Complexity defeat FunPlus Phoenix in ESL Pro League Group A opening match

Complexity sustained their condition as favorites in the series, taking out FunPlus Phoenix in two maps.

Complexity tallied a convincing victory against FunPlus Phoenix on Nuke (16-6) and Dust2 (16-10) to secure the first three points up for grabs in the Group A round robin stage at ESL Pro League Season 13 ahead of the two other matches of the day, HEROIC vs. Renegades at 15:30 and BIG vs. OG at 19:00 .

Miikka "⁠suNny⁠" Kemppi started in an official match for the first time this year as a stand-in for FunPlus Phoenix, breaking a 97-day spell since his last appearance, and took three opposing players down in the first pistol round of the game, tilting the balance in FPX's favor as they got under way on the attacking side of Nuke.

poizon was firing on all cylinders in the opening match against FPX

Complexity turned the tides with a third round pistol defense thanks to three frags by William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba and went on to dominate on the defense, winning several close late rounds situations and hitting double digits before giving up the last couple of rounds in a 10-5 half. Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage downed three CTs in the second pistol round to clear the path to a 16-6 victory.

Mimicking the first map, Complexity turned around another lost pistol round on Dust2 early on, although Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer and company weren’t able to run away this time as FunPlus Phoenix kept it close on the defense all the way to the half, trailing by only one before switching sides.

blameF mowed down four players with USP headshots in the second pistol round to keep his team in the lead, and although FunPlus Phoenix found a lifeline winning a Desert Eagle and armor buy when down 7-12, a 1vs2 clutch by blameF the following round swung momentum back in Complexity’s favor as they went on to close the map and series out 16-10.

Matchpage
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8th March 2021
16
Nuke
6
16
Dust2
10
 Complexity K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
44 - 27 +17 94.9 68.8% 1.42
38 - 25 +13 87.1 68.8% 1.31
33 - 28 +5 77.2 64.6% 1.12
31 - 26 +5 68.0 81.2% 1.09
29 - 27 +2 69.1 75.0% 1.06
 FunPlus Phoenix K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
30 - 34 -4 70.8 60.4% 0.94
29 - 36 -7 66.1 66.7% 0.82
26 - 36 -10 62.8 58.3% 0.81
25 - 34 -9 58.0 56.2% 0.78
23 - 35 -12 56.5 60.4% 0.73
Australia Justin 'jks' Savage
Justin 'jks' Savage
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
1042
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.63
Finland Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi
Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi
Age:
26
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
1191
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.69
Denmark Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer
Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.17
Maps played:
615
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.60
United States William 'RUSH' Wierzba
William 'RUSH' Wierzba
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
1273
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.67
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#1
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United States me_0_major
expected
2021-03-08 14:10
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10 replies
#11
RUSH | 
United States ShawnM
poizon feels good man
2021-03-08 14:12
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9 replies
#23
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Indonesia lumayan
jugi > poizon
2021-03-08 14:29
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8 replies
#31
RUSH | 
United States ShawnM
never once did jugi post more than a 1.10 rating
2021-03-08 14:35
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7 replies
no jugi, no win
2021-03-08 14:47
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#35
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Indonesia lumayan
rating =/= impact typical level 2 faceit who only thinks about rating
2021-03-08 14:53
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2 replies
#38
RUSH | 
United States ShawnM
bro if you think jugi is good then who's the real bad player? like jugi had minimal impact, poizon came back and immediately the team got way better, blameF even said the team atmosphere is way better with him, everyone plays well if poizon plays well like dont be dumb my guy
2021-03-08 14:56
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#42
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United States ekwi
0/8 jugi lol
2021-03-08 15:13
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There was a time when Jugi was 2nd best danish awper with 1,20 rating or close to it.
2021-03-08 15:49
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1 reply
didn't age well, unfortunately.
2021-03-09 10:15
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jugi > s0mple
2021-03-08 16:41
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#2
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Finland Cucumber))
nice try
2021-03-08 14:10
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#3
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Brazil urisco
pogg
2021-03-08 14:10
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jks 1+ rating poggers
2021-03-08 14:11
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2 replies
Pog
2021-03-08 14:33
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#37
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Indonesia lumayan
poggggggg
2021-03-08 14:53
0
Gambit lost to this :D
2021-03-08 14:11
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3 replies
With GODJ, if GODJ was still in clownpx then this would have been a victory for them!
2021-03-08 14:13
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2 replies
+1
2021-03-08 14:15
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Weird way to spell BONGJ
2021-03-08 14:33
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#6
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Brazil dioguinho25
fpp without chrisj omegalul nicely done by col, looking good
2021-03-08 14:13
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glad to see poizon having good maps this match
2021-03-08 14:11
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#8
Faceit level 7 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Portugal dracø
FPP was looking really lost ingame
2021-03-08 14:11
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6 replies
another team that prefers firepower to serious IGL
2021-03-08 14:45
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5 replies
And what igl should they take? You know chrisj was only on loan from mouz and FPP somehow didnt want to Pay that much money as mouz wanted and The deal fell through? Oh no, i bet you didnt know that you just read The title of The article About picking sunny
2021-03-08 14:53
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4 replies
#41
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Sweden skorpan
They should’ve stayed with emi??
2021-03-08 15:09
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3 replies
Emi omegalul, i cant take you seriously right now sorry, if anything, they should have stayed with krystal, emi is The same as a fragger, but worse igl
2021-03-08 15:24
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2 replies
#50
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Croatia HotCandy69
emi actually brought in good results in just 2 weeks time with the team though. Not to add how he also won a Dreamhack Open with CR4ZY after hunter and nexa left and brought CR4ZY to a Major as a coach. I've been personally following emi and he greatly improved as a player individually since the first time he transfered from coach to player in CR4ZY therefore I'm positive he'd keep bringing good results to the team.
2021-03-08 15:59
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#55
Faceit level 7 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Portugal dracø
I agree with this 100%. They removed krystal once, then got him back cuz the team just flat out failed. But it seems that they didn't learn the 1st time and thought now it would work :D
2021-03-08 16:44
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#9
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Netherlands Menn0o0
With chrisj fpx was better
2021-03-08 14:12
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0-1 and 0-2 Cya at 0-5 0-10 )))
2021-03-08 14:12
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#13
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New Zealand SWARN151
GG and Good Night! :D
2021-03-08 14:13
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jks still underwhelming?
2021-03-08 14:15
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6 replies
#16
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Pakistan LoOuU2
Who cars if his team wins like this.
2021-03-08 14:18
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#17
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oskarish | 
Montenegro Daudy
Did you expect anything else?
2021-03-08 14:19
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#19
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United States theoriez
Not really he is doing his job in the team and becoming less of a liability than what he was when he first joined complexity. This will probably stay this way, he probably was overhyped due to being really the only star in 100T and the only amazing anchor in NA. So when he was brought to EU in a team full of stars not only did he have to readjust to a team he had to learn how to not play the lurking role and his stats don't look as good because he is surrounded by players of his skill.
2021-03-08 14:21
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1 reply
+1
2021-03-08 14:25
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you dudes are obsessed by rating... they just had an easy 2-0 who the fuck cares
2021-03-08 14:28
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1 reply
+1
2021-03-08 15:49
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#18
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Georgia Megobari
JKS with 1+ rating, poggers
2021-03-08 14:20
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#21
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Denmark DanishDelight
lol group A looks so easy compared to the other groups
2021-03-08 14:27
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5 replies
#26
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Jordan Zereeni
better than C though
2021-03-08 14:33
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4 replies
#29
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Denmark DanishDelight
Nah Gambit just won Katowice + Na'Vi is always a strong opponent
2021-03-08 14:34
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3 replies
#30
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Jordan Zereeni
ok but the rest of the teams are trash
2021-03-08 14:34
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2 replies
#51
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Russia ToughGuy
furia?
2021-03-08 16:30
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1 reply
#52
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Jordan Zereeni
eh, they're inconsistent
2021-03-08 16:32
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fpx without godJ lulz
2021-03-08 14:32
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#27
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Turkey 69kagan
yes
2021-03-08 14:33
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EZ
2021-03-08 14:35
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FunPlus Disbandix
2021-03-08 15:05
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Farlig and Zekkkn doesn't play
2021-03-08 15:08
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#44
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United States Shr3y
Wasn't sunny firepower? Has he been ever decent after mouz?
2021-03-08 15:33
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1 reply
I dont think he ever played his role once after Mouz.
2021-03-08 15:51
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ez for GODjks
2021-03-08 15:44
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No chris no win
2021-03-08 15:49
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1 reply
+1
2021-03-08 17:17
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y
2021-03-08 16:38
0
#57
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Bulgaria AboveYall
poizgod is back <3
2021-03-08 18:48
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#58
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South Africa @FyreCS
Godzion is back!
2021-03-08 22:47
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#59
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland SebL
Well Complexity seems to show some kind of potential again, some kind of change will probably still be needed to make this roster T1 again, but atleast they are showing some kind of potential. We need to keep in mind that FPX has barely showed any life in them recently, and will probably make more changes soon.
2021-03-08 23:40
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