These results now mean that a single point separates first from fifth place, followed by Honor, two points below at six total, and then Aqualix and Smoke Break, at zero points at the bottom. Honor Esports hoped to capitalise on this and take first place for themselves, only to fall against APE in a 7-2 scoreline of their own. To open the playday, Slaughterhouse, previously known as Team Oblation, jumped from sixth to a single point away from the top with a 7-0 win over the current league leaders of PDHM Gaming, gifting them their first loss of the season. Starting with Group A, this week saw the two leaders of PDHM and Honor both lose their games in very convincing scorelines as two of the preseason favorites finally stepped up. As well as this, following the in-game ban of Luiz, Parabellum announced that Sonar will be replacing him for the rest of the stage, reuniting him with his ex-Altiora team members. NA Challenger League: PDHM, Honor, and Nokturns All Toppledįirstly, over the last week, two new organisations entered NA Challenger League the Kansas City Pioneers, who picked up The Favelas, and Aqualix, who acquired dGeneration. Tonight will see four more Bo1s with INTZ, Santos, BD Academy, and Singularity all in action, while the quarter-final dates have yet to be confirmed. As resetz only initially joined the Academy roster as he was underaged prior, it is very likely he will be promoted to the main lineup for Stage 2 as a major young gunner entering the fray.
The reason why resetz was picked as yoona's stand-in was very obvious, however, he went 22-8 K-D) across the Bo3 on the operators of Zofia and Melusi, helping lead his side to victory.
This could be somewhat of a problem, as BD Academy is also competing in this tournament, meaning there's a realistic chance we could see resetz face his current team by the end of next week. The game itself saw the Dromedalho player of deffalt1 excel as the top fragger, while W7M had two players - pdr1n and Guii - hit just a 0.5 K/D or below, leading to the 7-4, 7-2 defeat.Īlso of note across the four Bo3s played are Black Dragons, who were forced to play with resetz - a player for Black Dragons Academy - in the place of yoona, who was banned on Twitch the day prior. W7M, meanwhile, comes in as the last-placed BR6 roster, showing there's likely a big overlap between the tiers in the Brazilian sub-region.
With the four pro teams being the top seeds in the 16-team event, they were expected to have a fairly easy first few games, but Tier 2 teams in Brazil showed how capable they are as the virtually-unknown Dromedalho roster defeated W7M Gaming.ĭromedalho only played in a single one of the Liga Six Cups to qualify for this tournament in which they finished in second, defeating two other Brazil Cup-qualified rosters in the process. Last night saw the opening day of the LATAM Super-Cups, which you can read about in further detail here. Benelux League: GAMMA Taken to Overtime, KVM Remains Joint FirstĬopa do Brasil: W7M First-Rounded, Golden Kids Taken to Three Maps.Nordic Championship: High Coast Takes Second with Win Over Ambush.Russian Major League: Empire Jumps to First with Two Wins.NA Challenger League: PDHM, Honor, X, and X All Toppled.Copa do Brasil: W7M First Rounded, Golden Kids Taken to Three Maps.Here's the best of the action at the end of Stage 1 as the pre-SI break slows things down. As for everything else, Tier 2 to 3 tournaments took place across every region, including the Challenger League in North America and the start of the Brazilian Cup.