VP toil past LVG in elimination match

Lynn Vision have been sent home with an 0-3 record after losses to G2, The MongolZ, and now Virtus.pro.

Virtus.pro have staved off early elimination by defeating Lynn Vision at FISSURE Playground 2.

Thanks to LVG's place as #14 on the VRS, the win gives Virtus.pro 62 VRS points and moves them up to 18th, a crucial boost with them hanging over the precipice when it comes to Major invites.

But it was far from the convincing victory new in-game leader Ilya "⁠Perfecto⁠" Zalutskiy would have liked, with VP going down 5-9 on Dust2 and only completing the comeback after an Kaisar "⁠ICY⁠" Faiznurov 1v3 clutch, two overtimes, and their captain topping the scoreboard with +6.16% Swing.

Clip: ICY wins crucial swing round for VP with 1v3 clutch

Train started with a 5-0 lead for VP but it once again descended into a brawl, and even after winning the CT pistol Lynn Vision brought it back to 8-8.

That was when Vadim "⁠tO0RO⁠" Arkov — who was great on Train against Astralis yesterday, too — stepped up with a great quad-kill in a 4v5 retake that took momentum back VP's way.

Time is still an issue

Clip: VP run out of time

Virtus.pro may have won Dust2 eventually but they lost three rounds to the clock near the close, this one the worst example.

New leadership is seemingly not enough to dispel all the ghosts from Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov and Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali's former leadership.

More highlights from VP-LVG:

• VP turn 3v5 after Perfecto triple

• Starry shuts down the Mid-to-B with some crisp USP shots

• z4kr 1v2s on Train's B site

• tO0RO finds 4 in a crucial 4v5 retake