A dramatic end to the year at ENCE has come to an end with the signing of Krzysztof "⁠Goofy⁠" Górski, Kacper "⁠Kylar⁠" Walukiewicz, and Olek "⁠hades⁠" Miskiewicz to complete the roster.

The Polish trio joins Paweł "dycha" Dycha and Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander on the new ENCE lineup alongside coach Jakub "kuben" Gurczyński. With four players and a coach from Poland, the first reaction from Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander was to write "What was the name of that app? Duolingo?" on Twitter before changing his name from Lukas to Łukasz.

The signing of the three Polish players came as a surprise, but the management of ENCE needed to act quickly to finalize their roster. 

- Change is difficult, but we are excited to welcome this Polish trio to ENCE. These announcements had to take place on an accelerated schedule due to a timeline forced by tournament invites and roster locks. We want to thank the staff at 9INE for the quick cooperation and smooth transition, ENCE explained on Twitter. 

ENCE has said goodbye to Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer (Falcons), Alvaro "SunPayus" Garcia (Falcons), Pavle "maden" Bošković (Falcons), and Guy "NertZ" Iluz (Heroic) alongside coach Eetu "⁠sAw⁠" Saha (Heroic) since November.

Goofy

kylar

hades

At the end of August this year, a $1,000,000 LAN tournament will take place in Chorzów, Poland. Here eight teams will fight for the $350,000 first-place prize.

The first confirmed team to participate is the Polish team 9INE. 

Aleksander "hades" Miskiewicz and the rest of his teammates is set to play at the Silesian Stadium, where the organizer hopes to sell 23.000 tickets for the event.

9INE

9INE’s Olek “hades” Miskiewicz has made his way to our #POTD after he pulled off an impressive 1v4 clutch on Nuke during a match between 9INE and Aurora. The situation seemed dire for hades as he found himself alone against four of Aurora’s players with the bomb in his possession. With the odds stacked against him, hades made the bold decision to head towards B-side of the map. His first priority was to plant the bomb without any interruption from the opposing team.

He managed to get into position and plant the bomb with ease, but the real challenge laid ahead. hades was now facing four enemies who were determined to prevent him from winning the round. By using his game sense and positioning to his advantage, hades patiently waited for the Aurora players to make the first move, and when they did, he struck with deadly precision.

One by one, hades picked off the Aurora players, taking advantage of their big mistake to not swamp him all together. His accuracy and quick reflexes were on full display as he landed precise headshots and outmaneuvered his opponents.

In a recent match against Illuminar, Polish CS:GO player Olek “hades” Miskiewicz stepped up to secure a crucial Pistol round win for his team with a stunning Ace. In the second pistol round on Anubis, hades flawlessly took down all the enemies with a pistol in his hands, securing the round for his team and setting the tone for the rest of the match.

hades, known for his skills as a Sniper, once again demonstrated his versatility and adaptability as a dual threat player. The Pistol Ace showcased his quick reflexes, precise aim, and ability to deliver important plays under pressure, earning him high praise from fans and the CS:GO community.

22-year-old Aleksander "hades" Miskiewicz is officially a free agent on the CS:GO player market. The Polish Sniper was benched in favor of Alvaro "⁠SunPayus⁠" Garcia back in August, and has since then played on loan for Finest.

Yesterday ENCE and hades reached an agreement to terminate his contract.

Aleksander "hades" Miskiewicz biggest achievement with ENCE was reaching the Semi-Finals at Antwerp. But on a personal level, the same tournament marked the beginning of the end for hades in ENCE. His ratings took a hit in Antwerp and in the tournaments afterwards. A 0.84 rating at IEM Cologne was the last nail in the coffin for the talented AWP'er.

ENCE

On Thursday, hades and company from ex-Finest took upon HAVU in the CCT Central Europe Series 4 event in a series which turned out to be a banger. There was a lot on stake in the matchup, as the winner of the match would end up with a spot in the playoffs of the event and a step closer to the $22.000 first prize.

The international roster of ex-Finest kicked off the action with a wonderful performance on Overpass, where they secured a 19-17 overtime victory. Here, ex-Finest’s hades completely popped off and dropped a total of 47 kills! Nobody from HAVU could keep up with the Polish player, who ended the map with a 1.73 Rating and over 100 ADR.

Unfortunately for hades, his exceptional performance on Overpass wasn’t enough to push his team to a series victory, as the international roster ended up losing the next two maps, Mirage (20-22) and Ancient (10-16).

Despite the loss, hades put up insane numbers and finished on top of the overall scoreboard with a 90-63 K-D, a 1.25 Rating, and 80.1 ADR.

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HAVU

Three weeks after ENCE’s announcement of the benching of Olek “hades” Miskiewicz, the Pole has returned to an active lineup as he’s set to join Finest in a loan deal until the end of November this year. The 22-year-old AWPer will replace long-standing member Guy "⁠anarkez⁠" Trachtman on the roster.

- Known for his impressive showing with ENCE, Olek serves as the strong and feared player we’re looking for as we take our roster forward to the next steps, Finest wrote on Twitter about their new signing.

As earlier mentioned, it was anarkez who had to give up his roster spot to make space for hades. In a Twitlonger, anarkez explains that he’s no longer contracted with Finest.

{cflag:SE} Niclas "⁠PlesseN⁠" Plessen

{cflag:SE} Rasmus "⁠kreaz⁠" Johansson

{cflag:EE} Kristjan "⁠shokz⁠" Jakobson

anarkez

Finest

ENCE has started the hunt for a new Sniper for their team. Today the Finnish Organization announced, that they will be parting way with Aleksander "hades" Miskiewicz.

- "It's always hard when changes are being made. Benching hades is a tough decision, but one that I think needs to be made at this time. Hades showed good progress and development as a player but for the direction we are going for, we need a change, Eetu “sAw”

Saha, coach of ENCE explains in a press statement.

It has especially been at the bigger tournaments, that the Polish AWPer has been underwhelming for ENCE. 

Movistar Riders' Alvaro "SunPayus" Garcia has been mentioned as a possible candidate as a replacement.

SunPayus

According to [link:{"url":"https://www.hltv.org/news/34336/ence-set-to-bench-hades-sunpayus-transfer-imminent-report","isNewTab":true,"text":"HLTV,"}] ENCE will be benching their starting AWPer Aleksander "hades" Miskiewicz. The new AWPer for the ENCE squad is yet to be announced but the front-runner is the Movistar Riders AWPer Alvaro “SunPayus” Garcia. 

The announcement came shortly after his weak performance from lower-tier CSGO to top-tier events where he didn´t always step up his game. While hades are set to be put on the bench, ENCE is still trying to find a replacement for Spinx. Who the replacement will be, is still yet to be announced.

Watch some of hades most insane highlights as an ENCE player:

One of the things that can be very hard to train in CS:GO is the ability to clutch. Even though you might be mechanically gifted, it does not mean that you are also automatically good in clutch situations.

The clutch is a thinking man's game. While having good mechanics always helps, it is not always enough in 1vX situations. You need to have knowledge, experience, and great composure. You need to be patient, but decisive. And you need to be able to out-mindgame your opponents.

All of the guys on today's list have all of these qualities in abundance. They are of course also incredibly gifted players mechanically, but they are more than that. When their teams need them the most, and when every single eye in the arena is following their every movement, they come to life.

These are the five players with the most 1vX wins versus Top20 teams in 2022.

You can watch some of the best clutches from 2022 in the video below. 

torzsi

blameF

sh1ro

After seeing FaZe and Spirit secure their spots in the semis yesterday, ENCE and Copenhagen Flames now had to try to do the same. When the two faced each other earlier in the tournament the Flames took a dominant 16-8 victory in a Bo1, but things would not go as smoothly for the Danes this time.

The Bo3 kicked off on the Flames' pick of Vertigo, where the Danes looked solid to start. They were getting entries and had good spacing on the map, but at the scoreline 3-3 their T side started going down the drain. ENCE completely shut them down, and while "Spinx" was playing very well, the real story was the tremendous defensive work "dycha" did in difficult situations. This led ENCE on a nine-round streak, and to a 12-3 halftime lead.

It looked much better for the Flames as they turned to the CT side. The young duo of "Zyphon" and "jabbi" was doing some heavy lifting for the team, but the halftime deficit was too hard to overcome for the Danes and ENCE were now halfway there.

"roeJ" and "nicoodoz" who were surprisingly absent on Vertigo had a much better start to Nuke. They stepped up individually very early on and as the rest of the team soon followed suit the Flames took a 9-3 lead. ENCE found a bit of flow towards the end of the half and reduced the Danes' lead to three at halftime.

"hades", who had been the lowest-rated ENCE player at this tournament so far, woke up as his team took to the CT side. He was excellently holding down the fort in Yard and around the Garage. This was one of the major factors in what was a lockdown defensive half for ENCE where the Flames were only allowed three rounds before it was all said and done.

With the win, ENCE secure a spot in the semi-final where they will be facing the winner of the Na'Vi/Heroic matchup.

ENCE - Copenhagen Flames 2-0 | PGL Major Antwerp Legends Stage

16-10 (Vertigo) | {cflag:IL} Spinx - 1.52 Rating / 26-13 K-D / 95.8 ADR

16-12 (Nuke) | {cflag:IL} Spinx - 1.43 Rating / 24-15 K-D / 84.8 ADR

MVP: {cflag:IL} Lotan "Spinx" Giladi - 1.47 Rating / 50-28 K-D / 90.1 ADR

dycha

Zyphon

Jabbi

Spinx

roeJ

nicoodoz

Copenhagen Flames

BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 had reached its final Bo3-series as Astralis and ENCE geared up and got ready for a thrilling brawl in the Grand Final of the event. A spot at the upcoming BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022 event was at stake and with both teams in-form it was difficult to predict the outcome before the brawl got underway. And close was between the two rosters. After a crushing defeat on Mirage, ENCE pulled through on both Ancient and Nuke and managed to take down the Danes of Astralis in what became a close three-map-thriller. The 2-1 victory against Astralis means that "Snappi" and his troops have secured themselves a spot at the upcoming BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022 event. 

The first map of the Bo3-series was picked by ENCE and saw the brawl kick off on Mirage. The sandy map of Mirage is the most played map out of all maps in CS:GO's history, between the top 30 teams, and to say that both teams are familiar with Mirage would be an understatement. Despite being the map pick of ENCE, it was Astralis to start the strongest on Mirage. A strong and cohesive defense from the CT-sided Astralis, with "blameF" wreaking havoc in middle, proved too difficult for ENCE to break through and Astralis were able to go to halftime at the impressive scoreline of 12-3. After switching sides, ENCE would have to do something absolutely spectacular in order to get back into Mirage. The spectacular never happened and instead, it was Astralis to finish what they had started on their CT-side with absolute domination. Without letting ENCE win a single round in the second half of Mirage, the Danes claimed the first map of the brawl at the scoreline of 16-3. 

The second map of the series was picked by Astralis and to nobody's surprise, it meant a trip to the jungle. With a phenomenal win rate of 79% in the past three months (14 maps), the Danes have become more than accustomed to Ancient as one of their strongest picks in the official map pool, if not the strongest. Whilst it has, at times, seemed almost impossible to take down Astralis and "k0nfig" on Ancient, it was ENCE to hit the ground running on their CT-side and secure an early lead against the Danes. It took until the scoreboard said 7-0 in favor of ENCE for the Astralis boys to wake up and secure their first round on Ancient. Slowly but surely, the Danes managed to pick up a handful of rounds and a somewhat respectable T-sided half at the scoreline of 10-5. The second half saw Astralis try to catch back up with ENCE on the arguably favorable CT side. Ultimately, ENCE had secured too big of a lead for Astralis to catch back up and Ancient ended in favor of ENCE at 16-13. 

The third and final map of the series came to be Nuke, a map that both teams are incredibly strong on. From early on it was clear that Nuke could be anyone's map to take home as both teams seemed poised to take home the series. Starting on the CT-side, however, it was ENCE to take control of Nuke initially. Despite yet another phenomenal performance from "blameF", the Danes had to see themselves behind at halftime at the scoreline of 10-5 yet again. Just as on Ancient, Astralis fought to close the gap between themselves and ENCE, and things got very close in the end. Ultimately, however, it was once again too late for Astralis to get into the game and "Snappi" and his troops could close out the three-map-thriller and take home the series at the scoreline of 16-12. 

ENCE - Astralis 2-1 | BLAST Premier Spring Showdown Europe (Grand Final) 

3-16 (Mirage) | {cflag:DK} blameF - 2.53 Rating / 31-5 K-D / 150.6 ADR 

16-13 (Ancient) | {cflag:PL} dycha - 1.25 Rating / 26-21 K-D / 94.5 ADR 

16-12 (Nuke) | {cflag:PL} hades - 1.49 Rating / 27-17 K-D / 90.5 ADR 

MVP: {cflag:DK} Benjamin "blameF" Bremer - 1.40 Rating / 70-43 K-D / 97.1 ADR

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Astralis

The favorites of Heroic are out of contention at BLAST after being taken down by ENCE in an intense three-mapper.

The series started on ENCE’s pick of Ancient, a map that has brought them six victories in a row. This did not seem like a problem for Heroic who quickly picked up a 4-0 lead on the CT-side. ENCE did not panic even after the bad start, and with some decisive calls actually recovered fantastically and was in the lead by 8-7 at halftime.

If Heroic thought the first half loss on CT-side was tough, it is because they did not know what fury was going to be cast upon them in the second. The Danes created some opportunities towards the end of the half, but “Snappi”s squad simply outclassed them.

ENCE led by “Maden” continued the great play on the second map of Overpass where they got themselves a comfortable 6-1 CT-side lead. The Danes luckily managed to get a few rounds under the belt before switching sides but were still behind by quite a few rounds. 10-5 at the half.

After a somewhat disappointing first half for the Heroic squad, they came out of the break looking completely refreshed and the team was finally clicking. With this newfound momentum, the Danes won nine rounds in a row before having their streak broken. After winning that first round, ENCE put on a couple more, but in the end, it was all for naught, and the Danes closed out the map at 16-13.

The deciding map of the series was the ever-present Mirage and had ENCE getting off to a great start on the CT-side. “Maden” who had been locked in all series was still dominating, and now his teammate “hades” had joined him in his quest to eradicate the Danes. Throughout the first fifteen rounds, their quest was exceptionally successful as they led by 13-2 at the break.

Heroic took three rounds out of the break, but that was all they were able to take before everything was said and done. ENCE won Mirage 16-5 and are headed to the Grand Final.

ENCE - Heroic 2-1 | BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 Europe

16-9 (Ancient) | {cflag:ME} Maden - 1.47 Rating / 26-20 K-D / 112.8 ADR

13-16 (Overpass) | {cflag:DK} stavn - 1.35 Rating / 26-19 K-D / 91.7 ADR

16-5 (Mirage) | {cflag:PL} hades - 1.83 Rating / 23-8 K-D / 108.9 ADR

MVP: {cflag:ME} Pavle "Maden" Bošković - 1.45 Rating / 75-52 K-D / 102.7 ADR

Maden

stavn

Heroic

With Copenhagen Flames and Players (Gambit) having already secured a qualifying spot in the current PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B event, things are beginning to get intense and only six spots are left to be secured by the remaining teams at the event. One of these spots was going to be occupied by either ENCE or Anonymo as they were both sitting on a 2-1 record going into their brawl today. A victory from either team would mean instant qualification to the prestigious PGL Major and therefore everything was on the line when the two European rosters clashed. 

Adding to their impressive form of recent times, it was clear that ENCE were on another level than the Polish Anonymo boys. "Snappi" and his teammates managed to close out the Bo3-series in just two maps, after two confident victories on Overpass and Mirage. 

The first map of the Bo3-series between ENCE and Anonymo took place on the map of Overpass and was picked by ENCE. Whilst ENCE have proven themselves to be incredibly versatile on a variety of maps, Overpass is definitely one of their better maps in the official map pool, whereas it has been a weakpoint for Anonymo who are sitting on a 40% win rate in the past three months (10 maps). Once Overpass got underway, however, a close battle ensued. Trading rounds back and forth, things were as close as possible at the scoreline of 8-7 in the first half of Overpass. Whilst the first half had been close between the two teams, the second half was all ENCE. A phenomenal CT-sided performance from ENCE, led by star-rifler "Spinx", meant a confident victory on Overpass for ENCE at the scoreline of 16-9. 

The second map of the Bo3-series was picked by Anonymo and saw the brawl continue on Mirage. Whilst it is, undoubtedly, one of the stronger maps for the Polish roster, it is also a map that allows for some of the creative and aggressive approaches that "Snappi" is known for orchestrating to perfection. ENCE started as they had finished Overpass, with a great CT-sided hold. This time it was "Maden" to top the leaderboard and to help carry his team to a confident 10-5 lead at halftime. The second half showcased a versatile and aggressive ENCE offense breaking down the defense of Anonymo. At the scoreline of 16-10, it was ENCE to claim victory on Mirage and secure a ticket to the upcoming PGL Major in Antwerp.  

ENCE - Anonymo 2-0 | PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B

16-9 (Overpass) | {cflag:IL} Spinx - 1.44 Rating / 26-17 K-D / 98.7 ADR

16-10 (Mirage) | {cflag:ME} Maden - 1.60 Rating / 28-14 K-D / 96.0 ADR

MVP: {cflag:ME} Pavle "Maden" Bošković - 1.34 Rating / 45-31 K-D / 86.7 ADR

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PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B overview - HEET vs Entropiq (2-0) 

Whilst the brawl between ENCE and Anonymo was underway, another brawl took place over on the B-stream between HEET and Entropiq. Whereas ENCE and Anonymo found themselves fighting for a qualifying spot, the battle between HEET and Entropiq was to avoid elimination from the RMR event. 

The all-French HEET roster proved to be the stronger roster on the day. A masterclass performance from "afro" and "Djoko" saw the French HEET boys destroy Entropiq in just two maps. 

The 2-0 victory against Entropiq sees HEET avoid elimination and stay in contention for a possible spot at the PGL Major in Antwerp. 

Snappi

Anonymo

There are eight spots left for the Antwerp Major next month. All of them are on the line in the European RMR Group B.

Here we give you a run-through of the teams, that we have placed in different brackets; Favorites, Contenders, and Outsiders. This article will feature our four picks for the favorite category. 

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 will enter the qualification tournament as one of the favorites to go 3-0 and lock in one of the three legends spots from Group B. Despite their lackluster run at the ESL Pro League, the team should be able to make it through without any problems.

Player to watch: {cflag:FI} Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen missed the start of ESL Pro League with Covid-19. All eyes will be on the Finnish in-game leader to see, if he can find the right solutions for his team. 

 are somehow always among the best teams in a tournament. With debutant Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin on the roster, it will be very interesting to see, how the Swedes will fare without a designated AWP'er. But in Hampus "hampus" Poser, We trust! The in-game leader has shown, that he is more than capable of leading the team to success despite several roster changes within the last year. 

Player to watch: {cflag:SE} Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin will play his first official game for NIP since he joined from Fnatic. A huge move for the Swedish golden boy.

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 is the third team on our list. A dangerous team to underestimate, which should be impossible after their fine run at the ESL Pro League Season 15, where they made it all the way to the Grand Final. But can they repeat it? Have their opponents learned their lesson, or can Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer and his team continue to impress? We believe in the roster, and could see them lock in one of the Legend spots.

Player to watch: {cflag:PL} Aleksander "hades" Miskiewicz topped the leaderboard at ESL Pro League with the most clutches and AWP kills.

 (Gambit) in the upper bracket. The youngsters would normally be one of our top favorites, but since the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian team has been a little bit of their normal A-game, which can hardly surprise anyone given the circumstances. Can they recover their 2021 form? 

Player to watch: {cflag:RU} Dmitriy "sh1ro" Sokolov played an insane ESL Pro League Season 15. Can the young Russian AWP'er continue his form, Players will be a top 3 team in this group.

The first round of Group B will start Thursday.

Brollan

Aleksib

G2 Esports

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Players

ENCE has been the big revelation during ESL Pro League taking down three top 10 teams in the world in their first three matches at the tournament.

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After their 2-0 win against Outsiders (Virtus.pro), Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer praised his Polish teammate and highlighted his growth throughout the last six months.

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- I am really proud of him. He has done some amazing growth over the last six months, especially with his mental side of things. Even if he has a foot out of the game now, he doesn't shut down. 

ENCE is hades' first international roster in his career. The 22-year-old AWP'er has previously been playing for Wisla Krakow.

ESL Pro League Group B has been a long tale of upsets so far at the event. After a lackluster IEM Katowice, there were little to no expectations towards the international roster from ENCE going into ESL Pro League Season 15. But all experts' and bookmakers' predictions have been proved wrong.

FaZe and Team Vitality was beaten on Day 1 and 2 of the tournament before the roster of Virtus.pro was waiting under their neutral name "Outsiders".

Despite Evgeny 'FL1T' Lebedev valiant effort on Mirage, Outsiders never really had anything going for them on the first map. It was especially the AWP of Olek 'hades' Miskiewicz who was the big issue for the CIS team. ENCE's sniper made 21 kills with the AWP alone on the map that ended 16-10 in favor of ENCE.

Dust2 was picked next by Outsiders. Here Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis and company had more success with their gameplan. A good T-side gave them a 9-6 lead at the break. Despite a 15-13 lead, Outsiders could not close off the map which gave ENCE the chance to win the map and match in overtime. Here Snappi and his men came through on their T-side to steal the map away. ENCE is now on three victories alongside FURIA in Group B. Tomorrow the two teams face each other in a direct confrontation where the winner will be guaranteed a spot in the Quarter-Finals of the tournament.

Outsiders – ENCE 0-2 | ESL Pro League Season 15 (Group B)

10-16 (Mirage) | {cflag:RU} FL1T – 1.64 Rating / 29-18 K-D / 121.3 ADR

17-19 (Dust2) | {cflag:PL} hades – 1.29 Rating / 25-15 K-D / 74.6 ADR

MVP: {cflag:PL} Olek 'hades' Miskiewicz - 1.42 Rating / 54-28 K-D / 83.5 ADR

FL1T

Outsiders

After the opening round defeat to FURIA, the pressure was on the Danes to perform. In their first match in the lower bracket against ENCE, the former number one team in the world again struggled. Despite making an excellent comeback on the first map of Mirage, it still ended with a defeat in overtime. The AWP of Olek 'hades' Miskiewicz gave the Danes big problems throughout the map, where the Polish sniper managed to make 26 kills with the AWP in comparison to Philip "Lucky" Ewald's ten.

Astralis picked Overpass as the next map to visit. A fine T side gave them a small 8-7 lead. In a nailbiter of a second half, it was Benjamin "blameF" Bremer, who stepped up big time for the Danes. The Astralis strongman turned the match in favor of the Danes with ten rounds of 2+ kills! Astralis won 16-12 on Overpass.

Ancient was left as the decider. Seen from the outside, that was an advantage for Astralis with ENCE already having lost twice on the map at this event. On their CT side, Astralis managed to get a good headstart winning 9-6 before the second half. Here it was all tied at 11-11 giving the match the finish it deserved. 

But here Astralis finally showed some of the old tenacity, that the team has been known for. The Danes won 16-13 on Ancient and are now ready to play the loser of FaZe vs Fnatic in the next round in the lower bracket, while ENCE is out.

16-8 (Mirage) | {cflag:PL} hades – 1.33 Rating / 32-20 K-D / 83.9 ADR

12-16 (Overpass) | {cflag:DK} blameF- - 1.68 Rating / 30-15 K-D / 112.0 ADR

13-16 (Ancient) | {cflag:DK} k0nfig- - 1.60 Rating / 34-19 K-D / 113.1 ADR

MVP: {cflag:DK} Benjamin "blameF" Bremer - 1.42 Rating / 83-50 K-D / 95.8 ADR

k0nfig

To start the day we had the last two opening-round matches which saw G2 take on the British/Swedish combo of fnatic, while the reigning Major-champions of Na'Vi fought against ENCE.

The fighting started out on fnatic's pick of Nuke and was by far the most dominating map of the series. With the Kovač Cousins both achieving a rating of above 1.9, G2 took an extremely fast win of 16-2 on their opponents' map pick.

Next up was Mirage and here fnatic decided to completely flip the script. They did to G2, what had just been done to them and finished the map with a commanding scoreline of 16-7. "KRIMZ" finished at the top of the board with an impressive 1.95 rating, and 30 kills in only 23 rounds.

Inferno was unsurprisingly chosen as the decider and was a lot closer than the first to maps. Fnatic got off to a great start on the T-side, running over the defense of G2 round after round. The Spanish organization, looking lost for answers, only managed to win five rounds on their CT-side. The second half looked much better for the "Aleksib"-led squad as they came within touching distance of fnatic very early on. But that was all they accomplished as fnatic drove it home with force from there on out and took the victory at 16-11.

With the result, fnatic moves into the upper bracket where they will face FaZe, while G2 will have to make a lower bracket run where they will start by taking on Liquid.

Nuke: 16-2 | NiKo – 21/8 K-D | 133.3 ADR | 83.3% KAST | 1.92 Rating

Mirage: 7-16 | KRIMZ – 30/11 K-D | 121.1 ADR | 91.3% KAST | 1.95 Rating

Inferno: 11-16 | mezii – 24/14 K-D | 89.3 ADR | 81.5% KAST | 1.38 Rating

 Nikola “NiKo” Kovač – 56/45 K-D | 89.4 ADR | 66.2% KAST | 1.20 Rating

On the b-stream the action began on ENCE's pick of Mirage where Na'Vi had a soul-crushing performance on the CT-side, leaving no room for ENCE to work with, which resulted in a 12-3 halftime score. ENCE were able to take five rounds in a row in the second half, but they did not get any more than that, and Na'Vi swiftly took the first map at 16-8.

As the second map, Na'Vi chose to play Nuke, a map that they were absolutely dominating on in 2021. But this is 2022, and ENCE had no problem embarrassing the world's #1 team. When ENCE had acquired 16 rounds Na'Vi had only managed to win 4, and ENCE could go to a third map full of confidence.

The third and final map was Overpass and went right down to the wire. ENCE started fantastic as they put themselves in front at 9-1, but unluckily for them, the CIS-squad managed to claw a couple of rounds back before the break, and the halftime score was 10-5. With the help of a fantastic performance from "Perfecto", Na'Vi had a dominating CT-side and managed to hit match point at 15-12. ENCE made it very interesting as they almost made the comeback, but in the end, it was "boombl4" and his team that could hold their heads high after a 16-14 win.

ENCE will now have to beat Astralis and go through the lower bracket, while Na'Vi take on FURIA in the upper bracket.

Mirage: 16-8 | s1mple – 22/12 K-D | 100.0 ADR | 83.3% KAST | 1.57 Rating

Nuke: 4-16 | hades – 20/5 K-D | 78.5 ADR | 90.0% KAST | 1.76 Rating

Overpass: 16-14 | Perfecto – 33/16 K-D | 103.5 ADR | 76.7% KAST | 1.59 Rating

 Lotan “Spinx” Giladi – 61/51 K-D | 97.0 ADR | 67.6% KAST | 1.23 Rating

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Natus Vincere

While Fnatic has already made its way to the playoffs from Group B, it is still possible for either forZe or ENCE to qualify. A rematch from two days ago, where ENCE won 2-0. Can forZe do better today?

The match is scheduled to start at 19.15 (CET).

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