AVANGAR, CR4ZY close out round one with wins over Complexity, Grayhound

AVANGAR have outlasted Complexity on Inferno, while CR4ZY came back from behind to beat Grayhound 16-13 on Nuke to close out the first Swiss round.

Complexity seemed to be off to a good start after securing the first two rounds of Inferno, however once AVANGAR got rifles into their hands the game turned into a messy back and forth battle. Just as one team began to pull ahead of the other, a quick push up banana from Aleksei "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev and a stellar defensive set up from Rory "⁠dephh⁠" Jackson and co. would make the game tied again. Both sides put in their all to try and gain a lead, with the first half ending with Complexity just barely ahead at 8-7.

The North American team opened up the final half of Inferno with their second pistol round victory of the game, and thanks to quick work from Hunter "⁠SicK⁠" Mims and Owen "⁠oBo⁠" Schlatter gained a lead of 10-7. From there the map continued in a similar fashion to that of the first half, with AVANGAR easily coming back and tying up the game thanks to a 1v2 clutch from Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali. The amazing work of AVANGAR's AWPer put a halt to the plans of Complexity and despite their best efforts, the Kazakh side proved to be the better team as they closed out the map 16-13.

The final match of the first Swiss round began with a very one-sided battle on Nuke. Grayhound opened up the map with a victory on the pistol round thanks to a 3k from Liam "⁠malta⁠" Schembri. From there, the firepower of Christopher "⁠dexter⁠" Nong's team continued to rain down upon the players of CR4ZY as the Australian team's defense proved to be too strong for the T-side to contest, with the half ending 11-4 in Grayhound’s favor.

With the second pistol round now under their belt, Grayhound seemed set to close out the map. However, a force buy from the players of CR4ZY caught the Australian team off-guard as Rokas "⁠EspiranTo⁠" Milasauskas ripped through their offense to secure his team a fifth round. From there, CR4ZY slowly gained their confidence back as the gap between themselves and Grayhound all but disappeared, as the game was tied at 12-12. The confidence shown by dexter and co. in the first half completely vanished as CR4ZY continued to dismantle them and their comeback proved to be a success as they secured Nuke 16-13.