Cloud9 to the final over EnVyUs

18-9-2016 12:19

Cloud9 eliminate EnVyUs with a 2-1 win (16-9 Cache, 10-16 Mirage, 16-10 Dust2) and go on to the grand final of DreamHack Zowie Open Bucharest 2016.

Cache was the map to start off the first semi-final match of the day, with Envy getting the start on the CT side of their map pick.

The Frenchmen started off with a clean A-site retake on the pistol round, but it was all Cloud9 when the rifles came into play. With fast and explosive plays the North American team was able to get to a 7-2 lead before their default-to-A round was read and stopped by Happy and co.

A few rounds were traded back and forth but it hurt Envy more in the end, as Cloud9 had money for repeated buys while their opposition was forced to eco.

To close out the half it was Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert and Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham to clutch a 2v3 on the A site to give Cloud9 an impressive 11-4 lead at the halftime.

n0thing had a solid performance on Cache

Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip opened up the pistol round with an aggressive A-main peek and allowed Cloud9 to get up to 13-4 before the aggression was punished by an HE grenade stack, with Envy starting to string together rounds on the back of that.

It was 13-9 before another aggressive play by Stewie2K, this time in squeaky, yielded an early advantage that was converted into a round win for Cloud9 - helping them to close out the map 16-9.

Cloud9 had a dream start on their map pick, Mirage, winning the CT pistol round and countering Envy's first gun round with more aggression, this time on mid.

The Frenchmen were down 0-7 before Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire started rolling once again, getting key kills around the map - including an ace and 1v2 clutch to take the third round for his team.

The round proved to be crucial, though, as Envy managed to string five rounds from there to make it 7-8 in the first half.

apEX was a key player in EnVyUs' Mirage win

Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt's took the momentum into the second half, winning the first five rounds on their CT side despite two anti-eco scares that demanded Timothée "⁠DEVIL⁠" Démolon to clutch out a 1v3 and a 1v2 on the B site.

Still with zero Terrorists rounds and down 14-8, Cloud9 had a 5v2 advantage while entering the A site, but it was DEVIL once again to stop them - appearing from a smoke and killing three Cloud9 players in quick succession, granting Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub the opportunity to close out the round that put them on match point.

The North Americans tried to put up a fight, but Envy closed it out shortly with a 16-10 scoreline, pushing the match to the third map - Dust2.

The French team had a good start to the map as CT, with kennyS hitting some iconic AWP shots from A to pit to put his team up 7-0 at the start of the match. But it was Mirage in reverse as Cloud9 managed to get back on track after a pause - ending the half trailing only one round.

NBK- opened the B site with a Deagle headshot on their Terrorist pistol round, but it was Cloud9 to take the round and continue their charge towards the grand final, getting to a 12-8 lead before Envy got a round on the board with a A site execute.

Unfortunately for Envy, it was n0thing to step up in the next round to single-handedly stop the B-split and reset economy of the French team, picking up four kills in the process and putting his team in the driver's seat to close out the match 16-10

DreamHack ZOWIE Open Bucharest 2016Best of 3

Cloud9

Matchpage

18th September 2016

Envy

Cache

Mirage

Dust2

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek shroud	62 - 42	+20	85.0	77.9%	1.28
Timothy 'autimatic' Ta autimatic	62 - 46	+16	84.3	74.0%	1.28
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert n0thing	55 - 50	+5	76.7	72.7%	1.15
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	55 - 53	+2	82.4	67.5%	1.15
Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Skadoodle	49 - 43	+6	70.5	72.7%	1.06

Envy	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Timothée 'DEVIL' Démolon DEVIL	55 - 54	+1	74.1	72.7%	1.07
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire apEX	56 - 59	-3	82.7	59.7%	1.04
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub kennyS	48 - 53	-5	72.1	55.8%	0.94
Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Happy	44 - 60	-16	60.9	55.8%	0.75
Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt NBK-	30 - 57	-27	54.9	64.9%	0.73

With this result, Cloud9 booked their place in the grand final where they will meet the winner from the Virtus.pro - Dignitas match.

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ez for Skadewie2k

2016-09-18 12:20

17 replies

well done my hltv brother

3 replies

thank u my tasty burger

2016-09-18 12:21

2 replies

lmao

2016-09-18 12:30

lololol

2016-09-18 12:32

nV disband pls

11 replies

Why when they are stepping it up and slowly coming back to past form?

10 replies

you know you suck if DEVIL is top fragging

2016-09-18 12:23

9 replies

Devil had top fragged one series..by that logic whenever Pronax did well in old fnatic then fnatic sucked if they lost the series with him fragging?

2016-09-18 12:24

5 replies

sigh

2016-09-18 12:25

4 replies

Funny how you have no realistic reply.

2016-09-18 12:26

because you're dumb there's no reason to argue with you go laugh about it in ur corner bye

2016-09-18 12:27

If I'm dumb then what are you if you keep avoiding a response lmao.

2016-09-18 12:34

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damn you destroyed that toilet cleaner gj

2016-09-18 12:36

you cant live with the impression that Devil is a bad player, otherwise he wouldnt have been picked up in the first place. it was pretty fucking clear he didnt fit into the team the first months but slowly its coming.

2016-09-18 12:41

says devil is good - gets hate says devil is bad - gets hate what am i supposed to do?

2016-09-18 12:48

he is not an igl anymore, so he stepped up a little aimwise

2016-09-18 12:47

You know no was bad if devil was their best player

PUGSTARS EVOLVING

T A N K T O P S

2016-09-18 12:19

When I'm C9 2.0 incoming

2016-09-18 13:40

never #1 :( EZ C9 GO MURICA WOOOOO!!

devil is improving

I've noticed that too, he seems to have found his place in envyus and his style. I think I can still get beter and become a key part of this lineup

HI IM HAPPY 4HEAD IM A BAITER 4HEAD ILL MEET U AT BOMBSITE 4HEAD A LITTLE LATER 4HEAD

god devil on mirage kreygasm

ez for cloud9, professional esports organization consisting of

rip envy

sdick

Sick run by cloud9 at this dreamhack!

Nice!

VP vs C9

nV plz disband

wp c9

riperonni nv

Devil +1 0.O

C9 were better but nV will regret this, not being able to showoff their T skill

BOT NBK.

Devil second? Wtf is this

ez 4 shroud

16-dust2.. fix the title.

I'm glad to see C9 can actually come back from a deficit and not just win games where they hit the ground running.

NV played well

ez for c9

Nice C9

nice

2016-09-18 12:22

shroud stepped up on lan lol

Damn NBK horrible series

DEVIL top player nV wtf???

C9 in summer ez

Nice work C9.

NBOTK

NBK played so very bad

WTF? I stopped watching after D2 was like 0-8 in favor on Envy. I'm so confused right now...

It was looking scary. I kept hoping they'd get at least 6 rounds in the first half, and then they kept getting rounds. When it was 8-4 I started recalculating and thinking getting 6 was almost doable. Then they ended with 7 and all I was thinking was "just get that pistol round and you have a chance". They did and it just got better and better.

Well actually when it was 0-7 and C9 called time-out I just said to myself: ''it will the same thing as mirage but now in favor of C9''. And it happened lol, anyway C9 played really well.

NBK's fpr in this series is 30/77(0.39) with -27... i mean.. cs is a teamgame but this is just too hard for nV to overcome.

when you see devil top fragger expected c9 win

2016-09-18 12:28

each team tries to choke harder after getting a convincing lead , what a shitfest of a game , tho gj c9

30 kills in 52 rounds. lol nbk.

2016-09-18 12:33

clown9 in finals csgo iz dead booooois

I am so sad, cant believe we are actually losing to na. wp i guess.

Um... Where have you been? What about last year? In the Summer Cloud9 beat EnvyUs 5 times in a row. I'm guessing that's what prompted the two roster shifts directly afterwards.

2016-09-18 12:38

they beat envy last summer so many times, but they didnt win anything :D

2016-09-18 13:01

No, but they made 3 LAN finals in a row and did end up beatng Fnatic, NaVi, and EnvyUs. They didn't win anything, but they showed good form. They were a good team. Every team that beat them one week, lost to them the next.

2016-09-18 13:22

Cloud9 on LAN? I are think that.

2016-09-18 12:35

devil is becoming fucking sick m8 what a clutch player

i think what i think.

happy for the boys

2016-09-18 12:58

Disappointing performance from NBK :v

2016-09-18 13:08

2016-09-18 13:28

test test just seeing if im still banned gj c9 luv u xoxo do it for harambe

2016-09-18 13:34

Please remove Happy

2016-09-18 13:37

why happy?

2016-09-18 13:57

Sad game for NBK. Even the best ones have their bad time I guess. GG C9

2016-09-18 14:36

Watch the comments at the matchpage. Rather hilarious i would say. "Summer is over" "kenny is in the zone, rip c9" waddup now?

2016-09-18 14:46

Envy is coming back

2016-09-18 15:13

Thought C9 was tilted to all hell after getting clutched all those rounds on Mirage. Looked like just other NA CS moment when they were doing 0-7 on D2. They woke up after that pause. And what's up with NBK? His performance in 2016 has been lacking, to say the least. Devil was nuts on Mirage. Even then, I think the scoreline certainly flattered nV a little bit. When you need to clutch 5 or 6 rounds to stay in the map, it can get scary real fast if one of those clutches doesn't work out. Especially on two anti-ecos.

2016-09-18 15:15