The Top 10 Impossible Comebacks in Esports History

[Music] there's one thing that every eSports fan can appreciate the comeback there's nothing quite like it the incredible skill the impossible odds and the sheer unadulterated hype but not all comebacks are created equal which is why we decided to count down the top 10 taking into account how hard the comeback was how much it mattered in the grand scheme of the tournament and how crazy it was to watch so sit back relax and get those buybacks ready because we are counting down the top 10 comebacks in the history of eSports in eSports there are a few moments that transcend games change them and define them but there are even fewer that are as influential and iconic as Evo moment 37 and it's coming in at number 10 on our list in the Street Fighter 3 losers finals at Evo 2004 Daigo Umehara met Justin Wong in a match everyone was waiting for and it was there with his back against the wall that Daigo pulled off one of the greatest comebacks ever and made his mark in history [Applause] Daigo did the impossible defying the odds with just a pixel of health the play stands as an incredible display of skill and ability to act under pressure producing one of the first eSports moments to truly go viral number nine is one of early league of legends as most incredible plays vx peckin in the group stage at IEM katowice 2013 fans were treated to a matchup of Europe's best SK gaming vs. fnatic in all kinds of trouble toffee candy panda red buff on it and it's not going to escape that one it turns out very very nicely for SK gaming there as the game went on the teams traded blows but eventually SK capitalized off of a pivotal teamfight and looked to close out the game thank you they thought it was all over turns out they were right I'm just gonna pile straight up towards those super minions in the face you can see there's good in that case definitely I'll put the Nexus he's trying to do the people in the beta starts trying to defend them interface he's trying to take the necessary [Applause] expec it took the game into his own hands and made the decision to backdoor that decision single-handedly one fanatic the game and turned expec a into a star our number eight entry comes from a classic matchup between two of Tekken's best and it doesn't get much closer than this JDC our and neuroma are two of the best Tekken players in the world but you wouldn't have known it looking at the life bars during their match at the 2018 Tekken World Tour Finals neuroma was ready to take the round but JD CR had something else planned for him everyone has said it you got to be on point but when I Austin about jacket on or who she was gonna use he didn't feel really confident we're talking of you is thinking pretty hard on who should I use so it doesn't really surprise me now they run with Hitachi but big combo coming in from the robot oh here we go he has them in the ready potential perfect here yep I think it's gonna get it oh he's bought Oh nobody dropped in there you definitely won the extra Dempsey went to the cockpit unable to get up with a big demon uppercut the follow-up yeah looking towards the wall as well all but just shorts [Music] three routes straight versus the robot is just a Oh je dis yah would you like to be here maybe here a second I hope he lied to you coming in at number 7 on our list is one of the greatest comebacks in Call of Duty history a moment cod fans call the full sale come back at the MLG fall Invitational in 2013 tournament favorites complexity and fan favorite optic gaming faced off in the grand finals with a map and match point on the line it looked as if made and the boys were cruising to an easy win to extend the series but complexity had other plans in mind complexity finally opened up around with first blood first blood goes to complexity I think this is gonna be their first round one I seen crazier things happen I don't doubt somebody could clutch this one on three I doubt it but I love your optimism let's see if we can do it already get in tag now getting pin complexity they're not going down without a fight shots from above from aches will answer back and it's now 2 - clay stirrer picks off Jacob things are going bad for optic and nadeshot now a one on three situation man up straight push there from complexity he is gonna be fall down catch they chatted all it transitioned one more player can come getting the one up 306 with the one on three clutch complexities bay life here on express surgeon straight round after round they clutch to those when it was all said and done complexity came back from an o-5 deficit to win the match six five pickup it is all up to each other one on three I think very tough but they were up by five and they are your MLG ball Invitational champion that's right they won six straight rounds to close out the tournament our number six entry is MK Leo's incredible run to become the first ever Evo smash ultimate champion Leo ran a near-perfect loser's bracket gauntlet to make it all the way back to the grand finals but his opponent tweaked had him on the ropes man it's definitely transcended right now in Charizard out just throw out the flare blitz and in this Bank take all of our souls right now - to tweet one more game but that didn't faze em Kaleo one bit so many air dodges yes to play so reactive yeah there it is again leo says hail to the king baby we're going to Game four this could go either way he is not falling for that falling down off stage there is the reset layout is just on top of him all over the place and it's so unfortunate to tweak because this tournament could have been over Leo won three straight games to reset the bracket and then he did it again waiting with a third jab so smart he's gonna try to go low Jimmy spiked it he missed a layup be quick to be here 2019 Evo champion Leo edged his name into history with one of the most incredible comebacks and smash and claimed the ultimate prize coming in at number five is cloud nines legendary win at the Boston elite major the tournament started off badly cloud 9 dropped their first two games in the new legend stage but they rallied dropping only a single map on their way to the Grand Finals where they met tournament favorites faze clan absolutes going away and decipher dance Guardian automatic on his own running up the short position I think one of my sis heard him which means that they can all hold angles that's both great the flash fake one workout face class take the first map of this series Eric [Music] [Applause] with that series tied at one apiece phase pushed cloud9 - match point on the deciding map but it was there that the North Americans clawed back forcing double overtime before making their mark on csgo history make the point just by staying [Applause] laughing do you know what that noise means that it means it's batch point cloud nine so from this position before you cannot miss a single shot Guardian waits patiently as cloud my scepter push up [Applause] it was a miraculous win in true David versus Goliath fashion this major victory was one that no one saw coming in 2018 oh gee shook the dota world with a TI championship that defied all odds and the fairy tale finals that got them there is number four on our list let us paint you a picture oh gee were down one to two in the series LGD were on match point our heroes had their backs against the wall yes this is a rough situation to be in of course but we're gonna overcome it together you know we know we're one game away it doesn't matter we're gonna go ahead and have fun when the next one and window one after we're getting tested embrace it yes and in the deciding game for LGD looked like they were about to run away with the match in dominant fashion Thompson being chased by something mystical the dust down tops it as well x Nova picked up inside of the sample Thompson won't fall they'll find out it - can they get severs well Jax is there at the side but he does not have relocate available there's no safe who said and effectively at the end of the day I pulled see you wipe there by PSC LGD but sev have something else in mind look at the cool control Swami has he got it are they getting set up by the court somebody never wait for a diver dr. bleep Sid you can stay over there point where the snowball sir sodas will be edified the iron for them fully load you need that so there's never two minutes they get to total never do in Saudi Anna Anna can you do it in chat all [ __ ] of his lifetime astonishingly that single play was enough for OG to tie the series by and in game 5 they completed the most miraculous run in TI history number three on our list is one of eSports his most iconic plays and comebacks in the 2016 MLG Columbus major semi finals luminosity were on the edge of defeat with a 15-9 score line but it was there that cold Zahra made an impossible play to kick-start an equally impossible comeback yeah there's a lot of pressure on him he's gotta hit these shots we saw holding this in his spot before the same spot but but with much more utility to work with here it comes once again the first base is that trainees gonna hit the ground there's cold call the same luminosity with your play unthinkable scenes there on the B apartments they need a huge play without something I'm never gonna see ever again luminosity shut liquid out after that round to take the map one versus three this is for everything this is for the map right now eco making its way around the smoke it was found Abel's for taco but that's in luminosity with a comeback from 1510 an amazing play from coal with the AWP all the way back into our time into a victory ten rounds in a row for a luminosity fifty nine to nineteen fifteen I have no idea how they managed to pull that off what's crazy is they did the same on map - with liquid on match point yet again this time putting an end to the MA dream eco needs a big big play to save his team in this round and he's got a guy going towards headshot it's fur the spray comes in the flames are making it difficult but what can he go - he's got an Phenix jumping through the smoke and stood Renly's a one versus poor retake with an AWP and there it is Cole's going to take his head off and luminosity will find themself in the grand finals against Navi oh yeah and the Brazilians also went on to win the major taking the runner-up spot on our list is a game that has become synonymous with the word come back that's right we're talking about CLG EU vs. Moscow 5 in the group stage of Dreamhack summer 2012 despite the early game going CLG II used way the mid game was all Moscow 5 who took multiple objectives and found themselves with a gold lead in excess of 20,000 Wow Moscow 5 really tons of pressure it this is what we say so many times but Moscow 5 they smell that advantage they absolutely nailed you they will hit you hard and you just won't know what's happened the snowball tear he comes out they are one of the strongest noble teams known to man at this point the outcome was clear favoring Moscow 5 in more ways than one but CLG EU were unwavering in their patience and waited for the perfect moment to turn the tables straight away you can see the poor ice coming down as well beauty comes out Darian mansions to pick up one kill there all she was canceled the ulti was not quite run through Kenta it's gonna get taken out as well and CLG absolutely coming out on top of this one it has to be a 2 for 1 gauge is gonna go down he will get pops now time it breaks also getting another wall goes across blocks of all beautiful play will is blown the girls go steeper because you don't get the double kill their training is really pop absolutely destroyed engine dies from Target while the gonna diverge or getcha then that kick comes out on towards get ahead foot sorry for price Holly she's now the target that is Ricky picking up another key diamond break trying to get away from this one yellow beets just a jump on his face any minute now there we go the shutdown comes in the ACE comes out from Co t this is insane the nexus story has already gone down the second nexus story has come down and CLG pull off the biggies come back though we've ever seen and so CLG EU had overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to beat their biggest rivals snatching victory for the unlikeliest of results topping off our list is arguably the greatest dota game ever played it's Iggy's impossible come back against mega creeps in the ti6 upper bracket semi-finals now EG were favourites going into the tournament as defending champions so it was a shock when they fell so far behind to eHome in the early stages of Game one making his move forward he's got that whirling death one more to do it low Saturday's first blood for fan has another poisonous up the three stacks but doesn't look like it's gonna be enough a second till go in the way of eHome I don't think it's gonna go well for us he hope he took so much on that whirling death and now but slowly taken away the shadow word will Bennett alive a third kill for a home as the game wore on the deficit grew larger and it seemed like eg were doomed eHome pushed into E G's base and got the barracks all of them no one had ever come back against mega creeps on the TI main stage but the defending champs were resilient but here comes that all these flash bounce around their shattered even hoping to be able to go into time [Applause] [Applause] and he's trying to get PPD but evil geniuses pull top elected they're holding those events here [Applause] [Music] the tier boards being beaten on it began [Applause] possible Iggy's come back against impossible odds wasn't pretty but for the North American home crowd and dota fans everywhere it was beautiful all right well there you have it the top ten greatest comebacks of all time now you may have noticed that dota came in at number one if you'd like to see that happen more often make sure to sub to the channel and let me know in the comments as the scores resident dota head it keeps me armored and mana regen see you next time dude why am I not on this list I haven't done talked to any in like a month and we shot it like two months ago this this right here this is the greatest comeback in eSports history where could I be [Laughter] [Music]

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Length: 19min 11sec (1151 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 11 2020

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[u/Islamiyyah]

no orangemarmalade no care

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[u/JaxiTaxi]

I remember watching #1 in person. Lost my voice. Still my personal favorite game of all time.