SK to EPICENTER playoffs over FaZe with a 2-1 victory

The Group A winners' match kicked off on Inferno where the T-sided SK won the pistol round despite having a 3vs5 disadvantage. The Brazilians made it 4-0 after winning the first weapon round by claiming yet another 3vs5 win.

SK were leading 7-3 in the first half when Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen & Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač took the reins and led FaZe to an 8-7 first half victory. Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard's triple kill in the second half pistol round made it 9-7 and the European squad won two rounds against ecos to get to eleven rounds (11-7).

coldzera stepped up against FaZe

Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo got two opening kills for his CT-sided team in the first weapon round of the second half but FaZe clutched the 3vs5 with Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer and karrigan's kills. FaZe then extended their streak to thirteen rounds and won the map 16-7.

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's team started Overpass on the CT-side and won the first five rounds. Two opening kills by NiKo gave FaZe their first round but they couldn't penetrate SK's defense throughout the rest of the half and trailed 13-2 at halftime. The destruction continued in the second half which saw SK close out the game by picking up three rounds on the T-side to close out the map 16-2.

FaZe will play VP in the decider match

On the last map, Mirage, SK won the first three rounds on the CT-side. FaZe responded by picking up the first weapon round (3-1). SK looked like they were running away with the half when they had a 7-3 lead but FaZe held on and got four more rounds. SK were ahead with an 8-7 scoreline at halftime.

The Brazilian team won the first four rounds in the second half but lost the fifth round to FaZe's pistols (12-8).  SK responded a round later as FalleN clutched a 1vs1 post-plant against olofmeister who was trying  to defuse the bomb (13-8). SK finished off Mirage with a 16-8 score and won the series 2-1, advancing to the playoffs.

EPICENTER 2017Best of 3

SK

Matchpage

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25th October 2017

FaZe

7

Inferno

16

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Overpass

2

16

Mirage

8

SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	61 - 40	+21	90.0	75.4%	1.37
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	55 - 45	+10	97.0	72.3%	1.26
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	51 - 40	+11	78.0	78.5%	1.23
Ricardo 'boltz' Prassboltz	42 - 37	+5	72.9	70.8%	1.07
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	36 - 36	0	62.8	78.5%	0.98

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	45 - 48	-3	81.4	69.2%	1.07
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	42 - 44	-2	66.9	70.8%	1.03
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	37 - 44	-7	62.0	64.6%	0.89
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	39 - 54	-15	64.7	58.5%	0.79
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	34 - 55	-21	63.8	63.1%	0.73