ENCE and Spirit on verge of elimination from Europe RMR B

11-4-2023 21:05

Both squads are in the 0-2 bracket after suffering upset losses.

Two squads that many would have expected to make it out of the BLAST Paris Major Europe RMR B are on the verge of elimination. Spirit were bested by Aurora and 500 on the opening day, whilst ENCE suffered losses to 9INE and FORZE.

ENCE came into this RMR off the back of an excellent top-four finish at ESL Pro League, Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz seemingly making an immediate positive impact after his addition.

Maden's 0.60 rating makes him the lowest-rated player at the RMR

They found themselves immediately on the back foot in this competition after losing to Monte in their opener, a rough three-round Terrorist side on Ancient proving to be their undoing. Their next game against FORZE was always going to be a tough 0-1 matchup, and the Russians proved that to be so by nicking a narrow 16-14 victory on Anubis.

As for Spirit, they have been in a very rough patch of form in recent times, sporting a 6-10 match record in the last three months. Their struggles continued as they faced off against Aurora, Aleksandr "⁠KENSI⁠" Gurkin and Ivan "⁠SELLTER⁠" Miroshnikov showing up huge on Ancient to banish Spirit to the 0-1 bracket. There Spirit came up against 500, and an underwhelming T side on Mirage saw them fall to a 13-16 defeat.