Entropiq eliminate G2 from EPL playoff contention; secure top three with fnatic

13-3-2022 01:09

Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and company let substantial leads slip throughout the series, with the loss leaving them unable to make the playoffs.

Entropiq are through to the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 15 after coming out on top of a hard-fought series against G2, recovering from 7-14 and 8-13 scorelines on Dust2 and Nuke to narrowly edge out a 2-1 win over the international squad.

The loss is particularly heartbreaking for G2, who were looking to bounce back from a dismal series against fnatic on Friday following the return of in-game leader Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen. They were already teetering on the brink of elimination ahead of the match against Entropiq, and although a win wouldn't have guaranteed them a spot in the playoffs, it was entirely required if they hoped to remain in contention.

Entropiq's victory guarantees both them and fnatic a spot in the playoffs, with the two teams set to face off on Sunday at 19:30 to determine which of them will secure the second seed out of Group A. Ninjas in Pyjamas have firm hold of the top seed as they remain undefeated and hold head-to-head wins over both Entropiq and fnatic, while MOUZ, G2, and Looking For Org are all out of contention heading into the final day of play.

Entropiq are through to the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 15

G2 got off to a hot start on Entropiq's map pick of Vertigo, a triple kill from Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač in the pistol round and against an ensuing force buy helping to provide momentum for a 5-0 start. The team quickly hit a stumbling block though, garnering just two more rounds in the half — one thanks to a quad kill from Audric "⁠JACKZ⁠" Jug — as Entropiq had a resurgence, narrowly pulling ahead 8-7 at the break.

Aleksei "⁠NickelBack⁠" Trofimov's side further extended their lead following the side swap, winning six of the first seven rounds to put up a commanding 14-8 scoreline, but G2 were unwilling to let the map simply slip away. Powered by Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipov, the international composition fought all the way to overtime, where the teams remained deadlocked into another set of extra rounds before G2 were able to narrowly emerge as the victors.

Dust2 started off in similar fashion as G2 once again claimed an early lead, NiKo stepping up alongside m0NESY as the team went up 6-2. Entropiq fought back in the latter portion of the half as they stabilized on the defense, but were still left trailing by a single round heading into the break.

On the CT side, G2 regained control and turned the pressure up, securing six rounds in a row for a 14-7 lead. A mere two rounds separated the team from a series victory, but Entropiq were unrelenting and capitalized on holes in the G2 defenses, managing to even the score to 14-14. A crucial triple kill from Aleksib helped to deny a bomb plant as G2 finally made it to match point to break the tie, but their woes continued as they let the map slip into overtime, where Entropiq came out on top thanks in part to an ace from Vladislav "⁠Krad⁠" Kravchenko on the B bombsite.

Heartbreak continued on Nuke, and it was the exact same story for G2 as they were unable to capitalize on a considerable lead. This time, Entropiq were the ones to pull ahead early on, but G2 fought back and ended up winning the half by making up for a 1-5 start, taking eight rounds in a row for a strong lead at halftime. A back-and-forth brawl unfolded following the side swap, and even though G2 were the ones to come out on top of the exchange, their 13-8 lead began to rapidly dwindle as Entropiq put up a stalwart defense, mirroring G2's efforts in the first half by winning eight in a row to lock them out of the map and steal away the series win.

ESL Pro League Season 15Best of 3

Matchpage

12th March 2022

Entropiq

Vertigo

Dust2

Nuke

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač NiKo	86 - 73	+13	91.1	72.9%	1.23
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov m0NESY	85 - 66	+19	80.2	70.1%	1.20
Audric 'JACKZ' Jug JACKZ	74 - 72	+2	74.2	66.4%	1.02
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač huNter-	72 - 82	-10	73.4	68.2%	0.97
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Aleksib	48 - 74	-26	54.6	67.3%	0.79

Entropiq	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Viktor 'Lack1' Boldyrev Lack1	81 - 71	+10	82.0	73.8%	1.20
Aleksei 'NickelBack' Trofimov NickelBack	78 - 81	-3	86.0	73.8%	1.11
Vladislav 'Krad' Kravchenko Krad	75 - 76	-1	80.0	66.4%	1.05
Aleksei 'El1an' Gusev El1an	70 - 63	+7	68.4	68.2%	1.05
Igor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy Forester	63 - 75	-12	61.5	67.3%	0.91

Group A

TEAM

Insane!

2022-03-13 01:09

17 replies

G2 OMEGALUL

2022-03-13 04:40

16 replies

Hahahahahahahahahaha Amaneks fault

2022-03-13 08:38

4 replies

With amanek they lost 16/ fucking 2 on dust vs random fnatic mix. You better dont talk

2022-03-13 09:26

3 replies

2022-03-13 12:14

2022-03-13 12:18

Amenek is the reason G2 are out hahaha he’s so bad why you think G2 took him off.. he’s literallY Not tier 1 ever more

2022-03-13 14:27

Hard to be a G2 fan. Sadly, Niko will never win a major!!

2022-03-13 08:40

8 replies

Hunter the problem. Dude is wildly inconsistent

2022-03-13 09:12

??? Look at hunters stats from epl.

2022-03-13 10:18

If anything, HuNter is underrated and overshadowed by Niko and m0NESY.

2022-03-13 12:13

Hunter was by far their best player this tournament.

2022-03-13 14:14

its Aleksi who’s underperforming, hunter is top rated in G2 in this tournament

2022-03-13 20:31

I don't see the point where this is sad?

2022-03-13 09:30

2 replies

Wont gonna argue with a hater!!

1 reply

I'm not a hater I'm just someone never overhyped him. His a good player but he's angry whenever something is not working. He needs to work on his attitude and stay calm and he might break free.

2022-03-13 16:32

CHOKE2* Chokola "⁠ChoKo⁠" Chokač and chokempany*

2022-03-13 10:06

Covid ruined this one for them. They will be back better than ever next torny.

2022-03-13 17:52

jesus christ

G2 so bad

2022-03-13 01:10

Lack1 Kz pride

9 replies

a full kz team would be pretty cool

2022-03-13 03:56

There is Unique already

2022-03-13 05:14

7 replies

but like a superteam, lack1, h0bbit, some k23

2022-03-13 06:16

6 replies

Adren?

2022-03-13 06:55

He passed his prime he is 30 yo rn and I don’t think he will ever return to pro cs as a player (he’s been in pro cs since 2005 btw) But if all of them in their prime it’d definitely include AdreN, mou, Hobbit and likely Qikert and buster

2022-03-13 08:41

Hypothetically there might be a superteam like Hobbit, buster, Qikert, Lack1, neaLan (all of them in top20 teams rn), but this team has no awper

2022-03-13 08:28

Buster can awp

2022-03-13 19:06

buster is actually a sick awper i remember his ace on dust2 goose vs complexity

2022-03-14 13:37

that was original avangar before shuffles, since there were no competent t1 awp in kz at that time expect for mou who was in gambit, they had Jame. Atm no kz superteam would be viable.

2022-03-13 10:48

well its still better than last year

Could still end up bottom if results don't go their way though... extremely disappointing EPL once again

2022-03-13 01:11

its a tradition, like christening a vessel with alcohol. g2 does horribly in epl to start the year off right

2022-03-13 01:13

Damn, Forester and El1an didn't even have to pop off

forester delivered a 1v3 at the best possible time

2022-03-13 07:53

+1 if not for that insane clutch there wouldn’t have been a third map at all

2022-03-13 08:50

so disappointing from g2... entrop didnt even need forester/el1an to carry them

Expected

G2 the airport

2022-03-13 01:12

So proud

Lack1 rulez 🙂

2022-03-13 01:28

0-5 to 1-4! Well done G2

People were joking after their first win that G2 broke 0-5 curse and now woukd go 1-4. Who would have thought it was't a joke.

2022-03-13 01:32

all scripted again smh my head

2022-03-13 02:29

nah mate, its all g2's thing, they do a katowice final and then fuck everything up

2022-03-13 08:10

insane aleksib strat fake A go 1-2

2022-03-13 01:14

goat

2022-03-13 01:29

then finish 1-4 !

Give up mid control, but then give up the map Lose outside, but then lose the series

2022-03-13 09:09

The legendary finnish IGL Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen, known for his classical strat used in the Katowice 2019 Major Final against Astralis “Go A but go B”, also for his other legendary strat “Go B but go B”.

2022-03-13 14:18

huge for LACK1 fantasy

2022-03-13 01:18

choke2 maps

2022-03-13 01:21

People still struggle to accept that Entropiq is a good team. They are a bit inconsistent but still one of the better T1.5 -2 teams.

2022-03-13 01:24

I think the most impressive part of them is that it is a team effort and they do not need to rely on individuals stepping up. Niko and M0nesy were the best players on the server, but Entropiq was simply the better team. Very impressive to watch and, despite the close score line, this was no fluke. Hoping that they are able to become a consistent top 10 team with more hard work.

2022-03-13 01:46

Their team is well balanced. The one concern is that it looked like they might have reached their ceiling in performance when they got into top 10. They need few guys like Forester and Elian to reach new level.

2022-03-13 02:10

Based.

2022-03-14 02:40

2022-03-13 02:18

They are a tier 1 team.

I respectfully disagree. They are exemplary tier 1.5 team - they are close but not there yet. While some use top 8 or top 10 to define tier 1, there are a lot of movements at the bottom of top 10 and teams usual don't stay there for long. Another and better definition is being real contender to win a major event.

2022-03-13 10:09

I see, so your criteria to determine tiers is different than mine. I dont think tier 1.5 exists. So whichever team is top10 and consistently gives trouble to top3 teams are tier 1 for me but I see where you are coming from.

2022-03-13 12:17

HAHAHA

2022-03-13 01:27

Amanek would have won

so true

2022-03-13 01:50

2022-03-13 03:52

Tbf fnatic and mouz were the easy games here. Entropiq has been on point

2022-03-13 08:12

This

2022-03-13 08:13

Wtf happened with G2? From destroying almost every team at IEM Katowice, to be one of the worst teams at EPL?

G2 top 1 blablabla NiKo top 1 blablabla LUL

2022-03-13 01:30

G2 era blablaballbalal KEKWKEKWKEKWKEKW

2022-03-13 09:28

2022-03-15 15:24

SITUU

2022-03-13 01:33

GnG again LOL

2022-03-13 01:36

Pretty boring game

ez for russia as expected

2022-03-13 01:37

omegalul

2022-03-13 01:38

Wtf.

2022-03-13 01:39

Niko and winning tournaments don’t seem to compute.

2022-03-13 01:44

So g2 were losing because they have no igl, wait what?

2022-03-13 01:47

now they lost because ... the wind was howling too loud !

2022-03-13 02:33

No now they lost coz aleksib didnt sleep lol lol

2022-03-13 08:42

No, the moon and high tide wasn´t at the right position so they lost because of that.

2022-03-13 09:27

well atleast better than the previous season of 0-5.

2022-03-13 07:52

expected from G2.

chemistry with nexa was 20 times better

Nexa>>>>>>>>>>>AlexiBot

2022-03-13 07:32

Kekw

G2 with the choke as usual, at least they did better than the previous season

2022-03-13 01:57

This is embarassing g2

2022-03-13 02:00

G2 = PSG

2022-03-13 02:02

Just saying if there was no war happening during Kato between Ukraine and Russia , Navi would have stomped G2 and faze in playoffs.. I finally thought g2 were looking strong but this result is saying something else LMAO... Come back stronger G2

2022-03-13 02:20

I said this same thing on a reddit post and got like 30 down votes lol..just proves that I was right and that G2 didn't deserve that semi final spot. Losing to Fanatic with stand-ins and now a team that is decent, but probably shouldn't have beat G2. Or, they are proving that G2 isn't as good as everyone is/was anticipating.

2022-03-13 03:39

2022-03-13 08:43

Not sure about stomp but

2022-03-13 09:04

LMAO so true. Even mentally broken NAVI almost won this G2, without monesy they would have lost. NAVI v FaZe final would have been epic.....

Been saying that whole Kato, that was the only chance for G2 to win over NaVi, ever

2022-03-13 10:51

Use war as an excuse :) navi struggled in blast groups too and there was no war

2022-03-13 10:54

2022-03-13 11:25

+1 silly excuses from shit Navi Fans

2022-03-13 16:49

nice topic. go Entropiq! m0nesy & co gl. aleksib stay strong <3

2022-03-13 02:21

lmfaoo fnatic with 2 subs >>>>> G2

2022-03-13 02:28

*3 subs

2022-03-13 04:44

LUL beaten by fnatic with ---3--- standins beaten by mouz' new team with dexter, "he comes to eu but didn't do shit and now he's using that shit gun" after excuses and excuses, they play as full team and still lose to tier 1.5 cis team lol overrated, overhyped, overblown G2nd team, with their last trophy in Malmö 2017 LOL

2022-03-13 02:32

5 replies

Malmo 2017 was french lineup

2022-03-13 03:57

So they have 0 trophies with Niko in it. Understood!!

2022-03-13 08:44

they still have 1 excuses, aleksib is still not in best condition after recovering from covid.. thats why g2 lose..

2022-03-13 06:42

wait, but there's more excuses! - aleksi wasn't there - he then was there, but had covid - he didn't have enough sleep - coach was missing - coach wasn't missing, but something something - saving strats for major - saving aleksi hairdo - ...

2022-03-14 01:06

LMAO +1111111

2022-03-13 09:24

*brand new team is eliminated in the 2nd tournament of the year by unfortunate events after a close Grand Finals at IEM when expecations were just to reach playoffs, m0NESY is playing like crazy and they're 2nd at blast world rankings* Haters: my time has come

2022-03-13 02:36

You saying that like fnatic and mouz (who g2 lost to) are already well estabilished old teams.

2022-03-13 03:05

g2 doesn't make it to the finals if Ukraine isn't at war. g2 has nothing on b1t, s1mple and electronic at their best.

2022-03-13 04:08

Your posts are so insanely cringe. They took a rough loss, you think the players aren't feeling like shit about this? Doesn't mean they can't recover, they probably will, but rn just accept the debacle.

2022-03-13 10:35

bring back godmanek

2022-03-13 02:39

Any team that has niko will never win a tournament. Him leaving faze was the biggest blessing.

2022-03-13 02:48

g2 couldn't even make playoffs from arguably the easiest group... hella close game tho, wp from entropiq

2022-03-13 03:02

It's still a progress from 0-5.

2022-03-13 03:19

G2 really putting the #2 into G2 huh.. at least they’re consistent

2022-03-13 03:51

Ocelote must be mad now, spent tons of money but gets this results lmao

2022-03-13 03:59

I'm not sure about aleksib's future on G2 if he keep fragging like that. 48 kills in more than 100rounds. That such a low impact. Also choke factor is still there, like he bring it to G2 from OG. Lol. For some reason, I think either Nexa or amanek will win it for G2. xd

2022-03-13 04:13

-AleksiB +amaNEK I know that they would still need an IGL because NiKo can't do two things at once but AleksiB is a fucking sandbagger, At least with amanek you get a bit more fire power.

2022-03-13 04:39

2022-03-13 07:34

That wont do for long. Did you see the tactics with Amanek? It was a pain to watch. Niko also didnt have the fragging output he had now.

2022-03-13 08:08

Thats because Niko can't IGL and play he's dogshit at it. I'd still take ama over Aleksi. They need to find a solid IGL.

2022-03-13 09:18

Did u see fnatic or mouz match?

2022-03-13 08:14

M0NESY KEKW

2022-03-13 04:53

go back to irrelevant tier

2022-03-13 04:54

nt choko

b0tesy

This, people - this was the DEFINITION of a honeymoon period. Which just ended.

2022-03-13 08:05

Proud of Entro)

2022-03-13 08:39

Entropiq super underrated team

2022-03-13 08:45

With XTQZZ behind them they would have probably win it, oh wait...

2022-03-13 09:03

-aleksib -jackz I think NiKo has taken IGLn from aleksib, so he's just deadweight by now.......

2022-03-13 09:23

can't -jackz cus hunter gonna cry.

2022-03-13 17:56

lack1_top1_2022

2022-03-13 09:29

expected, overhyped trash team finns malding because they can't claim 'G2 would have won with aleksi' anymore

2022-03-13 09:36

Carlos wants this team to win major XDDDD Lose vs 3 standins/new players and vs enthrowpiq

2022-03-13 09:40

Entropiq will win major, mark my words :)

2022-03-13 09:46

Some years ago I never expected to say this, but "I like Nickelback".

2022-03-13 09:47

LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH! LOOK AT IT

2022-03-13 17:57

Also, G2 lost 2 games with no IGL and no practice with stand-in (even Amanek is actually benched, he is a stand-in nonetheless). If you were expecting a "jks firepower performance*", sorry, but u r AMANEK_ DELUSIONAL_FANS This G2 performance is expected considering the circumstances. *If instead ropz or rain, karrigan tested covid positive, FaZe wouldn't made it to hte final. An I'm a Twistzz/ropz fan <3

2022-03-13 09:53

How? Entropic didn't have any substitutes!?

2022-03-13 10:22

Facepalm.

2022-03-13 10:44

G2 have a young powerful awper and smart igl and top player niko now, why G2 still choke?

2022-03-13 10:52

its over for g2 bros

2022-03-13 10:56

Entropiq god mode against t1 Bot mode in pinnacle and elisa

2022-03-13 11:19

who the fuck was this third caster? i literally switched off the stream of my favorite team because i just couldn't listen to that kid wtf esl

2022-03-13 11:41

Savage, he's the LookingForOrg player

2022-03-13 11:49

G2 curse

2022-03-13 11:48

I always said aleksib is overrated

2022-03-13 12:27

anyone who is above faceit level 3 agrees. The guy can't hold his weight against tier4/5 opposition, every tier1 match looks like 9 NHL players and then there's aleksib with his high school figure skating background

2022-03-13 12:39

This is funny.

2022-03-13 13:24

if you are a g2 "hater" yes very funny indeed to see them being destroyed aleksi is "decent" but far from good enough for a team that is aiming for the #1 spot, they will never achieve that with him

2022-03-13 13:27

Damn, wanted to see em losin the bo5 final again :((

2022-03-13 12:30

entropiq on full power = dangerous

2022-03-13 12:36

what a masterclass of choking from G2. clap clap

2022-03-13 13:42

I actually thought that 2022 would be a G2-year. I was so wrong. I Think its a shame. I enjoy watching niko and monesy play and they will be missed. But the three other bots on the team are trash. G2-org. Richest org, right?

2022-03-13 13:58

imagine calling hunter trash lmao

2022-03-13 14:00

i did. he has his moments, i will admit that. but that can be said about a lot of players. but he cant seem to stay on point. you never really know what to expect from him. if you cant acknowledge that, then keep laughing.

2022-03-13 15:01

"his moments" oh man, the guy has moments but those are the moments when he is not top form, that is true XD just looking at katowice and now epl hunter have been more than consistent, btw he is top 12 player of the year for a good reason, but say what you want i guess against nip he just had a moment too, sadge

2022-03-14 10:10

swapping nexa for aleksib was one of the biggest jokes since the swap between aleksib for sunny

2022-03-13 13:59

2022-03-13 14:52

2022-03-13 16:04

huge entropiq ggs

2022-03-13 14:25

why did I go to sleep after 1st map?

2022-03-13 14:59

lmao

2022-03-13 15:26

I think entropiq will be a top 5 team in maximum 2 years GGs for both teams

2022-03-13 15:38

sexa laughing his ass off

2022-03-13 16:05

lmao trash2 nexa in better team lol

2022-03-13 16:37

Sadge :(

2022-03-13 16:53

G2 bad

2022-03-13 16:55

That's an upset that I didn't expect, Entropiq just shows that even if you don't have great individuals, if you put time into it, work together and build chemistry you can even make playoffs of EPL with a roster not build up of stars let's say, I doubt they can be Tier-1 but seeing them making playoffs makes me really happy, GG boys. For G2 I don't even know how to comment it, the players are looking great, they're playing really good individually and it's still not enough to beat Entropiq, I mean, there is insane amount of talent in G2 team, but man do they suck as a whole, this just shouldn't be like this, I feel like they lost great support player after benching AmaNEk, I think that was a mistake.

2022-03-13 17:01