On a day that they could seemingly do no wrong, MIBR GC MIBR GC Game Changers Rank #4 srN Nicolas Niederauer sayuri Camila Obam Jelly Julia Iris Mel Melissa Souza jubs Juliana Oliveira bounced back and eliminated ZETA DIVISION GC ZETA DIVISION GC Japan Rank #10 suzu Suzu Sasaki SereNa Kim Sia (김시아) UR Moco Sarina Kawashima aco , giving up just three rounds across the 2-0 victory and setting history.
Thursday's two-map series was played out on Ascent and Sunset, with Ascent being ZETA's map pick and Sunset being MIBR's. MIBR dominated Ascent 13-0 and clinched Sunset 13-3.
ZETA's first full buy round appeared to be an opportunity for them to strike. Two early picks gave them the entirety of the A site with no fallen members. However, a wonderfully orchestrated retake saw MIBR win the bonus and begin to snowball.
Jelly 's 3K on MIBR's 3v5 retake was the map's HyperX Reflex Moment.MIBR could do no wrong on Ascent. All the while, it appeared as though the ZETA players couldn't find their footing. Several ZETA attack rounds seemed unlosable that they'd dropped. There were also several that saw them let the clock dwindle too low, resulting in them — on a defense-sided map — playing into the MIBR defense's hands.
sayuri 's 3K got MIBR one step closer to 13-0.The round, which was ZETA's fifth full buy round of the game, was followed by MIBR converting on the sixth, and then clinching the pistol round to open the second half and close the map. It's the first 13-0 map victory in the history of GCC.
sayuri , playing on Omen, went 14-3 on the map, while Duelist srN 's operator was online for most of the map thanks to the team's flourishing economy.
After losing their map pick in sweeping fashion, ZETA had to make up lost ground on the second map, Sunset. They'd clinch their first round of the match, but not before dropping four rounds to MIBR.
ZETA's first round of the match came in round 5 of map two.It appeared as though MIBR looked just as good — if not better — on Sunset. Duelist srN, playing on Raze, spearheaded the MIBR attack. They'd end the map with a 512 ACS, the highest in a GCC match ever.
MIBR Duelist srN could not put a foot wrong down against ZETA. Their 512 ACS on Sunset was the highest in a GCC match ever. They picked up 25 kills in just the first half of Sunset, and ended the two-map series with server-highs of 394 ACS and 43 kills.
“We have a lot of things to show,” srN said after the match. “The other matches we are going to play? Be prepared.”
Following a lower bracket run that saw them send two teams home after being sent down in the first round, ZETA Division GC is eliminated, finishing 5th-6th. The finish is the furthest that a Japanese team has made it in a GCC event.
With the win, MIBR confirms a top-four finish at this year's GCC and awaits the winner of Xipto Esports Xipto Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #2 shirazi Kelly Jaudian Alexy Alexy Francisco enerii Odella Abraham Kamiyu Camille Enriquez and KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #3 dods Caue Fernandes conir Constanza Reyes romily Romina Alvarez micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi .