Liquid beat Cloud9 to win cs_summit 2

The title decider kicked off on Train, where Liquid opened up the action with a bast execute onto the outer site. Cloud9 looked poised to take the round, but then Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella pulled off a 1v2 clutch to give his team the lead.

That was the start of a great run from Lucas "⁠steel⁠" Lopes's men, who continued dictating the pace of the game, with the scoreline blooming to a 6-0 advantage. It was only then that Cloud9 finally managed to hold off the Terrorists, and curiously it was on a very weak buy from the Major champions, who relied on a triple-kill from Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta. For the rest of the half, C9 kept their defense very tight and never allowed their opponents to get any economic development, bringing the deficit to a minimum.

Now playing on the Terrorist side, Cloud9 won the pistol round and the following anti-eco to take the lead for the first time in the game. But it would not last as Liquid were quick to soak up the pressure, winning six of the following seven rounds to get very close to map point.

With the game clearly slipping away from them, Cloud9 upped the pace and won the next four rounds to tie up the score. As the teams traded round for round, the game went into overtime, in which Liquid would win two rounds in both halves to lock down the map, 19-17.

Liquid win cs_summit 2 in NAF's first event

Next up was Mirage, which saw what appeared to be a reinvigorated Cloud9 side cruise to a 5-0 lead on the Terrorist side. However, Liquid set up a strong defense for the rest of the half, which ended in a surprisingly close 9-6 scoreline in favour of steel's side.

Carrying their momentum into the second half, Liquid won the pistol round with an A execution thanks to Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic clutching a 1v2 situation. They continued to ran over the Cloud9 defense until the 21st round, when a quad-kill from Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik in the B site earned his team their first round of the half.

Cloud9 would follow up that with another round, bringing the deficit to 8-14, but Liquid remained calm and collected, winning the next two rounds to take the lead in the series.

nitr0 was on fire on Mirage

Eager to wrap things up quickly, Liquid came out the livelier of the two sides on Cache as they secured the pistol round, but then they were caught off-guard by Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip's massive triple-kill with a Deagle with just two bullets in the chamber.

That round propelled Cloud9 into a fantastic run as they won 13 rounds without response before Liquid took the final round of the half to bring the deficit to 2-13.

Liquid knew they would have to play a near-flawless second half to overcome the massive deficit, and they got off to a flying start on the CT side, winning nine of the opening ten rounds. But a comeback was not on the cards as Stewie2K clutched a 1v2 to put his team on map point before William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba won a decisive 1v1 in the next round to take the series to a fourth map.

Stewie2k was the hero on Cache

It all came down to Overpass, which began with Liquid taking the opening two rounds of the map before they were stunned by RUSH's triple-kill with a Deagle in a force-buy. The game then entered a scrappy period of play until midway through the half, with Liquid then winning six of the last eight rounds to take a 9-6 lead.

Cloud9 kept themselves in the game by stopping Liquid's B execution in the following pistol round thanks to a trio of kills from RUSH. The Major champions followed it up with the subsequent anti-ecos, restoring parity at 9-9, but they lost their grip on the game once the Terrorists had money to work with. Liquid's economic control was simply crushing, and, with NAF in stunning form, they quickly closed out the map after conceding just one gun round throughout the half.

cs_summit 2Best of 5

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Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	84 - 80	+4	81.7	69.9%	1.07
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	75 - 80	-5	76.1	69.0%	1.02
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	69 - 89	-20	73.0	63.7%	0.93
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	71 - 83	-12	68.4	61.9%	0.88
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	59 - 79	-20	60.3	69.0%	0.86

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	94 - 70	+24	89.0	78.8%	1.30
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	91 - 70	+21	84.1	78.8%	1.25
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	79 - 73	+6	87.0	72.6%	1.18
Lucas 'steel' Lopessteel	72 - 68	+4	66.4	70.8%	1.05
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	73 - 78	-5	67.8	68.1%	0.93

cs_summit 2 final standings:

1. Liquid - $63,750
2. Cloud9 - $33,750
3. SK - $19,500
4. HEROIC - $15,000
5-6. Torqued - $5,250
5-6. North - $5,250
7-8. Vega Squadron - $3,750
7-8.  Ninjas in Pyjamas - $3,750