Astralis to ECS final over SK

12-12-2016 01:11

Astralis are through to the ECS Season 2 finals title decider after moving past SK Gaming on two maps (16-9 on Cache and 16-4 on Overpass).

The series began on SK's map pick, Cache, but the early stages would have suggested otherwise as Astralis got off to a flying start and stormed to a 10-1 lead. The Brazilians were struggling to break through the Astralis defence but won four rounds in a row before the break to keep their hopes alive.

Now playing on the CT side, SK won the pistol round with an A retake, with Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo getting a trio of kills to his name. A third-round buy from Astralis failed to pay dividends, giving SK the chance to add two more rounds to their tally and bring the deficit to a minimum.

SK were now on an eight-round winning run, but Astralis were not going to a let a comeback happen. The Danish team's offence finally came to life and they secure six rounds straight to lock down the map 16-9.

Astralis will face OpTic in a repeat of the ELEAGUE final

Next up was Overpass, the same map where SK had been demolished by dignitas earlier in the tournament. Astralis got out to a 3-0 lead after taking the pistol round with an A execute thanks to two entry frags from Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen.

The first full gun round did go SK's way, but Astralis simply ran over the Brazilians' defense after that, cruising to an 11-1 lead. SK then called a tactical pause to discuss their strategy for the final rounds, a move that paid off as they secured three rounds in a row.

Astralis further added to their lead by winning the pistol round as CT, with Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz getting an ace with two knife kills during a retake. SK still tried to get back into the game, but to no avail as Astralis quickly sealed the deal to set up an exciting rematch against OpTic Gaming in the grand final.

ECS Season 2 FinalsBest of 3

Astralis

Matchpage

11th December 2016

Cache

Overpass

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	46 - 19	+27	97.6	77.8%	1.69
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	37 - 26	+11	93.3	80.0%	1.40
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	34 - 23	+11	84.9	82.2%	1.32
Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Kjaerbye	34 - 26	+8	79.2	77.8%	1.26
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	31 - 26	+5	74.4	84.4%	1.19

SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo TACO	35 - 34	+1	72.2	53.3%	0.93
Marcelo 'coldzera' David coldzera	26 - 36	-10	66.7	57.8%	0.74
Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco fox	23 - 36	-13	61.5	57.8%	0.71
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	19 - 36	-17	64.5	48.9%	0.61
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga fer	17 - 40	-23	52.7	57.8%	0.53

Grats to Astralis, once again they beat SK in another semifinal and we will see rematch of ELEAGUE final, lets see if Astralis win this time and that ace device got on 2nd pistol round of overpass with doublekill was hilarious and absolutely one of best plays of this year even thou a bit lucky. SK needs lots of working till major or it looks like they won't be able to defend their title or they will be new Astralis by losing so much semifinals.

2016-12-12 01:11

7 replies

no, you're cheating

you fucker xD

DEVICE 5k youtube.com/watch?v=kyzvU4DmNUc

how did u do this

He's back

luck is a part of every big play :-)

2016-12-12 01:13

so gooood

Pretty hilarious how kids act like eleague was ez brackets but then the next tournament goes the exact same way

14 replies

another easy bracket? i mean look the teams that Optic faced to get to the finals

2016-12-12 01:17

13 replies

maybe if every time its ez those are actually just the best available teams

12 replies

dude, Optic faced Cloud9,FaZe and Envyus, they didn't have to face Dignitas,SK and Astralis you can't deny that they got an easier path to the finals again.

2016-12-12 01:19

11 replies

dignitas has got dicked every tournament since epicenter lol, sk hasnt won anything since cologne, theyre playing astralis in the final

2016-12-12 01:20

8 replies

and what has Envyus, Cloud9 and FaZe won recently? c9 had one good tourney then they went back to being shit,Envyus and Faze are just bad. i mean, if Dignitas faced the teams that Optic faced im sure that they would be at the finals too.

2016-12-12 01:22

Bro These are two of the very biggest tournaments this year If teams don't get deep into them, they just aren't as good as the other teams THESE ARE THE TOURNAMENTS WE USE TO DEFINE THE RANKINGS OF HOW GOOD TEAMS ARE

2016-12-12 01:28

6 replies

two of biggest tourneys? wtf are you talking about ECS had online qualifiers, i heard that VP was playing with 80 ping or something, the main reason why teams like envyus and faze got there is because of the online qualis

2016-12-12 01:40

5 replies

prize pool

2016-12-12 02:21

4 replies

ECS is 250k for 1st not even close to the "very biggest tournaments this year" as you said

2016-12-12 02:23

3 replies

larger prize pools: majors eleagues esl pro leagues

2016-12-12 02:24

2 replies

see i told you, Optic pretty much got stomped at the finals, i'm sure that if they faced Dignitas or SK they would lose too

2016-12-12 04:21

1 reply

I dont think that at all...faze is better than dignita and sk with a stadin for sure to be fair Astralis got a easier run cuz they got fucking got sk with fox and dig dig with valde

2016-12-12 11:58

they did play against astralis and lost 16-7 bro

2016-12-12 02:02

i was talking about bo3's

2016-12-12 02:16

wrw

we smart

cry fox

Hell yeah! Take that final now!

Did you try to beat the fastest guy?

No, if i wanted to i would.

2016-12-12 01:15

Could you do that? Xdd

challenge accepted! :P

RIDICULOUS..... RIDICULOUS..... I missed the time that it was Luminosity ... Played with will and claw = (

2016-12-12 01:12

fox lul

TriHard OOOK OOK TriHard

Best game I've watched in a while

Congrats Astralis, you guys played so fucking well, now it's your time to take the trophy!

Nice job Rematch hype

NUMBER 1 team in the world. confirmed

4sale

FAlleN 4/18 hahahahhahaa FNX WAS THE PROBLEM!!!!

Esse FalleN é um babaca

2016-12-12 01:14

devve <3

Glaive proving himself to be a master in mid round calls. He was inside fallen's head on both maps. SK got straight up outplayed all around. Sadly taco was the only player that was able to get something done on cache, and on overpass nothing worked for SK. SK got a lot of work on their hands to be ready for the major, and tbh I don't think it will work out. Hope they prove me wrong. Device was finally delivering on a semi final, lets see if he keeps it going against optic.

ez astralis sk needs to change their approach on the game the agressive pushes with fallen awp is so obvious teams read them really easy. all they do is agressive awp or just passive...nothing new to the game. all teams are reading them clear as water. and fox doing better than fer and fallen in a bo3...imagine him with awp. cmon fallen improve ur game style.