you
I think on the haven like this is good I think that's comfortable for him but I think as well like just having
It's like in the YouTube chat holding the Mods.
Yeah, that's the only thing that you wanted to focus on, or...
I mean, there wasn't a lot of time between yesterday and the day, and if you're looking at that map...
No, I think that's probably just a bad thought. I could kick off again with it, and the format is fairly grueling,
especially when you get down here to the second layer of hell in the lower, lower bracket, but...
It, for me, is something that needs to be turned around quite quickly.
The other highlight being Benji, I think...
Again, another big discussion topic in terms of where the sense of why where that kind of flex talk comes in to
He's come for levels for me. So new
Yeah, I think
Because of course it was corrode that ended up being too
And I think even on his attack itself
245 acs or something absolutely ridiculous. So he quite literally took that game into his hands by the time it got to the last map
which is kind of what he had to be because he was looking very dire last cycle
but heretics again they're still in this low bracket can they make a miracle run
i guess that's the question that we're gonna have to wait to see the answer to
but the same thing for navi we touched upon them having a bit of a fall from grace
this is their chance to redeem themselves and kind of push through it into next week
but either way this is our first match of the day has known to be decided which one is
uh heck out yeah what about it and who is going to continue to next week and keep their story alive
So without any further ado, I hope you guys are ready for this one because we've got heretics going up against Navi
And without further ado, let's bring both of the teams onto the stage
Alex the goose as well. Thank you so much Alex. Thank you. Thank you
Re-match, right? Re-match is the upper bracket. Re-match is normally end in the other team,
At least when I close, the match would normally end in the team that lost when I...
XO, XO die with the Prime, thank you, they're 11 months from now, thank you very much.
Yeah, I was going to say the bright yellow jacket, holy.
Wait, how similar is this to what they played?
They at least played Haven.
Otex is like a love and a sman for the London.
before was
find which is third map, even split
the heretics get rid of the split
sure
yeah even they might be right with that
his navi banned it last time
I think for team heretics, they've been able to kind of take a risk in this people in that sense
Do you think whether has anything to smile about though?
What do you mean? He said he has nothing to smile about in his life
But they're not taking any risks with their chair
So as they're getting comfortable in their razor seeds since we're heading into the competition
But bind is also that third map that I want to highlight a little bit further if we go there when we go there
Alex yeah, it's a hard one
I feel like I'd have to go for the first one.
My biceps as well, thank you so much for the gifted, appreciate that.
They did end up switching composition from that to that.
Thank you very much, appreciate the gifted.
They went back into that double initiator.
The only thing is, the last time that they played...
No, not the last time, the first time they played it was a lot of that.
Venturi hotdog as well, thank you so much for the two years mate.
Appreciate that as well, thank you, thank you.
Six double initiators, close though, 13 attempts.
Yeah, again, not necessarily a very polar winding,
but I think that even Haven was 30-11, right?
There's the flex, no flex.
Cast from the horizon. Oh, okay, nice, dude.
So yeah, no surprises to see them play into that. What do you think of them? Yes, they're right
That's great
brother
Trying to refresh my memory. I'm not gonna lie
It was 137
Good fun. Good for them. I mean, this is KC
Should be a heretics win right?
Enough of the policies we're asking heretics particularly on Haven when it should have been sort of a more comfortable series
Yeah, I think when you're looking at Haven against KC, how much can you realistically judge it because of the composition that KC plays as well?
I think the comeback struggled a little bit yesterday when I had been rating previously how coverable it was.
That was close last time. Yeah.
Something that Mini and I had kind of highlighted as well.
Now the...
No-balled a little bit though, right?
They both kind of did two pins.
Yeah, last time they played on Haven, which was, I mean, a couple of weeks ago.
pretty much a snowball into a snowball, it's a close game
maybe you would feel comfy that they got more buy rounds after the snowball ended
being on the server connected to it since map one so Haven really does give them a chance to prove
that and to do that because again they're so they're not gonna change stuff around because they
played yesterday they were sitting at home yesterday looking at that haven't they're not going to
change too much that they could dissect from it considering
they're changing bed in terms of like uh game plan and stuff
might just feel like a tech balls straight away
I'm not expecting any changes just because of the tight turnaround so from the side of
So let's look at that first.
Yeah, no surprises to be honest.
Again, same comps, same comps.
I mean, yeah, no one had any time.
Actually, now we'd be the ones to change up their comp a little bit here, but coming up with this again, yeah, just comfortable.
Yeah, I think if you're not...
I'm saying with the Pacific Games, they're really good.
Really thumbtouched.
I feel like the DFM game was maybe a bit of a higher level, which kind of makes me...
Comfortable with them going forward, but...
I think that's the last time that they played, I think, as well.
someone that we're keeping an eye on and that kind of touched on with feelu if you can get off to a good start then that'll really make a difference to Navi's performance
so I like the work on your I would always switch these two roles jawless wise personally
because it feels like a very defensive side of the game
yes it's a slow burn yeah a non-gifter thank you so much thank you thank you
dude how do people have these twitch names or why I guess
all right well we're gonna see whether or not feelu's gonna be able to step up today as well
alongside every single one of the Navi and Heretic players because this is do or die the first map in this lower bracket
Heretics against Navi with our casters. Hennie with the prime as well. Thank you so much Hennie. Appreciate the prime usage
Thank you for the support
Mr. Sarfax, Sharma, thank you so much dude. Thank you. Thank you
No other team, lover.
Who's winning today?
Do I back heretics now?
I should have after what I've seen.
Look at our back heretics.
I think Jionx probably liquid today.
We're now at the Prime's War, thanks so much for the 9 months.
the series you knew it was coming you knew no matter what the veto when I did
like some defense now the on attack you knew they'd pick haven so what have
now the double sheriff's on this one obviously they've the start of it
and heretics keep it isn't pistols right I'm pretty sure they've got a really bad
pistol record at the moment Walker as well thank you so much for the primers
mount thank you thank you whole year mate everyone should use their prime subs
that's my guy right there make so much right that's where the pressure is gonna
come through what I'm excited to see in this series is I'm pretty sure heretics
have a bad pistol in me the last time that they played this was what day three
of kickoff it really wasn't that long ago Ali info Ali info perspective that
okay it's funny for me for both it's one of the early infos gets triggered they
pushed on towards Middles nice though practical base pistol well so room to
grow but for Navi which Xiao so recently taking on that IGL having even a
couple weeks in between the last time that they played this series it could
have led to a lot of time and a lot of control for heretics they push down mid
and well it doesn't look like that we were ready for that at all an immediate
advantage swinging the way of the defense and the spike in the open now be
half to fight for that space but heretics will give it up 30 seconds left
potential for reaggression but not really a necessity just without much time
Silver just dropped and spammed through very very nice. Well, Vertex continue their bad
pistol run. The pistol run is 6 out of 15. Wait, 6-2-15. Out of 21 pistols, we won.
That's not good, man.
It's tough to do
The floor has risen now across the board
And I think Felo is the best example of that
He's had some really good maps recently
And that wasn't the case, kicking off, kick off
Yeah, I think it's worth mentioning this a lot
Although the attack side of this map for Heretics has been...
It's not a good idea to get a singular defeat
I think a 7 to 2 attack, 9 to 3, 9 to 3
So we expect their second half to be sublime
Navi were able to claw the game back versus them
them to a very very close scoreline on the attack, that's why they're trying to start
there.
Nothing over towards there they might have sent him.
Oh, it's going on in YouTube man.
That's...
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Phone user SV6CW!
Thank you so much for the 10 gifted, I appreciate that.
Thank you, thank you.
The catchy name is on YouTube, you YouTubeers really do have the catchy name.
I appreciate that man, thank you so much.
use on.
Yeah, you did. Thank you. Thank you for doing that.
Three-person stack here with a shorty of garage.
Why are they, I feel like they're going to get a lot of damage done.
Yeah. 15 seconds of sociable load. That's nice for them.
They could have lost this.
Maybe they should have lost this, really.
the good work done so far might not matter that much
yeah it's all about the extra damage I wouldn't like to be walking into this man though
bit of a ruckus
hey it's been up in a few seconds so we'll kind of save them on this one
and all the guns retrieved as you said
not so much worry for Navi just yet
but this is what happens
Mr. Salfak as well thank you for the two membership or something
appreciate that as well
the rifles out for team heretics and we've already seen from the
It should be generous today, man.
Uh, patch collected with the Prime as well, I think, with the 4-months or something.
This is a limb, yeah. This is...
This is, uh, lower.
Whoever loses this is done.
So they just straight on send this.
Oh, I like this though. He's faking. Dude, this is nice. Nice bonus round, bro
He's like faking the normal TP over towards here, but it's actually getting into the corner
Then off of the drone, they flash and send it
And they have the TP over towards- ah dude, it's a lovely, it's a lovely bonus
I don't care if they lose it, it's still a nice round
that's come back has nothing to say about this defense but re-ends
uh well he's been spotted now I thought maybe could catch them off guard
mate how is he winning 3 1v1s from garage
back to back big performances might be on the cards if he keeps this up
but boo still has a chance and the sum is up to a 1v2
40 seconds on the clock plenty of time to play with
oh it's nice man your timing's good
catch a 1v1 rxx just crossover
timing here is going to be everything seems like they're almost completely unaware to
the garage position but after not seeing anything around that defender spawn eventually they're
going to start putting the pieces together of course the flank could also be a worry
I don't think they're going to be checking in that direction anytime soon they need to
start getting that blam to the right of the car
oh it's unlucky dude incredible round from here
There to close out the round and well he might get the final kill, but I think we know who had the most impact for once
We certainly know who the hero was there. It was incredible to see the same position as well
Just so clean roots don't stand for the rest of the map. I mean dude if you do it all in they put so much utility
You saw them break up the top mid immediately put the paranoia through when the garage
They're flashing through the putting everything into that position. I don't take the timing and garages
seems to almost do I think he I mean he just didn't want to I mean I would
have fallen you wanted to just wait it's a great time big deficit early cuz
yeah it's a three zero start and book it's not that bad but the economy I have
this I'll have to fall back on sheriffs and a Marshall a week by and a likely
four zero start for Navi this could be a phenomenal beginning to the attack side
it's the can into the paranoia
he's even baiting for it but the problem is yeah when you could just escape it
really doesn't matter so much it was the one player
they really didn't want in that sort of scenario
I'll be doing well to bait out any of those traps early and in fact
a full rotation coming in from heretics all in
on this A site and for now at least after maybe
I can't write on this
Yeah, I think they soon got a long boss down there, they're committed.
They survived the other trap, I think for a way better.
On the Flash, Recon. On the Flash, it's two.
Recon did sharp.
to Navi, but Heretic's another big gamble early. That's two rounds where they've
guessed correctly for Navi. That's going to be pretty nice. Pretty gun upgrades as well.
It works for second place at the Rifty, but Heretic's on the board. Yeah, wonderful stuff from Benji, but also just incredible call.
Like it's such a risk, and I could completely understand Navi's vein of thinking that, okay, we got caught in their trap early and ran away.
So they're probably assuming we're gonna go to one of the two other sides
The fact that we're gonna now slow down and re-hit into the same position. Okay, maybe there's a few players here
But there's no way there's gonna be all five
There was there was Benji obviously being the most important of the lot three kills coming out from him with the sheriff
And now they had a huge boost in economy
Alts getting closer to being online
And they've stolen away our first round
the map lockdown even going to be utilized come back here and even though it's okay this gets a
little bit more interesting they don't even need to commit to this anymore they can just fall over
the lockdown allow them the site because you have the man advantage he's just saved the round
really to win this i mean now be one lock not be one last time they
got a map like two weeks ago sliding into the site and what a remarkable
Yeah, it's a sick round from him.
We gotta think of impact as well.
Look at the four people that can't buy next, he's doing that in this big round.
He's taking it off and off, yeah.
He's almost content for the worst wear for the year.
I'd really love to show sociable disreplay because his teammates on the corner next to him
So come back just runs past shout completely
Everyone can get one shot
The pretty damning star
Heretic also has the left, west road blocked. The one on Corrodes? Yeah, that's I mean
It's gonna be hard to beat that one.
Got a whole year then.
back has it's not enough but that is in fact much worse for now everybody
comes in here everyone comes in here 25 shields or less and feel it with his
rifle while he won't be able to match pound for pound bullet for bullet come
back on the other side so a lot of danger for heretics it's not for now being
to avoid as they push into this ace I mean nice and clean on this as well the
money's already just it's great back to back runs
He just deco'sed him. Well that's impressive, but still nice.
Well...
The good thing that Navi normally do, is they're normally very decisive of all this.
This is where we do see Nabi come back in with a Viper's Pit available if they can get into the post box.
Should be around here.
Isn't too risky that it involves an Ominal?
So maybe that Viper's Pit won't be quite as safe.
I thought it was quite interesting.
I love it all.
There are normally a lot of Ominal over towards Heaven, but maybe because they've done it so much, they don't want to do it.
How is it that it is all Viper's Pit?
Decisive round to get the Viper all over towards B. They never committed a spike.
Once they get to the moment, it goes straight to the straight garage.
Oh, mate.
Oh.
Oh!
The other guy was actually just out of range.
Oh, and he gets info on that.
They have a molly for here.
He's smart, man.
He's smart.
I love it smart by Fulu.
Went to that angle and they just saw him running away.
the biggest surprise factor is if you're right in their face waiting where the drone just cleared
the fact he gets both though i think at the end of the servo the servo was not a bad idea at all man
two maybe three running through garage going to go down last
B to start that the blitz in towards B and keep in mind it's after you have opening pick
they decide to just go hog wild on the side and then the 45 hp player tagged up when they
they would put demon one on controller rossian centi
And it gives heretics a massive advantage, bear in mind that said, expectation is they're gonna tear it up in a second, and we're gonna tear it up here, I was trying to do it all, but...
Oh man, the shots are pretty nice to shoot.
We haven't seen the shell show in quite some time, known in the past for his...
Just wait until the plant goes down and then tag him.
nice
this is good for Benji, a lot of people that don't like time, they camera probably in this
oh
that was a nice try bro
really nice try
and are they in trouble money like in my team?
That early fight was madness and this has been two rounds in a row now where last time it was Na'Vi looking for the scraps and this time it was just boo.
Yeah, this is just absolutely centred. Yeah, you can see the frustration. The difference though is that that was both teams economy hanging in the balance.
That was everything on the line, all the marbles and now you look at Na'Vi coming into this next round. Well, it was a singular shot.
I mean, you had to watch that replay and think that they lost.
I guess we have to play retake here, right?
We've got a run on site.
bit of backup by the time he spots a few outside boo will be on site with him and a
no longer under the same threat when those barriers went up I was worried we
were just gonna see a repeat of Rien's role in the dice but in fact we can see
the minimap this one might work well he's not fake for this war day yeah I
guess putting a lot of faith in that site for utility to keep seeing trying to
I'll take somewhere else and go back to him
He is looking good
He's looking good until he was one
He's okay
Ooh, what up
Dude look at the 4
The 4 in sight, they didn't even bunch on the recon scan enough then.
I mean they got so much info, they go on to here to go worse and they got one more to be...
Oh.
Ooh.
Anytime.
Damn, 2 HP, he's pretty unlucky.
Yeah, he's pretty much on this one.
Dude, the four-person stackers are all worse, guys.
Kind of insane when he's got so close.
I just feel like Heritage was a pretty good reader.
I definitely navigated to, like, actually default a little more, though.
The site was like an European.
I shouldn't be saying that.
I love the fact that Rhianne kills Philo twice.
He kills the real Philo and then kills the co-
Committed to the cars.
Yeah. I mean, this would just be Angel...
You see, coach is taking notes every single time he's going to be writing a camera on the site each time he hits,
or like each time his team hits, he's definitely going to write four there and be like guys, we're just going to break him in each time.
Yeah.
Five out of the last six rounds, yeah, it's no surprise, Navi, take a moment.
You also have to take into account how good heretics are on the attack.
Once you now get to this stage, in the majority of their games, this is already enough to win.
Yeah, so it's a very different look, and sure, okay, in the loss versus GX, they only had a 5-7 attack.
They only got two rounds on the defense, so it's already a completely different ballpark of statistics,
and unless Navi have come in and gone, okay, well, we got battered on that defense last time,
let's put all of our work into that half, I don't know why you'd then pick attack.
I think they knew how this game was going to lay out, wanted that strong start on the first map as you normally would,
And now things aren't even close to going to plan and sure you some of those rounds have been clutch moments
Some of them you've had bigger vantages that have slipped away, but if anything that's kind of worse
Yeah, I think the fact that you were three
Like we said in the first game right now to go out
I'm not going into the bi-round
Yeah, the context of how we've ended up here is what's really gonna sting for now be that time out
As I had any effect or not while it will take a moment for us to find out
But it's not the right moment for it to be heretics by what we've seen
You know, I'm not sure it would look much different if they just had the playbook
But now be in front of them like they've read it to the tee every time
But they're they're stackups on a and speak of the devil and it shall appear
They've done it again. Just four players on that side. They're pretty happy with this
We've got drawn the clues here, but only close they could still be in this cubby
nothing to clear short, after the pressure they created over there, especially as it's getting
stacked all the time, then now it's just hit over towards Z.
Very nice from Benji.
They went for the TSM. The TSM classic. Normally when people do this, it's like setting up their
That's a real shame because even just going for the seaside hit like they don't know how right they had it
Like pushing into that site one guy to defend you and because of that old it ends up offering a 1v1
Because he backed off because they played the retake. I'm lucky. Wrong moment
Right scissors. Yeah
And then he does this though
Dude, he sucked the cameras and spoons out as well.
Bench me.
Every time Bench is on Cypher, or maybe he says they're not, I think, he's foaming
so early.
So over to the next round as well, not a eco-phenomenon.
Okay, beer scoreboard, Steven, have a look at the numbers, he's 12 and 6, that's pretty
good.
Especially with everything we've seen to Cypher, but this is sort of the proof of how valuable
just the information you get from Cypher compete.
they had the conversation earlier about that almost the initial initiator
always farm saven yeah he loves the haven and that's what he's doing he's
just making sure that all times infos there they can gamble on other side of
the map and then even if the server is happy again they play a 5v4 retake
sure opportunities for felu but it also worries me that that was the beal
and end up if he doesn't get to in a spawn peak they lose the round
Okay, this might be a little better for Navi to break some of the U2.
Break the sci-fi cam.
S6 get better each time we watch that.
Yeah.
Honestly, Navi maybe get worse.
Nah, Navi keep getting bad up by individuals.
to tie it up for navi still exists but recency bias leans heavily towards that
eight four score i wonder if they're like two predicts of all
this is their chance to release navi because they got a new idea
oh that one looked very close but come back
robbed of a kill and he's going back dad's not happy without that one went
oh another one for reins he's out here now i'm gonna look to double back but
The problem is that that trip still in play a lot teams you'll see just throw in like a shock dart throwing something to try and destroy this utility but
With 35 seconds left. It's still online
Benji
Spotting the one gap
He's been very good at doing that whenever there's been some space benji fishy is in that space
25 seconds
Oh my god, I mean honestly this this is a chance of working in the beta
It's 20 seconds left, the trip to Garage is still there!
All that has to happen here is the boot delay, somebody knows that Paranoia is primed to ready fire through just in time, but too on-card!
Okay, a chance, the spike can make it to the site, it might even get planted and now, numbers sitting out!
Okay, Navi you've got a chance.
Maybe, Shal's gonna have to do most of this, pull that shock dart.
Again, that shock dart connects on the Shal, he's so low, the Guardian's in play though, the headshots needed, down to a 2v2,
and up against the off the HP 9 not matter forcing another fight but shall
That's a great way to handle this
This is a team that started out what we thought have to be
4-0 down, but they have taken complete control from round four on
Yeah, I don't know Benji fishy is upgraded to the indestructible trips that are coming in like one of the next few patches
You know just a little leak for you there
But I genuinely am perplexed by the fact that Garry's utility is being left into the last
game.
Yeah, no, he's not wrong man.
They're making Cypher look like the best agent in the game.
I know that he's moving them.
I know that it's not going to be there all of the time.
But that's just stuff that I thought that you need to be removing otherwise.
Look how much global control they have.
You have one guy on C, three guys on A consistently, and then one guy just watching in case they
push into the B site.
But that's just too easy.
Four heretics on this defense.
straight away straight off the barrier
it's a classic one, it's been in the game for years
just the insta ult and one of these three posers
Guys, it's another round where you haven't broken any U-Till.
They can just stack everyone on A.
Well, he's managed to get himself back to the rest of the team sitting on the back of that site and while we're yet to see
the pounce from the backland. Rooksic's done well, but FeeLoo's now been dealt with. That's not a problem and woot.
Looking to try and take over 10 HP. Again, we find Rooksic in a clutch scenario. Last time the difference with just 2 health.
Now he has a guy to play with and he can't quite correct a nice 10 points again from Rooksic.
I mean, Cypher was the best agent, hey.
He didn't break any trips, hardly broken any cameras.
They just had a four-person stack every time they hit a sign.
You see him up in that cypher again?
Yeah, I'm serious. Hope Riot isn't watching.
They should chill out a little bit.
can they keep up this sort of pace this sort of dominance surely now i mean he's a new
ideal man he's going to struggle but like the game plan should be a little better also
it's just like right you gotta be god so your body knows a sense of victory
Jellery shocked the...
Jellery shocked the garrisons often
From E it is often
I didn't enough Astro? Nah, they've already... they've already done it
I think the controllers are in a good spot
They're in a good spot, so it's a perfect time for them to add a controller that's broken into the game, the first monsters.
Magna is a good try again.
Clove, harbour.
I mean, Clove is going to be impossible because of ranked.
And harbour, the buff on harbour that comes into the patch or is in the patch, I don't
know yet.
um it's really strong
Will it be a master's only yeah i think that'll be the first time when you're allowed to use it
i'm not sure any team will go for it though might be a stage one kind of vibe
man welcome back folks navi they need quite the bounce back after that first half top heretics
They look like a different beast out on that stage here today.
How much do I play Valorant?
It's coming up to a year without me playing the game.
The comeback's been very up and down.
They're really playing on.
Speaking of the downs, when he played just not long ago,
in their match versus KZ,
it was a very, very rough performance coming out from him,
sat at the bottom of the board,
whereas right now he is 16 and 9
and has had some crazy high impact rounds.
The Neon looking good and him looking comfortable.
And I'll be honest with you, coming into this series, I had no reason to qualify with the way they're playing.
I'd say decent, we favor it.
Like, they've been very good with close games, but now they care who was flying.
We needed players like him to step up, and that's exactly what they're trying to do.
Well, at least in the first half, they tend to already be played, and they're better than the attack.
Yeah, they have been, they have been.
Ah, right, yeah, okay.
It all changed here today.
There's like, once they fix one thing, there's some of the more issues start popping up.
I'm not changing his combat tool.
Maybe, angels.
Ah, heretics at the moment.
Six wins, 15 losses, and pistols.
Pressure put on the shower.
He gets nothing done.
But he damaged a tag.
Golly, they can make it a lot of better.
If they ate the wall, that's a beautiful fight.
And they are all in solid lines.
He must have been blinded.
I didn't even see him turn.
And yet he's good to find that kill still.
Downside to push the lane, where I suppose.
Did that damn trip again, bro.
They did 2,000 flight behind.
Saw the trip.
And this is a pistol.
I didn't even see the trip.
Very nice, one-one on the pistols.
Yeah, it's still a chance to make this incredibly easy.
Jack, remind me, you know when Teeth comes in the channel? Teeth always comes in the
channel he goes. Can you think of any matches for me to do a video on? Every single time
I say no. This is the easiest video in his life. Please, someone remind me, I'll tell
when he comes in. I always ask man, never remember anything. This is the most perfect easiest video I've ever seen.
Cypher is still broken in clickbait tile. Yeah, it's perfect.
and classics it's zero investment from Navi that doesn't necessarily mean zero
potential look at this rotation they have managed to get four players all
four remaining on this side ahead of the push
heroes at least gonna get the one it really doesn't matter that much Benji
only had himself a pistol big buy run against the bonus the Marshal going into
the next round it depends how much of an upgrade they want but either way that was a
relatively clean bottom coming out of heretics and they have three rounds away from utterly dominating
their map choice yeah i think coming into this round for natty it is do or die right now yeah like this
this is heretics map pick yadda at breeze is another map it's a completely different ballpark sure but
you don't want to bomb out like this it's not only going to be like if it's a 13-4 that's
they won 13 out of 14 rounds they had full control they had momentum
winning their salesman and it seems like a complete mismatch
in terms of how many of us have not seen this matchup
on day three it came out and it was a three-mapper for now
okay it was all
old heretics until she left the lords hadn't he left the lords
hadn't he had his moment almost every round so far
I don't want a name and shame, but you gotta give me the name.
We got a shame. Who is this guy?
Oh, he's off to the minimap. Who is this guy?
No shell? Oh, God, he's having a stain on him.
No more TP.
Oh, he saved them.
He saved them again.
Big showers lucky man.
This was a shock to everyone.
I'm having a good haven man.
There's no way the EMEA replay team
don't slow more the weft.
Oh, they actually didn't do it.
They have a conscience. That's crazy.
Oh, he's waiting for it.
Uh, Outlaw comes out. One, two, three, four, five.
Well, there we go. It's a leg shot, but...
Yeah, this gun's definitely not broken. So good.
I'm watching just smiling. I knew it
not be to come back each one hit he's got two in the barrel anywhere we'll do
anywhere we'll drop the big swing on the back even dodging that initial
flash it's a nice shot full blinded but lands it ahead of time dodges another
it's done the damage done the damage for the rest of this is the buffing like 10
hb come back really and it falls into this one now they kind of go to eco do
You're scary man, they gotta buy the heavy armor.
No, they don't.
They got no credits to find one.
A year ago, I think I was talking about how comeback was on 18 kills and Benji was on 17 and it was a race.
Yeah, yeah.
But Benji is on 18 kills.
Okay.
And now comeback is on 25.
Like it's like most of the time we talk about...
Gold person alone with the prime.
He's in the 13 monster.
Thank you, thank you.
But keeping that up on attack while you're playing entry is going to be really difficult.
I mean last year was an Alvaur meta but this year everyone's caught on and I think because
we get like the double duelist comps as well, it's a little, you can actually just have
a guy that essentially just gambles, spots outside, you can do what he wants.
Like if he dies, you still have two people that can essentially entry.
I don't know if he's still gonna get a kill, anyway.
Didn't get there, didn't get it.
He's also just a nice util to push off of angles. It's a big one.
made these sort of defensive low buys look good and like they it was always that
they read the play they had four or five players on site
it's gonna be two not four or five but let's see if they can make it more than that
we're a second a guy that's better than zero
Peele is gonna take the first fight and he's gonna win it
not a bad start now hero only has a classic and re-ends this is why we love
re-ends
the safe is clean
even though he just spotted a guy around that angle he still checks it
nice attack from shout wow
Maybe. Bander.
Oh, Rade? Press. Press W. Thank you so much for the raid, man. Appreciate that, dude.
Thank you. Thank you. Upstream is good for you.
This is so easy for them.
with the gamble of being two players towards the correct site and still landing this much damage with the second player being rooted immediately by Riyans
for this to come down to the end which was you know the Navi rounds are pistols or hero rounds
this would be a nice one, nice, nice, but it is 12-5 but it is yeah it doesn't matter
this was a hero here around this was a roxac here around this could be a one
I don't remember the other one
He's getting some confidence
Yeah, and I just don't expect him to keep W, can't you forget he was in garage
Yes.
In Pacific they might expect an E and an A, no one's W came up.
Fuck mate, just send him to come back at him.
I'm gonna take him off.
I'm gonna go onto one.
Damn, dude.
Oh my goodness.
goodness
1-3
Are we believing but low bracket run this is always the best map I wouldn't get too carried away, but I mean
Individually wise that's a great sign
you know one map away from continuing this lower bracket run I mean listen if
Becca's gonna drop 29 kills in the first map then I guess it might be an easy
game so we'll see well thanks so much we're gonna let you go we're gonna be
heading over to a quick little break and we'll be back with the second map of the
series at least you said might be cover them so oh dude I've never heard I've
I've never heard that one in a while.
you
And as we all see it didn't really work out.
I love it when we get some insider information.
Welcome back everybody, it's VCT EMEA kickoff.
really exerting things are pretty great on Haven to be expected from them. Yeah
I mean this has been historically a dominant map for them
We kind of teed it up like that and we were expecting them to be able to have a clean map
Yes, no for me a little clean
I would have thought obviously from Navi's perspective in terms of having a lot of tape to go through and
In my eyes some opportunities to probably put up a better number here
Yeah, I think that's probably why we were expecting more of an answer from Angel there, right?
when we kind of are the best deal of weapon counter is going to let them play the wrong game.
Oh, that's just like next level brain. Yeah. Yeah. He's like communicating through the coach
conversions to the other coaches. Either way, speaking of numbers, seeing the performances,
heretics had individuals that were doing really well and that's what we needed from them. Yeah,
I think this is well, not even the elephant in the room anymore. It's like, this is why this
was to have somebody that can put up these numbers and have such individual impact on the game.
Yeah, and I think Benji Fishy as well alongside comeback that you're kind of insinuating there
Michael is um honestly performing really well right this is someone that we've kind of been
critiquing throughout kickoffs so far I think about someone that needs to step up I had kind of
criticized the lack of flexibility in his agent pool by only really being able to play the vifre
and cypher but I think when you're running a double duelist composition him being on the cypher is
I think that yeah, you had a really great performance here on Haven.
Yeah, absolutely agree. I think it's probably a discussion.
He is sort of the player as well. You do get this kind of very hot and cold.
It's Feast or Famine for Benji and the situations that heretics leave him in in certain situations here on Haven,
obviously you need him to Feast.
You're 455, 50, yes!
And it's also good to hear from Benji as well.
It's going to be an easy series if he keeps on 30s.
30s like that that is ultimately why you pick up a player like comeback to be able to just stand on his own two feet and
Just put out numbers that I was more just standing on his own to be this man was running the server
That is absolutely insane from comeback, but that's also what we said earlier Billy
We wanted come back to step up
We wanted Benji as well to step up and it feels like they have heard our wishes complaints
I don't know where to cut it
Complains concerns. I think it was mainly like concerns for most
I think comeback being able to put up those numbers is really kind of what we've been waiting for of course
He joins tier one last year and someone that we were all hyping up someone that we were like
Oh my goodness
He's gonna be amazing when he gets to tier one because he was so dominant and challengers
And if he can start to hit a stride where we know he can perform
Then that's gonna be great for this roster
This also answers another question for me if heretics aren't fully on board with the
Committing to double duelist kind of across the the pool in general if comeback's able to actually put these numbers up as the solo duelist
answers the second question for heretics in terms of what we're going to see throughout this year.
Yeah, it gives more of an insight towards potential identities they're developing because that's
a topic of conversation that every single team is using this kickoff or using this to find their
identity. Well, it is time to really find it, but we also have another coach confession coming
through from Nelzino and Weber in terms of how this map went. So let's hear about that.
How much is it impacting the rest of the team now that comeback is having better performances?
I think I mean you guys just saw there I think we're just taking a little bit of
time to figure out how to use him. I think a big misconception is he only opt.
I think you guys just saw there he's incredible with the rifle as well so we
want to lean into that a little bit more. Yes it helps but it's more
we're a bit more comfortable as a team right now it's not just individual
performances. Yeah I think also without being a bit of a downer on it
Like this is an exceptional circumstance, like this is something that we cannot maintain,
like obviously it's great that he's playing this for.
We just need to keep on working on our fundamentals and everything like that, and that is what
will make us a better team, not just one person going out there and doing everything.
Fundamentals, time.
I mean he also had a lot of outlook, he was sweeter.
I feel like those are the five answers that they absolutely love to give us, so we're
going to try and buy sexist at the best of our ability.
In fact, it's bingo.
Yeah.
But as much as maybe they don't want to give us a bit of insight, we'll just sit here
and we are going to craft ourselves because what, what really do we have to do?
So Breeze coming up, let's say we craft there in regards to what we can expect from the
side of heretics because it looks like, I mean, he did say this is a one off potentially
like not something that they could replicate which they see an avian breeze yeah they played it once
right i think that would be good again i'm never really sold from when we listened to niggle
again now you've seen the clip you know i was talking about yesterday but again yes this is an
exceptional circumstance you have any dualists is going to maintain a 450th yes yes most of
the parents you know you've cracked the enigma and the first the the chosen one in fact i mean but
to to then talk about constant hearing about like the opposite of what they said to the
there getting especially if you're gonna see like particularly things like the
neon euro I'm happier to see that yeah I would be kind of trying to shoe on him
into the comfort weapon which is obviously put him on the sky well the
knee I'm asked for a you shall receive and I think I'm still there too Billy
I'm a bad show that my eyes absolutely I'm sure stern makes sense right
on the chamber so you know you kind of just touched on the fact that sage
believe us on breeze this would be a positive here to then see what I mean it's good against
these two but I think running to Fenty on that solo Viper is the attack not gonna be
insanely hot especially turn up against a well a very diverse comp from Navi that actually
gives you a lot of possibilities. Let's talk about this a little bit because obviously
I mean defense they're gonna pop it's a really strong defense comp like really strong defense
comp I like at least that they have like a self sustainable duelist because this with
like a whaley is not getting any rounds this with a jet you can get a fair amount of rounds just
pretty so sustainable but like anything else jet or neon is the only way that i like this concept to
be honest like they get to start on the fence is if they were in a pistol here it could be so hard
for another to get rounds that's a great question that they will be able to answer because this is
do or die for Navi though, if they lose this game they are out of kickoff. They win it,
we'll push it all the way to the Sider which would be fine, but to ultimately get there,
Breeze needs to be secured. So let's head into our second match of the matchup with our testers,
Mitch and Tom. Well this is certainly going to be an exciting matchup Tom, coming into this,
Heretics win in their sales, but bringing in an interesting composition. We've seen something
similar attempted by Fanatic, I'm pretty sure they lost that game, and Breeze hasn't been great to them
in general but that there was a key difference you could say in composition versus what heretics
have cooked up with a gas fire yeah it feels like i got rid of it when it's on double controller on
a lot of maps but yeah especially on the map is always water bro it's like i think uh something
like an astra for that global utility is so valuable maybe we don't like that you're bringing
it over i didn't expect to see solo viper com yeah anymore i don't feel like it's too viable at the
Okay, we got heretics on defense, Navi on attack, heretics comp, socks on attack, but
luckily they get a whole half of defense fast.
Wait, whole half of defense?
Yeah.
So they're Viper?
I'm telling you man, come back to the, or maybe like soon as everything.
on the ground in the right spot at the right time but that facet has not followed them
here on the breeze him to play the retake on B but looking to apply pressure elsewhere
towards the elbow where Rooksik is waiting and that's for the advantage and puts pressure
on Navi's behind this is perfect play from heretics to start at least.
Felo's almost dead as well he doesn't even realize that there's a second player in the
corner it's almost like a little bit of a bruise he's being soooo, somehow sucible got
Oh, nice.
Often, I'm ready for the jump up?
Oh.
Whoa, he stuck it.
He stuck it the entire time, even though he could jump up.
Oh, God, what's going on, bro?
They're having way too much fun.
What we said is they win a pistol and they can just completely set them on the fence here.
Just a pistol.
The edge to counter the neon is for sure, like, great against double kill with Sidney.
Oh, that's pretty cool, DUSP.
Yeah, I didn't know how the interaction worked, to be honest.
I thought you would just go to the site.
Oh!
Hey, they can just go now.
Oh, the link's being shocked, so...
Let's go. I also like that
heretics here kind of did what we saw NRG do the first time they played this map with Kiko on
Kiko on Neon. You can like wall this off, you can wall this
affection often does pinch essentially. Yeah pick up the judge, they're gonna have a good bonus on
this as well. Kiko should just give it a martial and just try snowball throwing, not even give him
around here.
Also most, yeah, this one talking about heads. Look how nice this is.
Being able to pinch like that is so sick. That's what NRG were doing all the time. They definitely watched the demo.
The only one towards the spawn just watching for that mid push and the early pressure gets him towards a offers up an orb as well
Then they can late hit with a 5v4
Going over towards a chamber of the judge they've chosen the right side as well think back to that previous far away
They constantly ran into the stack this time. This is with a judge
I don't know the only with a judge it only
Takes the sheriff tucks into the corner moves back to back side George think it's other than five second
Timer on it. So yeah, I'd say this is no problem
Move this position.
Fighting in the corner, he's been revealed!
They failed to get up down the first time, so she was bit in the bullet, but...
Not sure that was the best possible, just a whole map.
It's how much they want to expend here, the Bulldogs can be thrown into the wind, but...
I do wonder if Rienz may want to hold onto the Vandal.
Yeah, 3v4 I mean, it really depends on how much ground is taken in that first fight.
fight with players still alive and ground being taken yeah you kind of gotta go
like a sandy can get out yeah yeah which winnable but the time we'll start to
apply to side step there a little bit yeah there's not too much end the play
here just clock down and he's done his job the trades coming in but heretics
running very low on time the shock darts forced their hand and he's waiting for a
second shock to come through it never does but the time is bought on the last
very nicely played by Navi
Are you surviving or too bad?
Yeah, decently clean one
and this is one of the other real problems of not having a normal controller is
when you get into those post-bonds
you can't close off angles
you just have to walk around and take fights
and that's a horrible thing to have to try and deal with
where we're facing off against the post-bond on the B side
so definitely going to have to commit maybe more firepower then than they would have liked
to make sure they win this one so that they can force them down to eco sit-down to eco
themselves to get a euro or be incredibly simple.
This is obviously what I was praising for their first game, that they just do simple
stuff that makes sense.
Why is my TP in this corner as well though?
I just did a backshot.
Wow, that's nice. This is a great reaction from those two though.
You know the numbers are going to be here every single time there's a euro for split.
The comeback looks great right now, man.
Nice to actually see him, uh, living up to his potential.
3 to Neon is pretty good man, can AWP really speak about it yesterday, right, if he could just play Neon all the time and just AWP, and then he can rifle as well, and he needs to send it in and be fair as he can do that.
added in it he didn't even say today he was in that map yeah it looks like it looks like a nice
man we don't we don't know if we'll get that consistently you might just be getting lucky
twice whatever is all I see is here it sounds like it's up right now seven and three nice nice
what is this one it's unliked they give him too much sugar like is it's he like hyperactive or
Well, maybe it's just by having 15 cups of coffee before this game, I don't...
Well, I've seen Benji get very excited, but this is a new level.
Yeah, I don't know, he means something to him clearly.
But it's also the context now, winning that round in immediate fight back, Naby,
end up on a low buy, like, this is signalling that we are looking at a dominant series
from Team Heretics. It's only the end of the round, but...
You know, you can almost go all the way down the road, and then if you break it, you have the trip,
and it's, you know, I haven't even looked at this map.
Is this the thing behind Tess? You have to go look in?
Where did they take that out?
Yeah, there has to be something here on the floor, right?
Very nice. I mean, this should be where the judge was earlier.
They clear over towards mid and they don't find it, but this trip might completely be on it.
It might actually be...
It might be the same storyline as the first map, where they get wrecked by some kind of sentinel detail.
So he might discover it.
I
Didn't I said a temperature I peepers to do this before the office
Full on hold my beer play by my field. I mean, I don't know what he was thinking
but
You know credit to the execution was actually worse than the idea
I feel bad for Inspire he played well, but I also think from what's
someone said in chat maybe I'm getting one guy is going to be controller I don't
know that's the play person I'll get many reaction shots fine on controller
really just know that's favorite doesn't actually a lot of different but
it's better than chamber again your cow see how he's feeling oh he's left forward
he's left forward it's actually worrying me more that he looks at this camp that's
That tells me there's a rage behind those words
Yeah, I can't tell if he's a little bit redder than normal if it's just a comparison to the yellow
I think I might think it might be the bright yellow. I kind of like the jacket man
I've got to be honest your big fan of kill bill. He needs a katana and a lot of enemies
Good today
Hopefully this is where now be confined a response. Oh friends got out of hands. I mean yeah to make a change the
make a change in mid kickoff, he would probably guess that something's going on down on me
it could also just be like multiple people seeing how good the evil one is, we want to secure him
I don't know if the comms were good about the trip that they found earlier, but like
once it gets found here, these won't fall back, but they probably go back to this one
at one point.
I think that's kind of fun about this as well, and like why this is probably going
to work for heretics is that Malvia is struggling against a cypher on Haven, like struggling
against a chamber and a sage is very likely one. IGLs that aren't experienced normally
have a rough time against a sage.
responses
back in position once again
he can hone in on that same angle that he started off
and then they even have the slow
so it's not like they could have died through this
puncture fury, expended, he's still in position
just waiting on the other side
but we will lamb the shot
this might be one of the
three that they need
their patience paying off
but there are still more
to deal with
that did a lot down there
Oh, they're trying to combo.
Very nice.
Come back to Captain Yzuzo on this one.
If Navi can get him down to Niko, they get...
They're just struggling enough.
Why do they struggle against Sage?
Because you've got a default, and you've got like 3-1-1,
or you're at least going to have people gathering info on the sides
to find out where the Sage wall is, to make sure they can go break it
break it to create pressure. I always need this gamble. If you're not defaulting properly
and you don't have like an experienced IGL to pull to do this, you're kind of wrecked.
And all the time the sage just means that your playbook gets a little short and you can't do so
much against it. Oh, it's a call like that. Yeah, it looks like it's a wall for sure. And the cool
thing is they've already done this wall for sure earlier with Abathur's.
That is really nice man, that's a great idea.
opening another first blood at his hands
he's saying that in my rent game
he's going to get killed in scorn
luckily my opponents don't have as good aim as woot
sociable though, different that drop
he knows that benji's in the corner and there's not really anywhere for benji to go
take flight drone
sensor
and my safe slow
trigger some utility
the slow
yeah and they got all that uterl out of them
them. 30 seconds, they can cancel. Yeah, that's fireboats are play against. It's still good
calling on this one for Lavi. That gave me such a good chance. Oh, God, it's one of these.
Is it's very open and with the old active for comeback a spray through could cause danger could cause problems
But a judge in his hands. That's even more threatening. Is he clear to the correct corner though up close was rucksack
He's able to get to
Finally fall but the numbers in Navi's favor the time ticking as well a big play
Very very nice. This is an impressive arm from our mother. They're not willing to let this great call to go up all over
towards short and now this was great this is like really, it helps obviously when rucksus
is using all of them but,
that have them trapped they know that okay if one player is up close the
safe was also in the corner there isn't gonna be as much presence around
middle they can gamble on that idea and the wrap around in the counter pit
made things so difficult of course solid play from Rooksick again to stay
alive and lots of skill but this has now reset the economy and it's a lot to
play with but still a free off
A lot of players outside of the site, our Wude is bringing this big ol' gun to bear.
The first shot won't land, now they know the danger's there.
But they still want to challenge him.
Keeping that pressure on, they know he's gotta be close.
He kind of fallen that far back with plenty of cover here to help him out.
Thilu, only good for the trade.
They're trying to check it out.
Arbor is the wit.
They're pushing forward though, pressing in to the numbers for now at least.
It won't be heretics falling apart.
Yeah, I think they're getting too many man.
Oh my bianna
Do you think Navi has a chance this series? I mean, they got a lot of rounds by now, I feel like.
They get only more. Unless Heretics have got absolute masterclass, and on attack with his comp, which you can't imagine they do.
Sage is insanely limited. The chamber might be able to pop. It's individual.
The Neon for sure has to do everything.
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.
In this CompaVastro, I'd say it should be better. The good news is that Candice should just do that.
do that. If it fails, they might have thought they had good enough theory to play this once
and then scrap it.
Sabina, thanks so much for the 33 months, appreciate the tier 1, thank you so much.
Nothing but red on that timeline three in a row for Navi a timeout and now back
Yeah, another must win for heretics
Looks like immediately
Another selfish wall
This one I've seen this one before this one is insane
That is ridiculous man
He is in the bushes
Yeah, this one is disgusting
You can't have seen anything
Can we please get that frozen and zoomed in from his pr-
I'm asking you
It looks so funny from his period
in the twinkle in Wutai as he goes to kill you. That's about all that could have been
nice. Now, ready on the other angle.
Yeah, someone clipped this one on Twitter and now it's disgusting now.
Immediately, no!
Hey, so she was gonna win out that fight.
They're just gonna do a lot here.
So she won the prize.
They're booting the line up close as well.
And they end up cleaning this one up quickly.
A faster play attempted.
Yeah, this one the other guys POV was like so disgusting
Yeah, I thought we were gonna lift me up guys POV
We're gonna see him
I was like, no he's dead, I'm not playing that.
See, even come up on the right, I doubt it.
It's a nasty spot, but that's Sage Boost, right?
You spend enough time on the server, you get your little rewards like that.
And for Navi, you reckon Rixie's gonna knock him?
Sage is underrated on the new breeze.
I mean, let's see what it has on that type.
I guess that XX can be pretty good.
It is a nasty little boost.
And you know, sometimes I see things like that, and you think...
It's Rix of a tech boss.
No, no, no, fair.
But it's a Sage Boost.
boosts are are as playing as they come little textures in there for you to play with crazy
stuff five to four for team heretics and a small break in the action for heretics i don't think
they'll mind too much they just got back on the board they're feeling good i haven't seen that slow
down from comeback but yeah i mean the fact that he's not running around checking if it's there you
go i mean it's fine weber prophesied but yeah he's still top of the board if that's a slowdown i
I don't think you mind too much and obviously it was the attack side and I do think on the attack
He's gonna have to be impressive because if they can get into the site what they can do on the post plant is filthy
But I'm looking at him being the the only real player they can look to set up
Well, maybe he'll look to get the operator on the attack once again
But they also will have to deal with feel you because that defensive side from him last time out was
Incredible that was versus fanatic who also they were running that double duelist and ended up as an 8-4 defensive half
So I don't think Navi are gonna be sweating just yet. Yeah, he didn't care with the wall
worried just yet, but obviously
After losing a streak of rounds at the beginning of the game, we saw them take a pause
It was not safe. Oh no, tell me then I'm trying to think that that's
than losing opening picks to very gimmicky sage boosts
Yeah, but it is also something you're gonna have to think about now for the rest of the map
You've seen what was it shall get picked off in spawn from the middle
Yeah, now you've seen no where it's safe get picked off inside the window and if he's not
Perplexed if he's not at a minimum angry about that
I don't know man feels like it might be it's like dudes
I'm an admin yeah, I'm just telling bra. And so obviously that's something that you know
I'm also think about now in every fight in every peak in every moment that you think is someone pushing that angle when you peak
Way behind that angle there might be a man who can see you and you can't quite see him
That's gonna be in the back of their minds and then that's where I kind of come back to as well
We're talking about like this composition. I've seen so many ideas so far on the defense that I
Mean they kind of traded out like
The smoker just for that there has to be those same ideas on the attack
But what else do they have what other gimmicks are up there's a warrior
I have it's okay if with this composition for Navi. You kind of do have a visible behind the cross
I mean, I imagine you're, imagine, it's insanely hard to see, game issue, like, ah, they're
for sure checking this wall.
Right, it's just not a bugged wall.
Want to see if I'm gonna attack up here, V?
Yeah, unless it literally, there is, like, a brick there and you can't see it.
genuinely just play passive you don't have a lot of execution utility you don't
have a lot that can make things very awkward yeah you can try these shock
that slow combos that they've been doing and I'm not worked once so it and I'm
the defense you can see him you know they have to walk into one of these
jokes so all the things that if I'd like work the bit on that's another one if
you're slightly visible dude I'm having none of it or was it just we need 10
I think that's something that won't work.
Who's old enough to remember?
I don't know if we even have players that are old enough to remember.
When we started playing at the beginning of the game,
a band sage was that even went through walls.
It was crazy back then.
You can sage wall if the wall went through another wall,
you'd have to replay rounds.
It was so dumb, bro.
That's silly.
Homie, that's not the half of it.
I promise you there's way worse stuff.
Champs 20-21?
If you know, if you know, you know.
If you know, you know. That's all I'm saying.
We won't go into it.
The cam? No.
I don't want to chat-set it, but...
Oh, mate, that was nearly an incredible clip.
work is done the hard work surely oh behind them that plant undeniable now and this is
hero on the other side you're wise to use the right as i'm going to line up
dude sick round from benji but benji's on his feet he's feeling good as heretics steam into the
lead at six to four yeah i think every single killer he had to swap angles for like he starts off
going to join his teammate in main he then realized okay my orbs just about to go off
as it fades he peeks back towards the hall insta kills you could even see it fading at the beginning of the clip
then repositions back towards the site it's not possible takes that fight switches back to him again
I just forgot about him decision-making like you had to choose the right person at the right time
Oh, they can definitely give it when they go to a defense though.
Surely.
I'm excited to see what heritage they're going to have on their attack.
It all had so much potential, imagine you went down the line.
They definitely been trying to get good with the molly shot.
up all to keep come back hidden all that's feel you down it's just disgusting
oh it's a good example with what I was talking about right with this
comp you can't really fight man he's even gonna be the one peeking you're just gonna
just to really try and sell that idea off you're just gonna get a 45 seconds
Na'Vi once again have to pivot their play still looking to try and hit this a side
But comeback spot I said it should be relatively unknown
He's able to fight back and that's a spike down
I think they might know where it's going now
No gatecrush left to work with either sociable just have to walk out pops of flash
But they just fight the other guys as Benji holds on to control
Relinquishes nothing a bit of HP fades from his bar, but his teammate comes in to film
Oh, the gap!
Chance rocks it to make that costly, but going into the final round...
Rax is back in the slur.
Ah, dude, surely they're just having to care.
Into the lead, and as we said, with the unknowns, sitting here for the second half...
This is exactly what they needed.
A resurgence.
I think there's a real skill to knowing when...
... to follow all of that vibrativity, when to put it into play and when not to.
And I think so far on this A site, Benji has...
Now they need five. Dude, they might honestly be... they might have enough.
No, I'm sure they need five.
The only thing that worries me is how Preft's erratic cell of some of these, like, little gimmick rounds.
he has but this rotation from boo is just for the heel on to come back but with three players towards the A site
I mean they might want to strike look for the mid control go into words and main instead sage wall mid and a rotate back
Okay, and that rotate might get there just in time
How's he handed this so well
under the pressure
Panifas, Panifas, sorry for feeling
Again, he's able to just re-position
all the way around to the radar
while Rienz does the majority of the
work
for Shao and Rooksik
This seems like an impossible task
He knows there's a guy in the corner
He knows that Rienz is there, that box free
but immediately swings for the trade
and while Shao
is probably worried about Sagewool
he's got three more to find in this one
to do it has to get applied first he knows that possible very nice
he is four enough I think with a pistol they will dominate but the question
sit here around that second half yeah for sure it really has been one of those
sort of like awkward scenarios for Navi their map choice looking a little bit
I'm the contention here, but we do have some worries when it comes to that second half
Let's send it down to Ginny who has gone under cover with some of the team heretics fans
What do you mean?
I am a team heretics fan and so is Julia and thank you by the way for agreeing to do this
You know what?
Heritage is actually looking really good on us. You scale them with 10. How excited are you for the performance?
Actually, it's definitely a 10. I mean, they're just my legends
winning evc and probably master Santiago we're having a little bit of a
conversation with Benji you know the lowest absolutely he is gonna fish
every kill all right well thank you so much and you know I want to end things
off with a chance are you are you guys ready to do one I mean we can do one
Okay, let's go
Who was winning this?
Team that's that John
All right castors you heard it here
I'm gonna get a better John than this
We couldn't get a better John than this
You're certainly looking good after that first half Tom. Don't look out man. I'm just giving him a job
I'm just giving him a job.
Renave, again it felt like they got their hands on the reins for a moment
But that all slipped away so quickly. Yeah, some of the mid-rounding
I think was pretty decent where they were able to sort of spot
You have a better chance, what is it?
But then later in the map it seems like every time they tried to be more direct
They just ran into the blender like they were getting caught by a comeback Benji combo
Which they really wanted to overwhelm and defeat and they never did
I don't think they did once like Benji just was so good at staying alive
And I was a little bit perplexed that we didn't see them
You can't steal the fanatic one because it doesn't go on
I feel like once booze wall and like slows were used that it felt like that was a much more open site and then they finally go back to it at the end and they go
Oh, Rhyans is here now. Rhyans is just going to dodge everything and kill everyone along the way.
Last set as well for Benji, 14 and 6, crazy half from him. And it has been, I think the last two series he's played as well, he's just reaching these big heights, digging teeth.
They've needed him to.
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, this is what happens when survival is the name of the game.
Heretics find that extra level the first half should you point this sign?
Bowlin next week.
Make something to make a John.
The politics around this has now been out that defensive pistol with four players
towards the A site, but a gay crash can quickly send sociable over to meet Rooksic,
where I'm not certain that the push is coming through, but they will be applying
some pressure, especially searching for that pick with wood and finding it
God, the MTB side.
Oh, I'm gonna react into the three.
Oh, Navi, you've had a stinker on you.
Oh, God, that really sums it up.
That really just sums it up.
didn't hit, it didn't hit, it's all good, you know, he clicked a little too light, new mouse,
that's stuff for Fulu.
Three more to go down though, he's at least managed to upgrade his weapon, but no ammunition,
take a minute, and all this, look at what blue is, bleeding, it's an absolute rat.
I mean, if it's not the position, if it's not the numbers, I mean the time is what's
gonna cost him this, they can throw themselves at him like lemmings, one after another, he
has no smoke, no wall, nothing to cause any sort of chaos, and even now, blue still hasn't
They physically cannot stop him in time and there's a reason booted move
He knew feel who's gonna look for pics and he did look his way
He said yeah shovel pistol
To four Tom twisting the knife really for now be right down there
They get a leg up in any regard. Yeah, I have a lot of questions about the ass
Attack side and I'll be honest. There's a good chance. We don't see much of it. Yeah, we might have to see it
I
No, 34, thank you so much for that, appreciate that, thanks for the gift dude.
I don't see anything, Sam.
I think that's it. Appreciate that, thank you so much for the gift dude.
Yeah, strong bait for the corner.
in play any cost a little bit wine show is in a decent position but it's
immediately cleared there isn't really anybody there to try and trade off of
either more close blocks off and then you could if you wanted to boost yourself
up right nice shot at least but the danger goes once the heel is put through
Yeah, we've got all this good stuff in this, I was like.
Yeah, let's get into the borax.
Hon is ready to get over to him.
here and now and it's got to be convincing. I don't want to see a 1v1 decide around. They've got to look good from the get-go.
Well, yeah, I think the most terrifying thing will actually come for other squads because you will have watched this heretic side
play versus KC. Get banged out in map number one and then squab through the series in the end.
This is the heretics that everybody fears. The one that can just dumpster. Even squads that have looked incredible.
That's rough. That's rough, dude.
It's hard to get called out in an interview so you don't believe in our war to then lose to an outlaw.
Well, actually he said he wasn't allowed to because of the calling style.
It's all come close to our core.
That's crazy, isn't it?
You still think 4 is enough?
enough may know when they're buying four light well three light armors and one
person without an armor in your first byron when you know there's an outlaw
in the game that's sort of criminal
they should have just kept they should listen to trying to operate on that one
Oh, Benji actually looks fully back, it's like peak form.
It's a nice re-position from Boo.
We'll miss the shot but he gets another time with the wall the distraction is really good
Shallots of engine it's a one easy
I am thank you so much to appreciate the gift
It's all smiles down on the stage and who can be surprised. No, he's been insane. Well, we talked about the fact that
Yeah, they're not dealing with the war well.
It's a lot more double controller.
They don't have someone behind that wall breaking out.
It's a second controller when that's your first.
Like, who needs them?
18 and 8.
They've won 8 rounds in a row.
And if you're an RV fan, you hate to see it.
Like, this is all going wrong.
For a squad that started off one match away
versus gentlemates to be in one of those finals
and have three bites of the cherry.
all three of those finals worst case scenario
RV for the lower run
made it to the run
and they lose to a crashy's clutch one of the best flicks we've ever seen
while nasty at all
winner of giants liquids
and after a dominant breeze
loser of this
then whoever loses
no
they'd lose 2-0 to GX
they lose to navi
It's a hack. Dude, these two games, no matter what these two are, they're insanely hard.
Love this format. Bro, I'd be fine with this every... I'd be fine with this like three-four
times a year. It's by far the best format we've had in Balor. Like, stage one, stage
He's gonna seem horrendous after watching this.
drawing brand you've got big problems brewing you can kind of put it down to
give quality new VIP for being the warden wait what was it big fry 14 or something
was your you can do that considering he's 12 and 16 it paints a story
he's like 15 knows it that was cracking me up the heretics they now look to
that's a sick name uh dagger with the spine appreciate the two months thanks
for the judge but i almost felt like it's an angle they could get past he's quite far back
oh mainly because if they go mid he could get caught but yeah should have kept it he should
have kept him closer for this judge to truly do that i'm worried the comeback's gonna walk around
this corner and in the headshot oh so some fans shouts down they got a pretty rough start to the
hole now a man behind but sociable still on site if they can extend that business to the back maybe
He could at least level the playing field, but look at the patience on heretics. Benji also waiting his turn
Inside the elbow and they actually got a break the sage wall at one point
Break a single stage one defense
Oh, it's sick, okay, they wrecked him
Then the first one thing is for certain heretics. They didn't come you don't look scary man. It's scary
It's a it's a sick confidence game to come back as well
if you ask me
I'm looking like a comfort. I wouldn't be used to work on the on
the wind
3534 dominant win. I would have called your man. I would have called you a heretics ultra at that point
If you believe that was gonna happen, but today they come in the pan, I won't know it's rolling schedule
It'll be like
And they want to cling to it. I am very very nervous ready, but he comes up against him next
It definitely takes a little bit longer than he is. It should be like 20
Being a couple of rounds or around the way
Multiple times again five or six chances to defeat fanatic in their previous match
We see them drop down and the recovery
just was not there definitely some bright sparks throughout the season but a
long long way to go for a team that expectations definitely sit higher than
seven faiths well yeah I'll be having believe it in that fast game
this could be the start of the run for heretics finding a dominant win here
there's still plenty more to go three more series between them and San
I should have bought my mouth. I should have bought my mouth, he tells me I'm going to
let an arena to beat. The omitting really inspired a lot of people. Chronicle of Stamford.
Just want to be seeing it. It's something that you maybe don't always have expectations
But if they perform this while you're in a good space anyway a man at the moment
Let's go down for the interview with Penty fishing
The man of the game
You have for us today. Congratulations. Thank you. Yeah, I'm looking line. I'm shaking a little bit
Good, I'm not sure I can have this in the screen for much longer. Look at this fan. It's savagery
I think that is absolutely fair. This was a very high intensity match, a lot of pressure, because of course you are in this lower bracket.
So you've been in it for a bit now.
Yeah, I get a band of touch for that, Jesus.
Oh, English is hard. Kind of gone through the motions here at kickoff. What has been your biggest takeaway?
I think the biggest takeaway for me is that no matter what, Heritage is always going to be one of the top teams in EMEA.
even if you know at some point we're playing bads we're a team where we can
always come back you know like we we work really hard I think we work harder
than other teams I think that's why we're always gonna be one of the best
teams in the year.
There's always a good thing to have. When you're talking about working hard, when you're talking about being able to bounce back, what does it really come down to?
Um, I think it's just having belief in like each other and believing that we can win, you know, when you're losing constantly, um, it's very difficult, but I think that's when you need to believe the most when you are losing, um, because if you end up just spiraling and nobody, people stop believing in the team, then that's when you're just done.
So I think we've got, I've gotten pretty lucky with my teammates, that everybody has the same belief, everybody works with the same goal, and I think that's, yeah, that's how we, you know, we're able to come back.
That's a great place to be in as a player, but also as an organization.
We come see you guys gelling together as well. I mean, come back today also had another pop-off performance as well.
I would have loved to have a conversation with him too, but at the end of the day, to have players that can really be that spearhead for heretics to like go in and be aggressive,
Do you think that that's really your strength?
Is there anything else you're leading into?
I mean, obviously it's important to have players that can have pop-off moments and, you know, can carry a game.
But in the end, we always believe in winning as a team.
We're not really setting one person up to be the star, you know.
We're always making sure we're winning as a team.
And we...
All of us have the potential to carry a game.
And, you know, when it happens, it's like, nice.
but in the end we'll always focus on winning as a team.
Alright, quick one, because they're sitting up right behind us.
We have a late-code, we have GX.
Do you have a favorite opponent you want to go up against?
Uh, I want to play against Mini-Boo.
Ha ha ha!
Alright, thank you so much.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
That's it for us from now.
We're going to be heading over to a quick little break
and be back with the second match of today.
A quick two now, yeah.
Especially for EMEA.
It's over.
Really fast, yeah, direct him.
Parking.
Yes!
What the?
Come on!
Nice!
Let's go!
I love this game.
Alright.
I will be back in a little bit.
Yes, I'm...
Wingman World while...
I'm winning, yeah, that's so true.
Have a break.
Have a KitKat.
Wingman World while wanting a well-won break.
Let's go!
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And I'll stand there, down to the sun
Hey, it's my superpower
This world loves to be coming
I keep down, I'll be joining in life
No rules, no rules
Who will cast control on me?
Last one Tony, I'd love to be a rat
Yeah, I'd love to be a rat
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Welcome back everyone to VCT EMEA kickoff where heretics have just knocked Navi out of the competition.
A crazy sentence to be iterating but that is just how the truth comes.
Yeah, a lot easier than I thought. To be honest with you.
But a huge positive for heretics, I think Navi just made a little slow to react here with the map she saw and the map run.
Yeah, I think one of the things that we highlighted in the start of the day was it's been such a fault and grace for Na'Vi.
We almost kind of have to argue like, okay, but they kind of have a couple of easier opponents at the start.
You know, obviously it was a rematch up against Team Heretics.
So I think if any of them cut it to Team Heretics for being able to warm up into the competition, there are no strangers to a lower bracket run.
And now they'll be hoping that they can make it all the way to Masters, that's it.
Yeah, back to the drawing board for Na'Vi, Heretics and those strangers to a lower bracket run.
But neither is Liquid and they're going up against their opponent today, which is going to be Giant X.
So want to start things off by looking at liquid here?
What are expectations because I feel like it's kind of going up and down like initially we're like, okay, like up
You know the downward trend I think
At the start it was like okay, and then it was like what?
Yeah, to be honest for me liquid have probably been one of the things that have missed the mark the most to be honest with you in terms of
Not just like a map by map basis, but overall
More than Na'Vi?
Yeah, I think so definitely I think at least for Na'Vi we were initially talking about
Week one, crack the meta, like they're looking fantastic, so we'll control the game.
Liquid is one for me that's felt like it's been more against the grain than Navi, certainly.
Yeah, it's feeling like a slow burner. Like, in the sense that...
Without the fire.
Yeah, without the fire. That's crazy, but also kind of valid.
I think, obviously, they kind of started kickoff with a sub coming in.
They didn't have paint here, so like, they've had to, you know, get together in Berlin.
So yeah, I think for them it's definitely been a slow burner,
But I think that we came in to kick off or you kind of setting the expectation that when we look at this team
We could roster this year. It's not as high as
What we had on our kind of standings last year in the sense that we're not expecting as much as we did last year
Yeah, I definitely agree with that the expectations certainly are lower. I just thought that we've only seen kind of snippets of
Potential for this year. I'm certainly not sold yet
Yeah, this is definitely rematch of the EMEA stage two grand finals from last year for GX great because they're
still in, you know, same roster but then for liquid changes here and there. So looking forward to see how this is going to be playing out because at the end of the day, we are in this lower bracket.
Both of these scenes are here. So both of them in some way shape or form have missed the mark. Yeah, I think like the big thing for me in this rematch is obviously things on Team Liquid side has changed a lot because of the fact that they have the roster
rebuilt. But for Giant X, the only roster in EMEA to have not made any changes. So yeah, it's going to be intriguing to see how they actually face off against one.
Yeah, I think we were talking the other day about actually, that seems to make no roster.
It should be the ones that hit the ground running in terms of changing comps,
maybe changing their overall approach to the game.
And again, it's kind of just messing with Giant X a little bit.
Is the meta changed that severe that it has impact at GX in this way?
Or yes, yes, I would say so.
I mean, if we think about Giant X's identity last year, it was very heavily like double initiator.
And when we consider the patch changes and everything that's happened with the signature,
Like we discussed at the very top of show that impacts shine X heavily because you don't have as much information
That is back in the third in this game. Yeah, I mean they had to change something
It feels like we still lean into that double in cracks and lean heavy and
Couple of the max as well. So it feels like a big thing very strong identity last year
They're another thing in the Japanese
But they might have to pivot away from that because of Leanne's their strengths
Yeah, I think obviously when you have players like cloud and flick this it's it's hard to make a decision to go
Okay, you've got to switch something up. We've got to talk about differences different roles different compositions, but for me it's
Then again having the same
Yeah, also going 13 and oh again, this is kind of
I tried to put it really nicely but it just does bring a lot of questions in terms of like what exactly is wrong today. This guy's a fast
It just comes down to the composition that they went for on Abyss and it just not necessarily
Setting it them up the way that they were hoping for
I mean giant X chose Abyss against Vitali and with the composition that they run having to start on that
That front side is really really rough so for Vitality we're able to take advantage of that on their attack.
The amount of times that Ginex were just caught off guard because they had no information and let's bear in mind
the composition that they have, yeah they have a Tehodrome but other than that realistically what active information gathering tools do you have
they're still banging on about having this breach on a base which we've already shared that we're not really big fans of so yeah
Actually I've never fucking shared it.
Do you like the bridge?
No.
That's what I want to show.
The viewership and the plan, I had so big one that it was crazy.
I did some of the amount of numbers that Lars gets in semi-hand.
They obviously had a very dominant loss on a base and it is difficult, but I just think it's a comp dip in that matchup.
Dominant loss is crazy though.
Yeah.
No, but like in matches...
He's tier 2? I don't think he's even close to Realms.
I think in that match specifically it was very difficult because he's just getting so overwhelmed with the double Julius point.
with the double Jules composition that was vitality we were running. So it's like, yes,
they got dominated, but it's like, I don't want to be too much into it. I want to try
and be positive. That's great. I mean, we just, we can try to be positive here. We can
look at their win against all. And of course that's a great thing to have. And, but the
question remains, like, off is a team that came through from Ascension. So again, I
mean, it's scraping by. I can see it on their faces. Is that really convincing? Yeah, I
I think I closed the cast the other day, the old cast the other day saying I think actually this is worse off a liquid to go up against old.
It's just the actual matchup in terms of the stylistic comparison. I think I've reflected in the series yesterday, but you really have the hands full.
Yeah, that series yesterday just annoyed me, if I'm not going to lie.
Like I would start there just literally, can someone just win now?
Like can someone actually just win?
I mean, look at them.
Yeah, but it didn't feel like it was anyone's game to win, if that makes sense.
I mean, they had a... it was a good game for Wayne.
today and yesterday were like the big day for maybe all of the players that were getting underrated and all performing and performing
and V had a good day today, well today won, come back, weighing yesterday, it's like 3 people there with at least some, at least getting mentioned
I think I'd like to just get straight into it, starting off with Unats specifically and looking at the IGL role, the calling in rounds, the calling mid rounds,
because now you are playing with players that maybe don't have as much experience as we did last year. Has that changed anything for you?
I mean, every roster changed something. I think there is a lot of free adjustments, and as I mentioned yesterday, we still need to understand where we are good at and where we are bad at.
We are still on that phase. Let's see how it will be later on.
Ben, from the gorgeous perspective, I'd like to kind of hear the same thing in terms of what it's like to take the steps of figuring out what's necessary, what you're good at, what you're bad at, and just the IGL in the top.
Yeah, I think we are still like, using kickoff a bit as a touching ground to understand what our strengths, our weaknesses, what type of game we want to play.
we should still try and find our true identity and I'm confident with time we'll get that.
Realistically, how much time does a roster really need to be able to find their identity?
I mean, it depends. I think every roster is different, honestly.
It depends a lot on the players, the experience of the players, the system that they've in place.
Sometimes you give the direction. It works at first, right?
Sometimes you need to go for the second or third try and keep trying.
enough of the day. That's what you're doing. We keep trying and we're giving up.
Okay, today's kind of, because it's a low bracket, I mean, I love how you guys are talking about time
and trying, but it is do or die. You have to be able to win this game. Does that in any way,
shape or form, potentially change the approach in regards of the amount of pressure that's being
put on the roster, that's being put on individuals that you're putting on yourself as well, Nats?
Low bracket is always cool. I don't think I ever went by upper bracket anywhere and it's
tournament so I think that's the most interesting part. I'm not really a big
fan of playing the games without the pressure where you can lose and you go
lowers. And I always was saying that I prefer more if you lose you go out from
the tournament. The question is back to then you're sitting in the booth you're
watching your players play in this slow bracket obviously you're gonna have a
couple of heart attacks here and there. How is that for you? I mean I lose my mind
quite often. I actually, I honestly really love these high pressure games. You know
of the day like these types of runs going through the lower bracket even if
last year as an example it shaped us a lot for the rest of the year. So we need
to take all of these experiences, the learning experience for the future, learn
from it, get better and as long as we understand what direction we need to go
I think lower bracket is actually quite better than it would be through
upers honestly because sometimes you just win win and you really understand what you need to improve
I think going through lowers getting making the mistakes is when we actually learn and improve
and understand what are the next steps that we need to take as a team. Yeah so really looking at it
more as a blessing in disguise. Is it the second half of watching? No we might be out. Maybe you can do it in five minutes.
You guys played the game yesterday against Ulf and I'm thinking it wasn't necessarily the results that you guys were hoping for.
you have a very short turnaround to make yesterday work into the game today.
What has that been in terms of focusing on a small improvement or anything that you think
would make the biggest difference today?
Um, talking a bit about yesterday's game, I think again, I don't think anyone can come into
pick-off and expect any easy games, honestly. It's very well into the year. The teams are
still finding themselves. There's very few teams that are consistently playing at high level right
now and I think yesterday it's again a learning experience for us and even
though on paper we might people might have spec to be an easy game it's never
an easy game we can ever come into this game special air into the year and
expect oh it's going to be easy we went from it to understand what we did good
when trying to do bad and for today we need to improve the things that you did
but for you Nats quick turn around from yesterday to today I know we had the
interview at the end of the game you're like we'll look at the game we'll see
what goes what's the difference between Nats from yesterday and Nats from
today let's see on the server I want to know now we'll find out on the server
well guys thank you so much for your time and for the answers to questions a
bit of you go good luck with your game later today and desk back to you thank
you very much
you
They ban Frost but they don't ban it.
They just let it.
They essentially let Joannex accept the ban.
Yeah, I mean the two wins that they've had have gone to overtime.
Yeah, Joannex took the half.
They're not going to go into this and be like, oh no, what are we going to do?
They're right in the same composition.
The comfort is something that they're talking about, so it feels like that's what we can expect.
On the hellpoint though, I find it really interesting that they've chosen to start on the attack
when we think about the composition that Timlick would run on Pearl because to me it doesn't feel like a super strong attack composition.
Yeah, players are also getting comfortable on their Razor Chairs to make sure that they are able to attack Wink Wink.
But I want to continue this discussion here on Pearl because I'm also going to look at it with GX perspective.
If they gentle made some power, one pistol, they had two really good stars in their hearts.
to go into it though because it's been banned against them the last two series that they've played so hopefully they've taken some
learnings from that game against General Mates and we'll be able to apply it today.
And this is another composition that kind of comes on the question for GYNX whereas like we're still forcing the KO where it feels like a lot of teams have moved away from that so that feels like it's gonna be quite on the nose in terms of the meta discussion we're having still for me flickers as a comfort role that's still always a possibility for him to put up a solid performance.
Then Bind, second time I'm going to use a sentence today, when or if we get to Bind.
I thought we would have been the first and now, but yeah, I'm out of this one.
I find it kind of funny that the last two maps that Ginex had to choose from was Abyss or Bind.
Like, what do we go to? I wonder.
Yeah, 100%.
But I do think it's kind of weird in the sense that the two times that Ginex had chosen to play Bind,
they've lost it the two times so I think if it does get to that point it does the cover
they were really good man and DFM split game was fun
DFM even was fun
paper racks
old paper
what were the other two papers?
the trademark nat stepped up was obviously famed for on Bind
specific response today. Not a lot of fun.
Okay. Old school comfort moment.
Sure. Yeah, the good people this...
They're still trying to like, find who plays the second Jordan Southerly's to.
I prefer this.
Just purely because I think the purple frags better and looks better on the mission.
they were able to find out decent enough comeback,
the vibe seemed to be high.
And then looking at team like wins,
we love this composition from them.
Yeah, absolutely.
This is sort of what I want to see Liquid
probably tapping to a little more
in terms of moving forward this year.
But again, it's been the peak for me in kickoff,
seeing the performance on breeze.
A lot of this, of course,
they're like hanging through,
they're both fine on the other side.
That's the point,
there's a lot of playstyle to go on the road,
on the edge that you expect to see them on.
This has got to be it.
But that worked from the last year.
This time round,
I'm in the biggest of them, they're in a different country for sure.
They liquid-played 3's previously, yeah, twice.
Probably their most convincing map at the moment.
They lost to Vitality in the game.
3 times?
I don't think so, I think twice maybe.
8-0?
Oh yeah, the 7-1 game, dude.
about again with liquid I raise the question one thing for my memories.
We'll park that for a little bit so you're thinking a couple of national
loss here no comment okay and with that no comments we're going to be heading
over to our cast. Oh I'm sure. Let's just mate you go to time out several
months that's on him it's not me thank you that we will try and do to the best
of our ability in a game where one of our stage two grand finalists from last
year will be sent home in kickoff here Cairo. It was a labelled liquid performance last night.
GX with an extra day's rest, they'll be feeling fresh coming into this one.
Yeah, it feels as if after that series yesterday, the real winners were GiantX, just because Team Liquid
had a relief to win that series against Ulf, but the key, like, asterisks to that is GiantX
haven't won a single map or register the win on any of these maps, and that's Vito.
Yeah, the Vito is not looking the best for them, the deaths discussing it as well, Breeze.
Full liquid should signal a strong start here as it was yesterday.
Okay, giant axe on the fence, liquid on attack.
Where's your goat, Panzee?
Oh, is she?
She's been missing ever since the attempt coming, actually.
Here we go.
Should uh, someone should check in.
15 to start.
Exactly.
It might have got her.
That's not the present.
That's exactly it.
Aira looking to play on the front lines but pushed off through the out-drawn and
silver utility being clung forward but it's just Grubby and Aira looking to take the timing
well played by Grubby but Aira manages to dodge the relay ball but as well good scan coming through
from cloud it looks like both players are just the birds to escape the good shots from Popo
yeah as I said I can't get enough of my next three
three on three situation now and I have a chance to get the spike up after the shocks expire
oh man just dodging non stop uterine
under the SPF boss
get through the utility and finally it looks to go down
yeah slay is clean on both sides it's flying from west side bow has caught the attention of liquid
they're now fighting in the site together
yeah no they're pushed forward and towards fleckless and clouded all along
I thought at least the band is, but Popple wins it against his opposite number first,
Fletcher's known for his win.
Westy coming into the perfect team, and now he's up to a win.
Last they saw him on men, he might have under every position.
I think you have to get it by that, right?
We'll have to live up to that scene performing Snow, but they'll just go try and stack it.
There could be Westy to hold it down, three for him, and a pistol for Giant X.
Yeah, good start for GX.
The round went to the rumps, I think, in portions, but a conversation I want to make
The conversation I want to bring up nice and early here is a potential initiative to experience
if that we see between the two sides.
It was a fantastic reveal from Cloud to Star.
And we know how good Flickless has come recently on the KO as well.
Plus I'm stealing the show here.
Okay, it's the same old Ecoform again.
We're here again.
Yeah, you're absolutely spawned in terms of just an experience,
not just on the Anishia front, but just as a full team.
I mean, yeah, the desk we're talking about as well in terms of, like, what Giant X should have been able to do.
They picked the weak sides.
There's going to be very quick pop towards the site.
Sure, Giant X do have the advantage in terms of the weapons, but strength and numbers could help out team luck with you.
Already quite a bit of damage, I think, because of these quick plays.
There's five classics that they are up against here, GX, but already two members down.
Yeah, they at least got one of the guns.
Team look at HP so...
the cloud was looking for he's gone back to the sidearm now and even with this
plant around the corner still it just doesn't work again
some of the ganks can actually pick up a thrifty response from the other side
actually that strength and number i could take to that ground from many
booth to catch the players off guard giant hext is not aware of the map at all
i'm really well played from team liquid just that you have a triple spectre of a
conversation we were having next to the common Michael versus mackerel
Yeah, I mean, when you look at both of these teams,
that's the pop-top of the star is interesting that GX hadn't beaten Liquid because the thread
that connects both of them is the Cloud and Nats have been...
...having had incredible money and now it's Liquid's turn.
...either of those teams and when you look at their field of individual testing records,
well, Cloud hasn't been Nats since 2021. I was a bit surprised reading that up myself, but...
Giants haven't been Nats since 2021.
I'm not sure what you want.
Did Cloud? Oh ok.
I was going to say me, I swear Jax wasn't here until then.
and the future but that naive just does that so and the meantime team liquid
hit towards the other side of the map clear all of this pressure though
fairly shallow knife used to be a set of stairs that you could throw and get it
on top of the roof there but not anymore liquid actually doubling down on the
a-hit through double doors this time yeah this is a very good calling yeah it's
really nice calling
It seems if we'll be next to no issues in terms of getting that spiked down the only problem they do have
is obviously that main portion
Ruby's still holding on to this. I'm not a classic, but seems to be the going right for kills at the moment Cairo
Yeah, posing issues
West side is on a short note to being noted and that does have control spawn so players will have to force the way in through other means
From a little base, I don't know.
The entry routes held down as it stands west side is shorty out and so
That's set you up to suggest that liquid will be taking the lead here as was very much expected at the start of the round
Not too much done to really cause them too many issues
And that's where we're wondering heading into the rifle rounds heading into those parts
So we can start very very clean on this defense with a rifle in his hands with an op even
How much impact he's going to be able to have
Yeah, I mean that's a big conversation point about it scope weapons as a whole obviously
BBL being the team that everybody's been speaking about in terms of the scope weaponry and how
Lothers Rocks being able to really make that work, but Ara was expecting to also be able to live up
to that standard and I mean especially in that last game that we shot from Giant X and Vitality
Games. I really feel like if Ara was off-form with his off-game skills it would worry scope weaponry in
They could also opt for the wall that gives you passive A main pressure, they can constantly
walk past this.
Pretty much means that any one way areas are going to want.
There you are.
No idea.
Can you get the two?
I love this especially when you've got waste eight and that corner
Yeah
Jax
And Grubby is dead early on this flak
Yeah, and no team liquid get even stronger with the numbers
Both players are having to force a week through CT. Nice shots from Cloud door. So remaining three are all out on mid
Trying to play post plan in times of what they've got. Yeah, they can't really do anything
First the shot goes though
Needs to be kept for GX liquid continuing to add to this lead now after that anti eco
Yeah, very nicely played and I think it all just comes from money, but I think that's the biggest aspect here giant X
once again this is the second round I would pin down to not being aware of the
map and the weaknesses you think towards the the antico that was the first one
and now this is a second time with the miniboo game all the way deep and to say
such a nice play and even just the awareness here as well from Wayne I
didn't think I'd be flanking nice play on dinner
I'm wondering if this might be a toll or if it changes their wall after the actual hit.
Flockless tries to get something with the flashes, but it doesn't dissuade anyone
His body's here for GX. I mean most of all
Solid pre-incombing about it
It hasn't found any opportunity to get activated
I mean if we get some other kill, it gets us all for next round
I'm just looking for the info here
But I think this is a lost cause now with that next rifle going down
West side getting ready to bunker, but Nats is on the hunt
He's bought the outlaw specifically for this purpose
So when you look at the money that GX have or liquid half sorry, how does one show demon one playing the game today?
Yeah, what you've got to be hot and down our will win the duel though
Apparently that's three sprints
Yeah, and we say could rate rescue a rifle here as well
So actually with them only being three alt points between them off picking up a couple extra alts here
How much more the liquid really want to try and test looks like Wayne would have been the next in the
firing line but TP's away they cut their losses and liquid move up to 4.
There they do. I mean yesterday or sorry not yesterday it feels as if all the
teams are on the other side.
There's time to suggest that internal issues are happening here.
I think the um what we saw was a real fight in 14 months.
Giant X making issues of themselves and especially with a D to find it.
I didn't even see Team Liquid's breeze yesterday.
I don't think they've got a chance of winning one up.
So, did these two are such a solid combo?
Not the most people want to use it into Byron, especially the neon orc part.
As soon as they're dodging the silver orc, just the neon orc skills.
And he did good to double back, Westside kind of walks into the edge wall.
Very big miss man, he looks kind of comfy.
caught sleeping and liquid just happy to carry things on the way that they have
in very very clinical in moments when they've managed to find an opening and
I have to say Mini Boon has really been on top of things right now he has he
sure has a definite level and Mini Boon certainly has been a highlight for Tim
liquid in terms of what he can show us.
How do you manage to watch religion?
I'm in a good time zone to be honest with you.
I mean I think it helps that I want to watch them all as well.
So another gun round here for GX to try and get something done.
And there it stands, Liquid have a mid focus, but they've split it through Elbow as well,
a position which is unclear by Cloudstone, so Flix lets us to keep his wits about him
here.
Be just walk straight into med. I mean sure you can see I don't ready to please
That's just ascending there's no trade ability hours looking for something else before the tailwind
I get it though. He's gonna be wondering why they were too long
again look at what say that's the most important position here cloud catches one
off gun but it's gonna be a trigger
such a shame in the moment
we can see being the trunk on certainly comes out on top no security for
purple to try and get the plant in here that's the altar playoff but no
positions are really that's my bad for coming on the shots
groovy cleaning it up
big round coming up finally back to winning ways first time six the pistol
get reset
but was it really them one in that because liquid will stand to show
A real sense of disrespect to the reportants and...
And Omen's better than Astrum, I mean...
Omen's better at fighting over towards a main, but...
Doesn't really get that easy, or maybe pink bill on the soft ale yet.
Like you say, we need to see this become repeatable for them.
I think one of my big takeaways from the...
Oh, uh...
Get him out.
A-ra?
Get on.
And one of the things I took away from the Liquid game the other day...
Hang on a second here, it was individual moments.
moments is there one from
from Cybersick
High intensity about this defense right now in the opening stages. I'm leaking this from Janix
You can see Grubby taking extra space as well
He's managed to keep up a self-hate and such a little bit longer
got
Ruby in the midst of this I mean liquid losing the main control should be clearing out his position
Do they have utility too?
Well, it's a question of whether they want to use it purpose only thinking about it goes in. So that's wake still
Oh
I mean you're even gonna get the hunt or scurry active
and I think he's gonna...
...no shot.
He's gonna go real fast on that.
He's just gonna go for the swing.
Maybe he's just really expecting a 1-1.
They can actually win this for sure.
That's a smoke, Molly.
And they have a double flash as well.
Obviously, walls and base ready.
Short bean. Dude, and they're forcing down to lincor.
It's no reaction because...
feel like a work in progress is made on both sides in that round Cairo yeah that's
the big thing is it seems to be who can make the least mistakes not who can
punish the most and coming back to what I was setting up in the previous round is
that liquid-wind condition at the start of breeze yesterday against all fours
sniveling big individual I think that is always going to be the going right if
if you can get more like that, check short close so that they can, oh this is nice though,
check short close so they can flash on it.
Yeah, and the silver was a little off of this, maybe a little too close so it's like easy
to dodge.
Flank coming in, purple, aware of it, and I'm just happy to take these fights, trace it
out.
Yeah, ring like this, smaller micro detailness, checking, checking shots, then no one's
That's why I've never been able to talk so many times to make sure they at least get 7 here
But at the same time they were up against an E.Co.Bi for Giant X
We're gonna see still a heavy investment coming through still wanting to get our back on that operator
And it's gonna cost Giant X if they lose this round
Team Liquid up to 8 playing against an E.Co.Bi
Yeah
something off of the reduced shelf but now GX are running out of excuses they
have the open play the alt's available if required midi boot charging into the
darkness I like the idea this very quickly sent to that place I tried to fake this smoke over towards spawn
sorry fake that Omen over towards spawn
Yeah, it would be massive for Jax to get what's done flawlessly.
Pinch over towards A.
It's both for me and on the team Liquid say try to find a gap in which to walk.
The fact that we're said as solo
would be a great pressure point to try and use.
He is fully repositioned though, that's just not expecting Westside to be so far up close towards the main choke.
Having dropped off with the position of the spy cry now with double dollars, so
Papa goes one versus five. It's a gamble. Yeah, it is an attempt which is
almost fated to lose
That's what expect and does have a little bit of time to walk with but
Not all bunch of some content. Yeah, that's a good that spake
You don't want to try and go to the east say and that's well stocked for the giant exit
So yeah, I didn't make all the champs in this to be
Very much should be so
taking a step back then and looking forward to sort of the future rounds in
mind with what we've seen in the last couple but we had that conversation
right at the start the initiator diff in terms of at least the experience on the
role we know a while ago and I think I would say I would say it was up against
the eco it's kind of difficult to read into right I think the question you're
asking here is between liquid and gx it's finding out what works with this
new lineup versus the GX side which knew what worked for them in the past but now maybe
have to change that up a little bit.
Yeah, it's time to move into something a little bit more uncomfortable.
Long reshaps.
And the next question, right, what has Giant X been working on in the off-season because
we saw them when on the off-season tournament in Blender, right?
The shoulder good performance here.
But since then, they were playing against tier 2 and they were playing like that.
We need to see something more coming in to kick off, and it feels like for me, Giant X, maybe haven't been working on a whole bunch in terms of new things, starting to be more aligned with the meta, that's the distinction to make.
I'm not saying I've not done anything, I'm just in case.
Of course.
80.
Good job.
Looks like they're not fully committing on this one.
Throwing over towards B.
Double smashes on it.
no one really really keep getting excited right now back into the corner
flick this will fall over the pressure that Bidiboo presents only Westside left
here now coming through from Grubby that goes cancelled
camera aware of it just keeping tabs as Westside still has slipped around here
and we'll want to cut off that spike in his tracks if he can but detected I mean
It's an issue. And Ara is the next chance at stopping that plant, and he'll just interrupt it.
Yeah, he's successful in doing so, and you can see already, he keeps going to make a move off the bike though,
but it's a clear start to plant a plant.
He's in this position from Wayne, and it's becoming incredibly strong though. Spike is planted for him.
And with...
Oh, it's a big gaming and rewrap into elbow. I don't think gx are expecting this at all
Booty boot is the one that has been highlighted still no one any wiser as to where has gone
Wayne has gone off to
So he finds a quick double and hara just guys actually to the save walk away from this one
It's a clever source case liquid have found a way to find eight here
Clever reposition from Wayne and that's all it took
fantastic I mean spoke about it just briefly that Wayne had a great start
yesterday on breeze and I mean overall he's shown his goods time and time again
that he was a top pickup I mean he was the top rated player on the on breeze
won two liquids ACS obviously second highest and it was his best performance
by far and you consider just the amount of games that it sometimes takes for a
player not only new to VCT but new to the region can take one shy of 60 kills 27 assists the
Proof is in the result a
Lot of that stemming from what is comfortable for him and for our it's this op again
Gets the line early, but mini who had already crossed so the dash is conservative
three players identified through that elbow position and pings to perhaps go one step further
just med the team liquid one to try and walk they take short control
wolf through the window in case they're watching mids this is nuts wolf through the window to
block vision at middles that he can take a time to walk through door that's why as the
The confidence is keep on walking through door here what is the call here the little window? I'm sure
I'm really nice
I'll be attracted to this and you can see fleckless just gravity and
Enter the meddle the backers say up against nurse
Big one versus one, but that's what when it has the
Final round of the half hour has to give this one a go
There's no more saving the off of which we are yet to really see the value of the impact
with a pit in play it just chokes him out of anything really yeah time to get up close to
personal to the opponent it's not what you want to be even at range still the shots won't land
shorty in hand are trying to search for anything here but GX have really let go of this half ever
since that second round liquid giving a foot in the door just building on the momentum that they
Oh god, can't play any worse, dude.
Dude, what a lovely run that was.
I think it's a smoke-deserved alive.
is in your body, no sense to victory, seize when mind, movement, and gear, and I'm full.
Yeah, I think you don't straight away think of it, step into your zone. Designed to win.
Is this a defense side of map or attack side of map? It's been pretty, honestly it's been pretty even, I think it depends on comps a lot.
We've seen some that just completely lock down defense and then some that
completely own on attack. It probably evens out to like a 6x really seems
really good map. The Winter Olympics? Nah, sometimes if it's on
but I really just like watch TV man.
Do you think Envy will struggle today?
I think it would be close.
Living the struggle.
Do the MV player play again?
What would you do during the off season?
I mean sometimes the off season events, sometimes they just chill, play some games together for the main thing.
here is looking at the fact it's important to contextualize this one real quick the
impact rate cooked up by none other than captain cow and a flin the analysts from
navi essentially it's op kills divided by op uses so a hundred percent means that
the player gets an op kill every single time they use it zero percent no kills
and our 14 out of 15 possible of users yeah for the person who's bought it the
you just feel like we're not getting that return at the moment.
I'm just saying that I'm making a lot of money,
and you're giving it in terms of people who you've played against,
or an attempt of something that's up towards the, like,
waste in 10, but a rate that...
I'm just asking you to show it up when we need them to...
And which we feel grateful against vitality.
He was really shown his goods then.
You may have to wait a while before we see that up come out,
if at all, of course, on the attack side.
should be stronger for gx without breezes
oh it's nice so close they're unlucky to not get anything for that is a lot of
damage what a lovely idea you have a molly that has a free area here and then you bounce
the shock off the wall for the committed already very nearly gets my pickers close so you can
always know when you're going to work the reaction pushing through and look at both
both players on the attack the swore
they're so low from the combo
between the two of them
and just one flash on flicklis
to even get you a little bit excited about
what could be done here
but you look at this, you can see many booze
waiting for Wien to get into position
but at what point did GX start to realize this
flicklis just flashing himself out for a little bit of information
doesn't concede the positioning
at the same time
that's not a warning, he was missing
they did have drilled on this one
It's kind of like that.
First pistol round in this map, but with how the start of the first half when it has been one way traffic
It really has and considering that it's strange to think about the position that we find ourselves in right when you think towards the
other match I've been referencing a lot in terms of against vitality and giant X
It was up when you move
I don't want to go to the side
Yeah, and in this time, the first thing I'm gonna do is...
Ooh, nice, man.
I spell it on map. No, I think that is...
He's dancing laps today.
He's gonna get a cross on.
I see a container owned like momentum was a huge aspect
Breeze yesterday against Oof
off the back of the law
Excited
You can't do anything
It's been you know no conversion after we constantly living in fear
It's feeling so far average
First point in time, the thing that we can see about it is Team Liquid's pet and all it's
past the ceiling are still Roans to play but Giant Axe for the most part haven't shown us
scenes of life yet.
It just makes you wonder, what is it that would need to change for them to find some more success here?
We know as a team they have not been wedded to the idea of fighting the module list at all
His flashes are not hitting right now, back to back rounds.
They didn't even scale out with the second line.
As much as you've brought up
Four
Might be the only three rounds they get between their last two opening maps car in playoffs
You can't afford to start this slow
And to think
You're an elimination match, you were a split to grand famous, went to chance and then, that's just how your kickoff begins, sure, meant to change, probably the biggest shift we've seen at Valorant so far, come on man, it's gotta be big on this.
That's gotta be bait.
Chat, no one fall for that.
I can't get worse than this, can it, you know?
It burned.
No one fall for that.
Liquid now, just make it straight down mid, up the guards, come on, drop the spike.
They need this liquid, and they're actually running it down on the fence.
Two inside against Vast Form. 15 seconds into the round.
Ooh, nice shots.
Why did you read that? So no one else fell for it.
First round down eight to go for overtime. You know, oh, we have to team like with you've got one looking for
Perhaps but do well to train get what they want to try and fight back and really come through Grisby
Definitely one of those situations where you're prone to overheat when everything is working out for you
Look like liquid with the advantage. They had not a stick
There you go, see that.
You know, they get a proper buy with that.
Hot bounce.
Tack Omenor, if they want that.
They just completely owned Wyn.
Go out of the window to make sure
that they can't see the cross from this angle.
Oh, where's this flash stick?
Where's this flash stick?
Come on, dude.
They hit everywhere.
That's not the back wall. This one.
This one or this one? Either way is incredible.
They got a good breeze one.
Strong breeze.
seen them struggle to get things going in an opening map.
We're going to need to see a huge turnaround on the follow-up
if things are to improve.
Let's find out some thoughts from Wayne
after that first map.
Hi, Wayne.
Again, that was a really great performance.
You guys won the first map here in the series,
which is a new one for K-COP.
Can you give us a bit more insight
in regards to playing in these compositions in EMEA
and also Pacific?
I think there really isn't much difference for me.
I think we're just playing our game right now,
and everyone's feeling really confident.
So I think that's why it was pretty dominant from at one.
Alright, well thanks so much.
I'm going to let you go.
We have a little break and then straight after we'll be jumping into the second map of the
series.
Don't stick around.
Alright, chat.
All right, chat.
The interview is off, so yeah, I don't know how I feel about them.
I don't know how I feel about them
Watch America's after this for sure
Back in a little bit we got pelkin up
you deep pay for your S&T's is the only piece that you need even a punch this is the
purge everybody please you're a perk you're a pearl my king these people is what you need to proud
play with the wrong gal pound fool when they funk get that pop punch out
pop gun now yeah I will take you in my pop-pop-pop-pound
peg it out beg it out cause I'm a pop-lop yo how bout now I'm back
yo by me with the wrong tune who fuck with gentlemen too now I I'll be the pepper pick a peck of peppers
people like me pick a peck of rice for a week for that for a minute
Reflects me, can fool and panic
Local beverage in it, from the truth
They're going to practice, I'm a loser
I'm a rude drunk, keep hammered by the truth
The food, the food, make a rape
I got 30, 22, 12, a poor
establishing your identity. Do you think your base roles fits that best? I'm not sure it's about the roles, but for sure
in this map we showed our identity, which I'm really happy.
Fine, I mean, two runs ago you were in their spawn on defense and 10 seconds of run, and I think that tells a lot,
which is really good to see. I think the players are confident and
yeah, I'm really happy about this first map.
I'm going to go back to the
back. Welcome back everyone to
VCT EME a kickoff and some
insights there from the liquid
camp in regards to finding
their identity and being proud
of it too. Yes, I mean, we've
said before going into this
map. This is probably the best
we've seen of liquid. Just
reassured to hear that that's
something they're probably
tapping into and maybe looking
to double down on again. I mean,
reps are going to be especially
not necessarily the roles, like the roles which are round a bit, but like the fact that it's like, yes this is our identity, but roles can still switch around, I guess is kind of maybe what Wuhan was alluding to there, I like that, because that shows that this team very much does have flexibility and aren't afraid to explore that, which is going to be a strength for them, should they want to continue throughout the story packet.
Yeah, he also came across as a proud father, which is very happy to see as well when it comes to Liquid, because historically when it comes to the first map, when it comes to Liquid and kickoff, they're not best friends.
No, I don't think that's it. No other way to say this, again, Liquid historically are a team that, well, not a team, an organization that have come under the banner of chokers, so constantly playing from behind, but also then, Lohan alluded into, hey, we welcome the pressure.
Okay, cool, maybe we're just, we're in the base of the opposite of GYDX, like, yeah, we're happy to start from one map down, we're slow starters, but certainly here you've got to feel good coming out of a map one like that.
Yeah, Liquid to solo is crazy, sorry, that just really made me laugh.
I mean, they're talking about
like in the pressure. I think
this if anything takes off a
little bit of the pressure
here because it is the best of
three series, but all in all,
they look good. They look alive.
They look like they have an
identity that they are moving
forwarded. And that is what we
want to see from the GX side of
things. However. That was not
the case. Yeah, I think it's
kind of interesting as well
because we take this up as the
composition that giant extra
running should be their bread
and they're going to be
this up as the composition that Giant X are running should be their bread and buttered.
This should be something that they are the most comfortable with. And I think as well,
on the other side of, you know, Team Liquid not being able to pick up a first map throughout
kickoff, Giant X are probably okay with not being able to win the first map when we think about their
roster historically throughout last year. They usually start the series being one map down,
so they're also probably just like, that's all right, we'll just go to our map pick next and
it'll be fine. You're putting yourself under so much more immense pressure by
losing that first map and I know of course it comes down to the performance
on the day there's a lot of things that are you know being part of it but it's
not a great position to be in. No, it's never nice to be able to sit here and say
yeah we're elimination on the line now we have one map of a buffer and it being
this buffer. Yeah and especially also when you're going up against Liquid that
seems to be completely on fire. Mini great example of a player that was in the
server today. Oh yeah he wants to go up against his former organization against
Team Heretics right the way that he was performing today I think is really good
and I think again it leans into Team Liquid and discovering their identity I
mean this is just oh man. Yeah and again seeing Miniboo make kind of like
cerebral plays like this yeah it's just beautiful to watch considering that one
clip from last time. Do we really have to talk about that? I will always talk about that.
Okay, that's for people who are new here who are just tuning in what exactly are the contents of that clip?
the whiff
the generational whiff on Haven on it was it TV
No, I so home. Yeah. What's the idea? Oh, you're right. Yeah
Seeing mini boo again. We've talked about the confidence him finding his feet within this roster
This for me is such a good example to have where he's feeling comfortable take the initiative
Just come back on a flaming and bringing up the mini-boo iso.
Positive for a liquid side of things. GX and the other camp lost.
That's outrageous.
So we also have a bit of a coach confession coming through from Ipsen.
Let's hear what he has to say.
Another tough start for you on map one.
What's the key to resetting mentally going into battle?
I mean, it's actually really really rough, but it's all about like that.
The first map doesn't matter that much in best of three.
in the end the winner is the team who won the last map and not the first one and
even from previous year we are really really used to losing the first map so there is nothing
about like being reset mentally it's it's not the issue and it's more about quality of the game
rather than resetting mentally so that's it. All right thank you so much for that insight
Interesting for me to hear that map one doesn't really matter that much
As we say no surprise to hear if you would if you were to have any other coach saying that you probably like oh wow
But it being Pipson, this is not unfamiliar territory. So I sort of kind of agree with him
Yeah, again, it just it never feels good to be in a nation and be like map one doesn't matter
We don't care about the rest. Who's your ideal assistant coach if you came back?
talk about Pearl here because what are we looking forward to from GX aside of
things because I feel like liquid is a conversation we're gonna have but from
GX really we're going into Pearl you got to win it pressure is on composition
wise and I think composition wise it's a question of do they stick with the
Dublinish here but then that would make you the assistant coach yeah
do something else so they are gonna stick with that Dublinish here so then at
that point my concern goes over to Flickless who has not had a hot start in
in this series so far you didn't really have a great time on Breeze and we need to see the value coming up from this because he's someone that we've been praising on right now
still not convinced with the EMEA waylame for so long
Black and White but for me this is one of the examples I was talking about the other day where I once used West Side really had some more change before
I think you look absolutely fantastic on those guys but it suits him down to a T it doesn't be face style
doesn't what he's good at like arm headshot king in the region so
So, again, no surprise to see this comp, but I think this is one of the comps.
GE or GenG. Yeah, it's a close one. Probably from what we've seen GE.
But when is this game tomorrow?
This is certainly one of the ones where you're not going to go to the game with the look of that.
Yeah, I think as well to clutch on the Team Liquid sides.
I've gained so many good games at the end of this year.
A little bit strange because I think one of their biggest concerns is going to be taking that B long space with this composition.
this composition, especially if Aura is going to lean into that operator, which we've seen
him do for recently in the past few matches. How do they clear that out? How do they realistically
get him off of that angle? But in saying that, if they are able to get the plant down, I feel
like this is a super strong composition for Team Liquid in terms of post-planting when you consider
the utility that they have available to them. Yeah, they've got to change up something.
I think it's gonna do.
I think again, if you're picking up cracks, so you're just leaning into KO, I would love them to go back to like their 20-23 reach.
Or just everyone's strengths. Just plan the KO, just make it work.
This is a lot of pressure because everyone's like playing a lot of double throws double control
Either this is a game much practice against a game
We're waiting for either winner of the series on the other side
But before we can even get there we need GX to push this in an insider if they want to have some skin in the game
We'll find out whether or not that's possible as we're headed to our second map of the series steam liquid against GX with our cast as has an Cairo
Yeah, that's exactly what we're here to find out if GX can turn things around on their own map
As they have been required to do so in the last couple of series the loss to
I mentioned it having a lot of them. I don't think it
You can see from the faces of the players. They're unperturbed by the situation the possibility of elimination here at the
I mean VCT this year that kept their line up the same as the last
The ultimate demand
I still haven't registered a win on any of the maps and there's vitals so far
I am just to knock on that door once again to remain people
And as we head back in, the JNX have a tall mountain to claim if they want to go up against
Team Liquid and at least push up the ladder.
Alright, what do we got?
JNX on defence, Liquid, the one away.
We continue the low bracket run.
He goes.
The comps aren't too criminal and long.
The comps aren't too criminal, and not super sold by the slow load for him.
I won't say that much.
There's always that attack that looked better leading into what was said about the post, but if they can get onto site first, well that is the question that you ask, Perpo.
Dottab is entering another headshot on this west side on the receiving end.
I don't know, I'm gonna speak to him.
Ooh, nice man, he actually got like triple dink on him.
I always deny that speak plan.
Molly in there as well for good measure and now are cleaning things up on the back line.
GX now with a bunker in back site.
Delighted force to try and dig something out here. Camel will give his life for the cause while Pappo has another
I mean, he got so much time, might as well give that
You know Pappo can take heads when needed and the saves that he's gonna use the full length of the clock to has advantage
So a reposition is where he's gonna go GX up. Don't want all the time to do so. So they're gonna go for that reposition
Huge opportunity for Perpo here against his former team, the last roster which he represented in VCT
He placed him in a mass cast, like if he goes to one international he'll go to the wall
Not a cast, it doesn't sound like a cast, surely?
I think he has got no time here, he's gotta start running again
But just didn't give himself the time of day that no he did not a little bit rushed in the end
But this isn't this anything that we haven't seen before
As if you think towards the last map it was giant X to win out the pistol round probably
But it's been a lot more comfortable had they not been anti-ecoed in a load the economy to walk against them
So that's where we've got to see the first improvement from map one
And it comes down to the fundamentals when you're up against these ecos right if there's trade ability in the play
Okay, nothing in this one, but these may be essentially the same by and breaks.
None they need on Breeze is all five alive for them all being as they try to get rid of the Lashameen and clear which is nice
Brilliant job there was only the one you get to on the rebase exactly what was asked of them an in-zone flawless and
the potential to make this bonus a little bit spicier because
We spoke about how much momentum liquid we're able to build up on Breeze
We didn't see a single GX timeout to try and actually slow that down
Disrupted if they could maybe now get on the other side of this snowball
And actually build up some confidence for themselves where liquid one are receiving and also yesterday then
We'll just have to say it's a great bonus
Seems to look every single time I can be split but the spade not committed for the towards me
That's looking to lock. Yeah, that's pretty poor pill overall on the killjoy
And the agent were not used to seeing them play often
Coming more and more common, but
Liquid
Doubling down on this be attempt into the killjoy setup on the other side
A lot of what goes on but only finds the clone
Diving in finding nothing the west side holding the line and most importantly buying time for a play to come in deep flash
Fleeckless you thought he was gonna jump up, but thanks better of it
I've been to support
Killjoy
Fade in space deep
Of the defense he really had a range from the killjoy turret
Yeah, it's just running through spawn to collapse on this one with the killjoy player gone west side dead
Nats has an opportunity to force the issue himself. It's one flank and the other but the question is who's doing that now?
One is team mate.
He's watching him to make the spike.
But there is Aura striking twice and with Nats position revealed now a crossfire can go up.
4GX, the use of the fast lane actually allows Nats to reposition a little bit here and
Cloud is looking elsewhere in the back calls.
half a chance if anything for us to do something but with the spike yet to be
recovered GX getting this one over the line a big bonus round when yeah I guess
a shick of the hounds here in the end that's looking to try and save his way
for oh looks like he's almost ready to do so and that's exactly the damage at
the end still a pistol into the bonus to call three to the good dog and of course
I still have money to rebuy here. Yeah, I'm already already low-wired
I know it's really no
Still found value from it when ara was flanking himself
It ends up being just the Phantom here for liquid
Okay, changing it up this time, Liquid wants to wait for the man.
The pearl so far has looked efficient more than anything Cairo.
We were talking about this yesterday, historically it's not been a great map for Liquid as good
as that Breeze was.
Pearl is a completely different story.
Yeah, I control already.
3k for 1 minute.
3x4.
defense to make it four from four.
The next one is the one most important.
Obviously the body coming straight back in.
As you say, the fact that we are seeing such a static start.
Great start from Giant X.
A great way to respond and maybe get any go out of the players' heads.
You can see why they've picked Peryl here, Giant X.
It feels like this is probably the last gun round that Liquid will go for before.
I'm also worried about the lack of D4 as well against the QJ
Blast 7, thank you so much for the prime man, appreciate that, thank you, thank you
I appreciate that Blast, thank you, man
That's nice, I lose over towards B
Hence the repair over towards middle
in terms of taking heaven in space, and flakless even able to help booms, so the ex even know they're
trying to set ara up on the flank still go two to the good. They have numbers here, they could
have to try to interrupt this, and that's what they were trying to do but still trying to
able to stop that, so with the two remaining players, one of which very low, you still favor
the defense, there's ara on the march, and she's looking to try and defend, she's gonna
That's me, you're having freaky...
Freaky hell.
That's just the EMEA pile.
Yeah.
This year we need to keep on top of EMEA teams' pile and their best records.
Sometimes my saver's though.
Is it a BPL that I put on top of?
Is it Genshin?
There's one of them, that's right.
Genshin makes a good abyss. One of them has a good fall.
But it's also allowing giant eggs to set up their own defense in terms of cream cross fire
I wish this was never a thing
Hang on, they fixed the, they fixed Breeze
I'm not necessarily understanding
Yeah, I reckon after this we stop five-manning, surely?
Well, the timeout concluded, it looks like Liquid want to offer something a little bit different here, more pacey take
All the coaches that kind of taught EMEA teams how to play went to different regions to them.
Or the team that was like the most prominent.
Exit the ground in the main space away from Team Liquid
A lovely, a great hunter's fury as well as Grobby goes hang to get three of his own
Where's he gone?
Oh, Team Liquid, you tried your best but you will not succeed
Yeah I mean they need to stop 5-manning
Let me go to stop 5-man
Exit the ground in the main space away from Team Liquid
and abandon
It's not going to be enough
Chambered Bible on all the maps at the moment
Yeah, it looks like it
You probably have to copy a couple of comps with people to make it work, like PaperXComp on Haven, but...
Pretty good.
I really want to go and pick up an ultimate orb and bring an ult there and ult on lane.
I'm sure you can go for it.
I'm going to play on this one.
I'll play on it well, yeah.
For sure.
It's very proactive on the sides.
It's been very proactive in general, but they keep getting info on the sides.
Okay, I need to...
I need to...
I need to lessen the fire.
Man.
you expect those to get exchanged and not sure about the owl by here but once
more it's that initial scaling that's been the biggest issue more than
anything else I mean they're going to the station and the Dalvio has collapsed upon
as soon as the heads up I mean you arrive at the graveyard but that's you just go
put the guns in case they were running fast it's to an end team liquid once
again it's the night hits then you know for sure they can swap every single time
and they're just using the knife to get the info towards Acer at the occupant
I've never seen a team like Liquid, I think every time I watch them on par
they love middle bro
this is the third map we've seen in a bit, it feels like they love a mid default
they go mid, then they take the signs
most teams take the signs
like in the one that starts failing, then you start doing some of that stuff
Isn't it? And that liquid actually, given a little bit of breathing room on the site here,
it's exactly the positioning from what's there between everything.
Try to set the cross flag here until it's aiming.
And ready to fight!
It was just dropping the nade in there for a little bit of security.
Kildra, if they want to make it an easy plan, probably too late now.
But still playing from the pit, he is a problem.
This spike not going down, and Westside falls to bite when it comes to investing the lockdown.
Brilliant Molly from Wayne.
Oh it was, a sick molly.
Nice shot man.
Seven in the comfy.
Infamous, huh?
Discord of course.
Yeah, I've only been small looking in Discord, it's not checking.
strike. If we do not see Team Liquid win the round and the next two or three, I'm gonna
get increasingly worried.
I'm once again feeling that frustration, like he did just the day.
And why wouldn't you? That gets to a point here where he's probably even thinking about
a second timeout because unless he's hearing the right things right now from Nats and the
others which kind of expect him to be I guess a great job you can see the right
things it's about doing them in the silver and we've spoken about this at
length what the team structure looks like that's not really laying up on what
that really entails in terms of the comms in this team
we're actually hit a map
he's the first one to go looking here for west side and the follow-up is equal parts lackluster
eventually he will drop but the rifle probably a bigger prize for team work with at the moment
than the trade the fact that they're able to now have something with a bit of bait at range
and arrow yeah i mean it's just way too easy it's just they take one of these in reaction they
you get in from the sides, and then you know where they're heading.
Yeah, but now where do they go on site? Do they push forward into the one, or do they push here into the one?
They have to be one of these. They can't sit in this box and get on.
You almost have to expect to the facts play in the box in the ground
With the ultimate and purple back to the corner can do nothing to stamp his ground
I have to be a second time up from giant eggs
It wasn't a full investment from liquid nothing close to it. The old still available and still no round
I mean
Nice idea, I guess Billy gets the extremity control that really punishes team liquids and med attempts and for the past few rounds
That's it all they've been doing really trying to continuously
Meds if there's any weakness there, but once again
Liquid are showing out the door and this is the round though
Yeah, it should be an easy round
Ultimates with a bye
And it looks as if it might be an e-split
It would appear that way, but when you consider the GX setup, it's tailored almost perfectly.
To counter that, Camo can't curve the prowler to clear the A-corner, so it's a split 4-1.
The stronger part of the push-short is the little setup on this one.
Yeah, what a lovely setup that is.
Oh man, the wind is incredible.
I want to see the old kind of matchup that the flash wasn't as good as it could be.
They're in the box again, they're going to make a decision.
again for gx
it's all about hard on the back planes though
his team liquid looked to try and play in the front
where has the need on gone
here he is
right behind you
at least they realised the situation
at first
it's nice
the captain to do it
of course he's going to give her a kick
go back in the end
the result is the same as the past eight rounds
a gx win
Liquid banging their head against the wall now, but to just flip this on a more positive note so much credit given to GX
Not only have they risen to the occasion of this second map. They have to live it
Arras op is hitting the shots that it needs to
You really want that off and the last game we've been seeing the value though. Yeah, we have
12 and 3 right now I mean it's just not even that though it's the stuff that you
can't quantify the map control the confidence
you can't stop prioritizing middle
this is the gx that I remember the ones that are making the right reactions that
understand every time they lose middle in reaction one of the sides they get info
one that they tends to avoid and kind of start to see why here you should run
Well that says double digits on the cards for giant X
Oh it goes down, you got two errors, they had me use them for it
Here he was running over, are you going to care about this?
Oh it's on the tree
It's nice though, look at this, pulls them all over
Well the uh, generally rough thing for Liquid is
they're okay to let them have the side because they're picking up Astro
straight.
It's convenient playing like this when your astro is straight up working hard for me.
Does it even matter?
Oh, but are they gonna get around?
Are they gonna get around?
What are they gonna do is get around though.
Make sure I might have another tweet.
And only a few rounds away
They say every cloud has a silver lining, but
Full from you
Inside the opening 12 rounds of the last two maps it's almost been decided there and then sure we've seen
GX crumble from this position before already in kickoff the mates game where they lost a
little bit of time, appreciate the 18 months dude, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you
well that's still yet to come
yeah looks as if it is going to be on the cards
an emphatic start
scout weapon against scout weapon and then
trucker lover if you're being true, just DM the twitter
He's already on the way, and yeah, be cool.
So Liquid losing the A control, embedded in middle again, but this is a concession which
GX have been happy to make round on round.
The armadiff, yeah, keeps banged out against the...
...from main, Fliklas tying this together, so he can be potentially if he overplays
his hand, but Fliklas is diligent and drops back.
I just don't think, I just don't understand how they think it will work.
Like every single time I've seen four through the choke into the crossfire, they keep going into the box.
And then they have to make some kind of mid-round decision to push somewhere.
And then...
Still just going into this with crossfires.
Hmm...
All the players disconnected here for Jnx.
which is the hard one here.
He just has to keep this space as long as possible,
stop any proactivity from the attack side.
So the rest of the team can get in play.
Wingscent has a full bill of utility
to get back in as well.
And our ultimate,
are we gonna be the decider here?
I'm still looking for this one.
Grubby had to jump,
but can't correct him time.
Cosmic Divide there.
Our on the other side of the wall.
This might finally be it.
The team that got 13 O's a couple of days ago
say goodbye to the possibility of a perfect match or can they? Westside, is there any more to say of him here?
We're on the bros. No tweet today.
Let off the hook. There will be at least one round for them in this half.
I thought for a moment they'd team Liquid would not consider the main position,
but it's actually the closer debate that works against Giant X, not realizing the spot in which
the attack it planted
and much better treatability from the attack
it just feels like getting into some of the sights here purple missing a couple of his saturates as
well yeah i mean we're not going to think about that they helped us before thinking about anything
post-blog related they actually do a good astro wards it's probably uh makes us probably gonna
the tweet looking at the housekeeping here there's only one off in the final
round but may soon have another and mini boo the same collects the orb in
Maine still one away from getting the euro online though biggest thing for
chain X in terms of stopping any of this execution retake and will be where
safe they need to keep them safe and you need to hold on towards art the
The biggest problem to that could be Camel. They actually just want to take this fight though. GX going into main.
Looking to take the fight and send it up and Giant X in front.
But they're happy with what they've got so far and the fact they go one better leaves Camel all alone.
That lockdown straight away invested in Camel hiding within the smoke.
Knows the key always close by. This is probably the richest of the players and that's exactly the case.
is he capitalizes one versus two still 30 second slow once this all expires and
needs to get the spike back needs to get past errors are
that's gonna be the biggest issue the hotlock going in the right direction and
are a straight away to come in giant eggs are all the way up to 11 yeah maybe
the first map is a map dip this one also
I just want to hear them roar, it's been the first time I've ever heard of them so...
Yeah, how many, um...
If Liquid did win this, how many days do they have until their next game to fix this map?
A long time, right?
Six days? Oh okay.
I like that take notes here
11 and one start to map to after last one you must be so happy. Oh, yeah, this is insane
When the first one I was like, okay, I came for this but now I'm very happy. It was amazing
I want to hear your prediction for the whole series now
Well, wouldn't it to one I think the third one is gonna be a close map, but we got this
And for you any players specifically that you're cheering for today. I love flick this so much. He's a god
Alright, thank you so much guys, enjoy the rest of your day here, we're going to be heading back over to McMaster, so they can hype GX up even more.
I feel like I've had my job cut out for me, honestly.
I feel like Liquid would change their comp, it's an 11.5 as things stand, you just have to, I like the fact that they've been able to turn things around to keep it positive and yeah, the question is, does Liquid now have an answer?
I mean, yeah, a big question to be asked of the the personality of this roster, right?
I'm not even necessarily on this map, right? I leave that one open-ended.
It is very much looking like the Stark possibility that we had to find a map which
Yeah, for both teams, I think, hangs in the balance when you consider the record there. Historically,
it's been a good one for Liquid, but we won't talk too much about that for now.
Now, Pearl is just about in there by the skin of its teeth, and Liquid will be moving to the defender's side.
I just have to see how much better it can possibly get, because the bar is incredibly low.
That's it, as in, this is definitely one of the stat lanes for Volta, empty weapons, war school lane, was against Alliance, and me and a lot of play, oh, what?
On 13
Was that when Yampi first joined?
I think that might have been Yampi's first game
Behind, maybe
I'm here for that. I want to get four days in the game.
I think that's the right choice.
This one used his headbutt and he quickly said that.
There were good days. Not my fault, I probably would have lost anyway man.
It was my 100th day, but I still used it.
to clothe but can't quite get the kill he's looking for
waiting for the turret to come back up and watch the first
finds it cleanly can't catch cloud though and maybe today is the day
the way is my history head between the igl's cloud can get the better of his long feared opponent
quit against the last one since that same 2021 statistic that he lost beat that's
It's been a long time, but I mean in terms of the series it is only just a map, there's
still one more to go, but we're not quite there just, yeah it feels like we could meet.
There will be pots and pans flowing into this buy team like with a spectre, a stinger and
a marshal.
There's icebox?
Go ahead.
Have you even tried and walk this buy to your favourite?
Okay, 11 chances. What does that see by? At least I got some heavy armor, so I don't know what the hell is going on.
Yeah, sure.
The Marshal is more than enough. It's a really nice shot for Miniboot to start.
It keeps all five alive for the moment, being 10 HP left on Miniboot.
But he still wants more. You can see him looking to try and get an angle.
For Jane X, will the V1 take off? Is that a small amount in time? Are we considering their options?
Yeah, west side is a potential in here towards A.
A purple has almost fully given it up for fear of mid. Liquid having to lean on this piece of
town more than anything else because of the gun disadvantage right now.
Holy.
wasn't even with yampi, i can't even blame yampi for it
oooop
yeah, they got an empty site here
They don't know the odds to make it, they only see 20 seconds, he's gonna have to gamble that.
Oh my god, I got to kill up the bag bro.
Well, it's kind of down, there's still innit?
But not enough to send liquid packing to a third map just yet.
Yeah, MiniBoo was just on 10 HP, so one bullet was enough.
But it was about the control of the spray onto Camo.
They could have decided this map right here and now.
You look at this, man, like...
Sensational shots from MiniBoo, and that's really what this round is for, in terms of its favour.
one
gx
a better buy so close to a dragon like in a go
just one round at a time more than anything else
that's the process for these teams honestly at this stage in the year is
something that
we keep on going on about a broken record but it's so hard to see
Either side in their final form as it stands, especially when we know them to be grand finalists from last year.
Why don't you have an initiator mate?
Raze has two nades, does 375 damage with a null, and the boombob lasts for 12 seconds.
I don't need any initiators.
in liquid the fact that we're able to use gx's smokes against them looking to spam through
leaves just out of shorty and not hoping hell no and it's just my jetknives restart when i right
click we saw gx find so much success from in the first half i have three smokes for the last eight
seconds having a player in pit and look at the attack aren't they playing early game is broken
It's just such a problem. I say it's lost 14 seconds of mental. They're double the size
Another round for liquid nine walls to go if they're to close this gap reminds me of all the first map, honestly
Yeah, yeah, I mean the fact that I started to connect these rooms together
Yeah, we still lost game
They got us with a mental water
Scream on jet and they played
Rainer against cream
not a whole bunch because i think gx will follow me
respect the head
alright sure and if they're doing okay big firearms i'm not even gonna see anything
let's let's just look at the game sure we can do exactly that it's a job after all
the west side is somewhere we're mid actually uh yeah let's get caught by minibus so another
strong start for liquid another opening kill i think that's the great thing about team liquid
so far as they've been fairly good at isolating these fights and finding opportunities
the store looks decent enough as it was trying to get out but they walked straight into a
crossfire but I set up by team Liquid.
Oh, Grubby though, does your nuts retreating?
I don't have great time.
I realize this very quickly, that's the only player here.
That's the right thing, but he's here so early, I was not going to expect it.
Oh, he's dropped.
You want to divide it!
You can see the utility put in by the key chain.
Forced to retreat.
Oh.
Grobby trying to use the wall there, maybe to fake that he was planting or something, but players on both sides of the wall and the turret spots him.
So no.
Force back to the safe. Popple is the next engagement for Grobby to try and t1, which he does not anticipate.
Up high as Popple.
And team Liquid.
What, to four?
Eight rounds.
What, is that what you're seeing?
Yeah, one at a time.
I thought you were saying that's how many you think we're gonna get?
Well, I mean, you'd be surprised, you really would, but I mean the big thing for that last round, 4 team Liquid was the fact that they actually fought the enemy before the attack.
And actually, it is just gonna proc a timeout from GX, I don't hate this, I'm a bore with this honestly, because I think it gets to a certain point where Liquid do actually start feeling that momentum.
I don't think we've quite reached it just yet, couple rifle rounds in there, couple bad buys like you said and this next round will be one of them, but
no better time I think than for Pipson to introduce himself with a pause, of course they get to talk at half time anyway, but
I imagine the conversation has to be very different to that on Breeze.
Yeah, and I think as well is like the whole conversation right when you're on that attack and you're trying to call into this,
as it's like it feels like the impossible task you're trying to achieve
and again we had the conversation about a gentleman in 2025 in the fact that
they were on this defense. It's okay. It's weird because the brim has to be rotate.
Giant X if they send at least clothing west, say to the best.
Like if you fake against this comp you're winning.
Even by last year's standards for the mate side that you're talking about 12, what is that?
to get the smoke out, pulling more, keeping more tech.
But yet to breach that choke point, that lane holds it down early, yet to breach the site, yet to even make Liquid swear realistically, show utility, expend it, overall, Team Liquid still have 5 standing with barely any damage taken, in fact, if not any, as it can tell you, to knock everyone down, grabbing your, oh, he's been put to his grave as well, so with that, we look at 12-5 being the school lane.
And giant eggs to come straight back in three ultimates a piece on either side
I mean the time out for this is the round
That was queued up in the timeout by pips and you'd imagine how strict his methods are at times
with set pieces and
sticking to what works
You fully expect GX to have something here something from the strap book to just get them the one round the single round that they need right now
All of we in reaction cams. It seems like such a vague guy, you know, that's never saying
though. Seems like even if you try to lay them on the towards me to make it look like
they're finding you understand that this liquid team often or not is already got through
it. You've already got two more smokes left. Give yourself a boost. Good news for the good
is that she's got a couple of boards to try to fight a bit of this. This should be the
one. Three. And Teva. Teva into all. He may have gone naturally in the end. I mean they
tried to throw everything at this. Teva, Saturate, Primo. Papa goes down there but he gets the
inside, the Vita is going to be good.
It's a 2 on 2 on A though, for what could very well settle this map.
Feels like a coin flip 2v2.
Could go either way.
It's Wayne, Setup, Icarmo.
Is Ana trying to play into the smoke?
You shouldn't have done that, mate.
How is your drone a-leaning the sand?
And unfortunately for Grubby,
all he's going to get away with is an ultimate orb.
Yeah, GX.
Yeah, the Fedots are a little bit there, but they've kind of been told at the beginning of the rounds that it's an important round so they can
They can actually just
That's the big one to come away with exactly
Because Ara gets one step closer to his, Grobby now two away, ensure the next round you're gonna be in an eco
But it's the second round in front, right?
The fact that we're gonna be on a full rifle round as Giant X with possibly and should be five
That's just what we've got to keep tabs on right now, more than anything else, because
Liquid are going to get another opportunity to kill all the Tevs there is.
This was the combo that we saw.
That's a great plan.
From the defence, but the cloud, not liking what he sees.
is I think the big
you
It was an 11-1 half coming out from their side of things.
Yeah, I mean, I think we already kind of teed up in the sense that Team Liquid were always
going to struggle starting on the attack side, on Pearl especially with the composition
that we were running.
I think we're kind of expecting Minibu and Purpose to be able to just go ham on those Double Jullists
because you hinted up that they should be able to overwhelm Westside
because they can just dive into the site and not be affected by Westside's Julli.
Yeah, I don't know if it would fully be a lack of commitment on-site,
this composition in general, but I'd say Camo for me was found a focal point.
Yeah.
Wasn't enough in terms of like pushing, probing, forcing decisions on the side of Giant X
that I saw from Liquid to really put themselves in an advantageous position.
But it's also really nice to see GX's side of things, how they approach this map, specifically when it comes to some of the set plays that we were continuously seeing from them.
Yeah, so I was like writing down my little notes when I was looking at their defense, because I was like, why isn't this dominant? Why is it so strong?
And I think Kao was a really big part in Ginex's defense. The conditioning that they were able to do with the knife on A main was really nice.
At the very start of this round, they did it in round 6 and 7, you see Cloud blitz the operator off of Arras, so that Arras ready to take on any sort of aggression initially in the A main fight.
with the rifle, but because nothing is picked up off of the knife, it means that they can prop our up with the operator and
Groobie and clouds are able to rotate over towards the B site and be able to help assist Westside for any of that double dive action
That's going on
So I think Giant X we're using the Kale knife in a really sensible and smart way here
Not only for conditioning, but also being able to help these rotations come through so that they could be
Stacked towards the sites where they knew that these kind of overwhelming pushes were coming in from two places
For me, then it brings the conversation back to the topic that we've had quite a lot of times to liquid where it comes to the idealing side of Nats, because we're seeing GX continuously doing this, and if, like, 7-0, that's what they started out with, why wasn't there any adaptation calls?
Well, this is a weird one for me as well because this is GX kind of going back to like back to basics in terms of their approach to the game
We're having these constant discussions about identity this year
This for me is like the most vanilla GX comp and the way that they like to play the game, right?
Militant is thrilled. It's almost like choreographed. You're talking about some of the set pieces in terms of quick rotations in place
Yep, that should be an IGL that's able to counter that quite well. Although if this is
maybe a prep angle or something just in terms of execution in the game they were
really struggling with but this one almost teed up to be a much closer affair
than it was but also something that suits Team Liquid's approach to certain maps.
Yeah I mean going back to it being a much closer affair we can also kind of give
props to individual players. Wayne specifically on Liquid has been a player
that has been very consistent and that has been able to keep some of these
rounds alive as well. Yeah 100% I think that something that we had discussed
with playing was, you know, seeing this Team Liquid side move away from the
Astra and back over towards the Omen, but seeing him on the Brimstone, I think
he performed great on that. And I think as well, something that we were kind of
missing in EMA last year, I think it's fair to say, is these primary controllers,
like people that just thrive on the smokes role, that are happy and comfortable to be
playing on that. And I think when coming into BCT, EMA has been great on it so far.
This is probably the side of the equation when you talk about replacing Kika, right?
some of these I would say more quirky comes but certainly the anomalies in
terms of putting brimstones in here and that this is actually where the focus
shifts heavier on Wayne because you fill in the side of Kiko's role within this
team previously where it's like he actually really excelled he over delivered
when he was flexing onto smokes whilst also kind of maintaining that yours
It's big shoes to fill. It really is. The bind is our final map of today it is in the
side after both of these teams so when it comes to GX side of things I mean we've
talked a lot about GX and how they are comfortable with certain compositions and
it seems like they're just going to continue running that because we're
seeing the rays from the dual list and I see you sighing because um let me guess
Sage. Who's sighing? You're sighing. I'm just looking at again this kind of speaks
back to kind of the roots of Giant X by playing that sort of valorant again I'm
no massively so good and for me it's I don't know what the get go again but sure
I actually didn't look at that back.
Didn't look as bad as I thought.
against gentlemaze when they started to lose that comeback so as long as they've
ironed those issues out for me I think I'm okay with it I want to zone in on
Team Liquid's composition though because of course we've not seen Team Liquid
play Bind throughout kickoff just yet I think picking up the Gecko and the Sky
again leaning into that kind of double-insured identity as well as it
already waiting for you. Is it
going to be liquid? Is it g
going to be GX? We're going
to find out as we're ready
to head into a final map of
the series bind with our
casters, Kazan, Kyro. Can't
wait to get into this one and
see which version of either of
these teams we are going to
get. We know they've both got
it in the locker, but we've
only seen it in spells. For
GX, it was the most recent
map of Pearl for liquid that
sits in the back of your mind
on Breeze. Can they replicate
here when it matters on bind yeah Janx pull good pull
there's a little hard to tell to be honest every action is for good
for most of the players but not from that
this is his playground yeah this is we're re-expecting him
to really bring it GX on the other hand as you say
okay we got liquid on the fence Janx on attack
it played it twice against both mate specific
the first game a margin of three rounds the next
two in an overtime
Equi is trap player over towards Short and wants to play an anti flash
Contact, saturate, double swing out
It's kind of like Jon is doing the best thing against this
Yeah, and they can record a better strike for this setup
So, with that, this may be a formality already.
Once I did a fair, ever.
I haven't won so far in this series.
I mean, these two players remain, Wayne and Popple,
I've shown their goods before.
That's true.
It's a tough ask, though, considering the post-plan utility
that Chynex have already put forward.
Yeah, that's a war, mate.
We've got smokes, a flash, Molly's something to clear,
and Wayne does get the first of those fights.
Yeah, that's classic, well, that's good so far, that's pretty cool, away from screen.
He is going to get caught off, so with the amount of team left, J-Dix will clean the
game.
And they can definitely focus on the, definitely focus on the brim snowballing, get that all
in line, Arly.
In the driver's seat, at least to begin the attack half, which is the place that they
want to be.
What's the plan here?
I mean, it's just a heavy short shutdown, they just went for showers.
issues it's the preferred choice for most teams on this map whereas it's the
defence that they've had troubles and that's where they really needed to
remedy them over the last couple
seems if we're gonna get the a vision of the old if the expiry three rifles two
pistols
there's only one play dedicated towards this safe 14 one with us classic double
The Hummelhorn one defends the Hunter Feeves.
Yeah, a lot of times teams are holding for something aggro, so these are freebies.
freebies. Yeah, Fliclos had the flash though. That's true.
They might be tempted to take some more space. They don't need to
It's a pro pro. I mean it catches them all
to win walking on the wall. I don't know, let's get into a re-click to make sure the
emissions of themselves are making that expensive.
What's the money for cheap by ARRA? But, yeah, what cost did it win?
I mean, look, say what you like about this round for GX, but liquids have come away with
almost as much as they possibly could without winning it.
We spoke about the orbs at the start of the round, but that is almost every weapon gone,
GX force dig into their pockets to make this progress look possible. That's nearly a third time that we've seen
GX losing equal in the second round.
Expecive, but it's okay.
And it's expensive, yeah. So I'm wondering is the question giant X are bad and equals or team liquid good?
Equals in green an issue.
Yeah, I mean
I have to come back to that one. Maybe there's a statue in the top of the building.
It's actually used to make sure they can't get the open if they don't burn that.
It's like a cow-shaped bat signal in the sky, we need him to deliver the goods.
Jokes aside, keeping tabs on some of these ults that are coming up, Wayne is currently
staying in the pool.
Yeah, it didn't look as bad as what I saw last time at the desk when we watched it.
I think it was heretic that played on this map.
Look at the comps on both sides.
Some niche choices to get through and play as well.
Oh, I can't even any better times.
There's a little bit bold on this one.
Worse gun making the players all.
He gives his life up for the cause and for information.
Seven graces though that we're safe was just a pistol player.
So the rest are well stopped.
Strong angle from that, so just hold here.
Like a laser beam.
Keeps his mouse button held down.
And empties his mag into GX.
Only hour remaining and with the vandal in hand,
might just be looking to keep this for the next one liquid very low on money
all across the board though so can't afford too many casualties I just found a
couple could be more Tamer is getting long realistically actually works out I
mean not the best but we're getting as off as this round's pretty big
Ganshu in there and this boat which is being rocked on either side of the server in
in terms of early finance everything really we're heading into a swing round now
round number four really to see who can take control of find early on yeah what
could already feel in the effects of our doing that because for a minute he was
dancing with the idea of a judge but not to be the case I think we can do the
leco comp probably struggles on attack but
of the map and actually getting the value for it as we think they're quite slow in their
scaling you see here miniboo using the refract to just complete a big risk taken outside of
bath and he's already in behind flickers here as well should win the fight doesn't i mean
that's the thing about pushing these extremities as if when you get towards these fakes it can
be very 50 50 if you lose out that puts everything into trepidation in terms of how thinly split
you are across the map in terms of openings that giant h can use against you but there's one
plate identified at least by the dizzy both initiators know spot two of the dog is where she's
the devil uh info at the same time but yeah giant's kind of take that it's a good read though
repassen over towards there it's a really good read and wane with the ultimate and molly to slow
things down
very well read so far the molly looks good for to leave but keep an eye on when using
that's ultimate as it please try to base the charge
oh mate he did so much damage
right foot's on the ground saw the bodies team lec with the barrel that's right now
oh wall persists for just a minute blocks enough
oh wait
the plant and heal off the extra damage
hmm actually cloud no he can't he can't get away
yeah it's still on health for many of the plumes
Grubby now holding on to his own all today as well as the operator. He's going show his fleckless
So what does clothe have no initiation?
So I'm gonna wingman the fuse for ages one
They could look in much better in these last couple
and with GX finding themselves at the eye of the storm down the site
Ah, it was a perfect time. Did he wait for the sage wall and then do this? Oh, that's
nice. Actually gets like a cue of when he should be using it.
Despite the early death, Liquid make him the most of it. Here you go. They're average.
So it's just average-free average, Cairo. There you go. Average jewels. Suppose so. That's
the life of the lower bracket right now. Whoever gets through this one in the end isn't going
to care what label you give them. At the end of the day as we've said before it's not about how
you win as if you win at this point in time because every game you play is a lesson learned.
Let me tell you both teams have it. Had to feel shit of lessons so far through these brackets.
Yeah, mini-boot, hoping to use that education from the previous round to not overstep the
line here.
I mean, you look at the buy from GX, it is mostly sheriffs.
Cloud still has his rifle from the previous, and yeah, you know, it's a little forward
from me, but now this one, this one, the Rezus, Jesus, he was melting that whole time, should
attempted to raise the roof for it and often stop it
and the Seekers, this is a really heavy investment for JNX
and they can't hold in there
early Dizzy from Camo does get shot out and GX understanding that
all of the players with blue jerseys on their backs are in back sight right now
and this Camo after
Camo thought they were going to TP
it would have been smuffing to do Seekers
I
They have a flash, with a lot of flash, it just makes your arm.
Gonna take Lampson to the other side.
Big round, pretty much 4 centers at Liquid, few people on Giants can't find the next, only one drop.
It's a lot to lock them in to try and fight this, and Giants will take that one.
He'll one flash for Sattray.
we get to see any of the big guns out for liquid either I mean I've just not got
the money to do it it's a fact that it's been so back and forth between the two
the fact that you're I mean the ones in a complete low buy but the fact that you're
a gun death man I'm not the best it's uh pretty good that's a good entry as well so
I'll cut off guards yeah it goes to spawn to get a hill a little bit sloppy with the
use of the trailblazer that seekers coming out for the defense for liquid this
time identifying just cloud towards B but actually with the other one now heading
down sad they finally start to realize it might be a way they'll spawn at that
need that numbers
not far off but not quite connected until we head into post and you can see already
we big brim won't be one in the uh gotta be thinking about grubby as well though
here and what that's both available he's the late-wing condition that's a
great ultimate to come back and the next year should even be to waste a term in
the field doesn't quite net him any care oh it's a bad or a lot of income in the corner
and there's more it ends up being a little bit expensive but it won't net team
liquid the rounds yeah I mean just didn't feel like there was a plan B there
Grubby fully committed to playing post and everyone else all had to play late. I mean, it all has to be as the way they was going down, but he was too busy 1v1ing.
I'm pretty sure. The brim seems at that point. Oh no, it was just late. It was actually just really late.
I'm glad that all of us are locked in.
I'm calling around the round pipe,
but who knows, they know what those are used in my show.
Yeah, maybe a bit of a miscommunication there for them,
but they're not gonna care.
They've still won the round.
And I mean, as long as they keep picking up rounds
on this defense, maybe we end it like a 6-6,
even five rounds to seven.
Who's watching the main?
Yeah, I wonder if they're bringing me footsteps,
just kidding.
Our showstoppers, he has only on a stinger,
That's exactly what he's looking to play all for!
The best crowd I've ever had!
That's a little out!
It puts Miniboo!
Reaching for the lead!
That's a good reaction to go through with the fish out.
Spakes though recollected an open.
Rainily put on the floor by Nats.
He's had it knocked at the Razor off, though.
We're very quickly all ender-troned.
It was a play through the TP from Liquid.
I don't know if Miniboo hindered his own teammates out there.
Camo's thrash or not, but...
it was superfluous to the end result
did the extra satchel yeah but even then i feel like it's just literally gone at one point
and liquid now the next to break an advantage here
is this a good format best we've had
to only string two rounds to go there before train extra top
this is very nicely done by poppo on the until least in the eye
it's a lot of space to go off
yeah stacked rounds
I like the idea that it was such a free and suppersh
research trying to talk about here in terms of these rifle rounds and will it go and wrong because
for me it feels like when gx press that go button right let's hit the site let's go that's what
team liquid are really catching them off guard on the initial execute that's plenty to talk about
i'm sure he'll know this time that the viper all isn't at his disposal so the plans better have
We do all have triple or limb or double or limb of an LCQ, why can't I have both?
Feel like I can have triple.
Dude triple and limb is done pretty fast in comparison to stage 1 and stage 2.
Surely we can have it all.
Greedy? Yeah man.
I miss LCQ, they're sick.
That is true
For some down to a new color gonna be a little bit careful
Little balls nice little balls considering they have a say trust Jimmy Dennis
in the octagon in garden I'm getting away with it oh my god
several pork and what she has in the high lears brilliant still can't get him all though
as he's forced onto his shorty I was judged a bucket will not find the whole lot of flawless
and his own flawless for team liquids first flawless of this map I think it's fair to say
because honestly with how back and forth the rounds have been if Liquid can now
actually just kick on from this and end the half in a convincing fashion then
it's a completely different story and I think that even comes all the way back to
once the latter stages of path we all knew that they weren't gonna turn that one
on its head the writing was on the wall but what they were able to do was build
up a little bit of confidence to now take into this last map but they look much
Fast round for Jones to pick the right saint.
Oh, the dogs headbinder.
That instinctive fast push behind, but...
Ooh, nice.
Oh, he's gonna get here so early.
Oh my god, he's chaos!
Dude, they kinda just...
I wasn't expecting to do this, so I didn't blame Giant for getting caught off by it either.
Came up with a plan before they did.
Yeah, it's the double flash combo. Skyflashing to picker flash.
Lovely shots, eh?
It comes to the money team is mini boo against an eco weekend
Rule in one everyone's greedy out here for this morning team the last best of three
To be played in nice is finally really reaching his form
Mini boo has been flanking since minute one here. So GX are backed into a corner
so
to spawn. I'm so worried that it's gonna go on for one pick up again. It's a better
way to res as well, but it shouldn't be using an eco.
Nah, he checked it!
through the teleporter. They've left Nat's exposed, he's the only one here.
The recluse has been left all alone and died to that, so nice 1v3, nearly a chance to deny.
He could kill a short team, denies the spade!
Not gonna mean all too much though, because the pit stays up.
Well, one thing that GX are without right now is Numbies, and...
Well, he's big man, he all in, and none of us should get a result.
I think 4 of them would be able to do it anyway.
Camo gets the kill, he gets the zolt.
He winged my illness.
Winged my illness.
Ah, bro, you plucked him, bro.
Oh, nice shot.
Oh, that was nice man.
Oh yeah, it took a long time.
I've had this for a long time right now, not even 4 rounds on the road.
Big flash through?
Is that line up flash off the wall so he can gun out and spam?
Oh god, not even.
Waiting at the top and then he just walks in.
Oh, that is a brimhole for the rest.
Maybe Wayne in the past few days, man.
Taking good care of him.
still doing the right things in the mid round now, feeling the rhythm of the game, fighting
the weak arm of the push. And the ults mean nothing on the GX side. Seekers to confirm
what we already knew, and actually Nats is just going to wrap the full way around here.
Yeah, the map came smaller and smaller, as many of you has to escape through his dash
and still these smorks proven an issue. It's like GX are spending more and more utility
more old smart
can you do the long choke you didn't want to
swing out and spam the rest
did the save after using a double wall
if they can get the Fischl off as well, it's one of the better combos
Fischl into the room, just if the Fischl can't get close enough
I mean, it's been some nice rounds man, I'm not gonna lie, it's been like 4-5 really nice rounds.
I didn't like the opposition and the eco, that was too much of an eco.
I
Thought they would already be hunting to try
Our actually manages to get is
The call that much fed him in the other round if she matters
to life it's cloud instead perhaps still with an opportunity one which he can't
fully seize now seeing on the shoulders of purple here's the steps
find the shots
3x hanging in this one but not by much yeah there's a real late flame to take
into the second half of all the people the unknown
Hit him a fumble at the end
Yeah, I mean arrow is really on the push there. It was impressive
Don't know if this is one of their drawn-off strats
Like from the barrier get go with the double all I would always try combo them, but I mean it worked out pretty well
They could spike them
Red Bull gives you wings
To Peppo have a flash there at the end, no he didn't, he took about the 1v2, he'd use
them already, that's getting spammed as well as the lucky year, it was a really good half.
Is 8 enough? Maybe.
I'm a little worried for their attack.
Solo Waleigh's.
Solo Waleigh's a little rough, but it should have a lot of setup.
There was a team in offseason using this, where they would dash in and sky flash and gecko flash above it.
It was pretty strong.
Maybe like RRQ in offseason? I don't know if it was them.
someone used to do this am I a Tera-Believer I'm not a Pog
I've never got the Sun-Lev and I'm not a Pog
this is a new version of him that we say yeah it really is it feels like he's
coming to form post that job life stint that we had obviously didn't get to be
able to play and extension with the team but with that being said finding
himself a spot on team liquid a team with a lot of prestige in the region it's
about him living on the spot which so far in the series he looks like he does
Yeah, it's different role for him. Of course, it was the dualist on job life
But as you say
Spoke very highly of him from the time that they shared together and through the trial can the stack site
I have the right work to make this happen. That's what liquid all over the place
They are looking to find the pistol that could just push it out of reach
But actually GX with numbers of B
Have an iron wall which liquid just cannot breach
It's gonna get close.
Yeah, Moly still is it
It's a dividing call cut for giant X. Yeah, spake and no man's land and this a formality
Three kills on the round. He's gonna make it for
And during that uh during the position again really can just series. Oh, cuz the equal one
Which is most important to us
really anyone showing up in the second half is going to be hugely important to their chances
we saw him finding a little bit more success with that op on the last map and already on an
outlaw here nice and early to see what he can get done yeah we're all parking the classic
send it over to what's short solo send it over to what's short as the rest go showers they picked
the weak side. Actually has a chance if they can get the first kill.
Yeah, he wants a freebie. What is he going to get the other one?
Well, maybe this one's here.
Maybe just like a missed thing here. They do a wall so you can get close.
and the smokes here, they were because of this extra part rectum, so yeah, they need to drop some more air.
Yeah, everyone's going to be speaking about the orbs at the moment, so Liquid's going to try to get the pig in already, they want to stop the race from getting off.
As we can see these two actually might just walk out here, kind of fake, or earlier war
but there's got a gap.
These are the good ones as well, like you turn fast, you see the wall and then you don't
really consider it.
They're just looking for a dual comp with it early advantage for GX
So pretty
Just finds the strangest kills no traces on that either clown is standing with the Phantom
Grubby also looking to make the map smaller
One much you come out on top of yeah, it's a huge win for growth
Yeah, they get so much of that as well.
Ooh, it's Gundef!
he doesn't find the kill so goes three on three of the six hours
they're whipping a different scenario but at this moment team jay is gonna keep on top of our
if he gets a kill he gets his ult he can one shot wane who actually is going to be first contact
as well as it stands team liquid encroached upon from his position three scooper finds the kill
show stop it online and now a chance to constrict because he's doing a bonus
and we are within one very quickly how things can come
When it's converted team liquid now in a very difficult position
Economy wise the ultimate is not really built up either
It's not like easy calling with a scoundrel
Follow the relief on Lohan's face will surely turn to
Deceit ray since the second half has started
He's very cool on the trigger to pull out a lovely second shot
Attack side biases, I think liquid on their attack halves in general
Have struggled on the hole
I think it would be fair to say because with a new lineup
It's always the most difficult to try and rectify
I feel like on the defender side sometimes the roles the reactions. They think yeah, this after the power
That's always been very good at calling that whereas here
It's a stress
Which now with a bonus under their belt showing signs of life in rifle rounds, which we've not seen
Renewed confidence pushing the limits grubby there finding big value on the last
Yeah, and it's actually
Funnily enough right you're talking about like a taxa's interface a winways
It's actually the defense which has been put on for Jane X on this map
Which is incredible to see consider this map so far
It sort of speaks to what I'm saying as well. This is where they're more bonus run wins instead of flat run wins at the moment
Yeah, it's a bit of owl war and just teams of butter at snowball and as I said like this was a good round
Results at least something that made it a little easier
People are also just getting so much better at this round making sure they have a big bye runs
Sorry, this round make sure they're the big bye run for this run
Just have to keep tracking it as
Liquid can't offer us the best of buys from that time out here
Shot just goes I think she's away from connecting to her head
You can see the skill looking very good so far
Yes, it's Wests it from very far away to try and get a couple kills and how he's successful
He's got farms from everyone this guy.
Oh, that's uh...
The selfish wall. That's nice.
Oh, what a lovely flash he is.
Oh my god, he's leaving.
Yeah, he had some lovely shots there.
I'm going to go back to the
team.
Hey, let's go, buddy.
TX feeling very happy with that.
That has to be a talking point
here because liquid,
in these moments, we know how
much of an emotional leader
Nats can be, but you know, who's
bringing the vibes up? Who is
because for as commanding as his speeches can be
sometimes you just need a little lift and I'm
how long do they hold the double floor
I need to see a happen chance to add to striking early
not gonna land the shot
no dude
I know he does but
it gets hit off
wait he hit that?
yeah
both players on the end of that engagement
killed orphaned with no shield left
but still team left would wanna go back and try and force the issue here
GX have brought an extra member over, 5 vs 3, a chance for Liquid to try and take the B site, but it's well supported in actualy, Graveen.
If Graveenia gets a kill here, he gets his ult, he'll reduce the old score of smogs.
That's how everyone played B on Bines for the first three months of the game.
Spits the site in half, just get the plumb.
Mate, guys are next to each other.
Guys are next to each other.
That was so weird.
They both got kills.
Ah, it's outstool.
Yeah, it means they can all get out. I like the change up.
it's bottom of the barrel let's be real but liquids have kept themselves in
front just about for now you get double vision so that you have less
opportunities of getting wrecked jumping out when you only have the one
duelist it's honestly nice but a slow start one witch idol team got a sky
I flushed the pod 3 by a double flash comp
to fly ahead of the curve and find the sky player but it's a really deep hold here from
GX and our control of the opposite extremity is everything that they need to set up.
So I mean, this is such an easy up to dodge from this corner, shall we go to go here?
Meek the state veils.
Okay, I mean, the majority of all hills defend Sion, the thrash used Faust and Grubby.
Oh my god, it's everything, bro!
Must live the wrong way to do this.
Well, obviously they keep a nice and clean 3K for everyone.
It might start hunting, but I mean they can at least put 2 into the hunt and...
about the optimization especially towards the
best we can get off this match.
That's map.
You might be scared of feeding you.
Secures, crash.
I mean, what?
Opal strategy.
Drive well.
Yeah, I mean, it's four ults to take the site.
It just really feels like way more than you would ever need
in that situation.
I guess that's the thing, right?
How many reps do they have with this exact comp on this map?
we've gone to a decider with how this veto was set up yeah and i mean it's not only that like
i could understand if you chucked all those ultimates into a round where the defense
maybe had a potential bad buy on the next there's a swing round sure you want to send it but yeah
yeah maybe a little bit of miscommunication there and that could be a deciding factor
as we uh see the ultimates come back on lane for giant x i mean like i said they were playing to
watch at the moment and let me down a couple of really rich players that's is
really up to 8k at this point in time whereas others were just scraping to get
by Gruby the poorest in the server and yeah now GX is going to be looking if they end up losing their own one
potentially Ara has the op-out again and once more he will reprise his role in
showers there's this team an opponent to feigned one being camel we should have
the utility to clear all the possession of the operator he's fine a patient
game on the other hand yeah many book he's survival and first at any opportunity
to do so because he's been consistently receiving these heels from
purple in the meantime and actually with the regen shield when they did have an
operator did you switch over a rifle that you had stashed I guess so right
just drops it on the ground and the biggest thing here is that if you do
lean into an exit one bit of the wall so it's a little bit of pressure
dimensional this kind of comes down to the Rayson challenge the spake attempt
you can see could all be thinking about he tried he ends up getting his life
caught short of his being to be reattempted and flickless thinking
what about the idea of swinging out or what trying to car out of position
and he's going to get the first chance flicker still hanging around here
still the vape for spectrum so that's going to be the phone there she actually
attacking niggles pause plant walk one which was left up for them and it might just be
Yeah, I think Dan should have tried to save before even going for it there, but I get it.
Um, the only thing for Liquid is like a little worrying, is that this is all ult to win this round.
Oh goodness, this.
And actually, this is a long life for two of us.
I mean literally has to be with this
It's such a solo way to find the middle ground
of making space and actually just like
safely going in I guess
crazy that's always one is such a big
ground from him. So much money on this one. It's an off-hild again.
and titles if you lose this
team liquid with a real opportunity to win the map you don't know make the opponents be on
poison pines be on the lesser bite yeah i mean is there another twist in the tail or does this end
as it looks like we were expecting gx they get impatient and swing into the
oh my oh the timing on that is there's no vision by the way
I like this idea though, loads of monies try by the op to get the pick, even just shooting
up with the beginning makes people less likely to jump peek and stuff like that.
In the comp that doesn't have the most info gathering, it's pretty good.
Mate, he... there's not... I've never seen that by the way.
He tried to boost on the wall, hit his head on the player that was above him so he broke the wall.
Legit medicine.
That's sharp.
Yeah, like he said, they were a little bit away from the uh... oh, so...
...tough for them to win rounds when they don't have ultimates.
Again, I think the attack ops are a good idea, but it might be a little more patient than we have.
much space for free. Yeah, and next if flickless can get an orb or a kill, that's the Viper's
pit up for this next one. So the spacing of the ultimates looks even better for the defence.
And if you have that Viper's pit to try and continuously, or an ultimate every round to
continuously probe at your opponents and have that ace up the sleeve, you get closer and closer.
The ultimate bank for each team has gone empty now though.
How are the U-Trials trying to make a final stand?
Everyone dodges the dog, they're going to know they're going to rotate over towards A, might be a musical financer.
Two persons fake over towards A, take T, pre-go, B.
Oh man, oh, what's happening? Wall's gone up on Suspandum.
on A. Initiators trying to make something happen as it's mini-boo that goes checking on the
B side which is very soon overrun. Those toxins won't last forever here for Fleckless.
No they won't and it seems if you want to get them out of the way you might get a few
uh... in the rounds. The attack forced to go elsewhere towards Fleck, towards Westsaint.
Westside just has to stay alive as long as possible. The wall would suggest that he's playing towards heaven but now dropped into the bin back site
It's all up to him. He looks like he wants to take this bait and that says we're safe say as he looks to hold it down
Tame law and I'm totally not chance to get this
Razor sharp from west side
Gx
I'm not sure of the beginning.
Okay, Nazis go.
now west side has shut this liquid side up
definitely sir that's no armor attack fight for all especially since we're
safe for top he has his rays back on the place on the V state I've really been
forced by this is nice though again make it look like they try not to say to the
map long be default on the wall cup short contact is a good idea I mean he's been
playing heaven the whole time
It's going back and doing some of the same flitlist getting so many nuts entries this time a key component to success in the previous few rounds
Let's play this here though and watch to work and obviously that raise every small
Waste so sharp. You'll take a wing trying to swing it from short
How do you even on the spandrope?
in the process
Undetected and just like that. GX has set up to tie this game. They don't know about this and somehow enough
Just as there's a lay with no armour.
One smoke.
Okay, alright, a little bit of delay.
Okay.
Maybe?
Ah, lucky.
Ah, I look so rough about the ult.
He says they have the ult.
Spaniards is a good one
Well, they can make him a good plan with the Waleo, but if you want to do that on the
I think it's well the thing that
other people are just going to force this on me
just the confidence to try and
push these smokes, push these angles that
you wouldn't expect
but having the quality to back up
for instance west side on that literal
like couple pixels he can stand
away from the smoke being able to
collect ahead, who else would you put
in that position and be confident
he's going to win
just one moment
the other left side running hot
Okay big, big rounds.
Ah, they don't force this right?
Oh, that looks like they're gonna force this.
If, uh, Aragas's a kill, he gets his ult.
The big draw for the ult at the moment, really.
Oh, that's nice.
Oh, it's nice.
This can't shoulder the burden. GX maybe just slipping away at the finish line game and they forgot likely to take 12
Hammermaker, run at him.
With the spake down and five players alive, it is going to be too liquid with the ultimate advantage to close this out.
What the Cloud and Wichite have to come back in? One flash and a full siege build.
West Side's just walling himself up saying, you know what, give me a fight because I will win it.
Liquid not willing to do that.
Four members in short right now. The last one left was mini boot and detached from the pack
He's gonna find west side immediately
Is the final one standing shouldn't be for too much longer if mini boot
You can't be taking this girl
Here he goes
Oh no, this a matter, I'm telling you. That's work. Now they can make a banner on the orb.
It official.
Man, I hate to compliment our wingman, but he was pretty big in this round.
Locked onto the guy cause...
It's a one round shootout. First opportunity for Liquid.
Last time we see him in the water, he's performing.
And move on to next week. One bullet and the chamber.
But the opportunity is won.
Well, you feel that Liquid should have the goods to close it.
Why do you hate to compliment him? He's a smart man. Look at him.
Feigned?
Ah, I did get a tree.
Did you pick the weak side?
Oh, he's sleeping.
Yeah, he thought they'd get some kind of useful, uh...
...some kind of useful heads up on this.
I don't know.
Wayne gets off the site, he has a smoke and Molly, and that's how the Molly is.
Kamala has a Molly.
The delay's insane.
to try and clear out the safe bubble the only clear and there has been found the
show stop looking to go
That's the chance to take a double take
play has been denied an opportunity to swing it is it does it instead as many
it tells to be sent out of the way but it's up to Camel all alone to try and deny
Oh my god we're going all the way
gonna be in this over time so it's so hard for Liquid to win on attack rounds
I know all
he had ult here and he was so close to getting spammed
he's not gonna get his gun round time as well
I'm gonna say they missed brim only
I guess they did
went close
plus the last fight
for now it's the same story against of last map overtain our life is not that
easy okay but neither of them willing to give an inch here and gx now back on the
attack side where so many of those issues stemmed from last game team liquid
will then overtake the one the mapo and two quick rounds
oh i'm not jhin x if uh not get pushed by the razor jhin x have much more quality and
expedience and yeah it's hard in the situation
round started with miniboo quicker on the trigger yeah deeper smoke over towards short
early up against the solo initiator so you don't want him to let him have that free space where
when they can pop, you want them to use you till from far back so they can break the dog out of you.
Dude, every single time this dog is headbinding this morning.
Oh, you nice movement.
Hey, looks kind of comfy on the way there.
Watching over the B side of the map but GX have to make something happen here. Have to create a catalyst
They've lost the flash from cloud
I mean it's just who could win the attack arounds
What has been suing on his position?
Liquid will give themselves another chance to take bind. This time it on C
Here's your boot from yesterday
He's wain been good. Definitely the last two days. It is a bit of a slow start at the beginning
games, but it's kind of expected. I think he also had less practice with him as well.
And it peed out!
You gotta remember...
Nyeh! Nyeh!
That means no, by the way.
Thank you, mate.
No worries.
Plenty for Giant X, though.
Oh, that's a good clip, man.
Liquid have already won a couple of over times 14-12,
and that statistic, they look the strongest here.
It's back to the attack side,
in terms of where they're able to find success.
get some pieces towards A more than anything else this long control from GX has been a
pillar of their defensive structure but are they over investing here is it too much because
when that spike goes down on A the death spoke about it the amount of utility in post here
It's really well timed Sky Dog.
Lose control here.
But then who's gonna 5% hit from Hooker?
So Sky Dog down. Doesn't see anyone.
Probably take those out. 3 over 2 or 2.
Boombox just in case they tried to time Sky Dog.
Oh, no, they're getting greedy.
Wow, they're so greedy.
They've got so many greedy players, they're so greedy.
I love that they wanted to fight that choke a little bit more aggressively there
But in the two on two that's gonna feel like a missed opportunity for liquid tossing the spike across default
Yeah, what is going on in that situation? It's just heat of the moment desperation stuff
That's just not thinking
Dancing with a spike they come to the TV to they wanted to see cuz
These poils are making mistakes like that and it's just gonna be for this overtime
Who's gonna be the team to break the attack room? Yeah, and who has the strongest mental because liquid have now
surpassed two opportunities
to
claim this map and
Maybe who wants to buy the upgrade away a face full of miniboot
Bad news
But he also popped it like from really close.
He's trying too hard to win it.
team liquid overstepping the mark maybe as we said last time on the defense they
were being cheeky perhaps too cheeky this time I think the one aspect that
favours liquid here is that GX have been going blindly into some of the
now yeah you give our red card for that cloud is on finding mission towards
that's position where he is the sole anchor of B as it stands GX we any
longer the team's gonna start to fever the defense in terms of strength of
possession how much time do you have to clear all these calls and just a giant
sit over towards be the right call they're gonna head towards this be side
the wall is up for that he can fight a lady time one more flash is you're really
gonna use it to get info those footsteps echoing the halls now and it has to be
that on by the support waves flicker spines one of the kills but they're still going still
over the last half a second they do
convenient your real estate but real to the attack go in terms of the post plan how do
they set up at least healing off the damage it's going to be huge for a grubby
and hearing that double tp gx have to be thinking about the back lines here as well that unable
to cover up with wane and actually leaves camo solo towards ct west side on
a strong angle jungler in the conversation now gx on the back for liquid looking
a win in the mine third series point cloud to keep them alive
yeah we got to win. our gx hold down again
the last of the bad situation and we'll get another opportunity to see this one through
and we were talking about are the first ones to break the attack around and if there was a gx had
the best chance of all the chances so far
yeah west side's gonna be cut it should be one of my two
nice nice
a pretty complete is all i'm once again instructions for this attack
they're calling a calling a timeout to tell them to
win about making a play maybe also you might you just need to help them out
It's a hard time out here, but they defend long so heavy that they should be more workshop
contact up fast.
Mark likes showers with one, let's go for one.
You take as many timeouts another time, nah, you each get one.
before they chucked a spake willingly across a safe you know so there is an opportunity here yeah
and the defender side for the most part has looked better of the two but it has been a case of retakes
spikes diffused in every round we've seen thus far in the extension of play
That skits the attack all.
He's gonna do it, right?
They're gonna make a little bit of fake pressure over towards here, keep the 3 and try off heaven again.
That's good, cool.
Ah, the molliness.
Oh, that's not good.
he knows that waste safe is being cleaned from heaven so that's also maybe a
consideration just looking for something right now they could give this one the
time of day just waiting for that first opportunity but the long barrel may betray
that says he tries to find out he's looking at heaven that's messed up
violent and what now for liquids you know you're looking for that kid with the
off where's the second layer there is some pressure created towards people
It's an all in on a yeah, but it's another one of those smokes that gives space to back side for giant X
We can see me looking to play on the edge
But grubby comes out on top so once again giant X hold on to this ace
And team liquid struggle stroke when I'm post
But what do you have other than just these?
Utility that's post plan
There's Molly from waiting he'll buy a little bit of time
But not enough to win the round with his life lost that might just be a kind of I mean arrogance
Yeah, they're a little slow on this one. They got too much info of it towards Long Rotate,
the one across he went heaven.
Alex wants to get the cake on him, I think.
to build around that operator as much as possible liquid but as I said in the
round in terms of second layers and what actually the setup was it's just
punishment in the end from Groovy actually who fights the first two kills
I do feel like if we if they get to the situation again that's oh god especially after he told
him to get it off and just watch heaven the whole time to then get killed from
And the guy late peeking heaven must be devastating.
Natsuketsu gets good info from this round though, they do get back to him.
He knows they can just walk up and burst.
Hamo buys a Jard shit.
I bet, that's when you know it's messed up.
But you know it's strong.
he's solo towards showers everyone on gx cooped up towards the bottom of short
and he slaw walked through a one-way to train contend with an angle which
makes it easy for him to take the ball and get the ball to the end of the game.
Can he see the feet? Yes, he does.
That's the second team! Thug team have seen this!
Back down! What's the definition of a sanity?
The walk-up short bastard's going to be incredible.
being incredible. Yeah, no, he's not wrong. Everyone is kind of just doing the same thing.
The Saturated was so strong. I mean, it's the best ability in the game.
Out of strats? It gets like that in overtime, man. You've got to reach deep.
We're probably gonna find one, but 25 seconds or so.
Spike needs to go in, and Westside has to play Protector.
I have faith in that, sir. Surely. He got the Info.
He got the Info last time.
at this stage in the game GX are the ones with the onus on them as it has been this is now
liquid's fourth opportunity to win this match one in regulation the third in overtime on our
screens they know the setup they know the they know it's a two one GX with four of the same that
setup does not bend but will it break now they don't want to go near a because
they've never had a chance and well be doesn't look much better either
it gets the entry close that's incredible it's incredible trades HP's
alone
but the body comes certainly as has to be flakeless try to heal up
I was a pun, good job
Instinct is the story of me
Yes
Oh, hey man, what a game this was
Haha, he survived, dude
Okay, we get many blue against blue, so we gotta wait 6 days for it.
Unfortunately for GX, they can't make the changes necessary to see them win here and carry on themselves.
Back to back and say any close games, yeah.
I mean, this was similar to what happened in the beginning of last year, right?
The lower bracket run, they would have like loads of close games.
It turned out being pretty good for the mid-skins, a lot of footage to watch back.
Like long term, these games are the ones.
At least in terms of some of the ideas that they want to play still carried on from the previous year
It's a brave new world. They're going to America's
Revolution
I'm going to hang in there.
the idea of what performances will look like on the international stage but I
think it's hard to say that the rosters we've seen in the last week or so
dude is he gonna watch party America's not even I want to watch that
as you know there are still lots of work to be done but we'll hear from some
players on the liquid side we're heading over to the post plan with
I think it's like a very good like confidence boost for us to win like against a good team.
like giants so yeah I think this will give us a lot of momentum for like our next game what's
hang on so which is more exhausted today or yesterday today today because of yesterday or just
because of again the I think it adds on I mean yesterday was like a very hard fought series for
us and today was even longer and we had to give out all yeah and I think it's about the level we
showed I think that today we played way better than against Sulf and the giants is a better team and
and it was just a higher class Valorant, I think.
Just to follow on from that, what kind of went wrong on map 2 then?
In terms of like game plan or execution, did they kind of catch you off guard?
I think the game plan was a bit off.
And I mean it's normal to have off game plans for us.
And like, I think they were just shooting better on the second map, not gonna lie.
Yeah, but the map, I think everyone was like, like reset it and yeah, we put off the win.
Okay.
Yeah, it do be like that sometimes.
What?
It do be like that sometimes.
Yeah, sometimes it happens, I'm liking.
Yeah, they shoot better, it is what it is.
But you were shooting really well in lap 2, actually 2 free, specifically.
We have a clip that we want to show you, like the redemption moment from what happened last year.
So we can play that and we can just put that in our memory instead.
Okay.
There we go.
Well, I get the question here is, do you remember the clip that this is kind of a reference to?
No. It's the ISO clip.
Which one?
The ISO clip.
My guy's deleted it from his name.
It's not his name, it's not his name.
No.
But this is one that I think as well.
Again, a big discussion has kind of been like, you coming into this roster and like, not necessarily confidence issues, but like finding your feet and being able to, I guess, perform to where we've seen you kind of hit previously.
Have you felt that stymed to come into effect now or do you still have things that you want to work on personally?
I mean, this is too complicated, as you said. I just don't care. I just try to play my best.
And I feel like in this team I have way more potential as an individual to be even better player.
What would you put that down to? What do you think it is about this liquid roster that gives you the opportunity to have more potential?
I feel like I have more trust and experience in general and that is the
playstyle is more loose where I have more you know space to actually shine and
just play you know start the world and just do my own things you know I have
just the space to do it. I'm talking about the playstyle specifically I'm
gonna turn this to you Wayne because we heard your coach saying that you're
working on that identity you're now like defining it even further for you
coming in as a player, we saw you being switched from the Astro to the Omen, we've seen some
brimstone games from you now as well. What do you feel is your spot in this team identity-wise?
Honestly, I don't really know.
Base!
What would you want it to be?
I think just like being consistent overall, like throughout the matches and like just
I'm just trading like mini-bull and like purple sometimes.
I just need to trade good and trust my team and play our game.
You're also a new addition to this Liquid roster and you came in,
or in this lower bracket, the pressure,
something that both Nats and Lohan said earlier today was,
you guys actually like this pressure, you like to perform under it.
Is that the same for you as well?
Not really.
You, Minibu?
I think I'm used to being in lower brackets,
So it's way more thrilling to play Valorant when you know it's your last chance.
If you have like three chances, two chances and it's kind of boring, you know, like you're gonna have a
third life, second life and when you have one more life left, you just do or nothing, you know.
Wayne, you said that not really, I'm assuming you don't agree with this take at all.
I'm not used to this pressure yet, so I think with time I'll be the same as Minibu, but for now
Not good for my health.
You're getting a deep liquid trial by fire.
I hope your heart rate is fine.
Something to also discuss is the matchup
that you have coming up next, which is...
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
I mean, Benji on the stage was saying
he wanted to play against you.
You have Buu on the opposite roster as well.
Minibu, what are you looking for?
Who are you looking forward to the most
on playing against on the server?
I mean, I heard in the interview
the other day, I think yesterday,
talking about the train and I want to stop that train right here next game but
honestly like I was sharing for the boys I wanted them to win I wanted to play
against them and I think that's gonna be interesting game and like I'm really
excited to play and I'm ready to fuck them up
you know what friends like you who needs enemies right at this point I mean
Wayne you also have anything you want to say about the heretics matchup?
Not really, we're just gonna play our game and we're gonna hopefully pull off the win.
No, I need you to say it with confidence, so I'm gonna give you this. Go on.
Tomorrow.
Well, next week actually, but...
Next week, yeah?
That's the one we wanted here!
I guess just to follow up on that, do you kind of see this as maybe...
not necessarily a redemption match for you, but obviously playing against the former team,
what's the most important thing for you?
having a clean victory or putting up a good performance or just delivering it?
I think for me the most important is winning, and after that that's like, doesn't matter how we do it.
Obviously like I want to play individually good against them. I'm really motivated, I really want to play against them, so I mean, I just want to win against them, you know?
So it's not like you feel like you have to prove something in that? You're more focused on the victory itself?
Nah, it's all about the victory, it's all about being the better team against them.
It doesn't matter if I draw 5 or 13, if even I'm happy.
That's a great mindset to have.
Just play with the rest of the team.
Wish you guys have been doing really good as well in general.
So Wayne, I know it's been a couple of days since I've last interviewed you.
These games are pretty back to back.
Do you feel more settled? How are you finding Berlin in general?
I think I'm quite settled in already.
and like I'm getting more and more comfortable playing on stage so...
Well especially with games like you probably not used to playing like overtime to like three mappers and...
Not yet. Not yet.
But it's a first you know and like I think throughout the season it will be way better.
I guess coming to this region as well in general there's obviously lots of discussions about play style and compositions and like a different matter.
What's been the biggest learning for you obviously I mean even the last map here they can bring, I think the last time you played by you played Yorra if I'm not mistaken.
What's been your biggest learning or what's caught you off guard about this region?
I think this region they have like more ideas and like different ways to like approach the game
and like I'm not really like used to it yet but I think I've been doing pretty well so far
and like even I mean for us we didn't really have much time to like practice since I came to Berlin
yeah and like I think we're doing pretty well now like with our new system and everything so yeah
And for Berlin, I think...
Uh oh.
That little guy's further.
I prefer home, but we don't have a choice, you know?
I just got a...
I know exactly what you're talking about.
I think a lot of people can relate,
but you should be very proud of yourself to be here,
put up the performances that you guys have.
You're still in slow practice, unfortunately,
but a banger matchup coming up next.
Once again, congratulations to both of you.
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