe. Viper's pick comes on out to buy them the chance to plant here.
Fluxy playing outside at this smoke is to not put all of the eggs in one basket.
swing on out takes down the first player they're gonna run out the fight will be isolated gonna fake the tp elsewhere
Sarah unconvinced still holding on through gets one through the wall
Ian finds one twice beats on out but unfortunately gets shut down and that's gonna be it the map
will fall and twisted mind orchids take their map pick cleanly
I mean that like you said that was a clean second half coming out from Twisted Times.
I mean that was a tough ask for SK at any point in time.
Yeah and as we can see here at Rescue it was really good.
We had our our worries a little bit on that defending side but you can't fault the individual
performance right.
I think though, for Twisted Minds Orchids, the game plan, the ability to stall from them
as well, was so well done.
The utility cycling was ne-immaculate for a lot of that map, and it made it very difficult
to sort of contend with that.
Very evenly distributed kills across the board though, which is what we like to see.
It was no one individual.
It was sort of the sum of the parts that gave us this result.
that's something that I think is maybe undervalued at times is that it's coming together so cohesively.
Yeah, I mean, I agree. Definitely a team play. And like you said, that ability to stall. And I
think that's kind of what we're seeing in terms of that breach versus Yoru, right? Like the stall
power that you have with a little bit of that utility coming from breach. I still really do
like Yoru. I like Yoru on this map, but I think a lot of it came down to just like
like the positioning and like not being able to get yourself out of there that could have
swung some crucial rounds towards SK's favourite and they really needed that buffer in the first
half because they had a rough half once we swam sides.
It was. And we'll take a little bit more of a look at rescue here as well. Five first
kills. A lot of these not being where the team was initially entering. A lot of weight
being put on rescue shoulders here to go and peek the garage which when you're solo and
When they know that you're there, they kept throwing more and more and more at you until
there was nothing that you could do.
They put a Viper's pit there to stop you from beginning of the round, then they put three
people watching it.
A lot of resources were diverted because of rescue solo efforts and finding those opening
picks to embolden the team pushing elsewhere, pushing through mid to wrap in towards being
to be able to have the tension and leave a little bit of the eyes taken off.
well done from rescue, not enough to secure them the victory, but a lot of amazing things
that we can highlight from her in this map.
Yeah, I mean she did do a great job and yes we had a couple of concerns that first half
in terms of positioning and your ability to get yourself out there and I do overall still
think that that would have allowed us to have a couple more rounds as a buffer for SK going
into that second half because a 6-6 half when you're struggling on your next half, right?
To put everything on the back of one injury is tough because we saw from Twisted Minds
how good it is when you have that team cohesion when everyone's putting in this work. I mean,
look, 6 out of 6 post-plans, 12 first kills. So if you're kind of putting everything, all
those eggs in the basket of like, yes, I'm your player, you have to have an answer when
they're able to put up those same numbers.
that. Yeah, I think that's
exactly what we talked a lot
about the post blaster is it
felt very much that once it
went down, there wasn't
anything they could do to
rain that back in and you can
see that from the six out of
six whether that's going to be
a theme that continues across
the maps. I think especially as
we go on to a three site map
like Haven. That's gonna maybe
We said they're coming into this. It should be theirs. We've only seen split played once from SK
It wasn't a victory and I think that this is going to be a map that they
Need to maybe find a little bit more depth on going forward because I think this is going to be a map that teams are
Going to pick to exploit them in vetoes going forward
Especially with the secondary loss, you know one map. They don't play it very often
They lost it as a gentlemates is what it is, right? Maybe you pick it. Maybe they've got something what this leave two maps
that's that starting a trend that teams are really going to be honing in on. So there's only, you know,
a one remaining series than after this. So I think maybe after the break, this is going to be
something to look at. But we got to look to the future now, we got to look on forward.
Are there any words of wisdom, pulls of wisdom that you'd maybe pass on for this break?
Yeah, I mean, I gotta say, yeah, I agree with everything you said in terms of split. But now
And now if I'm asking, I'm thinking, okay, you know, it doesn't matter how we performed
on Split, it doesn't matter if it was 13-11, it doesn't matter if it was an overtime loss,
it doesn't matter if it was 13-0.
We've bounced back from 13-0s before, right?
So certainly we can bounce back from a 13-8.
So that's out of my mind, wasn't our map pick, we're moving on to Haven and like we said,
I mean, is that the strongest map pick for them, we'll have to find out, but I'm just
sinking. Okay, in terms of of my mentality, that's behind me. We still have two more maps
in the series that we can go to and we want to bring back the series when we've done it
before we're going to do it here. So we're going to pop into a quick break and when we
come back, we'll see if they're able to do that on Haven.
to twisted mind orchids. Now we move on to Haven the pick of SK Nebula. Now you and I,
I thought that this was maybe a faux pas for them not to pick into Pearl here for the side of SK.
I thought that was you know surely an easy win, but no they've got into Haven and we briefly touched on it at the start.
You had some, I'm gonna say conspiracy theories, but maybe grand ideas about what we're gonna see here from the picks.
Yeah, I got to say affinity. I was so excited when I saw we were going to Haven because
I just knew this was going to be a really good matchup. Now we'll get into the team
comps a little bit later during agent select, but it is worth noting that these teams do
not run mirror comps, right? You have twisted running that the neon viper killjoy kind of
comp and then of course on the side of SK we're doing the your neon cipher and I think
There's a lot to be said for both of these comps,
and I'm so excited to see how they play against each other,
because in the past, we have seen Twisted Mind play Haven,
we've seen them win, we've seen them do well.
We have not seen them play against this specific
double dive comp with that cypher.
And I think it's gonna be a lot different going into it.
I think there's just a lot of differences.
I really like both of these comps,
I think with Viper and the trade off you get,
for more util is that denial of info with that wall that's so
volatile, especially on that A site.
But then again, I mean, Cypher, when
you're talking about a three-lane map like Haven,
information is so important.
And you can't afford to just sit back on site
and wait for them to push.
You need that info.
So if you're able to have that Cypher who
can use a cam as a lane of info without having
to overextend yourself, I mean, that's incredible.
So we're really kind of seeing the differences come through and I'm so excited because until we get in there
We're going to see if how they're gonna adapt how they can do it
But then again right at the end of the day
This is a game where you have to be able to use your utility
Cohesively and you have to be able to shoot and that's kind of what we just saw coming off a split
So yeah into Haven that's a whole nother part of this puzzle now
I think you're not in the green room
We were chatting about some of the plays that we'd watched in that first map, right?
And I think something we've got to highlight is just how mechanically on the ball twist in mind orchids is today
They are and you never want to say it's a cast you never want just one say oh they're hitting their shots
But some of the plays we were seeing from twist in mind orchids
You can't deny that they are switched on today, right?
We saw it nest isolating fights by pixels and winning these on out in a matter of seconds
We saw grams and that amazing transfer
They've just been really clinical and when you're on the defending side of a map with so many lanes
with three sites where each individual prong of defense has so much weight on their shoulders
with these jewels, having players that are able to hit these shots, able to hit these transfers
like we saw in map one, that's going to be really, really hard to break on this defense side.
Absolutely. I 100% agree, especially when we're considering these team comps.
right? As much as that wall is very volatile to work against if you're SK, I think the other part
of it is you can use that to your advantage if you're Twisted Mind, especially if you're hitting
those shots that you are. It doesn't really matter where they are on the other side, if you're able
to just kind of laser in and hit that. I mean, that's really all you need to do in this game,
especially on a three-site map, right? Exactly. Now we've seen immediate long block gets broken,
And that means that they know someone's garage wall goes up rescues already on site though smoke back sites gonna cut off these players
All amazing relay bolt walls gonna come on down its chaotic
It's messy so he gets the first one lean finds instantly a pick on back
Spike goes down trying to put the cage on over and the wall comes up to try and collect it
Jelena manages to get in and out slides back
still alive and Sarah goes down they've managed to buy themselves equal
advantage but Ness round the corner they know they've managed to escape they
know they've managed to get this spike and I love this position from Liza
already on this B site to try stop them to at least here if they're rotating as
Jolina runs that spike to the other side of the map and really good
information coming out here Liza's heard nothing now they can sort of pull back
a little bit reposition you can see Jelena's not spotted anything in spawn as she heads up into heaven
and that's going to give them maybe a little bit an idea that main is going to be where this is, especially with Liza not having heard anything at all from me.
At the utility available to both of these teams right you just got a neon you just got a silver
You don't have to worry about any smokes you have to clear you don't have to worry about like retaking through that
paranoia that Vyprz fit so really good positioning coming out here from SK but
gonna be a clean, clean pistol clean up from them. I love at the end there as
well I was a little bit worried that the kill on to the diffuser wasn't a kill
right and there was like 10 HP left. I love that they had the the shock start
ready as a backup fan like a contingency just in case they knew time was low they
knew that Nesk had to be lower at this point, right? Just in case, you know, the
defuse starts, you can't quite get the look from heaven, you just want to have
that fun, because it's almost a bit like a molotov, just to try stop them
defusing in that area for, albeit a lot less time than, you know, a nano swarm
word. But it's good to have a contingency, it's good that it's not needed, but you like
seeing the puzzle pieces put together. An SK with a pistol, they are notoriously good at them.
rescue out in the open firing away no scopes with the Marshall do rain supreme
and already managing to push in towards back sight there and ready to meet lean
at the door a welcoming party just for you there's the first shot getting ready
as well for Sarah fine Sarah as well three already in the rounds and that
spike has yet to go down but they haven't needed to yet unless the next up to
the chopping block so scared of the oncoming storm that is rescue and you can see the hesitation
there slowly clearing on out but rescue unwavering still on this angle is getting a little bit
aggressive and having a bit of a look and a swing here from this was rescue scoped in
could be the end of her rescue round the corner clearing this on out and they're not in any
particular danger of losing this round it's just how many players they can keep alive
here everyone just talked in the swing on out rescue is good for for hunting for
the last day they spotted nest the cool on over rescue once said and why
wouldn't you you know what let it scan me let it scan me she says she peeps on
the corner nest to deny the ace but the round is more than one and rescue said I
did loads on the last map but I'm ready to do it again here on Haven that last
is just like, I mean, you're scanned and you're just like, I'm hunting and I'm like, I don't blame rescue. I mean, beautiful opening and then the way right at this point, if and I know it's just because I know you just have classic in your hands. If you're
twisted, you lost your kind of anchor on site, right? They get that a cipher pretty early on. And I understand that they so. But you can just like one by one kind of go in there, especially when you know the rescue there with the scope, you know, how
you know how rescue plays.
That's what you need to be for everything after the first
engagement. All you need, the tail ready. Oh, sports both
matches to take down both the clone and not even the person
that the clone was of. Fluxy catching strays amidst all of
this. Teleport on in rescue is going to get immediately
punished. No heroics this round to play disadvantage for SK
and they are no closer to a site now clearing out garage.
I'm gonna spot anybody just yet, but this drone's gonna give information
It's gonna get spotted alarm box gonna ring on outs and we didn't need the confirmation that there was someone there
They saw the drone come on out
Now how they adapt to this is the next matter grams still on site
They not with this on out Julina ducking and weaving managers to find one, but Sarah immediately pops back up in the same position
position. Like not down here, sight not cleared. There's gonna find one but not another before
getting treated out. Lovely clean on up there. And yep it's the bonus round but it's a clean
bonus round there from Twisted Minds Orchids. And I love you know early on that they managed
to shut down rescue. The mid push there completely out in the open. This is what we said about
are twisted minds, orchids, right?
Is the individual really great?
To be able to swing what was three players
and walk away with a kill angel life is impressive.
And that's the thing is I do feel twisted.
They're all comfortable in the individual agents,
but they're also comfortable together.
And it seems like things that when you watch them play
and you watch them in a mini-mass,
you watch them when you're there.
You know, they don't have to be as direct
in the communications because they have enough
practice together as a team that they're able to just execute exactly the vision that's
kind of laid out. They're comfortable, they know when to swing off each other, they know
how to use each other's util, and they know how to use their own util, but I think Latteo
with the good hold was a good example of that and then teleporting out for better positioning,
finding two early on.
DROPERS ON THROUGH RESCUE THERE TO FOLLOW IT UP, USING IT ALMOST AS A DECOINING OF ITSELF,
ISN'T ABLE TO CONFIRM THE KILL THERE, BUT JUST GOING TO POST THEMSELF ON UP IN GARRAGE.
UNFORTUNATELY THOUGH TAKEN DOWN AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PIVOT, THE CALL TO ROTATE, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY TWISTING MIND'S ORCHIDS HAVE REDD THIS LIKE AN OPEN BOOK, THREE STILL ON SITE.
ready to go. This paranoia is gonna have to work. Miracles. Couple of players in
its line of sight in its path. The Reconvote might choose to slow them down
for a second. Jelita slides on it. It's super pacey. They get traded instantly.
However, Liza says absolutely not. Wants to keep a handle on this. Back and forth
they go. Two versus two. Tap on the spike is gonna embolden them to go for this one.
Swings on out the trades are good. The issue is 14 seconds
Sarah knows that the plot has to come down eventually, but lies are wider further out from sight than expected
Gonna swing on and find the pick time not an issue for them just enough to get the kill
I really like this play like you said, I mean, I think I know I had to do a lot of work
They did a really really good job of just
playing off that and of course you're some like leader who's able to have the
shots come through.
There!
Close!
I mean these rounds aren't necessarily, I said these rounds, that last round wasn't
necessarily dominant one-sided but I mean at the end of the day you had to play in
your exit either day, you had some casualties, these were the best rounds I've played.
exactly that they did and I was gonna sit back as the turret available as well
just as backup early warning signal I'm through the woods getting a little bit
risky with all of the reinforcement on the door gone but no imminent danger
but that's already been a push-up from rescue and Sarah could be for a nasty
surprise when she peeps around that but she knows that there's been no
information in mid for a while so she knows she's going to be careful how far she extends him.
Ah, talked about how a three lane map is as much information as possible and so when you
have that yoru as an information channel right such a huge ultimate,
They've got a spot at exactly where they are on state.
Ooh, Shorty's pushing on in.
Eski trying to hold them off.
More smokes come on out just to keep stalling,
Twisted Minds, all kids here.
Paranoia comes on through, and there's the swing,
but both swings get punished.
We talked about their ability to isolate fights.
There's a little bit of body blocking that worried me for a second,
but everyone was able to escape with their lives
only for a second though because lighter the individual heroics another 4k to clear this round to put a fourth on the boards and
a lot of this is coming down to individuals the setup is great as a team but it allows for somebody to pop on or
We talked a lot about how
Locked in twisted nine was especially when we were coming off split
What SK is locking in now? I mean, Lisa last round put in a lot of work, the
round before that put in a lot of work. Hitting shots, isolating fights, and you
really, really need members on rescue, I think, doing about a job of doing the same
thing this map as well. I mean, if this is their answer to split, I like what I'm
seen from them. Exactly. Now, SK, switching up the pace a little bit here, this time quieter
and no imminent threat to garage. And actually, you can see their liens knows it's been a bit
quiet. They stacked it heavily on account of the fact that it's been a bit of a weakness for them.
And there it is, could immediately pivot in towards C, sort this on out, and then look,
isn't content with what she's done. She's willing to push through mid and stop them before they can
rotate anywhere else. Flutsy gonna be the first up to the chopping block. Gun spotted, ready for
Jelena's swing as well but Jelena knows that she's there and she's out in the open. There is a trade
but it's already gone a bit too far and they're gonna need maybe another Liza 4k, another Liza
step up but as the smoke comes out in their face this gets a little bit harder. There's still a
Recon Bolt available to clear the immediate space. But look at that, it is shut down.
Trying to clear out Leteo, and the shock dart is good. It gives Jelina the space to push into
Garage, finds the first pick, knows that there was a second player there as well,
so they are just going to go head towards A, I'd assume. No, in towards B, but the issue
is Sara never rotated off of A. She's able to meet them there, and even a single snakebite
Could be enough to stop them getting this.
Grahams finds the first, the nano swarms come on out, there's nowhere safe to plant, even if you had anybody alive.
Wow, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful response, beautiful answer.
Exactly what they needed.
Honestly, really, really nice shots. Like look at that.
It's a good round. There's still a bit of a deficit here and I like that they are cooling
a time out here to try further capitalise on this round. Usually we'd see, actually
to be honest, I think SK getting the ability to talk here may be a little bit dangerous
because sometimes after you've got a little bit around street you lose the
round something's gone wrong
they've clocked your adaptations
that
then means that you can find a new
channel to try exploit right there originally they were going garage they
were just pushing scene now C's being shut down
this time out allows SK to come up with a game plan as well
so um actually both sides gonna be getting a lot of information from the
coaches here
Yeah, and I'm I'm hoping the call for this time out was coming off the back of the coach noticing
something that could actively be adjusted because what I don't like that I've been seeing from
both of these teams is a lot of it is coming down to hero gun plays. On the other hand,
that also tells me that both teams are doing a good job with their utility and answering
So it's kind of like a double-edged sword, but I would like to see a couple more set
plays come through and now it's SK, of course, kind of on this little bit of an eco round.
I've had that time out with their answer to the anti-eco, I need some utility to stall.
Don't comes on over. Lean's really worried that they really have to get onto site there, not faked out by the drone.
Oh, and look at that, the relay bow, and the OOFA drive gets shut down immediately!
Greyhams and Lean, what a combo for the ages!
Toyman just defined one, but look, it's immediately traded, and it is a shutdown.
We talked about how C had been their end goal every round, and it gets shut down.
They head elsewhere, and they get told no there as well.
That was so tough because I think when you're on that eco, Jolina's overdrive is kind of
like that win condition.
And to immediately get shut down like that as you're pushing onto site is really, really
tough for the rest of the team to have to push on and deal with.
I liked the plan from SK though to execute like that.
Did not work out in their favor.
Really good use of utility from Puss in mind to stall that push.
can like the plan and not the execution. That's that's mine is that you can like the idea but you
can know that in practice it didn't didn't work as you as you'd like. And now we see a little bit
of a switch up here as you've got into Ward's garage you've said rescue again as that solo player
to try find an opening pick and you've got an avenue into Ward's sewer's there with toy but the
issue is that that entire premise that entire Frank gets shot on down so all your eggs are forced
into the A-basket. They're scaring the recon bolt ready. You can hear the drone coming on over.
It's going to try duck underneath us to not be spotted. Hunter's Fury comes on out to try
clearing the space, but Jelena's getting the job done. They just have to peel back, but here it is.
The lockdown can go down immediately and it can stop them planting.
Now they've got to figure it out. They want to plant it anyway. This is a really risky move
because look where Leteo is ready to punish as they exit, they're not going to have any ability to hold on to this
and they don't clear their corners. Leteo finds the first, here's the second, Paranoia is going to be invested into this one.
Turns back, still has to deal with this fight with Toyin, whilst the attention's being held there.
This allows for Fluxy to wrap all the way back to outside, there goes Onin, perhaps needs to find the pick, finds the first,
knows where the last players were, toy being this cypher fight that they were desperately
trying to keep at bay, halves it, so worried about the stick, through the corner of the
wall finds the pick and it's messy as anything, but it's not quite able to be around converted
there for Twisted Mind's Orchids.
Honestly, honestly, that came down to deciding to plant there even with a lockdown because
I don't know given the amount of time that's left in the way that they could have run a
road date.
Really good positioning here, but you're not being able to find the second one as well.
Do we?
Really at the end was your demise.
I genuinely thought that planting in the lockdown there would have been the end of the round
given the position you had for main to punish anyone that was pushing out towards main to
escape the lockdown.
I thought it was done, but alas, not quite.
And there we go back in towards Garage, they're stacking two players, they know that Rescuentia
is here.
Not quite able to take down Sarah, the Paranoid to try to hit her now, and the Hunters' fury
from afar is going to finalize the kill on Sarah.
And now they know that Garage should be empty.
I really like the push and pull here as well is that they have three players stacked on
A that aren't pushing at all.
Oh my gosh, there's timing.
There's timing in garage.
It's going to be a little bit of a problem.
Oh, look at this.
They plant out in the open because they're not going through
to see.
20 seconds as well, and that's going to be time.
Smoke comes on out to try to deter these players coming from A.
No clues at Jalina's here, though.
But that's the issue is with the remaining player on site
taken down.
Yeah, you can take down the tail if you want.
I'm still just following them on through, see how many you can find, lining up three
steps and now it comes down to just lean, the fast lanes comes on out, the slide to the
right hand side, peeks on out, but lean holds on, Jelina so close to an absolutely immaculate,
miraculous clutch there, but no, lean just shutting it down, the battle of the neons
goes absolutely insane.
It would have been such an easy pick to go find and then beat like, but to just trust
that you know, let's say I was not going to look back, mind blowing, honestly, that
one twisted to some extent, but I was really impressed by, by Jelena there, although that,
being said I mean the rest of the round very well played by Twisted Mind. Good
cleanup. Go into the heat of battle again. Lean tucked into the smoke.
I'm looking to try force them back with the shot top. Successfully done so and
unfortunately Lean is gonna be a difficult fight because even with the
ability to retreat and hit the speed once forward into the fight decides to die
for just one more pick. Nosa up against the pistols here, just up against the Eco, so
should all things considered be an okay round for the rest of the team, has bought them
not just the first pick, but the player advantage. They have managed to recover that Vandal,
but backing away and look at this positioning, twist in mind all kids, they've been no
strangers to getting a little bit aggressive with this, shoulder spotted, spike gets dropped,
tripwire breaks, three, they both goes on in, but look at this, Sarah's just there able to put on down a snake bite.
She's not going to be going down any time soon.
And now they've got to try recover this bite.
They've got to try get somewhere with it.
Sarah pushes on further.
And Jolina, she's just going to get pounced upon from all sides here.
Yeah, I mean, it's tough, right?
When you're getting pinched like that from four of them.
I think Twisted Minds, I mean we said this on Split, but they just do such a great job
adapting.
I really like their, all of them, I mean their ability to isolate fights like this, and then
huge, hugey to that snake bite, you're just going to slow down that push, but really tough
for SK, a much needed timeout, I think coming from them where they can pause that momentum
break that because some of that is fundamentally coming down to how you
allowed twisted minds to work the map and use your own executes against you
really because we talked about these information channels I mean they are
able to create all this other space that they are able to identify where you are
are by knowing where you can't be.
And then that in terms of like, also you have lean.
I really like those two opening picks
because yes, it allowed you to open up a weapon,
but your ability to isolate.
And you only were able to get one more,
but let's say that spray once or you could have gotten
two, three potentially.
So I am well played all around by Chris and William.
I think another thing is the fact
that they've been really good at punishing rescue early round.
And with the double controller,
It means that you've not got as much ability
to flash through those smokes,
that you do just have to be a little bit patient
with them as well.
Yeah, you've got the relay bolts and the paranoia,
but the paranoia is a single piece of utility
that they've been kind of clinging on to
for later in the round.
And the relay bolts,
they're then not flashes in the traditional sense, right?
Which means that if rescue goes down,
they do just have to sit and wait for the smokes to fall,
to feel comfortable and really pushing them
in a lot of these situations.
Oh, this is super aggressive, they- they-
And Lee Manjusdekwanti, Lee finds two from where,
proxies them from the heavens, Jolida will trade,
runs forward, but there's three of them,
and they don't know there's three of them,
because Lee takes them down before they even get a look in Segaru.
Look at this, look at Tui's positioning right there.
It's still though, I mean tough, right?
Your SKT is two against four, beautiful plays from Garage there.
Oh, Fluxy has clocked this and is desperately trying to get out of dodge.
The issue is going to be, no matter where you go, they'll find you, but there it is.
They'll like stab in the back, but it is again short lived.
And it's a nice sequence from Toyo there, right?
It's a nice sequence.
It's a nice flank to be finding.
when you're the last player alive it's it would be too much to ask of there but
twisted-mind orchids that adaptation to this always being somebody anchors and
elsewhere on the map you push has given them some amazing abilities to wrap
in yeah I think and it's really unfortunate because of kind of macro
level I really like what we're seeing from SK I like that positioning but at
At the end of the day, yeah, it is tough because you're in a 1v4.
You have the information, but a 1v4 is tough for anybody, and yeah, we have some clutch
masters coming out from the team, especially SK, like we said, but to ask them to do that
every round is tough.
Oh, there is the relay vault, Sarah peeks on in, it is instantly traded there.
Grahams, we talked about this individually amazing, and there it is, the overdrive to
come on through.
Just the step up that they needed, they're on site, the Rotate so far away, Ateo gonna
use the ultimate to get across, but the issue is, with an operator in hand, Rescu can just
hold off Ateo here.
Oh, baby's f**king on the jump.
Oh, Ness peeks into the AWP, takes the fight and wins it with a single bullet, and now
he flares on tights a little bit claustrophobic, Jelina peeks on out with the judge, now Ness
needs to find both Liza to shut it on down and again we find ourselves at a
completely even half. What a way to end it six six once again and now the
owners is gonna be on SK if they're going to be able to bring it back. Really
good round from them. We'll see what they're able to do on the attack and if
if they're able to stick in the seers just a little bit longer.
Red Bull gives you wings.
Sickle the islands, I change
Sickles like it is nothing, top 10
Papers, glass, almost out of date
So they went back a lot of tick-tock
Got them bull moves in a big mouth
Rockin' that pig doing pa-pa
Told me now you're strange, but she won't stop
And I thought, 91 word, it's an emergency
Call your friends, everybody follow me
One by one, open to the melody
I
to go again now. We talked
about this SK incredibly good
in the pistols, and they're
going to need it right now.
Because even though this was
their map pick, they are now
going on to the defender side.
It's not always that we see
teams choosing to start
defender side and twisted
minds they've been waiting for this they have been waiting to get unleashed on
this attack side and they're already on sea there's been no bloodsheds rescue
has to be careful because there's gonna be a late push through garage from Graeum's
that has your name written on it is actually gonna go back and check and
there it is gun spotted two players drawn away she finds both of them and
Angelina is there to trade but now knows that reinforcements are slightly
further away than initially anticipated, then the smoke goes out. It's just enough time
to really make this all hurt. Sarah, wanting to isolate the relay bolt comes on through,
she's stunned on up, but Jelena also faces the bit of a concuss there. First fight, second
fight, Lean gets both, and Twisted Minds all kids continue absolutely tearing up the
6.6 half is not something that we are strangers to in this series, but to a certain mind,
did a excellent job here.
I mean, right click, free gun by the way, and look, I mean we've been talking all day
about-
I mean, but the right click can be so volatile sometimes, especially on these best arounds,
And then, I mean, Leen, yeah, it would have been tough for them to push in like that anyway,
but we've talked this entire server, all 10, all 10 of these girls playing right now,
they can hit their shots.
I mean, they all are so good at it.
Ooh, spotted, just kind of spotted rescue right there.
And we said this, they've been really good at shutting rescue down early rounds and it's
caused them a lot of problems.
The issue is as well, you want to be taking Sarah down early.
has been unstoppable. Sarah actually might get caught out here by Liza. We talked about
it the right way. It's just gonna be three left glitz to the head. Gets it done. Lean
finds two immediately though. Swings on in. Jolina with the shorties. Good for one, but
unfortunately reload needed and gets told no. It's a nice little play. It's a hail
Mary onto site, but to be honest, as far as the Karans go, two kills, it could be worse.
us. I mean at the very least you're taking some guns and you get a little bit of extra
money but I mean that's the thing when you run a viper you don't really have a gun you're
able to recover there or kick out of the hands so in terms of the economy doesn't hurt too
too badly but I mean I think any kills you can get on an Eklahora are good so those two
two kills, they are a-okay in my book. Now the SK on there by going to be relying on
there and is set up to stop this. I think also on map like Haven, we're gonna see a
lot of replays coming in, right? It's gonna be so important. Ooh, through the smoke.
I'm just gonna say, if you Eliza, I'm calling for a PC to be checked. Amazing from rescue
to immediately find the trade there. Luxion site gonna break the utile and that's gonna
course a little bit of worry but Snake White goes on in is gonna stop them
diffusing for a second. Leteo getting aggressive towards Garage knowing that
they're likely to want to push out try find another angle make this retake a
little bit more dimensional. Jelina swings on out. Jelina's gonna find two with Leteo
going down as well actually they just clean up house. Not enough time to go
for the defuse go upgrade shopping if they'd like it as well and the bonus
rounds can be taken but to be fair this has been kind of the standard hasn't I'm
pretty sure every single time that we've had a pistol round it's gone pistol
conversion bonus by the other team so yeah history I think I think there was
one series the beginning of split in which case twisted were able to win
their bonus but you're right I mean other than that three of the four
doesn't mean doesn't differ too much from expectations. You're right. Now these are the rounds that are really going to start to matter because this is where you're either going to get that build up of autonomy or you're going to kind of be forced on the back foot every other round.
And for SK you can't afford to really do that. This wall is so volatile, but I really like this answer from rescue because what that wall does is it denies so much information. But if you see how rescue is able to position there.
Now you still have all of a control, right? There's so much information being able to be garnered from that.
And so you're kind of punishing that while the issue is if they have multiple lanes peeking out, right?
All goes back up and pretty advanced setup from both of these.
It's going to be the gate crash on back and a quick call to bring other players on over to the site,
over to the site, but that's been exactly what twisted mind orchids want. They wanted
to draw you away to hit elsewhere. The drone's not going to spot anything. It's not going
to go far enough to clear main, but I think it's definitely aroused some suspicions. Smoke
goes out into wards, garage. The wall goes up. Such a leaner's not going to be out to
have any line of sight on in. So straight into wards, see. And that's them again going
in towards B. It's been very influx, very dynamic about where they're heading. The issue
is going to be the Rotate close on all sides even getting the spike down there's
going to be labored here for Twisted Nines.
But they are going to get it down.
When you have someone like Lean and Ness who can play off of that, it doesn't matter if
you're in a rough position because you're able to get that numbers advantage pretty
quickly.
Good positioning as well.
Waiting for that push from Jelena.
I'm not sure. There's no where to
run. There's nowhere really to
hide. You can see them already
wrapping and I think this is
going to have a little bit of a
looking garage as well. It's and
the B site. It's difficult
because you have both sides.
You've got mid to worry about.
You've got garage. You've got
in from towards a right and the
fact that they go, they push the
one side so you can re-divert your attention so you're not having to watch three entry
points at all times. The fact that that happens so quickly that they can just then not worry
about it.
Well, that's the problem with that ViperWall, right? Is that you lose all that information
A, so you don't know. What I would have liked to see, I think, from Rescue because that
Gate Crash was in play was maybe trying for one before teleporting out and just kind of
seeing if they push because you still have these are there and you called for
that rotate but again that's what makes that wall so dangerous and so volatile
is you can't see you can't see if they're in lobby you can't see if they're
pushing them to worries once you're on the other side of it and so you don't
know that hey they're not even going at all you completely lose that information
channel now slowly crawling on up camera is gonna get a little bit of a site of
the danger that's become the barrel of a gun that's been spotted all comes up
cages go out on both sides into one thing to fight for this as well
knocks on to the first one the tail just about needs to tell the tail
hunter's free comes out they're desperately trying to finalize on the
damage they did but unfortunately whilst it's a bit of damage across the board
it's not going to be enough to clear out any of these players but I don't even
think it's scanned any of them they are going in completely blind to this all
goes out they've got to wait this one on down and the rotate coming in from
garage and rescue it's slow and they're so scared that they might get wrapped
that every corner you're seeing a little bit of a look back here slide those
on forward let's have a pizza on out we've already established doesn't need
health to get this done Liza with two we've seen heroics from her already we
can't start to go on outs stalling with the nano swarm flashes to try stop them
as they go on through tap but they can't hold it Liza isolates the first but now
just doesn't have time and Graham's knows this just dancing with the angle there it
is the peak on up but my at your time it's gonna be close but doesn't point
four three seconds I thought it was over I thought it was over that was just
unfortunately for Graham was just less than half a second of mistiming yeah
do that round there the fact that it gets hard this the issue yeah you you
really need to stop that half I think. Even if you don't get the kill, half of
you're able to even stop it from getting half in the first place, not enough
time. Well played by Lisa, well well played. And then the time out coming up.
We highlighted coming into this, didn't we? We highlighted Toyin, we highlighted
Lisa and we were like these are gonna be the players that can clutch on out if the
And we said, you cannot be certain that it's done until it says round one on the board.
And I should have listened to my own pre-show advice there.
Honestly, no, you had the crystal ball.
You knew it was coming.
And even still, I mean, I watched it happen too.
And I was still, I didn't know, right?
I mean, your timing has to be so impeccable to be able to read that.
really, really well played from Lisa. Just unfortunate timing from Graham's. Almost almost
had it perfect, but just right like even half a second, not even half a second cost you
around. I mean, at this point when we're talking about these teams in this playoff contention,
I mean, it comes down to like the little smallest detail.
Yeah.
I mean, and it truly does.
There's a garage rescue ready to peek with the flash here.
What goes on out, swings on out, fully blind, and there still gets the pit trained on the
angle all she had to do was press the trigger.
Lena still here ready in case they try and follow up.
They're just going to back away for a second.
She wants to have a bit of a look though.
Oh, look in the wrong way.
Trying to deal with the recon, but that's going to be enough for the overdrive to get
online pops it, but immediately just has to fall back just too many players and it's not
going to be able to find its full effect.
I'm gonna slow things down again, numbers even on both sides, but I'm just not gonna
have to decide how they play this a really, really good use there of that Omen ult to
just sort of...
That's a daked me of the team ward.
A very deep snuff.
Because look, now we have to worry about that, but what they don't have to worry about is
the site push if you have Jolina sitting there that trade's gonna come out but
those early picks as well all them to flex you right now looking to isolate oh
oh I really needed to punish the the full teleport there and this is an issue
because the tail is really pushed on in here and yeah but close one at the end
there I think if you manage to punish the shadow step right if you manage to
punish the teleport jump then suddenly that's a little bit better I think you
know, you still have that sort of pushed into a really ratty position that clearly was not
expected. But I think it at least means that you can clear that with a little bit more
certainty, not worrying about mids.
Yeah. And you know what? I think also that kind of came down to like, you saw both them,
you did see Ness as well. And so I think to expect that full wrap around to be ratty on
the spike clearly just wasn't ready for that. Yeah. But that's the thing at this point with
Both of these teams, you have to be ready for everything.
You have to be actively checking everything.
And I know time was ticking, but you knew exactly where one of them is.
You have to worry about, can they use their shadow step to move?
Yes. We may be hoping to get a half good, good use of smokes.
But yeah, unfortunate, but.
Nice try. That was, that was an honestly, a very nice try
and a good time out coming up from Twisted Mind.
I think it's been your, your, your whole thing for the series
been like I really like the ideas but they've just not been successful. I do! For both teams
I like the setups, I like how they're going about it but like how do you plan around players
hitting their shots like this? How do you plan around lean going 23 and 13? I mean but
like truly how do you like how do you plan around a player like lean it's like if we
don't get lean lean gets us. We don't have guns now. Lean has a gun but also has an
like how do you play around that it's an unfortunate one that's for certain and I
think maybe you go a little bit more passive right is that you know she's
somebody that's happy to peek into you but if you you set up the situation to
make it as impossible as you can oh look at that that's an amazing relay ball and
that's so much damage coming on through they don't really want to peek it so
ascending in the shock darts and they've chipped away a fair bit of damage here.
I really like that.
I loved everything about that.
I know I've been saying that, unfortunately you don't have the gun though to really be
able to finish those kills and that's unfortunate.
Good opening picks here from Lee.
Not quite opening picks but definitely getting on to site here.
Now I'll have to rescue.
you. That's the sheriff in here, but we've been three Ks with the sheriff.
We have, but unfortunately this will not be one of those rounds and they allow Lean to
isolate three fights there on site and that is three fights more than you should ever
give way to and as you said, if you don't get Lean, Lean gets you. Case in point. It
was a really good beginning of the round here, right? I love the storm, but the issue is
that after you run out of the shotguns right after you run out of the relay
bolts there's nothing and you have to then rely on the guns but you've got a
lack of guns and I would have loved to see maybe just you know head back site
stack because they allow three fights to be isolated by lean and and she's gonna
win every individual one that's especially when she is a man I mean
that's what we saw right like you said a good stall but at that point you're
spamming with classics and it's not quite doing what you need it to be doing
unfortunately. So yeah, that is going to just mind one away from match point trades coming
out though here in garage. It's going to force just in mind to slow down a little bit. Good
use of the cipher ultimate here from SK so you know exactly where the rest of them are.
Very early though, which means if the plan changes, you know, you've seen them kind of in their spawn
really so now where they go next is gonna be a bit of a mystery I think then
you can rely on your ability to hold sights a little bit more because what
you're worried about is another fast repush there from yeah true a player
like lean but this uh oh this is locked down good use the hunter's slur
Hunter's Fury, Hunter's Fury, Flexi goes down though, the Ness.
I love that it's the counter to the lockdown though, because the lockdown gives them the
sight, but that Hunter's Fury is almost wide open.
It covers the entry in to be from mid, and it covers a lot of B, so you can stop them
essentially planting initially whilst that lockdown's still going.
So it's a good counter, but they're at a player disadvantage here.
Make that two, leave you with another Immaculate Pit, lines up more.
Now Jolina does have an op and a clear line of sight, but the issue is Ness round the corner.
I actually go hunting for this in Jolina. That is a long scope. It's gonna give her away.
Does manage to zero in just in time on Ness, but knows that saving this op is going to be imperative going into the next round
because there is gonna be not the opportunity to buy it.
I mean it's tough, this is a really hard ask to be able to retake, deal with the remaining
players and also give the spike defuse.
On the other hand, yes you saved this off, but now you gotta win 4 rounds in a row just
to bring it to overtime and that is a really tough ask, especially when you're dealing
players with players like Lean.
We're just so comfortable on this neon.
For what it's worth though, I did think they lined up there for 2e and they didn't, but
I think that might have made it a little bit more doable.
Really really uphill battle here now for SK.
They have the potential, they have the ability.
They have a couple ultimates to work with as well, but-
It's proven a road though and they haven't been able to put together even three in a
road this series.
Really really tough.
I mean this is where we found ourselves at the end of the last map.
Pretty similar buys as well.
majority guardians and, as you said, SK Herculean task ahead of them in this round.
Just in my door kids. Don't get in your own heads, only one round needed.
Let's close this one on out. Jolina with the op, you know it's been saved.
They're being ever so careful. Relay bolt, I don't think that landed quite where it needed to,
but it doesn't matter because they're not going to be pushing the issue just yet.
Oh
Exactly what fluxi needed right you find lean or lean time to you
I'm lean and
Jolena's gonna be a bit of an issue
Now having a look into garage the Hunters veery comes on out, but not clearing the right-hand side there
Oh, it's a garage. They're gonna try this as an opportunity to push run up
But they've got the crossfire with fluxi if they do try escape the scope and look at this though
Oh lovely push from rescue is going to keep them trapped here
That's one out into mid is going to catch Sarah Ness will punish
But I'm a player to play disadvantage three convolts going to spot out Graeum's and now has to choose the fight
Fluxy or push on in towards lies actually ends up having to take both fights the classic doing all of the work there
Jelena Manchester get these up back into position
There's not much time to work with in fact. There's no time here to plant
So it's just about who you can take down with you at this point
Unfortunately though
Deciding to push that is your operator
And so now you're going into this next round you guys if you have enough
Money to scrap up and get another one and unfortunately you don't overdrive not online yet either
thing
Yeah
unfortunate the issue is going to be is because they we of course they can't
afford to lose one but that series over they can't afford to be winning these
expensively because that round was a lot more expensive than it should have been
and as we said they're not going to be able to get the op available and if
they're kept financially on the ropes here it means that they're already
Herculean task gets made ten times more difficult I think that decision to hunt
down. Ramzer might just haunt them and could be the nail in the coffin. You only had 10 HP for
Jelena and you're not able to recover the operator. That's tough if you were banking on that now.
They've been able to win a couple rounds without the operator too. They're a good team but
that's really, it's really a tough ass. Now three rounds in a row to bring into overtime.
Twisted mines. Can't afford to make any mistake but they have a couple rounds to buffer at the
very least the economy is still not in too bad of a spot. Okay, gearing up for this A push.
And there's a lot of bodies on site here. Actually we can see Fluxy maybe have a look over
towards B a little worried that it's gotten a bit quiet and this is a team that has a propensity
for switching up their plan. It's gonna go backside, keeps the attention here as well.
But Lee and Ashley, there's the runaway, then just getting Lataeo's ult online and available.
Fluxy, bought out by the Recon Bolt, gonna deal with these two shadows as well.
But unfortunately Graeum's uses that as the opportunity, and the Viper's pick comes on out.
And suddenly this goes from bad to worse.
Luckily, Jirina finds that flank from Lataeo, and Liza steps up when needed, finds the planter as well.
Now it's just Sarah 1 vs 2 in her own Viper's pit.
And there it is, the pick found on out, the overdrive invested, but they cling on, and
again it's Liza and the heroics to step up at the most impactful moments.
But that's what we said we highlighted too, and Lisa for a reason at the top of the show,
no yes that wasn't a clutch.
But you didn't need it to be a clutch, you needed the rest.
It felt like it did because you're able to hold on to sight, you got three before getting
picked up and good thing it wasn't a clutch right you really needed the rest of your team
to be able to bring those guns into the next round you still have an ultimate online available
but you know what so does lean so maybe not a gun in her hand but it doesn't matter she
has that overdrive you gotta be worried about that sk have to do the same thing two rounds
in a row and can you afford to put it on the back of her row it's I don't know and but
This round, unless something insane comes on out, is probably going to be the 10-11
and then it does come down to that final round and it's a lot closer than it's made it felt
like in the series.
Jolina is going to be the first up to the chopping block, the first kind of event.
Who goes on out, relay bolts to try to turn them and just get the players coming on over
from C and they've drawn everybody over to this side.
It is going to be a blood bath.
Tux on in, escaping from the sight of the drone.
He flexes the electing to just anchor the C now just in case they decide to rotate over
in a good read and a good call of that tripping garage.
Thumbs on out, that's not going to be respected immediately, the fast lane's come from, the
frames Tux on in, almost good for two and that could have been everything, the fact
The lean and the overdrive get shut down, but it is a still a three versus three that spikes me go on down
But look at this position from rescue just as the smoke fades as well knows that nobody was on there and given the timing
No, somebody has to be in that back left corner and you can see what's you really looking for it knows
Somebody's there. Let's say I was gonna have to be careful
Ness wings on out there is a trade in the player department the Ness finds one more two versus one and Ness will find a third and the
13th round, Twisted Minds, all kids, still the second map. They win the series and they
put themselves with an extra tally on the board, an extra chance to qualify for stage two and it
is looking so good from them. If they continue to play like this, this is definitely a team that
I'm worried about if I'm another team going into playoffs or getting ready to go into playoffs.
Twisted Minds still have a couple more series and they continue to play as strong as they are here.
Man, do things look good. I mean, and Lean, 27 and 17.
I mean, she was just on fire throughout this map. Everyone really was, but I think Twisted Mind,
I mean, overall had had a better read and we talked about things coming down to these hero plays.
And Twisted Minds were just able to bring that out a little bit more often than SK, but good things from both sides.
And for what it's worth for SK, right, didn't win the series. They still have a series to go. They're not out yet.
They're still sitting in a good spot in those playoff contensions.
But looking forward to your next series, you want to win the next one because you don't want to get into that situation.
Like you said, where you're waiting to see what other teams do because that's the worst feeling.
that's the worst feeling.
Sitting on the sidelines and
knowing your fate is in the
hands of others is it's
devastating, but just in
mind orchids just incredibly
well done player of the match
had to be leading. It couldn't
be anybody else and was good on
map one. Don't get me wrong,
but she came alive on Haven and
we said that it was nice on
map one that it didn't feel like
a one woman show or one woman
army in this map. It didn't
feel like it. She of course
her up to go for these insanely fast plays for these multi kills and she had a team around
her for when they did manage to take her down. Everyone came around this but 321 ACS is it's
difficult to wrap your mind around quite frankly. I mean we highlighted her at the top of the show
as someone to look out for and up there in terms of her ACS up there in terms of total kills in
in terms of the entire stage one, all 10 teams, right?
Definitely showing why she is in that conversation
for the top GC players of this stage.
I mean, beautiful, but like you said, it was a team effort.
It was the way the entire team was able to play
and set her up for success, really good comp.
I mean, 18, 18 first bloods coming out from Twisted Minds.
Like 18, so five.
But I think maybe there's a small area of criticism there.
Is there 18 first kills, but you only win 13-10?
That's like 18 first kills is what you'd expect to see
on like a 13-3, a 13-4, right?
So maybe a little bit of a stabilization issue
to talk about there is that, you know, 18 first kills,
the game almost goes all in regulation.
It's still a close game.
And, you know, when it's only 13 rounds
and that you need to win,
I think maybe there's a little bit of a question,
now we're really nitpicking because I feel like we've got to find something to criticize.
Well and you know what I definitely agree and I think a lot of that too is a lot of these rounds
right maybe you do get the first blood but there were a lot of trades coming out from both of
these teams there were a lot of close rounds that yeah in the end did Twisted Mind have the upper
hand did they end up on top yes there's a lot of things you can nitpick for both sides I mean I
And I think this is worth VOD reviewing for both teams because I saw good things from
both teams.
I saw bad things from both teams in areas they can work on.
But at the end of the day, Twisted Minds able to come out with a win into, you said it earlier,
if SK won a chance they need to do it in two, well, it's Twisted Minds who are able to come
through and do it.
So we don't have to worry about Corode able to clean it up and able to put another win
in terms of where they want to be when we're looking at the standings later on.
I mean, still a couple of series for them left to go, but they're in a really, really
solid spot and I saw some really solid gameplay.
I mean, the entire team, right?
You had, you had lean, you had grams, you had, I mean, everyone was shooting, everyone
was locked in and that's kind of the mentality you need to sit in, sit in.
I mean, after that look bumped up in the standings, right?
from six, six or seven. I'm trying to remember all the way up to fourth and that's still with
three games to go mind you. Three games, two games to go. There's still games to be played so
there's an opportunity here to go even further up and if we have a look at you know who we've
actually seen Twist in my Dawkins Loose to, they lost to Zenit which was maybe the biggest question
mark for us but they lost to G2 Go's and I felt like losing to G2 Go's and you go okay yeah fair
fair enough, fair enough friend. But they have played some of the best teams and done
really well against them. And some of my games, I'd argue that they're easier games still
to go.
And honestly, I'm looking at the standings, right? You talk about a team like G2 goes in
that has only lost once. Well, G2 goes in versus Alcanado tax rubies up next. And let's
say, and I'm not speculating, I've seen a lot of upsets. I've seen some really good
gameplay. I mean, Carmen, Corey able to take a map on G2 goes in. So honestly, that series
can go a lot of ways. Alternate attacks have really been showing up the stage and only have
one loss as well. If G2 goes and are able to pull up this win on alternate attacks though,
that does play alternate attacks at a 4-2 record, which is even with twisted mines, and right
now they have the same map differential. So if they lose with a loss in terms of that
round differential, you're looking at twisted mines bumping even higher, only three rounds
separate them from and mate and
gentle mates, excuse me.
So I mean, honestly, Twisted Nines are in a very good spot.
And you look right.
Only six teams moving on to those playoffs as Canemula.
They're not out of convention.
They have another series to go, but we've got some good teams in the mix as well.
Yeah, it's everything gets a little bit messy from here.
The permutations we can go on about for hours and hours here.
But I think it's about time that we get ready for our next series because we talked a little bit about and I think this series is an
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Arguably one of the best series we see in this stage
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We just saw Twisted pull off an insane 2-0. They're playing really, really well, but now we are going to head to a different, I don't know, like the top of the bracket, I would say.
two teams are going to be the ones facing off and it is going to be G2 versus Alternate
Attacks today and so far we've been seeing so many good things out of the stage from
both of these teams over here.
I mean yeah, Alternate Attacks are either that team that's known for again grinding
their way through contenders to get and earn their spot here but then they've had mixed
results and actually got to the main stage and now all of us and with this revamped roster
they're coming in and bidding for that top seed here and going up against the top dogs now in terms
of G2 goes in and I do think the standings reflect exactly what has been happening, right? G2 goes
in just recently getting their last loss, alternate attacks, Ruby following short to SK,
but are there mortal enemies at this point? And honestly, I still think that top seed is up for
grabs no matter how you spin it. Yeah, 100% because AT&T and G2 both only have that one loss,
So, you know, if AT&T win today, they could very well upset the standings a little bit,
especially if they can keep that winning streak up.
I think that it's for that, like you said, the top seed is going to be a nice little
present for whoever manages to come out on top today and maintain that kind of form.
That said, these two teams have faced off twice in the past, and so far it has always
been G2 coming out on top.
So perhaps it's going to be a question of whether AT&T are ready for the third confrontation
that these guys are having, and if they're going to be able to be the ones to triumph
and find the first way against this vehement of a team today.
No, absolutely.
And I mean, we've introduced the two teams now,
G2 goes and alternate attacks for me,
but I think it's time we dive a little bit deeper.
So let's bring up the team.
You know, you love them, right?
G2 goes in.
Let's get the five starters up there.
And obviously the sneak peek, there it is.
Mimi, Akita, Amy, Evania, and Eva.
I feel like, I don't know why,
I've been on like all of the G2 matches like that have been featured on broadcast this stage
So I feel like I'm a broken record when talking about this team right Akita in her second year with this team right from a rookie to now
Dominant force statistically you brought an Eva as well to compliment the Vania duo
That's become now a staple of G2 goes in and under the leadership of Mimi. It's just it's just perfection
100% yeah, I mean Akina has really grown into that star role,
Jules's role for the team which is insane because if you consider like a few months this time last
year they were really struggling with just the lack of not having a good Gildoist player so
I think she was a piece that this team very very much needed and like you said with the addition of
Eva having that OG XBVL duo back you can really see the chemistry that is between these players
they look really well coordinated and I think that their performance this stage is definitely a
testament to it. Like, yes, they've lost a single series. They've lost a couple of maps
here and there. But for the most part, the ones that they're winning, they've been looking
pretty dominant in.
Absolutely. And that's where we kind of wanted to take the narrative here, right? Was an
undefeated team lost their last match of the previous week up against Carmine Corp. And
that's the question. Was it a fluke? Was it just a day where Casey was at it, been better
formed in G2? Or is it their reps on these matches that they're map will finally getting
it conquered by the opposition, right? And I mean, Breeze, right? The streak is broken
for how long they had been undefeated on this map. Casey did it. And I went back and I watched
that VOD and honestly, it just felt like Casey was disrespecting everything G2 had to do
around mid-space. And whenever they were getting into site, they were immediately just dipping
them in all corners, all 1v1s. And that was a little scary, but it also means it might
not have necessarily been a macro issue. And then you get to bind. And I think I want to
save that conversation for a little bit later.
All right, we can talk about it a little bit more for sure.
But yeah, 600 plus days on breeze ended, unfortunately,
for G2 goes in.
That's the growth did look very, very strong.
So that's a map that I'm wondering
if they're going to be leaning into today.
That said, let's take a look at ATN,
because I think we talked a lot about G2,
but I think that when it comes down to altered attacks,
there are some, they look so, so strong this year.
basically they're also basically working more than two jobs at the same time if
you think about it because I do believe that we've managed to I think I think
Zobi managed to find this tweet by Let Art and they have played they have been
playing an average of two buffs a day and that's that's accounting for no
breaks at all here that's that's insane to me yeah absolutely I mean you have a
roster that's been kept together right other than the edition of ever across
the most recent season up to now and then you have on the flip side a new roster
that has to all of a sudden get up to speed and be that synergy and be that composed roster
that can combat these KCs, these G2s that have been to champions, have shown that these
rosters work.
And I think it is a testament to how committed they are, is how competitive they have been
in multiple leagues right now.
And I think that's honestly what has allowed them to find their success so far in stage
one.
100% yeah.
I think that they also, I think that that consistent level of practice is for real.
I mean, of course, if you look at the comps that they're playing mostly in EQ, it's the
Dark Circuit, our good buddy Akamas tends to cost that as well.
Every time I cost with them, he brings in so much hype from it.
But yeah, they also play a bunch of weird comps, like to hide strats, exit-rex, which
are according to him.
But despite that, right, it seems like they're having fun, they're dominating there as well.
And this roster, it's really like, again, similar to a little bit of a more V-Freebo
compared to G2 here, but I think that this team has evolved a lot in terms of both players
and in terms of both play style over the last couple of years that we've been watching them
from like around 2023, like when we saw them trying to get through contenders to now where
they're like a mainstay of the circuit, I think that they've been looking so good.
No absolutely, for me, right, you bring in Celia who's this insane rookie, right, and
then putting up numbers on agents like the Chamber, you keep on working from the alternate
attacks to be evolved, right?
Blossy I feel like is a namesake ideal alongside me when you think of the GCE me a scene kept her do it up with Jade
and then you brought in these two forces of Karina and
Purity right who I thought it was really funny because you look at where these two players came from and
They were their enemies so enemies to friends are to teammates
It's like if you can't beat them
Why not recruit them? And that goes back to what you mentioned was the EEQ environment that alternate attacks have been playing, you know, on land have gotten to go up against many competitors in their own realm.
And those are the two that stood out to me, right? They lost at one of the last grand finals of 2025. And then they were able to join this roster. And honestly, to me, I think purity has been one of the big forces on this team ever since.
I think that purity has been one of the most consistent players as well on this team.
I think that purity has just in terms of the numbers has just been stepping up.
So yeah, we're going to take a look at talking about these two players a lot and about how
strong they are.
And the stats definitely tell that same story.
Maybe the best duelist time today that is the theme, at least when it comes to these
two.
And I think that the staff that really interests me the most is that first blood percentage,
right?
So much more dominance, I would say, and that's fantastic, but apart from that, it's so neck-and-neck between these two
And I'm very excited to see if Akira can continue to put up those numbers against this particular team
And I was trying to figure out like why I thought this was the case and and to me
It was honestly because there might be other players when I'll turn an attack stealing that thunder right when you're running the devil
Duelist on so many maps when it's this way lay alongside that yoda
It's like okay, I did the trade is there
They steal the kill first and then you don't have the first bloods
So I'm really really excited to see kind of what that looks like in the server
and if that double duelist is going to combat that of the Akita Mimi we sometimes see on the G2 side.
100% I think that's a, but it's also a question of calling here.
I think which team is going to be able to find that out, figure out what the other person is doing but our mid-rounding extra
I think that both these teams have really developed their mid-rounding this year.
So I think that's going to be pretty exciting to watch.
I think one more main factor that we highlighted a little bit when we were talking about that KC match of Zobi that we would like to probably
Elaborate a little bit more on now is where the map veto is going to take us because like you said g2
It seemed like they were pretty flawless in terms of their map pool
But then it started showing cracks around that time of that KC game and if ATN are able to pick right
They might be able to find some vulnerabilities
Yeah, and so I'd like to bring up that map veto and while it's coming up
The one thing I wanted to start with is G2 has been playing mind games lately
You know typically team B's that go to so you get that full control over what map 3 will be
They've been choosing teammate consistently since week 2 and I even asked JTim like hey
What's up with that and they showed respect towards alternate attacks
They're like the teams with the good map pools the side preference is so strong for us
That's what we were going for and so it opened it up with us with this very interesting occurrence for abyss
bind and corrode where alternate attacks have never banned Breeze this stage and
then they banned it against G2 and so G2 get to pick into a Biss a map that's
been that instant ban other than one time where they did lose it so it's like
high-risk high reward this series right now for alternate attacks.
100% yeah I think that this is definitely gonna be a little bit of a
question mark in my mind about how it's gonna go but ATN of course they saw
blood in the water when KC was able to triumph over G2 on Bind, they feel like they know exactly
what they want to do, but what I really am excited is that Decider map core wrote. I think that it
was a map that has historically, and even the last time we saw G2 play, a map that has been
very strong for them. I think it was 13-6 when they actually beat KC despite losing that series,
so I think that this map, you know, definitely is a very spicy one, and I want to test your thoughts
on it. You know, I completely agree. I think Abyss is a gamble for G2 picking into it because
they have less reps on it and they have less footage on the opposition on that map. Corota,
I think if it goes the distance is going to lean towards G2, which then to me places all this
pressure and alternate attacks to deliver on that map of Bind and I went into like deep analysis
mode on KC as an opponent versus these two teams because you have alternate attacks who's beat KC
and Casey's the only team that beat G2.
And one of those big swing maps was that double D2Fair on Vine.
And honestly, when I was looking at it,
it's like alternate attacks is playing the game
on the attack side in times two speed.
Like they are so fast, the steam rolling over the opposition.
And so to me, they have to be informed today,
same for G2.
And I'm wondering what's gonna happen when they collide.
Yeah, I've made a team with the best form win,
but I have word for production
that we are almost ready for agent select
and we're gonna be heading into a best pretty soon.
And I think that when it comes to agents
for this particular map,
it's pretty exciting to see what people are cooking
because I think that last year
it was very heavily towards that Yoru and the Wele meta.
I think we're seeing a little bit more variation this time
like as we go on.
But I think in general,
Wele continues to be like one of the best agents
in general for this map
and just a very dominant agent as well.
And we've also been able to look at the stats here
and see that, okay, nevermind.
We're going to be seeing a Raina pick, okay, okay, I'm sorry, that completely cut off my line of thought. Yo.
I mean, both teams are making changes here, right? Honestly, I'm here for this because honestly, Amy on the Viper to me just wasn't her strongest choice, especially in this sort of environment.
Wayley to Jett for Akita too is interesting. It's more direct again that they're trying to simplify things to what works comfort picks
And honestly if we can maybe argue the same for alternate attacks Ruby right the one time they played this map
It was a chamber Jett and so bringing the Rayna. That's just saying Celia is confident coming to the server
She's feeling like an aimer and I think she's about to deliver the triple duelist though with the yoru too
I
They're just like they're starting on the attack. They're gonna try and swing that attack momentum
I mentioned it, right? They are a go-go-go team and now it's times 20.
I mean, this comp, it's definitely a go-go-go team. It feels like it's go-go-go on steroids.
I'm a little bit dubious about the Reina pick, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
Hey, my favorite team has run a triple-do list called The Force. I can't really judge anybody else for it.
I think, I don't know. I'm just not very happy about the Reina. I feel like there are other
doers that could have perhaps added a little bit more value. But again, Reina is just that character
where if you're able to start fragging that momentum can really just be perfect for that
agent's toolkit, especially since that recent patch hasn't quite kicked in yet.
So, yeah, this is the last hurrah for an upholstery consumator that we're going to be seeing with
that six-point ulter and everything else, so I'm excited about that.
But on the opposite side, G2, that double initiator comp, along with the vides, even
though we're in a meta that's slowly starting to move away from that fixed kind of Sentinel
role, where teams are opting for more of that double controller or anything else, basically,
controller, double ADC, or double dualistic, doesn't matter. But, yeah.
No, completely. And so I'm going to pose your questions back then. With this
triple dualist composition from Ultimate Attack to Ruby that we are seeing,
what is the minimum number around this half we want to see from Ultimate Attack to Ruby?
Eight. Eight rounds. Okay. I want to see it.
That's what we're doing. And honestly, I think I can see it. You want to know why?
Because G2 goes in, in that KC match, they struggled with opening momentum. It was two
maps in a row where they were losing six rounds in a row. One of them was including the pistol
in the fall-up and the other was after rifles got in hand for Carmine Corps. And on the flipside,
Octane and Attax was able to steal six rounds in a row from Carmine Corps, so I do think they are a
team heavily, heavily capable of it. I definitely agree with you, but whether they're going to be
able to do it is the question. So I think that it's going to be important to see if Atean can win
against there against G2 for the first time. It could be today and there's a lot at stake as well like we highlighted either way though
We're gonna be heading into game right now
And I'm super excited for this on this map this triple duelist comp. I might be a little bit dubious about it
But it certainly looks like fun just like my ranked games
So yeah, you know people come in lock in triple duelists see how it goes
And I think what's gonna be very important is this facing here right because you've got
Yoru and Jet, which have that capability, a little bit of get out of jail-free, a little bit of forward momentum,
but Celia just doesn't have that on the radar in terms of that kit.
And I think that we haven't talked about it yet,
but the defense is also going to be looking a little bit more difficult for the CW.
Their way though, it does seem like we're looking at a pretty shape forward B hit to start off.
Mimi off contact, getting ready with that zero point, but they are disrespecting it nonetheless.
Already in, and getting the full force of that Vice Razorvines popped.
Amy trying to clear all the back side in the process while they're still suppressed and she has
them help Akita good for the trade but it's immediate floods out of each and every player for both
sides the Christmas lights in the kill feed and Mimi the leader she was the first on site the first
to make contact and she is the last to escape Blossie Alan the 1v2.
I feel having to do it all here and I like this from G2 both of them falling a little bit back
not wanting to let that fight get isolated. I don't think they have the info on Blossy here either,
although they probably expected there's the peek and now immediate follow-up
about both players playing next to each other. You do not want to let this go and trade it,
and Blossy decides, all right, let me just go get this fight plunge. They're a little bit,
they're far away, I know if I can make it to site on time and G2, they're going to be holding hands
and doing the classic 2-1 kind of take. Ooh recall star, just trying to pace it out, divide these
these players. I love the high low idea to get around that
Siddliness from Blossy and you two goes and saying, hey, nope,
sweeping us under the road at least for the start of this map.
See if that change in rifles come in hand. But for now, this
round likely the next secured
100% I think that Mimi in particular was just such a
bastard on the team that's your point might not have done as
much as you would have liked, but just these incredible traits
come in. Mimi getting that double there really was I think the deciding factor in that round
to ensure that you to take that pistol. I remember in last year in some interview they were saying
like yeah we got to win more pistols so it certainly looks like in the offseason they've done some
work towards that. Well there it is pistol round on the board. You can already see
alternate attacks the idea for this eco brewing agro dart double smokes five players hand in hand
walking down and disrespecting this mid space.
Eva, she drones, is gonna get, say, a lot of information,
but have to be the dart and said,
or this is your point, and it's stead.
Oh, it only caught one?
Oh, Eva, no, you've gotten a false sense of security here.
Dog versus four players, interface does have an inkling,
though, able to get a nice little shock dart
and falls back to the backup on the team.
nice little stun there for Bonnie as well to slow down this ATN team.
The utility is going to be so important for G2 to keep them from getting that momentum.
The call here is for them to reconvene and re-clear all of the space.
And yeah, so far at least ATN, they've been slipping the net.
They've been able to get that plant down and Jade able to, until they take Jade down,
it's going to leave them with a little bit of a tingle down their spine,
especially if she can hit shots like that.
That's the big first one, opening, coming in for ATN.
And despite players being low, they have this flag down.
The timer is on their side
Flash though the retake so much you told the side of G2 and his weapon advantage
Nobody follow up with the flash either that got chucked over by the order and it's just cleanup crew at this point
Grouping trying to minimize any losses on the G2 side of ever sticks to the fuse and they crunch on a Jade who had stuffed away
In vents, so it's dicey for a moment
But G2 make it pretty clean honestly if that shot there didn't hit onto four players on it
I think they would have had a lot easier of a time trying to anchor down after that spike when splanted
You know, I can I can almost hear like ever like 45 54
I hit four people with that shock dart that did like 200 damage
Except right sitra. But yeah, that was a massive one for sure. I mean, that's my Jade getting that opening kill
There really wasn't a way for
ATHs to capitalize on it just because of the fact that they were already low and also
Yeah, because of the fact that they didn't have the guns aforementioned guns
It was gonna take a miracle although that bandit did give me a bit of hope for one second either way though Amy
She's been the hard anchor on the site vice utility ready to go no real way to break it either
I mean you could I guess you could trigger it with the Euro clone
That's kind of the best best way that your encounters literally every sense of the world there
But yeah, I think that for Amy playing that solo anchor gonna be able to at least try to get us kill on spawn
But it's gonna be ever who gets it off the back of that beautiful recon
Oh, and now it just shocked darts out in the open trying to keep Amy alive and supported back site
But they steamroll in and they work now to flip the site challenging even into security setup ready
Get ready with the three two one swing here
We go and Akita is prepared for it right takes down both and Karina now realizing I got to get aggressive here
I have the better weapon. Let's see if I can just hit some nasty shots and get a clip and monia
does know I'll trade out my teammate will secure the third round bonus conversion
You know a nice little sacrifice there for Makita either I'm able to hit another shot or I know my teammates will back me up
But a little bit unfortunate there that purity splash shouldn't connect
Thanks to the positions being held there by G2 because I think that CT5 was a good call
It just didn't work out the way that ATN expected either way the bonus round converted here by G2
Which is super big because we're talking about how it was important for ATN to find that momentum out of the game
But already round number four, they're gonna be pushed into that kind of equal situation
Which is very hard to deal with when you're running a triple duelist comp and you don't really have the utility that you need to
Composite for that I suppose? They do have the ult on Karina so if they can get a spike down make it up of a delay
They could try to play for that industry
And I think my issue right now that's kind of been resolved is they are so death balled down a hole right?
They're not trying to leverage like oh it's a triple duelist
We're probably gonna commit when you see all of us and then leaning into like a lurk from Blossy
Which right now is here this round right she's searching for this anchor we're towards be searching for Amy and
No peaks no Intel no nothing being provided
But we're not just ending after we showed presence this time for alternate attacks
Redistributing players leaving carry deposited to try and cook with this bar show
G2 you want the momentum?
I'm not letting anything slip.
I like this outlaw as well, knowing that everybody is low, or possibly going to have
light armor at best.
It's going to do so much damage if in the right place at the right time.
AT&T and they've cut noise, now they're looking to walk back towards this site, however the
problem is, Bonnie is still here, beautiful hole and the site smoke as well for her to
play around again.
The utility from Eva has just been so essential here and being able to maintain control of the side.
That's had a nice shot there from the Euro and all of a sudden it's still a 4v3.
I mean that a 4v2, that a 4v1, alright. As I said, I was looking even GT this time.
No, no, Zack, you're wrong. And then almost flawless round to close things out.
That outlaw really coming in clutch at the end there. Just a couple kills there for the gents and a very nice round for G2.
No, absolutely. Just two things like apparent to me that round as we get the alternate attacks
time out is they at least identified like the site that the vice wasn't on but I completely
agree they need to figure out where this ever utility is coming from because it has gotten
to kill every single time they've exacted and it's usually one of these three entry
duelists such as Jade and on the flip side of things G2 they feel so ready. Remember
I mentioned this scene was go go go they like to take space on maps like bind well that
that tendency is carried over to Abyss and you've seen Akita at the helm prepared every
time holding these aggressive angles, right, with the Bulldog in security or whether it's
that outlaw over the top heaven angle where you know they're going to want to fight to
curb any sort of retake attempts.
100% yeah, and G2 have definitely been good with the timings that they're taking the
fights, you know, being able to catch out ATN on the flood in or just reconvene before
they get their post-bun positions really in place in a lot of these rounds, even when
they do get the spike down.
So yeah, it's been a really good showing coming out of them.
I think that for ATN, it's going to be important this time
out to figure out how exactly they want to get onto G2 site
without taking too many casualties,
because I think that's been kind of the problem
that they've had for the last few rounds.
No, absolutely.
And honestly, I'll say it now.
We're memeing this composition.
There is a chance alternative attacks to say,
this isn't our map.
Let's see if we can just out-duel, out-aim them,
and then get on to bind our strongest map and Corode,
which has been pretty decent.
But, I think what happens,
again, taking the fight towards this A site,
realizing the vice is defaulted towards B,
and this time, you don't have to worry about
that's over, you till if you're having the Hunter's Fury,
if you are in the dimensional drift,
and this time they've circumvented that recombot kill
they've got in the backside space,
and G2, playing for the immediate reflood.
I said, oh, for me, need a Bladestorm as well,
able to find that first player. Blossy gets shut down. The problem is you still have multiple
players and oh my god, that's a huge triple to come in there from Karina. The hero when
they need it, it's going to give them the space to plant. Mimi, of course, will might
be able to at least give a little bit of information, but now it's a two before off the back of
that triple.
Ooh, nice chip damage though. On to Puri there. You can see them trying to handle these loose
ends while they have the one player isolated. The one they haven't made contact with though
is Amy in the 1v3 the overheal went through so only one of these players is
low and they dealt with that and now they have to deal with three more tucked in
each and every off angle prepared to swing as soon as context made it's a
battle between the duelists to see who will take the crown and kill to get
their first round on the board there it is I mean I I agree with what you said
Zach that an old man was good the blade storm was good but sometimes you can't
that shut down heroic play is
from Karina. I mean, when
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that round was the key d
able to find that triple
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exactly the counter round
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go towards his B site. Akida
operator finally going to
place as well. Amy's setup is also here. Purity manages to TP onto site. I know that the information
has been garnered here by the vise, but now how are they going to take this vise? That is the question
that I have in my mind. Beautiful flash from Amy, but not able to convert the kill. Emma gets betrayed
though, along with Mimi. These are the kills that you would like to see and they know they have the
information that only one has crossed over to site right now. The rest of them ready on the cross.
3 players have rotated as well, meaning it gets the spike dropped.
It'll be a brawl, 2v3, numbers are down, trying to find an easy kill to isolate where you can,
and yeah, all the meanwhile, Akita is creeping in, and she might not even get to the party
before their fragments are served. Blossy.
Little ounce of recognition that it could have happened, but there's bigger fish to fry,
I'm like, I'm up here and I love that Akita is not overheating. She's just waiting again for the confirmation for the spike cap perhaps.
Very dicey. At least Glossy gonna go stick that plant 20 seconds left. Might as well get that extra money in the bank and then try to win out the 1v3.
The problem is again just the Yuto coming in from this team. Nice smoke.
smoke, the problem here is that Akita is still on this line with the Operator, they mirror
down the position of Blossy and there's gonna be no escape for her unfortunately. Just not
sure where to take the fight when there's so many angles and three G2 players that you
have to worry about. Not the easiest of times. I also don't think they spotted out Akita's
flank so it's also going to be a little bit of a play that they can remake because I don't
know if they can have any idea of it.
That is true and it's not like they'll flank cold with the triple-duoist composition but
I do really like the coordination here that we're seeing between Mimi and Amy on this site, right?
It's like that triple box is held by Mimi. The back side is held off of this sheer wall by Amy.
And I do think alternate attacks need to find a way to get through that if they are going to continue to go B.
And I do think they should be leveraging the Reina, the Yachter, and working maybe simultaneously that mid-space.
Because if you have these two players stacked on site, you know that mid-space is going to be weaker.
You know, it's probably just maybe that sova or a jet holding it and I probably hit it with the operator
but now
spotted it out. Hopefully in vain. Eva got baited out by a fake as well. Hunter Shuri now wasted and mentioned recycling the b-hit
Let's see if it succeeds this time around
And Yorua also has managed to rotate over. Maybe the Hunter Shuri a little bit of an over-convictment there
They're looking to fight towards the G2 players. Jade able to find that first opening. He'll suck in the corner though
It's gonna be Mimi to find that crucial trade and now the back of the Cavalry is here
Mimi doesn't even need it though triple for her and now it is just Purity left alone on their lonesome as G2
Shut things down for players still alive and that's kind of a trend that we're seeing in a lot of these rounds
ATN even if they're able to get that first killer not able to deal with the
Complete flood of G2 players that are here for revenge for their fallen Comra and so many of these rounds
The only one that they've managed to win has been off the back of a year of play
So I I'm not sure what exactly they can do better apart from yeah second time on calls in seven rounds
This might be a record for ATN
Yeah, I was wondering if I was going to be here. We mentioned again
It was a crutch comp pick I'm going for the three duels when you're starting out on the attack on a map that you're not come
through with trying to throw wrench into the g2 game plan
But again, it looks like g2 are just playing their their own game here still again
anchoring when they need to, reflighting into the sights before the spike goes down like they
typically do on many maps and alternate attaches haven't been able to get ahead of it. And
mentioning like, oh, what can they see fixed here? I think it is trying to shift away from that reliance
on solo players having heroic moments. Like even last round, right? Jade with the blades was kind
of alone fighting for that backspite space, trying to curb this heaven and link reflight
when the teammates were still trying to tuck around that back side space under bridge, so
I again want that coordination. Okay, what do we do when we get to site? Where are we fighting
forward as a team? I think the team is the key factor here because even if ATN are pushing
forward and trying to go for those fights, it's been very disjointed and the trades just haven't
been there unfortunately for them. So yeah, I think that's been the biggest difference maker for G2.
Also, just consistently G2 players are getting way more multi frag, so yeah.
Again, no purity, managing to get that TP onto site.
I don't know if it's gonna be enough, so Amy, tucks in the corner, does have the ult as well,
willing to pop it to slow this down, and again, it just completely stops ATN in their tracks.
They don't really have the utility to get onto site, forcing the play here.
It's just gonna have to be them taking these contact fights now.
Celia off the back of that flash goes down Amy just holding down the sight reposition and the remaining three players
Forced to rotate off the angle but even that information garnered by Vanya here
What do you do do you commit back towards a?
You fight back into B
You knew there was at least to be
From Celia's death the flash that supported the vice
And that Sova's also been not too far behind from this B long-hold, but you mentioned Akita on the plank
and how that was going to be a snake in the grass for later on. It has bear days to keep us out of this victim and
Now they know that they're committing B and these players can anchor
They're just holding down the fort not leaving themselves too open. Karina though finds the first one this time
Not gonna be able to be a hero as ever find that immediate refrag and once again
It's Blossy left on her lonesome spike dropped in no man's land 20 seconds left to the clock and Akita with their cross
there in the right place at the right time a double on the flank for the jet
and seven rounds for G2 in this half we were saying we would like to see an
eight four score is OVM and for the other side I think that's understood
perhaps and then somehow like the triple duelist is just gonna impress us on the
defense for who knows I'm gonna be scratching our heads but for now I do
want to again talk about alternate attacks because they just lost that run
while coming out of the timeout, but I did see progress, right? With that fake out, they did
flush out a lot of that B site utility. I just wish they instead cut noise, maybe re-hit through
the main channels instead of going entirely through mid, or at least like split up, right?
So there was that, like, again, split attention on the G2 side, because if you notice, they all
were looking towards mid. They were all looking towards link because there was no B main pressure,
and that is a problem. So hopefully that's something they can think through on their own
time this is going to be a very short tech pause so if you're not we'll be back to the
action very very soon but other than that I mean G2 have been playing this map pretty
cleanly right it doesn't feel like they've been tested at all they've been just kind
of running them up from a key to on the flank multiple times to again getting the info without
getting punished around mid space again there's not much to critique.
The only around that they lost was around where somebody made it in the same hero play
They haven't been really making any mistakes on this particular map.
The level of pro that they've done is pretty clear.
And more than that, I feel like they've done a decent level of anti-stratting for how AT like to play,
because they are not letting them have any time to get established at all.
Once they get an eco for the ATN squad, Akita with the operator on the angle,
gonna be hearing this orb getting taken.
Not sure if it's a thing quite yet, although I mean nobody really gonna contest it.
They know that there's an op online, they just don't know where.
And yeah, all they've got in terms of utilities one solo dart and one solo drone for the whole round
Maybe like two so my darts are very lucky and you use your first one early
It's just not enough for them to make any kind of headway. I mean last time they got into the A side
It was all over a dimensional drift hunter's theory combo, right?
This round I defaulted by breaking the mid vent and I thought it was gonna be like
Oh, we're gonna use the yoda roll to fake a while we go B
But I mean you're making contact all already with the off and the players are already so deep into B
or Amy's playing this off angle, I don't think this plan is going to work out as they hope.
Yeah, I'm not sure about this. I mean, of course, it's an eco run. You're allowed to try new things.
The problem is so far, Amy has just been impossible to get rid of on this B site. Maybe if you push
it with three players, that's gonna be the call. And Celia gets that headshot onto her.
Vania and Mimi now the two remaining anchors on this site. Vania gets the formation on the first,
Plays destruction but Celia again good for the trade.
Evo on the flank though manages to get the spike.
I've dropped into 2v3 at the end of it all.
Celia has been able to pick up that rifle.
Try to make a push a little bit further back.
10 seconds the spike has to go down here.
Jade managing to do it.
But now it's a 1v3 with just a sheriff.
And now knows there's a flank as well.
What do you really do here?
Nothing, it seems to be the answer.
And G2, a nice round once again.
But I mean, like you said, improvements coming in from ATN
steadily, I just don't think the pace that they're coming in is possible to deal with this G2 onslaught.
And I mean, that's white plans at least going to help them for the rest of the half, yeah.
Yeah, but it feels like there's no balancing the scale right now.
Like, I asked for more help in those backside fights and they got this round, right?
All three players, quick succession, Celia as well playing perfect timing so that we could have this rat from Blossom.
Mimi, first off, still gets to kill. And then second, because all the players, because it's an eco,
we're getting on the site and getting that deep control, that's what opened the door for that flank from Eva.
from Eva. So again, I hate that I'm saying this in a VCT gamechangers lobby, but can
we have Raina Golerk? That's the strat, that's the solution. Raina Golerk.
Hey, it works in ranked, man. It works in ranked. If it works in ranked, it works. You
could work here. And I mean, yeah, the Triple Do is running in together. Definitely not working,
especially, like, yeah, it makes a lot of sense for the Raina to lurk because number
one, Flanks are coming in every time. Number two, it's not a dive agent, so not like it's
doing a lot of help getting you onto that site here.
And Celia's a good player. She's a chamber player, right?
Yeah, like, Chamber of the Skilled Joy, she's like a usual hardcore Sentinel Viper, whatever you call it, no?
Yeah, correctly.
She has a internal clock, you know, it's very synced to that.
True.
This is an interesting one, though.
Usually it was, again, Mimi and friends supporting over towards this B-Side anchor around the Vice Detail.
This time it's been a hard read of an A-Commit.
I think they've bullied them too much on the B-Side that they expected this call.
They expected maybe again the combination do over didn't expect the forced operator from Jade that might just be their saviour
Two kills found the heart anchor of the astra gone
She's got to be careful this heaven space
You've got to wait ideally for the you till to come back up from this null command fading purity as well
In a really good position is she could just wait out the suspicions long enough
30 seconds left. Flash is gonna be everything if it comes next to an odd and it's absolutely
perfect. Mimi has been hitting the mark every single round for this. However, this flank
is coming in. Purity ready for the headshot, ready for the kills and that's exactly what
you needed. ATN they converge onto G2. G2 thought they were the ones in the hunts but
it was the other way around and finally managed to get another round on the board. I really
like that walk-up from Purity, just not giving away any info. And G2, I don't think they were
expecting it at all, that dimensional drift, followed by that positioning, and followed by that
attack operator. A lot of things went right, including being able to get it, get that first kill,
but yeah, just wrap around, just shut things down on that retake. Yeah, I mean, G2 stacked towards
A, they wanted the fight, and they got it. And I will say that's where alternate attacks do tend
to thrive, is when they are given the most direct style of fight. And with a triple duelist as well,
it was just kind of a cherry on top. Now, is G2 gonna give them that opportunity every round?
No, and they've cheated up yet again Akita no longer sporting the operator scaling deep in it to be right below Windows
So no defaulting right to get rid of the vice util this time around and in the meantime
Everybody else again playing these one and done angles for info
Contact speaking of contact look at Akita
discipline waiting for both
Oh Jade
Okay, 10 more seconds. They both would have been in that heaven window, unfortunate.
Ships in the night, we could have missed what could have been, but yeah, it was very awkward, but also just a one-for-one trade at the end, Celia.
Well, you said it, you wanted to see a lurk from Maria, just the timing, not quite there for her.
It does get shut down, the rest of ATM though, they haven't made any noise quite yet.
So I don't know, Vania is going to be expecting this ever, maybe sensing a shiver down her spine.
spine, gotta be here for the backup and the jumpy from Mania, gotta get a beautiful position
for her.
Oh, the jump up not quite there in her favor, the back side, Rika not gonna quite connect,
the barrel spotted out by Ewa and Karina goes down as well to her.
So now it's a 2v1 Jade with the uphitting to do it all, sprite dropped in no man's land
and yeah the cross being watched, just not much you can do there as you to get themselves
a 7th round.
G2 are getting away with murder with some of these multi fronts.
Sure, I mean, the recall stall that Blossie put out into working in Eva's favor, there's
not much you could do there, and he did with this opening kill as well.
When it looked like they were probably going to end in that BS book that I've been hoping
for, asking for, all the plans fell apart.
And while it was a nice regroup call from Blossie in that mid-round, they really needed
to take out not just Vania, but Eva in that situation.
Yeah, they needed a little bit more than what they found, sadly, and timing not quite there.
Maybe we can get a 9-3.
The long-fabled Valorant Curse might be a little bit of a benefit here, 4-18 if not at least
having an extra round on the board.
Operator still in the hands there for Jade, has the Blazorm as well to fall back on, but
now it's going to be first shot taken by Akita, finds Wossy for free, no more smokes for the
remainder of the round, which is going to make this operator even more powerful.
I think one thing that I've been noticing about the current meta has been like how insanely
overpowered the ops have been looking across the board.
Because now you tell them to plush them.
Yeah, they're just stuck man and they just can't get locked out of position.
G2 have literally been holding the same angles, the same corners for most of this map.
G2 at least able to fight when Karina shoves down.
Amy though, that's a huge kill.
Gonna open up the site, the vise utility now offline.
Position of Mimi given away as well.
They don't know who it is.
It does have the knife ready and uh, yeah, it's gonna be a 2D3 on this reading.
I like that the weir is just being used for delay used for intel
Further drone comes in as well, and you know the deer point strips away. You're gonna have it anyways
So all is looking quite well, and I love the hunter series
Well, just to not allow a regroup and Celia. There's that rain of the feast or famine last round pop the bower and go for it
Holding the angle of the off now
Fragmented off by this cosmic divide and she is just front and center and
fragging up a storm 24 HP, one more left to go for the final clip but Jade will
take that highlight reel. There it is you set it in some Zach the 9-3 curse.
Oh I don't know if it's gonna be enough for AT-End though because G2 on this
attacking side have so much utility coming in for them either way though
So we're going to be taking a short break before we start with the second half.
Welcome back everybody to week three of the round robin stage one for gamechangers EMEA.
We are amidst map one of g2 goes and versus alternate attacks and it boy as a not been
the gigabanger start we thought it was going to be for some of our top teams right now
in the round robin a surprise triple duelist alternate attacks down actually at the attack
half three nine now clawing for comeback and it could all start with this pistol and start
with Purity as well.
For a second I thought that Purity looked like
it was gonna be a fall off the map,
the biggest danger when it comes to this particular map.
Immediately recon votes destroyed by G2
and I think that's a big difference as well
that we're seeing in these rounds.
I think that Emma's, Emma's, Util found so many kills
with this vote for her, but yeah, G2 just reactions
a little bit faster on this side
and they're gonna be able to get that spiked out
a full 5-1-5 retake is what we're looking at
and look at the positions being held as well
by this G2 squad.
Oh, it's gonna be a true test right there in the prime positioning post plant protocols
Activated and only the triple Jules can throw a wrench into it
They're using the side smokes to get out and the ash just on backside is nice for fragmenting the players as well
But they are playing one and on they're trying to take away impurity is hunting them down one after another and after she's found
The impact she's doing the team work getting on the spike
Wow pulls it off, but it does not matter in the grand scheme the players off site holding the plant can't scale back in fast enough
And it is a flawless round that pistol
Actually some nice shots on the bandit there. We were seeing the new pistol really in action
But yeah, that's why I said look at where the G2 players are playing because like you said most of these one-and-done positions
No real way for you to be able to trade. I also like that little block on the
on the asteroid utility to deny it from coming in counter pull rather and
Yeah, I think just a very nice round the kind of burst of
momentum that, that's sort of the momentum that you really need. You said that maybe
AT&T could pull off a miracle on this defensive side and that seems to be a
G2O. Despite getting the plant, it's not going to be forcing into this happy to play
patient, clear out main, but there's a three stack on side and the high low
medium. It's not even high low, it's high low medium. Look at this.
It's here in cake and they are trying to deliver it. And oh, I mean slice it to
Oh, it was nice. Okay, Blossy.
Blossy, the final straw and ever has somehow pulled out.
Blossy out too and she somehow wins this. That would be the fatal blow to any sort of comeback and any sort of 9-3 curse.
Oh, Jayden.
Oh, okay.
For a second I thought they were going to miss each other but yeah really nice round from
a ATN to finish off this funtake.
That's a G2 not going to be feeling too bad about it.
Take down three players.
Only two guardians going to be carried forward although those were the most expensive guns
in that round.
Bandits and sheriffs can be dropped if they want to play out this bonus and suddenly you
know 9-3 looked pretty bad, 8-1 looked really bad, but 9-5!
It seems like a little bit of a climmer of hope for this ATN spot.
I'm not too too terrible here, but all eyes will be on this next round, right?
You can bonus, then you start believing, right?
Once it gets a double digits, it's like, it's harder to be that perfect and not lose a round
or two on the way to a comeback.
You know, just looking at the players on the other side, right?
Akita, Mimi, Vanya, Amy, even Eva, this map, or in particular, they have those pop-off
moments here and there, and like they're already set up to challenge mid-space, but
Look at alternate attacks.
We have four players here, kind of predicting it
and ready to scale down.
As soon as noise is cut, there it is, the trigger pulled.
I feel like the timing here could be really, really good
because you want to take the same main space
and then leave someone to watch the flag.
I forced some info.
Not gonna be really finding anything
and look at this, the triple flag.
Oh, I don't know if you two are gonna be expecting it.
the difference so Amy has the shear available. They're gonna have to timing this perfectly if
they want to cross over. Number still in favor of the leader side. It's gonna have to come out to
the fight team out and they missed the timing sadly. Only Celia makes it across. The rest of G2
are coming to check it through and at the first second I thought there was a chance of a Guardian
Collet. That said though, I like that. You know Celia makes a sacrifice and the rest of her team
can try to reflank with G2. It's kind of a shiver up their spine. Mimi and Bonilla both going for
the reflight refried at least beauty with the opposite able to find one although i mean at this
point you just have to call a save right it's a it's a it's a 2v4 you've got to be told still in
place yeah just save the audio maybe friday is the guardian i guess but you just aren't giving
her chances look at this dammit all the exits and that's what she's going to do first headshot
down okay okay execution on to the second and she might get out towards the third if not a
the colapsed by the spike detonation and there it was i mean they keep the
ops of theirs that but g2 get up to a double digits and honestly i was like
conflicted on the celia taking a contact before regrouping with the team
because on one end it's an eco right you want the power numbers and second i
like to imagine it was a sacrifice right it's like okay i either get the kill i
can dismiss out or if i die i hopefully set up my team for success because they
won't be expecting the second or the third but they didn't get any of those
It's exactly because G2 was that aware because Mimi was watching their back and now I mean kind of five
You have to win this first rifle round or you're broke and G2 will be
Pretty much getting up to 12. Oh
Okay
a little bit overconfident knowing that the Alps was saved there from Akita, but
Yeah, first blood definitely in favor of this team
However, mistakes being made on the other side, a little bit of uncoordination coming from Karina and Jade.
But Jade's still there for the refrag as Emma goes down, bringing things down to the 3D.
Do we look at this position where Amy goes deep flirt, takes down Purity. That's the first operator gone.
There's still another one though in the mix here and Amy trying to fall away.
The shot goes wide though and she will be able to escape the rest of Jitu now running back towards the A site.
Amy able to cut off the rotate as well once again look at her positioning. It's just so incredible in this round. I
Mean, that's the player we wanted to see not so worried about again wall rotation timey can play her own game
Can write her own story and might just be riding g2 into an 11th after that right these players for alternate attacks divided
Blossy was spy mode activated tracking these players in the rotation towards the ace site, but now we're taking with an op
Lossy having to win this exchange against Nemi. It goes south and so does the fight on the other side of the map and
There it is
That was around that couple of mistakes being made but of course I think the Lurt coming in mainly for
The beautiful Lurt coming in from Amy was what kind of decided around there despite as well
I mean, even if they've been able to get one kill here, it could have very well made an ATN round.
This double operator wasn't expected by G2, but still able to do the damage.
Couple of mistakes from ATN that G2 were happy to capitalize on, and now ATN's economy on its last legs.
Look at this. It's going to be half armor, guardians, couple of rifles across the board, a bit of an awkward buy.
And Amy, actually, sheers to come through on the other side, going to be watching for this bush.
Get the first, but purity there for the frag.
That kinda gave way to the position. I love the idea that the security kid can get crushed right back into the B-Anger!
The smoke though from- He may works against her there.
Fragments the fight splits up the high low and spends her six feet under.
I'll still have the numbers, Eva, if she can get the plant down and get off site.
Would have the Hunter's Fury here, which is exactly why Jake- Jade, sorry, is poking and prodding through the flank.
gonna be a question of timing Mimi is able to spot out the flank at the very
least the problem is how is she gonna be able to get rid of it surrounded on all
sides while sees the one to find the kill ever incredible in the clutch before
about but a 1v3 her position node isolates the first fight gets it done
alright suddenly a little bit of hope the clock ticking as well I don't know
she'll have time to use the hunter's fury in the position that she's in but the
fights have to be won here by this ATN squad doing her that's gonna be the
If you suck however as Blancie successfully pulls off a defense at ATN, get themselves
to six.
Really nice try by Eva there in the 1v3, but again, the high low positions, the verticality
of the bop, it seems like both these teams are really enjoying it.
And that was a huge, huge round.
Taking out the player that literally upturned the previous round, that was up to a good start,
and this moment from Puri, this is why we highlighted her in the pre-show from moments
like that, and will ever put up a good job again keeping at least the flank under control
that was brewing it's hard again like you mentioned with that high low positioning with
the verticality with these abyss changes and it does give them an out lease on life one
more to break the pocket books for G2 goes in and I do like this call as well after the
last round right they flip the mid control into an advantage so what does G2 do strip
that advantage away fight for it first and foremost.
I really like, it's a nice little adaptation after those last couple of rounds.
They've lost very few rounds, but it seems like every single one that they've lost, they've learned something from it and are happy that that's off the back of it.
Now going for this very mid heavy push, Nimes gonna be the only defense here for Jay to try and hold things off, although there's a crossfire between her and Blossy.
Heaven open, however, that's gonna be a nice little frag. Amy wins out that duel with Jay, but immediate frag to come through for Blossy.
It opens up the site NF4 G2 to be able to get that spike down
If ever can get off site in this particular round it might be NF4 the hunter's fury
4 versus 4 retake coming in but the dimensional drift is gonna be
So what are the silver job? You gotta watch your teammate
But ever pulls out in time to get that kill Celia finds a refrag
But it might be a little bit too late ever alone on site doing their best to hold on to V2
Their retakes have been showing signs of promise, but at the end of the day, I just think it's being made.
I'll be honest, I thought Eva was a goner there. I'll be real with you.
Yeah, I did too. I think that's the end where they were like, if I can find this one, do I have to take the Hunter's Fury out?
That's enough. That's what my life is worth in this round.
But then she finds neither, and the teammates weren't even in position to flood back in after her.
You saw Blossie struggling to keep up, but at that point now, where G2 goes and on their pick, right?
Gotta keep that in mind here when addressing the composition and the state of alternate attacks Ruby here on the flip side
Helia only sheriff and had very precarious position around a main
There is about the right word I would say that's that it's a full-on confrontation
First kill though gotta be found here for the so I need it refax come through for Amy
They don't check a corner and it's going to be a punish with the sheriff although that all times it as well for another kill giving
ATM the numbers advantage if I think in one of the few times they've consistently had it as well
They'll be trying to get that spike down but the problem here is the utile to clear towards heaven Amy gonna be
Meaning out maybe a push coming here, but yeah, they still have to get the spike down and Mimi alone towards CT might not be the best
Spots out the shoulder, now falls back.
They're trying to get that advantage, right? They know they're down a number.
And honestly with them handing back sight, that might give the opportunity for purity and this Bucky to scale front sight undetected.
They decide to peel off just trust in the two teammates and security and Blossy can get the job done on her lonesome here perhaps.
Oh, the Bucky in the face. Blossy defined the kill at the end, but yeah, you said it right.
right nice nice round there even if they didn't have the greatest eco I think
that number one putting that many people on the side as well as being able to
find those trades they're getting certainly better at a 12 to 7 fight
rounds between them and overtime five perfect rounds that they need in a row
and yeah they're able to hold on to the operator and they're gonna be having
revitalized finances after that G2's economy on the other hand it's been
going to a little bit of back and forth although them consistently getting these
Like, Flanth has definitely helped.
Absolutely, and honestly, the player's being just out of the radius of that steel garden
helped out tons for alternate attacks anchoring that site, and that went to Karina, and they're
not out of the woods yet.
Are there light shields across the board?
This is the big round to get past, right?
You know, the broken buy is three big ults that we know G2 would not be afraid to invest
into this B site, but look at how many attacks there are before people here, anti-flash and
all.
plenty. They are paired. Oh wow. So is Akita though for the swing on the angle. And I've
detected four players. Akita gets away with bloody murder two kills already with that hero
guardian. I'm sorry. That's just conk on lives from 2024 champions with that guardian there
on this map. It just it just feels the same way. Akita might be the difference maker in this
equal round spots out another player willing to take the fight. It should be a little bit
low. Might be better to drop the gun to a teammate. There's a huge huge advantage here in Blossy.
the only one who can kind of try to stop it, not able to get the kill on the angle though,
on site however, gets revealed the rest of G2, possibly flooding in, but instead they're going
to be going back towards that A site, sorry towards that B site, now that they've made noise here,
Nini has been holding down the fort as well, so yeah 45 seconds, they've got to go somewhere,
and B seems to be the call. I mean there was so much time to rally back towards this B site,
and Celia who had that 4 B position gave it up when they were making contact on the Blossy
So she gets clipped from Heaven. Now it boils down to a 2v5.
And I mean, yeah, there's some players low HP, but there's everything they can to avoid these fights until the bitter end.
I love this Astraliatility from Vanya. Freaking utility from G2 has just been top-notch to Soma.
We'll talk about it more if this is the last round here, but there's so much to do here for Blossie and Karina.
One more smoke left after this one. What are they going to do with it?
is the question you've also got, Vania,
with the Astrayatility ready, clock ticking and raring.
The Sova ulters, well, it seems very difficult
for anything to happen here.
And Vania, as you know, I even give them the chance,
34 G2 to close things out, 13 and seven.
And honestly, from beginning to end,
a very dominant showing from this roster.
No, absolutely.
I mean, we saw, you know, some question marks
about this composition for alternate attacks
and obviously the 9-3, just too strong
to make a comeback from.
I'll say respectable for a map that previously only played once and you lost a job life in the first round of the round robin
913 and I'm just hoping that they don't let this get under their skin again
We need that confident
We need that disrespectful alternate attacks that we saw versus KC going into their map pick of bind and I mean G2
I feel like you can't even really point out one MVP on this team for this map, right?
I feel like every player was having really good anchors
I feel like Akita was doing really well, especially in that first half,
heading a lot of this aggression that alternate attacks is known for.
Amy had that one really important lurk round that turned things around.
It's just everybody locked in.
100% I mean, looking at the scoreboard that definitely tells the story as well.
Sadly, I mean, this is what we were worried about with this rain up.
If you're not getting those multi frags, even if we saw it shine
in a couple of rounds with the frags coming in for her,
just not having the impact that you would like.
but MEP here gonna be Eva, it wasn't just her getting those frags right? Like yeah, she might have 20 kills to her name
but her utility throughout this whole map was just so
pristine, whether it was those insane shockdarts, whether it was the recon's that let her team just find those spam kills on that defensive side
I think not only was she
fragging her mind that she was also helping her teammates frag their mind out and that's like exactly kind of what you want to have on this team
It seems like every game they play this spy is able to just
absolutely build chemistry match by match and they've been looking better and
better throughout. I don't know Zobey, I mean it's all these thoughts are just
insane to me, like especially that ACS the way that she was playing, she wasn't
even like going super aggro, it was just people walking into her all the time.
No completely and I'm glad you mentioned again how her U2 was able to set up so
many kills because that was the big difference between G2 goes in this map
to me versus that's alternate attacks Ruby is. In how again Amy and Mimi were
paired together on the defense right there was always flashes to support
there it was again not like three duelists fighting their own battles it was again very sustained very
coordinated and I've seen that from alternate attacks and I'm hoping that on more versed
compositions what they're used to what they're prepped for that will get that return but yeah
this was the difficulty it's like G2 were allowing them to get the spike down and then just immediately
bodying him. Yeah just the flood retakes were beautiful of course even getting onto site
Eva's Recon's work, claiming casualties for sure. She had 20 kills and 7 assists, of which I'm pretty sure at least half of them were.
If not most of them were the Recon assist that we saw coming in.
Ballistic performance coming in from her, but in terms of the statistics here, what really does interest me is both teams kind of struggle with the post plans.
Like, they had their retakes available. They were good at the retakes setup, but yeah, G2 with the first kills, I think that just gave them a clear advantage
that they were able to completely just steamroll and take through here to take their map pick in the series.
It's gonna give them a nice little confidence boost heading into map number two and yeah, I mean ATN
What do you really do here? I mean, I'm still not convinced about the rain up big
Maybe maybe they were just like, okay fine a best is a map that we've lost on before like you we were talking about in the
Green room, maybe we're just gonna play it for fun
You know play it like a ranked game and I mean all things considered
They were able to make some headway in the second half and this is crazy to say
But you know that prediction that you had a little bit in the beginning and that the triple duelist comp might be better on
defense somehow that turned out to be true. I don't know how but it turned out to be true.
He always ends up that way even on maps like Haven but I think the biggest thing to again reaffirm
for the alternate attacks fans is this was not their normal and also they've switched some roles
around as well right you look at Purity they're usually the entry duelist not the Yoder's support
role and that was an often jade on the jet who's usually that supportive duelist role so I'm hoping
again that return to normalcy as well as right Celia who we expect on a bind to be on that viper
we'll ground them and we'll see the team that is currently third in the standings present and with
us in the server's act. That game definitely didn't feel like it for sure but before we head into map
number two bind and possibly a map number three we're gonna be taking a short break so we'll see
We'll see you on the other side.
You don't think you got a one-call?
To see your name on a song, honey, what you're gonna find?
You want the world?
No, you want the whole wide world to run around you?
You, you, you
To make your fantasy
You got a one-call?
You got a one-call?
is your pharmacy.
You got to push further.
You want to run the world?
No, you want the whole wide world to run the world?
You, you, you.
So when I eat your fantasy, you've got to work harder.
You've got to work harder.
Turn into reality.
You've got to work harder.
Realistic
You got what you want
You got what you want
Oh
I don't look at nobody paper. I be like, then I'm what I do. When that pressure hit, tell me, oh, Jesus, you stand up right. I was made for this. You can see that look up in my eyes.
GVS is in my teeth. So when you see me, I'm on my side.
Welcome back to VCT Game Changers.
EMEA stage three after a 13-7 victory from G2 goes and on map one.
Zack and I are back and ready to bring you all to mind.
Quick reminder for what's at stake.
Alternate attacks if they can complete the reverse sweep will lock in their spot in
playoffs while G2 goes and are battling for that number one seed position by having a win today.
wouldn't secure it unnecessarily, but again, it would definitely set them up for it.
100% yeah, I mean though, the way that they're running through some of these games,
it would make it very difficult for anybody else to dethrone them at that point, unless something miraculous happens.
We'll talk a little bit more about that though.
Map number two, it is going to be Bind coming in, ATN.
They send some weakness on it, they're gonna be picking it.
That said though, it was a very close map at the end of the day, even against KC.
And yeah, I mean, I think that for ATN, I would like to not see arena on this map starting
off like no hate to Celia.
I just don't think that's the agent that you want to, especially when you already have
two other duelists.
We saw them really struggle on a base with that lack of utility to clear any of these
corners because once that dart and that drone is gone, everything has to be in contact.
And G2 were just so good in being able to pick apart those kills.
I think that it's going to have to be a little bit cleaner on this map number two.
That said, those will be.
You were there for that bind, so or you watched that bind, so what were your thoughts on it?
I mean, I think we're definitely going to see again, I returned normalcy.
That's my hyped up before the start of the break aside from that.
I first thought I talked to the rest of this.
I think I can't wait to see the tweets after this from alternative
to actually see what went down in the age and slept in the call.
I think that's yeah, I would also like to see those tweets there.
I mean after this I mean like hey, we tried something maybe it didn't work
We're gonna be heading into agent select now though. So let's see ATN are continuing to cook or well over cook
Thankfully, no, they're gonna be reverting back to a more meta comp for this particular map the double dive back coming back in purity back onto that
Main duelist that first entry duelist while Jade stepping back to more familiar territory on that Yoru
But on the other opposite side G2 goes in they're almost running a mirror comp here
It's just going to be the KO and Yoru that are the difference makers and if you notice when we were heading into the
Heading into the map here
Zobie and I had on sunglasses for a very particular reason the flashes from Mimi on this agent have just been so impressive today
No, absolutely
And I'm really hoping that it comes in a clutch today to shut down some of these really aggressive fights
You're going to see from alternate attacks Ruby
I kind of alluded to it on a base as well
that Akita was at the helm of realizing and handling these fights that were consistently
coming to take back side space, that is not going to stop from altering an attack.
Ruby, in fact, it's going to be more oppressive.
You mentioned the lack of Utah that came from having both a jet and a rena over the way
lay, right?
And I think it's going to be that much better with Purity back on her main role.
You're going to see her with a Bucky at times.
It's going to be good.
And I'm hoping that they get off on the right foot with a nice pistol.
Attack is their stronger half on this map as well.
I mean, I think it was like an 8-4 or something up against KC and
If not, then there are chances that we could see a G2O goes in starting to work
E2O goes in they should actually change their name to that if they managed to pull this off
But yeah a lot on the stake here AT&T fighting for that number would seed and that qualification G2 looking to lock it in
themself. We're gonna be heading into map number two though, by even if that map
number one was a little bit messy coming in from ATM they still managed to look
good towards the second half so hopefully that map they're just taking it as
their warm-up. Now on their own map pick they're looking to push this series to the
distance the last two times that these teams have faced off. ATN has also G2 but
it's been steady improvements. It was a 2-0 the first time, a 2-1 the second time
and maybe this time it will be the dream come true the reverse sweep for real
either way though now just a bit of a default to start off with for this
attacking side. Yeah I thought we were gonna have a little bit of a head-on
collision outside of the early and we still might get it but it'll be off their
factor to be off of Akita the head-to-head versus the opposing waylay and it is
just the singular bullet the tap confirmed and exchanged and now it's a
question of okay does Mimi set up a re-swing from Akita looks like we're
about to see the answer. Let's find out if it's gonna be doing enough though I
I mean, I think that this holds so far, expecting a push from G2, not really being rewarded on short.
Fake with the prowler onto this B site, as the rest of the team head forward onto A.
The jump feed go for Vania is going to spot out this presence of fake, not quite working.
Although it has pushed G2 back towards his backside, once again the flash not quite connecting.
Although they've taken a lot of space onto site, first blood for Vania,
Plants coming in towards that triple box, Spam not quite connecting although Emma, I don't think her position has been spotted yet so
Yeah, it's gotta be a little bit difficult, of course, Virity willing to go in for this pick and she gets it, Mimi shut down
Oh, and this is the difference right? Alternate attack poking and prodding, they had new hall control
Their Rady and Purity goes back for seconds as well, no refract, no safety, it doesn't matter
But Evo was never cleared out of the site, Vani as well was gonna open up this round and now they lose it, there were two remaining
with that smoke on default as well, Karina has to fight back through the timing of the Haunt
but Tracer so they know exactly where she is marked out and running to try and get these players
and they've gotten it to half and they've gotten it all the way. G2 goes to another kick starting pistol.
I love that Eva held onto that Haunt until that end, that last thing because I think just getting
the position of that player through the scope was enabled them to play out that 2v1 perfectly.
Bonilla buying it up time for Hop to stick in the immediate double swing onto the remaining
player.
That said, ATM, we could see flashes of brilliance, you could kind of see what they were thinking.
Bonilla getting the triple, of course, was probably a little bit excessive, but Purity
definitely being able to find those two huge opening kills at, of course, keeping control.
I feel like if she had been able to win out that fight against Bonilla, it could have
definitely been a big factor there for sure.
Either way though, I mean G2, this will win.
Very nice to start off with, similar to last map, and once again, pretty decent investment.
bulldogs the stinger and the specter across the board also respect everyone's buying full armor
here no one's messing around no we don't want 45 things to take them out of contention
very smart
busting in the juicy sheriff also on this map you'll typically see the the way
lay sports in marshals or outlaws at the rounds from it so
exactly it's anything that that could prevent the second round from being bought g2 goes and
doesn't want nothing to do with it and you can even see Keira Akita makes contact but
doesn't commit to the fight without Mimi at her side.
Now, like the regroup recall here, you're still allowing Cele to creep in.
This is where I mentioned that she shines the most on these lurk roles and this would
have been why she connected that shot on the Mimi, but even with her depth, that's all
information, right?
You just saw all three of those players and now no, okay, a process of relation and there's
two here, let's pop the site's books, let's get in, and I'm saturated.
I mean, despite the Saturated, Amy should still have G. Now the Brimthrealm is actually
working against the team. Both her and Eva have managed to re-clear long and have this
control. They know that everybody's either on site, they're gonna be probably pushing
into CT here as the smoke fades. Unfortunately, the rest of G2, they're ready. The triple
firing squad for these kills in Vania. Two rounds has been able to get six kills, one
away from that orbital strike, which is generally just so impressive to me, and had you too happy
to get that round, make it a flawless as well. So this bonus suddenly looking pretty dangerous,
especially if they can get Vania's ult online, maybe with a... I think that Etienne might
be expecting it though, like the push for the orb.
No, completely. Vania wants another MVP basically at this point, and that's how she's playing
6 and 0, but honestly I saw the vision again, getting a spike down off the catapult smokes,
I just wish they were a little bit more direct and fighting for the space that they knew Amy was holding that they knew
That fade right the Evo was holding and they didn't do that
They kind of just hunkered down that's when they got that surrounding conquer mentality out of G2 goes and then allowed them to have
That flawless but coming into the next or forced up additional weapons in that regard you mentioned trying to deny this or well
There's three players there the entire protection service for Vanya
She's gone they keep that space and let Vanya tuck away back towards safety so she can support both the B site anchor and deny this a post and
And see alternate attacks now the gears turning they realize that's come online
They know they've probably lost shower space and
I'm like you just want to go back exploring Toratooka here. We'll see what Amy can do
The prowler time the catches are out however
However, I don't know if ATN might suspect that the other quarter hasn't quite been
clear yet.
Amy, happy to back away any day of the week, knows that it's a dangerous game to be playing
alone in Uka, especially with a specter rather than a judge.
Fury jumps down though, Amy goes and checks, Celia finds the re-thread, but the problem
is G2 has rotated over.
The weaponry though, not quite the greatest, so these fights not exactly in their advantage.
2v3 at the end of it all, as that spike goes down, Bonnia not gonna be able to stop it
with the ult or the molio does so much damage here to Karina and Akita's flank, it might
be the difference maker here if she can get to the brim and hookah.
I mean, that's your post plant right?
Blastia has the incendiary and you mentioned getting through her, well she has a mode her
down Vanya now with the 2v2 might be willing to invest this orbital strike, Akita though.
I'm getting ready for fight, spots out one, Karina's so low that I'm the only player that
that was asked to deliver in Naunia with two kills of the Sheriff, not even the other weapon
she was bonusing over.
However, the fatal blows and get G2 goes in another third round bonus conversion.
Yeah, just a repeat of map number one, I think it was 5-0 or something until 18, we're able
to get on the board.
Hopefully it's not the repeat of that case, but again, just the positioning, the rotations
from G2 as well.
They cleared all of showers, they had control of short, and they just have timing on the
flank as well. Everything went right for them and despite having that number's
advantage, this move doesn't work out. The icing on the cake is Jesus didn't even need
the ultimate to win that bonus round. My audience is gonna be holding onto it
and Akira has an op as well. This is not looking nice if you're an APN fan.
If I buy, they're one off from the nightfall at least. I will say Puriting a
shotgun is a scary combination. I've yet to see that classic alternate attacks,
A exec that I want to see, where they either dive fully into the back site, open over Trollcord,
they completely double smoke and fight heftily into showers and might finally get to see it here.
Vani a little overwhelmed, a little isolated here. Mimi instead, humble vision in towards the spike.
Denial will do so off the fragment. They never just lost to Chidi, Acelia going for the late
Reclear ulcer misses and this is what I want to see. Full focus on these players before the spike
goes down the no scope doesn't align even while hindered and just like that
ultimate attacks a firm advantage here on the A site
Chris depth as well for Vanya I mean I think the biggest biggest problem there
was just the two operator shots missing one you can forgive two is yeah not nice
even if you are hit by that sonneva now though 1v4 makes it a 1v3 knows the
position of one player the haunt though gotta be moving across her just a
little bit and the rest of ATN they're not moving a muscle just happy to play
for the info the flash connects onto Karina instead dislodges her
positioning and now Eva might have a chance at this one beat to the problem
is she doesn't have information about the second player Celia those swings at
the right time and it's gonna be ATN to win this round beautiful conversion they
didn't even need the nightfall and I think that just you said it they need to
push they need to push together and that push towards showers was exactly what
they needed.
Absolutely, and while I got a little dicey at the end, you even saw Karina realizing,
let me not 1v1 ever, let me rewrap her on triple and she still somehow gets isolated.
It'll be costly, it'll keep them kind of on a shorter leash going into the next, that
he'll give G2 goes in and in, but again, that's promise, and now the question is, okay, do
G2 goes in, just think that was a fluke, or do they do something about it?
And I'm seeing about them, they're about to do something about it.
Look at this fight, the side smoke, the stimmy, and the fragment, they are trying to get a
Kita in a position to frag on this eco and they have found first blood in doing so.
Okay okay oh my god Purity somehow gets gets only one there for a second I thought that second
player was also going to be the scuff spot Celia though able to keep things honest and even has the
Viper's pit now off the back of that kill Jade having taken site as well is going to be able to
buy enough time for this plant to come down I don't know if they're going to be investing that
ultimate quite yet yes they are and this might actually be a blessing in disguise for G2 because
They've got two Buc-E's at what better place to use a Buc-E than inside of Iperspit
Very very true the spike isn't quite in the Viper spit either Celia playing for the wrap
Timing possibly instead snake bite goes out with a cost to her life all she needs to do though
Just give Jade enough to get the job done
The spot either player goes for the time and goes for the off angle the flash to finish off the last is the idea
Celia, time so much of it left, that Eva will be able to bait out the full commit swing
and try to stick it all the way, it was so close and it is not enough!
0.19, I thought she had it in the nick of time, but the Red Bull clutch 4J, the parting
present from Celia, enough, the Viper spit delay, enough, and they somehow, again, claw
back around that G2 goes and had no business in winning. Yeah, I mean they
made an expensive for sure at the very least at least G2 with well might not
have been up might not have been able to get the thrifty there but they were
able to certainly do some damage and I like this double push as well just
purity like you said all that silly how to do was run the clock enough for Jay
to clutch it out and Jade was able to clutch it out in the end here comes the
Dimensional Drift though, gotta be able to get some early info, hinder to come in, catch
Cecilia, not able to get the kill, talking about kills though, is that Orbital Strike
to take her down?
The problem is that Eva is isolated on the site along with Vanya and you talked about
the shotguns here from Purity, it's just been absolutely incredible and two remaining
players from G2, I don't know how they really want to play this, I think that maybe it's
gonna be a C call from Akita, but Mimi, I'm sorry, it's a call from Mimi, but yeah,
if Akita can pick up a gun exactly, that's what I was thinking.
she's going to try to get towards hookah. I think there's a gun down sand,
which is being body guarded by purity. So I think that, I mean,
in depth itself is beneficial because she gets that convergent paths online for
the next round. So again, no harm, no foul in that regard.
Mimi will hold on to this week. I now will see the first G2 time out,
but they're definitely getting pushed now by these direct executions.
And this is what I thought was going to be the head to head here, right?
In G2, how this proclivity to before the spike goes plant,
try reflooding in and that's not something that alternate attacks are going to back down
and rotate away from.
They will fight into it time and time again.
That's exactly what we saw.
Jade and Purity, this double duelist combo that I promised was going to find that impact,
was going to find that those kills did just that.
He went with the knuckle, he went with the orbital strike, it didn't matter.
Exactly, yeah, the utility just so good there from both of these teams.
However, the defensive was the shooting and I think we're really seeing Jade starting
to get activated.
the last one she looked a little bit discomforted. First time out of today going to be called by G2.
I mean to be fair I would agree it's 3-0, 3-3 now you've got a full buy kicking in this time
around. You've still got the convergent parts available, one off of the Viper's pit as well.
So a lot on the line here if you can play the Stride on the opposite side, the purity has a
convergent parts of her own and if Lossy can get the spike down it's going to be the orbital strike
available in that post-plant. So I think for G2 in this round it's important, it's going to have to
be a little bit important to play, but perhaps aggressively deny that ult for Blossy or deny
the plan from coming in so they don't have to deal with it, or just prepare for it, you
know, take extra map control, push out somewhere else, get ready for the flank, get the problem
with the current bind composition, there's nobody really plays a hard anchor sentinel,
and a lot of these rounds has been sitting with the team, so if they're able to take
her down alone or just converge for that retake, you know, three people coming in from behind,
two people coming in on the flank, I don't know, you've got the conversion pots for
Akita as well. You hit it in the right spot, it might just be enough.
Yeah, I mean, you're not wrong. I do feel like they could easily get behind them. You
think about it best and how Akita was able to do it multiple times, how I think we saw
Eva as well with one really big flank that secured the final blows, but out of that,
I wanted to see this more aggressive approach from you two. I am getting it, I saw it attended,
I should say, I'm proud of me to keep them at bay to fuel a key to the escape, but they really don't get anything from their troubles.
A little bit unfortunate there, and that's been not finding anything.
And now, Mimi's knife might be the defence maker here.
The problem is the conversion pops. I don't know if they're gonna be investing it along with that orbital strike to get onto site in the first place.
G2 respecting it and giving them the space on the site, but the call is to fake the rotate and come back towards Long.
she just seemed so expected though because look at the positions that they're holding.
Again, alternate attacks aren't afraid to invest that extra layer of utility
to clear out space to get in position for an exec, especially when you have the conversion
path in your back pocket to fill that gap, to fill that space. And I like that they're waiting as
well for the regroup from Blossy so that they can be fully equipped with smokes and everything.
Best foot forward, let's see it pedaled to the metal.
Here it comes though the double ultimates that we were talking about G2 of course not
playing on site Akina I think does get spotted Celia is able to shut her down or Mimi pushes
it at the right time finds the timing and now is gonna be able to hold towards back
site the problem is ATN aware of it are gonna be the ones to push through counter spam to
come in denying Bania from being able to take that space onto site and now at least nicely
to fight in the corner with purity if she does get cleared out one traveler available
as well, but the problem is off the back of that C's, the contact is perfect.
It's all gonna come down to Baniya.
31HP does have that region armor, so a little bit of hope, but I'm only gonna deny her the space as well,
and a little bit of an adventurous peek there from Karina.
Not gonna find any value, I think they're gonna double peek into her any seconds,
Baniya, able to avoid the kills at the very least, but the problem is that there's just so much util available.
That guy's like even less bulletproof.
Baniya! The 1v2 Red Bull clutch, perfect headshots!
I don't know how they let that happen, but G2, they went around that they had no business winning.
I mean, yeah, that is something you can't just teach Brimstone, Vanya and the clutch's name a better combo.
You can't. And I mean, and Mimi is the one that opened up that round so that Vanya could shut it, that toning was absurd.
And I was getting ready to praise alternate attacks, right?
From finally supporting each other with the utility there that we saw between Karina and Purity.
And even though they were starting to show Vanya, right? Like, like, catering on the edge, retucking, but five bullets in the Phantom, I laughed. She somehow forces them to face their ghosts, and I mean, I was falling a big time out.
That was the 4-3, right? Like, this was a good round to swoop in the momentum, and that's why alternate attacks are trying to grasp it back so fast they are already impurity off the smoke up in a bomb.
I think the U-Haul hold is going to be the linchpin of this round here, if you can manage
to keep it safe or not, the plan is going to be denied for a couple seconds, thanks
to that fragment coming in from Mimi and the rest of G2, they're playing extremely disciplined
right now.
Celia making sure that nobody's pushed through showers, that the seam isn't going to get
flanked and maybe going for a late flank towards this part of the map that said
though G2 they haven't moved the muscle no noise being made by ATM either so
there's the possibility that they could have gone back G2 haven't taken the bait
quite yet for the re-clear as of now but with half the clock having bound down I
think that ATM is waiting for Celia to get into position to maybe make a play
I mentioned holding a space they're doing so well so far at least off the
seas but it's like hadn't even gone down just yeah they've invested all
to adjust to try and get the spike down so someone has to emerge from the darkness.
Karina stepping forward trying to do all of the work and that she has so far three kills found
but she is dwindling in terms of HP one in fact up in the seas and it doesn't even matter she
still fights forward. Blossie finally gives her helping hand and Amy to pick up a gun off of a
fallen teammate to continue on the legacy. Snake bite out, Decay will finish her off
And it's all down to Blossie, Molly out. It will narrowly connect, but Spike is halved. The pit is down, Amy might be trying to pull a fast one if the spray doesn't connect.
Oh my god, but it does. Blossie having to push. The Viper's spit forcing the issue here, and again another Red Bull clutch for G2. Last time it was Bonnie, at this time it was Amy and just beautifully played that line up for Bench to catch Karina and make her vulnerable.
And then to isolate these fights one by one, of course,
but a little minor mistakes being made there by ATN.
I think the calculation was that perhaps with the brim,
you told you could buy enough time for that spike to go down,
but they weren't accounting for the Viper's pet.
That said, I mean, Karina absolutely growing from her in this round,
and it should have been an ATN round.
Just that, again, the little bit messy letting you to get these clutches.
You just can't give them that opportunity.
And just the timing there, a little south as well,
how she was swinging the Viper's pet is unfortunate,
but we are already into the weeds of the next round where Jade is being Jade, doing Jade things.
The operator, without the first blood, has been found, and just like that, they reset, they back out.
You can see Mimi is somehow caught wind of
the fact that they aren't going to commit A off of that kill onto Akita.
Coming out of the flash to reflight down B long, set up that jump swing.
I'm not quite sure what I ever saw, but she did not like it, falls back to the safety of the toxic screen.
Alternate attacks, honestly with a minute left, and after they tried to change tempo the last time they lost a round,
I'm surprised at how slow they're playing this.
They're hoping it'll cast G2 off guard. The problem is they can't really afford to waste too much time,
because Vania has that orbital strike. You can't let it get down to less than 10 seconds or 20 seconds,
or it's going to get really, really messy. I think AT&T had realized that.
that here comes the fast and heavy hit this time, the Vanya ready for the kill and ready
for the counter frag.
Gonna hold on to that brim holds maybe for the retake for the rest of her team to come
in and ATN finally gonna be able to clear out the space towards U-Haul.
Amy on the flank as always.
Jade watching that angle it's gonna be a question of timing and oh my god Amy gets so lucky
there able to go for the jump peek as well.
Spots out Karina.
There's only going to be one player on the side of G2, happy to take those on any day,
Blossy just obliterated with the orbital strike.
However, Celia and Karina trying to bring this one back, making it a 2v2 G2 are the ones who have to win out that fight.
They win out these fights and despite the investment of the nightfall from Karina,
they still have to be able to isolate these fights.
Bania has to stick it. She doesn't have a choice.
And Karina, a third red bull clutch in a row.
This time for ATN to get themselves another round.
And I think it is just playing how healthy the competition is right now that these rounds are so close one player
Walking away versus when G2 goes more winning rounds on a base. It was four players
It was flawless is left right and center and I mean this round
It felt like an eternity right from that first skill that Jade found as the barrier was dropping
to where we ended things and I
mean
Again, both teams had really really well constructed
Rounds, I mean from the orbital strike flush out to reflooding in here
It was just this moment instead of taking the fight knowing time wasn't on their side and having to stick it out that
Karina is able to show what she is capable of and look at this alternate attacks. I mean
They say it's been working tried again. They've caught G2 on an eco gamble rotate off of the site
So all this space is very real estate
They really say that free kills for purity with the judge.
Just an absolute beast on this weapon.
So hard to deal with in these angles and now I'm going to be holding onto the CT as well.
A little bit of a consolation prize Vanya finally shuts her down and gets that upgrade
as well.
If she can get herself into new halls, it's going to be a very nice weapon to have to
clear out the space here.
The problem is that the rest of G2 don't really have the weaponry they need.
They got a Bucky, a Classic, and a Flank coming in, which might be the difference maker here.
Smoke comes in, second time, timing not there for Jade, that's just painful at this point.
Can they win it out is the question, the problem is Vania is going to have to do it all, but
Blossy denying all of that and Mimi opting to just try and save this operator, if any
of you guys got it, I don't want to give it to you there and Mimi running for her life
with this off to try and save it.
I mean, that'll be huge in Akita's hands, right?
Haven't been able to afford it since they've had this back and forth and the rounds have
been so close.
And yeah, I was worried the one smoke online and the one smoke that came from Blossy as
well, allowing that judge to scale.
If Blossy didn't find these two, this round would have gotten a very, very dicey with
the players kind of off position on the alternate attack side.
But you get the job done, they have Ults as well to continue this streak and either way
is going to be a closer half than it was on Abyss. The 9-3 here, we either have 6-6's
or 7-5's and we're going to be happy either way.
The battle of the ops towards Long Jade. More patience it seems like. Here comes the
Thrower though and oh just the shoulders spotted out the shot. Not quite connecting it. Akina
able to walk away with her life. She's like yeah I want that up that bad. I'm going to
try and reposition you guys hold on to the Long Angle and it's all five players from
18 converging in towards long apart from the lurk from Celia towards a as always. I don't know if I like this
But again, they they do have the orbital strike for glossy and the converse. Yeah, we saw that exact exact right before
Exactly one to prevent a reflux out of elbow one to address the site in hot itself
That's kind of what they're framing for I would think again
Maybe you need the conversion a little bit more towards CT to set up this judge, but they don't need your virgin time
They are in already or they thought they were Amy snake bite those arriving find a little net
And they can slip through over towards coffee
But Mimi is there to fill the gas but in the meantime look at this conversion pads
Oh, I'm hearing from behind. I should have gone in nuclear. They're in that smoke and instead G2
Flood back in they get all this space and the spike down the process
Both those outs use the G2 they've learned how to play against it and once again
the gods of fortune not quite on ATIN side today. I mean it's just so unlucky some of these kills
that are happening whether it's purity being caught out by Emma there. Yeah exactly like it
should have been a double for purity there and it's just not happening. I feel bad for ATIN but I
mean G2 on the other hand they still even if they've even if they've been giving given these lucky
chances they've also been able to just hold on and play as a team which has really worked well for
for them so far confirming at least the tide of path here,
18 of course, still gonna have a bi-purity with a Bucky,
and I mean, it's purity with a Bucky,
so I'm not really gonna complain.
Now let's see what we can achieve this time around.
I was a little worried, I was like,
Jade wasn't in the fight and that felt like the problem.
Last time, it's a dimensional drift,
and Jade's informing Purity just where Vanya is.
The Saturay comes out and you'd think you would have the kill
on the side anchor Vanya, but Mimi, the bodyguard,
the protector is there, yet again,
flashers a smoke to keep the frontside players at bay
only glossy is in you can see the additional support out of showers comes out the pit is down the
prowler is down and just like that hopefully things will start to settle. Karina though finds a huge
kill, Emma gets shut down and she continues to be the difference maker in some of these dicey
rounds a triple for her already and now just two members of G2 left one with an operator you can't
even get into the u-haul thanks to the judge being in your face on the shower site Karina continues to
to just be an absolute metis.
Nobody from the side of ATN really giving away any cues
right now in Karina on track for the ace.
They know exactly where Akita has lost.
He steals the ace, but it's not gonna matter
as we end things with a 6-6 half here.
There it is.
Very, very nicely done.
They finally master the chaos.
They get effective trades on the top of each other.
And all of that leads to a successful hide half
Karina definitely on par for MVP. We'll see if they can keep up with performance after the break.
I got a couple goons just to get it top and I don't want to link and I ain't trying to chop it
Trying to go against me and you need to stop people listening like I'm a profit
People listening like I'm a profit
Look at my clothes, look at the way that I'm rocking the shows
Out on my little, no sir, I'll be doing the most
Out of the party, you kick it with me and everything goes
I am a Barbie, Mary Kanan, I'm trippin' this whole
When that pressure hit, tell me yo G, is you finna ride?
I was made for this, you can see that look up in my eyes
I hope you weren't too jumpscared by the 20 minute timer like we were but that was just
a meme coming in from production either way though.
We are back with the second half here in this Bangor matchup between G2 and ATN and certainly
This match has been looking like a far cry from that previous one, neck and neck arounds it.
Sylvie, what really kind of concerns me here is that, like you brought up at the beginning of this map,
AT&T are even better on attack than they are on defense, and G2 on the other hand is the opposite side.
So both teams are going to be playing on their worst side right now, when you look at how this half is going to go.
Yeah, and I think that alternate attacks have bounced back to that, you know, whoo!
sigh of relief from abyss and i think that's showing even in how they're playing at this
pistol round right now jade fighting down in this deep corner i think has gone past the zero point
but it doesn't matter g2 goes on the other hand are also trying to turn the pace out out of hookah
already full blind support from meme is in akita just slicing and dicing up this site alongside
vania and eva and just like that it has been a flawless steamroll into the post plant jade who
wrapped all the way around be long will prevent it from staying so maybe even give alternate attacks
I like that she keeps the ghost there. You want to be able to have those extra shots in the mag.
Even if you don't have quite the spam power, G2EVADO.
Gonna be coming in to there and again, the flash is just so beautiful from this point.
I think that was the Euroflash though, so maybe a little bit of a mistake there from ATN at the end.
But again, Nini, I mean, I know I've been talking a lot about her flashes.
to highlight how it's her. It's what makes these executes possible and sets up a
keyed up for success. Just really incredible KO gameplay to come through
and even if there was a glimmer of hope thanks to this double from Jade at the end of the day
YouTube, I don't think I had a team to let that advantage slip by and they're happy
to confirm it, getting themselves three out of four pistols today. Also on the side,
Nodvania has 27 and it's only been one half. Wow. That is a great point to bring up.
We'll flash back to her later. That's my favorite thing to do is be okay. They were 27 right when the half ish started
I think she got one as well in that last round and let's see if in five six rounds. She's still there or she's continuing to rack them up, but
Will the
Short
a long attack plus
Unfortunately, but that does give some time to ensure that alternate attacks this time can do enough damage on the second round
so they don't get bonused again in the third, right, Zag?
But yeah, that round, I mean, it was, again,
we mentioned we want to see Jade online.
It was good signs of that,
but it was better signs of, again, the G2 coordination.
And I feel like commenting back on the Mimi flashes as well,
I feel like KC was so pacey they would catch her off guard
while trying to get those set up.
So the fact that alternate attacks aren't is crazy.
Yeah, I completely agree with you. I think that the biggest difference in, I think that
Casey, when they played against G2, looked a tad more coordinated, I would say, and in
terms of spacing as well, I think there are some awkward moments with ATN. Of course,
to be fair, in three of the rounds with G2, when ATN had been very unlucky, two times
Jade got, just turned the way at the wrong second, one time against the pistol, one time
against the rifle, and the second time, oh, sorry, the second time was when we saw Purity
push again with the judgment just get caught in a smoke by Eva if she had been like half a second later
She would have gotten the two kills for her trouble. So yeah, it's happening not quite on AT inside
But Karina is online as well
So this seems to be a battle between Karina and Vani on this map at least in terms of the multi fries and in terms of the
Damage that they can do is even you know
I never thought I would say this but it seems like the duelists are playing more of a supporting cost against these two
Although purity has just been incredible
On that attacking side with the aggression that she was showing
I would like to see a little bit more of that on this defensive side as well, right?
Because that's the advantage of running that Whaley and Yoru.
You can go in for those early picks, maybe catch your open and self-guard,
which is kind of what KC were able to do a lot of the time, surprise G2 in that matter.
Maybe not in this next round, which of course is going to be around where they're going to be playing with just pistols,
but I do think that that could be the key to breaking open G2's attack.
Because again, this is a team that gets very, very momentum heavy.
You caught the G2 win, another bonus today. They've already gotten two guys, come on.
Don't not give them another absolutely and again
It's your life that is on the line at least for this series because
G2 is able to win that map one and you mentioned again the history between these two it would be so sweet to finally best G2 and
In the process lock in your playoffs spot
if not you again have to fight for it in the next few series to confirm it a hundred percent and I
Mean G2 they've kept it closed and when it has been too close. They've taken the proper timeouts, right?
They took at 3-3, right? Alternate attacks haven't had to draw one out. They used both super early.
You call it record breaking for Alternate attacks. They're on a base in that first half, so again,
they're ready, I think, to play the long haul for this map out.
I think that they'll need to play for the long haul for sure.
I think that's going to be kind of one of the win conditions here, especially if you do look at the comp that they're running.
We have an update from Tradections that we are going to be heading into game pretty soon,
so thanks for waiting.
Well, you had to listen to us, yeah.
I think that this particular round, looking at the BiG2, it seems like, at first I thought
they were going to have two people just on pistol so they could get those rifles in the
next round.
We've seen, you know, the America's G2 team do the same thing multiple times.
So it might have been a good call there, but instead it's just going to be a cool Bi for
everybody except Amy, who's on the alert, doesn't want to give away a weapon in case
she gets ambushed by multiple players from ATN side.
And ATN just playing this patiently,
not going for any rushes,
not doing any weird strats,
just hoping that they can't find some positioning
against G2, but the problem is G2,
they're the ones lying in wait right now.
That is so much information while we're fracking away.
You can keep these players posted up at least,
Jade and Hookah.
This confrontation,
Reclearing shower,
the rewrap potential to get time on the Evo would be nice but
don't take the dive to just hold the close angle and
now it's more gonna be up to G2 goes and we've seen issues out there with a
go for the plant, I'll think the site is safe and not clear out shower fully
so that's an improvement I'm looking for from the KC series. If not,
I'm gonna say that would have been an in for alternate attacks, especially if the site smoke, but there it is, there due diligence, the trade secured
By a cheetah numbers still in their stead the 4v3 no weapons to collect either for alternate attacks jade as well
It's flank handled
Easily by Amy doesn't look like alternate attacks. We'll be able to find much
As it's just Blossy left in a 1v3. They done a damage though
That's all
Every maybe Amy can retrieve one weapon here able to pull up that bulldog at the very least so not too much of damage
I would say just a spectre lost in the fracas
They managed to hold onto the heavy hitting rifles and yeah, Amy gonna actually invest in that phantom
It's kind of curious to see Amy's just gonna opt for the sheriff after and she's actually gonna go for that gamble by of course
Doesn't check the corner here a little bit of a mistake feel it felt like for maybe with a bit of figure discipline
It could have been a double kill there
But I don't think perhaps you weren't really expecting two players to push through and Akita of course is perfect on the trades in this round
Bonus round now on the line here for G2 and all five players from ATM are a light armor
That's gonna make things very very scrappy. They're all too careful about it
Blossy is not being careful at all. There's the light shills coming back to haunt you with a guardian headshot
Coming through from Akita the hinder perfect to shut down who's been told expedite this site tape
You haven't done with Karina these smokes causing chaos and Karina the extra
Special anchor the multi kills deliver puree their first board and puree looking for the final blow aiming
giving at least a moment to breathe here a moment to
Revise a plan of recovery for the spike first and foremost the
Or maybe not going as deep as she would have hoped to jump out of
Puka and you can already see the crossfires established atn do not want to lose another round that they should not lose
Yeah, the person I mean they have control of the spike as well
Even just has to hope somebody makes it a stick here does have a decent amount of time to play with at the very least though
I don't know the problem is it's just the crossfires
perfect and not even able to get through that first obstacle of purity just
frauch in a corner I don't know what Karina had for lunch or whatever today
but she has just been the hero for this AT&T but at least three rounds I've been
one off of her getting a 3k at this round of course I mean okay fine Akina
going down here is fine Emma a little bit judgmental but the fact that she was
able to get three maybe even a fourth there of purity you know how to come in
is just ballistic to me G2 spacing not quite what you'd expect to be fair that
was the bonus round. I think that AT&T are gonna be breathing a sigh of relief that it
go- it didn't like get converted for sure. Remember how I said we would revisit Vanius,
Katie, a few rounds later? Well, she's still 29. No, no kills, no deaths, by the way.
And it's honestly, yeah, Karina's stealing that thunder, 17-10 catching up and meantime,
the two trying to smother that fire. Oh, wow. With a beautiful dive and a beautiful haunt,
that Recon from Eva starting to rear its head from Abyss in terms of getting these entry kills and
now they've gotten the site now that they've gotten the plant they begin
laying intel collection they begin the shower clearance they begin holding the flank and
that's fortunately it was a little too late there is conversion paths out and purity is using that
fueling that into a easy breezy retake they know Akita's wrapping but she has a conversion
task of her own the timing is there from Amy as well to follow up thought of the regroup from G2
too good as well to play down the timer, and a route swing connects to the trade and Purity
robbed of the ace clutch potential as G2 will get up to 9.
And Purity's flank, finding that timing, finding that kill, giving her the convergence pot.
Kapat's I think that was just a route that should have been in their hands.
I think the problem there was that just the proactivity coming in from AV there and of
course the calls there from G2 at the end to be able to fall back, play together and
just try to go for the double people whether or not the utility connects at
the end of the day
really some really really beautiful shots coming in
but at the end of the day just too many players for her to take out an ATN
gotta be calling them
their timeout, second timeout of the game I think if I'm not wrong
I'm at 7. Their first one. Really? They call one of the previous half right or no?
They did not. My bad. My bad. My bad. They trusted you?
Yeah. They just trusted and
were able to
get through the hard times and stabilize after their own calls off of
glossy the leader
now i think it is
our friendship all that
yeah exactly
now i think it is a
a good time
i think about the
the point of their
at in the game right you're coming into possibly a big deal with the nightfall
from karina
again money is pretty okay again silly the only one that that can't
afford here so i would
We'll expect maybe a better command, but I think they're just trying to go for an eco play.
This means G2 will get up to 10, but...
They'll have a little bit more sustainability moving forward.
Like, I think that they saved here, they'll probably have two buys under their belt, and that's the idea is to catch up.
Without falling fully into the ocean with no way out, so...
Let's see what exactly happens here. I mean, right now, it's like a full rotation around the B side, right?
Aldrin attacks taking space and G2 filling it in perfectly around Huka.
He's out of there just in the nick of time, too.
Akita?
Did she see it?
I think she did.
I think she saw it.
I think she spotted up there already.
Did she get both though?
Or did she just get the one and then...
Oh, she's gonna get both.
Or she's gonna frame Vania to get both.
You said it.
Vania hasn't gotten a kill in a couple of rounds.
The saturate not quite connecting there.
And Vania happy to take that any day of the week.
All of these facts coming in for G2 going completely untreated.
trade at the heroine for beauty, you know, having to work some magic, just not connecting
and now that they've gotten three, happy to just convert as a team and go back together.
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Celia now, they heard the TP, they know where she's coming from and Akita now possibly in
run interference for the second time, she should be able to deny this 30th time.
Wallace as well, insult to injury and G2 get themselves to double digits once again next
round though, I mean this is the round here, Emma, by the way, Emma has been holding on
to this bulldog for a couple of rounds, it's been pretty funny to watch, I think that for
G2 in particular, being able to win this next round would be huge because that would completely
completely break the back of the economy for ATN, get them to level it at a possible
free match point off the back of the next round and looking at the ultimate tier, it's
definitely possible, right? You've got the orbital strike and the nightfall available,
which are going to be so crucial in that post-plant. Ania finally crossing that 20 kill barrier
that she was stuck on for a couple of rounds and at the end of the day, right? ATN they're
going to have to hold on, I guess, this G2 onslaught in terms of utility. They've just
than looking a tier higher. The haunts from Eva, the saturates, the flashes, the organal
strikes, still they are just cooked alive. That is so lovely.
And that is the anew. It kind of sees the combo in a sort of just helpless in that sort
of position. That was your main site anchor gone. And I think this is a fair call to save
here. I mean, just came out of timeout. I agree.
You couldn't go your way. This was supposed to be a buy around that went your way and now that it has it and that jade is low as well
There's
over a hope to make your way back into this you have another time not to lean upon as well
But I think it would be probably after the next round doesn't go their way
And that's my concern is looking at you too. They use the orbital strike to get into the site this round
They have the nightfall to replicate it in the next and honestly like the only help I'm seeing right now
is either Jade in the right place at the right time to get an open and go with the AWP or
Corina in the right place at the right time to anchor and get a multi-kill utilizing this
nightfall and right now neither have really happened for alternate attacks in this round
so maybe the save will allow it to happen in the next.
That's hope so I mean they were able to hold onto the operator Jade wasn't able to find
hasn't been able to find value on it yet in this half I mean to be fair this is the first
time we see it I think from her but I think it's gonna be a major factor that said though
I mean the utility from D2 we were talking about it a little bit in this round
But whether it's the haunts coming in whether it is the
Combination of the saturate and the orbital strike that we just saw or in general just the
Eva as you took a bind with Amy's or the fragment for me
It's been fantastic across both of these maps
And I think that has been one of the biggest difference makers between these two teams purely looking to go aggressive
But not gonna find anything on short
Hmm.
Just like that, Celia this time comes to bat for the anchor in Huka, the hinder through the teleport from Purity assisting heavily.
And fragmenting these players, Mimi holding ground waiting for the regroup to come through from Eva as well.
And I thought they wanted to try to get back into Huka for the spike recovery.
They just take the fight dry and win, I'm on both sides.
Not without Purity taking one down with her, but in the meantime,
You have Amy all the way through the A site, Jade holding the backcites line instead.
Still might be able to connect here and deny this flank play.
There it is.
And just like that, it will be Eva nightfall in hand, a 1v3 in the cards and
another round where it's like ATN should not lose this round.
Right, should not.
And honestly, I want Jade to use this dimensional drift just to ensure that Eva cannot.
I mean, you've got the convergence coming in from showers, people just crunching in
on Eva.
She has to play this acro in the 1v3, so Jade happy to wait for that any day of the week,
a little nod of happiness.
One away from the Bruce Lowe ult, so that could be a factor in this next round, but
ATN, they were talking about that operator and here it comes activated in this round.
Two kills for Jade, both crucial ones I would like to mention and the clutch is denied and
Huge swing mount for ATN on the board here because look at this they've got almost all five ults online four online for sure and one one away
That's been the issue. It's been consistency, right? That was the second round. They wanted this entire
half after this was a six six, right? That was the third
Candy map no one no castors can do math. This is an old fact and I
mean
It was a second. I was right the first time guys. I can't do math. Let's go and
And your math was correct as well for old say they can't find consistency off of this
I don't know if they will be able to before this series is out
I mean
talked about
All these players being right place right time now you have the op in the right place and you have the Karina anchor in the right place
and the the purity judge and somehow G2 I recognize that all of those pieces have formed the
terrible puzzle that they do not want a piece of parts so they have steered clear and
And let me go towards the weakest part of the map, which is on the naively shower here.
It can get behind the Viper's Pit.
It's only the Brimstone.
Just curious to see what Blossy does.
Does she just molly it?
Does she just smoke it off?
And how fast would the rotation be then as well from alternate attacks?
Or do they just play the full retake with these ults?
Not sure, but yeah, Blossy has a lot to do here.
The one player without her ults, getting a little bit of cheeky spamming.
And Amy might just walk into the crosshairs of this operator. She's not careful a bit of she seems to be worried
But the problem here for G2 is the time 30 seconds left
They have to go in and that is some good utility to come and buy a possible delay
Counter-knightfall to try and stop them in their tracks, but Amy and Akita find two insane frags
Rossi gets popped through the smoke as well
All of a sudden this ace side has just fallen apart here once again the call to save it might need to come through
for these remaining players might not just happen though as they still are caught off
guard in a flawless round to get G2 to match and series point there. Oh my god, I, you
said it, there's a way, if they can't do it with these Zults, it's gonna be impossible
for them and they don't even get a chance to pull them out. And in AT, they're gonna
be calling their second time out.
Yeah, I mean, that's just the strength of G2 and the strength of experience for Mimi,
she pinpointed the one weakness on this entire map and was able to puncture through that
with that nightfall.
And even with the delay utility from Blossy, it didn't matter, right?
Because Akita can just dive through it regardless, disrespect it.
And on the other side of the map as well, before they could get a concrete retake with
those Ultimans, I think Amy was the one who found it killed before taking the teleporter
there as Purity kind of re-vacated from Huka to regroup there over towards CT.
So again, it just feels like so many unfortunate errors on the alternate attack side.
Just add up and now preventing them from securing their playoff spot.
I mean, last time I was getting exhausted, we'll need four rounds to get to overtime.
So relining is that you still have three ults to work with and you still have weapons to
work with.
That's true.
It's a pity that they weren't able to hold us with an operator, but I think there's
enough gas in the tank to maybe get one more time.
Never mind.
There's not.
They still do have the notes like he mentioned.
So that could be the consoling factor,
25 kills for Vani already,
an absolute beast on this map.
And G2 won away from both that Viper's pit,
Viper's pit and the convergent pots here.
So two huge ultimates, one to take the site
and one to hold onto the site
if they can get the spike down.
But that's it.
It's a very retake efficient ultimates
that ATN have on board for themselves.
It's gonna be important for G2 to get the kills.
They just can't afford to play for the post glance
if that's the case.
You can see immediately right there the double duals over towards shower. They don't making that mistake again, but now it puts a lot of pressure again on
Both Karina who we've seen fill that bill and glossy over towards hookah
And that's to me worrying because glossy also has the
Important orbital strike in the situation and she was the first line of contact from above hut
talks away for the time being
I don't think this is going to be a hard commit just yet.
Still in the early stages for G2, gather intel, gather orbs.
You had, again, safe, but informative positions from Mimi and Vanya about any potential showers
or short fights, and because they didn't see any additional information, because that
halt was destroyed, because they got that orb, the dimensional drift gets popped early,
two players confirmed outside fountain, and Jade is gone.
It seems like it wants to come towards the site.
Conversion pots, they're gonna be popped to stop them in their tracks.
The trigger might have been pulled a little early, but the problem here for G2 is still the time
they have to be able to take care of Glossy on the site.
Oh, this orbital strike could very well be the difference maker.
However, both players are gonna be able to jump into elbow safe arena, get shut down.
Glossy gets shut down. It's Eva who's putting up the numbers and the flags right now.
and G2 they've gotten four members down already, Spike gonna go down, Viper spit available,
Purity having to do it all right now, how much can she find here, it seems like it's
done and dusted a list, an absolute miracle happens and Purity just not getting given
any opportunities, another flawless for G2, two in a row to take the series, two to zero
and Bonnie Avan, I mean, holy crap, 25-11 at the end of it on a brimstone, six for skills,
That's the difference that you like to see.
No, that's the MVP we like to see.
True.
I mean, just insane.
And yeah, it was just so unfortunate that it never really felt like alternate attacks were playing to their strengths.
We're playing to the win cons, right?
Purity, for example, getting killed on the rotate, or again, last one alive.
I mean, to play, it's not what this comp or this team thrives in.
And that's what G2 is so good at with these defaults, with these late calls, where, yeah, you mentioned that they can get down to the wire.
down to the wire but then they are still somehow able to pull things back from the disaster and
they have an orbital strike in their face and both huckle around it and still take down the
sliding cars like come on. Yeah timing not quite there on that ultimate. I mean the clock was
ticking as well it seemed like there was going to be a huge advantage but I mean we talked about the
MVP let's take a closer look at the stats because we've got Varia coming up here it's the gift and
And then Matt started off with two triple kills from this player and honestly 315 ACS
6 first bloods.
Yeah, I don't know what you're saying about that.
I don't know what you're saying about that.
I'm not into shots, it was a headshot.
Hello?
That's just Lawnia, Turkish aim on.
Lawnia respects my goats, our goats.
I'm pretty sure other people also claim her.
But yeah, just in it's same game coming in from her, her utility was perfect.
Her kills were absolutely ballistic.
And I mean a lot of these rounds it was just her and the squad coming in
Yeah, the right of the Valchires that was a swap
She was so good that we couldn't even fit all of her impressive stats on the screen, right?
She got a 28.6 first blood percentage as well as a brimstone
So again, I think a lot of that came from the support of the teammates to I look back to Mimi being like behind her on the A site
for example, so that she wasn't getting run and gun down by purity. So the this team is the like
prime example, the poster child of supporting each other and lifting each other up in the process.
100% yeah, teamwork makes the dream work and certainly G2 happy to pull off that 2-0. Pretty
dominant one as well. Things considered, which according to production has locked them in for
a very high seat. It's not number one confirmed yet, but we'll be talking about that a little bit
later. That said, right now, I mean, what we saw at G2, I think that they were really
able to fix a lot of the mistakes that we saw on buy. And in terms of these statistics
as well, right? So it tells me two things. Number one, G2 first kills, just absolutely
popping off. Whether it was Akina jumping in on people or Vania just holding down the
fort, they were definitely getting them. But more than that, their retakes were insane.
Like six out of 11 post plans, like 18 got to spike down 11 times and they were able
to convert like barely half of it. You know, that's kind of wild to me.
That was what I said was going to be the big strength was those post plant frogman attacks, right?
They try to take the deep space and that's usually how they hold on in these situations.
It was just so many of those rounds that came so close.
I want to see how many out of those five that were lost came from clutches out of G2 ghosts.
And so I feel like that would also be impressive.
I think it's like two to three of those rounds and on the flip side as well from Abyss, right?
G2 also improved on their own post plant conversion rates.
So again, showing the strength of this map pool for them in a particular
100% I think that was our concern right adding into the series this map pool,
whether it is going to be something that ATN can exploit.
But that wasn't the case there.
I think that if it had gone to curl, definitely it would have been a
bit of older ability for sure, because you too, I feel like that was about
that they really were able to pop off against.
But there's also a lot of footage available for exactly that.
I think that, you know, if it had gone to that point, Atean might have been able to make a good showing of it.
But yeah, this, a best pick and honestly, a triple duelist comp.
Yeah, not quite exactly what you want to be seeing coming out of a team, especially with just the lack.
Already when the initiators are nerfed into the ground, you just can't afford to run a solo soba.
Especially if you don't have anything like a quite watch the flank or lurk up or you don't have that additional controller ability.
This just, it just makes things very difficult. G2 on the other hand, I mean, I know I've said it a million times.
I'm sorry guys. You're gonna have to not hear me say it again. They're useful usage today was just 10 out of 10
No, no 20 out of 10 because you know
I was on so many of the rounds free kills or we cons free kills bunny at util W and
Just across the board right the hinder combinations with the orbital strike
There's also many of these micro plays that helped you to get an advantage that they were able to convert off the back of and I
Think that's just a sign of a really good team either way that that's gonna be in terms of games for the day before we wrap off
We're going to be taking a look at the final standings and we have some news G2
They are locked in as first seed after their win today. Yeah, nobody else is gonna be able to overtake them
At this point, I think the only reason why they cannot be dislodged in this position is head-to-head, right?
You look at gentle mates and technically G2 goes and lost their last match, right?
And then gentle mates or twisted minds like one all the rest of their there would be a world
But again, it's such slim slim margins and like we said head-to-head comes first and
That was a banger match that we actually casted was the Gentlemage GT goes in game, but that
does mean that alternate attacks Ruby will have to wait and fight again to lock in that
spot.
And it'll be an interesting match as well.
Coming up in that regard, I believe they're going to be on a stream actually tomorrow
up against GiantX, a team that right now is also teetering in that danger zone.
Yeah, I think that for ETN, they might have been a little bit of a hinder today, but they
They definitely should be able to pull things up tomorrow if they can catch up to the mistakes tomorrow, of course
We have another banger match as well, which I'm personally very excited for Zobie
I think that today though G2 and that's a little bit better prepared. I think that Casey there seem to be some
Mistakes being made for sure. And yeah, let's take a look at the games coming
Yeah, better form a hundred percent. That's that's that's a really good way to put it either the other way
No, let's take a look at the games for the next day. You were talking about it Zobie
You mentioned that the first match is gonna be Giants X fighting to keep their tournament hopes alive against
altered attacks and number two I mean mates and twists they're the two teams
that are right behind G2 so this one is that every for the second scene
whoever wins this one is gonna be having a very good chance of looking it in
absolutely and I didn't want to retouch on G2 being the number one seed not only
do they get the buy but then they get to choose what side of the bracket I believe
they start on and that's when they're gonna be fighting them between gentle
mates and twisted minds is okay who else gets that bid that extra ounce of
safety in that double elimination bracket. So all in all, I mean, I'm excited for, I think,
both of these matches. I feel like GX is a sleeper team, obviously. We love FMCL in this
household. And on that flip side, Gentleman's first twisted mind is going to be close,
especially after the bounce back we saw from twisted minds today up against SK Nebula,
just looking so, so strong right now.
Firstly, I am excited to see twisted minds in action again, because I know that one of their
player that's playing with 100 ping and the fact that she's able to perform at that level
on 100 ping is just insane to me. It's Grahams by the way. And also as somebody who has been
a fan of Grahams for the last three years, getting to see her in the EMEA now, all the
way over from SCA has been fantastic for me personally, so very, very excited for tomorrow's
games for sure.
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