IEM Katowice 2017IMT beat NiP, FaZe overcome OpTic
Immortals beat NiP 16-14 on Cobblestone while FaZe won their fourth match by defeating OpTic 16-12 at IEM Katowice 2017.
Ninjas in Pyjamas and Immortals faced off on Cobblestone with the Swedish team starting on the T-side. Richard "Xizt" Landström got a triple kill in the first round to win it but Immortals won a 2vs4 in the following round to tie the game.
After winning the anti-ecos, the Brazilians stopped Ninjas in Pyjamas's weapon round to make it 4-1. The Swedes asked for a timeout when the score was 6-1 and won a 2vs4 right afterwards (6-2). Ninjas in Pyjamas's streak was halted at two rounds because of Lucas "steel" Lopes's triple kill.
fnx & co. finished off NiP
Xizt answered with a triple kill and a 1vs1 clutch in the following round as his team trailed 4-7. Immortals led 8-7 at halftime. The Brazilians won the second half pistol round but ran out of time in the following round.
Ninjas in Pyjamas went on a five round streak to take the lead and made it 13-11 but the T-sided Brazilians came back and won the map 16-14 thanks to a 3vs5 in the last round. With this result, Immortals improved their record to 3-1 while Ninjas in Pyjamas got their fourth loss in as many matches.
ImmortalsK - D
+/-
ADR
KAST
Rating
27 - 20
+7
103.3
83.3%
1.52
26 - 20
+6
89.1
73.3%
1.41
24 - 20
+4
85.0
66.7%
1.12
21 - 22
-1
91.2
80.0%
1.12
17 - 21
-4
54.0
70.0%
0.79
Ninjas in PyjamasK - D
+/-
ADR
KAST
Rating
26 - 19
+7
88.9
66.7%
1.30
23 - 24
-1
79.1
70.0%
1.08
19 - 24
-5
82.1
56.7%
0.95
18 - 24
-6
66.9
60.0%
0.81
16 - 24
-8
73.0
66.7%
0.80
Train was the battleground for the match between OpTic vs. FaZe. The North American team who started on the T-side picked up the pistol round but lost a 3vs2 in the following round. FaZe were victorious in the anti-eco rounds which extended their lead to 3-1.
Oscar "mixwell" Cañellas found entry-kills in back-to-back rounds and OpTic used these man advantages to tie the game at 3-3.FaZe got back into it by getting their fourth round but OpTic reset their opponents, leading 7-4 after Spencer "Hiko" Martin's triple kill. Finn "karrigan" Andersen won the last round of the half by defusing the bomb in a 1vs1 against Hiko who couldn't find his opponent inside the smoke grenade (9-6).
Hiko & company won the second half pistol round to make it 10-6 but FaZe responded with three rounds. Hiko secured a quad kill to put OpTic back on track (11-9). Aleksi "allu" Jalli got three AWP entry kills which sparked a three round streak for FaZe. FaZe went on to win the map 16-12, improving their record to 4-0.
 FaZe |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 - 17 | +6 | 80.0 | 75.0% | 1.26 | |
| 20 - 20 | 0 | 83.5 | 78.6% | 1.19 | |
| 19 - 19 | 0 | 81.6 | 75.0% | 1.09 | |
| 18 - 18 | 0 | 71.0 | 64.3% | 0.94 | |
| 14 - 17 | -3 | 63.9 | 64.3% | 0.88 |
 OpTic |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 - 17 | +5 | 93.4 | 60.7% | 1.30 | |
| 19 - 17 | +2 | 78.8 | 67.9% | 1.14 | |
| 20 - 18 | +2 | 66.3 | 75.0% | 1.12 | |
| 17 - 22 | -5 | 61.9 | 71.4% | 0.96 | |
| 13 - 22 | -9 | 62.3 | 71.4% | 0.78 |
The last three matches of Group A will be on display shortly and you can see the standings by clicking this link.
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