fnatic ease past CM to top Group A

28-11-2013 13:12

fnatic are through to the DreamHack Winter playoffs following a comfortable 16-6 victory over Clan-Mystik.

Clan-Mystik got off to an almost perfect start here, shutting down the middle area when fnatic were rushing in and losing just one player in the process. The first anti-eco round went to the Frenchmen, and after that fnatic decided to go for a full buy, hoping to surprise their opponents, but their plans boomeranged as they were completely outgunned in middle.

Since A was not working out for them, fnatic tried to find their way into the B site, and for the first time in this match they were able to break through CM's defense. This bombsite actually turned out to be the French team’s weakness as neither Jeremy "ioRek" Vuillermet nor Michael "HaRts" Zanatta were able to stop fnatic’s rushes or even trade some kills. It is no wonder then, how the Swedes gained control of the match and strung nine rounds together.

schneider & co on their way to the playoffs

CM’s biggest issue at this point was that they were being largely outplayed by fnatic’s players every round. Dan "apEx" Madesclaire’s impressive three kills in the apartment area in the 14th round then came as a wakeup call for the French team, who were able to reduce the deficit to 6-9.

fnatic were able to pick up where they had left off and further enlarged their lead by winning the pistol round. Instead of saving their money, CM went for full buys twice in a row, without any success. Now down 6-12 and with no money in the bank, the French team had a mountain to climb, but fnatic never really had a foot wrong as they walked out 16-6 winners here to go through to the playoffs.

DreamHack Winter 2013Best of 1

fnatic

Matchpage

28th November 2013

Clan-Mystik

Inferno

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist flusha	22 - 10	+12	-	-	1.62
Jesper 'JW' Wecksell JW	21 - 12	+9	-	-	1.46
Markus 'pronax' Wallsten pronax	13 - 12	+1	-	-	0.97
Jonatan 'Devilwalk' Lundberg Devilwalk	12 - 13	-1	-	-	0.87
Andreas 'znajder' Lindberg znajder	11 - 13	-2	-	-	0.83

Clan-Mystik	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire apEX	20 - 16	+4	-	-	1.25
Hovik 'KQLY' Tovmassian KQLY	14 - 16	-2	-	-	1.10
Michael 'HaRts' Zanatta HaRts	11 - 14	-3	-	-	0.74
Jeremy 'ioRek' Vuillermet ioRek	9 - 17	-8	-	-	0.58
Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey kioShiMa	6 - 16	-10	-	-	0.48

fnatic on fire!

2013-11-28 13:12

GG fnatic

2013-11-28 13:13

jw best

Strong fnatic.

Pronax taking fnatic to 1.6 level

2013-11-28 13:14

9 replies

yeah till they face nip,vg,ad.

2013-11-28 13:15

8 replies

won over ad in eswc lol

2013-11-28 13:16

2 replies

different lineup for both teams which weakened them both in paper, but we'll see

2013-11-28 13:17

1 reply

+edward is only a plus

2013-11-28 13:33

someone's a pessimist

yeah im a fnatic fan but just cant see them beat nip or vg in a such important tournament with a huge prize money, lets hope they do

2013-11-28 13:19

im sure they have the same kind of a mindset as NiP and VG.. so it all depends on talent and hardwork

2013-11-28 14:48

if they are able to win pistol rounds they dan defeat vg aswell (they lost 16:13 and 16:11 at MSI without a single pistol)

ofc they can but its highly unlikely like i sad at #20 this tournament its completely different and thats what nip and vg have been praccing and waiting for, they wont give this up easily they will give their 120%

2013-11-28 13:21

disappointing cm gogo fnatic

clan Mystik good, but not best (jw best)

old but gold

2013-11-28 13:40

pronax-da-leader wp fnatic! hopefully double Sweden advancing!

ez gg

Pronaxbo$$!

CM one shot wonder

Tough group @ bo1... It isn't easy

2013-11-28 14:20

fnatic are doing so well for now in the so called group of death :)

expected, only lurppis underestimated fnatic.

gg wp boys!

2013-11-28 13:18

Really surprised to see Fnatic playing this well. Guess that 2nd place finish at MSI Beat It boosted their morale.

No, it's pronax who makes the difference.

2013-11-28 13:27

LGB > Clan Mystik

From what i have seen so far Fnatic have been polishing up their play since last tournament. Nice solid defense, well balanced spawn tactics and nice anti-strats. This makes them a bit unpredictable which is always a good thing.Keep up!