FURIA embarrass Spirit to go 1-0

5-12-2024 06:04

Spirit looked out of their depth in their first match after a shaky RMR run.

chelo was a force to be reckoned with for FURIA on Dust2

FURIA have kicked off their Perfect World Shanghai Major Elimination Stage campaign by collecting a huge scalp, knocking Spirit down to the 0-1 pool after securing a 13-6 win in their Dust2 opener.

Spirit locked down their place in the Shanghai Major following a tense campaign through EU RMR B, suffering losses to Passion UA and G2 that forced them to fight Ninjas in Pyjamas for the last available Major spot. An opening matchup against FURIA seemed favorable for the Russian side on paper, but this one-sided loss raises further doubts for the team after their mixed RMR showing.

Date	Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Europe RMR B
21/11/2024	Spirit Finished 13:1 B8	Match
21/11/2024	Spirit Finished 11:13 Passion UA	Match
22/11/2024	Spirit Finished 13:7 Aurora	Match
23/11/2024	G2 Finished 2:1 Spirit	Match
24/11/2024	Spirit Finished 2:0 Sashi	Match
24/11/2024	Ninjas in Pyjamas Finished 0:2 Spirit	Match

Only Danil "⁠donk⁠" Kryshkovets could seem to get things going in the Dust2 best-of-one for Spirit, as Marcelo "⁠chelo⁠" Cespedes and Felipe "⁠skullz⁠" Medeiros ripped the rest of his teammates apart in the first half to secure an 8-4 lead for the Brazilians.

Having missed out on the second pistol round, and with Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato and Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo adding to FURIA's firepower, there was little more that Spirit could do as FURIA claimed a dominant 13-6 victory in their opening match.

Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024Best of 1

Spirit

Matchpage

5th December 2024

FURIA

Dust2

Spirit	K - D	Swing	ADR	KAST	Rating2.1
Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets donk	18 - 16	+1.23%	106.2	73.7%	1.26
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov chopper	9 - 15	-3.34%	51.6	47.4%	0.68
Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov sh1ro	10 - 13	-4.71%	47.9	52.6%	0.64
Myroslav 'zont1x' Plakhotia zont1x	7 - 16	-2.42%	53.9	57.9%	0.50
Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev magixx	6 - 15	-0.30%	52.0	68.4%	0.49

FURIA	K - D	Swing	ADR	KAST	Rating2.1
Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes chelo	19 - 13	+4.04%	101.8	78.9%	1.73
Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato KSCERATO	17 - 10	-3.55%	91.7	73.7%	1.45
Felipe 'skullz' Medeiros skullz	16 - 10	+3.62%	73.2	84.2%	1.34
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	12 - 7	+6.03%	65.6	84.2%	1.33
Yuri 'yuurih' Santos yuurih	11 - 10	-0.60%	73.6	89.5%	1.11

At the same time as Spirit was struggling against FURIA, Vitality handled underdog side GamerLegion with ease in their opening match on Mirage. Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut lived up to his superstar status with a head-spinning 1.91 rating and 123.2 ADR, helping to move Vitality to the 1-0 pool with a 13-7 win.

Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024Best of 1

Vitality

Matchpage

5th December 2024

GamerLegion

Mirage

Vitality	K - D	Swing	ADR	KAST	Rating2.1
Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut ZywOo	24 - 9	+6.78%	123.2	90.0%	1.91
Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan flameZ	16 - 11	+2.81%	100.4	80.0%	1.48
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi Spinx	14 - 12	+1.42%	79.2	75.0%	1.25
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire apEX	17 - 11	+2.97%	78.2	75.0%	1.21
William 'mezii' Merriman mezii	9 - 10	-5.17%	50.6	75.0%	0.90

GamerLegion	K - D	Swing	ADR	KAST	Rating2.1
Henrich 'sl3nd' Hevesi sl3nd	15 - 15	-3.05%	80.5	75.0%	1.04
Timur 'FL4MUS' Marev FL4MUS	12 - 18	+0.95%	85.8	55.0%	0.89
Sebastian 'volt' Maloș volt	9 - 14	+0.30%	47.7	65.0%	0.77
Sebastian 'Tauson' Tauson Lindelof Tauson	10 - 17	-2.48%	60.4	50.0%	0.66
Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson ztr	7 - 16	-4.51%	44.9	50.0%	0.50

Clearly these Bo1s have ended the #1 race. EDIT: /s, in case it wasn't obvious.

2024-12-05 06:05

3 replies

what valve gonna do to help g2 and spirit this time?

2024-12-05 06:06

2 replies

playoffs will be vrs based :P

2024-12-05 06:17

Teams that reached the playoffs at the last major have +1 points in the elimination stage

2024-12-05 07:46

Presente

SPIRIT 0-3

DESTROYED.

1 reply

mad 0 tournaments

2024-12-05 12:21

donk talked too much before the game and choked after

2024-12-05 06:07

12 replies

don't talk about donk, this guy always trying his best.

2024-12-05 06:19

11 replies

i mean, he's good, he also choked to be honest, but the thing is, he is also really unlucky for playing with a team that's under his level, if NaVi signed him, it would be over for everyone

2024-12-05 06:24

7 replies

Spirit must reinfoce lineup after major with kyousuke or possible one more layer. But Ihink team will give zont1x more chances. Donk is one of the last players who chokin, he is emotional yes, raging sometimes, but he is focused in every new round.

2024-12-05 06:32

6 replies

Top 3 team in raw mechanical skill Top 20 team in strategy As soon as they're getting out-called the game is as good as GG, their only way out is their mechanics.

2024-12-05 06:38

Spirit top3 mechanical skill? Is it joke? I don't know what matches you watching, may be in your head, but it's completely delusional opinion.

2024-12-05 06:46

Nah, zontix will be kicked because of his flag, it's ruski org

2024-12-05 10:42

Zont1x is russian, yellow-blue cloth does not matter.

2024-12-05 10:47

Nah, you're mongolian, white-blue-red cloth does not matter.

2024-12-05 11:21

What a funny parrot. xd Great times to be mongolian btw.

2024-12-05 11:24

Poor Donk was probably forced to sign a contract that forces him to stay on spirit until 2080

2024-12-05 06:28

Talk too much, need to be quiet

2024-12-05 07:03

Well done, he talked too much before the game. Deserved.

2024-12-05 16:00

It was "obvious" HAHAHAHA

Bigger round differential than Vitality vs GL. #savedonk

Thank you Donk!

2024-12-05 06:11

Donk gave Furia a reason to play with hate...

2024-12-05 06:15

Looks like Donk is retired. Bye bye donk

Oh, wow... seeing as Spirit put FURIA 0-3 in their Pick'ems, this aged incredibly poorly incredibly fast.

2024-12-05 06:21

So did I, Still a non-believer that Furia makes playoffs but damn the smoked Spirit

2024-12-05 07:02

Btw does anyone know if arena playoffs will only be cast in Chinese? Challenger and Elimination seem to only feature Chinese casting on site. Coming to Shanghai for playoffs stage, would be kind of a bummer if it is only in Chinese as well.

2024-12-05 06:27