Misfits to EPL semi-finals after beating HellRaisers 2-0

The second quarter-final of the day kicked off on Cobblestone, Misfits' map pick, with Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad opening up the action with two frags to help his team secure their CT pistol. The North Americans would take control of proceedings, however, with a 1v2 clutch from David "⁠devoduvek⁠" Dobrosavljevic, which set the team up for a 3-1 lead.

With a successful gun round and an first frag in the subsequent one, Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares' men seemed ready to punish HellRaisers' defense. Still, a double and a triple-kill from Kristjan "⁠fejtZ⁠" Allsaar and ISSAA, respectively, earned HellRaisers the round and marked the beginning of a five-round streak. Nevertheless, Misfits would not back down, and picked up five rounds in a row to take a 9-6 lead.

Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan and co. began the second half by winning the pistol round, and they foll that up with the next two anti-ecos for a 12-6 lead. Despite having their economy reset after winning the first full gun round, HellRaisers quickly bounced back, bringing the deficit to a minimum, 12-13.

Unfortunately for HellRaisers, Misfits managed to get back in the game in the next round, and they followed that up with another round win to equalise the score. A 2v5 clutch from ISSAA and Bence "⁠DeadFox⁠" Böröcz in the following round inspired HellRaisers to take the map to overtime - in which Misfits would prevail in the second set of overtime rounds. 

Misfits through to the semi-finals

Overpass, HellRaisers' map, started with Misfits securing a quick 4-1 lead on the CT side. Armed with nothing but pistols, HellRaisers won the next round to get a footing in the game, eventually tying up the score at 4-4. Misfits then tightened up their defense, winning six of the remaining seven rounds to secure a 10-5 lead.

Hunter "⁠SicK⁠" Mims opened up the second half with a triple-kill, setting his team up for a 13-5 lead as they also picked up the following anti-ecos. Misfits came close to winning the first gun round with a slow-paced execution, but HellRaisers won the post-plant to find a lifeline. That would be too little, too late, though, as  seang@res's squad rallied back immediately, stringing three rounds together to lock down the map and the series. 

ESL Pro League Season 6 FinalsBest of 3

Misfits

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8th December 2017

HellRaisers

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Cobblestone

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16

Overpass

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Misfits	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
David 'devoduvek' Dobrosavljevicdevoduvek	52 - 37	+15	90.4	77.4%	1.37
François 'amanek' Delaunayamanek	48 - 40	+8	83.9	90.3%	1.36
Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM	48 - 34	+14	77.2	79.0%	1.24
Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res	45 - 44	+1	82.1	77.4%	1.11
Hunter 'SicK' MimsSicK	42 - 34	+8	71.6	75.8%	1.09

HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Issa 'ISSAA' MuradISSAA	47 - 53	-6	94.1	74.2%	1.08
Kristjan 'fejtZ' AllsaarfejtZ	46 - 45	+1	64.7	75.8%	1.04
Kyrylo 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	37 - 46	-9	67.7	64.5%	0.91
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	32 - 44	-12	54.1	61.3%	0.78
Bence 'DeadFox' BöröczDeadFox	27 - 47	-20	57.9	58.1%	0.73

With fnatic and Misfits through to the semi-finals, here are the match-ups for Saturday:

16:00	FaZe	vs. fnatic
19:50	SK	vs. Misfits