ESL Pro League Season 22Spirit squeak past Inner Circle on tN1R's debut
The Belarusian rifler had a subdued 1.03-rated debut in Sweden.
Spirit got the better of Inner Circle in a three-map series (Ancient 13-4, Nuke 4-13, Ancient 13-11) to get their time with Andrey "tN1R" Tatarinovich off to a succesfull start.
"I'm trying to share my positive emotions, to share my good vibe, because it helps a lot when we have hard rounds. I think my teammates like it," tN1R said about his loud off-server presence in the team.
The series began on Ancient, where Spirit got off to a 6-1 start thanks to a 4vs5 victory with naked pistols. Inner Circle got back into the game after that, though, but still finished their offensive half 4-8 down.
The Russian side's second-half pistol made sure of their victory, and they waltzed towards a 13-4 win without even needing tN1R's impact in the fragging department. The Belarusian rifler, who took over Myroslav "zont1x" Plakhotia's A anchor role, averaged a 0.76 rating on his map as a lack of action consigned him to just 55 ADR.
Nuke was an entirely different story, however, as Inner Circle made the most out of Spirit's completely disjointed T-half. The Russian squad went for three consecutive saves on their offense and could only muster a solitary round in the first half. While a second-half rally made the scoreline at least somewhat respectable, a 4-13 loss was far from what they expected.
Mirage began with another hot start by Inner Circle, who capitalized on Danil "donk" Kryshkovets's off-day to secure Mid control and take a 7-3 lead early on. The Russian phenom then came alive, however, and helped Spirit equal the scores at 7-7, and eventually win the map 13-11.
Mirage was also tN1R's best map in the series, as he found several impactful multi-kills on the CT side as the Short player and averaged a 1.27 rating on the map as a whole.
More highlights from Spirit vs. Inner Circle:
  Spirit |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 - 32 | +3.13% | 84.0 | 72.4% | 1.27 | |
| 43 - 41 | -0.32% | 79.7 | 74.1% | 1.06 | |
| 34 - 37 | -1.07% | 68.2 | 77.6% | 1.02 | |
| 35 - 41 | -0.45% | 71.2 | 65.5% | 0.97 | |
| 31 - 41 | -0.94% | 69.5 | 62.1% | 0.88 |
 Inner Circle |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 - 32 | +1.13% | 77.5 | 67.2% | 1.12 | |
| 37 - 41 | +2.50% | 76.0 | 70.7% | 1.12 | |
| 34 - 40 | -2.27% | 67.9 | 70.7% | 1.00 | |
| 36 - 40 | -0.14% | 65.3 | 65.5% | 0.91 | |
| 37 - 40 | -1.77% | 70.5 | 67.2% | 0.91 |
Sh1robestawper
ssacred
Nightyz0r
| 
MathmechFan
TheStatsGlazer9000
| 
SilverQuick
DrMeds
frosty_snowman
Peacemode322
| 
FlaMax_CSGO
| 
| 
r0l4nd_
| 
| 
| 
| 
w0fie
| 
| 
WillDanyel
kimdimasan
