Im going to be doing all my writeups for past matches now just to get rid of my backlog, and will provide updates with the ongoing matches at the end of the day. Sorry for the delay!
MATCH OUTCOME
Icebox LOUD 14-12 LEV
Haven LOUD 13-6 LEV
HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
-kiNgg vs aspas: kiNgg went 11-6 against aspas, despite playing viper on map 1
-less vs tacolilla: less went 10-2 against taco
-shyy vs sacy: sacy went 5-2 against shyy
THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-This is the first time Loud have won haven at an international event
-Both teams split pistols, winning 2 each
-kiNgg led the server in 2Ks with 11
-kINgg and aspas led the server in 3Ks with 3 each
-kiNgg had the only 4K
-everybody except for tacolilla played 2 different agents
ADDITIONAL STATS
-kiNgg led or tied the server in every kind of multikill
-all of loud went positive, except for saadhak who went -1
-on the attacking side of Icebox, pancadas headshot percentage was nearly half what it was on defense (28 compared to 54)
-kINgg finished the series overall +21, the highest K/D diff in the server, despite losing 2-0
-Less was uncontested on the OP, going 4-0 overall
-Less also struggled against kiNgg, going 4-13 against him
LOOKING AHEAD
-Leviatan are in the lower bracket, and are currently down a map against FPX at the time of writing. If they lose they will exit champions in 7th-8th place
-Loud will play DRX in tomorrow's upper semi-final match
groups matches: https://www.vlr.gg/137875/champions-groups-megathread
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