Xyp9x played his best map in a year at Elisa Masters Espoo
Against ENCE at Elisa Masters Espoo 2022, the Clutch Minster delivered his best performance this year.
At Elisa Masters Espoo 2022, Astralis finished on 3-4th place after they got eliminated from the tournament by fnatic with a 0-2 scoreline in the semi-finals.
Astralis’ match before that, against ENCE in the quarter-finals, saw the clutch minister, Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth, deliver his best performance in this year. On the second map of the series, Ancient, Xyp9x finished on top of the scoreboard with a 1.84 Rating and 126.2 ADR, playing a big role in the 16-14 map victory. A 33-kill performance that nearly surpassed his best performance in 2021 rating-wise, which was against Endpoint at IEM Fall 2021 Europe, where he topped the scoreboard with a 1.88 Rating and 115.2 ADR.
In an interview with HLTV after the match against ENCE, Xyp9x gave his thoughts on Astralis’ new system and the role changes which have happened after their new coach came in.
“I feel more confident in the roles I’ve been assigned now and I think it also shows in my game. So I am just happy about the new Astralis in general.” – Xyp9x told HLTV.
There’s been a lot of conversations about the structure of Astralis and blameF’s reliance to frag, but it’s easy to notice that their kills on the server have been spread out more evenly lately. Xyp9x also gave a comment on this in the interview, stating that “the stats are sometimes misguided by where you play on the map”.
“I don’t really care as long as we win the games. I saw a lot of action and I played good in that game (against ENCE). I don’t necessarily see a lot of people in all the games that we play so sometimes the stats are misguided by where you play on the map. blameF has a lot of the rotator positions or where there is action, so sometimes it is expected that he pops off because he is where the action is, so sometimes it is expected that he pops off because he is where the action is. blameF is a really good player and nobody can say anything about that. To answer the question about it being more shared or if we want it to be more shared among us, I don’t really care as long as we win.”
You can read HLTV’s full interview with Xyp9x right here.
