IEM Cologne 2025 Stage 1GamerLegion take down coL in Cologne opener
ash's troops won their first Inferno since April 21 as they defeated the American squad.
GamerLegion have bounced back from a disappointing FISSURE Playground quarter-final exit by winning 2-0 over Complexity.
A 13-3 win on Inferno was especially impressive, on a map GL had a 2-6 record in their last eight attempts.
Sebastian "Tauson" Tauson Lindelof was most crucial to that success, and won three clutches in the first half to deny any momentum for Complexity despite some moments of weakness on GL's A site.
They then cleaned up on the CT side of Nuke to win 13-10 to leave Complexity with a 1-4 record on that map in the last five.
Inexperienced AWPer Jeremy "Kursy" Gast also looked good, particularly on the rifle, as GamerLegion continue to slowly bring him up to speed with all the complexities of tier one play.
While GamerLegion's coach reacted with glee at the addition of Overpass back into the pool, the team opted to ban it here — a reasonable decision given the lack of time between Playground and Cologne kicking off.
But they may have to play it sooner rather than later, with a bout against Virtus.pro awaiting them in the upper bracket final.
More highlights from GamerLegion vs Complexity:
 GamerLegion |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 - 22 | +3.22% | 96.1 | 87.2% | 1.46 | |
| 33 - 21 | +0.60% | 90.4 | 84.6% | 1.39 | |
| 30 - 21 | +2.90% | 75.9 | 87.2% | 1.36 | |
| 27 - 25 | +1.80% | 84.5 | 74.4% | 1.11 | |
| 25 - 19 | +1.11% | 71.7 | 76.9% | 1.11 |
  Complexity |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 - 31 | -1.86% | 72.8 | 71.8% | 0.84 | |
| 23 - 30 | +0.59% | 66.9 | 64.1% | 0.82 | |
| 18 - 30 | +0.06% | 60.0 | 59.0% | 0.74 | |
| 23 - 33 | -4.06% | 62.0 | 61.5% | 0.72 | |
| 20 - 31 | -4.75% | 55.4 | 64.1% | 0.65 |
Kaisar 'ICY' Faiznurov
Ashley 'ash' Battye
Sebastian 'Tauson' Tauson Lindelof
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