IEM Katowice 2024 Play-inSpirit 13-0 Apeks, GamerLegion survive M80
donk showed no fear in his Big Event qualifying debut.
Spirit dumpstered Apeks to begin their IEM Katowice Play-in campaign, tallying the second-ever flawless game on record at the Polish event (the only other being Astralis' 16-0 over Cloud9 at IEM Katowice 2019).
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| IEM Katowice 2024 Play-in | ||
| 31/01/2024 |
18:45
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Match |
| 01/02/2024 |
13:30
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Match |
| 01/02/2024 |
16:50
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Match |
| 31/01/2024 |
Finished
13:10 |
Match |
Hype surrounded Danil "donk" Kryshkovets as he fights to make his first Big Event debut, particularly as Spirit hadn't been in full force at BLAST Premier Spring Groups, and the 17-year-old superstar delivered by obliterating Apeks from the server.
All of Spirit were in strong form and were unrelenting on Ancient from start to finish, with Boris "magixx" Vorobiev's smoke kills and Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov's AWPing paired with donk's multi-fragging closing the game out in short order.
  Spirit |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 - 5 | +9.13% | 133.8 | 92.3% | 2.24 | |
| 12 - 4 | +12.79% | 114.2 | 100.0% | 1.90 | |
| 13 - 2 | +7.54% | 89.8 | 100.0% | 1.89 | |
| 14 - 5 | +7.98% | 90.4 | 92.3% | 1.75 | |
| 6 - 4 | +2.52% | 49.6 | 84.6% | 1.10 |
 Apeks |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 - 12 | -7.61% | 47.5 | 38.5% | 0.46 | |
| 5 - 13 | -5.84% | 55.4 | 53.8% | 0.42 | |
| 4 - 13 | -5.52% | 42.9 | 46.2% | 0.40 | |
| 5 - 12 | -9.64% | 46.8 | 30.8% | 0.32 | |
| 1 - 13 | -11.35% | 25.0 | 23.1% | 0.16 |
GamerLegion were the favorites coming into their game against M80, given the American organization are attending the tournament with coach Rory "dephh" Jackson in place of in-game leader Marcus "maNkz" Kjeldsen, and at first the game unfolded much as expected.
The British coach-turned-player had a disastrous first half on Nuke, posting a 0-3-11 K-A-D while his team mustered just two rounds on the attack and Frederik "acoR" Gyldstrand lay waste to his opposition round after round.
GamerLegion closed in on match point shortly into the second half, but M80 kicked off a valiant comeback effort after that, strong play from Ethan "reck" Serrano and Fritz "slaxz-" Dietrich allowing their team to hit double digits before two close rounds allowed GamerLegion to narrowly clinch victory.
 GamerLegion |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
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| 26 - 13 | +11.25% | 100.0 | 78.3% | 1.59 | |
| 16 - 15 | -1.80% | 70.0 | 78.3% | 1.03 | |
| 13 - 15 | +2.02% | 58.3 | 73.9% | 1.01 | |
| 14 - 18 | +0.36% | 70.8 | 69.6% | 0.94 | |
| 11 - 19 | -3.79% | 60.5 | 65.2% | 0.75 |
 M80 |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
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| 24 - 17 | +0.32% | 98.3 | 78.3% | 1.37 | |
| 18 - 12 | +0.17% | 82.7 | 78.3% | 1.37 | |
| 15 - 16 | +2.50% | 80.3 | 87.0% | 1.21 | |
| 14 - 17 | -3.66% | 57.9 | 69.6% | 0.80 | |
| 9 - 19 | -7.37% | 47.1 | 65.2% | 0.64 |
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