hades stars as ENCE trounce Guild Eagles; GamerLegion beat PERA

The Polish sniper had a spectacular return to form after a dismal showing against Spirit.

ENCE and GamerLegion have tallied their first wins in Bucharest after easing past Guild Eagles and PERA, respectively, to advance to the 1-1 pool.

Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander's side were completely outclassed by Spirit in their opening game and failed to tally a single round on Overpass, but bounced back with incredible tenacity and showed resilience in their second game by almost treating Guild Eagles to the same fate.

Olek "⁠hades⁠" Miskiewicz was key in that effort, his 1-12 K-D against Spirit becoming a distant memory as he dumpstered the Kosovar team on the T side of Anubis, winning back-to-back 1vs2 clutches to help net ENCE a flawless 12-0 T side.

It took the Polish-majority team some time to close out the game in the second half, with Guild Eagles doing well to influence ENCE's rotations and shut down aggression, but the immense lead ensured there was never truly cause for concern as ENCE eventually converted the victory with hades' saved AWP and a handful of MP9s.

GamerLegion also recovered from their 2-13 drubbing at the hands of Vitality in their opening match, making light work of PERA despite some early struggles. The Hungarian team won the pistol round and used that to go up 3-0 on Nuke, but were quickly put on the back foot by Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski's side who won six in a row to claim the lead.

A 1v2 from Brajan "⁠DGL⁠" Lemecha offered PERA some brief respite toward the end of the first half, but GamerLegion took firm control once on their attack and gave up just one additional round en route to a 13-6 finish.