SK 2-1 Cloud9 at cs_summit

22-4-2017 05:01

SK move on to the upper-bracket final after an exciting match against Cloud9 which they won 2-1 (16-14 Inferno, 9-16 Train, 16-8 Mirage).

Cloud9 started on the Terrorist side of their map pick, Inferno, and managed to get momentum after a few round were traded back and forth early on. As the score was 6-3 in the favor of the North American side, Braxton "⁠swag⁠" Pierce stepped up massively, securing four kills and clutching the round for Cloud9 to set his team for a strong first half.

SK bounced back and tied the match 9-9 after winning the Terrorist pistol and the following two, despite some anti-eco scares. The Brazilian side went on a roll off the back of that, getting to a 14-9 lead before the CT side could reply with a round of their own.

As the match was at a crucial point with the score at 14-13, Cloud9 decided to go for an aggressive mid-push that backfired and got SK on match point. Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's team couldn't close it out on the following round, but managed to secure a 16-14 win on Inferno with an A split tactic on a low buy.

FalleN is looking more like his 2016 self at cs_summit

On Train, Cloud9's five round streak was stopped by a low-buy B execute from SK with FalleN clutching the 1v2 after plant. Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David's four kills on an A site push were crucial in the Brazilians tieing up the score at 6-6, but the lead was shortly back in the hands of the American team as they finished the half 9-6.

After losing the Terrorist pistol, Cloud9 went for a third-round buy and won it with a fast A push, starting a series of back-and-forth round trades. Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip's contributions helped Cloud9 get to match point, and a 2v2 from him and swag sealed the deal on train, making it 16-9 for the North Americans.

The early game on Mirage went the way of SK who managed to clutch out the tight situations from the CT side. After losing a heartbreaking round due to an AWP wallbang on the planter, Cloud9 stepped up the pace and took over the A site with a Tec-9 smoke execute.

Things finally started going the way of Cloud9 towards the end of the half and Stewie2K and Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert clutched a 2v3 to finish the half 6-9. After the switch, the Brazilian side won the crucial reset rounds and ran away with the lead, closing it out the map 16-8 for a 2-1 win in the series.

cs_summit Spring 2017Best of 3

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22nd April 2017

Cloud9

Inferno

Train

Mirage

SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	68 - 48	+20	94.0	77.2%	1.44
Marcelo 'coldzera' David coldzera	69 - 48	+21	86.3	73.4%	1.29
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga fer	68 - 55	+13	91.2	72.2%	1.24
João 'felps' Vasconcellos felps	44 - 57	-13	69.4	64.6%	0.89
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo TACO	37 - 49	-12	51.6	63.3%	0.81

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	65 - 52	+13	91.8	64.6%	1.24
Braxton 'swag' Pierce swag	70 - 54	+16	80.2	68.4%	1.21
Timothy 'autimatic' Ta autimatic	44 - 58	-14	70.6	64.6%	0.85
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek shroud	38 - 62	-24	66.4	64.6%	0.78
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert n0thing	39 - 60	-21	54.3	65.8%	0.74

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CLOUD9 DESErve better lucky SK looks tier2 team

2017-04-22 05:02

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sk luckers

2017-04-22 05:01

C9 fans are the new sk fans????

2017-04-22 05:04

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they always were salty little cunts , saying SK was lucky is really funny , c9 won 1 map just because SK picked train which is not good map for them anymore, otherwise would be 2-0 SK.

2017-04-22 08:03

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2-0 c9*

2017-04-22 11:21

shroud fucking sucks

2017-04-22 17:28

SK seemingly getting back into form. n0thing and shroud are nowhere near consistent enough still :/

More like fallen

Fallen is not getting into form playing C9. SK has consistently won against C9, even still today. People saying Fallen is back are delusional. He's aging and his game sense is slowly falling behind. I'd rather see him build a team of young talent then continue what he's doing right now.

2017-04-22 05:28

wp SK

CRY CLOWN9

What

2017-04-22 06:05

SK GOT LUC- cry is free 4Head

FALLEN IS BACK

good game ;]

Swag proved now

-shroud +brax

Free Swag ffs. Close to no top CSGO experience in the past two years, and still this good. #FreeSwag

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he's a beast, indeed

2017-04-22 05:05

When even a Brazilian saying that. But yes. Against sk's starpower. ON LAN

2017-04-22 05:14

I dont like him, but he is a tier1 player. Does it not matter if you are from BR or Japan but I still think he is a bit overrated.

2017-04-22 05:22

I venture to say that he can/could be the NA coldzera, shame that Valve won't unban him. Edit: #FreeBrax

2017-04-22 15:35

2017-04-22 05:03

what a match, NT C9. you guys really play well

Shroud is a case study. How can someone be so worshiped while being in this kind of form for so long.. I can't imagine him taking any of this serious when he keeps doing shit like buying augs when on a low economy, sacrificing spam for style points. Sk needs to adapt to felps and not the other way around. Felps is not the kind of player to do what fnx used to do, it simply won't work consistently. His aggressiveness will only get them so far if they keep playing like this. He lost more than he gained with his plays on the 3 maps.

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Shroud is a very interesting case study. It's also interesting how nothing can be just as bad as Shroud, have a 54 ADR across three maps, and everyone just focuses on kicking Shroud.

Because in most maps shroud is being setup to shine while nothing is taking most of the shit spots. Someone needs to do those, and nothing will be lacking behind in numbers because of it. It happens to every support player.

2017-04-22 05:26

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Shroud is small site anchor on most of those sites and has recently been playing more entry. Those are not positions that are "setup to shine." Stewie and Autimatic have been set up to shine.

2017-04-22 06:49

Name truly checks out in this situation lol

2017-04-22 14:09

Shroud definitely does not play those kind of spots.

2017-04-22 14:08

I think Shroud isn't playing 100% at this point. He probably always reminds himself that if C9 doesn't workout he still has his streams where he makes tons of money.

2017-04-22 05:29

Cloud9 after Sao Paulo lul

Sk after cologne lol. 1 year and counting

2017-04-22 09:07

SK and Fallen getting into better form. I'm happy! :)

Now just imagine a team with Dazed, Steel, Swag, Stewie and Ska. FREE IBP PLAYERS VALVEP PLS

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No steel, they don't need two toxic IGLs

2017-04-22 05:09

steel isnt IGL, DAZED is, steel is sometimes strat caller. BTW, he understands the game like no one else, hes a god.

2017-04-22 05:18

Igl is strat caller - he may understand the game but they need some more young, inexperienced talent. All they have right now is Stew

2017-04-22 06:04

Tim?

2017-04-22 13:05

+1 As a fragger, autimatic right now is better than steel. He is definitely playing sick last couple of months. However, I don't know which IGL I would've take, steel or dazed. Skillwise, they are pretty similar. Maybe I would've take steel considering the fact he doesn't really rage when IGLing (if you watch couple of Torqued POV videos).

2017-04-22 14:11

I'm referring to the lineup that guy created

2017-04-22 18:17

i said steel is only sometimes stratcaller, bro.

2017-04-22 17:58

Dazed Elige Swag Stewie Autimatic NA last hope

2017-04-22 15:38

could be nice, but who would AWP? stewie defintely could do it, but he would have to change his role and playstyle completely, I don't know if he wants to have that role I don't know how good Swag is as a primary AWPer, I don't watch FPL matches and I don't think Dazed could be a tier 1 AWPer but I don't know that much about NA CS

2017-04-24 15:59

Dazed - IGL Elige - Entry Swag - Awper Stewie - Rifler/Secondary Awper Autimatic - Lurker Swag would be top 10 or maybe top 5 awp if he was unbanned, he's really good at it and by the streams i saw, he likes to do it

2017-04-24 22:39

thanks, nice to know^^

2017-04-24 22:54

follen is back, bitches

these fast plays by stew on connector are so scary

hurr durr AUG hurr durr SG 553

2017-04-22 05:07

shroud on lan, he has been playing only pugb lately LUL

stew brax eliege mixwell twistz ez top 5

2017-04-22 05:12

-twistz +stan

2017-04-22 05:24

2017-04-22 11:17

Thank you HLTV, we appreciate your job! Congratz my team, well done <3 Let's go BRAZIL ZIL ZIL ZIL! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

2017-04-22 05:27