this is my second time writing this because i deleted the first one by accident
MATCH OUTCOME
BInd: OPTC 13-8 DRX
Breeze: OPTC 13-4 DRX
Fracture: OPTC 8-13 DRX
Ascent: OPTC 6-13 DRX
Haven: OPTC 13-10 DRX
HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
yay vs buzz: yay was 24-14 against buzz
crashies vs stax: crashies was 14-15 against stax
marved vs mako: mako was 18-10 against marved
THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-This is the third time OpTic and DRX have met, with the former 2 encounters going the way of OpTic
-This is the first time OpTic have won Breeze at champions, in four maps played
-DRX won 6 of the 10 pistols (that felt weird to write)
-yay led the server in 2Ks with 18
-yay also led the server in 3Ks with 7
-mako led the server in 4Ks with 4
-zest and yay played 2 agents
-marved, FNS, stax, and buzz all played 3 agents
-crashies and mako both played 4 agents
-victor and rb played 5 agents
ADDITIONAL STATS
-yay had 100% KAST on defense breeze
-marved had 67% HS on attack side haven
-this was the first match where yay played an agent other than Chamber since april
-rb was 6-16 on openers
-mako played every controller
-buzz had 247 ADR on ascent
-this is the first non-grand finals match since KRU vs GMB to surpass 1 million viewers
-of yay's 91 kills, 61 were on defense, and he only went +1 on attack
-rb played every role (smokes, chamber, duelist, init, senti)
-optic are 1-3 on Ascent at champs, with their only win being against liquid
-optic won 3 ecos after pistol
-DRX and optic won almost the same amount of gun rounds. DRX, 37, optic, 36
LOOKING AHEAD
-OpTic will have their rematch against LOUD tomorrow in the Grand Finals for their chance to be the only two-time international winners
-DRX exit Champions in 3rd, their highest international placement to date
ADDITIONAL THREADS
-DRX vs FNC: https://www.vlr.gg/140504/drx-vs-fnc-postmatch-analysis
-XSET vs OPTC: https://www.vlr.gg/140102/xset-vs-optic-postmatch-analysis
-DRX vs LOUD: https://www.vlr.gg/139965/drx-vs-loud-postmatch-analysis
-TL vs FNC: https://www.vlr.gg/139630/tl-vs-fnc-postmatch-analysis
-FPX v XSET: https://www.vlr.gg/141109/fpx-vs-xset-postmatch-analysis
-LOUD v OPTIC: https://www.vlr.gg/141767/loud-vs-optc-postmatch-analysis
-DRX vs FPX: https://www.vlr.gg/142044/drx-vs-fpx-postmatch-analysis
groups: https://www.vlr.gg/137875/champions-groups-megathread
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