BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2024NIP send Cloud9 packing from BLAST Groups
The majority-Swedish side had to grind out the series after a rough first map.
Ninjas in Pyjamas continue their journey at BLAST Premier Fall Groups thanks to a 2-1 victory over Cloud9, recovering from a spanking on Mirage (4-13) by taking Ancient (13-11) and Anubis (13-11).
A match against FaZe now awaits Ninjas in Pyjamas, whilst Cloud9 are relegated to the Fall Showdown.
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2024 | ||
| 02/08/2024 |
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Ninjas in Pyjamas's latest roster has steadily built up a head of steam since it was completed by the signing of Isak "isak" Fahlén in May, grabbing a second-place finish at YaLLa Compass off the back of their powerful young AWPer Artem "r1nkle" Moroz to end last season.
They stumbled at the start of this season, losing to Passion UA online before being comfortably dispatched by G2 here at BLAST. It seemed to go from bad to worse on the first map of Mirage today: Cloud9 utterly decimated them, but they showed impressive fortitude to recover and grind out Ancient and Anubis to secure the series.
r1nkle showed his worth on Ancient, Fredrik "REZ" Sterner put in a stellar performance on Anubis, and Ninjas in Pyjamas seemed a little more polished as a squad across the final two maps.
Cloud9. meanwhile, will lament the manner in which they dropped this series, having bagged seven rounds in a row on Ancient before missing the chance to go to overtime, then dropping a 5v3 advantage with overtime once again on the line on Anubis.
Cloud9's stars weren't quite productive enough on the final two maps, the team stumbled in the vital moments and made a few too many mistakes in mid-round scenarios. Considering the impressive level they showed in their match against FaZe, where they could easily have taken the series, the majority-Russian squad will regret the manner of their elimination.
 Cloud9 |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 - 41 | +2.09% | 72.2 | 73.8% | 1.15 | |
| 43 - 42 | +2.83% | 77.5 | 70.8% | 1.12 | |
| 40 - 36 | +2.92% | 62.9 | 73.8% | 1.12 | |
| 43 - 43 | -0.27% | 73.5 | 75.4% | 1.12 | |
| 27 - 49 | -3.65% | 56.0 | 67.7% | 0.74 |
  Ninjas in Pyjamas |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 - 31 | +1.14% | 72.0 | 81.5% | 1.26 | |
| 45 - 46 | +0.66% | 85.0 | 78.5% | 1.17 | |
| 46 - 42 | -3.89% | 76.2 | 70.8% | 1.10 | |
| 44 - 39 | +1.25% | 66.1 | 73.8% | 1.07 | |
| 25 - 45 | -3.20% | 49.6 | 70.8% | 0.72 |
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