TheMongolz crowned MESA Nomadic Masters champions in Ulaanbaatar

The home team won the grand final in four competitive maps that went down to the wire.

The MongolZ raised the MESA Nomadic Masters Spring trophy in front of their home fans after defeating BLEED for a second time in a row in a well-fought grand final series. All four maps went to 23 or the full 24 rounds, a closer bout than the 2-0 in the upper bracket final.

Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser and his men took the lead on their first pick, Anubis, 13-10, where Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad was the stand-out player for BLEED with 27 kills and 135 ADR, which earned him a 1.80 rating in the first map.

The MongolZ then took Mirage with Usukhbayar "⁠910⁠" Banzragch and Garidmagnai "⁠bLitz⁠" Byambasuren taking point in another 13-10 map marked by streaky play going back and forth. A 5-0 lead by BLEED on the CT side broke apart as they fell to a 5-7 deficit at the half.

BLEED then regained the lead, 10-7, before The MongolZ settled on the defense and won it out to even the series. Despite already being a nail-biter, the most exciting was yet to come as the final two maps went down to the wire, with The MongolZ edging their opponents 13-11 twice.

jkaem recaptured some of his form on Ancient, the first of the two maps, but a brilliant comeback orchestrated by bLitz with an incredible Azbayar "⁠Senzu⁠" Munkhbold (2.11 T rating) was too much for the Europeans to handle.

It came down to Inferno, where BLEED were forced to steal a classic The MongolZ map if they wanted to keep the final going to the decider map, but they fell short in the end.

After trailing 5-7 on the CT side, BLEED struck on the attack and took the lead for the first time on the map in the 19th round, 10-9. However, they ran out of fuel in the dying embers as The MongolZ kept their composure and won four out of the last five defenses to claim the trophy in front of their fans.

Having beaten Gaimin Gladiators, Aurora and BLEED (twice) to raise the trophy undefeated, The MongolZ continue to show their standing as a strong second-line contender, while BLEED are proving that the addition of Tim "⁠nawwk⁠" Jonasson and jkaem is a move in the right direction.