IEM Rio 2024Liquid, NAVI secure dominant opening wins in Rio
The two teams will meet in the upper bracket later on Monday.
Liquid and Natus Vincere began their IEM Rio campaigns with dominant victories against Complexity (13-6) and Imperial (13-2), respectively.
As a result of their victories, Liquid and Natus Vincere will fight in the upper bracket for a playoff spot, while Complexity and Imperial are set to fight for their tournament lives in the lower bracket.
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| IEM Rio 2024 | ||
| 07/10/2024 |
23:05
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Match |
| 08/10/2024 |
00:20
|
Match |
Complexity began the "NA derby" with a pistol-round victory, but their streak soon ended thanks to Roland "ultimate" Tomkowiak's 1v2 clutch. Liquid then took over the game and lost just two gun rounds for the remainder of the half, as they made the most out of Complexity's lack of information due to their passive setups.
Liquid's second-half pistol then got them a 12-4 lead, and while Complexity put up a fight and won two in a row, it was simply too little too late for Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski and company. Liquid eventually got a dominant 13-6 victory to extend their win streak against Complexity to four matches.
 Liquid |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 - 12 | +7.12% | 107.1 | 94.7% | 1.57 | |
| 17 - 12 | +3.77% | 82.6 | 84.2% | 1.40 | |
| 14 - 8 | +2.57% | 80.2 | 84.2% | 1.37 | |
| 14 - 9 | +1.54% | 88.8 | 63.2% | 1.25 | |
| 7 - 12 | -3.68% | 49.0 | 68.4% | 0.74 |
  Complexity |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 - 15 | +0.42% | 98.7 | 78.9% | 1.26 | |
| 11 - 14 | -3.37% | 68.5 | 52.6% | 0.86 | |
| 11 - 13 | -1.75% | 63.7 | 63.2% | 0.85 | |
| 9 - 14 | -4.76% | 41.9 | 63.2% | 0.67 | |
| 6 - 16 | -3.67% | 50.6 | 63.2% | 0.52 |
Over on the B stream, Natus Vincere made light work of home-town heroes Imperial. Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen and company began on the Nuke CT side, where Ihor "w0nderful" Zhdanov dominated and finished the half with 116 ADR and an 8-1 record in opening duels.
That proved enough for a 10-2 half in favor of Natus Vincere, and a pistol-round victory ensured that the current No. 1 team in the world breezed through the opening round.
 Natus Vincere |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 - 5 | +9.16% | 115.2 | 100.0% | 1.78 | |
| 17 - 8 | +5.91% | 107.3 | 86.7% | 1.75 | |
| 13 - 8 | +1.81% | 102.5 | 86.7% | 1.66 | |
| 11 - 3 | +6.77% | 62.7 | 93.3% | 1.45 | |
| 11 - 7 | +5.39% | 77.0 | 93.3% | 1.33 |
 Imperial |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 - 12 | -0.36% | 74.3 | 53.3% | 0.80 | |
| 7 - 13 | -6.19% | 55.4 | 60.0% | 0.56 | |
| 7 - 14 | -6.69% | 60.1 | 46.7% | 0.55 | |
| 6 - 14 | -7.20% | 45.3 | 40.0% | 0.42 | |
| 2 - 15 | -8.60% | 32.3 | 26.7% | 0.15 |
Torbjørn 'mithR' Nyborg
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