GiantX stay alive with 2-0 win over ALG

GIANTX GC GIANTX GC Europe Rank #12 Smurfette Yağmur Gündüz ness Neslişah Demir Joliinaa Tina Agéli sarah Sarah Ahmed have found their first win in the lower bracket of the Game Changers Championship against Ambitious Legend Gaming GC Ambitious Legend Gaming GC China Unranked Yusin Laiyin 1hp 2-0. In their respective opening games, GiantX lost to MIBR GC MIBR GC Game Changers Rank #4 srN Nicolas Niederauer sayuri Camila Obam Jelly Julia Iris Mel Melissa Souza jubs Juliana Oliveira while ALG went down to Team Falcons Vega Team Falcons Vega MENA Rank #5 madv Modhi Alkanhal Toki Maria Perez eva Nur Çakır Sandra Sandra Sherif Mary Maryam Maher , setting up today's game. For ALG, XiMiLu was subbing in place of 1hp due to health issues. Compared to GiantX's storied experience and considerable prior LAN experience, ALG had only played three maps in the China playoffs before making it to Berlin. Ness and Smurfette in particular were happ

Haven was chosen by ALG and saw them open off with a pistol win. Once both teams got their full-buys, the map saw a consistent tug of war culminating in a 6-6 half. This trend continued in the second half with ALG taking a small lead at 10-9 but consecutive 3Ks from Miyori and ness saw GiantX gain the momentum to win the map 13-4. While only Yusin went positive on ALG's side, four of GiantX's players managed the same feat.

Map two saw GiantX opt for one of their best maps and their experience on Ascent was clear to see, with a 11-1 first half. The combined efforts of Miyori and Joliinaa saw a six round win streak, and the only round that ALG won was thanks to XiMiLu taking down Miyori in a 1v1. The decision to let GiantX start on defense on Ascent was also a key factor in the map being so dominant for the European squad. That one round was all ALG would get and a 13-1 victory for GiantX saw ALG eliminated from the event. GiantX had found ten first kills across the map, compared to the four from ALG to boot.

For GiantX, both Joliinaa and Miyori had standout performances on both maps, with the former having a +20 kill differential on the Omen. While all of GiantX went positive in terms of K/D, the opposite was true for ALG. Overall, GiantX were able to consistently funnel their opponents into fights where they had advantages, and capitalized to find a win, especially on Ascent.

GiantX will face off against KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #3 dods Caue Fernandes conir Constanza Reyes micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi next to keep their tournament hopes alive.