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00:00Remember guys how he started the first half even on this best of five with a 1.11.
00:05He's back in the server, but what I want to see is a little bit of Kayak.
00:08Alright, here comes the Agent Select now and Fnatic of course, Crashies, he's just going to hold out one for the timing.
00:14He's doing his thing here.
00:15We're not of course getting any changes here, Paper Thin, from the DRX side of things.
00:19They're going to continue to run that Mosquito Comp.
00:21We're looking for just some more aggression here, right?
00:23Especially on the attack, without a doubt.
00:25But just more of that ping pong gameplay that we even see from the Waylay in the Europe, right?
00:29Yeah, exactly. And I mean, specifically on the defender side, you need more value out of the Waylay.
00:32Like, you've got to be able to get some good ults to hit, to get some good saturates to hit,
00:36to find those moments where you can set up those crunch plays, maybe at the top of a lobby,
00:40things like that, where you can really utilize that Agent's ability to cause chaos,
00:44to slow up and gum up your opponent's ability to create space.
00:48Absolutely. It's those saturates, those ultimates that Hyunmin was so good at on the defense, on Sunset.
00:54But now, when we go into this attack side, going up against the Fnatic's defense,
00:57they need to get in and around them.
00:59They can't just start going through the Vitor and the Killjoy utility.
01:02They need to find those gaps around the middle of the map a lot more.
01:05Mimi did a brilliant job explaining how Paper X wanted to deal with DRX and what they do in the attack.
01:11It's the same almost in every map.
01:12Fnatic did find a way around it, and they have to repeat it for this one.
01:17Again, putting a little bit of pressure, also learning to just play for the retake,
01:21understand that they're going to be extra aggressive and just playing around it.
01:23You know how to.
01:24Both teams are at an even keel here. It's now time to start Map 3.
01:28It's Haven. Let's send it back over to Brennan's Sideshow for the call.
01:32Really getting into the swing of things here.
01:34This middle ground territory and best of fives.
01:37And time to see if DRX can put their best foot forward.
01:40They're starting on their favorite side of the attack with this composition.
01:42Even making changes to it, which I'm a fan of.
01:44I don't like, or didn't like it, at least when they were playing the Neon with the Waylay.
01:47It left a flashback almost out on its own a lot.
01:50Much better when they combo off of each other and they can play that ping-pong style.
01:53So they've made the changes there.
01:54Adjustments need to be made.
01:56And then there's also the question of mental resiliency.
01:58And they bounce back after being smacked around by a fanatic squad
02:01that is used to really ascertain themselves in these high-pressure scenarios.
02:05I think it is so important, though, that they're starting on the attack side here of Haven.
02:08Because that's where they got their 10-2 lead last time around.
02:11And it's the defense where they've been struggling.
02:14It was defense Corrode that they just got bullied on.
02:16It was defense Haven where they ended up losing massively.
02:20Went down 11-1 there to lose the 10-2 lead that they gained.
02:25And I agree with you that the change onto the Yoru is a good one overall on Haven.
02:29But I think it should make their attack side slightly weaker
02:33because the neon wall and the stuns are super good on BXX.
02:37So it should make their defense side a lot better, slightly worse in this half.
02:42Ronakul is playing right onto the edge of the smoke there.
02:44A couple of shots to lay it down.
02:46So Crashy is by his side.
02:48And taking a lot of A space very early on.
02:51It was almost impossible for Fnatic to hold on against what DRX were doing.
02:56One player breaks the start. Doesn't give away the game just yet.
02:59Five players grouped up over towards A now looking to apply that pressure.
03:02Reinforcements need to arrive.
03:03And what a perfect paranoia.
03:04Just in time.
03:05Boster towards the back.
03:06And the shots don't land.
03:07The recall back.
03:08And Alba D-Rex are playing themselves in anyway.
03:10What a way to assert yourself and announce yourself to the party.
03:14I felt like that one was falling to pieces
03:16when the duelists weren't really able to get anything going.
03:18But that shows you the power of the refract in that situation too.
03:22Absolutely.
03:22Youngmin pulls all of the attention.
03:24Tripp broke on the flank.
03:26Freeing started to think about it.
03:28But Alfa would have to hit some ungodly shots to make this one a reality.
03:31He's going to have to be surgical.
03:32It goes on either side here.
03:33Kayak already taking a dink to the dome.
03:37Not much life left in him.
03:38But he can still do some damage perhaps from this angle.
03:40But time is ticking.
03:41It's getting away from him.
03:42And right from behind.
03:43That's where Bane is going to strike.
03:45I mean that's a good confident look from Bane there.
03:48Pushing all the way upstairs.
03:50Not just cowering on the site after getting brutalized on Corode.
03:53Looking to try to take the fight too, Fnatic.
03:56Youngmin.
03:57He takes a loss.
03:58But also building up one step towards his ultimate.
04:02Wasn't really about the duelists though, was it?
04:04It was about those players behind them.
04:07Bane and Mako in particular.
04:08More supportive elements.
04:09Yeah, taking all of that space together.
04:11I like what Boster's doing with the paranoia there.
04:14Because it's a really good idea of being able to push back the duelists.
04:17But there is no smoke on site for the others to play around.
04:19I look at Crashies and Chronicle in that situation.
04:21If they had an on-site smoke to also use.
04:25That would be really good to stop the others from being able to take all of that space.
04:30But Boster instead prioritizing the paranoia in that spot.
04:33Because it's really good at keeping the duelists back.
04:35Not dealt with early.
04:45Name of the game for Fnatic on their eco.
04:47Going to be trying to farm up most of these orbs.
04:50Take away some more win cons as well.
04:52Because listen, you don't want to get D-Rex going on this comp.
04:54Attack side with the ult generated.
04:56They will snowball.
04:57The game can get away from you.
04:59Yeah, we saw on Haven two extremely one-sided halves.
05:01And we've just seen a super one-sided half on Corrode as well.
05:06We've had quite a lot of these over the course of the tournament actually.
05:09Teams building up a huge amount of momentum.
05:11Snowballing off the back of ults.
05:12And then in some instances, ridiculous comebacks.
05:17Could be a map for that.
05:19But you'd expect that both teams have made adjustments to how the other was playing earlier in playoffs.
05:26This time though, Fnatic giving up the A sign.
05:29It's very, very difficult to anchor against D-Rex's composition.
05:37Looks propped up.
05:38It's a really awkward one as well.
05:39But as it goes down, that's going to be the sign to go forwards.
05:43Keeps smoke to play in as well.
05:44Makes it uncertain almost.
05:46But dominating the angle still with that Hinder dropping down.
05:49These are players that are flooding their way back in.
05:50Fnatic.
05:52Finding their footing.
05:53Aranoia sweeps.
05:54It's massive, honestly.
05:55And alongside the dart, it combines it all.
05:57The only thing missing for Fnatic is the weaponry in their hands to do the job and the damage after the fact.
06:02It's good U2 combos though.
06:03Could be signs of life for a little bit later when Fnatic are on that even ground.
06:07Yeah, all three players there inside the side game caught by the paranoia.
06:10Yeah.
06:11The recon combo.
06:12But comes down to Alfred to do something simply miraculous.
06:15And I would argue impossible with the Classic in his hand.
06:18Yeah.
06:19So cleanly done there for DRX.
06:22Shaking off the doubts from Corrode.
06:25Now we're getting into more familiar territory, remember.
06:30The first two maps we'd not seen Fnatic play all tournament.
06:33Now Haven.
06:35A map where we've seen both teams clash.
06:37Bind coming up next that both teams have played quite a lot of.
06:40And then ending, if we get there, on Ascent, which was again featured in the match that these two teams had to open playoffs.
06:52Looking towards C as part of their default for this round.
06:55Maybe just to deal with Alphieus' turret.
06:57That's way out in the open.
06:59It's broken though, so acknowledges that they are leaning over towards C early on flashback.
07:04Happy to take a few pot shots, apply to pressure evenly.
07:07Still see if you can keep a couple of players of Fnatic anchoring over to Orte.
07:11Instant replay being called.
07:12I mean Crash is already using a drone and it's forced rotation.
07:15You can see Bosa already getting a move on.
07:17Right here.
07:18Alpha should be trying to challenge this one with his rifle a little.
07:21They've got the wall to flood back in.
07:23Alpha and Chronicle are a nasty duo to hold on.
07:26But DRX can be pretty overwhelming.
07:28They take the front sight at least.
07:29Yeah, it's slow for now.
07:31Trying to save a bit, some pieces of the util to try and take it.
07:34Into the further fights.
07:35Deep smoke is going to be layered down and dropped down.
07:37Still that locks angle is going to be anticipated.
07:38Mako would have clearance.
07:39That dart not dealt with.
07:40It does light up multiple players.
07:42But they're flooding in now trying to get the fight going.
07:43But what a flash and blind.
07:46It is flashback with the immediate answer back.
07:49They've got so many tools to deal with that Viper wall.
07:52Mako was set, prepped, ready to go for a paranoia.
07:55Flashback has two flashes to work with as well.
07:58They've got so many ways of being able to put pressure on backside players.
08:01And that's why usually when we see these teams clashing in Pacific,
08:08it's the job of the killjoy to try to drag util out early on.
08:13You don't just play for the flood.
08:14You have to challenge a little bit before teams like DRX get in.
08:19Like DRX.
08:20It's one of the identifiers that Bost was talking about.
08:23He was saying, well, you've got to fight them early.
08:25You've got to force the util out of them.
08:26Well, that's the exact opposite of what they just did.
08:28Exactly, right?
08:28So, you've got to see them playing towards that a little bit more.
08:30It's tough on them up like Haven.
08:32You see pressure spread out.
08:34You never really want to be the player that's hard anchoring alone
08:37when the rest of your team isn't ready to help out.
08:39No, but I mean, at the same time, you see teams like,
08:42if you want to pick out a team that's playing a pretty similar composition,
08:45you find a team like Gen.G, for example,
08:47and Foxy9 is stood in front of default,
08:49trying to take challenges onto players running up long.
08:53You know, you sometimes need a nutcase.
08:56Don't have that confidence, and there's that play.
08:58Just missed Pryor.
08:59Beautiful flash.
09:01Great setup.
09:03Bonus conversion.
09:04That's an early timeout, isn't it?
09:05Early timeout.
09:06Super early.
09:07Makes me think it's either something to do with
09:10the calls and the mentality on the team,
09:13which would be weird,
09:14because the energy should be high.
09:16Feels like Fnatic should be in prime mental position,
09:19having just come off the back of an incredibly dominant Corode,
09:22which is their opponent's opportunity to go up 2-0.
09:27Or, alternatively,
09:29it's just Milan reminding them to play to their outs,
09:33the prep that they've had,
09:35the ante and the read that Boasters demonstrated,
09:37which is to skirmish with them a little bit,
09:39to try to avoid DRX being in a position to just exec.
09:45We didn't see it on Corode.
09:46You didn't get the chance to watch it,
09:47but this team is perfection.
09:50It feels like they have spent years in a server
09:54drilling every execute.
09:56The timing of all of the different pieces
09:58and how they ping-pong off each other
09:59is really nice.
10:01When it comes to teams running set executes,
10:05DRX second to none at this tournament.
10:08They're doing it best.
10:09But then Boasters also saying
10:10if you stop that aspect of them,
10:11they can't mid-round.
10:12So, you know,
10:13you take the good with the bad,
10:14and Fnatic have got to try to force DRX more towards the bad.
10:18Time to jump.
10:19Three Sheriffs, two rifles saved.
10:22Look towards round four.
10:24Adjustment's still going to be made immediately.
10:26Look at that, Kayak.
10:27Happy to step up again.
10:28A bit of posturing from him.
10:31One of the only players with a rifle.
10:34Instantly gets in the opening kill.
10:35Yeah, that's a gun potentially on the ground.
10:36I think they might be able to reclaim it.
10:39Activates a trip.
10:40Trip, though, not broken.
10:41Off the back of that clone.
10:44DRX going in to be here,
10:45but without the Neon Wall, remember.
10:46Yeah, it's not going to be holding back this one.
10:48Still, Fnatic are waiting in the wings.
10:50Looking for a chance to really strike where it hurts,
10:51but that plan will go down.
10:53There's no pressure.
10:54They're looking to apply pressure to these players
10:55they know are going to be falling back.
10:57So a double push out through Garage.
10:59Kayak and Alpha.
11:01Playmakers.
11:02Yeah, looking to see if they can
11:03insert themselves into the conversation.
11:06Osa as well onto the flank.
11:08Noise coming out either way with that paranoia,
11:10but it doesn't really catch on the freeing.
11:12Look at him.
11:13Flying off to the side.
11:14Takes a shot to the dome.
11:15He's coming instantly there.
11:17Answers in kind.
11:19Bigger gun for it.
11:20Yeah, I mean, you're trying to withstand that kind of stuff.
11:23It leaves it down to Chronicle and Crashies, though.
11:24It is a 2v2.
11:26Long range with the Shockies.
11:27Dart over the top,
11:28and a Hunter's Fury was earned to a prior.
11:29All that damage done.
11:30Going a bit wide on the mark,
11:32but it has bought enough time for the round win, nevertheless.
11:36Forced a Hunter's Fury out from Bane,
11:37so a silver lining and two guns still kept for Fnatic.
11:41But I think they'll have been hoping
11:42that that pressure on the B post plan
11:45would have worked a little better.
11:47Boster gets himself tucked up
11:49all the way into A lobby
11:50and throws a paranoia through.
11:51They're supposed to clear grass.
11:53They've looked at the previous game.
11:54They know where DRX like to play from,
11:56but freeing's position is so smart.
11:58It's just out of all the danger.
12:00Able to re-swing back in anti-flash.
12:03While Bane is in the other side of things.
12:06And no chance there for Boster to win that duel.
12:10Two ult orbs away from flashback,
12:12having a massive attacking ultimate.
12:15Kayak a little closer.
12:19Fnatic plays.
12:20Spread with the default.
12:21Bit of pressure again being applied.
12:23The shots fired off.
12:24Currents a bit further back from now.
12:26But Chronicle's gone down.
12:27That's just spam through the wall.
12:29That's brutal.
12:31Don't know whether they saw the traces
12:33coming through or what,
12:34but that is a massive loss.
12:36You can't reclear
12:37and flood back in on C that easily.
12:41And Garage should weaken as well.
12:44A really nice pause called
12:45in the round for Marco.
12:47Look at what it's done for Fnatic.
12:48He's been remarkably good
12:49at closing out 5v4 scenarios.
12:51Fnatic usually get the first picks.
12:53I mean, that's been something
12:54that's been working for them all tournament.
12:55Whether or not they close out 5v4
12:57is a different matter,
12:58but DRX are so drilled in these spots.
13:01Very unlikely they make mistakes.
13:04Taking apart the util.
13:06Hold being dismantled here by Alpha.
13:08Currently sitting at 0 and 4,
13:09but he's going to get his chance
13:10to shine soon enough.
13:12They are starting to go
13:13into the stacked area of the map.
13:15Recon broken,
13:16and DRX sniffing this out possibly,
13:18but don't have too much room to maneuver.
13:20You can't go anywhere here.
13:21You just got to re-hit.
13:22Comes out to this fight,
13:23taking this at off-angle, though,
13:24and this is disjointed.
13:25Freeing is not ready for the trade.
13:26Almost immediately off that back.
13:28Fnatic forwards again.
13:28Alpha wants to step up even more.
13:30Cage in your face, though,
13:31and this is damage being dished out
13:32on either side of things.
13:33Crashies!
13:34It's too instantly layered out,
13:36and Freeing takes the right time
13:37to strike.
13:38Patience played,
13:39but doesn't have control.
13:40It was a back of the sight.
13:41Boster left turning around,
13:43looking for the time
13:44to see if he can deal that death blow.
13:46Denied for now.
13:47Freeing spotted out just from that barrel,
13:48and the shots are going wide.
13:49Boster still with that control.
13:51It's going on either side!
13:52Mako, he's done it dirty with that one.
13:55IGL v IGL action,
13:57and the running and gunning
13:58is all saving them in this.
13:59Kayak in a 1v2.
14:02And no one willing to give him
14:03that sign of life,
14:04no one willing to give him that fight.
14:05Oh, Mako!
14:06It's illegal!
14:07Can't be doing it to him.
14:09That's a red card!
14:11What on earth has he just pulled out
14:13to get DRX up to 5 and 0?
14:17This is disrespectful, isn't it?
14:18It's revolting!
14:19There are a few traces there
14:21that detect Chronicle.
14:23They have over an 80% win rate
14:25when they get the first kill
14:27across this tournament, DRX.
14:28Yeah.
14:29And you see that
14:30even when things get really sticky,
14:33somehow they find
14:34the 2v2 magic they need,
14:37which in this scenario
14:38was Mako running around
14:40spraying a Vandal
14:41at close range.
14:43Around white.
14:45He's living rent-free
14:46at the back of Boster's head.
14:47There was opportunities for him.
14:49Couldn't find it.
14:50It's knocked Fnatic down
14:51to lower economy.
14:52A couple of sheriffs
14:53still have a gun or two,
14:54at least with the Guardian.
14:55But up in mid here,
14:56flashback,
14:57he might get overzealous
14:57and indeed has a head
14:58clean off.
15:00Shaved from the shoulders.
15:02Gun,
15:03not reclaimable.
15:04Take flight.
15:05It's the only silver lining
15:05for DRX currently,
15:06but you don't want to get bled out,
15:08especially when these shots
15:09are firing off.
15:09Fnatic are perfectly happy
15:11to try and take the fights
15:11towards you.
15:12Yeah, and it definitely feels like
15:13they're trying to play
15:14to that win condition
15:14we were talking about
15:15where they disrupt DRX
15:16before they get into position.
15:18Flashback going down early.
15:20Fnatic,
15:21not quite as clean
15:22at closing out 5v4s
15:23and this round,
15:24a bit unfair to hold them
15:25to the same standard
15:25because they've got
15:26three sheriffs
15:26and two Guardians.
15:28So DRX will have chances here
15:29to keep that clean sheet
15:30they're working with.
15:32Fnatic can love
15:33a Thrifty though.
15:34Kitek's contact.
15:35Boster is a paranoia
15:36in the back pocket.
15:37Repositions though.
15:38Spot is out at least now.
15:40There's about 40 seconds left.
15:41Double dash in.
15:41That's a TP alongside.
15:42It reveals the position.
15:44Kitek doesn't care.
15:45All popped off
15:45and he is safe as anything.
15:47Even the gun reclaimed
15:48in the process.
15:49He's got a rifle now
15:50and this is applying
15:50from multiple directions.
15:52Final D-Rex is caught for.
15:53It's going to be towards
15:54that A-link area
15:55but you still have to smoke
15:56to contest with.
15:57These players are going to dig deep.
15:58If they fight on the side
15:59in a position like this,
16:00Fnatic have got them surrounded.
16:03Drone doesn't get a tag on Bane.
16:04He'll have a chance.
16:05Broken.
16:06There's no fair fight.
16:07No squared up engagement.
16:09Dart reveals.
16:10Yummin spotted,
16:11noted, out
16:12and this is too much
16:13to overcome.
16:14Overwhelmed here.
16:16Call is made
16:16and there's the danger
16:18from Fnatic
16:18always lurking around
16:19every corner.
16:20You know the damage
16:20they can do,
16:21weapons or not.
16:24A big thrifty
16:25and that one showcasing
16:26I think the aggression
16:27early round really paying off.
16:30A small gap in the default
16:32for DRX.
16:32Weren't aware
16:33that Kaya could be that deep
16:34and he gets one
16:35and gets out.
16:36And from there,
16:37you don't need
16:38to continue pressuring.
16:39Fnatic can be confident
16:41in the way
16:41that they swarm
16:42around the site.
16:43But they've got to keep
16:44that same idea going.
16:45So now we just need
16:46a couple more of those.
16:47I hate that little jiggy.
16:50I don't know what he's up to out there.
16:57Listen,
16:57at least the spirits are high.
16:58Yeah.
17:00Not disheartened.
17:03Fast off the rip.
17:04Very quick.
17:06Looking to take the fight
17:06into Kayak.
17:07Two players spotted
17:08with the drone as well.
17:10Four people here.
17:11They're going to refight.
17:12Flash through this one.
17:13They've got a ton of utility
17:13to do it.
17:14It's a paranoia
17:14to lead the charge.
17:15And let me free
17:16and just worse for the way.
17:17Didn't expect that one.
17:18Mako is going to try
17:19and hold it down here.
17:20He's going to the corner.
17:21The heads are turned.
17:22What is that from Flashback?
17:23It's a TP up the gut.
17:24Straight through onto the site.
17:25But it's immediate return
17:26of that fire.
17:26Kayak is there.
17:28Lying in weight now
17:28with the Operator.
17:29Might get another chance
17:30of things as well
17:30with the contact plays.
17:31DRX.
17:32They're playing right
17:32into Kayak's wheelhouse.
17:35Banes in a 1v2.
17:36Unexpected, unanticipated.
17:38Alpha Yeah should be able
17:38to do it easy enough.
17:43Fnatic bring the fight
17:44to DRX.
17:45And in the midst
17:46of all the chaos,
17:47almost let it slip.
17:49But at the end there,
17:50it's Kayak and Alpha
17:51to secure the round.
17:54Alpha very fast
17:55on the flank.
17:56Making use of all
17:57of the info
17:57that the rest of the team
17:58has given him.
17:59There are a lot of players
18:00here that died
18:01in unexpected ways.
18:02Not anticipating
18:03where the off was going to be.
18:04Not thinking
18:05where the refight
18:05was going to happen.
18:08Crazy double dash
18:09refract as well
18:10from Hyunmin.
18:12Played Mako in
18:13and DRX almost
18:14managed to turn it.
18:15But now,
18:15tag timeout coming in
18:16from Termi
18:17and I think this is
18:17about the right time
18:18because there's been
18:19a very big shift
18:20from Fnatic.
18:21A sharp adjustment.
18:22I mean,
18:22you think about the pace
18:23the fight's being taken.
18:24Yeah.
18:24Fnatic are super eager
18:25to fight
18:26and re-clear a lot
18:27of that space.
18:27It's pretty rare
18:28for Fnatic to do
18:29a play like that.
18:29It is.
18:30Yeah,
18:31you think of that
18:31more with teams
18:32like Heretics,
18:33for example.
18:34Yeah.
18:34Or Giants even.
18:36When you're looking
18:36at the EMEA squads,
18:39Fnatic are more
18:40known for their patience.
18:41Of course,
18:41that's on the attack side,
18:43but on defense too,
18:44they do tend to
18:45hold their ground,
18:46play for retake much more.
18:47They're not running at you,
18:49but they've really noticed
18:50that you've got to play
18:51like that against DRX.
18:53Against this comp
18:53that's so overwhelming
18:54with its executes,
18:56you've got to fight them early.
18:56I don't think those
18:59are going to be working
19:00the same way you think,
19:01but nice try with it.
19:04How do they smuggle it
19:05into the arena?
19:05That's what I want to know.
19:08Double up with a baguette.
19:14Regardless,
19:15like we were saying,
19:16it's a good time
19:16for the timeout.
19:18DRX facing that pace adjustment
19:20Fnatic have pulled out.
19:21It's not their first rodeo.
19:27So now you're expecting
19:29DRX to come back in here
19:30and try to slow the pace down,
19:32bait out the fights
19:34from the defenders.
19:36See if Boaster and Milano
19:38are one step ahead,
19:40whether they can adjust
19:41their own style too.
19:44Any confirmation over here
19:45from the drone
19:46and Chronicle might think
19:46about ulting,
19:48but he's walking up.
19:48He's walking up.
19:49He's found himself
19:51for that opening fight
19:52as well,
19:52but Kayak is...
19:53And Pete responds
19:54to the opposite side
19:55of the map
19:55out towards Garage.
19:56That's the other man dropped.
19:59Hold on.
20:00Spot it out where Crashy's
20:01is a flash as well,
20:02but he's...
20:02He's saved!
20:03The reposition,
20:03this paranoia,
20:04they don't know.
20:04They don't know!
20:05It's a hard clearance
20:06and Crashy thrives
20:08underneath it.
20:09Buying enough time
20:09for the rest of his team
20:10to get in.
20:10This is an Angersmoke place
20:11and this is dangerous territory.
20:13Dangerous indeed, Bane.
20:15Rattling a couple of heads
20:16trying to knock it all together,
20:18but that is way too much
20:19to deal with Fnatic.
20:22The Timbo's trying
20:22to be turned up
20:23against them,
20:25but they are happy
20:26as anything to play
20:27up to that pace.
20:28What a wild play
20:29for Crashy's.
20:3199% of the time
20:32players are leaving
20:33the site there
20:34and instead he tucks
20:35into that deep corner
20:36and it's so unexpected
20:37DRX don't even think
20:38to clear it.
20:40It's mad,
20:42but sometimes you need
20:43to be a little bit mad
20:44in these big games.
20:45Oh, no one.
20:49DRX knocked down
20:50onto an Eco.
20:52The adjustment
20:52anticipating what
20:53Fnatic are doing
20:54but not quite
20:56well enough.
20:59Freeing has an angle
20:59over the top of this.
21:00Boast is looking
21:01to challenge from short.
21:03Backs it up
21:03as the drone clears down
21:04long and Freeing
21:05hears all of this.
21:06Here's the footsteps.
21:08Right time to strike
21:08on this one
21:09and there it is.
21:09Head clean off the shoulder.
21:10Ulting!
21:11Hunter's Geary
21:12being offloaded
21:13and attempt to answer
21:14back but that is an ult
21:15and Crashy's like
21:15wait a minute
21:16they could push me
21:16on A long
21:17I have to cancel this.
21:18That's just a straight up
21:19misclick I think.
21:20He just got panicked.
21:22And now DRX are looking
21:23to exec on B.
21:24Ring inserted himself
21:25in through short
21:26as well.
21:26He's sowing
21:27Fusion.
21:28Misinformation.
21:29Alpha.
21:29ADS'd up.
21:30Sharp.
21:31Still.
21:32Surgical with the shot.
21:34Maka with the plant.
21:34Oh.
21:38Crashies.
21:38They just missed each other
21:39in terms of that timing.
21:40Boster might go for
21:41a reclarence of his own
21:41but they do need to be
21:42wary of this one.
21:43Hoping up behind.
21:44Crashies.
21:45Patience.
21:45Played.
21:46And pays off beautifully.
21:48Nice little two-piece.
21:50And a lockdown
21:50even inserted
21:51towards the tail end.
21:52They want to seal
21:52this one up.
21:53Getting a move on.
21:54Boster knows it.
21:55He hears it.
21:55All sound cues.
21:57Falls to him.
21:59And Fanatica
21:59well back into this map.
22:01Two rounds in a row
22:03down the way
22:04that Crashies is
22:05playing his spots.
22:07Making the decisions.
22:09And he was
22:10phenomenally good
22:11on Corrode as well.
22:13You take a look at this.
22:14I mean obviously
22:15okay we don't need
22:15to show this one.
22:17That's a mistake.
22:18That's an error.
22:19But at the same time
22:20the way in which
22:21he pushes out
22:22and is able to find
22:24this backstab timing
22:24even the patience
22:25to just get closer
22:26to the corner.
22:27Yeah.
22:27So he gets an immediate
22:29swing onto the next.
22:30It's too clean.
22:32It's too clean.
22:35Four in a row now.
22:36Answering the five
22:37in a row
22:38that DRX put down
22:38early.
22:43Guns in the hands
22:44of DRX though.
22:44This is again
22:45all in over to
22:46all day.
22:48Boster hears it.
22:49Calls for reinforcement.
22:50And they're already
22:52calling for the players
22:53to move forwards
22:54and it's spamming
22:55to the corner.
22:55Mako didn't know
22:56where to stand
22:56into that one.
22:57TP as well
22:58unexpected as anything.
22:59Another fight
23:00taken towards it.
23:01This is so damn
23:02aggressive.
23:04Fnatic.
23:05They don't let them
23:06breathe, man.
23:08Not a single inch
23:09of space has given up.
23:11There needs to be
23:12a course correction
23:13for DRX.
23:15Everything they're doing.
23:16Putting their heads
23:17against a brick wall
23:18against the might
23:19of Fnatic.
23:20And they're playing
23:21like they want to get
23:21themselves into another
23:22Grand Finals
23:23but for the first time
23:24they'll be champions.
23:28This already was
23:29an adjustment though.
23:30DRX managed to tuck
23:31themselves into the other
23:32side.
23:32But they weren't
23:33they weren't
23:34anticipating that
23:35Recon Dart being there.
23:36The whole point was
23:37they get somebody deep
23:38and you actually have
23:39a crossfire
23:39you dodge the
23:40paranoia reclear.
23:42But the adjustment
23:43again coming out
23:44from Crashies
23:45is so clean.
23:48You've got to go
23:49away from him, man.
23:51He's like a blinder.
23:52He's absolutely
23:53taken over.
23:55He knows what it takes
23:56to get to a Grand
23:57Finals, especially
23:58the top tournament
24:00the best spot
24:01the biggest stage
24:02of the year.
24:03Doesn't stop.
24:05Speak around
24:05overall.
24:06But that is a tag
24:07and damage done
24:07through the wall.
24:08Alpha with him gone.
24:09A lot of the setup
24:10removed.
24:10And again,
24:11the call for the speed
24:11up.
24:12It's a double dash
24:12over to recall
24:13as well.
24:13Going to be pulling
24:13them all the way back
24:14but again.
24:14Okay, follow the tracers
24:16and you're going to be
24:16finding your marks.
24:17Damage done to all of them.
24:19Hop on top of Logs.
24:19They are not ready
24:20for this.
24:21Paper X
24:22or excuse me,
24:23DRX
24:23giving glimpses
24:25of Paper X
24:25with a way
24:26that they're bloody
24:26playing.
24:27But Crashy's
24:28still a danger player.
24:30Lays it in
24:31towards the back
24:31but he's just one man.
24:32What can he do?
24:33Lights up.
24:34Those are the two players
24:35stand.
24:35He'd be a cross.
24:36It's a crossfire set up.
24:37Flash forward
24:38and a fight taken.
24:39And there it is.
24:40Player removed.
24:42Mastercard Thrifty.
24:43I'm surprised
24:44the trx man.
24:46The pace like that
24:46has not been working
24:47out for them
24:48but they are not
24:48to be dismayed.
24:50I mean the fast pace
24:51has been working
24:52once they get to a site
24:53and I think that's
24:54the big difference,
24:55right?
24:55They increase the tempo
24:56as they hit the site
24:58and know where
24:58all of the defenders are.
25:00It's a much deeper
25:00fight that they're taking
25:01into people towards
25:02the back of sea.
25:04So funny that you
25:05called the Paper X
25:05and they really are.
25:06They are playing like that.
25:07Hide the names
25:08and yeah,
25:10if you like them.
25:10Those big fast paced
25:12exec moments
25:12really do
25:13really do
25:15show you
25:15what Pacific's up to.
25:185v5 though
25:19heading into the final round
25:21guns on either side
25:22as well.
25:23So a straight up
25:23rifle round.
25:25Kayak
25:25pretty close around here
25:27and Alpha
25:28he sees it.
25:29He's spotted that.
25:30The gate crash.
25:31Lines in your face.
25:32TP to be taken.
25:33Hinder into the back.
25:34It's a fake one.
25:35Double dash over towards him
25:37but that's a poke
25:37it's a play in.
25:38Alpha
25:39strikes where it hurts the most.
25:42You don't have your diligence
25:43if you're not clearing this one out.
25:44Young Minnis is trying to punch a hole
25:46for the defense.
25:47It's too much though.
25:47Way too much.
25:49And just like that
25:50in rapid succession
25:51it's Fnatic trying to end this one.
25:536-6.
25:55Even up the half.
25:56Blind in your face.
25:57Shots fired in the dark.
25:59But surely a matter of time
26:00and it is
26:01drawn up level.
26:03Fnatic
26:03they're the ones in control.
26:06A sick recovery
26:07in the half
26:07from Fnatic
26:08when it looks like DRX
26:09could run away with things.
26:11What a play.
26:12What a nice little pocket
26:14for Alpha
26:15to navigate around
26:16and even when
26:17Lidder by the drone
26:18manages to take down
26:19Yunmin too.
26:20Perfect adjustments
26:21from the last time
26:22they played on Haven.
26:23Fnatic learning
26:24and all the big players
26:27coming out.
26:27Kayak,
26:28Alpha
26:29and of course
26:29Crashy is keeping it up
26:30from Corrode.
26:31The tension is there.
26:32It's getting to that point
26:33in the series
26:34but for now
26:34we're going to send it down
26:35to the stage.
26:36Lewis standing by
26:36with a legend of the sport
26:38who knows what it's like
26:39to play in these very scenarios.
26:41And two legends of the game
26:58have joined
26:59two big faces
27:00of Valorant's history.
27:01Just join me
27:02Sassi and CK.
27:03First of all
27:04it's a pleasure
27:04to have you here.
27:06Hoy,
27:06ben vindo
27:07a Paris.
27:08I'm trying my best
27:09Portuguese guys.
27:10First of all
27:11Sassi,
27:12I wanted to ask you
27:12you've been
27:13on these big stages
27:14for several times
27:16in your career
27:16with Fentanyles
27:17with Zloude.
27:18So what makes
27:18the difference
27:19on those big days?
27:20Is it just
27:20shooting better
27:21or is there more
27:22to that?
27:23I mean
27:23Champions is a
27:24big difference
27:25you know
27:26like this stage
27:26the crowd
27:27especially here in France
27:28man
27:29this is so loud
27:30right now.
27:30I've never seen
27:31that before
27:31and I think
27:32this is the most
27:32beautiful stage
27:33that the champions
27:33have ever seen.
27:35And I think
27:35the crowd agrees
27:36with you
27:36on that
27:37of way
27:38effectivement
27:38what's
27:39the difference
27:39on these days
27:40is it just
27:40to be stronger?
27:41Well no.
27:41In fact
27:42you play with the public
27:43I've never seen
27:44a public like
27:44the French public
27:45so make a noise
27:46for that.
27:47Yes ladies and gentlemen
27:48please.
27:49And TCK
27:50we speak about
27:51the French community
27:52but I want to speak
27:52about the Brazilian
27:54community.
27:54You guys are so
27:55passionate about FPS
27:56always smiling
27:57always cheerful
27:59so what makes
28:00you build difference?
28:01Where does
28:01this passion come from
28:02in Brazil?
28:03I think
28:04since the old days
28:05Brazilian has always
28:06show a really good
28:07FPS gameplay
28:08so I think
28:09it's not different
28:10from Valorant
28:11Sassy is here
28:12to tell the story
28:13right?
28:14And yeah
28:14franchement
28:15merci de l'opportunité
28:16I'm very happy
28:17to be here
28:18this match
28:19it's really
28:21something crazy
28:22this match
28:23it's going to be
28:2450-50
28:25and yes
28:26all the Brazilians
28:27like the FPS
28:28and me
28:29and Sassy
28:30we're really
28:31very happy
28:32and very happy
28:33to be here
28:33so that's it.
28:34Thank you
28:35thank you
28:35what an insane French
28:37from TCK
28:38thank you for that
28:39we're so happy
28:40we're here
28:41the Brazilians
28:41we love the FPS
28:42for a long time
28:43and let's see
28:44now
28:45thank you boys
28:45and let's see
28:47now who takes
28:47the lead
28:48on map 3
28:49it's properly
28:53heating up
28:54here in your core
28:55I mean the crowd
28:55raring to go
28:56the French
28:56crowds
28:57never disappointed
28:58in esports
28:59really
28:59this is no exception
29:00fully turning out
29:01for this one
29:02but this kind of
29:03rumble
29:03and uncertainty
29:04is what we were
29:05questioning
29:05and that's going to be
29:06laying
29:06weighing on the minds
29:08of some of these
29:08rookie unknown players
29:09but for one of them
29:10really
29:11he's just been
29:12lighting them up
29:13Kayak has been
29:14unstoppable
29:15really
29:15yeah he's been
29:16playing a great game
29:17sometimes was
29:19a little out of the
29:19fights as well
29:20actually in that half
29:21just posted up
29:21with an operator
29:22on the other side
29:23of the map
29:23but still found
29:24his opportunities
29:25to get seriously
29:26involved
29:26playing the Yoru
29:27he can instantly
29:28respond to the action
29:29and playing as one
29:31of those flutters
29:32behind the rest
29:33of the anchoring
29:33fanatic squad
29:35now they came up
29:36with some great
29:37adjustments right
29:38to be able to
29:39recover that half
29:40and also
29:41to stop
29:42a similar 10-2
29:43performance for DRX's
29:44attack side
29:45now the pressure
29:46is on DRX
29:47to make similar
29:48levels of adjustment
29:49because they only
29:50won a single
29:51defense round
29:52last time these two
29:53teams played on Haven
29:54and then their defense
29:56was shocking on
29:56Corode we just watched
29:57a lot of questions
29:59asked of them
30:00whenever they have
30:01made those adjustments
30:02we will find out
30:03opening here
30:04for round 13
30:05Hyunmin's burned
30:06the refract already
30:06for a little walk down
30:07mid with Mako
30:08didn't see anything
30:09and the slower
30:10the fanatic play
30:11the more likely
30:12Hyunmin is to
30:13just waste that ability
30:14Flashback spotted
30:16forced to retreat
30:17there with a gate crash
30:17already trying to
30:18post himself back up
30:19but this is a setup here
30:20Mako holding close
30:21a shoulder might spoil
30:22the party
30:22reveal his position
30:24before he's known
30:24and he's trying to
30:25reclear off into the corner
30:26overwhelm potentially down
30:27oh my goodness
30:29coverage there
30:30from Chronicle
30:30bottom section of mid
30:31could have been
30:32even more deadly
30:33at that but Mako
30:34still delivering
30:35still raining down
30:36those blows
30:37how on earth
30:38was he able to get
30:39so much value
30:40for just going on
30:41that swing
30:41just absurdity
30:43if we wanted to see
30:45the course correction
30:46it starts here
30:46in round 13
30:47and with a pistol
30:48around under their belt
30:48DRX can be all smiles
30:50absolutely
30:51last time they lost
30:52the pistol on the
30:53defense half
30:53look at the damage
30:54he's done
30:55that's mad
30:56I mean he's doing
30:57that before the
30:58saturate even really
30:59comes through
30:59crazy stuff
31:01from Mako
31:02with a classic
31:02but yeah
31:03last time they played
31:04DRX ended up losing
31:06that defense side pistol
31:07and got bonus
31:08afterwards
31:08and it just
31:09ended up running
31:11away from them
31:12this time winning
31:13double pistol
31:14should
31:15should
31:15put them in a position
31:17a great chance
31:19to win here
31:19on Haven
31:20doing a thing
31:21turcon
31:22that's in
31:23okay
31:23large base
31:25with the presence
31:26here
31:27Fnatic
31:27are never down
31:28and out for the count
31:28even with the weaker
31:29weaponry
31:30fight taking force
31:31towards them
31:32reaction here
31:33from DRX
31:33but this is overwhelming
31:34potentially there
31:35the bodies
31:36are just toppled
31:37right flicks
31:38occurring
31:38onto the B site
31:39and all in the name
31:41of Fnatic
31:42they spill it out
31:43in the blood
31:45of their enemies
31:46what a return
31:48that feels inevitable
31:50at that
31:50Bane
31:50he didn't come into
31:51this with much
31:51weaponry whatsoever
31:52slaying at the feet
31:54of his comrades
31:55he won't be leaving
31:56with much either
31:57damage to the Kron
31:58seven bullets
32:01rapidly from behind
32:04crashes onto the flank
32:05this surely should be
32:06a done deal
32:06finished business
32:08especially with the
32:08damage done to Bane
32:09steps forward
32:10chronicle
32:11save a pair of hands
32:12for this guy
32:13that's a ridiculous
32:15thrifty round there
32:16for Fnatic
32:16the first two kills
32:18happened so fast
32:20but also
32:21am I mad
32:22was DRX trying to
32:23take that long range
32:24fight with a specter
32:25of all weapons
32:26that's a shot
32:27apparently
32:28in his hand
32:29that's a shot
32:31on the back
32:31as well
32:32adjustment
32:33to the classic
32:34from that kind of range
32:36Masterkart Drifty
32:37comes out at the
32:38perfect time
32:38to get Fnatic
32:39bro
32:40guys
32:41I'm the good bro
32:42I mean
32:44well listen
32:44yeah
32:45you're making a way
32:46and making a claim
32:46for it
32:47true words
32:47never spoken
32:48the winningest player
32:49in Valorant
32:50quote
32:50I am the goat
32:51Fnatic do win this one
32:54they will be sailing
32:54into that grand final
32:55as a chance
32:56to claim a trophy
32:57that has always eluded them
32:58it can be better
33:02to lose the pistol
33:03and win the follow-up
33:04here
33:04because you're more likely
33:06to have ults online
33:07to be able to snowball
33:07the attack side
33:08so
33:09as much as we were
33:10talking about round 13
33:12DRX avoiding disaster
33:13that had visited them
33:15previously
33:15they actually might be in
33:17just as bad of a spot
33:18looking to potentially
33:20get bonus
33:20last time they got
33:22Alpha Yer's
33:23Killjoy ult up
33:24which is a nightmare
33:25to deal with
33:26because then you have to
33:27play retake against
33:27the Viper
33:28which is horrible
33:29you never want to be
33:30doing that
33:31now though
33:32DRX are deliberately
33:33leaving A open for retake
33:34just gambling on the eco
33:36and hit a drone now
33:37break the turret
33:37signs of life
33:39over towards A
33:39you say it's a bit of a gamble
33:40push up mid
33:42back alone in this play though
33:46and there's an alarm bot
33:47yeah
33:48should be open for the taking
33:51here the A-side
33:52momentarily there
33:53smokes on smokes here
33:55pushing them back
33:55and the paranoia is the extra element
33:56just in case
33:57you can see
33:57diligence there
33:58with the anchor smoke
33:59yeah definitely
34:00looking to
34:01put down the snake bite
34:02throw down a little bit more utility
34:04and by time for the orb
34:06to come back up
34:07oh yeah
34:07double dash forwards
34:08hold on
34:08he's playing this one
34:09into the anchor smoke
34:09this is rapid by DRX
34:11kills are claimed
34:12across the board
34:13but a weaker weaponry
34:14surely they can't stay
34:15the hand of them
34:16up from the high ground
34:17Kayak's got his eye on it
34:18flash in your face
34:19and he's made it a 1v1
34:20flashback
34:21versus Kayak
34:23Yoru v Yoru
34:24and it comes down
34:25to the final margins
34:26the tiniest
34:27of details
34:28but an angle locked down
34:30by Kayak
34:30ensures that a round
34:31is theirs
34:32the outlaw
34:35doing huge work
34:36there
34:36just calming
34:37all of that instability
34:38what a shot
34:39to open
34:40from flashback
34:41these A retakes
34:43Fnatic know
34:45how DRX
34:46like to play them
34:46but
34:47the explosivity
34:48bears mentioning
34:50and that's through
34:51the viper orb
34:52where you're taking
34:54decay damage
34:54constantly
34:55double dash
34:56into the anchor smoke
34:57cooked them
34:57yeah it's a mad one
34:59time to jump
34:59but at the same time
35:01it's Fnatic
35:02who are still
35:03in a bit of control
35:04with an opportunity
35:05to go for
35:06what an adjustment
35:09I can flick to the dome
35:11flashback is gone
35:12out for the count
35:13in this round
35:13he pushed down
35:15mid
35:15that's the IGL done
35:17bleeding out now
35:18is DRX
35:19they need to find a way
35:20to stem it entirely
35:21they're taking risks
35:23they're looking to try
35:23to take the fights
35:24early on
35:24here comes freeing again
35:26one of them
35:27has got to work
35:28for DRX to have
35:29any hope
35:29freeing in fact
35:30I have the spike
35:31actually catching
35:32contact just then
35:33but he's managed
35:36to get a deep walk up
35:37and the alarm bot
35:38not here
35:38they spotted it earlier
35:39stack of bodies
35:40freeing
35:41has to be the playmaker
35:42if there's any chance
35:43for DRX in this one
35:44potentially hearing
35:45with a sound cues
35:46but guns out
35:46well trained
35:47well trained
35:48return of it
35:48trying to tip tap
35:49again
35:50good movement
35:50overall
35:51rightful aim
35:52of Alphia
35:52is intact
35:53there's a spotted
35:54though
35:54our alarm bots
35:55triggered
35:56that's going to be
35:56alerting it
35:57and calling for the
35:58speed up now
35:58Fnatic are getting
35:59a move on
35:59they don't know
36:00that there's two
36:01on the flank
36:01but Alpha puts down
36:02the turret
36:02just to make sure
36:03Fnatic
36:04fully in control
36:06the Viper
36:07not present
36:08in this post plant
36:09but the numbers
36:09are just overwhelming
36:10I mean DRX
36:11already looking to save
36:12I think
36:12yeah
36:13you have to
36:14this round was
36:15so many individual risks
36:16flashback getting
36:18himself tucked down
36:19short
36:19I quite like the idea
36:21of that
36:21I think that's the
36:22kind of thing
36:22that Yoru needs
36:23to be doing
36:23contesting the space
36:25that Chronicle wants
36:26to try to create
36:26in a short
36:28it's a trouble though
36:29but then when he goes
36:30down it just starts
36:30a cascade of other
36:31people feeling like
36:32they have to take
36:32risks too
36:33exactly
36:33stepping up to be
36:34the hero to try
36:35and salvage the round
36:36Fnatic
36:36they love it when
36:37teams play into them
36:38in that way
36:38in that fashion
36:39they've got discipline
36:40could you think of a worse
36:41team to trickle into
36:42than Fnatic
36:43when they're running
36:44a slow discipline default
36:45they're going to be
36:45holding a slow default
36:46for like a minute
36:46yeah
36:47still not up
36:50to a remarkable
36:52alt snowball
36:53here Fnatic
36:54most of the
36:55points going into
36:56Chronicle's alt
36:57which you need
36:58the site for
36:59you're looking towards
37:01people like Kayak
37:02or Alpha
37:03to really start
37:04the snowball
37:05because those alts
37:05get you
37:06get you in
37:06crack open
37:07the site
37:08so DRX still
37:10with at least
37:11one more opportunity
37:12to try to stabilise
37:15before Fnatic
37:16run away with things
37:16but
37:17it's the EMEA team
37:18who are in control
37:19right now
37:20good time for the timeout
37:23here for DRX as well
37:24because as we said
37:25I mean Fnatic are in control
37:26they've been in the driving seat
37:27past few rounds
37:28outside of round 13
37:29a blip on the radar
37:30in terms of
37:31pistol round earned up
37:32immediately answered
37:33backed by Fnatic
37:33with a thrifty win
37:34and it's just been a
37:35string of rounds
37:35I mean round 6
37:37onwards
37:37they have been dominant
37:38in control of the map
37:40and it's that middle ground territory
37:42in a marathon
37:42that is a best of 5
37:44that these are the moments
37:45where you look back at it
37:46on the other side
37:48of a series like this
37:49and you're left with regret
37:50it's important for DRX
37:52if they can
37:52to turn the tide
37:53at a fight
37:54before it gets out of hand
37:55they need to play
37:57and put everything out there
37:58I'm looking at the
37:59the way in which DRX
38:02are composing themselves
38:03holding themselves
38:03on stage
38:04every time Fnatic
38:05win a big round
38:06they're out of their seats
38:07they're jumping up
38:08Boaster fired up
38:09but Alpha as well
38:10plenty of the players
38:12stood up
38:13something that Achilleos
38:14was pointing out to me
38:15last night
38:16Mako
38:17don't think I've ever seen him
38:19jump out of his seat
38:20and pop off
38:21he's a calm guy
38:23he's a stoic giant
38:24he is
38:24he's the gentle giant
38:25of DRX
38:26been with them
38:27through thick
38:28and through thin
38:29but you never really see him
38:31rallying the team's energy
38:33up in the same way
38:34for that they tend to rely on Bane
38:36I'd like to see DRX
38:39if they are able
38:40to win a couple of rounds here
38:42trying to really focus
38:43on getting that
38:44feeling of a comeback happening
38:46potential is there
38:49it's an A lobby fight
38:49that's going to be caught
38:50for here by DRX
38:51a lot of you two
38:52are being thrown in
38:52to make sure
38:53that they can try
38:54and win this one out
38:55it's given up
38:55and conceded
38:56the space
38:56by Fnatic
38:58they're willing to absorb it
38:59look in other directions
39:00see where the cracks
39:01in the defense might lie
39:02placing Swamp Grenade
39:05Swamp Grenade out
39:06the clearance
39:07I mean Alpha's very much alone
39:08when he's taking a fight like this
39:09and he could be overwhelmed rapidly
39:11and look at that
39:12the rifle in hand
39:13it's Youngmin
39:13who will lead that charge
39:14there's only two
39:15of them in the hands of these players
39:16swapping around
39:17with a weaponry as well
39:18that Outlaw will hit the deck
39:19oh Mako's on 1hp
39:21god almighty
39:22I mean he needs to chill
39:23in that position
39:24it's a 5v4
39:24you don't need to try
39:26to double down
39:27the weaponry's not great though
39:29and that might have been
39:29why he was trying
39:31to take the incentive
39:31further and further
39:32deep drone
39:34Swamp's it out
39:35but again there's that
39:36uncertainty here for T-Rex
39:37and it's all about
39:38how they hold on to this one
39:39it's Bane and Mako though
39:40the ones without guns
39:40and they're trying to find
39:41this one Mako
39:42pull it to the back of the head
39:43no surviving that one
39:45big reveal
39:45and they are just so damn
39:46unaware
39:47Crashies
39:47looking to take over this
39:49he's a big game player
39:50and he makes big game decisions
39:51he's just contacted
39:52fully in on A
39:53welcome to my world
39:55with a pit drop down
39:56as well
39:56that surely should be it
39:57flashback attempts to be
39:58that playmaker
39:59it serves us how
40:00back in
40:01when Chronicle was occupied
40:03with the alts but
40:04to no avail
40:05Heumann and Freeing now
40:06left in at 2v3
40:07dire
40:09dire
40:09straights
40:10got to try and spot
40:12where these players could
40:13behind him
40:13but again there's so much
40:14to account for
40:15and Heumann's not even
40:16attempting this
40:17no
40:17so it was all on Freeing
40:19hitting something
40:20completely bonkers
40:22what a play
40:23what a risk to take
40:24for Crashies there
40:25to just walk in
40:27as he starts to walk up long
40:29I think he hears a piece
40:30of Recon Utility
40:31and so realises
40:32where Bane is playing from
40:33and just catches
40:34Mako completely
40:35in the back too
40:36DRX not anticipating it
40:39not thinking that Fnatic
40:41would go for something
40:42unusual off the wall
40:44like that
40:44I mean there's a major
40:45weak spot right now
40:46at DRX
40:47is that listen
40:48when their money is bad
40:49and they're working
40:50with just pistols
40:50maybe a rifle too
40:51you don't see the same
40:52level of creativity
40:53that you do from other teams
40:54they're left drifting
40:56around like this
40:57uncertain of where
40:58they should really be holding
40:59I think their early round idea
41:00was quite good
41:01I like the track play
41:02over towards B main
41:03to put pressure onto Alpha
41:04it just never went from there
41:05into anything else
41:06yeah
41:07they weren't immediately
41:08trying to be proactive
41:09and the body language
41:11is not good out there
41:12that's telling a lot
41:13isn't it
41:14that's an eco round
41:15DRX have been trying to play
41:16this one
41:16one game at a time
41:17is how they've been handling
41:18the entire tournament
41:19understanding that they are
41:20the underdogs
41:21and that's your vibes merchant
41:22by the way
41:23Bane
41:23head hanging low
41:25down with the reveal
41:30operator in the hands of Hyunmin
41:32this is a big investment
41:33it's all in
41:35round 18
41:36and we're still not up
41:37to Kayak or Alpha Year's ultimate
41:39still playing these rounds
41:41broken
41:43clone
41:44he's a bullet to the chest
41:46there Hyunmin will be
41:47forced to respect that line
41:48and everybody's scurrying
41:49away from that
41:50they see signs from the operator
41:51moving over towards C
41:52good jump spot for Ing
41:53he's going to get some information
41:54off the back of it
41:55and Alpha now
41:56he's going to have
41:56his lockdown available
41:57so you can use this one
41:59in Cubby
41:59or you could use it
42:00in post plan
42:01but I think Cubby
42:02seems like a good idea
42:03to try to take the site
42:04gatecrash
42:05it's heard and broken
42:06that's going to be
42:06looking to dismantle
42:07most of this one
42:08coming through
42:08but that is a dart
42:09not broken in time
42:10Hunter's Fury is going to
42:11be used to supplement
42:11but the way of the mark
42:13it's fanatic who don't
42:14want to play into this one
42:15and Mardash scurrying
42:16away from the action
42:17well Bane's just used
42:18his ult as well
42:19so now Alpha
42:19has a completely free one
42:21that's going to be heard
42:21but the question is
42:22where is it
42:22lying in wait
42:23heaven or hell
42:24it's a guessing game
42:24right now
42:24and Bane has to win
42:25this fight out
42:26it's a critical one
42:2730 seconds left
42:28the IGL down and out
42:30this is 27 seconds
42:31what are they cooking
42:33still lying here
42:35him to drop down
42:36on top of it
42:36the spike
42:37is laying in retreat
42:38booming and are
42:39moving around the map
42:39it's on to Alpha
42:40now to see if he can't
42:41carve out that spot
42:41but Mako
42:42is not to be removed
42:43cemented into his spot
42:44the spray now might be messy
42:45but the damage is done
42:46there's no way in hell
42:48he's reclaiming that
42:49Mako
42:50to make the play
42:51when it mattered most
42:53when time was fully
42:53against them
42:54and all you've got to do
42:55is survive
42:56DRX
42:56they stem
42:58that's bleeding
42:59get around on the board
43:02at the final hour here
43:04just to stop Fnatic
43:06getting up to 11
43:07this kill is so crucial
43:12Bane up in heaven
43:13taking down Boster
43:14he dies there
43:16it's an open path
43:17to the A-site
43:18but Boster
43:20when he died
43:20had to cause so many
43:21different pivots
43:22back and forth
43:22going into Alpha
43:23over towards Garage
43:24now they should have
43:26something a little simpler
43:27though because you've got
43:28the lockdown
43:28your opponents can't break it
43:30you should be able to set up
43:31a fairly easy
43:32like A-short ult
43:34maybe B-cubby ult
43:36and so DRX
43:38looking to fight over
43:39A-lobby
43:39expecting that to be
43:41the location
43:42the Mothrake again
43:43good shot
43:43Kajak
43:43crashing into it
43:45oh my
43:46the damage done
43:47is just overwhelming
43:48it's too much
43:49to counteract
43:50it's taking absolutely
43:53everything
43:54for DRX to remain
43:55in the game
43:56the Fnatic
43:57are so willing
43:58to just walk
43:59call over them
43:59as soon as there's
44:02a little bit
44:03of extra pressure
44:03that saturate
44:04through early
44:05everyone on Fnatic
44:06guns out
44:07watching for the squad
44:08watching for the play
44:11ready to punish
44:13at all times
44:15it's smothering
44:17out there
44:18reminiscent
44:20of what they were
44:21doing on
44:22Corrode 2
44:23DRX trying to set up
44:24for these fights
44:25just getting
44:26battered back
44:27Alpha
44:29didn't need
44:30to use the ultimate
44:30I think they were
44:31trying to make
44:31their way down short
44:32to get
44:32to get that one
44:34tucked into
44:35the little cubby
44:36take the hole
44:36of the A-site
44:37oh now they've got
44:38Kajak and Crashies
44:39to play with as well
44:40this is where it gets
44:42completely out of control
44:43for DRX
44:44they're gonna need
44:46something huge
44:48to get back
44:48in this game
44:49not even a
44:51consolation prize
44:52but weapons
44:53be carried into the next
44:54you're right Josh
44:54they need
44:55a major adjustment
44:57or a single player
45:00who just decides
45:01that they can't lose
45:04here on Hafe
45:04there's this A-lurk wall
45:05as well
45:06it's causing so many issues
45:07you see
45:07every single round
45:09so far
45:10most of the time
45:10trying to contest
45:11over towards A-short
45:11DRX are never favoured
45:13fanatic are so good
45:15at playing around
45:15they just know
45:16the angles
45:17I mean they're hitting
45:18some outrageous shots
45:20too
45:20Kajak's onto Hyunmin
45:21this is filth
45:22DRX force
45:24with Bane
45:25on a sheriff
45:26decam
45:27broken immediately
45:28like I see
45:28acknowledgement
45:29of freeing
45:29was looking for
45:30and he's gonna be
45:30feeling this now
45:31dimensional drift
45:32popped off early
45:32it's again a pace
45:34increase by fanatic
45:35looking to clear
45:36most of the way
45:36in through the cage
45:37and they spot out
45:38exactly where freeing
45:38is playing
45:39but do you wanna try
45:40and take the play
45:40here what is going on
45:41lit up freeing
45:42really be an ISO
45:43booster
45:44it's making matters
45:45and taking him
45:45into his own hands
45:46smoke blooms
45:47blossoms
45:48the recoil just saves
45:48the day
45:49damage being done
45:50though on either side
45:51dimensional drift
45:52it's the decision
45:53to be made here
45:54choosing to use it
45:55DRX ascending it
45:56flying forwards
45:56it's getting that
45:57feel spots out
45:58the two of them
45:58one is missing
46:00flash into the back
46:01oh my
46:02this is fanatic
46:03fully taking over
46:05DRX can't keep up
46:08huge mistakes
46:10at the end
46:11there for DRX
46:12toe to toe
46:13with fanatic
46:14at the final moments
46:15there
46:15and then the team
46:16flash comes through
46:17blinds up gunman
46:18nightmare scenario
46:20great entry
46:21poster playing
46:23off the back
46:23of his teammate
46:23but DRX had a chance
46:26of being able
46:26to get back in
46:27they see what's going on
46:28they're everywhere
46:29they're like ants
46:30that's the pace
46:33that DRX tried
46:34to play around
46:35but the mistakes
46:36inherent within
46:36the way that
46:37they were playing
46:37and now four rounds
46:39in a row
46:39would have to be
46:40perfection from here
46:41to drag it into
46:41OT for DRX
46:42and it's all the guns
46:43there's no chance
46:45in a position
46:45like this
46:46but with Alpha
46:46down and out
46:47well you asked
46:49for a hero
46:49flashback was that
46:50early in the tournament
46:51for DRX
46:51steps up
46:52drone spots it
46:53taking a fight
46:53taking it
46:54fight forwards
46:55not the gun
46:55for the job
46:56Guardian just can't
46:57do it
46:57it's a lot of damage
46:58done
46:58Kite barely alive
47:00but he's DRX players
47:01now making sure
47:01to seal up the gaps
47:03fanatic playing
47:04slightly faster
47:05going deeper
47:06and offering DRX
47:07early fights
47:08early engagements
47:09he's not reason
47:09to take risks still
47:10the two players up
47:12freeing is
47:12very far forwards
47:14yeah in a 5v3
47:15just drop back
47:15and play off
47:16they can't play off
47:17the trip
47:17could get caught
47:18here
47:18you can feel the nerves
47:19in this game
47:20fake clone
47:21you're not doing it
47:22to him
47:22not like this
47:22there's no way
47:23there's no way
47:24surely maintained
47:26oh
47:26I mean that spells it out
47:29the mental composure
47:31the state of affairs
47:32are fanatic themselves
47:33they're still
47:34believing like they can
47:35win at any moment
47:36Chronicle
47:37would have to do it
47:38in a 1v5
47:39and now I think DRX
47:41can breathe that sigh
47:42of relief
47:43for a moment
47:44but like we were
47:45talking about earlier
47:46it takes everything
47:48for DRX
47:48just to fend off
47:50what fanatic are doing
47:51barely keeping their
47:52heads above water
47:53and this was a bit of
47:54a sloppy round
47:54from fanatic
47:55it was one where
47:56they went forwards
47:57and started scaling
47:59within the first 20
48:00seconds
48:00pretty deep
48:01offering DRX
48:02those early fights
48:03that they want to take
48:04this one just
48:07really nice clean stuff
48:09but
48:09taking those kind of
48:10engagements
48:11deep down A long
48:11deep down A short
48:12on an earlier timing
48:14I think favours DRX
48:16can fanatic
48:24find the patience
48:25in a nervy situation
48:27for both teams
48:28to just close this out
48:29cleanly
48:29Alpha Yeran Chronicles
48:31should be a slam dunk
48:32combo
48:33the argument
48:33still there
48:34as you said
48:35the ultimate's
48:35building up
48:36paranoia trap play
48:37down short here
48:38can I make a play
48:40for it off of
48:40who's contact
48:41well there it is
48:42it's gonna take
48:42the swing
48:43it's not a favourite
48:45fight is it
48:45fanatic again
48:47they're just so happy
48:47to put the wall
48:48back up
48:48apply that pressure
48:49constantly
48:50but think about
48:50if fanatic had gone
48:51for that aggressive
48:52pace again
48:53they may well have
48:53been caught by that
48:54but this time
48:55slowing things down
48:56and baiting out
48:57the early skirmish
48:58from DRX
48:59minute 10
49:00this is both
49:00recon tools
49:01using for reclear
49:02and to no avail
49:03Bane might be
49:04baited into a false
49:05sense of security
49:06might think this is not
49:07clear at all
49:08he's taking a jiggle
49:09though
49:09still playing with that
49:10caution
49:11it's actually short
49:12that I'm more worried
49:13about as well
49:13because that's the best
49:14position for Alfie's
49:15ultimate
49:15and so they're
49:16escorting him
49:17VIP
49:18going to know
49:19fight can be taken
49:20that's an ult as well
49:21claimed out into the
49:22corner
49:22Hinder dropped down
49:23at their feet
49:23drone tags
49:25a lot of damage done
49:26Kionmin could be in
49:27a spot of bother
49:28calling for the call
49:29what a shot is that
49:30just takes a peek
49:31anyway
49:32it's a predictable play
49:33with a lockdown now
49:33it's going to clear out
49:34most of the way into
49:35the A site
49:35DRX
49:36how do they play it
49:37how do you get back in
49:38against Chronicles
49:39they're going to
49:39just pass
49:40they're going to try and
49:41fight this
49:41there's three seconds left
49:43use just to try and
49:44slow down the approach
49:45to make sure that they
49:46can't scale but that
49:47is entertainment
49:47into the back anyway
49:48we fake pressure
49:49DRX
49:50holding it down
49:52rooted to the spot
49:53unwilling to give
49:54an inch
49:55and time bled out of them
49:56there's no pivot options
49:58there's no chance for it
49:59DRX are finding ways
50:00to claw back in
50:01what a sick read
50:04from DRX there
50:05there is a tiny gap
50:07for them to be able to
50:08play
50:08in heaven and in hell
50:10and the waylay
50:11afforded them that
50:12opportunity to run
50:13backwards
50:14dodge the lockdown
50:15only one person
50:16getting detained
50:17it's the exact same
50:18lockdown that
50:19Alphier ran against
50:20them in round 15
50:21last time they played
50:22on Haven
50:22and they got
50:24bonused against it
50:24so that's going to
50:25stick in the back
50:26of your mind
50:26and going to be one
50:27of the things that
50:27you make specific
50:28counterplans to
50:29it just so happens
50:31that Hyunmin had
50:32the perfect moment
50:33though
50:34even the clone
50:35got detained
50:35yeah to pull
50:36something together
50:37on the fly
50:37smart stuff
50:40but that's only
50:42half of the
50:43necessary rounds
50:44that DRX needed
50:45to get this
50:45to overtime
50:46they had to be
50:47perfect for four
50:47in a row
50:48I think Fnatic have
50:50got a real question
50:51here though
50:52of whether or not
50:52you want to force
50:53yeah take a fight to them
50:54I think if you force
50:56by this round
50:57you're going to have
50:59a bit of dodgy
51:00weaponry for both
51:02of the rounds
51:02coming up
51:03yeah you're almost
51:03guaranteeing OT
51:04yeah it's a tough one
51:07because they can get
51:09proper weapons for
51:10everyone apart from
51:11I think a single
51:12Guardian
51:12so it's not a bad
51:13buy
51:14it's just not
51:15perfect
51:16and then your economy
51:18is going to be on the
51:18rocks
51:19for a potential round
51:2024
51:21have more chances
51:23yeah have they got
51:24something special in the
51:25bank
51:25have they got an idea
51:27that they can rely on
51:28from the coaching staff
51:29has most have got a
51:30read
51:30time I was taken
51:32for this purpose
51:33put this map to bed
51:35the lead in the series
51:37in this lower finals
51:38against the scrappy
51:40underdogs
51:40that no one expected
51:41to be here
51:42foresee the team
51:43from Pacific
51:43but they are carrying
51:44the hopes and dreams
51:46of their region alive
51:47and the same
51:47could be said for Fnatic
51:48Fnatic have decided
51:50to force Brent
51:51Guardian
51:51Bulldog
51:52coming into this round
51:52oh that's risky
51:53bit of money in the bank
51:55left trailing
51:56might not be an all-in
51:58that is
51:58fast to the Satchel
51:59Satchel
52:00and that dart
52:01broken in time
52:02Kayak's still there
52:03square up and take
52:04that fight forwards
52:05it's a drone
52:06the supplement
52:07flashback
52:08flashback already left
52:10thinking that this
52:11wasn't real pressure
52:12and now he's had to
52:13scurry back over to A
52:14we can see that
52:17the main pack of Fnatic
52:19is trying to explore
52:20towards Garage
52:21and put a lot of
52:22pressure on Free
52:22and Mako
52:24need to be perfect
52:27Bam goes either way
52:28goes both ankles
52:29Kayak
52:30feeling like he needs
52:31to take the matters
52:31into his own hands
52:32and win that fight
52:33up at his flashback
52:34does him in
52:35the adversary
52:36dismissed
52:36and now all grouping
52:38up Fnatic
52:38looking to explode on B
52:40into a B exec
52:41potentially here
52:41oh no maybe going
52:42Garage
52:43this trip has been up
52:44for basically the whole
52:45half
52:46waiting
52:46begging
52:47for Boaster
52:47to TP into it
52:49avoided for now
52:50Molly's on either side
52:52trying to see if they
52:53can carve a path
52:54in pressures here
52:56but it just feels like
52:56it's the one player
52:57to fake this being
52:58played by Fnatic
52:59they're trying to make
52:59it feel like it's just
53:00Alpha into the front
53:00of Paranoia
53:01forwards into the cage
53:03they made a match
53:04double TP up
53:05and it's at Boaster
53:06finger on the tree
53:07a little bit faster
53:07towards it
53:08but it's getting
53:09with the
53:09down into these
53:11tiny details
53:11it's going away
53:12DRX
53:13crashes an Alpha
53:14forced to retreat
53:15and seeing if they
53:16can escape the ire
53:17but it is just
53:17impossible
53:18DRX
53:19drugging it back
53:22from the very beginning
53:24of this half
53:25DRX have been so ready
53:26for that B finish
53:27again
53:29something very clear
53:31that they've noticed
53:31from the previous match
53:32the problem is
53:33that massive skirmish
53:35over towards A lobby
53:36they haven't been able
53:37to win consistently
53:37enough to force Fnatic
53:38here
53:3930 seconds left
53:40what a mad moment
53:42you've got
53:42of Boaster
53:43and Mako
53:44the two leaders
53:46the two legends
53:49just staring
53:50at each other
53:51at the top of B
53:52and this
53:53the final one
53:54that DRX need to win
53:55to drag us to overtime
53:56just to survive
53:58in the map
53:58tension is mounting
54:02you can cut it
54:02with a knife
54:03at this point
54:03Chronicles
54:06had this pit
54:07forever
54:07and he's just
54:08never been in a position
54:09to use it
54:10count on your hands
54:12the amount of times
54:13it's been able to
54:13when they've got
54:14into a successful
54:14post plant
54:15drone
54:15takes the lead
54:17clone off onto
54:17another level
54:18of this one
54:18flashback hears it
54:19as signs of life
54:20a lot of pressure
54:20and freeing needs help
54:21he needs it now
54:22bullets raining down
54:24as a paranoia
54:24forwards
54:25but they anticipated
54:26they bide their time
54:27and they temper the moment
54:27Fnatic
54:28have found that opening
54:29and it's gonna take
54:30heroics
54:30but Mako can't compete
54:32not against it
54:33Fnatic
54:34primed
54:35the pit layer down
54:36flashback finished
54:38Fnatic surely have done it
54:40all the way down to the wire
54:45it requires
54:46miracles now
54:48from Bane and Hyunmin
54:49chop shooting is a given
54:53who even stand a chance
54:55but look at the Merc
54:56look at the Gloom
54:57you have to try and get past
54:58Chronicle
54:58so keen to punish
54:59so eager for the blood
55:01and this is it
55:02Haven
55:02is Fnatic
55:0313 to 11
55:04despite the best efforts
55:06at TRX
55:07it is Fnatic
55:08now leading
55:09in this finals
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