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ENCE vs Astralis

13.11.2020 14:00
(EEST, Helsinki, Finland)

We take a loss against Astralis in the IEM Beijing Upper Bracket debut match of doto and sAw.

Dust2 (ENCE's pick): 11-16

Seeing as Astralis' pick came out to be Inferno, we knew Dust2 would be a must-win map for us to have a good chance of securing the series. Our T-side started off strong on the back of a pistol win, quickly leading to a 4-0 advantage for us. Additionally, some dirty shots through the double doors in the early phases helped us start nearly every round with either a health or man advantage. Overall the boys seemed very warmed up, as they had no trouble hitting their shots or executing strats. The first half ended with a promising 9-6 lead in our favor.

We managed to win another pistol round, but unfortunately for us, Astralis truly came alive on the defensive side after shutting us down by winning the post-pistol. Our economy was in shambles, which combined with some missed opportunities on our buy rounds, caused a downwards spiral in our play. A 9 round streak for Astralis spelled disaster and we were ready to head into the second map.

Inferno (Astralis' pick): 4-16

Yet another pistol round win start to a map off, somewhat uncommon for the boys, but a very welcome improvement. Still, Astralis dominated their gun rounds on the attacking side, giving us a rough time trying to hold sites. Even though things weren't going our way in terms of rounds, Jamppi was at least able to display his assassination skills and take 2 lives with his knife. A few round wins here and there left us with a worrying 4-11 half.

Our game didn't pick up on the T-side at all, where we ended up losing the remaining rounds, partly due to device's great individual performance on the server. The Lower Bracket is the next stop on Sunday, stay tuned!