Leviatán end Sentinels VCT season in LCQ lower bracket

Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #3 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid season has come to a close after a loss to LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee in the lower bracket of the VCT Americas Last Chance Qualifier. Leviatán advances to face off against Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #8 Xeppaa Erick Bach Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo v1c Victor Truong moose Kaleb Jayne OXY Francis Hoang in the lower final, where the winner will move on to play KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro in the grand finals.

Leviatán had lost five straight series after the KRU loss in their matchup yesterday and seven of their last eight coming in. kiNgg talked about their struggles and how they bounced back in today's game after the match.

“It felt really good to win,” he said. “We felt kinda scared to do our stuff during the season and yesterday, but we came out today and proved who we really are today as the underdog.”

That status as an underdog only grew after Leviatán surprisingly picked Fracture as their map pick. Leviatán often bans the map, and hadn't played it since LOCK//IN when they lost 13-2 to Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #19 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky . Sentinels had just dismantled C9 13-5 on it yesterday.

An opening 6-2 lead for Sentinels made it seem like more of the same from Leviatán in their recent matches. Back-to-back clutches from Shyy in the first half kept the game close at 6-6. Ultimately, Leviatán came alive to win 11 of the next 13 rounds to take the first map 13-8. Fracture played out to be very defensive-minded, with many rounds played out very slowly. The three duelists across the lobby combined for just nine kills total when attacking.

The teams headed to Split for the second map, even with both squads dropping it in their matches yesterday. Leviatán jumped out to a quick 5-1 lead on their defense side after picking up an insane thrifty round win with .06 seconds left on the defuse.

Sentinels overall struggled with gaining easy access to bomb sites on attack, ending the half at an 8-4 deficit. After losing the pistol, the North American squad folded, falling 13-4 on their map pick. Sentinels put together just six full-buy rounds across the 17 rounds on the map.

It was a team effort from Leviatán across the board, but Mazino and kiNgg played particularly well, with a 1.41 and 1.37 rating respectively. The entire result was a massive turnaround from the past couple months of play from Leviatán. kiNgg now leads the entire LCQ in K/D at 1.52. He is also second in rating, ADR, and kills per round.

“After yesterday, we were very mature about what we wanted to say after the loss,” Shyy said. “Today, we came with the mentality to be able to come through with a win.”