FalleN records personal best LAN map rating in Dacha loss to Eternal Fire

FURIA was eliminated from the running in Belgrade despite the captain's memorable performance on Nuke.

Eternal Fire have secured a three-map victory over FURIA in the BetBoom Dacha lower-bracket, eliminating the Brazilians from contention and securing a spot in the LB grand final.

The two first maps in the series went the way of their respective pickers, with Eternal Fire cruising on Vertigo and FURIA dominating on Nuke.

It was in Cedar Creek that the 33-year-old rolled back the years putting on a vintage performance to power FURIA to an overwhelming 13-5 victory and tie up the series.

The professor was present with 29 kills in 18 rounds, just one shy of a 30-bomb, and had a perfect 100% KAST along with 145 ADR which all added towards his 2.52 rating.

His performance against Eternal Fire on Nuke broke his all-time highest LAN rating of 2.42, which he picked up in 2019 during the MIBR days in an ESL Pro League Season 9 Americas match on Train against Cloud9.

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's only better rating, a 2.72, came in 2017 when SK thrashed Splyce 16-0, also on Train, in an online ESL Pro League Season 6 North America match.

"We just had a good game," FalleN said in the post-match interview when asked about Nuke. "We played our ideas, we played our strategies. I had a good performance finding kills in the mid-round, so I think on Nuke I was able to have much more impact than on the other maps. It goes that way sometimes. Sometimes it goes super well, sometimes it doesn't go your way."

Sadly, FalleN's stellar form did not carry to Mirage, where FURIA got a great jumpstart with a 4-1 lead, but buckled after an important clutch by Buğra "⁠Calyx⁠" Arkın allowed Eternal Fire back into the half.

The Turks dominated on the CT side after a 7-5 lead at the switch, hitting map point in the 17th round. A small cosmetic comeback by the Brazilians brought things closer, but the writing was on the wall and Eternal Fire closed down the map, 13-9, to knock FURIA out and advance to the lower bracket final.

Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato, who is usually FURIA's shining light, went notably missing in the series — particularly in the two losses — and ended with the lowest rating on the server, a rarity for a player of his quality. This put his negative tally at two in a row after the whole team got tossed around by Spirit in the upper-bracket semi-finals.