HAVU win Assembly Winter 2018

The first match of the grand final, Mirage, saw HAVU and LDLC trade rounds back and forth, with neither side being able to establish themselves. The domestic team finally managed to shift the match in their favor as Jesse "⁠KHRN⁠" Grandell and Samu "⁠uli⁠" Leirilaakso picked up doubles that made the score 5-3.

From that point, the Finns were confident, securing a 10-5 Counter-Terrorist half, and they added three more rounds to their tally at the start of the second half, winning the pistol and two follow-ups. Kévin "⁠Ex6TenZ⁠" Droolans's side put up a fight on the defensive side, securing six consecutive rounds, but HAVU closed out the map in the end, with a 16-11 scoreline.

ottoNd spearheaded HAVU in the grand final

Similar to Mirage, Inferno started with force-buys wins being traded back and forth, but LDLC was the first team to secure back-to-back rounds this time, taking control of the economy,

The Frenchmen went up to a 5-2 off the back of that and cruised to a comfortable 9-6 Terrorist half finish thanks to a brilliant performance by Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin. The British player broke the 30 kill mark as his team had a comfortable second half, losing only one round to the Finnish side as Counter-Terrorists.

The deciding map was Nuke, where HAVU got to start to the CT side. The defensive side was going well for the Finns, who managed a "perfect reset", winning the first three rounds, losing the first gun round, but winning the followup.

With KHRN on point and the momentum going their way, HAVU managed a near-perfect 13-2 CT side on the decider. After the switch, the domestic side closed out the game by winning the first three rounds, making the score on Nuke 16-2 and winning the series 2-1.

Assembly Winter 2018Best of 3

LDLC

Matchpage

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2

3rd February 2018

HAVU

11

Mirage

16

16

Inferno

7

2

Nuke

16

LDLC	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinALEX	63 - 57	+6	104.0	70.6%	1.32
Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezManiac	43 - 52	-9	74.5	60.3%	0.94
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	34 - 48	-14	54.3	55.9%	0.79
Timothée 'DEVIL' DémolonDEVIL	33 - 46	-13	45.8	60.3%	0.73
Antoine 'to1nou' Pirardto1nou	25 - 51	-26	48.1	64.7%	0.67

HAVU	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Otto 'ottoNd' SihvoottoNd	60 - 37	+23	89.8	77.9%	1.36
Jesse 'KHRN' GrandellKHRN	51 - 41	+10	81.6	75.0%	1.22
Samu 'uli' Leirilaaksouli	49 - 44	+5	81.5	83.8%	1.16
Mikko 'xartE' VälimaaxartE	52 - 35	+17	72.8	80.9%	1.15
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenAleksib	42 - 41	+1	73.5	79.4%	1.10

Final standings:

1. HAVU - $8,000
2. LDLC - $4,000
3-4. North Academy - $1,500
3-4. pro100 - $1,500
5-6. ALTERNATE aTTaX
5-6. SJ
7-8. Conquer
7-8. FC Lahti Menace