CS:GO - Astralis vs. FaZe [Cache] Map 1 - GRAND FINAL - IEM Sydney 2018

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] welcome to the Acer predator free show the ASA predator pre-show where we will do nothing but talk about this fantastic delectable delight of counter-strike that's right you have got two teams who have been putting hours upon hours in various team jerseys in various locations capture touring around the world trying to master their craft and they'll be doing so now down under it is gonna be phase versus trial as a grand final the culmination of what has been a week of counter-strike here in Sydney we've got the crowd all riled up and some of them covered in cream Chad Burchell is joining us here as well we do have quite the scenario Chad quite the transformation like a beautiful butterfly you've risen from the bed of cake we don't need to show everybody at home what I'm wearing ice that's fine I've got the shirt on now let me not do that do you want me to step out okay I don't think the producer cares just give a look all right yeah good yeah okay peer pressure I appreciate you so we know now we've got the green light all right so if we could just take a little step to the side we can see what he's wearing how far do you owe me a towel he wasn't expecting to get covered this is how good we are at this he actually matched his towel with my shirt all are matching even in contingencies we see that this is where this is a truly trying test because I have to be serious and do an opener and talk to you when my colleague is wearing a bath towel and a dress shirt that's just not it's not easy to do but we do have some cameras right to talk about yeah yeah we definitely do we got a big one here as you know was taking on phase you know when you think back a couple of months ago before all of was off this roster this was one that we would definitely favor phase in every day of the week coming in today I think the stark favorite is a Stratus by a mile by a large margin Yanko you've got a taste of being up on that stage now you think that's going to be giving the catalyst to at least a stronger phase line I I think they're a bit more skilled than I am playing on the stage so I don't think they're going to have much problem or trouble with it yes face has been underwhelming this tournament they have been underperforming their tee sites have been looking pretty abysmal but this is the grand final stage right this is the rivalry of phase versus Australis we've seen it time and time again we've seen it man first itself here last year in Sydney with the whole veto mind games and playing cobblestone and all that stuff so I'm sure they're going to step it up for this particular game because they do have the edge historically playing against Australis absolutely and I mean you know while we talk about Estrada's being as good as they are we have to remind everyone about how exactly everyone got here in group a we did see faze clan ID we got to see what exactly what faze clan were up to they took what has been described as perhaps not the most predictable of routes to get to this grand final yank it was a bit of a mess a bit of a trip and a bit of a stumble it was the biggest scare they've had yet probably you know losing that best of three series versus renegades right then barely scraping through versus greyhound that was a very very close series finally managing to secure their spot in the playoffs where they did dismantle of fnatic and then they had the semi-final against tyloo dropping a map to them for the first time ever since the core of this this team was formed so not an easy or a smooth way to the grand final for phase but I guess they're here so that's what matters yeah and I mean that's what kind of normally we say what did we learn from their trials and tribulations to the grand final we all I feel like people don't quite a lot and it's not all good for faze clan we want to watch them you know worked by tyloo lost a game to renegade it has been close I think stumble was a really good word to explain their situation right now but a positive note for them it has been an upward incline from the stars right Nico's being hot every single game they've played Guardians had these moments and then obviously rain as well so this is the trio if they can keep firing on all cylinders like we saw yesterday it's gonna be fantastic for them and Kerrigan exists adding in their little bits and pieces the issue is for phase that should be a bonus right Nico playing well Guardian reign era I'm performing but for them it seems like at the moment it's a necessity to get through these games and even to make it to the grand final and against such a drill than inform opponents like Australia's they're definitely going to need more than that yeah and it's terrifying and when you do can I change it over and as phase are well and truly aware they just said yeah I think I saw a tweet from Kerrigan e tweeted out saying we're coming into this as underdogs no pressure I guess that's quite a lot when you think about the names in that team and you're going into a final as underdogs it's quite a I guess quite a luxury experience yeah if we put a bit of a damn nur on the scenario but if we put in this context the fact of phase with a stand not a star player replacing Olaf it's fantastic that they've made the Grand Final now we've heard from Kerrigan before saying we're consistent team and we make the grand finals and they're happy well they're obvious not happy that they're not winning the titles but the happy that they're consistently a top two team in the world I agree it's a very weird dynamic for the moment at the moment for Phase because they miss their star player rights we talked about a time and time again all of my so you might not see it in statistics all the time but he is an incremental part of this team especially when it comes to their T side so you can say it's a successful and to make it to the grand finals but even the core of this team with Guardian equal reign right you have enough firepower to win tournament still until someone like a stylist shows up and they did let's take a quick reminder of how they got through these groups I mean we got to see Australis essentially just flex on everyone they came across we wondered whether they even broke a sweat throughout some of these games yangko yeah I mean it was insane you look at this the highlights reel against mousesports on nuke that's where device had the blinder of a first half on the CT side with the AWP and I mean they put so much fear into mouse boards they had to pick the stew in the semi-final yesterday right so they haven't missed a step especially on those CT sides really the one map they lost was two mousesports on inferno in overtime so it's going to be very difficult for phase coming into this one with their shaky t side to wrack up round versus the vault that is a strategy CT side at the moment yeah if you put that into the context in a best-of-five right Australia days covered day-in day-out we've seen how weak you know these two sides are from phase there are going to be not to the crop up where they need to have a good teacher and it's gonna be non-existent and Australis had to you know big series versus mousesports where you know they have the luxury of vetoing mirage mousesports is the best team on the world in that map against phase they might even decide to let mirage through and veto something like cash instead right I mean they basically have a seven map pool at the moment and they just adjust based off of their opponents that is something that we've always described on analyst a squad we always kind of it was always theoretical it was always something that didn't exist and couldn't be comprehended and now we actually get to take a look at roughly what that can look like with their dust - I saw your tweet Chad it was perfect what do you want to give us a little quick summary of what you were your thought process was when you watch the Stratis played us - it was just along the lines of Australia's to go to dust was what everybody else is going to have a very yeah use some more colorful dude that's okay that's the sentiment yes a good sentiment but just to build on that point this is the perfect storm right this is the fact of the matter that everybody else has just dropped off a cliff Australis are the only ones stepping out with the proper preparation mousesports kind of gave them a little something sure yesterday needed a little bit more I think to mean if they're going to be a contender but coming into this with the map change with Kabul going out and just really coming in and Kabul was they're perma ban and dust is a relatively easy map to player that everyone's been doing for years it's like this is this is fantastic it's fantastic you know Ellis is fantastic is I have the great pleasure to introduce who will be casting this game when it is announced now I know this is something that they haven't got all the opportunities in the world to do so Sidney please be my be my favorite crowd ever and give a very warm welcome your casters Lauryn pansy Scott and Jason Moe's O'Toole who'll be casting you through the finals guys grand finals best of five and face having to put up a fight yeah for me this story is that kind of can anyone overcome Astralis in this tournament I mean there they are by far in a way I think arrogance right with the underdog obviously you can't think that going into it necessarily that's kind of like to kind of help hype up and take the pressure off a little bit yeah but a Stross hasn't beaten the Mapple as the desk mention they're the best fundamentally sound team the fewest mistakes being made but the one thing that can counter all of that is the individual power of this phase roster well any of those stars show up today that's what we're waiting to find out you know Nikko on a grand final stage is this is time to really just push that further forward there's so many opportunities for these guys to really tear them apart and again I feel things do change slightly when you do get to those grand finals things always look a little bit different map balls get a bit skewed and just the the way you see the games play out does get a little bit tougher it's usually a phase that kind of crumbles under that kind of pressure those changes yeah really is they've got a big test here every day they have to stop getting second place in these finals getting second place is not good enough for this roster they're gonna try and take the trophy here in Sydney I think that's the gauntlet set isn't it pretty much it could be the springboard for the new era of Australis mattress comes in it all starts going right they could do that perfect run and it literally is just another one waiting to happen so again this is a perfect example for what we could be seeing going forward yeah absolutely I'm excited for this one I just can't imagine anything better I think we're gonna set it back to Alex they're gonna say good from here so thanks boys and we'll see you soon thank you so much that's Lauren Jason they'll be casting that one in yes indeed you could be winning a record for casting the quickest grand final we have ever seen in the best-of-five environment we don't know what phase is going to show up that's the big conversation and one of the linchpins to the success of Australis who throughout health issues and travel and it whatever it is device is still hitting hard and that's terrifying definitely especially considering this matchup right what goes best against the loose playstyle and people trying to pick fights it's a good up on the city side and device I've been repeating myself a lot but I just love how he moves around on that city side with Europe very difficult to predict where he's going to be we were talking about that mousesports game on you he dismantled their defaults towards that yard area so it's going to be very very difficult even for someone like Guardian to match up against him yeah on the other side of things chance yeah Guardian this tournament you know he's the guy who's been bailing them out when phase have needed someone to step up and I think we all looked at a guardian and the guy who reapeaks time and time again with that aw here we go what is he doing but he makes it work you know he makes that bloodlust work and it's amazing to watch it is amazing to watch and actually we are going to watch something right now regarding Guardian regard Ian there we go thank you let's go ahead and take a closer look at Guardians he talks about the AWP role it in depth those 20 seconds ago on FaceTime I'm always looking at the economy of the opponent team I'm looking at if they have a sniper rifle no I'm looking at our economy if I can offer to do something and I look at a lot of stuff it takes a lot of factors during those 20 seconds to to decide if I can go for it or not so for your own City you know we have not very good situation with the money then I take those shots and Peaks but if we have a very good situation and we have a lot of money in the operand is not in the best shape then I'm not doing anything I'm just playing my default so I take sort of decisions to make during those 20 seconds and I don't really care what cyber is playing against me because I I understand sniping role and open you're all different today probably as they do I'm looking for easy facts op is much more much much more stronger against try further than snipers so what I'm going for is killing of obviously drivers and getting the easy frag to make the end when you show my team and then we can regroup and play the fiv for much much more comfortable than being on the in disadvantage so there's different snipers and some of these timers are better in something than I am but I would say I'm more consistent as the others even if I'm on 0:15 I know I'm on the other half I can come back very strong so I believe in myself until the last round and I think the other snipers don't have that kind of mentality I think that's the difference between me and the other snipers so one thing I've learned from that is also that Guardian honestly he is winning this staring contest I can't he just doesn't blink it's insane but also learning from that is that he seems to have put a lot of thought into the mastering his craft Yenko I guess that for me especially if it was quite enlightening just because I didn't realize just how much of a thought process is going into every single round I love the beginning of that interview I take into account the money situation how well the opponents are playing is there an offer and then when you watch him go it seems like no matter what the situation is he just goes for it time and time again it always feels like Guardian is one of those guys who is aggressive no matter what and you know sometimes as chad pointed out it is frustrating to watch right when there's 583 and he keeps repeating and gives away an advantage but that's just Guardian you know that's what you get sometimes he can win you the round by himself with those moves sometimes he's going to make it a bit more difficult and I don't think he's a guy where you want him to change that because then you lose his unique power so to speak I think the fact of the matter is if it works it works and that's the thing and we do see it work more often than not it's always he goes to that second kill and you get you go you should have been punished dude like there's no way to get away with that but he's so skilled he can make a happen time and time again so actually what the picture you're painting here is quite a fun one you you're painting Guardian has an open that does the the basic side of things differently and it looks wrong and like you shouldn't get away with it and then a device you say watch his demos do exactly what he's doing when you've got the two different sides of the coin devices systematic right in his approach the fact that the team actually builds around him to get kicks and that's something which is I guess unique with the offers nowadays it seems like a them have just been left to their own devices where is all met here he gets the he gets built up into positions where he can go for the pigs he is set up on the CT side to get molotoved in position position and that's what you want I think it's also a matter of you know device just has so much trust in his teammates and in the system that they run and in the calls write him he knows that if he misses his shot or if he doesn't go for a massive play and falls back to a different position that his teammates will be there to pick up the pieces right he doesn't feel pressured to go for those aggressive reapeaks time and time again like that he has the weight of the team on his shoulders which is great that's why he is you know for an opera he is leading in Lee's Despero alongside zip X up there and that's something you don't see very often no I can't wait to see these two Duke it out even though Guardian just say it's much more much easier to kill a writer than another opposite perhaps you won't see that head-to-head in the server all too often in this best-of-five someone we will be seeing throughout this best-of-five there is stunner and he is bravely waded out into the kudos Bank Arena let's see why he's what's he's up to I'm still tasting the chocolate I just want to just throw that out there it tastes great in case anybody was curious it does taste great but I'm down here in the VIP zone it's really comfy over here we got these nice couches and I've actually secured some time here with the family this come all the way from a city known as Melbourne that'll get it right Melbourne okay how about that I'm here with Chandan and Alex these guys have come all the way here for the Intel Extreme Masters talk to me about bringing your son out man well he has been a great csgo fan for a very long time like when he was nine years old he wanted to play this game and it was too much blood and we were scared about it but finally we realize it's actually a really good game so I let him play it and he's really into it so this is a good experience for him to have so we wanted to bring in the air well he's getting the Showtime excuse me the show of a lifetime here what are your thoughts on the the whole event so far the atmosphere it's amazing the crowd here is just so wonderful you can't get this experience if you stay at home and look at this from the TV so this is just amazing amazing it is now I've talked to Alex he doesn't really want to talk to you guys but I'm thinking we make a little bit of noise for him and this grand final coming up we're gonna be going into phase and this it's game day baby [Applause] [Music] Vodafone presents the pre-match it's time to break things down it's gonna be time to see what phase can do versus the Great Danes and indeed they are strong in stature just like the very animal and now we question what on earth they can do versus the phase boys they have do look like they've just got a system every one slots into it it's very rinse and repeat it's very rare you can easy to replicate and it does feel like what they're doing right now I what we've seen two maps losses one map loss what I am Sydney that was against mousesports that's it yeah they were there on a fourteen map win streak after that and the other loss came in Marseille that was in a series to liquid where they lost the first map 1614 Mirage and they won over past in cash sixteen three sixteen three so for a swallows you know a lot of these games haven't even really been close in their wins and surprisingly so it's been they're very very strong city sides right even the oldest flawless when they were dominating it was more of a case from very good strategies on the T side right very good cause good adjustments everyone doing their job but here it's been impressive all around and that's the kind of what is so scary for every team you know you speak to these players around yeah and you you do just hear admiration for what Radisson everyone had the vibe right going into Marseille that they were the team to beat and then they went improved I think the thing is we haven't seen the peak of Australis yet because they haven't had to get tested if you don't get tested and you can just do the basics you know you don't you just do your prep on the other team you just do your default strategies maybe run your game plan you don't need to go into those pocket strats that you're saving so here your face I actually can attest them they're gonna push them to the limit I think we got to see even more strat to come out of the back pocket I hadn't even thought about that yeah you think that they've kind of still got a couple of pages we haven't seen from the strap book well I don't think they've been saving anything but when you look at their CT sides been so dominant they didn't have to play that many rounds on the T side right a lot of times Australis team and that was their weakness they were losing a lot of pistols now they're even winning pistols gaining momentum right so they don't have to play 15 rounds on T side they play maybe two or three gun rounds and they close it out at the very start so it's very scary for teams in that sense if there's not a whole lot to research but I think for phase it's a matter of you know they're comfortable in this matchup even though this is not a fair face anywhere close their peak they still can come into this game and show us something that we haven't seen yet from them in this tournament and speaking of something we haven't seen I think something to note is just the adjustments as they're made on certain strategies we actually have compared the old B execute they didn't overpass and the small adjustment that they made on the new one okay there's almost exactly the same but this year kind of revolutionized the way the teams were taking B it's the flight path year with those molotovs in this one smoke the glaive throws in but I really want to focus on you're gonna get an overview look here in a second and you see this is when Kirby was in the team gob and glaive would peel left and they would attack the players in water and pit and try and frag out there and wrap onto the bomb site now this is the old version there's a smoke heaven there's two molotovs graffiti and CT and they just have a couple of simple flash and Sidney coming through ponts with entering through monster now you're gonna see the new version in the second you know you're Chad what's different here but it's the way that they attacked the bomb site Glaven is actually peeling out to the brightness it's the new one this is this should be the new version the smoke is actually a little bit deeper and they actually peel out to the right-hand side as opposed to the left-hand side I think it should get to it eventually here we go oh this is the old version stone okay so they say this is where they peel left and they wrap around the bomb site in that direction you're going to see on the new version they're going to peel around to the right booth the sentiment here is it's just small adjustments to struts that they have the teams don't really know how to deal with it and that's very good because this is like a set this is what we call a set piece and that's when someone is studying you and they look and they say okay so when this smoke and these models fall they're gonna peel laughs they're gonna try and interest in water and then you just make an adjustment you throw the same thing they think it's the same execute and they try to counter you and in fact you're one step ahead and already vision eighty-five people all facing the same direction all with Nate in their hands one good flashbang and imagine everything is just disastrous well the hero of this strategy actually the zip nicks Molotov sandbags round him drowned out right that sets the pace that means they can take water and once he sets that tone teams you know they're gonna stay away and close out here they are see they peel out to the right hand side they take the jewel against the monster players instead of taking the jewel against the pit players this year like I said small adjustment you know just a tiny adjustment day because if those monsters say that players stayed there they wrapped around Pitt the jewel is actually better for them cuz they have that they're gonna take them coming up the high ground they see the top of their head they have a more advantageous to all the cities in that environment yeah and so overpass was where that gorgeous execute we do know some real crazy stuff that Australis have guard speaking to rain just last night and he was saying there hey cheese man there hate cheese are ridiculous if rain is getting annoyed by a cheese heat I mean I haven't seen that man smiled all orc angry at any point in his life so he's just neutral and he was you really have struggling with yeah especially someone like Crane who we regarded as one of the best players in the world on the city side of overpass right human fur being aggressive a long long time ago now we have phase between the overpass we have SK not even seeing them in the playoffs but now yeah I think unfortunately for Alice that's going to be the veto yet again for phase when it cut when we come into it but still you have examples like this on almost every map for as far as they're just such a good team with preparation with changing things up every time from tournament to tournament that make it so so difficult for teams to study them and prepare for them just talking vetoes get a little devalue now at the best-of-five just be little we just have to start talking about the order but just to rehash the bans for me well I think it's still going to be overpass for a base and that might be interesting what it is going to be for us Rallis we've seen them veto mirage for the majority of the tournament but that's because they were facing mousesports do they want to me to cash because face always picks it we've seen their strong cash as well beating mousesports dominantly beating fnatic dominantly so I don't know if that's them feeling our cash is me might might be might be better than we thought or let's not give it to faze they're most comfortable in that time I think Wallace trolleys have the luxury to veto whatever they want phase actually could throw in a curveball right because they'd have been really good at overpass historically it's just not something it's clicking for them now sure if they want to leave that in instead of something else that Australis look more prepared on because I say right now phases map full in terms of the best-of-five is very very targeted strength perhaps in Sedalia one of the more interesting speak swing maps in this final might be train we've seen a swallow speed to it time and time again I think also again playing against mousesports they're pretty good on them that map so you don't want to play them necessarily on train and we'll see how they feel versus face here and who picks it or is maybe just left to be the fifth map that's somebody will look then let's take a look at this veto process let's see if I can summon it with my magical veto hands there it is so by buying things you said it that gone off script right and nuke is one that even takes more I guess teamwork and strategy than that of overpass right at least over passive Nico has a blinder of a game if guardians hitting everything with the or they can contest nuke they actually need opening moves just to get ground to find trades and forces to rotate and stylus will take out move rock yeah that's an interesting wonderful phase guess I don't want to think that they looked at that mousesports game and that scared them off because you know that was just a very dominant performance on the city side you don't really think that that can be repeated as easily but maybe as Chad said they did they just don't have the confidence in their own you so let's just reveal them all now we can kind of take a look at your drinks what about it yet exactly takes stock so as we take a walk through it Faye's got the first pick so they'll be choosing which battleground we venture into first we have cash overpass Australis pick that I cannot wait for that overpass we get we guaranteed to see it as well trained as Yanko was talking about and then oh my god that's a spicy ending if we ever get there Inferno and dust2 I think the interesting thing here is train being the third map in the scenario means that we probably will or could see a fourth because I can't see the phase guys being flat on all of these ones now the first two case should be a broad that's where we're gonna get a really good indication on if phaser here to play on that's where they need to step up individually and show us that maybe they've done a little bit of research maybe they've gone on 102 pocket strategies and they've got things because that is their home map at this point in the tournament the overpass one should be a punish they should get absolutely manhandle based on everything we've seen and then train if cache is a close game I'm expecting potential you know could be an upset er so Yankee you were talking about train and it is gonna be there potentially the last map if as chad is suggesting cache could be closed overpass a stomp train just kind of rehash exactly what you were saying there you're suggesting that we didn't get to see Australis looking yeah I mean the morning they just didn't play it right they have other maps that they pick and we came to a third map it was a strong man for their opponents so they just we to it in the second phase but you look at their team they have all the ingredients for the map right have a good be player in zip X they have a great operating device we can move around a lot even a secondary opera now and Dupree some of the iconic Estrada's games that did come on there t sides and their wins came on t sides late in the game so we know they have a good handle of that too I think for face here what you want to see coming straight off of cash right because they start on the T side that game versus fnatic when they where they want convincingly I think that was a bit deceptive they want pistol 3-0 up next to gun rounds you have no idea what they wanted to do it looked like us playing the show match like let's just stand around and let's just go away at some point and hope for the best right not tear use of utility yes you want to go for fights but at least give your players favorable joules right give them favorable fight so what you want to see which would be a good sign for this Finals for it to be competitive as see phase with a clear plan coming into those early gun rounds on T side and we are going to be getting closer and closer to this grand final kicking off I think our boys stana has gone and climbed the longest ladder in the cutest Bank Arena and it's hanging out at the view yes the Vodafone view is exactly where I find myself Alex machine Richardson I'm here with tweed a we're gonna try to make some sense of this grand final phase and stralla s-- just you know where do we even start with this which we do it's gonna be a tough one to the side but astrologist looked so dominant yesterday for all throughout the series a little bit shake you an inferno but you know it's just one well older machine what can you do right well let's kind of break it down even further we've got two players that we've identified we've got two players identified as heavy hitters we can kind of look at them now Dupree and Guardian now if we look at the numbers Guardian is reigning in high here with the multi frags but 26 to be exact I mean this hasn't been the best showing from faze thus far however they are now on the grand finals so I mean overall Dupree talk to me about the brief the praise the crucial plant of a straw Liz as well as how of a sit and expect it's just you know one guy steps down the other guy steps up again that mean he does have all the necessary parts in terms of teammates they they are set up for success if they they really well-oiled machine we've seen them run through teams here at this event seemingly could be the case today if faze can't get a cohesion and get a good mesh together but I'm gonna have to say Guardian is out for blood he's in good spirits we just high-fived backstage he's really feeling himself right now what do you think man Guardian has to play the crucial father as I said yesterday phase is looking shaky you know face is looking a little shaky and you are looking little shaky too if you're not using hashtag play faster on your favorite social media we did take a look at a poll or excuse me rather asked you about a poll and perhaps we can we could just see where this one lands up a pretty sure it's gonna be really heavy in the way of a straw lessly it should be because during yesterday's performance of a straw lace and not that lopsided 51% in the favor of the astrology am but either way I'm gonna have to side here I gotta go with the boys and face I think they can put in a guy I'm gonna take the other side of Solace well you said it they go with the device though kudos Bank Arena it is almost time to kick this bad boy off we're going to a grand final a best-of-five one not to forget we're gonna enjoy the view here from the vodafone view [Music] when Australia's won a lot people want to adapt to their style the way to play very tactical CS and have a game plan from one to ten rounds so people were adapting to how they're playing and then we came along with everyday unique style of playing very explosive CS very individual skill and you can also see tendencies that artists are building that players have freedom to take remote tools so I think people look at each other when you look at a competition how are they improving and holiday the best team in the world and can you cover some of it or can you not at all think what makes it a really good matchup is that they have this explosive play style that we had a rough time playing against it seems like we have figured it more out how to play against it be more aggressive ourselves not just stay back and wait for them but sometimes also get into their heads I think it works really well for us we saw that the last event and that we might not say what we want quite comfortably I would say but this is something really different because now it's a grand final it's so funny when you walk in that tunnel you are laughing having to make jokes to each other I understand know what they're saying anyway and then when you get on the stage there's nothing called friendship anymore it's just about being the best you can they're probably gonna say some bad words about me while playing and I'm gonna say the same while we're playing against them condoms and he got pinched on the team and he then joined up face and they did really good so they have some kind of revelry I just like to play against him because they're a great team exist he has surprised me a lot there's been yes played really good so that's gonna be nice to see if we can bring that to the grand finals well I hope he won't but you will see we have adapted and improved since groupsets we we new estimates at the beginning and we have worked those out it's always a grudge match no matter when we play as well as if we are subsets in the world that's a - in the world so no matter what there's always gonna be grudge and it's always gonna be a bittersweet feeling if one of the guys [Applause] [Applause] [Music] it was amazing some around the world I think we put about to talk there's so much energy everyone was just you know your best mate I walked in this and I was like wow this is like literally insane it was crazy just watching some of the best CS on you know hunter so 20 looks like this time coming a witness like how big this thing is eSports is wild it's definitely something you don't want to miss there was so much noise so much excitement so much pride you could just feel it when you sitting there it's just so it made you so excited to be it was just an absolute no-brainer to make sure that such a successful event continued to build a legacy here in Australia now we're returning with three days of live action just a massive tournament so we're talking 250 gaming pcs or 500 DS comment and 12 players clean managers there's a lot of planning and preparation that needs to go into not only the event that the audience sees but also making sure that back in the play is having a good experience and they enjoy straily and we want them to have fun as well [Music] few stuffs in the whole surgery that are special for different people Sydney for me is one of them I think that's what kind of separates us from the rest of the world but I think we're here cheer for great counter-strike it makes you proud to be an Australian that we can put on a show in our own you know just like I'm on home turf when you guys are shouting so much in the crowd and I just want to say I appreciate all of you guys even if you against us or with us you are so amazing Australia Australia this is your attempt this is the intellect school mascot [Applause] question actually crumbles DivX [Music] he was given with a nickname zipping could get a bowl Bobbie could do something magic crucifix he's gonna get the plan he waits the Molly burns me now [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] she's just got absolutely real here and a packed out kudos Bank Arena we all ready for a grand final best of five the winner taking home this trophy let it bring in your teeth versus trollop [Music] and taking on Australis is phase one of the most talented rosters who ever seen even though it has been reject and this is a matchup that never gets old there's personal rivalries this rivalries between the orcs as well and this is going to be a great best of five of my roster all as a team you could quite probably call not just the best at this tournament for the best in the world at the moment and you could say they're going to take the Intel Grand Slam over the next few tournaments let's find out what you Sydnee think about who is going to win you think he's going to be phase do you think it's going to be Australis one more time phase Australis let's get a grand final underway Sydney one more time as a best-of-five are you ready are you ready [Applause] [Music] for those of you in the arena and for those of you at home I hope you've got yourself your snacks you've got your beverages you've told your mum your girlfriend either come and watch or afk for five hours because you're just gonna be sitting down and watching this delightful best-of-five between some of the very best Kerrigan he doesn't need a flag to get the crowd rowdy he ain't got no pandering here just good old-fashioned hype you know always the show man Kerrigan isn't he but he's gonna need to put on something special today if they won't have a chance against Australis here they have a tall task and it is a hard thing to say faze being an underdog in a grand final I think the last time we would have said that was in who then sir for the pro league finals it's a good show yeah absolutely that time versus sk-gaming another opponent against which they struggled and maybe one of the silver linings for phase the two maps that they did lose to Australia in Marseille are the two Vito's nuke and Mirage we won't be seeing those two maps so maybe they fair up better on some of the other maps we have in the pool at the moment but the story of this grand final is definitely going to be phase need to step up their game if they play up to the level we've seen at any point in this tournament or even in France this is going to be as fun for as father so they absolutely need to play the best series we'd exist ever since we joined I think something we need to note here so people at home can really get the context of this the phase guys are going to come out here and just have fun taking away a loose brand of counter-strike right these guys are individually insane they're some of the best players we have in the world this trio right here you could argue is the best trio on any team we have at the moment sure they're not all showing up at the same time when they need to but when you just let these guys loose when you allow them to be free that's when you actually get the best out of them now sure they do need a little bit of structure that do need those opening strategies if Niko runs out and kills three people what are you going to do about that right the answer on the other side of the server merge exploit device and Dupree one two three the top grader players right now in the whole tournament so they need to step up they need to continue what they're doing and they're the stars for it stars first row it is going to be so beautiful to see such different styles clashing in the server you are gonna have a loose faze clan they haven't got their full roster of course of the absence of Wolof they brought in exists as the stand-in and they are coming in as underdogs where they will just be putting that aim to good use they're gonna be having some fun there's gonna be giggles it's gonna be Kerrigan trying to keep things light hide because the best-of-five is a marathon and phase they are gonna struggle to even get off the style of defin at the end listen phase has had their fair share of best of fives you know over the last six months or a year or so so they definitely know how do them the momentum can swing in a final they know that it's a marathon not a sprint right so hopefully they will also know that if they get off to a bad start even though it's their own pick they need to consolidate themselves they need to keep grinding keep trying because Australis is not going to let up Australis have been ridden endless chant and I want to understand exactly your expectations you know the maps now you've all made it clear Australis should be winning this and less phase do something different but I just want to understand how much resistance you think it's gonna go down now you know the order of those men you really just have to take in present form right I can sit here and I can say that these guys are amazing players and you know he calls mother's comment but the thing is the current form and what we've seen throughout the tournament phase it looks sloppy they haven't looked a better version of themselves Australis on the other hand ever since dreamhack masters marseille they've looked absolutely phenomenal I'm expecting them to take this and show phase right now that this is their era this is their chance to take the Intel Grand Slam it's gonna be a 3-0 stomping Alex oh my goodness yes phase me stepping up to that plate yanker you're your final thoughts is it similar to that of chance that we do have the impending Australis er upon us and winning this would be step in that direction unfortunately it is Alex I I wanted for the crowd I wanted for everyone watching really for phase to step up and for us to have a competitive and final here I'm going to be a bit more optimistic than Chad I'm going to give phase one map I think they're going to click on one map potentially even the first one but I think as Frost is just too good at the moment three one for them it's gonna be such a tall task to overcome and don't forget I am history for Phase has been rather spotted always the bridesmaid never the bride potentially turns now Alex you know they lost two grand finals that they were supposed to win everything was for them and they lost maybe now I love it that's perfect yank Oh wedeck indeed phase when they're supposed to win they couldn't let's see what happens when it's on its head of course here it down under a Charlotte's face land map one or the other Fazio goj [ __ ] are you ready departmental Extreme Masters champion London to piss around mr. Ollis on the defensive phase taking up the offense the rains gonna be boosted up taking control of the middle attempting to with that p250 taking some shots keeping them honest and it's very very patient for phase it certainly is and leave the last one with utility but Magister first of all the blow has been given it's rain towards magic and rain looking dominant towards middle being assertive with presents building up here and believe on the other side gonna be caught off guard quite possibly he's checking for middle but rain a little closer than expected but while this begins you see in that a hill to the side but rains of one-man-army the smokes gone up and he's keeping him real busy they make that rotation very tricky zip mix do what he can to keep him away for now boom going down phase flooded and this is a very quiet take of the a bomb so there is no real defense mounted normal you get some shots off and now they have to rotate over and we see these vintage retakes all the time but rain with his P 252 players are being dedicated to hunt him down it's gotta come quick rain can buy a lot of time here and he's surviving not taking enough and they have to go aggressive they have to hunt him down Kerrigan was one kill towards the a ball play the Rangers at all a double kill and that should seal the pistol for phase rain so stoic in approaching of calm cool and collected throughout all of that and he completely dismembered Australis from start to finish when they tried to get back towards it when that bomb was planted he was in their way and maybe this is a good beginning for phase maybe this is the style they want to bring that ferocity they keep you guessing look at this that's so beautifully and this is what the desk was talked about they they need rain right had some quiet games yesterday everyone remembers cheering for his first kill about 10 11 rounds into the game he can't get on he can't get to that slow of a start has to speed things up and that opening kick did everything for a phazon cash it's Astralis now on the backfoot device has the scowl the Eagles are always saw magistead some beautiful shots of this yesterday and there is another one to follow up he continues his tear device up top tags good rain knocked back now face I have an easy time of this strikes gonna make him work for their meal before v5 plenty of options available still have that utility to hand but strongly says said looking this one down readjusting across the map as well rain is so battered it's gonna be tough for them now they have utility they can actually close the gap if needed Dupree is actually pushed out of the b-bomb side now he's gonna be start getting bold he's gonna start pushing at any moment especially as pressure is felt but the vents are open this is readable as well if you're Carrigan you kind of know what these guys like to do so smoke towards middle it's gonna be pressure cos device Glade they restart to play away from this the glaive to find exists in middle that's gonna make it trickier Nikko rain and Carrigan this time vying for options but it looks like a lean towards a is it st. Nick's to the chest of rain he's gonna be wind it after that it's Nico and Kerrigan gonna try and pull this one back together but they've only got 20 seconds they put the rifles have no utility their options unlimited here Jason devices eyes are trained on this this is the phase disaster that's a good shot from Kerrigan oh but look at civics he's biding his time he's waiting a flashbang gonna come in there's only eight seconds all he need to do is kill one even enter the site zip Nick's needs to land that shot as soon as he hears this and the deagle it can be a cruel mistress but it gets the job done and a straw honey on a dime we're back all even at 1-1 the guns recovered to Australia stirring what's required and keeping phase humble no build no instant way back into this a springboard effect or run this is what phases gonna have to manage this is why we think their tea sites have look the DES talked about how it looks so wreak at times throughout this tournament that's very unconvincing everyone spread out across the map nothing convincing it seemed like there wasn't one set plan it was kind of players being spread out and eventually just traded off by astrology I get that opening pick they can start sacrificing one for one and still come out on top and it's done perfectly especially with the clock winding down phase has to avoid that in the future it needs to be one voice dictating where they go and that's got to be Kerrigan is the one to be getting the torrent but he's not sticking around too close you have to respect those deagles you have to respect what phase can do and the smoke goes up it does have an angle that's one ball top I think he still has a flash to hand so in case they were trying to split it but noise on this way but Kara can see Zed is not bad at all that's a pole have you done that one would you before unlikely the seams of a nice bit of a way to play for Kerrigan they're somehow getting the bomb down but more importantly zip Nick's getting all of the opponents down yeah all five kills at Ace and just the third round of this grand finals that's a good start for zip nicks and he's not someone that you want to start feeling confident incredible individually incredible mind games being played he one of the smartest players that we have this is beautiful obviously the benefit a little bit of luck as he gets that second one through the body of Nico but the plant is is gonna be quite nice for Phase even though they don't get a whole lot of production on that kind of a buy the plant is going to help them recuperate some of those losses moving forward great epistles again for the T side but nothing too much quite reserved that's about ulong but australia make too many mistakes on these rounds we've seen them being very very reserved in nature very smart in approach and the staff towards middle oh that's a headache the next day right there so replant chunk down device trying to capitalize on that but it's gonna be 40 majus to handle it spots them down by the drop rush comes in allows them a second or two it or just not just this time with four individually very very beneficial rounds for Australia see you got players now feeling good about this here we go this is where you got to see what the game plan that phase is gonna bring out this is the round they've talked about and Kerrigan has thought about overnight that very first gun round when you're challenging had to head it Guardians gonna have that AWP for ak-47s on the rest of the players actually a straw list with a good amount of a case yeah that's a nice sequence for matches he was great yesterday and if he continues that's a player who spent a lot of time really struggling to find impact in the pro scene on his former teams and now he's got to be loving it the tallest poised and they want to get aggressive the defense gets the opening pick and Guardian is shut down early what a hefty blow to be given as well losing how Ansan who could be so instrumental Guardian so capable of creating space for your team in opportune moments to strike but that's been ripped away so early on Peres mind is trying to love all that utility that they want they've got everything still beside them we want to see that kind of I guess consolidated thought from phazon approach you want to see something from them the value of that kill is so incredible one flashbang and Dupree pushes out and finds it and they have so much utility still and with the player advantage I don't know how phase is gonna come back into this one mr. all is able to get that fragging Dupree just sneaks away no damage even being dealt there's a good pick Nico through the door we know we're gonna see this battle throughout the game Nikko lurking wins initially but he is brought down very low he's got to go passive here made from magic his Don point but doesn't do a whole lot of damage yeah rains pretty far forward here a little further had from the others but looking for his chance to find a way in but Max is dead she's excellent for magic as well my being a team flash the Colerain quite possibly bit of a under really if anything a magic allowed now to play this one out he's got control on this they're sneaking the way through the flash actually hinders it more than helps and exists they're gonna punish awkward action with the old utility going on in Kerrigan's gonna tear it ahead this is good for phase bombs on Kerrigan and he's not crossed yet claves stop that now causing issues and this was on the flight Dupree tries to get ahead of himself at an exist stops it this could be the round that keeps face building back maybe glaive can do it himself flashed up somehow somehow comes out of that still a life at the time seven seconds chase and it's not a great deal but with a bomb planted the ultra plants not bad here for phase no it's actually beautiful even beaker with low HP he's got the the angle at forklift that's the critical point you want to hold he can have all the information exists doesn't even have to try and help him necessarily he could just play for himself now they know it exists is gonna hide it's all down to glaive he's got to go find the kills and he's not aware of where Nico's gone and it's gonna be easy hidden in the cubby and a single shot that's a second around for phase they're back on the board a very slow-paced play towards that a bombsight you felt with Connie going down that could have all gone very differently but somehow they recovered the flashes coming through hinder drain and I think it even hinted magic to a degree in that round to those a couple that went a little bit of stray that you can see the idea I think actually ready that was a team flash that was a miss time peek into the bomb site for him or maybe a misunderstanding of where the flash exactly from Mika was going from door but still I mean the fact that they're walking into the bomb site estranja many players were committed there they couldn't get the rotations over in time double up set up this round for Australia's got one of them and with the aggression towards door here comes another flash as Vico gonna be ready he does it turn he's completely blind and Astralis have opened up the game plan for the defensive side is this aggression to find single picks that was so construed madness you are lucky to have your life guardian almost had to that spray comes in but that was purely constructed to find players like Miko three players put towards that a complete switch up of approach' Dupree pressuring Millia to the solo on glaive on B and then the other of course with device but that is a head to claim you can tell they've done their research can you this yes this is really really cool from a stralla style they weren't able to convert it the first time when they picked off Guardian we'll see if Nico's out of the action that is a little a piece of aggression out of out of phase that they can no longer use the ak-47 much better at coaching on a bomb sites than the AWP perfect counter flashes are gonna delay things and there's another kill phase is being whittled down finally put to bed by Citrix but this is dominance from phase till now it is still a 2v2 for the bomb has crossed toward site Guardian desperate to try and control this cross but pressure now start to be applied he takes one point of by the way that's two pre gone glaive trying to play this one back in Nate goes through God he gets a little damage believe he's been quick on this one eyes up one it's not good enough it's exist there and face finding form when it's needed this is what we mention in the pregame astralis plays that's so on they get the opening pick they get the perfect counter flash as well they get the second follow-up kill and on the on the entry into the bombsite but the one thing that can counter all of that that can counter a perfect situation is just the skill from phase so many different players that can create so many players that can just out duel you and exactly what happens rain gets a little bit of luck through the smoke obviously but I mean you can't you can't argue with the results of that round it's now tied up three to three as we get a timeout coming in called my phases I mean remember they they stumbled earlier in an anti eco as well with the ak-47 so I gotta make sure that doesn't happen again probably the point of discussion going forward as well how do we continue this clearly aware of what they're coming up against no second-guessing about the money they know what the situation is if I has been made from phaz on the other side money of course is a real premium for alleys don't have a great deal of it sitting around 2k so most of them abscond in from anything just gonna lead the way does I want to get too aggressive this is a couple pics towards the speed bomb site and this is much much better for an anti eco round you really have to have to be happy about this one four players per phase lining up towards this P bomb said that spam happens every single round so it doesn't give away the game and they're just gonna get into this site they're gonna play the trades they don't let the mac-10 lead the way Nico even though he gots damaged a little bit he's able to find a kill through the smoke and they're all going down even device being checked upon by Kerrigan don't be seen that mac-10 gain the damage done as well build up those funds trying to stabilize that economy exists being a nice play just catching when you're trying to come through the nectar middle three USPS good stuff in phase 5 a live bomb plants money being built on SMG is everything you want to be seeing from around like that I think you got to be happy right now if your phase and you're hitting the scoreboard it's still early going but exist on 7 Kerrigan is gonna be on 6 and rain with 5 those are players at times that get criticized for the lack of frakking lack of production but here it's looking good at least to start with it's an eco and Guardian to round out the bottom of that scoreboard and we know they can produce what called upon stop building is it a quiet beginning in this matchup yet to really get his mark on the scoreboard but plenty of time for that yet and a quick hit towards a zip mix is completely white or there's somehow still alive oh no they've got their way through Guardian exist power on forward it's a 3 B 3 and again so much potency with phase the bomb planted Nikko holding the back lines it's a real shut down here I think they might have to save on this one they don't have any kits either very Lenin utility they might stick around to try and get one kill and see if they can make something possible that's a great call coming out of the phase camp abusing the fact that there's not a whole lot of economy and a straw so they don't have the Molotov to slow it down a new Guardian misses one that's gonna allow them to move forward and I'm sure they're gonna go for this at least initially flashbang in and actually the follow-up from his teammate Blind Guardian no kit on a straw cert on the essence clave receives a face full of damage and you've got to know when you're done it looks like leaves only understands that Dupree my overcommitted only once killers guns away my let's get one anymore and it will be round on the board for Phase II no matter how you want to look at it the straws have to back away in phase pick up the pace pick up the round be a superficial retake from the astrology of things as they're maybe they're just trying to keep the phase players in the range of that bomb explosion they got an extra kill at the end because of it so try to take what guns away that they can the problem is that m4 is almost at this point way more valuable in the aks are for phase the straws being beat up as the losing bonus builds it's now at four rounds one more it'll be maxed out device as you mentioned still yet to get a kill such a crucial piece of this astrology that AWP we know he can turn these rounds on his head the device has gone towards the people arm side he wants to find an open duel if he goes too far though look at Guardian on the other side aware that maybe that that all purse still being retained how is he gonna try and use it how can I get around that there's your answer it's like Guardians willing to be around for this and device well glaive adding pressure there it is guiding because here the kill feed does find device read him like a book and a shot that chapter on him and even though exist did go down I've got to kill that phase should be able to pull themselves together here but we've seen these rounds be very deadly since it does have the C's dad we do have some armored watch Allen slow beyond that m4 course Enclave smokes got boys guys it makes is forced our position and he comes into fights praying in the train again doesn't need to steal but managed get punished and Guardian dividing zip mix it's all looking very good ever face if stabilized there's a little bit of a threat for a little bit of time but the best thing is cronniss can do right now is sure that Dupree keeps hold of that all it's pretty nasty a really good star for rain a couple of those kills he's been great even with the smoke in his face it taking control of that cross and yeah they would love to take this off Matt it's a pre-party it's so fast at those shots and obviously saw something that Dupree didn't he's shut down the OP is taken away and even with the full losing bonus now it's gonna be another expensive purchase for this defensive side device is gonna have that awp on the board and I think we're gonna get a straw last time out here is they really need to talk things over it feels at the moment like phase is trying to set up for a mid or be play later on they're really enjoying this a bombsight having a lot of success where the question always becomes when do they switch things up when do they go elsewhere and completely fool Australis I guess that's the question with the straws right now is you know how do we deal with this can't we control this a head is that something we couldn't work upon initially like look look like zip niché's really had that in check he was doing very nicely for himself once it got rolling very tough to get back in towards it so discussion time for astralis I need to work out how they won't approach the rest of this game because phase ago from strength to strength the weird part for a straws at the moment that they might be discussing is the fact that that gameplan they started with of ways to get that that early pick on the CT side the push out to get guardian in the in the first gun round and then the push towards Nico in the door the following they didn't win those rounds so even though the plan worked initially you know falling back into the bombsites they they still got punished for it later on so it's it's a very weird situation to be and that was the early peek and Guardians gonna win that too fast for device two rounds and around now we've seen Guardian outdoing device that's gonna be really getting devices head I can imagine on this stage look at the damage magic skis a walking wounded 16 HP the mortal comes in exists puts him out of his misery and he wants some more stone cold he was looking for that buzz Enix does win out and shut you down at Dupree is trying to keep together this a site looking rather flimsy this defense but somehow they've kept it's just about together that's a big kill for Dupree to get Nikko is looking to kind of take advantage of all the mayhem that was caused all the different rotations he thought he found a gap in it but Dupree gets there just in time but it's put him out of position to help play he's all alone in a one on three and that smoke isn't gonna stop anybody rains gonna wrap her on the bomb site there's another scope in his space and actually just sprang to the corner great play it's in this if you create any magic low HP on both the Strasse players and it's desperate now for them desperate times do call for desperate measures rain and Carrigan of course sitting pretty right just doing so well for this side currently he's reading the game really nicely Dupree again heard to this position how much can he get done what can he do this bad plan comes in here those ones on site and one obviously isn't but he's cooking his way out just gonna bet pray that rain is not looking towards him right now Carrigan not stepping away from default for a second high flash posted about Carrigan's there well controlled by phase in this T side is something we haven't seen from phaz in a while this is a bit of a different look and something we've been desperately asking for to come out from them oh it's really cool I mean they go patient once they take that bomb site they're very very slow to actually get in and get the bomb plant they want to make sure they know exactly where Australis is coming from on those retakes before they kind of make their decisions so well done this phase is looking much much different from what we saw throughout the rest of the tournament they've had to fight and struggle the whole way to get here dropping a lot of maps and Strahl us on the other hand with relative ease they went straight to the semi-finals out of groups they only lost one map and this whole event leading up to the grand finals that was an overtime loss to mousesports just yesterday otherwise it's been pretty comfortable ride for them the seaside aggression towards Maine but they're trying to make use of what limited they have on Australis which is small amounts of utility and the upgraded pistols and the armor now on the other side of course perfection over bi-phase have it all they have to struggle sometimes to have that kind of cohesion in these rounds but at the moment it seems like it is locked in here for these guys we've seen that real competitive mentality up and over the red box we go look down see if I was pushed up towards middle this is good from face keeping old in mind here how far he goes he knows he's been punished earlier but he's gonna love these fights this is warm up for him little heat check as zip Nixon device continue to challenge and device is just gonna keep at an off angle they're not able to connect with that until just now the spray comes through down to just three players on Astralis and that's really the danger point they wanted to get aggressive and eliminate one of the extremities of this phase set up I'm gonna be very aware that smoke in his spots out zip Nick's just as he pulls the nade that's gonna be frustrating but he's pushed him back at the very least damage won't rain that but you've got to see more than that we've got deagle still up Dupri's done some terrible things before Matt just gonna find his connection but still staying on is four for phase bomb sight on the control Dupree gets shot in the back not gonna get away with this time and magistral locked away into the Covenant exists drilled him through the door eight to three astrology to get started right now this is running away with them not a whole lot of time left with him crawl themselves back into this it's gonna be another op on device but this is this is a disaster for him he's oh and nine at the moment he is yet to get on the board and that's such you know we always talk about device the way he ops it's so unique and he's so mobile but if you can't find that first pick in these rounds if guardians gonna continue to outdo them he's gonna have no impact we might just see it again as well both offers going towards the same side of things not quite aggressive for device clearly not you know had the spawn or feeling it out quite the same we do see the mid aggression coming through as well the character boost could be down the line but rain is doing so much down at all can't get away from that though as much as you might run and hide and aides coming through he looked up he knew it was coming he was waiting for it he thought he might have space not gonna happen but still fall before not too much gain not too much loss always tricky though for a CT sites you do get spread pretty thin film devices over by piece and he can be left to his own devices excuse the horrible pun clay pushed up by middle and to towards a so phase can still overwhelm wherever they go this is a really tough position for glaive though it's not I deal with no support zip niché's can rotate back and forth if he has if clay to get some information he could call him to at least bait but that's a very very exposed spot obviously wanting to stick around I think Carrigan's gonna throwing a little bit of a faith here comes the utility we'll see if anyone bites on it all top out as well how much does he commit does you want to go for a kill cuz meanwhile the people on site is where the real action is occurring if it's gonna happen it's got to be now for device he's gonna steady himself the deep breath before the hit comes in the smokes the Molotov is all being made the paints there a teaspoon for immortal burns but he stands tall this time first kill on the board and the support has arrived clave swiftly gets round there in the last two players for phase are struggling to find their approach device is doing what he needs to there's a long time in the making for those two kills were integral you can see that little breath to himself they're just knowing that alright job done now yeah sometimes the first is the hardest and he's at least on the board now and so that can make him feel a little bit better can call him down and get into the game now and I sold that fake doesn't do nearly enough Kerrigan goes down without a fight still have the lead at 8 to 4 and they can still reach some havoc here they can still do a lot to the economy if they're able to win this one that reset there is Dupree in device with plenty of money built up but the other three players would be in a nightmare situation it's gonna come out pretty slow pace nothing giving away by phase early on just a default spread across the map and this time it's Dupree and glaive towards the B bombsight device is gonna be in middle with majus a burly exchangers not really walking away too bad leaves it's got a little bit magical but no harm no foul that's far no I'm finding an easy way in but with the progression that could be quite fun if they do go for this they've got the double smokes probably been put down towards mid right now it looks like with me go and rein in those sort of spots but it could be the case if they fancy it with the B lean to support split through the vents but three players this can be read by asteroids they might have full information just an idea and inkling as to this being the game plan maybe someone's heard something well usually there's a some pressure being applied to door if they're gonna head towards that a bomb say you know Nico's gonna be there this time he's not no one in a main either so this is a really really nice call from astrologer risk on the defense clave actually breaks it up there is those criss cross smokes as you mentioned it's only need to imagine something for the information to pre can't find that first device in the bombsite the nade could do it but exist backs off he's got a hole then there's another frag yeah device keeps the Guardian slips away into the night for the spread through the wall that'll do the job for you astrologer reading the play well good positioning and that's what you want from device that's what you want from zip NIC 16 and 8 he's having a really nice start and device you're exactly right inside the bomb site not pressured not forced out of his spot just hits the easy shots not going for anything crazy playing within his means and they were calling back into this astrologers alive Don the defense five to eight now now last by here for phase astrologer their economy right at the end it's move phase now it's their turn to try and adjust see what they can bring back through the answer has clearly been given might be seeing that CT solid patient or domain as well Magister couple going in early but just map those deep aids working so well mal sports were punished by those as well who's coming in now and this I think now you can see Nico's edging over towards tor if he gets in there and he can actually cause some attention they'll be able to mask if they want to move elsewhere across the map but it's a delay take towards mid a lot of damage is done towards Guardian reign has already gotten out that one if he can things up and he does it again there goes glaive and now Guardian he takes his moment the spray forces device off the angle which gives Guardian the freedom and a stralla has no information they don't know how many bodies are out made it they don't know if it's zero or five and that's really gonna hurt if they try and rotate into position Johnny rain really stepping forward so far but we saw what he could do just on the opening round magic on the other side exactly unfamiliar with this device just about gets away whose life but it's zip next who's gonna deal with the flood again one two he's actually gonna reach out but Nico reads it well but by now they're looking rather slender and teammates your legal guardian Nico now Nico they wouldn't do what he can tries to pressure down towards highway but by a couple of seconds that's happen there's a world where that kill came through and it'd be a different situation but it is a 2v1 but Guardian has looked supreme against a vice until now but he's got to go against magic - Guardian bomb going down device quaking as guardian looks dominant on this site device without a kid either an uphill struggle at all occasions The Guardian stills himself steadies the nerve spots you could take nothing away from Miss this man was nothing short of brilliant he had no business hitting those two shots majus that aggressive angle I thought that was going to be at Guardian with such low HP as well as the Molotov starts to spread that final kill and what a champion those are the kind of plays that phase if they can bring them out more frequently obviously you can't rely on it but that's what you just ruin everything for a straw Louis with their smart tactical play authority it just crushes them 9:00 to 5:00 and yeah you have to take a timeout after 9:00 what you need to take a deep breath and figure things out how do you deal with that one this is just disgusting that's so fast and obviously misses that it's over yeah that's done that Guardian was so low on HP he was down below went like 20 or something on 18 possibly on 1% sure but one bullet would probably have done the job there so that's the man you want turning up in the finals for you if your phase as well this is only the first half in a best-of-five we got a long way to go it's gonna be a very very long game long match Kerrigan watching for the reverse booster banking now yeah this is much more convincing Molotov can I try and imitate some of that mid control Molotov out but the footsteps are being hurt by clave we're just gonna pull any rotations away but once again rain has found the open space it's exists to find the kill it's quietly been very solid and blaze actually saves it makes life but for how long is the question all of his teammates are falling he's trying to readjust his position he's out but he's gotten one somehow still alive and he's giving his team a three-on-three somehow and all that madness he steadied his nerves but there is still threats aplenty for phase they have the numbers before the back but still he maintained numbers device this time put to the question to the task the guardian excelled in before a 1v2 retake with the orb never easy here on the CT side of course and it's Nico and Kerrigan against yeah he's looking he's working his way forward every angle could contain a threat and they are standing stoic in nature still as anything device now gets put down it's Kerrigan to close out the first half here and what a way to get this one started Jason well we all had questions about phase if they were going to be able to show up individually to challenge against astralis and that first half they've answered it and it's yes 10:00 to 5:00 heading into the second half [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] we always knew this was going to be a cruel but a ten-five half favouring phase might surprise some astrologer out this tournament havoc formidable but now they've met quite possibly their match seems like it we were all wondering if they's was gonna have their players showed up they've looked really spotty when they haven't had the individual level that we've come to know and love out of them it's actually been device who is quiet same with Dupree and actually Glaven there's some there's some individual effort of the Austral site it seems like at times they've tactically outplayed phase throughout some of those gun rounds but just not having the firepower to finish it up which is kind of a scary prospect for this astrologist though leading the way for phase which is probably some contributions they didn't quite expect nice bonus but the one thing we heard on the desk as well as the fact that they we haven't seen much of the Australis teased out on the depths that they can go to because we haven't really had to see it pretty dominant they've been really good even the basic stuff works incredibly well Dupree success and not only the games but the opening jewels as well statistically has been phenomenal throughout this tournament so looking at him going forward is gonna be interesting where he can achieve on this tee side but it's triose now need to really quite dig deep in this one a phase start rolling the fact of them having fun is terrifying if there's times just kind of loosen up and enjoy this match you know need the first half it's scary but we are getting this one started up a bit of a simple easy hit a smokes go up and it's read already this replay is very dedicated here look at this cross fire Ian train prepares himself good damage Tonkinese decapitating Dupree but it's gonna be glaive to fight forward and it's not gonna be working out just yet exist tries to still himself as they tried to get in towards a site but they've broken in the bomb not two hands yet but easily recovered at this point lates might actually help these you actually get an angle but Matt just shuts it down he hears the footsteps of Kerrigan he knows exactly what he wants already in the last one left and back tacular caught earlier with the alt but surely not with the USP or the PT hey excuse me he's building upon this and now he's gotta find out what flavors but no shut down he felt some open space and he found some opportunities and a straw barely holds on to the second half pistol Guardians are scary player isn't he we're seeing that coming through now just that p2k and all doesn't seem to matter whatever those I'll be those were those are very quick shots and I mean that was actually not bad on the initial defense for phase that rain was in like a wanted gun spot wasn't he gets that kill out towards door and if he doesn't find like a second kill within the first two shots he's just he's just done with he's over so some investment for phase in this second round going for that element of danger but there's you know only armor bought up on rain and Nico the rest of them are saving as much money as possible wanting to have that utility benefit of the cushion of this score line okay let's see that deagol do something in a while since we've seen it come truly a live green work from the backline so this is a very quick pinch Australia's have been surrounded all front they try to fight their way forward but this is very deafening Guardian tries to find that space to operate like I says no this is no again Kerrigan goes down so exist a reign now even with everything seen and everything read couldn't quite get it to work device just on the other side this far right there for one but exist sneaks through the door but this is shut down from his trance thus far is this knows that he's gonna be very limited in what he can achieve that was might as well just fall back here keep that cz in your hand if even possible you know you're gonna get kind of locked into this doorway now just watching for the exit it's an easy kill from him there was a lot of damage done to astralis right as they went for the exit and a man I think I was a grenade that flew in they've at least sustained something phase couldn't do in the first half so they starting to build seven to ten as they come back into this phase gonna have to sit around out mostly just unupgraded pistols not a lot of utility actually just one flash bang on exist so probably a plan of where that wants to go maybe pop flash in towards a mate and just swing out and take fights and that's exactly what we're gonna see happen but can they find the timing that's gonna be the question if they can get it done where they hear the footsteps and it's actually the bomb coming that way on glaive so if they get this right this could be a tough round for all us know as easy as they'd hoped that see no Alma flashes great with the spring down not bad I even put Nico and Guardian gonna connect well I thought she picked up rifles turn the bombs now left in a very treacherous position you go up to put his life on the line for a but nothing came through their guardian now without the armor getting punished a little on the first we needs to be clean as anything that's what that smoke actually cuts us off from making a play than coming right through device doesn't need vision he's got four kills in the round well I'm happy to see the three rounds by Chris Ross you know that means we have a closer game well I mean Eve even guarding the the cool thing is Guardian with that ak-47 could have actually done something we've seen him do some magnificent things in the late round in the clutches that he's been in with the OP and they all of us the pissed around as well in a one versus three that could have actually turned quite dangerous if he'd had the time to relocate either way we're out of the second half rifles are routed device has his off and we'll see what he can do with the T side he got battered on the defense need to pick it up here down strong through much of a hurry yet bomb still testing the waters but rain looking for information as well so I'll do pre doing this somewhat on the other side so bit of a parallel in that but utility being exchanged and both teams forcing each other await testing that showing a little by the door astrology for ston a lot of utility from this phase side and now they've taken a scalp rain Goes Down and checkers phase can't do a whole lot to slow down any hits it's just kind of counter flashes if they do come in but that one frag is gonna open a lot of space for devices try and find a pic and Nico is the one who's gonna equalize things on Dupree that's towards a main there's some of those counter flashes coming in now he's in his locked horns with zip nicks and a standstill between the two of them it's all over flash goes in and job done exists hit and run on that shuts the door had enough three players remain a straw is now losing out on these positions and Nico's on the hunt he's looking a little hungry look at a blood gas comes in and he might just get a fair amount of it device on the corner - Nico he reads here well but device out does him and clave comes alive toward a there's potential now this was a to V for almost device that's that's gutsy making that cross with such low HP trying to try to beat the rotations and he does exactly that and because of it he's now fooled phase they likely because he's dinked Nikki's playing passive with that off the long range out towards middle so Kerrigan has to be very confident he has to be aware of the fact but now it's been given up the operands out they know exactly where he is that's all they need apparently the fuse going to come through and the play back in from phase was great you start see Nico looking into it exist feeling hungry as well these guys are really son to put up the fight that as well coming over the phase a lovely touch see how that works for me that's a straw less actually doing a getting beat up on that T side losing way too many players the pop flash in towards main zitnick scared to make a move locked in towards the left side of door and it's phase who goes hunting him down so very aggressive defense to try and find find some frags when they're down a player dit works out perfectly time out now called forest Rallis they're down 8 to 11 even with the pistol that first gun round doesn't go their way but they want to fight right back into it they're going to invest more and this time they won't have an AWP on device to play with desperate times if first Rallis just wise little bit shortly on a couple of fronts it's so relatively early in this map but this is actually a very important round for astralis if they're gonna be playing from from very far behind if they can't win this they'll have to save plays we'll be able to get up to 13 and all of a sudden you're down five rounds and you're on the verge of losing the opening map of these grand finals well if there's a play in the book this is the time to break it out you've got umps you goggle ills the team does have the SMG on Kerrigan but I mean still this could be quite something they've gone for mid control though phase and actually look like a strong who's gonna have a very fast pace round towards a but they pump the brakes right at the red on the verge of it it's a retake strategy on a coming out for phase so this could work out perfectly how aggressive do Niko and exists want to be in to try and rotate on the bombsite and stop this and I don't think they can't be that aggressive it's Niko into the AWP so he's not at mobile the cross gonna come out now you can see why Niko he's going for a little bit of a look get sent packing but Guardians gonna do what he couldn't find stoop read civics in the meantime does get tagged up in the flank coming out from Kerrigan could be very timely device might have to keep a little bit of a tab on that seems as though he years but Kerrigan gonna try now to do it the angle is good for Kerrigan he takes down device now badges get schooled in the backup arrives Lee delivers as well it's a for v3 the CTS keeping control of this retake still zip Nick's blade dedicated towards a sign looking for a way to get this one under that's exactly what you want from a player like magic technics now needs to do it all in the 1v2 but the time is ticking and they do not have a kid he might have just done enough in Australia desperate times did call for desperate measures and somehow they got that round on the board it's okay though if your face I mean you have the off to play with you have both ops actually you're going to invest in this round all five players from aster all's going down so you want to challenge once again magistrate Ken answering the call like he did yesterday a hero so many different rounds and he holds that angle perfectly and he's the one that bought enough time for Phase two just eventually fell out of that retake so UMP is going to be dropped over SMG C zetz whatever they can buy around these double ops both of these teams on the verge of being reset Guardian is in the right place quite possibly at the right time if this works out the flush is good though from the strong supporting my way in this quick stop their authority on that round and it's rain destroying them you look it looked like for a moment Guardian was in the perfect place for a straw 'less to take advantage of it great pushes but rain comes out of nowhere look at this the Saviour that is a huge huge round in a straw 'less facing the prospect of a double eco a double save they go for the season at the armor by two priests got the D go that we know he loves more pressure towards the people said it's fast again rains call the pot once more and so far holding strong he's got a managed to choke points he gets caught out in the open in transition he's dropped and it's Kerrigan up next with the promise on the ground yeah these seasons not really having the potency that the strands are dreaming of 3v3 isn't bad but it's not good device getting pounded right now it's 12 HP spray it over look at the flight coming in from zip nicks he's up high way he's gone through a they were so patient they've bought him a lot of time and they had actually one smoke that's unzip Nick's he's not gonna be at the B bomb site he needs to go into checkers to help them with the cross Kerrigan wants to challenge in front of the ball talk about respect it yes it's Nico one versus three towering above them they're all a little wounded and this man is deadly device creeping his way forward now expecting a flank Nico but it sound made completely I can imagine they might have an inkling and an e-coat how much can he do in this one I think he's realized that this is a little bit beyond them and money if you have a little look down the sides it's not looking good for phase this is the right option for Nico he's gonna back away from this and we will see this game carry on forward astronomy Racal and that rounded and phase they're benefited because rain was so dominant in the previous round all five players surviving they have just enough built up for another purchase coming in rain is gonna have a full investment and everyone should they should have a decent amount of rifle is actually around the same VP Nico needs to hold it though so I'm not sure I enjoy this call to go in the hunt trying to keep the money low trying to take as many things away but exposing himself to some element of danger that doesn't come through so all is safe for him 12 to 10 and a straw less fighting themselves to stay in this opening map rains gonna have a solid guardian as well and you imagine Nika will drop that over so another challenge here for both of these teams that's no one blinking device has that AWP matches I'm 23 kills at cynics on 21 he had a really hot start but Maja's has caught up in a big way and a late tactical pause coming out from phase as the clock was winding down to start the next round they want to talk things over yeah Robin being quite vocal in the back lines they're not always the most vocal if you watch them play but clearly having a lot to say about this one 12 to 10 however seeing the answers being made thank you this is why I like Australia yeah reason number 173 why is really is great well here we go back into it 12 to 10 phase a tenuous lead double up set up as well for Guardian and eco Australis has picked up the aggression these past few rounds fast plays towards the B bombsite back to back this time mid smokes maybe you want to mask their play towards a and it's gonna be speed again exists is gonna be hiding behind the smoke he's gonna hear all these footsteps he's calling the rotate but it's the bomb here at a main this is so important and device holding it what a good read and he's might be put out of this round immediately I'm pretty sure that done for Nico's actually committing pretty far out of that Molotov forcing him further than he had like 50 HP here device with the back lines and the other two so far away he goes in trouble he's gotta be really careful how he plays this one out trying to escape now I have to take a bit of damage from the male 10 HP holds the line Dupree goes down but the retake impossible the save now comes to mind and a straw it's what a turn of pace from them yeah it's been all speed hasn't it and phases have been able to match it Nico just gets around the corner goes for the peak he goes down they need to save as many of these weapons the double off would have been great if you can buy the seasons around too often and m4 but now straw once to take it all the way to malt offs for the bombs as well they've been spotted out rain sees it coming but can they do anything about it here comes the attack bolotov brain can't handle it Guardian just trying to hide not give away his position and he just narrowly escapes 11 to 12 it's game back on we need to see the response from face here on the CT side how much depth do they have to go to what can we expect from them because it looks like his tries to found the answer they needed I don't know what phase have up their sleeve but it won't be this round we produce it here now a tough part is because they've been locked in this kind of battle back and forth of who's gonna reset the other first phase hasn't been able to have all the all the Nate so you can see that's likely why Rollins is going so fast and aggressive is because they can be early on there's no Molotov Zoar smokes to stop them from the CT side Guardians boosted up with that a2dp towards the a bombsight and once again astral is already out mid already with control they can pressure both bomb sites from this angle you even got majus cat be in zip Nixon a main to provide some kind of a pinch depending on where you want to go there towards be liking that anymore might have to consider other options trying to herd them towards this the danger man who stood up no I've done the job actually they've done quite nicely of that I think this is phased you're stacking be early to say if they come be fast we'll have three players here now they want to rotate over to help out the OP and Guardian device you might have a sure this one we can see the bay coming light gonna try and show a little gives away a lot but exist even finding you Prix is big they're kind of getting locked in here they have no control of the back lines Kerrigan could have pushed up for all they know but the case not the timing here we go they're hesitating they're actually calling the bluff and they are gonna fall back and there's no one from phase over at the b bomb site Kerrigan with the a came not going to expect the throughs but he does spit in time missed opportunity for matches but they're poking it over towards this B bomb so it exists has to get into position Guardian what a way to do this in R 1 V 2 through zip Knicks incredible in these situations but going through the checklist mentally resistors up that forced to wait zip mix gets the cross from to be planted now Nico's working his way back through he's got himself a not exist looking for a gun as well of course no kits here zip Knicks needs to pick the position copy corner both players going back in through the vents as well gonna make some noise on the drop now simek's needs to lasso beautiful shots one is good Nico gets sent away and we are back looking like we got a real matchup on our hands 12 to 12 it's all even he just smiles he knows he's almost no I think he knows that he's gonna win those rounds they didn't even feel like that strong of a position I feel like once he hears the footsteps coming out events he's kind of like well that's exactly where I didn't want them to be it's both kills the benefit perhaps of a lack of armor on that face out even with the picked up weapons he's not able to react in time all tied up at 12 to 12 and here we are again just a default spread from Estrela so we've come to know out of them as they consider all their options they have been delivering some fast-paced knockout punches to phase recently this time they know as the losing voters has built there's gonna be some of those extra days of all Tom's to stop them and to deal damage early on so slow it right back down and kind of confuse any of phases reads completely blinded it somehow it goes his way you've got a feel for Nikko in those situations to a degree but you take those risks and now that might be the ghost ignore at least the pressure point restaurants to build on exist go try and stem the bleed is you put some more talk down to what the door slows down the pace mister eyes have to again steady themselves it can't quite go straight for this one device making them scatter towards middle there's gonna be a brawl coming up phase actually read this and then actually because of that I think astrology lies that the shots that came out in mid when device was boosted up they wanted the rotate back towards B and it's not gonna happen and look at the play from Kerrigan he's gonna have such a sick timing on this flank exists in Guardian to hold off the initial hit this can be so good for phase at all challenge for astralis Kerrigan is about to place a knife in the back of his ex teammates it's all lining up one that's all he can get me fine time this is all going terribly wrong for a slice 14 seconds Guardian chomping at the bit they've got to go forward into the blender but device is good for two where did that come from and now with a bump one again it's on this man they have no idea until now slaves didn't hear it he was unaware now surprise cool off guard Kerrigan fights his way forward but device right behind him delivers such a blow in that round three kills the two are integral the last cherry on the cake I actually do not know how Australis took that round the flight from Kerrigan throws to all the timings off in all phase needed was just a strong defense oh the double is gonna help yeah the tree wood that's beautiful existent rain go down fortunate for Astralis they just needed phasers need at the smallest hole just to lay a few more seconds for Kerrigan to really make device nervous and it just doesn't happen but you have to say that flank was poised to really shut it all down I think it's gonna have nightmares about that but starting to you know maybe come back into his own so easy though cleave that was a swift headshot it's it all back all even of course aside from the fact they are only on seasons and a scout for phase so not exactly ideal exactly primed to go but we've seen stranger things device up on the boost keeping control over my middle and it's gonna be just rain over by be if I do go for this like to say as well I mean as much as we talked about device with zero kills for a lot of that first half and I think a really tough first half it's a testament to his mental fortitude in his focus that he's able to bounce back and not let sad to sting him into the second half he's been great as they've transitioned into the offense that double kill with huge impact and sometimes with your star players it's all that matters is that they can have impact when you need it most Guardians here two players to defend initially and rain just goes for action ball it's often to the bomb site nate is gonna do some damage but it's not enough at the moment as Kerrigan he's gonna be pinned down but he's packing up the place he's trying to help out as much as possible in 48 the dink but can't complete the kill should secure things for astrologer right they all that's an issue he's got three already zip Knicks now maybe a little worried who's never meant to be this difficulties Matt never meant to be this hard exists just made this worse for the positioning from zip Knicks is beautiful exist there's no idea clueless the monster wait two sprays and he gets it destroy us out doing them now what she is faithful exist as if Knicks doesn't get nervous he doesn't get worried at all whatsoever and it's his positioning when all the action is happening towards vent when all that is going on he just puts himself in just the checkmate spot there's there's no chance exist knew he was gonna be there's no reason for him to check that whatsoever climbeth time again will say zip Knicks well done in the clutch 14 to 12 he's put his team up down the stretch Guardians got the off back in his hands though he'll be now for phase a strongest do get towards a point to get 15 on the board good need though you know tamer but a long way to go yet best of five of course as said on the desk it is a marathon at this point gotta keep that tenacity and all-time high exist as well trying to respond accordingly to that utility should be thrown in you've still got zip mix in the door to that could be a huge problem but look at this timing is everything du Preez a little further ahead from where they expect all they line up for but the flashes excellent good work sets up exist well they finally get that one feet go without the sleeve back it seemed that that was impossible and he was gonna get a double and I was so scared for just a moment exists in Nico nicely done there after you to stay in front of the door as well they don't want to challenge on the cross back they're gonna boost up this will allow them they cancel it they made a noise they don't want to give up the game device in middle chance to challenge if you'd like to it's gonna be in here holding they're all gonna reconvene towards this a bombsight Nico and exist to have the initial flight Guardian on the quick rotate not a lot of utility not a lot of needs for this defense over just one flashbang on Nico to hold them off as long as possible and that could be tough comes round aggression again relentless from phase it doesn't work out this time though this could be the point that's the fuse being set and now here comes asteroids exploding towards the site three players working the way out zip mix now with them but Nico's right they're dying to get in on this dying to turn the tide of this round for the 15 seconds he tries to make up for it but it's too little too late and it looks like these [ __ ] got the hell it's going very well with a bomb plot now imminent we see that 3d three retake device misses a shot just to get gets away the Carrigan's crept further forward grave needs to be ready flash coming in nice work from Kerrigan he's on the bomb site Guardian towards matches and now it's one device with a Kenyan had his job job babe stay alive the Vice does go down in the end as well nicely done from phaz the aggression from exists doesn't pan out and actually around Astralis it felt like they were gonna win that one they they feels like they haven't had to worry about players inside the actual bomb site themselves phases playing it far out they were there playing for the retake get some kills as a stralla scums in and go from there and it's almost bitten them a couple times and once again they just barely get away the plant not for device and I'm a made that near impossible for him to win but that is a big round that was I mean that's a round face desperately needed that stops a five round run forest Rallis an astrologist couple of players hovering around 4-thousand couple players low in the 3000 s wouldn't be the strongest buy but they know they have phase on the verge of being reset so very tough call and they're gonna make it at 1413 they're going to invest all on the line for phase plan this time good phase now it's got to be this round again this more question coming in he exists in Kerrigan this might be the case smg2 hands their right to said this one I flash is good again at this but this time the fight is going right back in Dupree and device combined for existence it will be Dupree on his own of course he at Kerrigan as we did see device fall but for v3 is exactly what you ought to be seeing and it's not fresh towards me the other where Guardian so focused on glaive you didn't see magic on the corner and when he and these 1p once is set up a straw is pretty well but that one still really being played out here rain still challenging as well just to get away from that Molotov but where's Niko in all this he's your danger man he's the unknown quantity I think he hears these footsteps he's actually appearing to make sure he doesn't get caught but he's gonna rotate over towards a rain is still sticking around at the be bomb site yeah they're gonna beat him here they're gonna get this plant and majus coming around now he's gonna be an element of danger for Niko depending on the speed of this flight this timing could be ridiculous so rain sitting this fight out it looks for a little while that Niko on the flank they're not gonna expect it shortly what did they spot him sure if they spotted him he certainly saw them though is it mr. Duprey now little confused Niko clearing out everything you can the information she's brought across now rate goes down but he's the trade out Niko comes back in with where's the other player he knows there's another slice he'll eat free smoke goes in paid goes out not just in the one for you want with the time ticking OH to the chest Nikko is not breathing after that one welcome to the Australia side magic you just earn your stripes and then some Oh Nico almost had it so close on the flake on a knife's edge as well if you just held it in deviously can't no even finds the second player coming in Nico almost had this play and remember rain got into that fight at the feet bomb sight against Magister earlier that dinked him down to the low HP if you had just been able to complete that kill it's a round win for phase and unfortunately it goes the other direction and it's phase this is why we said that round was all in for them it's gonna be mostly SMGs a couple see sets coming out as astralis take another time out to talk things over their last one of the game the desk said that this was gonna be a brawl at least on the first map and it certainly lived up to that we've seen phase being informed that we hadn't quite seen throughout this morning obscene that's the tough part is if you lose this if your phase you've had you've had a lot of things that you that you knew you would need to win this game you have that rain who's been locked in you have a great performance from six exist you had device in Guardian locking horns and guarding actually winning those most of it all the recipe appears to pre but he could shut down there's the C's at 8k and his hands now appearing around the edge of the smoke a stralla you have to be careful how you handle this Kerrigan going for one more and he's going to get it then one OT they won it all this should put it right on the edge of it it makes left in the 1v5 only a human peter hand keep in mind that money for Australia is far from good both teams in a little bit of a predicament here Goes Down what's our cover don't you dare rain is there in the end and with the quicken of the page must rise is met with sheer and utter aggression from phaz and Jason yes this looks like it does look like over time it's saw Strasse win one of these earlier that I think there might be a little upset later on today about this call if they're not gonna pick up that trophy they might look back to that on map one and just say that that might have been a huge mistake the money problems for phase were there but because they picked up so many weapons from a straw lasts no longer it's a complete role reversal only pistols on the Astrology to try and close this out in regulation there's an open Guardian rifles on everyone else plenty of kits plenty of Nate's what do you do here if you're a straw so what's the call this time quiet on the boost this time strands looking for options looking for what to do blades still commanding the troops hip damage you can see phase side from exist to a degree being pretty far back here they do not want to let much get through they don't want any kills coming for free got to keep this one as clean as possible get to OTS start building back in Guardian gonna challenge that device just shoulder peeking just pre firing the shot and those is why in Guardian could go down but it's not gonna happen he's had enough of that swaths device down like a fly and all its left is this set piece exists in Nikko they've been challenged so frequently on this bomb site and they're gonna get one more to close it out this is huge exist teammates have smoked all flash goes in he's still good you could have done with the second degrees given traded back in oh that's great from Zzyzx but the trades come back and forth it's all Enclave until 1v3 it looks like ot is on the horizon Maeve Tremblay to the shot you can't beat Guardian it's 1515 this is what you want from a final and this is only the first map we have five for this game deserves overtime it's been so back and forth and both of these teams a chance to crumble at some point and just haven't done it as stralla says had to win a desperation round earlier in the half phase has had to do the same thing and now with 16 K no one's gonna be challenged in terms of their money for the rest of this game double up set up for phase coming out right off the bat on the CT said they haven't been able to go to this too often because they have been punished device likewise has his AWP won't have to challenge Guardian with that eagle like we just saw look at Guardian he's on the hunt in towards checkers as the angle flashed off of it but not gonna give up giving up seemingly not part of the dictionary when it comes to face not part of their vocabulary it was but that's his home don't go near it leave him alone in there I was actually in through a man I don't know if he's Spanish actually peeked in and actually saw that but more aggression and a maim that's pretty wild smoke down in the main choke point over at the be bomb site rains gonna get aggressive we know that phase like to do this pop flash a man and he's gonna push for gonna find the angle match it's not ready for it play right around the corner but doesn't want to challenge a two on five and it's looking like first round of overtime smoke bounce way more than he would have liked it a long time to clean but it doesn't matter in the open rain is supreme and zip nicks left and we know he's a clutch master but that's too much to ask 16:15 if stabilized phase looking pretty darn good here the ohrp's really coming through Nikko had his way with him on a yes if he's starting to come alive that is that's when you get nervous that's when you're realizing maybe the underdog wasn't the right title for these guys will see plenty of time yet we've already established that Kerrigan just likes to say these things to just alleviate some of the pressure he's not plenty of times in the past yeah and fair play I mean why not go for it why not see if you could just help out in any way you can all right also many questions already had the answers you might just have to do it again any sound would give away the game might have to do it all alone as well he's the yeah this was a bit of an a read it looks like from phase they have a lot of players dedicated towards it high weight this is gonna make you nervous this is when you steel gets tested all top towards checkers time to burn and rain knows he has very limited options he does have niko in support but they're gonna check on this how much doubt can he do zero is the answer Dupree takes his head off for now it's the go signal it's time to hit that bomb site get the bomb down mole tops are in no one is there to stop them and Niko goes right through the Spookies wild but it doesn't go well but Guardium shows him how it's done and now could he find any more mortals begin to burn and it close but it came back through from Carrigan felt disjointed trying to strike while the iron was hot but for now the two players remaining for phase in a very dire situation and look at this device the timing excellent and now Guardian one before one before and blind and yeah this is gonna be around to astral it's not even enough time for him to find all four kills Nico tried to do something through this smoke it slapped away Wayne actually has the purple oh that's nasty that is disgusting shot through the corner of the box it's the right kind of nasty it is the right kind of nasty that's tough rain that flash pin that comes in actually it's pretty cool to watch phase on this defense throughout the CG sided half they've been using pretty much those those kind of pop flash peaks to get aggressive in towards you know a main and now be main as well that's what they're using to find their information to find their aggressive and assertiveness on the defense and that time they already had the angle they just spray him down blind we were looking area to see where he's going he does have the auto sniper of course but it is again towards be Guardian now under pressure flashed up now play it for it forward he's already losing out on his life that Molotov burned so fast but it's rain still standing tall towards be and they've held the back he's holding all of this together and it looks like a straw is peeling away from it very quickly the last time Australis ran that round oh his rain who got a triple kill initially to save Guardians life not to be this time the defense is pulled in all different directions and you're right because of that Auto sniper on Kerrigan exists feels much more comfortable heading towards mid this is going to be centralized we're gonna see the doc get some action Kerrigan lays in wait smoke comes in you know he's getting excited now he knows this might be his opportunity to make it round the corner we go the past occur only good for Faye's looking so strong now magic phenomenal throughout the toilet until this point you need to dig incredibly deep hit one on site one by trying to leave on the highway does not matter Nikko is there for it face looking very good now looking for 19 that's the winning number and phases uh one step closer than a solace nice double kill from exist holding down the forklifts really well done from him as glaive and Dupree cannot find him in time as players ruddy up and we are set to go live again after the switch it's gonna be astrologist turn if they want that double off setup they can have it we've seen them dabble with it a number of times with Dupree with glaive usually not but I mean if they if they want to get frisky they can and they are glaives gonna pick that up as it mixes 30 and 20 that is an incredible performance Guardians up 29 on the other side so going head to head their players encroaching on middle hemp I just can Dupree getting very close and this could be the perfect boost if it happens this is all possibility rain obviously on the very verge quickly going to all day and it's a very quick hit zip Nix now needs to somehow stop the flood you can't do it simply too strong twice might be up the task finds to the Guardian let's shut this down I just tried to get around the back ties but Nico saw aware stops that before that begins now glaive and Dupree on the retake burning alive is clave econ tiny right guardian happily deal the killing blows in that round exists to wrap it up but this is the perfect starter for this five course meal 1816 phase only needing one more this is a really cool hit they actually turn to the left usually you smoke cut off and attack the bomb site but they want to get they get rain a position inside the smoke one quick pop flashy finds his way to floor clip and he attacks the bomb site from a reverse position that's really well done even device with two kills couldn't stem the bleeding couldn't stem the tide of phase attacking in towards a and now two chances to steal a map away from astralis phase tipped for greatness hit what a turnaround that would be considering how they've played thus far having some real turbulent times throughout the group stage barely making it to this moment but they are here and you can see as to why this is what you want from phase this is the form that they free and these are the rounds they could do it in map one sitting well with them for now still time for a strands to get back here but of course no mistakes rain up on the boost this is quiet from both teams you can hear a pin drop and Guardian not even peeking in towards mid yet and magic is gonna have a tough time now there's have to drop down from right not expecting it exists up next he's been delivering round after round and again he finds the equalizer the bomb is creeping over towards a and glaive is actually committed the middle all right reaction from far shifts his aim over 35 seconds and plenty of time for face to choose things put Dupree might actually shrink this map so far away though it's so many players about to come towards it mix device over by B it's all on zip NICs right now device can get there but it might be a little bit late money just behind the curve let's see what he can do gonna have to gamble on position highway is a huge threat gets the first exist is down but look how many other players coming in now we're gonna see if Dupree can get into the matter at the right time as well what's out guard in tax him up time is ticking it's a 2v2 in the HP is low for phase the bomb to be plotted on the strike comes down to one v two Kerrigan can he win it for his team right here right now no is the answer astride lived to fight another day in OT Nico felt like he had to go aggressive with that flight coming in which Guardian goes down he feels like he has to take the fight on top of Redbox trying force device away give them a second front to play the post planted and it just doesn't happen really well done from device holding his nerve a patient shot as he transfers to the top one step closer to the second overtime 17:18 as free son comes to an end weapons picked up as they exit spawn and here we go two offs for the phase side of things I think that might just be to get trying to get an early pick on exist and drop it off for an ak-47 afterwards he's just holding for a push towards that b bomb site so yeah he'll transition into a regular ak-47 as soon as he makes sure no one's getting aggressive here I'm free on my just say I'm pretty sure those while they're trying to boost very nice heartbreaking if your badges and Australia have a little bit of a I guess a feather to the cap they're on tall day it's been mostly dip Nick's on his own with the support from a dish made from highway or yeah being aggressive in middle I don't have him there this round now they're looking for a way to exploit it one minute on the board here double OT or face close out map one that's what we're waiting to find out glaive up on my way plenty of utility left both sides this is a great call from phaz if they take this mid controller Stross can't really fight for it cuz they're already down a man but now both of the bombsites are pressure do they have to get aggressive if they want to get a player in position it has to be zip Nick's pushing forward he's doing just that he's gonna be challenged by mica when they turn this corner depending on the timing Nico's watching for it there's her reign with the big flight in mid that forces it Nick's hands and details waiting for it and phase might be closing this out to pre inside the smoke he's gonna get another one he's keeping a minute it's a two on three and now it's devices turned with the alt that he finds Nico in the open with everything they have this tries to drone desperately trying to keep this together but rain now pushing further forward he's up for the junk his this WT right now again it falls on Kerrigan shoulders against his old teammates he knows what he has to do in the 1v2 and now we wait he has the Molotov the bombs planted I'm showing maybe this is for Maine for these two players first rise half to work their way back in Kerrigan now takes the first life after pre down for the one that v1 begins devices on the bomb Kerrigan oh my god this man [Music] [Applause] phases here and you love to see em print linfer Kerrigan shaming his teammates in a 1 on 2 not 1 per phase wanted to go to the desk after the break it will get back to underway [Music] [Music]

Channel: ESL Archives

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Keywords: twitch, games, ESL, Intel, Extreme, Masters, Sydney, IEM, CS:GO, Counter Strike, Global Offensive, esports, gaming, competitive gaming, 2018, astralis, faze, finals, cache

Id: 5LxzJ4rKQWw

Length: 117min 20sec (7040 seconds)

Published: Sun May 06 2018