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ALGS Season 20: Legend-Upgrades, Team-Wechsel und strategische Spielzüge in EMEA

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- 02.03.24 - 03:56:22 - 165.520 - Apex Legends

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Season 20 der ALGS bringt Legend-Upgrades und Team-Wechsel. TylerFPS wechselt zu Orglis, Unlucky zu Alliance. Strategische Spielzüge, Evo-Cores und Anpassungen der Waffen-Meta prägen die Matches. Teams kämpfen um Positionen und die Vorherrschaft in EMEA. Lifeline erlebt ein Comeback.

Apex Legends

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Einführung in Season 20 und die ALGS

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00:03:16 Welcome back to the ALGS Rundown. With all the big changes happening in Season 20, we obviously have to talk about all the Legend upgrade systems, the Replicator changes, and the introduction of S.H.I.E.L.D. Cores. And to help me focus on all of this, we have John Larson, a respawn dev, who happens to be the brains behind some of these changes, as well as TSM Raven, a three-times LAN champion, to talk us through what's new.

00:03:46 How do shield cores and evo caches work exactly? Yeah, so the biggest thing up front is that armor as you know it and evo armor as you know it is no longer a lootable object in the world. And I guess the thought of this is that our evo system has now expanded to go just beyond dealing damage. Different things will give you evo points.

00:04:11 um, um, um, um, um, um, um,

00:04:40 Kills, Assists, Squad Wipes will grant a Team-Wide Bonus. So combat oriented things as well as different class action related movements. Or, yeah, class perk actions. So scanning beacons, ring consoles, opening up assault bins, support bins, scanning care packages. All these will grant Team-Wide EVO to help level up that.

00:05:09 in cases where you don't have combat maybe at your disposal. I know, you know, it's different in competitive versus pubs, but some people drop hot, some people are contested in comp, some people are landing center zone, edge zone. So we wanted to make sure that there are avenues for different play styles, different ways to think about how to progress in Apex and then just kind of fold that into what we think of as Evo.

00:05:38 Um, so, in terms of armor, like, that's the biggest thing, you can't loot it, you have to earn it, you have to earn it in some way, and we still are preserving the sort of shield swapping mechanics you can get from, from shield cores. So your armor, your level is tied to you, but the charge in that, your shield core, is something that you can, uh, swap off a death box for, for a quick, quick charge in a fight. Um, but ultimately your, your cap as you move through the world is tied to your...

00:06:10 Ja, Ravens, ich bin über deine Meinung auf das, weil natürlich die Pros werden müssen, die wie sie spielen werden, besonders wenn Contested wird, wie Jay gesagt, oder John gesagt. So, ich bin wirklich überraschend, ob du denkst, dass wir die Teams werden besser auf-Drop werden, um das Auf-Drop zu bekommen? So, ich glaube nicht, dass Teams werden für Evo Stations, zum Beispiel. Die Unterschiede zwischen...

00:06:35 um, wie das Spiel funktioniert jetzt mit den Crafters ist, dass wenn du nicht ein Crafter hast, dann eine andere Team wird dort sitzen für etwa 1-2 Minuten. So, da gibt es grounds für das Spiel. Aber diese Evo Stations, die Leute werden einfach passen, sie werden einfach mit ihnen gehen. So, ich glaube nicht, dass die Leute sollen für sie werden. Although, ich denke, dass die Rotate in den ersten Spiel werden, wird es ziemlich wunderschön, weil jetzt die Teams nicht mehr sitzen für zwei Minuten sind. So, sie werden einfach nur...

00:07:03 zwischen PVE, Evo Stations, Beacons, Bins, und alles. Das wird wirklich Spaß haben, zu sehen, dass sich alle, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um,

00:07:29 So, okay, there are some standout characters to me. I think Bang is really strong, especially with her ultimate cooldown being out in a blue perk, so she spikes pretty early. I think Bloodhound is also going to be pretty good with a digi nerf. Otherwise, Caustic and Watson are also on my radar, but as a lot of you may know, or maybe some of you don't know, I like to counterpick, so I have to wait for what other people are playing, then I'll let you know. I'll build my comp after that. Boo!

00:07:59 Alright, John, how about you?

00:08:03 I generally agree with a lot of that. I think Bangalore will still see a lot of usage, unlike a lot of the people that are fighting her. Especially with the Digi-Change. You'll see some of her offensive capabilities are dampened a bit, but you can offset some of that with a Bloodhound pick, especially with attack cooldown reduction, just keeping those cans up.

00:08:32 Ich glaube, dass sie in Bezblocker ist. Sie hat zwei Charges of Smoke, voll cool-down. So, ja, ich sehe sie als Faktor. Ich glaube, dass Sie Watson sehr gut sind. Wir haben Spaß mit diesen Upgrades. Ich denke, dass es verschiedene Möglichkeiten gibt, in der verschiedenen Spielstylen von Watton gibt. Weil, unlike mit vielen Kontrollern, sie, wahrscheinlich mehr als jeder,

00:09:00 So you have players that are into getting to their spot and letting people know that they're there and then maybe with the split circuit upgrade you can kind of be more dynamic within a fight and have two sort of strongholds that you can be playing off of.

00:09:29 Plus, Ult XL in 3.5 Sekunden. Man kann das Mid-Fight beherrschen. Ich weiß, Sheila ist eine Meme im Top-Level. Aber die bessere Handlung und Spinn-Up... In Playtest, ich habe das Gefühl. Und vielleicht mit der Bandolier, man kann das auch flexen, um mehr Ammo-Management zu machen.

00:09:58 Ja, in terms of your Recon pick, you probably got Bloodhound still. Vantage will be fun, I don't know. I don't think she's offering enough Team Util in comp, but it could be a fun Rank pick.

00:10:14 Ich bin gespannt, ob es die Assault Characters, die zwei Charges attack haben, oder einfach nur eine Bucht-Version. Ashes, in particular. Ich denke, dass ein Team an den richtigen Moment gut ist. Ich denke, außerhalb der Passiv ist es nicht wirklich ein Kampf. Die Alts sind immer noch nicht so. Und als Sie haben Horizon, ich fühle mich,

00:10:43 Sie sind aufsetzend ein paar Sachen die Charaktere zu tun, in Bezug auf Area Denial. Ich glaube, wenn Maggi noch zwei Trills hat, dann die Horizon noch nicht interessiert. Aber wir sehen. Maggi, glaube ich, wird sehr stark in dieser Meta sein. Es ist nicht zufrieden, wenn wir sehen, Maggi. Ich will Gibby zurück, aber ich glaube, Maggi wird das ein bisschen. Wir sehen.

00:11:12 Aber mit den SMG-Nerfs und mit den Strengen mit den ARs, vielleicht sehen wir mehr Schottie, mehr Maggi play. Newcastle, ich weiß nicht. Ich weiß nicht, was Ravens' thoughts sind auf Newcastle. Aber ich denke, seine Upgrades sind ziemlich stark in Bezug auf TAC-Health oder Move-Speed. Ich denke, wenn jemand mit Newcastle stuck und er hat ein paar...

00:11:41 Proficient Newcastle players, they could carve out a spot for themselves.

00:11:46 I totally agree. I actually do think Newcastle is going to be quite obnoxious to play against. Yeah, I think we saw the emergence of Newcastle in ALGS for a little bit, but then players kind of tapered off. So I'm really excited to see people come back to that. And also Maggie. I mean, her ultimate change where the ball will not explode upon first hit and it will bounce back. I think that's going to be really interesting to see. I mean, Raven, I don't know what comp would be perfect with Maggie, but...

00:12:15 I really want to see her in play.

00:12:19 Ja, ich sollte auch Maggi haben. Ich glaube, sie wird sehr stark sein. Absolut. Und auch die nice Sache mit Maggi ist, dass sie eine sehr unigere Charakteristik hat. Sie ist sehr gut gegen die Newcastle Wall, oder Rampart Wall. Sie können sogar sogar ein Watsingen durch eine Wall. So sie hat diese sehr unigere Charakteristik. Oder sogar die Gibby Bubble. So, depending auf die Meta, sie könnte auch einfach so sein.

00:12:48 Also, her perk with shotguns is pretty great for the EVA 8 entering the cure package. So super excited to see how people play that. I hate that gun. I liked it better with double tap, but you know what, whatever. That's an argument for another day. I hate that gun too. Something about how it sounds when someone is just ripping off 8 shells at me and I'm like...

00:13:17 Just use a real shotgun, you know? Just two pump me with a respect for shotgun. The weapons team wanted to cook with that one. So they created some... Whatever the care package even is, it's something. To see a Gibraltar meta come back with shotguns, Raven, what do you think we would see teams do more in terms of legend picks?

00:13:46 Well, I think that Gibby's best role in Competitive is as a late game character. You don't want him to be running around in the open on Edge. You want him to just sit in the zone and then when you have to move, bubble out, throw your ult and live longer than the other teams near you, right? So he's especially like this zone endgame character. And I mean, that also kind of fits the whole shotgun thing, right? Like shotguns...

00:14:11 Es ist besser, die größer range you have to get and that lends itself to late game. So if he is played, that's the best way to do it in my opinion. But again, we talked about Maggie. Maggie, if there is too many Gibbys or whatever, we might see Maggie's especially or maybe she's just played anyways. That's always the biggest threat to Gibbys.

00:14:36 We saw in Pro League so far, there was a ton of 30-30s, right? Almost everyone was running it. But we do know that the 30-30 got a bit of a nerf. So Raven, do we see the 30-30 coming back still in its popularity? So this is the point where I'm going to just let the pros figure that out. Because as a coach, precision aim isn't my strong suit. I'm a pretty good close range player, I'm not gonna lie. Even though I'm an MK, but...

00:15:05 Ich werde die Prösen herausfinden, weil es ein bisschen aus meiner Expertise ist. Okay, Jon, um, did you want to see the 30-30 kind of rotate out of the meta? Yeah, the 30-30, it's been an interesting trajectory, because I was talking with the weapons guys, and we're like, like...

00:15:27 Und wir haben uns gedacht, haben wir die Dammage auf 30-30? Das ist die erste Sache, dass es nicht mehr touched ist. Wir haben die Integrated Dual-Shell hop-up und all diese Sachen gemacht. Und dann haben wir ein paar Dinge gemacht, um es zu bringen, in eine Usable-State, das ist jetzt sehr Usable, sehr strong. Und wir haben uns gedacht, dass wir nicht mehr touchten Dammage haben. So, ja, das ist definitiv ein Intentional...

00:15:55 We see the usage in all levels of play. Last night I got, you know, in range, just a team with double 30-30s just started popping off as soon as the fight ended. I'm like, guys, really? Come on. It's new season's in two days. Let's try something else. But I think we'll see. I think there's some other marksmen in range options that are going to...

00:16:21 Probably creep up in usage. Shoutout to Monsoon on the Sentinel grind. I know he's been using that for a minute now. I think we'll see more senties. Probably some more scouts on certain comps or certain, yeah, for certain loadouts. And I think the 30-30 will still be strong. Hemlock I think will still be strong. I don't think these are, these are now gutter tier now. Like the hipfire on both is I think still going to be pretty strong in that. I know for the 30-30 in a pinch.

00:16:51 Wie fühlt sich die Digi-Site nicht zu sein?

00:17:13 Ich denke, es ist eigentlich ein buff zu Bangalore, in dem Sinne, dass man nicht so gut wird. Aber es ist auch ein nerf, weil dann, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast.

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00:18:07 Die Frontlines sind, wo man die Schrauben sind, wo die Schrauben sind, in der Spielspage sind. Und so ist es nicht die End-All-Be-All-Solution zu Smoke. Es ist einfach, dass sich die Schrauben von den Schrauben ausgesprochen hat. Ich denke, das Problem ist, dass es noch nicht so prevalent ist. Also gibt es verschiedene Ideen, wie wir denken, wie zu arbeiten. Weil ich...

00:18:36 wie Smoke als eine Abilität in Apex. Aber wie können wir mehr Interessenten Gameplay über ihn und in es. Das ist etwas, was wir haben.

Neustart der ALGS mit Season 20

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00:19:33 It's that time again, the ALGS. We've been on a vacation, but we are back and with a brand new season. Season 20, it was around the corner. It was all the hype. And now we get to see what the pros have decided are the meta and who will stand out in this whole new game we love called Apex Legends. It's Match Day 6. Let's get going. Welcome, everybody. My name is Randy. I'll be your host today alongside two of my favorites, good friends and even better,

00:20:02 Ich habe zu sagen, diese Leute sind phänomenal. Sieg 20, mein Mann. Es geht weiter. Ich meine, wir warten für dieses Moment für schon lange. Nicht nur die ALGS kommen, aber die Faktik, dass wir dieses freshes, neue Gefühl haben, über die ALGS. Sieg 20 hat mich sehr gut. Und jetzt wir sehen uns die Pros wirklich an es für den ersten Mal. Und natürlich, ihr werdet mit dem Mann, der Myth, der Legend, Dan Gaskin. Ich weiß, dass du ein paar Punkte gemacht hast, aber ich bin auch sehr gespannt, ich glaube, zu sehen, die gameplay.

00:20:31 Yeah, of course, whenever you get a big change like this in the middle of the season, you're always wondering what's going to happen, which teams are going to benefit from it. The best way to find out is, of course, getting into the action. Well, what's so fun about this is we get to come back as an audience and even as casters and be excited about what is next. We get to look at the future and kind of still wonder, whereas over the past maybe 19 seasons of Apex, we have really tried to figure out.

00:20:57 was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was,

00:21:25 to coordinate our thoughts on what it is with the limited vision of watching scrims. But today is the day that will tell all. And Mark, I kind of want to start with you here because, you know, season 20 is going to look different on different maps.

00:21:39 Ja, es hat. Und ich denke, es ist nur richtig, dass wir in Stormpoint starten und kind of talken durch die Legends, die wir heute erwarten. Das ist nicht die Overall-Composition, aber das ist Legends, dass wir sicherlich gesehen haben, in Scrims und von den Pro-Teams haben. So, wenn man Bangalore hat, wir wissen, dass es ein bisschen ein Digi-Nerf ist, soll ich sagen. Thankfully, ich denke, viele Pro-Teams werden auch denken. Bloodhound ist noch sehr viel prevalent, und Valkyrie, auch, hat sich zurückgegangen. Aber looking at die Perk-Trees, das ist etwas, natürlich, new zu Season 20.

00:22:08 This is what we can expect to see, and maybe some of the picks we're expecting to see when those perks become available. Looking at the first one, you can see Ultimate Cooldown is always going to be picked by pro players. They want to get access to those abilities as quickly as possible. And then when we go to level 3 and we talk about the purple perk...

00:22:24 I think it's a little bit of choice here. We have seen Cover Me become a little bit more prevalent in the last few weeks of scrims, but I still think there's value also in Refuge as well. So Bangalore, the players, depending on, I think, situation, is going to be how that purple perk does go down. Moving over to Bloodhound now to have a quick look at this legend. Not only do they have the ability to hit the Survey Beacons, which is going to be great for getting early Evo, but when we look through the perk tree, we look about what options they have. Attack Cooldown is, again, going to be probably mostly picked, you would expect, when you're hitting blues, just to be able to get that.

00:22:53 Das ist eine kleine Zeit, wenn es zu den Skans gibt. Und dann, wenn du das Purple Evo hast, wird es eine Taste of Blood zu sein. Das ist ein bisschen das Team für, weil es der Fall ist, wenn du in den Kampf bist, wenn du in den Kampf bist, wenn du in den Kampf bist, wenn du in den Kampf bist, wenn du in den Kampf bist, wenn du in den Kampf bist, wenn du in den Kampf bist, wenn du in den Kampf bist. Und das ist das was Bloodhound best best, being involved in die Skirmishes und getting die Kills für deine Team. Next up, wir werden Valkyrie, die sich reintroduzt sich zu den Metagame ein bisschen. Looking at her Perk Tree hier, als auch. After Burners, das ist eine der Reaktivitäten.

00:23:22 So, das sind die Perks, die wir sehen. Das ist das, was wir sehen. Obviamente, da wird ein bisschen adaptieren.

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00:24:18 Also, was die Wahl? Es scheint, Particle Diffuser ist die Wahl für das erste Perk. Es war 50% an den Beginn, wenn diese Perks wurden. Es hat sich schon seit dem ersten Playtest und jetzt die actualen Gameplay. Der andere Element ist es, dass wir es in. Ich habe gesehen, Residual Toxins tatsächlich viel, das ist, die Vision von der Nox zu sehen.

00:24:48 as they exit your gas a little bit longer. So some people, like we've seen with AutoPing, might be opting for the more strategic element, especially if this is on a support player. But regenning in smoke, regenning in your gas, it seems like those are going to be very hard things to pass up. We'll see what ultimately they decide in today's matches. But Dan, there will be a whole other element besides just the characters they choose that will determine their success in today.

00:25:12 Yeah, the game has entirely changed with armor cores. Evo shields have changed the way that we saw them previously in seasons. You are not going to be able to just pick up a shield out of a bin. Instead, you get given your gray shields and then you have to work towards improving them.

00:25:29 Whether that be through various different kind of interactions on the map, whether it be through damage, and I'll talk you through how that happens. But for the base, you can see the core is still the same. You're going to be working with X amount of health depending on whether you have blue.

00:25:43 Die wichtigste Sache hier ist, wie viel Evo man braucht. Natürlich ist es ein sehr vieles Mal von Blue zu Purple. Und man fragt sich, wie wir das tun? Wenn man sich das Spiel spielt, dann gibt es verschiedene Multi-Games, es scheint, zu bekommen. Die großen Evo Harvester ist eine der größten Evo-Harvester. Das ist eine der größten Evo-Harvester. Ihr findet sie über die Evo-Härvester. Das wird die Evo-Härvester geben. Das wird die Evo-Härvester geben. Das wird die Evo-Härvester geben. Das wird die Evo-Härvester geben. Das wird die Evo-Härvester geben. Und du kannst auch die Evo-Härvester finden in Perk Bins, zum Beispiel.

00:26:12 Bis zum nächsten Mal.

00:26:20 Kare Packages, Evo Caches. Now, it might look a little bit different there. 450, 1350, it seems like a lot. But basically, when you pick up an Evo Cache at that armor, you will get given that much Evo armor upgrade. And basically, if you are blue, you'll be upgraded to a purple and a little bit more. If you are white, you'll be upgraded to a blue and a little bit more. The later you find an Evo Cache in those Kare Packages, it will be even better and even more beneficial. If you see someone with a red armor quite early...

00:26:49 They probably found an Evo cache. But this has completely changed the game of Apex Legends, Rain Day. People's rotations have changed. Their pathing is now different. People are looking for these harvesters. I've even seen people get to Red Armors without even shooting another player. Instead, they're shooting the wildlife on the maps, for example. They're almost having little mini side quests. It's incredible. I was going to say, why are you counting out some guy who might have just done 25 finishers? I mean, there's 100 each. I mean, it's possible.

00:27:16 Anything is possible now. You know, one of the things that Apex touted as this system adjusting for players is the flexibility of how you like to play Apex. For pros, we know that they're going to pick the most streamlined and effective way to do this. So if you are curious to blend that gap of what you know and what they're going to do, this is a great place to be at the start of Season 20 in our Pro League. But let's talk about all this gap time, the time we took to learn Season 20 and figure it out. It wasn't just learning mechanics, learning legends and learning the meta. It was learning.

Team-Veränderungen und Einschätzungen vor Match Day 6

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00:27:45 Which team needed to be present for the rest of this split? Because as we enter in Matchday 6, the back half of our round robin, we are our second round robin with only one left to go. We have seen roster changes that have for many been simple, but for some been massive. Tyler, FPS.

00:28:05 Notably, joining Orglis in Hungary, previously played with Unlucky and Matafe, and they actually added Matafe as an IGL into that squad, and they were a credible force online. They just weren't able to get it together in land. Unlucky stayed, but at this moment in time, with the departure of Yuki from Alliance, is now joining Alliance. Can they make things happen? Obviously, Urban joining, Cold as well, Romanoff, Triart Thor, Joe making some moves to XO, Cybercats, and Lesite de France. But the most important, maybe the biggest highlight,

00:28:34 Hier ist die Geschichte von Tyler, FBS und Unlucky. Vorher Team-Mates, jetzt an einem alten Team und an einem neuen Team, versuchen es zu machen in Season 20 zu machen. Wir hatten eine Chance zu sprechen mit ihnen vor heute und sehen was ihre Gedanken waren.

00:28:52 Hey guys, I'm Unlucky and I'm playing for Alliance. I'm playing with Effect and Hakkis together and our coach is Snuff. So, one week before the third matchday, Hakkis jammed me. We need a third because Yuki is quitting. So, I asked him how much time I have. I have one day at a time because of the Rosalock. So, I said I'm going to play out with OH for the last matchday and after that I join you guys. Pretty good, we played one week of scrims until now.

00:29:20 But this week went pretty good and we got four times top one and one time top two. So I'm overall pretty confident going into this weekend with the boys. And yeah.

00:29:31 Ich bin sicher, dass ich die Leute kennenzulernen kann. Diese Woche war sehr gut, aber ich war sehr froh und nervös, weil ich ein Big Ogg als Allianz und unglaublichen Spielern wie Huck is ein Fakt. Es war sehr schwierig für mich, aber ich glaube, ich bin sehr gut und ich freue mich auf dieses Weekend.

00:29:58 Hello, I'm TylerFPS from Auglas in Hungary, and my two teammates are Metafe and Kinda. Metafe just basically DM'd me and said that they needed a third because Unlucky left for Alliance, and it's a no-brainer. Metafe is a top 5 IGL, if not the best IGL in our region, and I decided to take the opportunity. Me and Metafe used to be teammates back in early 2022. I played with someone called Unlucky, who's now in Alliance.

00:30:24 We formed a team called Bosch, and we were looking for an IGL, so Metafe was our 3rd. We had great results, we were top 2, top 3 in our region, and then we went to LAN, and obviously it wasn't how we wanted it to go, and I ended up joining E6, Element 6 for the champs, and now I'm back. They're going really good, actually. We used to have a saying when I was before on the team.

00:30:48 Wir haben die 2nd-Place-Cast, wo wir immer 2nd enden. Und das scheint zu sein zu sein. Wir sind immer 2nd zu sein. Wir haben letztendlich gespielt eine Tournament, und wir enden 2nd einen Punkt hinter, so... Es ist ziemlich lustig, aber es ist gut.

00:31:04 Obviously so great to talk to Tyler FPS. He's a real charming guy, Mark. And, you know, you can tell that he's excited to play and willing to put his work in. Yeah, for sure. And he's joining a teammate in Matafe that he's had previous success with, right? And I think feeling comfortable on a team is something that is very important. And nothing is going to make you feel more comfortable.

00:31:22 than knowing that you can achieve what you did previously with those teammates. So very excited to see Tyler back. He was one of the highlight players online in the EMEA Pro League in recent seasons. So I think that he's going to feel comfortable again. And I just want to see him back to form. Yeah, I think both of these players can make a big difference to their teams. Also, is it something about Alliance where you have to have that hairstyle? I mean, Yuki leaves and now Unlucky has it as well. Mark was making fun of me last time. It's just, it seems like it's part of their contract is you've got to look good.

00:31:49 I think that is. I mean, Dan, I don't know. Do you have a side partnership with whoever's signing those deals for the hair? I don't know, man, but everybody's looking good over here. I got to start growing my thing out, by the way, guys. We'll figure that out in a second. Mark, we might have to leave you behind for a moment. All right, let's go into it because Match Day 6 is about to start. We've got such a great lead up to this, and it's, yes, been played on a completely different season, but heading into now, we've seen teams perform, and the teams that have performed have clearly set themselves up.

00:32:18 für dieses Back-Half-Half-Half-Half.

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00:33:06 Ja, das sind die Teams in Touch in Distance, und du hast die Allianz gemacht. Unlucky kommt in, und er hat gesagt, dass sie in den Start des Interviews gesagt haben, ich bin Unlucky. Ich bin sicher, dass er nicht sein wird, wenn es das Ende des Spiel kommt, und Allianz macht das Land Event. Aber sie haben viel Firepower, und ich bin sicher, mit dem Einladen von Unlucky, Effekt und Hackes, sie werden heute heute versuchen, ihre Weg zu den Topen.

00:33:30 Die größte Sache ist, wie tief es ist zwischen 11 und 20. Es gibt nur mehr als 10 Punkte zwischen all diesen Plätzen. So nach einem Tag, all diese Positionen können sich ändern. Ja, und dann natürlich, die nicht so fun Positionen, 21st und BELOW. Und ein paar unserer Teams, die heute hier spielen, sind in diesen 10. So es ist wichtig, dass sie sich hier finden, wenn sie sich hier auf die Möglichkeit haben.

00:33:59 You can see, even with 4 Series played, Minder down there. That is not a great place to be, but for teams like ESG, like TSM Phoenix, they've only played one less Series, so they're going to have that opportunity to kind of propel themselves up the leaderboards. There are a few teams that maybe I was expecting to be a little bit higher, but you've got to prove yourself today. It's kind of a do-or-die moment. We're getting to that period of time here in Pro League where if you don't make it today, you may just be trying to play catch-up too late on.

00:34:25 Und es wird über 66% der Zeit gesucht werden. Das bedeutet, dass für Groups B und C, es ist do-or-die, in nearly all intents and purposesen. Wir sehen, wir haben ein paar große Names, though. Aurora, sie werden nicht zu lassen, ihre Pace zu lassen. Sie sehen, dass sie auf der Topf der Leaderboard bleiben. Aber Alliance, mit der neuen Edition von Unlucky, außerhalb der drop von Yuki, der Retirement von Yuki, was ein Phänomenal player. Big shout-out on Broadcast, das alles Yuki hat getan.

00:34:54 Ich kann nicht warten. Ich kann nicht warten.

00:35:23 und Gaskin. Boys, take it away. I tell you what, Dan, it's been quite a wait, but it is a wonderful feeling, I have to say, a re-energized feeling for everybody who's watching at home and I'm sure for both of us as well, knowing that we're going into the first game day of Season 20. A new game and maybe some new runners coming to the front.

00:35:43 Yeah, I'm very excited just to kind of see what people pick for perks. I know that perk trees for the most part are quite standard now. Most people are picking the same thing, but it's kind of the what if in my head of what if a perk is selected here or there? What difference could that make in the endgame? And I guess we're just going to have to see. Now the biggest change from kind of the first half of Pro League to the second half is we're going to be starting on World's Edge now. So instead of Stormpoint being the kicker off, instead we're going to be going back to the old familiar, the old trusted.

00:36:11 We certainly are indeed. And with World's Edge, obviously we're going to have to talk about some new ideas that we've seen coming through from teams as well about how they want to level up those EVO cores, how they want to get into the game, how they want to approach it, depending on where their POI is, what their POI is, and where their end circle, of course, is going to be going as well. And one thing we haven't even touched on at this point is, of course, there's been some adjustments in the weapon meta as well. So expect to see some different guns. The R9 might be going to sleep for a little bit. It might be Volk time when it comes to those SMGs. But the good news is that Digi...

00:36:40 Es ist viel mehr quiet als es war, Dan. Aber wir sind sicher nicht mehr quiet heute, heute. Es ist Zeit für die Nummer 1 hier. Saison 20 ist hier und die AOGS ist zurück.

Spielbeginn und erste Eindrücke von Season 20 in der ALGS

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00:36:49 I don't know what you're talking about. Give me the RE45 with a Digi every day of the week. I love that thing. It's incredible. I wouldn't be surprised if we see a couple pick it up, but we'll have to wait and see. Now, looking at World's Edge and Amir here, we may have a couple of contests going down. I'm looking at Tree. I'm looking at Overlook. If that does happen, how is that going to influence things? Aftermath, 202, Pest Control and Vex are the four teams that are being contested in this first set of maps. So that could really affect their chances of being...

00:37:18 Ich würde auch sagen, dass der Contest in generell ein bisschen mehr einfach ist, weil jemand wird auf eine Purple Armor und sagen, hey, all of a sudden, wir haben extra HP, wir gewinnen das Spiel. Es ist ein viel mehr einfaches Kampf, das macht sie A, ein bisschen schneller und B...

00:37:45 A little bit more predictable. The fighting team is usually going to come out on top of them. But we'll see some of the picks coming in here and looking across. No surprise to see the likes of Bangalore, Valkyrie, Bloodhound. And then we're also seeing a few off picks already. And when I say off picks, shall we say less popular. We're seeing Lifeline potentially being picked. We're seeing Crypto in there as well. And of course, a little bit of Core Stick as well, Dan. So Season 20 throwing some spanners in the works already. I'm very excited to see how the Lifeline picks in particular.

00:38:12 Ja, ich glaube nicht, die Meta hat noch nicht geregelt. Keine Ahnung sind die drei Legenden auf der Bühne zu wählen. Wir sind zu sehen, ein bisschen mehr variety hier und da. Ich meine, Lifeline wäre ein sehr interessant, aber natürlich, die Möglichkeit zu ändern, ihre Personal Drop Package zu einer aktuellen Care Package mit einem Red Weapon.

00:38:30 Plus, ein Evo-Evo-Evo-Evo-Evo-Evo-Evo-Evo-Evo-Evo-Evo-Evo-Evo-Evo-Evo

00:38:47 Well, it's going to be Aftermath who are going to win the Battle of the Drop, it looks like. And it looks like they're going to be able to land first and pick up some guns. And I said the R9's dead. Well, it's certainly not in the hands of Anstel here as it gets taken out of his by the Bloodhound and the teammate. But interesting to see how this fight goes down. And like I mentioned, contests are going to be a little bit different to previous, Dan, just because you aren't going to be able to just lock out, find yourself an upgraded armor and be able to take the fight quickly.

00:39:10 Yeah, indeed. And we're not seeing as much Conduit. I know Conduit is still appearing here or there, but it certainly isn't as prevalent as it was. So these fights are going to be a little bit more even. But if a Conduit does appear, then you are going to have a significant advantage in that fight for sure. But you're completely right. And also why it's not as bad with the contest going down, because if you do win this, you get the squad wipe, which does give you the Evo upgrades, and you're going to be in a far more beneficial position than you may have been previously.

00:39:37 Interessant to see if anyone tries to hit the ring console, or if they have the ability to, because that's going to give them a little bit of extra Evo, and if they can do some poke damage off the back of it, then they'll be able to get up to blue armors nice and quickly. But for now, you can see high ground is taken up on the silos, and it looks like both teams might have just left each other to it for a few seconds.

00:39:57 Evo Harvesters are now live on the map as well. They are live. So you can see that Kurev has decided, hey, let's try and get some blues ourselves. Yeah, it spawned just southwest of Overlook here. So both teams probably saw that pop up and thought we could have a little race towards it. And this may give a significant advantage because it puts Aftermath straight onto blue because they get the 350, which pushes them up. They'd already opened enough bins, etc. to be able to do so. And now they can try and get aggressive on this fight because they assume the other team is going to still be on white armors.

00:40:24 Interessant to see if LVH decides to go back for this, or if not. Now, just looking at our map overhead that you can see, it's looking like we might be going towards Tree, or maybe a little bit further towards Thermal Station. There is that information from the Ring console, but you can also see where those Evo Harvesters are, and it gives us a little opportunity, while we have everyone alive in the lobby down, to talk about the idea of pathing, and the fact that teams...

00:40:45 Had set rotations that they were trying to do depending upon the zone in previous seasons. But now they will change and the timings will change based upon having to go out your way a little bit more for those Evo Harvesters. Yeah, I mean, I joked in the pre-show about side quests, but essentially it is a bit of a side quest. You have to change those pathing ideas and ideologies a little bit just to get more of the Evo show. And look at this as well from TSM Phoenix. Just making sure you scan those care packages. That's 50 extra Evo every single time you scan one. So that's 100 just as free as that.

00:41:14 We are going to be seeing teams trying to utilize any way of upgrading their EVOs so that they can have that advantage when they do get into a fight. TSM Phoenix also changed their rotation slightly there. They made sure they pathed their way through so they could hit the EVO Harvester at the same time. And now they're on their way to Purples.

00:41:29 Und du denkst, warum das das wichtig ist, in der größte Bildung ist, dass sie ein Rotate machen können. Aber was es bedeutet, dass ein Teams, die sich in ein paar Wurzungs-Edge haben, in ein paar Wurzungs-Edge oder Stormpointen werden, dass sie ein paar Wurzungs-Edge haben, dass sie ein paar Wurzungs-Edge haben, weil sie ein paar Wurzungs-Edge haben, dass sie ein paar Wurzungs-Edge haben, und vielleicht ein Choke, dass sie vorhin nicht sein können, weil es der Timing-Edge hat. Also, da gibt es ein bisschen ein Unpredictable feel zu den Rotaten, das ich sage, ich liebe.

00:41:57 I like the idea of teams we haven't seen fight in certain areas fighting now. And we will see ambushes attempted to be set up around Evo Harvesters as well. I've seen people kind of grab one, then sit in the area, wait to see if anyone's going to just freely pick it up. Because usually a single player is going to dart towards that Evo Harvester, pick it up for the team. And if you can pick them off, then that might end up being a squad wipe because you suddenly get the player advantage and you can push on that afterwards. But everyone's starting to make their journey from...

00:42:24 We're going to be going towards the area of Thermal Station. We know Alliance dropped down towards Thermal. They did have a ring console as well, so they're going to be more than happy at setting up in that area. It's going to be fascinating to watch how these games progress, and we are seeing Watson in the...

00:42:42 Ich glaube, das ist gut. Ich glaube, das ist gut. Ich glaube, das ist gut.

00:43:09 Ich würde sagen, etwas ist, dass du mehr Verlue gewünscht als ein Perk gewünscht, in opposition zu den 2-Gens selbst. Ja, ich glaube, es gibt viele interessante Entscheidungen, die müssen sich anders machen. Team Portugal, an dem Moment, hat sich zu haben, einen. Postkill ist, dass sie das Gen getrennt werden, so sie werden können, wie sie es tun können. Aber wenn man sich gegen die 3-Gens gegen die 3-Gens geht, dann könnte man sich auf die 3-Gens kommen. Aber es ist nicht ein 3-Gens, es ist ein 2-Gens, und die Alternatoren ist ein 2-Gens.

00:43:38 Schott's coming in, but no, not coming in. Kachera's still on his back, and it looks like he might be out of the fight for quite some time at the moment, although they are trying to stick the res inside of the bathroom, which is never somewhere that you really want to have two people at once. But Team Portugal will hold, and that is some nice shots coming in from the alternator to do exactly that. So this is an interesting composition, and this is something that I think Team Portugal and Kachera, they've been all about in previous seasons, as if they feel like this composition is going to work for them again.

00:44:05 Well, you've got everything you might need, but don't quite get the knock. That's everything you wanted, but it looks like there is going to be assistance coming from elsewhere. And there we go. The Forge get eliminated. Our first team out of the lobby here. It took a while for a team to get dropped. And I think, again, that shows us...

00:44:20 How people are playing the game at the moment. People kind of avoiding fights, trying to find those EVO upgrades before they get involved in an engagement or until they are forced into an engagement. Now the benefit for Team Portugal is they're going to be on to Purples and one of the few teams at the moment who have been able to EVO upgrade that way. Another look at the map overhead here and you can see some teams who might be pathing their way to some of those.

00:44:39 Evo Harvesters, we're going to keep our eyes to see it as well if any teams are going to be picking up those red armors a little bit earlier than others by finding a little bit of care package with a nice looking car battery full of Evo on it as well. But I mean, you just saw that fight being won by Team Portugal and it's an important one as well because they have the southern side of the zone right in that corner, but they are going to have to go a little bit more north and go next to earn a great spot. And one thing we haven't even mentioned, Dan, is just how tight the leaderboards are at the moment. A lot of these teams, you kind of mentioned in the overall stats,

00:45:09 Ja, du hast ein paar Teams, die sind in den 20-malen Positionen, und wenn sie da finden, dann sind sie da. Es ist nicht so gut, denn sie waren nicht so gut, weil sie nicht able zu finden, in den anderen Match-Ups haben. So es hat zu passieren heute, für mich. Es scheint Pest Control zu sein, aber wir werden sehen, ob sie können die Arbeit ein bisschen später machen. Du hast auch gesagt...

00:45:33 Team Portugal will have to move a little bit north. You're completely right. I mean, we saw the circle was pulling slightly towards the central of Thermal Station where Alliance are currently set up. But all these teams that are traveling from the outskirts at the moment are finding themselves in a tight spot because a lot of the choke points are being held by squads at the moment, meaning you're going to have to try and go over the top of them. But because there's not room to play really in Thermal Station, there's a lot of lava. There's a very kind of lack of space to be able to position yourself.

00:46:02 TSM-Phoenix

00:46:17 Also, we're not seeing as much Caustic as we've been seeing in North American scrims, for example. Watson seeming to creep up a little bit more. I always love the difference between Amir and NA in terms of composition.

00:46:46 Ja, ihr könnt ihr 4-bedroben detached. Wir haben die 3-bedrohste. Es ist gut. Wir haben die Budget. Aber TSM-Phoenix, die jetzt in diese Position haben, haben sie nicht mehr Informationen, wo das nächste Zone ist. Aber wir sehen uns, was der Decision ist.

00:47:15 We should kill them. If we can get an entry, I'm down to fight them. I'm changing one more thing. I don't have, like, loot. I don't have kills here. They just keep shooting, yeah. So we have... They have a Bangalore, um, Bloodhound, Watson. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's a demon hide there, so... You just have Bloodhound and I'll follow you. Okay.

00:47:44 Looks like they want to take the fight here Dan, the blood ult is gonna be the go button so to speak

00:47:52 Ja, TSM-Phoenix natürlich durch eine Veränderung dieses Woche. Also, ich freue mich zu sehen, wie sie als squaden progressieren. Und ich will es sehen! Ich will es sehen! Ich will es! Ich will es! Ich will es! Ich will es! Ich will es! Ich will es! Ich will es! Ich will es! Ich will es! Ich will es! Ich will es! Und wenn sie die Ring-Console informieren, oder sie fühlen sich die Zone von ihnen, dann manchmal müssen sie das riskieren. Jetzt, als wir schauen, wir sind zu sehen, die Purples zu creieren. Die Leute haben ihre Side-Quest gemacht. Die haben die extra Evo-Upgrades gemacht. Und die Leute werden jetzt mehr so gemütlich machen, wenn sie die Purples haben.

00:48:20 Continue with main story. Focus. Aftermath are going to be holding out LVH at the moment, who we did see potentially trying to be contested off their drop, but...

00:48:30 Wir sehen uns jetzt ein paar Utilität zu versuchen, die Initial-Dannage zu versuchen, die in den Fall zu versuchen, eine Batterie zu geben. Aber Babysy ist jetzt noch einmal zu bekommen. Und du kannst auch die Konju ist, dass die Konju ist, als auch die Konju ist. Also, die Konju ist in die Körner hier. Aber sie hat das erste Knot, das sollte sie zu resetten.

00:48:51 So annoying when Conduit ult goes down, because they're so healthy, so much damage you have to input into one of those devices to be able to just push your way through. So it is a great barrier, but now TSM Phoenix have got engaged in this fight. They have decided to push, but it doesn't look like it's going so great. They were able to get one knock on to stay healthy, but it looks like it's a two versus one now, and it's going to be cleanup crew wiping on in to finish things off here. And TSM Phoenix will be eliminated as another few squads fell. 16 squads now remain, make it 15, because Aurora will pick up the pieces.

00:49:19 If you had to ask me who just came in to clean that up, I would pick Aurora every time. They are always in a position to third, a fight that breaks out. There is a fight that may not be necessary in a good spot. You know, TSM Phoenix trying to force that fight. But Aurora are always waiting for the opportunity to come in third and clean up the easy KP. And that's exactly what they do. Perfect timing coming in from them as we jump back over to Aftermath, who we just saw holding out LVH. And I tell you what, Bevis got the knock with that.

00:49:47 Evo 8, und er hat es in den Pocken, das ist das erste Mal in den A.L.G.S. und ich sage, Dan, wenn du auf der Receivung end bist, ist es nicht so fun. Es ist nicht so fun. Also nicht so fun, ist es gegen eine Team vollen Reds. Ich sehe die France, die vollen Reden Evo haben jetzt. So sie haben fantastisch. Nur 164 damage für Psycop, btw.

00:50:07 Sie haben sich über die Evo Harvest, die Käthe Package zu finden. Sie haben nur die Arbeit zu machen, dass sie in der Besten und in der Besten Position sind. Sie haben eine Squadwipe mit dem auch, so es ist nicht so, dass sie nichts haben. Also, ich bin sehr sicher, es war Aurora mit der Lifeline. Sie hatten auch eine Red Armour, wahrscheinlich durch die Lifeline Käthe Package, um das zu verbessern. Und sie haben eine Wingman oder Eivorite mit dem. Das ist sehr spannend für Aurora, es ist toll.

00:50:36 Ja, ich denke Lifeline definitiv hat value. Und nicht nur das, of course, einfach nur eine Reds in der Mitte. Du kannst jemanden auf, weil du still hast dein Gunn auf. Aber Aurora, du kannst ihn auch in der Killfeed. Aber ESG, sie haben sie versucht, ihre Weg in die Zone. Und sie sind für den Drop auf den Team. Aber es ist ein bisschen wie ein Awkward. Aber Awkward ist gut genug für sie. Auglusson Hungry will fall. Tyler will nicht den return, dass er in den ersten Spiel wird. Aber die Frage ist, kann sie Blas back up? Are sie able to holden? Es ist der Caustik, das auch.

00:51:06 Ich weiß, dass wir die Korsik in der Endgame gut sind. Aber noch einmal, wer kommt in die 3rd? Es ist Aurora. Ja, Aurora wird wieder einmal versuchen, die Evos ein bisschen mehr. Hardecki ist auf die Lifeline. Ich liebe das, ich liebe das, ich liebe das, ich liebe das, ich liebe das, ich liebe das, ich liebe das, ich liebe das, ich liebe das, ich liebe das, ich liebe das, ich liebe das, dass wir Leute experimentieren ein bisschen. Wir haben auch die Support Legend in die Lifeline, also, wenn es so geht, dann können wir die Banners, und ihr könnt das Reset ein bisschen.

00:51:30 We are seeing the Circle move just slightly south of the Hill House buildings that are over towards Thermal Station, so go next in one of the primary spots at the moment. Interesting, I mentioned earlier that if you were to ask me who's the team who's going to come in and third party win, it'll be Aurora. If you asked me if Hardeki in 2024 would be playing Lifeline in the ALGS, then I would not give you such a positive answer. But one thing I can guarantee is that...

00:51:54 Beast of the Hunt. And of course did choose the perk selection. We'll get 25 HP per knock.

Strategische Spielzüge und Teamdynamiken im späteren Spielverlauf

00:52:08

00:52:08 If his HP has gone down, which in a Caustic meta, by the way, very important because your HP is going to be depleting, not your shields if you are amongst that gas. So that's something to be focusing on as well for Bloodhounds, as we're seeing a lot of teams now around the donut building here. And with only 11 squads left, as this next circle is beginning to close, it's crunch time. Everyone's going to be forced together. Well, three players who know each other extremely well. Team Cold, JMW, Graceful rejoined by Urban now and in a pretty good spot.

00:52:37 ...towards this endgame. The only issue for them, though, is they're gonna have to hold out a lot of teams. They're trying to force their way onto them towards this endgame. You can see they're kind of just poking through the window saying, hello, we know you're there. They do have the caustic barrel down on that door, which is gonna make it a lot easier for them to navigate. And you can see Aurora just cleaning up pieces at the moment. It just feels like an Aurora day today. When I looked at the lobby, I was like, these guys are very aggressive. They like to clean up and be the third-party nuisance. And with some of the placements that were seen from some of the teams in this lobby, it might be a fun day to be an Aurora fan.

00:53:06 Wir versuchen, die Balloon zu gehen. Ich liebe es, ich liebe es, wenn es ein Team ist, wir versuchen, die anderen Gruppen zu helfen, zu helfen. Wir haben Team Portugals, die aufhören, aufhören. Wir haben Team Portugals, die aufhören, aufhören, aufhören, aufhören, aufhören. Wir haben Team Portugals, die aufhören, aufhören, aufhören, aufhören, aufhören, aufhören, aufhören, aufhören, aufhören, aufhören, aufhören, aufhören. All diese Teams, die aufhören, werden alle zusammengekehrt werden, so es wird schwierig, zu versuchen, als 3 zu bleiben.

00:53:31 Well, Alliance, what a big day it is for them. The new Pickup Unlucky is gonna be on our screens right now. They've got a rotation to make here. They've got to try and force their way towards Zone. Let's jump into the comms and see what the plan is.

00:53:59 Ich kann es nicht mehr. Wir sind nicht in hier, aber wir sind nicht in hier, aber wir sind nicht in hier. Wir sind nicht in hier. Wir sind nicht in hier. Wir sind nicht in hier. Wir sind nicht in hier. Wir sind nicht in hier. Wir sind nicht in hier. Wir sind nicht in hier. Wir sind nicht in hier. Wir sind nicht in hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier. Wir sind hier.

00:54:26 Es ist nur ein T-Mushroom. Ich bin nur ein T-Mushroom. Ich bin nur ein T-Mushroom. Ich bin nur ein T-Mushroom. Ich bin nur ein T-Mushroom. Ich bin nur ein T-Mushroom. Ich bin nur ein T-Mushroom.

00:54:47 Speaking of keeping an eye, Unlucky actually choosing Full Coverage instead of Taste of Blood for Bloodhound's Perk Tree, just to get that double attack, kind of full body scan, and making sure you can just get even more information just for an extended period of time. We'll see whether it helps Alliance towards this endgame, but they are in a sticky spot, but so are Cold, and they are having to force themselves down. They do have the Caustic to work with, though, but now as the circle closes, this is where Legend Selection is really going to be imperative here. This is where...

00:55:14 Things like Goursting, like Bloodhound for example, are there going to be the key legends in these final fights for the extra vision that they have? Speaking of vision, not a lot of it here for Freakz. He goes down as an EMP goes off, a Blood Owl goes off, excuse me, a Bangalore Owl goes off as well. And now Exoclan seem to have the sole survivor from this fight on this side of the map. Ape Squad still remaining here. You can see that Alliance also in the kill feed themselves. Cold eliminated as young Hong Kong clutches up for Exoclan.

00:55:41 Team Portugal survived, though. I'm not quite sure how. You saw Horizon Ultimate coming in. You saw the Thermite, which was cooking away at every single hair on their body. But they survived, most importantly. But they are going to have...

00:56:07 Wir haben das High Ground in ein paar Moments Zeit. Aurora in eine großartige Spot. Die einzige Team in der Moment mit vollen Red Armour kann das machen. Ja, es ist ein Ende zu Ende. Die Teams, die auf die Heimat sind, haben sich auf die Heimat gehalten. Und wie Sie erwähnt, Aurora sind bereits auf die Lower-Side. Sie können auf die Richtung gehen, aber natürlich wird es viel zu sehen von den Teams, als jemand für eine Suicide Dive in die Lava geht.

00:56:35 Ja, Hardecki hat ihm eine Haare-Cut auf den Weg nach unten. Das ist ein 95-Head-Shot mit dem Wingman Lecce de France. Jetzt wird Team Portugal gewinnen. Und natürlich, ich stand corrected. Ich sagte, die Aurora waren die einzige Team mit vollen Red Evos. Wir vergessen, die LC-DF haben die vollen Red Evos auch. Aber Allianz, was ein Spiel das ist für sie. Eine gute Zone, natürlich. Aber die Abilität zu Convertieren ist in der Hand. Lecce de France, wir haben einen. Das ist großartig für alle anderen Gruppen, aber sie werden auch ein Res hier bekommen, weil es keine Vision von den anderen Teams gibt.

00:57:04 und sie sollen wieder zurückkommen zu 4-3 und sie haben die Gold-Knockdown-Schild auch. So das ist nicht der Ende des Welt. Aber jetzt ist es, wo du gehst von hier? Du hast es gebraucht, aber vielleicht musst du ein Smoke benutzen, um die Vision zu werden, um andere Teams zu verhindern. Ich meine, eine Sache, die sie können, ist die Gravitational-Lift aus dem Horizon, um das Bop und Weave ein bisschen länger zu gehen.

00:57:23 Und wenn sie das nicht haben, das für ihre Ableibliothe, werden sie jetzt runtergehen. Zetan nimmt ziemlich viel damage. Sie versuchen die Head Glitch zu spielen. Und da ist die Horizon Q, um sie in den Skye zu bringen. Infinite wird in der meantime geholfen. Allianz in der Killfeed, Hardeki all on his own. Es wird Aurora eliminiert, zwei Squads remaining. Und eine von ihnen ist Allianz. Die City de France gegen Allianz. Natürlich ist Allianz, das ist der Allianz. Das ist der Allianz, das ist der Territory. Und sie wollen sie auf ihren Vorteil hier. Und sie versuchen zu, aber sie können sie nicht finden. Die Game of Hide and Seek.

00:57:52 Und Lecitte de France kommt durch in Game 1 hier in EMEA mit der ersten Win of Season 20.

00:58:11 Und ich wundere, waren Allianz kind of baited out by die Rez? Da dachte ich, dass vielleicht eine Rez war, so sie sofort senden sich. Aber sie konnten nicht finden La Cite de France, wo sie auf dem Pillar stehen. Und dann war es nur ein Thema, und dann war es nur ein Thema, der Moment zu finden. Sie hatten die Vorteile, weil sie zuerst engagieren, um das initiale Damage zuerst zu bekommen. Und dann, auf dem Punkt, es war einfach, dass sie sich alles aufhören, um sich alles aufhören, um sich alles aufhören, um sich alles aufhören, um sich alles aufhören.

Analyse des Spiels und Strategien für Season 20

00:58:34

00:58:34 Yeah, amazing performance from La City de France in that first game. Taking the first, must feel good, right? Just to say, yeah, remember Season 20? Yeah, Pro League restarted. Yeah, we won the first game of that. It's confidence, right? It makes you feel like maybe this is our season. This is my year. But Alliance, I think it's important to talk about that story as well, Dan, because Unlucky joins the team. We've seen them struggling a little bit in the first two-thirds of the season. Yuki leaves. Of course, we're always going to miss Yuki and his clutch factor, but a great zone for them, of course, in game number one.

00:59:03 So close to being able to convert it into a win as well. And it's important that when you do get a zone that pulls your way to where you drop, to an area you know so well, that you capitalize on it. And okay, it's not a victory, but a second place plus kills, they're going to be more than happy with being able to just start that way. And it just relieves a little bit of pressure for unlucky, to be honest. When he saw that zone pulling his way, he was like, all right, thank God. I can at least just relax. We can have a nice, easy circle here for my first game, and then we can push forward.

00:59:31 Ich denke, die Allianz wird sich ein bisschen kicken, wenn sie das mal wieder sehen. Ich bin sicher, dass sie eine Rez war, weil sie das Rez war, dass die Rez war, die Mobile Respawn Beacon war da, und das war vielleicht ein bisschen ein Bait. Aber sie hat es aber auch voll-sensitiert, und dann sie einfach nicht finden die andere Team, das ist immer ein bisschen annoying.

00:59:50 Es ist immer das Comedy-Feel, wenn man es in 3rd-person ist, es ist wie, sie sind auf den Pillar. Aber Allianz hat das Information, vielleicht nicht die Bloodhound-Scan in Zeit und hat es in der letzten Zeit. Aber ich meine, es ist Impressive, zu sagen die least, von Liste de France. Und ich denke, eine Sache zu reden, ist die Red Evos, was auch. Es ist etwas, was wir nicht gesagt haben. Die Red Evo Cores, Allianz haben Purples, geht in der Final Fight und ihre Opponenten haben Reds. Das kann die Unterschiede in die Final Moments sein. Ja, ich meine, extra 25 Shields ist going to be massive in...

01:00:19 Pro-Gameplay. So even if it's just like that extra little bit of a bullet or any sort of extra damage you'd be expecting, it can be massive between these two teams. And we saw it very early on from Le Cidre de France. They were able to get Reds earlier than I think any other team. I don't know how their journey was, what kind of pathing they took, but that would certainly be interesting to watch back and see what kind of route they take so that they can get so much shield in the early game.

01:00:43 Yeah, very, very impressive stuff from them. And I think they're certainly going to be a team to watch. I feel like they've been heating up previously in the last few game days that we had seen. And they're in a good spot in the overalls, but I feel like a good day today could really fill them with confidence to push it to that next level. But just while we're waiting for the results to come in, I think it gives us, we saw a really good kind of dichotomy and an example there of...

01:01:02 What it's like to have to play Zone in Season 20 versus what it's like to play Edge, right? Because I feel like there's a really nice balance now between the two. You get naturally, of course, when a Zone comes towards you, prio position, right? Which is what everybody wants in the game. But to get to that prio position, you have to sacrifice Parthen for Evo Harvesters, for easy ways to level up your Evo Shields. If you don't have a Beacon, it becomes a little bit more difficult. And you may have to play that position initially.

01:01:28 Yeah, the damage difference nowadays from getting from purple...

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01:02:22 Purple's, maybe even Red's, if they've been able to play the correct way, you're at such a disadvantage. So you need to be thinking about your Legend composition to try and counteract that. Okay, how do we stop people pushing us? That's when Caustic and Watson and other Legends that are just so good at controlling come into the equation. Well, we're going to go for a quick break now. Game number two is just around the corner. We'll confirm the results of game one when we get right back. But I tell you what, it's a great way to start Season 20.

Taktische Überlegungen und Meta-Entwicklungen in Season 20

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01:04:36 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. It's match two in game day number six here in the ALGS. Season 20 is upon us, and I'm joined by Gaskin, Dan Gaskin, of course, alongside myself, Rain Day, to hit up the second piece of action. We'll be able to see about it. Dan, takeaways from game number one. I love the conversation you and Mark were in about the benefits and the negatives, the pros and cons of having the zone pull towards you, but also not being able to access those higher level evos. Sometimes that makes the difference, and it kind of did in that last fight.

01:05:05 It's just so much to kind of dive into just from that first game, whether it be Legend Composition or whether it be from just playing Edge or playing Zone. It was a discussion that me and Mark had previously that we don't feel like Zone or Edge is really better than the other at the moment. It seems more balanced than it's ever been. But certainly you do see the pros and cons for sure. One of the biggest pros is being able to get up to red, like La Cité de France were able to do. And like I said, I really want to go back and see just how they did it, whether they were killing...

01:05:33 Whether they were able to take down the ability of getting care packages, whether it was through bins. There's so many different ways of getting Evo shields. I think they were able to only have one fight and one squad wipe, and they were at red. So I think that makes a big difference. And they didn't have the lifeline. We had already seen from other teams, from Aurora, they had the lifeline, which explained why they had a red so early on. But for Lucida de France, they had done so much work for their Evo upgrades. It is an interesting choice. We're going to see how much that matters. I mean, when you look at...

01:06:00 The Parity, right? And between these pros, a lot of times if they have similar equipment, it's difficult in the 1v1 to just have one pro be so much better than the other. Most of them can hold their own. So going for the lifeline, trying to at least say, listen, maybe the ways we might in our fights become disadvantaged is by not being able to rotate and have as well of coordinated pathing as we would like. Let's eliminate that. Lifeline, maybe.

01:06:27 Wir sehen Valkyries, wir sehen einen Horizon, aber nicht viele. Wir sehen einen Catalyst hier und da.

01:06:41 Again, das wird nicht nur auf World's Edge verändern, aber auch auf Stormpoint, als wir die Maps verändern. Ja, in Stormpoint wird es ein bisschen einfacher für die Evo-upgrades, weil man will die Wild-Life zu haben, und zum Beispiel, Trials, man kann auch große Evo-upgrades durch die Dropspot. Und...

01:07:00 Just to touch on Lifeline one last time, because I think we might see her a little bit today, you do have to get her to purple to be able to get that perk, to be able to pick the care package and get the allied support. So you still have to work for it. You still have to make sure your pathing is correct to make sure your team can get up to purple. That's going to be difficult enough, right? But then the major benefit is that red will be able to come through. But we're back into World's Edge for map number two, Rain Day, and we've got the contest happening again. You gotta love it. Aftermath here trying to beat.

01:07:28 Ahead of the math. Grabbing some weapons that'll work. R99 has fallen out of favor this season with some of the adjustments and some of the other weapons that have been. But we even saw late in that circle near Thermal. Young Hong Kong rocking a Volt and an R99. Double SMG. We'll see if this ends up working out for Kurev, Bavis and Stahl on Aftermath. Alliance Vafe's slipping. Close by LVH. Aurora's still over. Climatizer side and...

01:07:57 Again, Aftermath, just looting. Part of it is this early rush. Not a lot going on. No more finding shield standing. Just trying to see, you know, what's the most efficient route to be able to find value. It seems like weapon's obviously the focus, but thinking out just getting to a purple, getting to a blue early, it really does change a lot of these early game priorities if you're not fighting.

01:08:19 Ja, und also, ich dachte, dass der Contest war, weil ich sah, dass es LVH, in der Ende, die Droppe drobte, aber Vexe hat sich geholfen. Sie haben eigentlich geholfen all den Weg zu Harvester. Also, wir werden nicht sehen, dass die Fight wirklich geholfen, wie wir vielleicht erwarten sind, hier. Also, Aftermath sollte mehr als komfortabel werden. Und hier geht's. Well, La Cie de France. Das ist was ich, was ich gesprochen habe. Rite Trials ist einer der besten Weg zu werden, und das vielleicht erklären, warum sie zu werden, weil sie die Möglichkeit haben, weil sie die Möglichkeit haben.

01:08:48 We saw it from Dark Zero in North America dropping over towards Trials, getting to Reds without even getting into a fight. So it is one of the most powerful drop spots and POIs that we have right now. Yeah, I mean, just the fact that you're able to get that early advantage is going to be massive. I think a lot of questions that people had too are kind of percolating as they watch the pros. There's not always full answers at the outset of it, but we can always speculate. One of the interesting elements of last season and season 19 that we've seen is...

01:09:16 with Horizon, that's certainly gone down. Whether it's the Caustic being introduced or the Valkyrie, we have not seen as many Horizons. And that means not as much group mobility in fights like this. As much as Go Next are threatening with that scout, they have no ability to rise up quickly and challenge XO on top. And so some of these fights that really made sense when you had team mobility with that Horizon gravity lift, they're just not going to make sense anymore. And especially with...

01:09:43 I think the look of Valkyrie coming back in, it's just a different pace to some of these fights that we're going to be seeing, Dan.

01:09:50 It is very interesting how just kind of one Legend dipping out of the meta can then suddenly allow other Legends to come back into the meta and I think that we'll see a lot of swipping and swapping as the season goes on as we get to see where the circle is heading and we're going north and you can already see Forge making their way through the train tunnel at the moment just to try and get as far north as possible maybe up towards the Respawn Beacon on the far tip of the northern side because they're probably expecting it to keep pulling north and up past Survey Beacon. Teams who are traveling from the south are going to have to get a little bit of a...

01:10:19 So far not too many fights is the first one we've captured. Beglor Smoke on the outside, so many.

01:10:41 Players look to use that inside of themselves, but maybe one of the reasons we're seeing less of the region inside of the smokes is because in professional play and most high-level play, Dan, you're shooting those smokes across, trying to obstruct the vision of enemies, and you're not having the, really, I think it's the benefit of being able to sit down and throw a smoke on you unless things are very, very dire. That's not the situation that you would hope to be in very often.

01:11:06 Das Auto-Ping ist eine der Main-Choices hier. Wir sehen uns wieder eine Rotation zu sehen. Gonex ist ein paar Spieler. Es ist eine der Immediate Bangler-Ultimate jetzt. 3 Minuten statt 4 auf der Kühle. Dolken, Bambino und Kai-Chi sind einfach zu bleiben, zu bleiben, zu bleiben, zu bleiben. Wir werden dann wiederholfen, nachdem sie das Auto kommen. Aber sie haben eine Watssinn auf der Squad, die sich nicht wert zu tun hat. Das Interception-Pylon ist nicht wert.

01:11:30 Just looking in the map overhead at the moment, La Cite de France still in Skyhook, by the way, and using their survey beacons to make sure they can get the information as Stay Healthy are just trying to grief other teams that are moving up the rope and moving over towards Epicenter. Everyone just trying to get that extra little bit of damage, as even though damage isn't one of the main ways, I would say, of upgrading your evos nowadays, it still is very important. That extra kind of 100 that you can grab just from shooting a player could be the difference later on between blue and purple.

01:12:00 Ja, das ist sehr interessant. Ich würde sagen, dass es ein bisschen aggressiv ist. Und in ein paar Weise, die Meta hat sich immer mehr aggressiv mit dem Mandatoren. Ich würde sagen, es fühlt sich ein bisschen Mandatoren.

01:12:22 in the ALGS, which is Bloodhound. And we've seen a lot of that. The scans, the fight potential, it's there. And as well as Bangalore, she kind of fit that utility in between fight, Defensive, Legend. But the constant kind of changes that because we all know that as we see a bit of a fight here with Lufka against ONH, Orglison, Hungry, Matafe, Tyler, FPS, trying to move forward here, already taking down Light. Lufka, maybe...

01:12:46 ESG ist ein bisschen mehr als er kann mit ESG sein, aber sie werden wieder zurückgehen, so wir haben das Gefühl, 20-Squad bleibt, und sie versuchen nicht zu werden, sie versuchen nicht zu werden. ESG ist einfach zu versuchen, dass wir die Rez versuchen, aber Orglas und Hungry nicht zu können. Also wissen wir, wie wichtig es ist, eine Squad-Wipe für die Evo-upgrade, sie werden versuchen, das, sie werden versuchen, und ESG nicht haben eine Support-Charaktere, also sie werden nicht zu können, so sie werden keine Beacon-

01:13:13 Sie werden nicht mehr Rez at all und nicht mehr tun. So für sie ist es nur ein Thema, um zu raten und vielleicht ein extra Placement Point zu bekommen. Aber wir werden sehen, was Lufka versucht hier. Das ist quasi was ich erwähnt. Und Sie sehen, es war nicht für ESG. Aber mit der Caustik...

01:13:33 One of the old adages is get the Kossak to late game. Don't take these early fights. Do not try to risk it because if you can get Kossak to late game, you've accomplished basically 75% of your goal. Now it's just plug and play. But most of these teams are running.

01:13:48 This duel kind of legend selection with Bangalore, Bloodhound, and then Acoustic or Valkyrie mixed in there. So they're tugging between do I fight, do I level up, or do I stay late? It doesn't work out for ESG. It does work out for OAH. And now we're going to see Zidane, Psykop and Lucite de France, who were phenomenal in Game 1, trying to pick off some more. They're already on purples. This is a good start for them, Dan. They seem to be playing Game 2 very similarly in pace to how they did Game 1. Yeah, I think Lucite de France are looking to try and hit this Rencontro.

Strategische Entscheidungen und Teamdynamiken im Mid-Game

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01:14:17 down towards countdown and maybe weren't expecting there to be a team here just yet but they're like okay well we're on purples they're on purples this is probably not a fight that we're gonna get too aggressive on but perhaps we can force them away to reconsider our chances of getting the ring console looks like it's not gonna happen so let's see france will just leave with a little bit of damage which did get their final player up to purple so perhaps they'll see that as job done they've achieved now what they set out to do is get as much armor as possible uh but they're not going to be looking to take that fight they will be able to rotate clean

01:14:46 durch Skyhook, weil sie wusste, dass sie das POI hat. Also, sie werden nicht mehr über einen anderen Team besitzen. Aber viele interessante Entscheidungen passieren für Teams, und du bist richtig, die Controller-Legend sind in generell. All die Controller-Legend werden, am besten, im Late-Game. Und das ist auch eine andere Grund, warum wir Teams und Spiels und Spiels und Spiels und Spiels, wie Double SMG, zum Beispiel. Du hast die Vault und R9 benutzt, in den Endgame von Game 1.

01:15:13 If you are playing for endgame, SMGs are still going to be strong in the endgame, because there's going to be a lot of close-range fights, a lot of close-range engagements, especially with the likes of Watson, with the likes of Caustic coming in. Maybe even Gibraltar, as well as the Support Legend, can be big on that late-game sustainability. So there's all these decisions that you have to make, but it's about getting to that endgame, and that's why we're also seeing Valkyrie pop into the Legend selection as well, to kind of force your way, jam your way into some of those final circles.

01:15:40 Ich denke, es braucht jetzt ein bisschen mehr Leading von IGL für die Team zu wählen, um die richtige Tone zu wählen, wie man mit dem Mid-Game geht. Denn ja, man geht mit Kossak jetzt. Und stattdessen zu babysitzen, mit Gibraltar oder mit Meta, wo man versucht, sich zu zonen und sitzen in es, man weiß, man muss, man muss, aber man kann vollkommen, wenn man weiß, man will. So die Legends...

01:16:06 Ehr really require that IGL to be on point. Should we go for this? Graceful, one of those who is one of the best in the business in terms of his analysis and understanding of the game mechanics in Apex Legends. And we love having him on the show. We love seeing him compete even more. They're looking to move on. Flexis Zimbardo, who have only two blues. There's a Kostik gas grenade going on right there. They try to get a little bit of damage. The Nemesis fires along.

01:16:31 Und ein R-Star wird ihn aus dem Cover spürt. Sie sollten zurück in die Train Station gehen, aber es sollte noch ein Puls von JMW sein. Sie denken, sie können gewinnen, und natürlich können sie.

01:16:39 Yeah, going up against Blues, again, this is the reason why they are continuing to push this, because they know they have the armor advantage, and they can see the other team is constantly retreating. If you can do enough damage and maybe get a cheeky knock while they're running away, then this is just free Evo for you and free KP. But now you do have to start worrying a little bit. The longer this goes on, the more the ring is going to start to play a factor here. But it looks like they were at least rewarded with one KP to begin with. But still 20 scores remaining, as it looks like the Remainers were able to just escape.

01:17:09 als das Syringe übersteht, aber es wird nicht viel Spaß versuchen zu durch die Zone zu gehen. Und ja, wir sehen uns auf die Map hier auch, für die Leute zu sehen. Es ist noch eine North Zone, Skyhook, die Partially cut-off hier ist. Die Seite de France 202 ist auf der Out-Side. Und du musst, als du diese Kills wirst, dass du diese Kills nicht getrennt von hinterher. Und du musst, jetzt, in die Zone zu entdecken. Und du musst, jetzt, in die Zone zu enteren.

01:17:35 Das war's für heute.

01:18:00 Turnover to Vex, who gets taken down immediately. They're going up against Orglis and Hungry, and Matafe kind of and Tyler win that one, but LVH still above them. That's our first team wiped out of the lobby as well. That's how kind of slow and methodical this game has been as everyone trying to position themselves. But now with Ring 3 closing in 20 seconds, it's not going to be as comfortable for some of these teams that are arriving late because they are going to be forced into chokes, which are already...

01:18:23 In Habitat. Und bereits werden die Leute warten, vielleicht für ein Ambush. Eine der letzten Arrivale ist die Allianz, natürlich, von Thermal. Sie werden ihre Weg durch die Map im Moment. Aber wir sehen, dass ein paar Teams sind, dass es durch Care Package oder einfach durch Evo Upgrades ist. Sie haben einen Weg zu finden. Es ist ein vieles Damage auf Orglas und Hungry. Sie haben auch eine Squad Wipe, so sie sind okay zu engagieren, sich zu machen.

01:18:53 Tyler opting for the auto ping as well, which we've seen. Anybody who triggers the double time passive and adds that extra 30% will show up as an icon for Tyler. That's more information for the squad to be able to do what they need to do. Stay healthy, looking to stay healthy from a distance. Fire off that nemesis. Renade will go in.

01:19:12 Was will it do? Looking for the damage to confirm? Nothing. So stay healthy, realizing maybe not the best use of time. Still no points for them in this lobby. No points for almost anyone in terms of placement. Only kills right now with 19 teams still remaining.

01:19:25 Das ist schnell zu stoppen, Bambino zu gehen. Tolken, das ist der Tag. Ich glaube, das war JMW von Kold, der sich draußen hat und versucht zu zurückkommen. Wir haben 17 squads left, und es scheint die Nummer zu kommen. Ja, die southwestern Seite der Map ist, ist einfach...

Kämpfe um Positionen und strategische Rotationen im späten Spiel

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01:19:44 Es gibt absoluten Chaos gerade jetzt, als alle versuchen ihren Weg in die Zone zu tun. Es gab einige Teams, die wir able zu gehen, zum Beispiel, Allianz, die wir able zu gehen und über alle, und zur Survey Camp, die die Circle ist, aber alle, die nicht die Möglichkeit zu gehen und über, ob es via ein Evac Tower oder ein Valkyrie ist, haben sie zu bruttieren. Das ist wo die Entscheidung zu kommen, ob wir versuchen, ein paar Kills zu spielen und ein paar Kills zu bekommen, weil die Placement-Points vielleicht schwierig sind. 17-Squads still remain.

01:20:13 Diese Teams haben noch ein Placement Point gewonnen, aber du kannst noch einen Punkt durch Kills bekommen. Falcons ist unter so viel Pressure, hat er noch nicht gegründet zu sein Level 3 Perth. Er war auch, was er findet, könnte für den Double Scan bringen, von 1-2 Sekunden, oder, was wir schon erwähnt haben. Die Taste of Blood, 25 HP in der Ultimate, Falcons war einfach in, auf eine Knoche. Trying nicht zu werden, manchmal ist das der Grund. Ich glaube, Sonya ist mit der Ebay-Aid, auch aus der High-Ground.

01:20:42 Birdseye view, but Purev and Aftermath will at least have the moment for now. Gonext, though, looking to push. They're taking down Kold. Will it be Kurev who falls as well? It's just one man standing. I think that'll be an easy one from Gonext. Aftermath eliminated. And now we finally start to get some placement points. 15 squads still remaining.

01:21:00 als wir nach dem Ende des Spiels gehen. Was ein Rund das Spiel ist. Und diese Teams, die jetzt nach dem Süden sind, werden sie sehr überraschend werden, wenn sie in die Zone kommen können, weil sie werden in die Zonen gehen, die drei Gebäude sind, die sind bereits in Residenz. Es gibt auch ein Team unter dem Gebäude. Also, Gonext, 202, Le Cite de France werden alle versuchen, durch die Chokes zu versuchen. Sie werden jetzt alle gehalten.

01:21:23 Really? You've got to try and go over things if you can, if you have an evac tower. This is going to be a very difficult rotation for some of these teams now because they have eyes on them. No Valkyrie.

01:21:33 Das ist das Problem mit Acostik und so engagieren hier auf den Outskirts des Fights.

01:22:02 Ich weiß, dass sie die Chaos im Hintergrund sehen können. Und das könnte sein, wenn sie in die Zeit kommen. Ich weiß nicht, sie sind in den Fights, vielleicht für ein paar mehr Downs oder ein Team Wipe.

01:22:12 Ich glaube, Infinite ist wirklich gut. Ich glaube, es ist wirklich gut. Wir sind jetzt auf der Bühne an den richtigen Zeit. Weil sie sind einfach nur auf die Bühne, so es ist wichtig, um sie zu holen. Aber als du gesagt hast, Lecitte de France von der Highground haben, haben sie gehört, und sie sind zu weit entfernt. Lecitte de France hat den Allianz genommen. Es war Lecitte de France gegen Allianz gegen Allianz, wie es am Ende des Match 1 war. Und jetzt sind sie versuchen, auf Infinite hier. Und sie haben...

01:22:37 Yes, look to move. They have gone on down to the backside. And you can see this is just patience from them. Infinite could be in trouble. They certainly are. Aimbot and Kizarone, the only two alive. But they are in the building and with a caustic, anything is possible. Unfortunately, Thawne is down. And that is the one thing you have to make sure you can change while holding this. Beast of the Hunt still alive. Again, no tactical.

01:23:01 Schosen, no Level 3 Perk. I'm not sure if that is a spectating issue or if these players really are just caught up in the mix and don't have time. Yeah, I think he's only just got there, so he's literally like, I don't care right now. I don't need it. We just need to stay alive, pick him up, get the res as infinite. You have to imagine the comms are flooded in the moment because they are just fighting against everyone and the elements that are around them, but they have been able to hold things off. The bad thing here is they still have to move. They are not in the next circle, and it looks like their journey begins now.

01:23:30 Big time stuff here as the move has to continue from Lesique de France. They will go out. It will not be a final two for them any longer. Oh, but you can see Kiner. Maybe a relic of it. Zidane? Could he pull off something crazy? No. They will fall as we now bring it down to seven. Aurora simply on the edge. Watching, waiting. Like kings on their throne at the chaos of the masses down below. Team Portugal sitting on high. I believe as well. Yeah.

Finale Konfrontationen und der Lifeline-Faktor

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01:23:58 Ja, und so das sind zwei Teams mit einem wirklich tollen Positionen. Kajera ist auch in der Krypto. Das ist eine große EMP. Ich bin nicht sicher, ob sie wollen, um es zu pushen. Sie sind sehr gut, vier Squads left, als es sich anfängt. Das war Chaos.

01:24:13 Four squads left in all four have a relatively good position at the moment. I would agree with you. Team Portugal and Aurora have the better positions with the high ground to work with. TSM Phoenix arguably in the least favorable position because they are stuck in a building, which is very easy for the teams that are on high ground to focus them. Same could be said for Maiden Heaven, but it's just about where Aurora and Team Portugal really look here. I'd be expecting this to be Team Portugal or an Aurora victory just based off the positions they have and what's available to them in terms of shields and utility, for example.

01:24:42 Ja, und hier ist die Sache. Wie können sie das? Es gibt keine Reds. So, eine der Dinge, wir haben...

01:25:03 Ich habe noch nicht erwähnt, aber es ist schon schwer, weil der Chaos ist. Es ist ein starker boost zu gewinnen, wenn Teams haben einen Evo-Level höher als ihr. Ja. Das Underdog-Bonus wirklich hilft, zu pushen in die nächste Echelon. Hardecki und ich nicht mehr haben die Chance zu machen, aber sie spielen auf der High-Ground. Sie können das Rock für jetzt halten. Und eine andere Sache ist, dass sie ein bisschen schneller werden können.

01:25:27 Das ist ein guter Vorteil für die Lifeline hier. Hartdecki bringt einen der alten Legends in Apex Legends zurück. Der erste Legends zu werden, die jetzt in der neuen Season, 20 Seasons später werden. Wir sehen uns, ob sie können.

01:25:42 Only 5% off that Ultimate, and I'm fairly certain that the Lifeline hasn't been able to use that Care Package upgrade yet, so it means now the Ultimate's gonna come down and Aurora gonna get a very late Care Package, but it's whether they're gonna be able to actually get anything out of that Care Package with all the carnage that's about to unfold, so we'll have to see whether they're able to do so, as Team Portugal now start to press off their building and towards TSM Phoenix, but they get eliminated, so now it's on to the next tier. Oh, he's gotta throw his Ultimate down, got to do it, oh, post kill.

01:26:08 Untertitelung des ZDF, 2020

01:26:28 Wow, Aurora machen sicher, was Lifeline can do in the late game. The care package arrived, they were able to upgrade to the red. I don't know what weapon came out of it in the end, but it didn't matter. They just had to wait and pick their moment. They found a nice rock to be able to work with, and they saw that Team Portugal had to push off the high ground towards one of the lower teams, and then it was just a matter of picking off the pieces. You know, in the Bangalore mode, doing the Ryan Gosling, you know, crazy, stupid love.

01:26:56 Handstand pushups there. I mean, that's just insult to injury. You got to give it up for Aurora. What a team, what a dynamic presence that they have had, showcasing not only their ability to, you know, work as a squad, coming in from two kind of top squads in terms of their play, but also mesh and be together in this new meta, bringing in the lifeline, which no other team is doing, Dan. That's another element that I think is extremely exciting for a squad like this. I was always a fan of Aurora.

01:27:23 Before they were Firebeavers, and they were kind of the original iteration of Aurora, they were the first team to bring in Catalyst. They were experimenting with Ash. They did a lot of stuff to kind of push the meta forward. So whether it's a new player, it seems like that org still loves to push the envelope on the meta and what we're seeing across the board, Dan.

01:27:43 Yeah, I mean, maybe it's a comfort pick from three years ago as well for Lifeline, you know? People have been waiting for this moment to be able to jump back on the Lifeline. She's cropped up every now and then in the meta, but has never really stabilized. But perhaps people seeing victories now come out and how useful she's being in the late game with the care packages, people might start to theorycraft a little bit more and perhaps more Lifelines might turn up, especially even in the early fights, being able to get the old tippy tap to get the res and still have a gun up can be very important in some of the early game encounters as well.

Meta-Analyse und strategische Überlegungen für die Zukunft

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01:28:12 Well, ladies and gentlemen, we do want to just apologize. You know, it's a new season. We've got things that we're working on, and we will get those stats up for you some point today. We are running into a couple of issues behind the scenes, but do not fret. Do not worry. We will let you know where the standings are, where the players are in terms of Season 20. But for now, we're going to go to a quick break and keep the action rolling here at the ALGS.

01:30:28 Ja, und wenn ich Lifeline war in den Endgame und ich sah, dass sie auf Purples bereits haben, ich dachte, vielleicht haben sie schon den Care Package bekommen. Und dann habe ich mich,

01:30:51 80%. I'm like, this could make a big difference in that final circle if they're able to grab it, not only a weapon, but an evocache that could come out of it. And we suddenly saw they were on red, so they must have been able to just nab one of those. And even though I think they probably would have been able to do it on purples, we've got to talk about the positioning of Aurora, the space that they are commanding as a team at the moment, working as a unit, and they look like a real threat, as we would expect coming into this season.

01:31:14 Whenever we see those Survey Camp ends, we always talk about how it is a great idea, obviously, to come in from the north side, because you have that natural terrain and the rocky formations that you can fight in from the high ground, and also you can fight down onto Survey Camp itself. And I think we just saw a really good example of that, right? You saw Team Portugal, who got into a really good spot on one of those God Rocks early on, but it was Aurora coming from that north side who managed to clean things up. And you might be thinking, hey, why doesn't everyone rotate from the north side?

01:31:41 When you're running into a team like Aurora, there probably were some teams who tried to do that, but they just got run over in those fights. And I think Lifeline is certainly having an impact on their ability to win those fights, Dan. I think it was a bow check that was picked up if my audio cues were recognized correctly. And when you know that you see a care pack weapon, it can be the difference in a team fight, especially if you're on even armors, let alone purple versus blues or the like. Yeah, it's a lot of...

01:32:09 Ich glaube, es gibt noch einige Legends jetzt, die in den Final Fights machen können. Und wenn Lifeline... ...ends up being one of these that is winning games for teams over and over, dann mehr Leute werden starten zu... ...stark thinking about using her. Das ist für sicherlich. Especially, weil in... Ich meine, imagine just getting an Eva 8 in the Final Circle, für zum Beispiel. Das ist unreal. Wir wissen, wie powerful Eva 8 ist jetzt. Aber du hast also got to look at the benefits of Lifeline in general.

01:32:32 We spoke about the Caustic in the Bangalore. Will you choose the ability to be able to heal whilst in smoke or heal whilst in gas? Lifeline can heal her health whenever with her little robot that she pops out. So there's always going to be that little addition as well. There's all these extra little finicky things that can help in various different scenarios. So I love the addition of Lifeline. I think Aurora are working very well. But can they progress with it? Will it still work? Will they still use Lifeline on Stormpoint, for example? These are the questions that can only be answered when we get there.

01:32:58 I think it's a wonderful thing about the new season, right? I mean, we're watching now. There's been two or three weeks between the last time that we saw the Pro League and we saw a match day and the fact that we're coming into a lobby now in EMEA and we're seeing Lifeline, we saw Revenant and we're just seeing a lot of compositions that you feel teams aren't 100% comfortable or maybe there's going to be a counter pick in the lobby that makes you rethink, oh, is this the right composition? All of these kind of things just makes it so interesting to watch and see that development and makes each fight feel very unique.

01:33:26 Dependent upon what that composition is going to be. But I want to just take a few seconds while we have this next game on World's Edge to go live to talk about Caustic. Because everyone's probably thinking at home, if you haven't watched ALGS for a while since the new season dropped, why Caustic? Why is Caustic back in the meta? And I think the most obvious thing to me, there's two reasons. One is the fact that you can hit the ring console, so you're going to get free Evo and information off of that.

01:33:51 Also, the fact that the blue perk is the one that gives you that increase in the Nox Gas Grenade, it's such a strong ultimate ability full stop. The fact that you get that perk and that boost early on means that Caustic isn't just an endgame character anymore, not just an endgame legend. It's one that can be so aggressive in early fights if you can zone a team out. Also, very important that you have the right player playing a Caustic as well, because...

01:34:19 Naturally, as a bigger model character, you are going to be a little bit more vulnerable. And yes, okay, you don't take as much damage, but you're also going to be one of the key focus points for multiple reasons. A, you're a bigger target. B, you're one of the most important legends to take down. So suddenly that knocks gas and suddenly those gas barrels are not going to be as much of an impact in the fight. So you are always going to be the target. So you need to have a player who is going to be a little bit more passive, is going to position themselves a little bit better, isn't going to overstep the line, and will only get aggressive when the time is wrong.

01:34:48 We have seen a few Caustics go down during rotations where perhaps another player with different positioning may have been able to stay alive. So we'll have to see whether people change who's playing that Caustic and maybe we learn the responsibilities of being a Caustic main as we're back over towards Overlook. It's LVH versus Aftermath yet again. Vex are not going to be dropping over here. Instead, they're going to be down over towards Harvester.

01:35:12 Well, good news for LVH this time is I'm pretty sure that Leif had unfortunately disconnected in that last game during the drop. So probably why we didn't see that contest going down. I think LVH was just thinking, let's just get out of here. And they might do exactly the same thing again. We did see in the first game of the day that both teams decided just to split the loot.

01:35:28 Ja, das ist eine voll-on charge hier, als sie versuchen. Eine der Vorteil des Outskirts des Overlook ist, dass man den anderen Team in den Donut befindet und dann die Position auf dem.

01:35:51 Was the fight kind of pokes and prods, or I should say it's about poking and prodding at each other. We took a look at the map overhead, and you can see where those Evo Harvesters and the zone is going to be going. Harvesters are going to be a point of contention a little bit later in this game, but back into the seat of the players in front of us, and Stowers looking to get some shots down. Found a Havoc early on, and I would say a contest weapon, a Havoc with a mag, is pretty much one of the best things you can find.

01:36:13 There is a Ring Console and the Survey Beacon here at Overlook, and I don't know whether Aftermath were able to hit either of them, but certainly you do have that EVO Harvester that is going to be so close to both of these teams, and that's why you're naturally seeing this fight get closer and closer to the Harvesters, just so people can be like, well maybe we can grab it, but it might not even give you Blues at this point, depending on how much damage you've actually been able to output, as both teams are trying to press their advantage.

01:36:39 Wir sehen uns die E-Backtower zu versuchen, die Horizon-Q zu versuchen, die LVH zu halten.

01:36:53 He'll go down. Leifing, who couldn't get into the previous game, has to introduce himself to this one, though. It's a 1v1, if I can see this one correctly, to win this contest. Only nine bullets in the car, but has plenty of light ammo, so that's going to be a lifesaver for sure. Good initial damage. It's just poking and prodding and confirmation that maybe it's just going to be a white you're going up against rather than a blue. It should be easy, and it will be cleaned up. And it was an isolated fight, so now LVH's reward, they'll be on blues. There's a survey beacon and a ring console.

01:37:23 So they're going to be able to utilize both of those to potentially get even further through their EVO upgrades. And they had the Harvester next to them as well. So they're going to be feeling pretty good with those EVO cores. Elsewhere, you can see a fight just took place in August and Hungary. They were the ones that won it. So two teams already eliminated in this game. They also have ring console information that you can see in the top left. So they're going to have a great idea of where the zone is going to be going. Plus...

01:37:44 Wir haben einen Evo Harvester mit ihnen, also haben sie gewonnen, und sie sind auf die Blüse bereits. Es ist eher nicht möglich, sie werden auf die Blüse gehen. Wir sind auf die Harvester. Wir sahen die Little Picture-in-Picture ein bisschen earlier. TSM-Phoenix down zu nur einen, und Sabs ist einfach zu rettet. Sie haben einen Banners, aber leider nicht beide.

Strategische Positionierung und frühe Spielzüge in Harvester und Umgebung

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01:38:04 But a lot of teams have already made their way to Harvester and the surrounding areas, and it actually was Vex dropping at Harvester with a ring console, who should have been able to get into what they deem as prime position. We'll have to see later on, as they should certainly be in the late game, as long as they're not griefed. Now, we are going to see a few teams play on the outskirt areas like this, for example, but Orglis and Hungry are going to be happy residing here for now.

01:38:28 Augglers in Hungary, pretty chill. For now, as you said, just probably thinking about if they have the ability to go for that Evo Harvester. Might have already picked it up themselves as well.

01:38:36 A few teams in the vicinity are going to make that decision a little bit more difficult. We mentioned how Harvester might be one of the POIs that's contested. This is also the other opportunity for the pool, right? Towards the bar building here, just in the north of Siphon. So teams are going to have to hedge their bets a little bit here. Zone 3 information is obviously going to be very important to them. But teams who are coming in a little bit later as well, who are going to be able to part their way to Evo, are going to have an opportunity to be in pretty strong positions from edge.

01:39:02 Based upon the fact that I don't think anyone's quite sure which side of the mountain raids this zone is going to pull. So there's going to be less teams in front of them and more chance to isolate fights and force their way in.

01:39:11 Ja, wenn du Teams erwartet und mit der Power-Thingen bist, dann werde ich wieder sagen, dass Le Cité de France auf die Trials ist. Ich glaube, es ist eine der größten Po-Tunnel zu tun. Nicht nur die Möglichkeit, die Initial Trials zu killen und die Evo-Upgrade durch die Evo-Upgrade zu können, sondern die Box zu geben, die die Vault zu geben, die auch die Evo-Upgrade zu geben. Und da werden die Assault Bins in der Evo-Tunnel, in der Evo-Tunnel, excuse mich. Also, da werden so viele Reasons für Le Cité de France, um zu bleiben, um ihre Shields zu helfen, um dann mit Reds zu kommen.

01:39:41 Ich sehe die Reds kommen in TSM-Phoenix. Ich dachte, du warst zu drop late.

01:39:54 Das war eine der größten Kaste der Sentensten. Du hast gesagt, Bots, und ich dachte, wer ist er zu sagen? Ich dachte, die Sieg der Franz gete zu fighten, die Bots zu sein. Ich dachte, okay, ich bin bereit, ich bin bereit, ich bin bereit, ich bin bereit, ich bin bereit. Aber du hast es zurück, du bist ein Professionell. Ich bin stolz. Ich bin stolz. Ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz, ich bin stolz.

01:40:22 Other teams, by the way, who were doing a similar thing and playing very late, Aurora. I mean, we saw what Aurora were able to do in Game 2. They were already up to Purples. Their aim is always going to be, ideally, to get to Purples so that they can use that Lifeline package. So they're going to be fighting in the zone at the moment. Now, one of the big Season 20 changes is you cannot sit in the zone for as long. It's roughly around 3-4 minutes, I believe, before you start getting the official warning signs. Nothing that anyone is really going to be having affect them in comparison.

01:40:51 Aber wir haben es gesehen, dass es eine gute Benefit in Ranked-Player ist, dass die Leute in der Blumen-Zone bleiben können. Aber es tut mir einfach ein bisschen schneller hier in Apex Legends ist es, dass wenn du Bloodhound oder ein Legend in den Survey-Beacons bist, dann wird es nicht nur ein, sondern ein, sondern ein. Und das ist mehr Evo-Evo-Way-Ford. Das ist wahrscheinlich auch was du sehen, die Likes of Aurora.

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Taktische Entscheidungen und Team-Dynamiken im frühen bis mittleren Spiel

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01:41:47 Ja, Rohr just need to heal back up, and there's the benefit of Lifeline, they can all heal back up together, but here comes that care package. They were able to get to purple, they were able to select allied support, and Hardeki can now provide the goods. Do you get... An Ivarate? Yes, an Ivarate, and potentially, maybe... Okay, sadly, it doesn't look like they were able to get any, uh...

01:42:06 Evo Caches, so they weren't able to upgrade to Red. That's also, it's not a guarantee with Lifeline. You're not guaranteed an Evo Cache, but you are guaranteed a Red Weapon, so they were able to get, thankfully, an Evo Rate to work with, which, you know, you're still taking Evo Rate. You're not going to complain. By the way, well done on Get the Right Name. We've had over 100 things to learn, everybody. Bear with us.

01:42:27 Ich glaube, es ist auch sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr.

01:42:42 Ich würde sagen, es geht nach Harvester, aber sehr nahe zu der Mountain Range. Wir werden sehen, ob das ist, oder ob ich komplett falsch bin. Allianz ist ein Team, die wir hier spielen. Nur auf die Blues, an der Moment. Also, sie haben nicht wirklich den Weg zu einer successen, als die Evo-Corde zu haben. Hack ist einer der all-time Kill-Leaders in der ARGS. Und vielleicht kann er das heute adden. Of course, Imperial Hauw, der overall Kill-Leader.

01:43:09 Aber Hakkis ist da und einer der Highest in Emiah.

01:43:24 Wiener in Harvester. Literally Milo Harvester. Let's see the next zone. There was nobody playing the bottom of Harvester. So we can Val Cult and land on the bottom Logan right side. That is safe, I'm pretty sure. The only set we have when we land is people Cossigaulting us, but they should not be able to 8-bit. Remember, if we get Cossigaulted, if we get Cossigaulted, we can Medkit or Papa Phoenix. I have Phoenix and Medkit. It's one tick Phoenix, three tick Medkit. Alright.

01:44:01 Nothing behind us My side too That's gonna hurt I'm back now They have stamped it on their side Let's just see this over there

01:44:45 Where the fuck does this go? Back to Harvest, maybe this one. Backfilling was three. Let me scout the backfilling. Is high tank? No.

01:44:59 Now the comms into the game and a fight that's going down right now is between Cold and August and Hungry. And Cold starting to feel a bit chilly out here Dan because you can see that August and Hungry have got that first knock. Urban's gone down but at least Grace Wars have been able to stay up and that will allow them to stabilise a little bit just through Caustic Gas. They can be dropped as a defensive barrier here as Cold now force themselves into the middle of the building. But August and Hungry have lost one so it's a 2v2 here.

01:45:24 Ja, ich denke, du bist.

01:45:49 Harvester and the Ridge side. As LVH, they were able to third party and take down Cold. So Cold, even though they did so well as a 2 to kind of pin themselves in the building and stabilize, it wasn't enough because LVH were able to hear all that commotion and they then reap the rewards of any loot that might be on the floor. But you're not going to be safe here. You are still going to have to move a little bit further in and of course August and Hungry currently hold that position. But August and Hungry did lose 1. So LVH, if they find out that August and Hungry are a 2, then that will allow them to push up.

01:46:17 Ja, ich fühle mich, dass sie das sehr schnell lernen können. J-Hanzel und der Bloodhound werden kann, und dann kann sie das Informationen wegnehmen. Sie werden nur ein paar Minuten bevor das, um es zu lösen, um alles zu haben. Interessant zu sehen, wie die Teams versuchen, von dieser Seite zu machen, durch die Schöne. Die Valkyrie in der Composition natürlich würde helfen. Aber sie sind jetzt eine der Teams in Charge, der Harvester in der Moment ist, und sie versuchen, zu holen diese Position, das wird in der nächsten Position sein.

01:46:42 Ja, ein paar Teams sind bereits safe, aber schon wieder zu sein, die anderen Gruppen sind dabei. Zum Beispiel, Allianz, als wir in der Listen-In waren, wo die Zone war. Und sie waren einfach theoretisch, weil sie nicht die Ring-Control haben, aber sie haben sich über die Tracks gehalten. Die Exoclan sind sehr gesund und gut. Sie sehen, dass sie eine Care Package bekommen haben, das ist, warum Fricks ist auf Red auf dem Moment und hat eine Kraber. Er hat alles aus der Care Package.

01:47:07 Ja, warum würden Sie, wenn es eine Krabie ist, dann werden Sie sicher werden können. Das ist wahrscheinlich die größte Damage. Das ist wahrscheinlich die größte Damage. Und das ist sicherlich auch die Evo-Stonks. Ich würde sagen zu meinen Team-Mates als auch, gib mir die Blu-Armor. Weil ich werde noch ein paar Damage geben kann, wenn Sie nicht mehr tun können. Ah, Season 19. Es gibt noch nicht mehr. Season 20 ist wo wir sind. See, ich weiß nicht, dass wir einen Fehler haben. Ich weiß nicht.

Strategische Wendungen und Kämpfe um Positionen im späteren Spielverlauf

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01:47:33 Jungs kommen in August. Hungry will be eliminated. That was the two that you worried about Dan.

01:47:37 Yeah, it was a little bit, but LVH did lose one in the fight. And now it means that there's going to be potential for Stay Healthy here to capitalize. And La Cita de France are also above them as well. So LVH, even though they pushed and they had to push, they might be punished for it by other teams that are going to be in the surrounding areas. It's La Cita de France who hold the choke. They're in arguably one of the better positions because they can get out if they would like to. And they're going to be healthy at Purple's too. Stay Healthy, however, are not as healthy. They're just on the Blues. They tried to pick apart the pieces that was left over.

01:48:06 Instead, they're going to be retreating, and the reason why, 25 seconds until that zone comes in. If you are stuck on this eastern side, there's only, what, three points of access here, and all of them are choked. You either go through the tunnel, you go around the tunnel, or you go up through the rib side, and all of them are going to have players waiting for you for an ambush, so it's going to be a very disappointing experience for you wherever you go here.

01:48:28 Ja, so everyone's just gonna take the gloves off, I think, on that side and just throw down, see who comes out on top. Freak still has his Kraver, though. Three bullets to work with. But he doesn't need them. He pulls out the car instead, gets the shield brake, and you can see the Aurora taking damage. There's La Cie de France, who seem to be doing that damage to them. Freak still looking for a shot here to try and clean this side up.

01:48:46 Und wenn sie das Gebäude entfernt werden, dann kann sie das Schöne halten, wo andere Teams werden müssen. Aurora, sie werden in der meantime verletzt werden. Freize hat ihn zurück, weil er nicht das erste Knochen will. Die Red Armour wird ihm ein wenig, um ein bisschen zu bleiben. Die Nades gehen, Vex eliminated in der meantime. Sie starten zu kucken ein bisschen hier auf World's Edge. One Shot mit der Kraber kann etwas ändern, aber das ist narrowly going zu miss. Und remember, Vex dropped in Harvesters, so sie nicht mehr able zu stabilisieren. Despite being der Droppe, again, es ist ein Miss. Es könnte eine große Unterschiede sein, wenn diese Kraber Schöne sind.

01:49:15 Sie sind nicht zu tun, und ExoClan wird verletzt, als YoungHongKong wieder ist, aber wieder ist die letzte Spieler, aber sie ist eliminiert. 11 Späts sind jetzt, wir sind jetzt zu den Top 10, knappe zwei Placement Points für alle Teams, die werden da sein. La Cita de France sind in der Türkel, aber sie sind in der DOOM, als wir jetzt in die letzten 10 sind, als Teams sollte ein bisschen stabilisieren. Vielleicht eine letzte Spiel zwischen LVH und The Forge hier.

01:49:39 Ja, sie sind in der Momentan. Vyfes versuchen zu überleben. J. Hanzo versucht zu überleben. Sie haben einen Knopf-Down-Shiel zu spielen, also sie sollen zu überleben. Ein paar Grenades kommen in. Das ist ein Purple-Knock, das macht es ein bisschen einfacher. Aber das wird ein Evisceratet, dankz zu einer Frank-Grenade.

01:49:57 Absolutely superb. Scan comes in, though. They force their way through this choke, but Vyfes is the last standing player. We'll get the core swamp, but Kraber could be a difference maker here if he can retreat to his teammate. He could certainly go out with a bang here. Could make a difference, but it doesn't look like he's going to get a chance, too, because stay healthy, push their advantage immediately. As soon as they saw there was a chance and there was a break in the gunfire from the other side from Alliance, that's when they full sent it, because Alliance started to think about zone instead here. Where can they position themselves to potentially win this game?

01:50:27 At the moment, they're not in the best of spots because they're very vulnerable from both their west and their east. But if they are able to move in and find a spot under Harvester. Also, look at this from Team Portugal. That's Kashira in a nutshell, by the way. That reminds me of like a few seasons ago when they were on Ascend. Get those Watson Gens down, get the fences down as well and find a hidey hole. ASG up on the height of Harvester as well. They've got the respawn beacon down for a little bit of extra cover as well. Stay healthy now making their move up to the high ground. There is a team below them.

01:50:54 Fences and Bullets, so pretty good indication of that. As we now have eight squads remaining. Make that seven as 202 will be eliminated as well. A couple of teams would expect maybe to go down in the next few seconds as well as the Zone Forces teams together. I just want to touch on Alliance, by the way, there. Their rotate, they went from all the way outside of Thermal, all the way across to essentially the wrong side of where the Zone was going to be going. But they're going back over, if I'm not mistaken. And now they have a position in the endgame. It's great navigation of traffic from them.

Analyse des Spielverlaufs und Expertenmeinungen zu Strategien und Teamleistungen

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01:51:23 Yeah, they've done really well. I mean, similar to the early games as well, moving their way through, even without bringing console information towards the latter stages, as the Kraber again is playing a part in this one. It is going to do initial damage, not enough to get any sort of knock, and stay healthy are not going to be trying to force a fight right now to anyone who's outside. Now it's the bow check from Alliance, as Effect is going to be able to play his part with a red weapon as well. And then look where the Alliance have found themselves here. They've found somewhere to play. It is only a small rock at the moment.

01:51:51 Aber weil es so viele Teams gibt, werden sie nicht mehr aufgeteilt werden. Niemand wird versuchen, diese Fight aufzunehmen. Instead, sie spielen ihre Part von der Distanz.

01:52:20 But they're going to have to move from this rock in a few moments time. I think they're just looking for the entry damage onto Team Portugal. The problem is those Watson fences make it so difficult to push forward. You can't use the VALT missiles either. They're going to get swallowed up by the Jett. So destroying the Jett is going to be point A. And that's exactly what they're trying to do.

01:52:36 Make sure you take that out, take that out of the equation ASAP as now round 6 is going to begin to close and teams like Alliance who are on the outskirts and go next are going to have to slowly creep their way in and you may become the focus point from other teams that have found themselves just on the high ground to work with here but this is going to be a very scrappy endgame. Six teams remain, that is a lot of gunfire that's going to go down and again I'll say it, legend composition is going to be very important here. Who has an ultimate that you can utilize to really give you the leg up in these final fights? You've got a Bangalore ult for example,

01:53:05 Und jetzt ist es alles.

01:53:17 ...und die Wadsen, versuchen zu escape, versuchen zu runnieren. Ich denke, dass sie nicht so sein können. Stay healthy, will die Eliminate. Die Passion, die das Lowground-Potition für so lange haben, finden sich in dieser Endgame. Gold Helmetswap, die es zu helfen, um diese Endgame zu bekommen. Aber hier kommt Allianz. Sie wollen ihren Weg auf Team Portugal machen. Sie haben endlich das erste Knochen. Kachera geht's, und es ist die neue Boy, Unlucky.

01:53:37 Well, Lions are in a fantastic spot. They've been able to get into what is close to the final circle here, but they suddenly were aggrieved a little bit by Team Portugal. Now they're going to have eyes on them here, but look at all the damage that's going down. It is absolute chaos happening in this final circle. Go next, get eliminated. It's four squads that remain.

01:53:53 Made in Heaven up on the high ground. One of the teams you would imagine have a great opportunity to win this game. Our Lions are still strong as well playing in and around that trunk. But now you see the fight go down and they're getting set on themselves. And it might just be a case of Made in Heaven coming down from Heaven to finish this game off.

01:54:09 Not again, not again from the heavens surely, but it should be an easy cleanup here now because they know there's already been damage done. They finally drop, they get the next knock and this is going to be a wrap up. Only one player remains unless we see something drastic, which we will not. Made in heaven, take it. Game number three here on World's Edge and they make sure they capitalize from a very beneficial position.

01:54:30 Das ist wirklich wichtig für Made in Heaven. Das ist eine gewünschte Wünschte, die gewünschte Wünschte, die gewünschte Wünschte, die gewünschte Wünschte, die gewünschte Wünschte und die Wünschte für die LAN-Spots sind. Das ist ein guter Job von Allianz und Made in Portugal. Sie finden ihre Weg nach dem Endgame in unterschiedlichen Wünschte. Aber es war zu viel. Es war zu viel. Es war zu viel. Und die gute Sache ist, dass ich eigentlich geteinigt habe, wenn jemand das Wort sagt. Ich trademarked es. Every time jemand sagt, Down from the Heavens. Wir müssen wir einfach mal machen. Wir müssen wir einfach mal machen. Wir müssen uns einfach mal machen. Wir müssen uns aufhören. Wir müssen uns aufhören. Wir müssen uns aufhören. Wir müssen uns aufhören. Wir müssen uns aufhören.

01:54:58 From your bank account. Oh my, okay. So I'll have to make sure I don't say it too often. But yeah, Made in Heaven in the end, they're going to be delighted with that one. You mentioned it. Overall placement, I think they're in ninth coming into today. So a good day today will keep them in that conversation. It's not going to be a guarantee, but you're going to be there or thereabouts for that. We'll bring Rain Day back in to have a chat about what we just saw. World's Edge is wrapped up now. And I've got to say, a little bit of a surprise winner in that endgame, but some familiar faces, shall we say, involved as well.

01:55:25 Yeah, I was going to say, I'm just happy I don't have to pay you anymore because that was starting to get expensive, man, the amount of times we've heard that one. But Made in Heaven, they do end up winning, I will say. And they win in good fashion. I was worried more about Team Portugal, though. And it kind of brought me to this conversation around how difficult it is for teams that are playing active or on the low ground constantly to fight against Team Portugal and their insistence on a crypto Watson squad in a lot of these metas. A lot of the years that they've been successful. And you would have to say that there would be a frustration just getting EMP'd at that point.

01:55:54 No matter what it is, not necessarily winning Team Portugal, but making it so hard for teams that are doing fights that can balance on a knife's edge to actually then win it and then ultimately be taken out by something as what they feel probably minuscule as some type of ability or ultimate there. But ultimately, that wasn't the determining factor. It was the high ground. It was the height and made in heaven took a very good.

01:56:18 position there. And one of the things that we have to look at is we can analyze, we could talk about these things, but we also have people who have been watching on the side as well. I'm not sure if it's quite time yet to bring them in, but we have some experts that will be joining us for the halftime, and I'm excited to get their thoughts on how things have gone in. I'm waiting here to hear confirmation if it's time to bring them in, but until I do, Mark, I mean,

01:56:42 you know alliance has been in two out of three of the final circles they haven't got that win yet but i would say this is a great transition um for unlucky jumping into their squad yeah i agree with you they probably look back on that game number one and see it as a game that they could think was winnable they might have been baited in a little bit by that mobile beacon going down the mobile res that kind of made them send it a little bit earlier than they could have but i mean second and then decent points in game number two as well decent ish points i would say and then game number three like you say involved in an end game where

01:57:11 They had to make some really tough rotates, but one thing I'm loving so far is it's like, this is a tough rotate, but now Valkyrie's back in the meta, which allows them to get back into the zone or play from a different position, right? And I think composition is fascinating at the moment. You're talking about Team Portugal, right?

01:57:28 Their composition is fantastic for holding a spot, but what utility do they have in an endgame which is going to help them win it in comparison to Acaustic Hole, in comparison to Rolling Thunder coming in from Bangalore. All of these things, it's a game of chess, right? And it's a game of picks and counterpicks, and that's what makes Apex so fascinating to watch, especially in those endgame moments. It's what do you have that's going to help you win this game? Is it going to be able to be countered? Is it something that's going to win us the game? And do we have it available at all? Because we might have had to expect it to even get there.

01:57:57 Listen, I mean, there's a match day that I saw, you know, with the unthinkable of Furia jump up with a gravity lift and win a fight that we thought was surely, I believe, going the way of Exet. And Furia ended up taking that one near Echo location, Echo HQ. And so now I think that because we don't have that too, height becomes even more valuable because people have way less ability to contest height mid-fight. But I want to get more answers, more in-depth talks. And I need to bring on someone who's handsome, more handsome than all three of us. Unfortunately, fellas, we're doing our best. But this guy, it's...

01:58:26 Schiv FBS, Ladies and Gentlemen, the GOAT here. We gotta bring in the Warlord. Schiv, it's great to have you here, man. Thanks for joining us for the halftime. Great to be here. Yeah, thank you, guys. What's up, everyone? Hello, hello. Fire away with the questions, I guess.

01:58:43 Let's go. One of the things we really, I'll start off with a softball here. How's the vibe going on with your position here in Pro League? Because honestly, you know, you guys ups and downs, but the truth is you're such a fun guy. Your energy is always to look at the humor of a situation and make light of something. Is that something that you try to carry on alongside the Pro League as well?

01:59:06 und juggling being a content creator, which is so difficult, just to try to do content creator and just play ranked as well. But you're a real pro. Just talk to me about what the vibe is and how you maintain that positive energy.

01:59:20 Ja, ich meine, für sicher. Wir immer versuchen, die positive Energie und Vibes, dass wir können, natürlich, als ein Team, wenn wir durch die Ups und Downs gehen. Ich meine, jetzt, wir sind nicht so gut, aber ich hoffe, dass wir das über die letzten zwei Tage haben. Wir versuchen, unsere Besten. Aber wir versuchen, die positive Vibes, die wir können. Und wir versuchen, die Ball zu gehen. Und wir versuchen, die Ball zu gehen. Und wir versuchen, die Ball zu gehen. Immer, für sicher.

01:59:45 I love that. I'm going to jump in very quickly, Shiv, because I want to ask you about Season 20. It's the obvious question, but how have you guys adapted to Season 20? Because it's been weeks and weeks of trying to work out how to get results, and then all of a sudden the season changes, and you've got to completely change the way that you approach the game. So what's that process been like for you guys?

02:00:06 Ja, ich meine, ja, da sind viele Veränderungen hier in Season 20 für Legend comps und PIX und alles. Obviamente, wir sind viel mehr von Caustics, Bloodhounds, Bangalores. Ich meine, Bloodhound Bang, wir haben schon gesehen, aber wir sind viel zu Caustic jetzt, besonders auf World's Edge. So, ja, wir werden definitiv noch auf Caustic auf World's Edge gehen. Wir werden definitiv noch auf Caustic auf World's Edge gehen, aber wir werden den Bloodhound Bang.

02:00:34 But of course, that's a comp we'll see a lot right now after Season 20. That's for sure. On World's Edge, at least. Stormpearl will see a bit, but not as much of that. And there's other Legends, of course, you can run like Val, Crypto, Watson a little bit of also. So yeah, but definitely quite a bit of Legend change for sure compared to last season.

02:00:53 One thing I noticed is no matter what happens to Bangalore, we'll always see you play in Bangalore. So I know she's always going to turn up in Pro League as long as you're here. So that's good. We're going to show you now some of the final circles. Of course, you were watching on the sidelines here and match number one. I mean, it was a very interesting final circle. I'd love to know your thoughts on kind of what happened here and whether there was any mistakes or whether there was any good plays or maybe what you would have done in these final moments.

02:01:20 Ja, so LCDF dropped from the low ground, they actually got one of them enough, but they managed to get Horizon Q up to high ground, which actually let them reset, which was huge. Alliance ended up swinging Aurora and wiping them out, and then LCDF got the reset on the high ground, then dropped back down to low ground to wipe Alliance. That was great. This was great from LCDF, right? I think LCF won this? Right from the high ground? Yeah, they managed to get the reset up on high ground, as you see, and then I think...

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02:02:11 Ja, und ihr könnt sehen, wie viele Punkte sie bekommen haben. 12 Placement Points, of course, für die Victory. 9 Kills, 21 für Lucide de France in der Ende. Und ich wundere, ob vielleicht die Respawn Beacon, die Mobile Rez, das kam dann, einfach gegeben Allianz eine Chance zu pushen, etwas zu agressivieren. Whereas Lucide de France hatte das High Ground. Aber es war natürlich ein Interessant Match No. 1. Für Match No. 2, though, Shiv, ich werde Ihnen darüber reden, wenn wir da kommen.

02:02:41 So I believe we're all won game number two here, right?

02:03:09 So they were playing the north side of the zone. They had a nice rock that they could play behind. There were two teams in each of the buildings in Survey Camp here that had to run out. Not in the greatest of spots. Need to run out here. Zone's pushing them out. So we also had Team Portugal on the high ground that was able to nade the team out. They got pushed out from the zone though from the height and had to drop down and fight the teams on low ground. Aurora's still on the high ground. Team Portugal's swinging left to fight this team on low ground. Was that made in heaven? Yes. And then Aurora's third fight from their north side that they were.

02:03:37 Schilling from, I should say, and ended up third partying to win in the end. Yiqiu, though, trying to hold ground, gets one knock, but that's it. It's too much and a war win. Game number two there, with the third party in the end.

02:03:51 Really interesting, Shiv, too, to see the Lifeline being picked up. As we see the stats and we go through Page 1, Aurora, Portugal, Made in Heaven kind of tying in overall points. And TSM Phoenix, Exoclan rounding it out. But looking to the back half, answer me this. Do you feel like Lifeline has a legitimate role in this meta across multiple teams? Or is it just something that Aurora's making work?

02:04:13 Ich bin nicht sicher. Ich habe ein paar Teams gesehen, wie E6, 201C. Wir haben einen Aurora hier gesehen. Können wir eine Lifeline Rez-Me für Harddecki hier? Aber ich bin nicht sicher. Wir sehen. Ich denke, einige Teams können es tun. Wir versuchen es zu nutzen. Macht viel Sinn. Verdict ist noch nicht. Eine der Zonen wir nicht oft gesehen haben ist das Harvester-Zone. Und als wir bereit sind, die Final-Circle sind, wollen Sie, Shift, deine Gedanken machen.

02:04:39 On kind of how it played out, we know that Mark, he's the one who said made in, you know, he lands down from the heavens. It was an iconic line. We saw made in heaven win that one. Multiple EMPs. I had brought up the difficulty in sometimes playing against, in a final circle, against that kind of crypto Watson style where you have your own fight and you're just getting disrupted by these huge, feel like global ultimates that are impacting you. You know, what are some of the struggles that you're finding in season 20, particularly in end zones, if any, as we get a final chance to take a look at it?

02:05:11 So this game, there was a real mosh pick going on in Harvester. Tons of teams live, as expected in Harvester. I guess Kostigolz would go crazy here. Maiden Heaven won the high ground. I mean, they're just gonna play from up here, and they're able to rain down from above and shoot everyone below. And if they had Kostigolz, it would go even crazier here. I don't know if they had one, though. But either way, I mean, they just play from the high ground. Everyone's fighting underneath them.

02:05:35 Ja, sie waren von Hyde, aber Kostigolz würde mich nicht so ein Banglebund werden kann, so Kostigolz würde sicher sein, wenn du das Endgame hast hier in Harvester. Krypto-NP hier auch.

02:05:48 Ja. No, no, no Horizon being able to push up to that. We saw that work so well for Lesita France earlier on, but we're getting into a lot of endgames where she's just not around anymore. And Made in Heaven just had no contest. What do you do as one of those teams on the bottom floor? Do you just fight in front of you and ignore Made in Heaven, let them get the clear win? Because that seems like what we've been seeing.

02:06:07 Ja, ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, es gibt keinen Weg zu pushen Maiden Heaven. Ich glaube, sie hat die Highground für frei, ehrlich gesagt. So, ohne Horizon, man kann nur Q-up und kämpfen sie. So, ich denke, alle spielen für Lowground, und Maiden Heaven gewinnen das für frei. Ich glaube, die Team mit Horizon Q-up haben, aber ich glaube, ich glaube, ich glaube, niemand spielt Horizon. Ja.

02:06:26 No, nobody was playing Horizon. That's kind of the change that we've seen. Lasik de France, Orglis in Hungary, we're seeing a lot of these teams in that third game not have a great result. But overall, it's Team Portugal, Made in Heaven, Aurora, LCDF, and Alliance who take out the top five. They're really separating themselves amongst the pack. Shiv, as you take a look at these top 20 teams so far after three, what's your takeaway? And who do you expect to continue this performance and take the day in EMEA over the next three?

02:06:56 Portugal sind wirklich gut. Es ist toll, dass sie in der ersten Platz sehen. In der Niederlande Dome und Kryptowatson-Valk, glaube ich. Es ist toll, dass sie sie wirklich gut sehen. Aurora weiterentwickelt ihre Domination. Das ist auch zu erwarten. Maiden Heaven ist auch sehr gut. LSDF ist auch ein sehr starkes Fighting Team. Allianz, die diese Teams sind super gut. Aber es ist toll, dass sie Portugal und Maiden Heaven sind super gut.

02:07:20 Und ja, ich hoffe zu sehen, wir sehen, Auroa, LSDF und Allianz noch sehr gut. Wir sehen, wenn Portugal und Maidenheven können ihre Top Plätze hier, als sie zu Stone Point kommen. Wir sehen, was passiert.

02:07:37 Definitely one of the things that we can see now is some of these older kind of guard of EMEA doing really well on World's Edge. Great setup for our next games. Will it continue on Stormpoint? Usually we've seen Orglis and Hungry in the past pop off on Stormpoint and take days, but we'll have to wait and see with these next games. Hey, Shift, thank you so much for joining us, my friend. I know that you took the time out of the day. You've been watching the games. Enjoy continuing to watch, and thanks for spending time with us here on the ALGS. Yeah, thanks for having me, guys. Thank you.

02:08:08 All right, ShivFPS, good luck, 40% worse. He said they hadn't been having the best run, but, you know, Dan, there's still time. And especially with a brand new season, new meta, this could be, you know, the bump that they needed.

02:08:20 Yeah, I mean, this is crunch time, but as you say, there is still that possibility that you can break through. You just have to start performing at your very best. Now you can't have any kind of dud weeks, any more match days that aren't going to be going well. So I'm expecting tomorrow to see a very fired up 40% worse. All right, well, Dan, take a break. You've been doing great all up through these three games. We're going to send you on a little bit of respite as Mark and I handle this one. And of course, it's time.

02:08:46 Match number four, Stormpoint changes the game. Mark, we have yet to see Season 20 on this map. It means new legends, new pathing opportunities for these teams, and obviously maybe a new standout squad.

02:09:00 Ja, ich meine, wir haben die Gameplay wieder und nicht so viele Videos auf mein Face. Ich liebe das. Das ist das, was ich an die Leute castigte. Locked in. Und ja, ich muss sagen, vielleicht muss ich das auf das Face machen. Aber wir sind jetzt auf die Storm Point. Das ist natürlich ein bisschen ein change, ich wollte sagen, in der Pace des Things. Aber bereits, wir sehen das in effect hier, als wir haben ein Contest über Lining Rod. Look at das, Babylon ist bereits aus dem Gravity Lift. Nicht die most effective use, ehrlich gesagt. Und die Cooldowns sind natürlich ein bisschen geholfen,

02:09:30 Horizon's power is now the name of the game. Some legends in Season 20, Mark jumped out to this incredible buff in their abilities, just gaining more and more, better and better. Horizon, one of those characters that was tempered, in effect, slight nerf to the base of the character and trying to get back to the power, very much like Catalyst, and we've seen it actually have a huge impact. Not as many players playing it, but one player who was synonymous effects with Horizon, still opting to go for the character who controls.

02:09:58 We'll see if he can do it with the triple tick here as he takes the high ground over Clemmy G.

02:10:03 Yeah, I wonder if Alliance respecting this contest, and that's maybe why there is a Horizon pick, or maybe if it is something that's just here to be a part of their composition full stop. But you can see that Alliance want to force Vex away here. They don't want to give up both of these essentially POIs. They want to be able to fight them and own them for the rest of these games, and Vex are going to find that out, and that's FX in the kill feed already taking out Babylon's. Hax is going to go in and get the second, and even though he'll go down, you would imagine that it would be a very, very comfortable win.

02:10:32 Und diese Bullets sind ein Beispiel für ein Beispiel, was ich dachte, was der Fall ist der Fall. Das ist das auch.

02:10:43 Ich glaube, es ist ein bisschen frustrierend, ich denke, wenn jemand versucht zu challengeen Sie für ein spot. Und besonders für ein Team wie Allianz, Sie können es verstehen. Es bedeutet alles, dass es ein Spiel gibt, wenn es 0 Punkte gibt. Manchmal werden wir in der Crunch-Time, wo es sich qualifizierend ist. Es kann wirklich ein Gefühl haben, ein Gefühl haben, ein Gefühl haben, oder ein Gefühl haben. Und Allianz hat sich da. Sie haben in den Momenten.

02:11:02 Es ist die letzte Zeit, wo sie tatsächlich qualified haben und eine Chance zu spielen für die Region Finals und zu den Play-Offs haben. Ich verstehe, warum es ein bisschen relief ist und auch ein bisschen ein Statement ist. Ich bin nicht sicher, dass wir das wiederholfen haben, aber wir können natürlich sagen, dass die Allianz hat es.

02:11:20 Ja, ich meine, eine Sache, die Allianz waren sehr gut, natürlich, als wir in Allianz waren, war die Contest selbst. Sie haben die größte Teil des Dsg. So, vielleicht die Change, adding Unlucky, mit all due respect zu Yuki, die Controller-Player-Off-Drop, ist sicherlich going to be...

02:11:35 Das ist etwas, was ich glaube, ein paar Teams auf das mir gedacht haben, aber wir müssen auch, wenn wir auf die Seite landen, die Alliance Qualifier gewinnen, dann ein Team Solo-Mid zu landen, so wir haben zu sehen, wie das Geschichte läuft. ESG, in der Moment ist es, sie sind ziemlich safe. Sie sind auf der anderen Seite der Stormcatcher, in der Moment. Speaking of Zone, Command Center ist in der Mitte, und ich würde sagen, wir werden zu den Southen Command Center gehen, oder vielleicht zu den Westen, oder zu den Westen. Ich könnte es sehen, dass mein Kampf noch nicht funktioniert, aber es ist sicher nicht

02:12:04 So in diesen Bereichen, die wir jetzt sehen, in den Fortschritten sind, das ist, dass wir jetzt in den Fortschritten haben. Das ist, glaube ich, in den Fortschritten.

02:12:32 Und dann sehen Sie, dass sie eine Kostik haben. Die Aftermath ist vielleicht ein bisschen mehr zu risk, um in der Open zu bleiben. Und nicht warten und versuchen zu weiterzunehmen. So, sie sind einfach nur noch ein Team. Als wir gesagt haben, dass sie eine Kostik haben. Sie sicher haben. Und die Aftermath, nachdem sie ein Knochen sind, sind die Kostik, die die Kostik haben. Und die Aftermath, nachdem sie ein Knochen haben, sind die Kostik, die die Kostik haben.

02:12:52 in peril of dropping down.

02:13:21 Es ist ein bisschen early, ich würde sagen. Die Hard-Fighting für Priority Positionen. Und im Nachhinein muss man sich über eine Banner zu bekommen, oder zu versuchen, es zu leben und zu gehen. Es gibt ein paar Frafters nebenbei. Einige Dinge können das so interessant und so effektiv sind, die Speed der Kraft zu werden.

02:13:45 And right now you see a supply package, not willing to go for it yet. They've got bigger fish to fry as Aftermath. At least get out there with their own banner and won't have to search for that any other way. But look at this. It may be just a day late and a dollar short. Artico Sanya and Max Drafi join in on Aftermath. That squad eliminated and a level up for Passion. So Passion get all of the spoils of war, as unfair as it is to Aftermath, who are trying their hardest just to get out alive.

02:14:13 Ja, das ist nur die Domino-Effekt, richtig? Es ist nicht das erste Spiel, richtig? Du hast es als 2, dann hast du die Banner gewonnen. All das, als es auf andere Teams geht, wird es einfach sein. Und dann, als sie sich in die Dürer machen, ist das einfach für Passion. Aber auf Stormcatcher, du hast LVH auf den Highground. Beast of the Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-Hunter-H

02:14:42 This Beast of the Hunt, we're seeing so much of it used. It is a very interesting conversation around perks that come in at level 2 or level 3. If you had a level 2 perk that allows you to get either Nox or something of that value from your ultimate early on, you could start to see why. Maybe that would be a bigger choice, a more consistent choice, because you're looking at the totality of the game. That's 3, 4 ultimates you're getting value from.

02:15:09 Es gibt noch einen Ultimate, der auch noch eine Verkauf hat. EsG, während all diese Gespräche, einfach mit der Kossik auf Blast, was sollte mit dem Charakter machen.

02:15:35 Es gibt uns diese Fragen, die vielleicht nicht mehr haben, haben wir noch einen Antworten, und die Spieler zu antworten, in der Moment, statt zu kommen mit einem Set-Game-Plan, für viele diese Mid-Game-Choices. Ja, ich denke, ein Team hat einen Antworten, ich würde sagen, ist Made in Heaven. Sie sind in der letzten Spiel auf World's Edge, und jetzt sind sie in eine fantastische Position für den End-Game. Als wir über den Stormpointen gehen, Sie sehen, dass LVH, so ein paar Kills werden hier verwendet werden. Ein paar Kills werden hier verwendet werden, Raine, und es sieht aus LVH wird Pest Control nehmen.

02:16:05 Gehanzo falls, but we'll get rezzed up pretty easily. Smoke on top. And they're fine right now. 18 points in seventh overall in the day, which is a pretty good showing with three games left to go. You would expect them to hopefully keep that pace and keep it moving. Level three perk as well. Auto detect picked up from Lifan. And we've seen that across the board. 17 squads left LVH just stabilizing one of the few teams.

02:16:30 Ja, ich habe auch noch gesagt, dass ich noch nicht, Marc, dass es ein bisschen mehr, ich weiß, ob es Stormpoint ist, oder ob es das neue Meta ist, aber es ist ein bisschen mehr aggressivität. Game 1 war sehr patient, aber Game 2 und Game 3 und 4, ich habe zu sehen viel mehr aggressivität, mit diesen Teams-Compositions, dass, zu mir...

02:16:51 Especially with Caustic, we're not used to seeing Caustic teams play so aggressively. I wonder if this is a byproduct of Meta's past, people getting used to it, or if this is really what we're going to be seeing. Caustics running at you, fighting in the open more often than not, because that's not something that I'm used to watching.

02:17:08 Ja, ich meine, es ist ein Change, richtig? Du hast gesagt, wie es ein Blu Perk ist, der Nox Gas ist, richtig? Es ist nicht so, wie du wirst für ein sehr starker Ultimate Abilte, wo du das Increased Rang hast. Du kannst ein Fight early mit der Nox Gas und Blu Armour, und du kannst du die Aggressor als ein Caustic. Es ist nicht nur ein Endgame Caustic, sondern es ist ein Initiator. Es ist eine Person, die kann...

02:17:28 Demand space become to your team with the Nox Gas Grenade. So Team Portugal at the moment is just gonna have to survive. You can see the post skills banner has been collected. Kishiro unfortunately is gonna have to watch.

02:17:39 Ja, eine der Dinge, die wirklich hilft Valkyrie, ist das Gefühl, und die Abilion zu bekommen.

02:18:05 Extra 15% higher launch makes it a little bit more effective than that evac tower. And sometimes a little bit is all you need. 77 on the initial spray with the bolt, but it's not enough for LVH. Lifan, now with the purple, trying to make something out of nothing. He's lost two teammates. Probably best to try to get out of here. He realizes this is a lost cause. And especially if he knows who that is, kind of Tyler and Matafe, they are not going to lose that fight 3v1. So Lifan just trying to make it out alive.

02:18:32 Ja, ich habe es versucht, dass es TSM-Phoenix, die in der Fall war mit LVH, der 3rd Partier von Auglas und Hungry war. So, so simple für sie und Leifen hat einen tollen Job, ehrlich gesagt, zu werden. Die einzige Frage, ich glaube, ist, dass es ein paar Teams, die werden durch die Kommand-Center durchgeführt werden, einfach aus dem Faktor.

02:18:48 This is a POI that teams from the north and the east side of Stormpoint here are going to have to move through to get towards this endgame. The team who's up on height at the moment is going to be Alliance. I wonder if they are going to stay up on height, as you can see on your map overhead, and maybe Valcolt a little bit later to try and get a spot as the fights start to break out. But that's where the zone's going to be pulling. You can see it's going to be moving over to the west side of Stormpoint. Made in Heaven, I mentioned them earlier. They're the team who are up on that height, and usually we see it pull to the top or just below that.

02:19:15 das sie finden sich in. Sie sehen die France also, in der Tunnel aus der Wallen. Sie sind in einem wirklich guten Platz, auch.

02:19:23 Als wir sehen, die Zone starten zu ziehen, wird es umgekehrt werden, es wird es umgekehrt werden. Team Portugal im Hintergrund, um sich zu sehen, für sie. Und Made in Heaven, wow, das ist ganz schön, wo die Zone ist, wo die Zone ist. Teams wie LVH Life und einfach zu bleiben, in dieser Zone. Aurora ist auf der Farbewegung. Currently 3rd place. Es ist bei der Last-Water, Aurora. Ja, ich habe sie gesehen. Hier sie sind.

02:19:49 Und dann hat er das Lifeline bereit zu gehen, von Harddecki. Playing ein bisschen Support Harddecki? Ich habe nicht wirklich gesehen, diese Version von ihm in ein paar Mal. Vielleicht ist er schon mal, man. Nicht physisch, aber natürlich in seiner Abilität. Ich sage, ich habe nicht alle die Kills, und hey, wenn es OJ Reign und 9 Impulse in der Squad ist, das macht Sinn.

02:20:07 Ich sage auch, dass er die Kämpagge bekommen wird. Und all of a sudden, er kommt sehr, sehr schnell. Du bist ja. Ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich mache Lifeline. Ich sage, ich sage, dass es sich physisch, es hat sich größer als auch. Ich glaube, es war der Gym. Das ist ja. Ja, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage, ich sage,

Aggressive Spielzüge und strategische Positionskämpfe

02:20:34

02:20:34 Ja, all remains to happen to have to pop a battery as well. And it's Augustin Hungry who zone-wrapped Aurora. What an amazing move this is. We'll jump into a listening now as this fight takes place as Kinda gets damage down.

02:21:02 Los geht's! Los geht's!

02:21:32 Okay, ja, double smoke Bengals and you just think like get close

02:21:52 Orgles and Hungry now find their way through one squad, but find themselves in front of another obstacle. It's Maiden Heaven who are in front of them, but the gambit has paid off, no pun intended. Speaking of Pardecchi, I really do think that now, because they're on the north side, it's just one team to deal with, and especially when you see the multitude of teams, maybe nine, ten teams mark on the south, they have one good team in front of them, but they at least have a chance to really be in Godspot if they can make it past.

02:22:19 Ja, wirklich, wirklich stark push von ihnen. Sie hat Aurora, das ist immer schwierig zu machen. Allianz fällt in die meantime. Exoclan jetzt Eliminated 202, aber die Team, wie du schon erwähnt, ist in der Lage, aber die Information, die wir von ihnen gehört haben, ist, dass Oldenlust und Hungry, ich glaube, ein Purple-Purple-Red ist jetzt. Ich mache das Purple-Purple-Purple, weil es vielleicht ein Evo-Core war, dass es mit Metaphic geben wird. Und sie wissen, die Team inside hier hat Blue Armour. So sie wollen das Spiel nehmen. Sie wissen, sie haben die Vorteile.

02:22:45 Wow. And you know what? You don't even need to take this fight. You can kind of hold this building at least temporarily underneath and above, but they lose kind of right away. I think they got a little too aggressive for my taste, but they probably felt there's nothing else to do. 30 seconds left, and that's the magic number. So they've got to go ahead and make it happen before teams start to show up. Beautiful spray there from Tyler. It's so much, and they're able to take down tax. Could this be a turnaround for Orgless and Hungry?

02:23:07 Oh, hier kommt der 3rd party. August und Hungry hatten den ersten Knochen, aber wie du sagst, wurde er ausgedrückt und wurde ein 2v2. Tyler wurde in und wurde mehr dämt, aber dann der 3rd party appeared. Jeder war warten und das ist das was ich. Wenn du nicht in 30 Sekunden hast, musst du re-think. Aber ich bin nicht sicher August und Hungry hatten die Möglichkeit, die Situation zu re-think. Es war eine all-or-nothing Situation für sie. Und es endet auch mit beiden Teams fallen und La Cite de France, die Möglichkeit zu re-think.

02:23:32 An unbelievable, guess who it is? It's Forge, actually, on the other side as well, who are helping to KP a little bit of that and pay dividends as well as Passion. So Made in Heaven, they end up escaping. One player is still alive, but Lesique de France take that full win as a trio. While the Shocks are firing from range, they clean up yet again with perfect timing to put themselves in a position of top.

02:23:56 und High Ground. Ich meine, es gibt wirklich keinen besseren Platz zu haben hier in dieser Zone, zumindest die es jetzt jetzt. Und so das scheint, dass LC-DF jetzt noch eine andere.

02:24:07 Ja, ich meine, es ist die perfekte Möglichkeit für sie. August und Hungry not getting that fight done quickly pretty much gave them Godspot. Es war eine sehr simple 3rd party für sie. Sie sahen die Horizon Quton, die sie auf die Position gewinnen und die Zeit haben. Und jetzt haben wir Godspot. Sie können ihre Weg zur Zone gehen. All die Teams, die sie zu sein werden, und sie werden die High-Ground über. Und SPEAKING TO THE HIGH-GROUND, hier ist JMW und look at das Spray mit der Volt.

02:24:34 Already on a red, JMW working that Volt to the max here as well with a Hemlock. He's got range and he's got damage from all sources. And look at this, this high ground is going to be so good. You would hope for a nade right here. Maybe this is where you're...

02:24:49 Open and praying for that early, maybe undervalued Horizon perk where you can see grenades through walls and rocks and things like that. He's going, you know, I don't need that. I know if I had one, I'd use it. ESG may be thankful for that as they're playing downhill with go next to the left. But let's see if the front's still up top. Squad's completely adjusted here now. I think we only have six remaining, Mark, and this is kind of setting up to the stabilization point where we're going to wait to see some action right as this circle starts to move.

02:25:17 I mean, ESG haven't got to go far to zone, and other teams are going to have to fight in front of them. Made in Heaven do lose that solo player, so now we have ourselves with six squads remaining. Other teams will have to fight. Stay healthy now gone as well, but they will have to at some point walk up that hill. So difficult game to win. The issue here, I would say, for Le Cid de France is the team on our screen right now, and that's going to be De Forge, because they have a little bit of cover here.

02:25:39 As Le Cid de France are having to inch down towards that zone as it closes in behind them. They might be in position to put some shocks in, but ESG now, they're in trouble. Go next, trying to push. Go next, finding a great angle on ESG. There's really nothing that they can do.

02:25:52 Das heißt, Go-Nex ist jetzt nicht genug, es ist nicht genug genug. Und obwohl er der Auto-Ping ist, gibt es keine Ahnung, wo diese Enemies sind. Er ist ein guter Job, aber er macht es schwierig. Und das heißt, Go-Nex jetzt müssen wir jetzt entscheiden, ob wir...

02:26:14 behind ourselves do we have enough time to look behind ourselves because jmw and lcdf as well as forge are now looking to go next and somehow oh my goodness go ahead next is eliminated and that leaves just two it's lcdf and i believe it's forge

02:26:31 Ja, Forge und LC-DF, das sind die zwei Teamen, die von der höchste Punkt auf dem Map waren. LC-DF haben die bessere Position jetzt, als Sie sehen, hat es ein paar Sekunden, um das Megakit zu holen. Aber das ist ein Interessant, richtig? Du hast die Zone, und du sagst, Forge, Sie haben Zone. Sie haben die langfristige Survivability Zeit, und Lissika-France haben Sie zu fallen von dieser High-Ground. Ist es noch ein Ultimates? Sie sehen, Psycop nicht hat die Rolling Thunder, und man könnte es nicht sein, aber Zetan hat die Black Hole. Er stellt es in, und jetzt haben sie die Möglichkeit.

02:27:00 Und jetzt haben sie voll high ground und das ist der große Schiff. Nur weil der Black Hole ist da, ist das sie da. Und Zidane? Ja, er wird das Schiff nehmen. Aber weil der Grab, der Lippe ist, ist es nicht genug. Und es scheint, die Lippe zu haben. Die Lippe ist nicht genug. Und es scheint, die Lippe zu verlieren. Sie verlieren einen, sie verlieren einen, sie verlieren einen, sie verlieren einen, sie verlieren einen, sie verlieren einen, sie verlieren einen, sie verlieren einen, sie verlieren einen, sie verlieren einen, sie verlieren einen, sie verlieren einen, sie verlieren einen, sie verlieren den ersten Spiel auf Stormpoint.

Analyse des Finales und strategische Bedeutung von Positionierung

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02:27:25 I gotta say, that was a fascinating battle, that endgame. It was a straight 3v3, but there was a couple of little things that changed the trajectory of that fight, right? You saw Zidane, he threw his Black Hole Horizon Ultimate in to try and give them the opportunity to cross in towards the zone to give them a fair 3v3 fight where they weren't going to be essentially in LOS as they had to leave that high ground. The counterplay to that was the Nox Gas. You saw it land at his feet when he'd taken damage. He kind of looked down. He was like, oh.

02:27:52 I can try and Horizon Q out of this, but I can see the damage is already done, and there is the example of how devastating that Noxcast can be. It gives you ability to zone out teams, to do damage as they push, and then it's just a 3v2. You should be winning those.

02:28:05 And I mean, it's great heads up play by Forge as well to swing wide on that rotate and still play cover. There's a lot of different ways that they could have done that. They kind of could have turtled a bit, played more defensive, but they traded damage with Zidane, who was getting plenty of damage back off onto two of those players. And I have to also mention, remember that first fight where, you know, I forget the team that was pushing. Maybe your memory serves a little bit better than mine during all of this, Mark. But there was a team pushing Forge originally that we followed along throughout the course of the game. Forge lost one and was able to stabilize. That's the same.

02:28:34 building they were able to hold to ultimately lead to a win so these moments on moments on moments the domino effect truly paying dividends for them and this time it resulted in a much needed w for a team that's always kind of on that edge of being able to qualify or not for our playoffs i mean those i mentioned it in the in the previous game right it's made in heaven we weren't really talking about them coming into today because of where they were in the standings but

02:28:58 We know how outside of the top four or five in EMEA at the moment, it's kind of still a bit of an open race there, so who's going to qualify for those lands? And one win, two wins in a game day, the amount of points you get from one game day can just throw you up those leaderboards as we take a look at the match for results here.

02:29:13 LZDF immer wieder mit einem 2nd Platz. Mehr KP, mehr Punkte. Das ist etwas sie zufrieden mit, obwohl sie wohlfühlen würde. Aber Forged ist vielleicht die größte Sache hier. 20 Punkte, das wird sie ein bisschen über ihre Standings. Teams, die wir vielleicht ein bisschen mehr erwähnt haben, könnte es gehen Maiden Heaven oder Orglis & Hungry's, aber es geht nicht. Orglis & Hungry mit 5 Punkte, nach einem wirklich guten Rappen, wird Aurora aus der Spiel.

02:29:43 mit TSM Phoenix.

02:29:47 With all of this underway in Game 4, in our first game on Stormpoint, the next two are going to be scintillating. Just a little comparison mark here between Forge and LCDF, our final two teams. Yeah, very similar game, and the only difference was who won the last fight, really, wasn't it? You're looking at kills, a few between them, placement points, understandably, difference between first and second, assist pretty close. LCDF, excuse me, no surprise to see them doing a little bit more damage, because they did win the fight for that building up on height towards the endgame.

02:30:16 Ich denke, es geht zurück. Ich sage es, dass die LZDF-Förgerinnen haben. Die Forge ist das Team. Die Team werden mit ihnen kommen, mit ihnen, parallel aus dem High Ground. Es wäre eine Wege-Fight, wenn sie nicht auf den Enden gehalten hätten. Unfortunately, sie waren nicht able, weil sie alle anderen in fronten waren. Die Forge played das letzte Mal so, so gut. Es war schwierig für La Cite de France zu verlieren und wirklich in die Position zu gewinnen.

02:30:41 Marc, das ist die Unterschiede. 20 Punkte hat Forge von 18 zu 7 zu 7, mit 25 totaler Punkte in den nächsten zwei Spielen.

02:31:01 Even more opportunity. Either way, this is what we need to see from Forge. They're going to continue on this path to qualify for LAN and be in that top five consistently. We know LCDF can do it. We know Aurora can do it. I mean, we've seen Made in Heaven be able to do it in Orglis and Hungary as well. Will Forge jump into that top five? All of that to be discovered here with two more games left on Stormpoint coming up right after this.

02:33:15 Bis zum nächsten Mal, die ALGS weiter.

02:33:21 Ich denke, mein V-Mix hat sich geholfen. Ich hoffe, wir sind jetzt gut. Ich hoffe, ihr seid mit uns, alle. Ich kann dich hören. Wir sind gut. Wir sind gut. Wir sind gut. Ich habe angefangen zu hören. Ich wusste nicht, ob ich mich überrascht. Aber hier sind wir. Und ich bin sehr froh, dass wir in den nächsten Mal sind. Und ich bin sehr froh, dass wir in den nächsten Mal sind. Und ich bin sehr froh, dass wir in den nächsten Mal sehen, wie Stormpoint spielt. Ich habe versucht, ob es einfacher ist.

02:33:47 Vielen Dank. Vielen Dank. Vielen Dank. Vielen Dank.

02:34:08 Bis zum nächsten Mal.

02:34:38 Make sure you tune in. Apex, Apex, Apex, Dan. Apex, Apex, Apex. All of the Apexes. And maybe they can be some of the teams that we'll eventually be seeing in Pro League as well. I mean, there's some big faces in Challenger Circuit at the moment. So very excited to see if any of them can start to progress and build a new team and maybe a new dynasty. Okay, maybe it's a little early for a dynasty, but you know what I mean. Yeah, we'll have to see how that's going to go and see if there's some new names that come up and join us in the Pro League, like you say. But now to...

02:35:04 Ja, sie wissen genau wie sie wollen sich selbst.

02:35:30 Rotating a little bit later, they are more than happy to play Edge a little bit more than other squads. We've also seen Team Portugal, for example, really pushing the boat out in Worlds Edge, but not able to find the same success so far in match number four on Stormpoint.

02:35:44 If they can find the zone-heavy positions they're able to do so in matches 1, 2, and 3, then we know they're going to benefit from it. The Season 20 changes have been great for Kashira. Back when it was quite similar in previous seasons, where you're able to find a position, get your Watson gen down, get your Watson fences down, it can really work out. Of course, Stormpoint can sometimes have far more open areas. It's a little bit more difficult to take those positions than World's Edge, but some circles will play towards it more than others.

02:36:12 Ich habe zu sehen, ob die Tests auch auf Lightning Rod weitergeht. Wenn ich Vex habe, bin ich ehrlich gesagt, bin ich ein bisschen zu second-guess. Aber im Moment, es ist nur zwei Spiele zu gehen. Also, warum nicht mehr so gehen? Es ist nur Alliance.

02:36:24 Ich weiß nicht, sie hat einen neuen Spieler und alles. Sie wissen, was sie tun? Aber ja, wir werden sehen, ob das wieder passiert. Also in CoastalCamp werden wir sehen, ob wir 202 driften, um sie eher an Echo. Aber es scheint, dass sie mehr als happy zu split Coastal und Echo in Map Nummer 4 sind. Composition-weise, natürlich, wir haben ein paar Veränderungen gesehen.

02:36:46 Legend-wise, as we would expect from World's Edge to Stormpoint, I think we knew that was going to happen. People were experimenting a little bit here and there, but ultimately, I guess what we expected after Scrims. Yeah, a little bit of a server reset there, as you can see. We'll get back into the game and bring you game number five as soon as we can. In the meantime, it does give us, I will say, it's the one, probably show, Dan, that we do have enough to talk about when we get these little breaks and enough to...

Stormpoint vs. World's Edge: Unterschiede in der Spielweise und Evo-Verteilung

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02:37:10 Ich glaube, es geht um, ich würde sagen, für Wochen zu sagen, mit all den Changes wir haben gesehen. Und eine Sache, die auf Stormpoint war, in meiner Meinung nach, war es, dass es nicht so viele Evo-Evos gab, als wir in den letzten Jahren gesehen haben, auf World's Edge gesehen haben. Ich weiß nicht, ob das ist, dass Leute nicht mehr Zeit haben, die PVE, oder was es vielleicht auf den Map zu levelern, aber es ist ein bisschen ein Unterschied, was wir in der Comparison zu World's Edge gesehen haben. Ich denke, dass es...

02:37:33 There's a lot less space to play at times on Stormpoint. There's a lot less buildings. People aren't playing as zone heavy because you're going to be in more open areas. Therefore, there are a few earlier scraps and people all...

02:37:45 kind of diving to get to evo harvesters here and there and then having to run away from each other so no one's getting the comfortable power thing that they probably would like similarly to world's edge where for example these edge teams who were on red they weren't having to fight anyone because everyone was like oh well we can just play zone here we've got a zone heavy composition so we'll just move and then teams like lcdf for example had the entirety of the northern side of the map so they could grab every evo harvester they want they could grab any survey beacon they want it's a bit more spread out on storm point everyone is kind of here nor

02:38:15 Ja, man kann man von building zu building, das ist immer ein schönes Ding.

02:38:31 Think about where the next Evo, you know, all of that kind of process. You feel like it's a little bit more kind of fluid on Stormpoint. And it's one of the things I love about it, right, is the fact that we do have these unpredictable rotations now. We do have the fact that teams are going to run into each other because they've had to maybe go a little bit north out their way to a southern zone to get an Evo Harvester. I also want to see the point, by the way, and I wonder if this is going to be a LAN thing, by the way, where somebody rats out one of those Evo Harvesters, because I can see that happening.

02:38:57 Und ich bin ehrlich, ich möchte es passieren. Du meinst, wie ein Ambush? Ja. Ich denke, ein Ambush ist ein viel einfacher Wort zu benutzen. Dann ratten Sie auf es. Aber ja, wir haben nicht wirklich gesehen es heute gesehen, aber es happens in Ranked all die Zeit und ich weiß, dass es ein bisschen anders ist, weil du nicht unbedingt haben die Geld auf der Pro-League auf der Linie auf der Pro-League, so du nicht einfach nur zu tun, aber...

02:39:18 I think as we get closer to LAN and as we get closer to people griefing others to stop them from getting to LAN, let's say they are close to your POI or they have been contesting your POI previous times, yeah, you might see people say, well, actually, we know this team typically takes this route and is going to take this Evil Harvester. Why don't we just wait and then we can take them out and we get some free KP? I think it will happen. I can see DSG doing it. Oh my goodness.

02:39:43 Imagine DSG do it to TSM. Oh, part two of the writing story. We'll have to see if that develops. And let me tell you, hopefully one of them is watching right now. I've just planted a seed, but let's talk about LCDF because I've been super impressed with them today, Dan. I feel like their decision-making has been really on point, especially in and around those endgames. Their rotates have been pretty solid, but every single time that I've seen them involved in an endgame, it's because they've picked an opportunity and taken a fight.

02:40:09 an opportune moment, which has created, you know, a place for them to play for a longer time towards the endgame. We just saw it in that last game where August and Hungary were trying to fight in and around that building. They weren't able to clean the fight up quickly, so it created an opportunity that was immediately taken, and those split-second decisions are usually the difference between a team ending up in the top eight or ending up in the top three, and I think they've done that really well today. Yeah, I think the benefit they have of, you know, playing Trials in World's Edge is they have a lot of time to think about their...

02:40:37 Which maybe will struggle more in Stormpoint. Because you're going to of course get pressed a little bit more. There's going to be more teams on your rotation. But because not as many teams are playing Edge as we would expect.

02:40:48 So they just...

Meta-Analyse: Horizon's Rückgang und Bloodhound's Aufstieg

02:41:18

02:41:18 All that extra info that a lot of the other teams who are playing Zone haven't been able to have, and that's why I'm just so impressed with their positioning, but also you can understand why, because they have the tools and the utility to do so. Yeah, I think Survey Beacons is one of the main reasons that we're seeing, I would say, the move away from Horizon. Just when you're looking across compositions, like what can a composition offer a team? Horizon is a great fragger, we know that, right? We've seen it for so long, but...

02:41:43 I would say the fact that Bloodhound can be that fragger and that entry fragger for a team and on your most aggressive player who stereotypically might have played Horizon in past metas, the fact that you have the ability to hit the Survey Beacons, gain that Evo even off of drop, but plus, like you're saying, on your path and in your rotate towards where you want to get towards that end zone, it's not just free information, it's information that's valuable on top of the fact that you're getting the Evo, right? And I think that...

02:42:09 That might be one of the reasons we're seeing Horizon slightly move to the side, because Bloodhound just offers more in a team composition with the new EVO Core system. Yeah, I don't think Horizon offers enough at the moment, and especially with Caustic being in the meta, it kind of counters a little bit, because you're pushing into what? You try and push into something, and then suddenly there's just gas everywhere, whereas Horizon was all about initiating pushes, and yes, okay, it's about...

02:42:34 ... ... ... ... ...

02:43:00 We're not seeing as many Red Evos being built up, but on World's Edge, we were definitely seeing it from certainly the northwest side of Trials. And that leads me to believe that we're going to see more people start trying to fight for some of the bigger and better POIs as teams start to realize which POIs are better. In North America, Dark Zero have Trials. Here in EMEA, it's L...

02:43:21 So we're going to now start to see teams say, okay, well, do we think this team should have one of the best POIs? Should we be challenging them? And for the teams who are at those POIs, are they going to start to think about trying to eliminate teams who are close by and maybe taking them off?

02:43:37 It's a very good point that you make. We'll have to see if that does develop. And in the meantime, before we head into game number five, let's take a look back at the final circle that we just saw from game four. And speaking of La City de France, they certainly were involved in this fight. And I think it gives us an opportunity, actually, Dan, to look through how the final fight went down. Because it's always fascinating, right? It's very rare in an endgame, in Apex Legends competitive in the ALGS, that we see a straight 3v3. No other interference coming in from teams. Just two teams standing off against each other.

02:44:07 I love straight 3v3s because you get to have an insight of the brains of these players individually and as a team. Of course, the IGL can call the shots in a fight, but individually you still have to step up in that moment and whether it's about taking a slightly different angle or supporting your teammate from another angle, you're going to learn a lot about the players and their playstyle and it can all be defined by the legend that they're on as well. I mentioned earlier, if you are a Caustic, you need to be thinking about your positioning because you are going to be vulnerable and you are going to be a target.

02:44:36 Es ist sehr einfach zu vergessen, wenn du in diesen Fortschritten hast. Du musst das in den Fortschritten sein. Ich liebe es in Apex Legends. Das ist auch das, was ich liebte Arenas, wenn sie ein Ding waren. Es ist sicherlich etwas, was wir immer zu geben, wenn sie die Team gewinnen, wenn sie die Engagements gewinnen, wenn sie die 3-B-3s gewinnen und 4-B-3s gewinnen.

02:45:05 Ja, ich denke, Forge haben die Vorteile, natürlich, zu haben, und zu haben, die Zonen und zu haben, zu haben, es macht es ein bisschen einfacher für sie, aber die Schmerzen und die Schmerzen sind, dass das Krossen als möglich ist, ist genau das was sie gemacht. So, congratulations zu ihnen für gewinnen das letzte Spiel, als wir jetzt in die Nummer 5 gehen. Back in die Live-Aktion, everyone. Danke für die Beherrn mit uns. Wir sind wieder auf Stormpoint. Wir haben zwei Games zu gehen.

02:45:29 I'm just having a look early at seeing which kind of POIs have both Ring Console and Survey Beacon, because that's always going to be strong for early EVO upgrades. So Zeus is going to be one of the better positions. The wall you could probably make work as well. So those are going to be two very strong positions on the northern side. And I imagine the circle, just from what I've seen, is going to be pulling slightly south. But we'll see that when the circle information comes through. You've also got plenty of Survey Beacons spawning in the southwest side of the map. So anyone going down towards Tenote can...

02:45:58 Ja, das ist ein komfortabel. Sie wollen die Squat Wipe natürlich für die Evo.

02:46:27 Ich weiß nicht, ob sie es bekommen. Ich weiß nicht, ob sie es geschafft haben. Ich weiß nicht, ob sie es geschafft haben.

02:46:51 And I think Alliance are chasing Vex here as well. You can see that Unlucky might still be here, but in the distance you can see that the cannon was sent on another side as TSM Phoenix also involved in a little scrapperoo. We'll have to see whether they're able to come out on top, but they were able to at least get one.

02:47:10 Und jetzt der Duster ist es für ein paar Sekunden, als ich gesagt habe, Kyrie findet einen wirklich guten Schuss mit dem Hemlock, um einen Schild zu brechen. Und es ist Bardo, der wahrscheinlich denkt, dass er sich nicht alleine ist, dass er sich nicht lebt, dass er sich nicht lebt, dass er sich nicht lebt, dass er sich nicht lebt, dass er sich nicht lebt, dass er sich nicht lebt. Aber TSM-Phoenix versucht ihn zu holen. Auf der Gibraltar, bei der Btw. Der Human Fortress ist jetzt Bardo, und poor old Pest Control, er hat einen 2.

02:47:33 Bubble is a good indication of where a player is. I will say that. Come on Bardo. I believe in Bardo. Oh. Imagine? I believe.

02:47:43 Best control eliminated. Oh. Hopefully we can get back into a different Observer, maybe it's the game, who knows. He got eliminated so hard, it forced the Observer out of the game. The Observer was just a massive Gibby fan, wasn't happy about it, so we'll just move on to the next one. Yeah, I respect that. Aftermath, in the Trident, a bit of a weird start to this game, isn't it? In the Trident, it gives us a chance to maybe just mention about the Tridents and how POIs were Tridents.

Tridents und Zonen-Vorhersagen auf Stormpoint

02:48:11

02:48:11 Ich fühle mich, dass sie sehr gut sind, mit dem Fakt, dass du ein bisschen Scavenger hast, jetzt, auf Stormpoint, um die Evo Cools zu bekommen. Ja, ich meine, du kannst den Speed Boost, um die Evo Harvesters zu bekommen, zum Beispiel. Ich meine, einfach zu haben, eine Art Art Abilität, um in deinem Pathing Route zu bringen, kann man auch einen Vorteil über andere Teams zu bekommen. Es kann sogar zu einem Survey Beacon zu bekommen, zum Beispiel. Oder du kannst es in einem guten Old-Fashioned-Fashioned-Fashioned-Fashioned-Fashioned.

02:48:37 for a quick rotation. They're going to be hitting the far south side of Echo in between Coastal Camp, just to try and find a spot that they can hold, because we are going to be heading completely south. I wouldn't be surprised if we end up somewhere around Echo, to be honest. Wouldn't be an ALGS without an Echo HQ Zone. Come on, everybody. We all know this. We knew it was coming. It might pull back towards Pylon, but I don't see that happening, to be honest with you. But let's all cross our fingers that it does. Stay healthy.

02:49:04 Trying to make their way towards Zone as well. Blue Armors at the moment. And there's a potential for a care package in front of them, I think. If I'm not mistaken, if my eyes don't elude or lie to me. Elsewhere, just look at Alliance. They're obviously taking their time to loot up now. Having dealt with Vex, they've got all of Lightning Rod to play with. They've also got Evo Harvesters near them as well. They're picking up at the moment. Aurora, who played it last game.

02:49:27 A little bit late in Zone and got wrapped on themselves. It was almost Aurora got the Aurora treatment themselves. It's something that they've done historically extremely well, Zone Wrap on people. But Aftermath inside of the Zone at the moment, 202 can be joining them. Aftermath on this staircase, this is a really good spot to hold, actually. You can kind of poke up and around the teams that are inside, but you can also do a lot of damage and output to anyone retaining in from the east side.

02:49:51 Ja, ich denke, das ist eine gute Zone für Caustic-Teams. Es ist ein mehr Predictable-Zone auf Stormpoint, so Leute werden sehr schnell bewegen zu Echo, als TSM-Phoenix wieder in ein bisschen Konfrontation zu Jurrasik. TSM-Phoenix droffing auf Jurrasik. Die Loot war buffed hier, so es macht es ein bisschen einfacher zu haben, als ein Drop.

02:50:10 ...spot POI... ...but you're also going to be right dead center of people's rotation. So if you are not quick to loot and if you are griefed, which of course we saw them have on an early fight... ...then you are going to have people arriving and dealing even more damage to you when they get there.

02:50:24 Wingman in the hands of Falcons. You can see still that even though it doesn't have a Digi on it, which, I mean, let's all send a moment of thanks to the fact that that was changed, it still hits very, very hard. And especially with those headshots, the 45 body damage is enough for the rate of fire, but the 95 headshot is a game changer itself.

02:50:44 I'm sure there's still a few pro players out there who are calling for that to be maybe just adjusted a little bit, as I might, I will say. Kolbo, under a little bit of duress at the moment. Urban, he's already gone down, so it's only the two of them trying to hold off this push. And again, they do have the ability of just holding the fort with the core stick. Again, it's important that Graceful stayed up. We saw this previously on World's Edge, where they were able to do quite a lot of work as a two. It's whether they're going to even be able to get that banner.

02:51:12 I don't think at the moment they're going to be thinking about it. As you can see, Strafe is just taking a lot of damage. These were the kind of areas you were talking about of damage output. When you have this high ground over people who are rotating in, you can do so much work from here. Metafe gets the kill. We're all now seeing Catalyst back in the equation as well, I should say. Tanya down, Arsco down as well. Last player is trying to escape, not going to be able to do so. That's Passion eliminated you. Coming into...

02:51:36 This week down in the restart of the LGS. Really, really good spot in the overall standings, but they've kind of struggled to get anything going today.

Strategische Entscheidungen und Meta-Entwicklungen im späteren Spielverlauf

02:51:43

02:51:43 Ja, ich denke, dass es manchmal eine gewöhnliche Zeit mit Apex Legends gibt, man kann man baden, man kann man guter Zeit haben, aber es ist worrying, dass man die weiterentwickeln wird, denn die baden sind sogar noch mehr Impactful, weil das ist dann deine Chance, das könnte man sich durch die Finger, richtig? So, zwei games left, man muss sich sicher, dass das baden ist, dass das baden ist, als LBH gett Hanzo an seinen Fett und es sieht, wie sie haben eine komforte Position gefunden haben, und wieder, Kaustik, ever-prevalent und auch sehr wichtig in der Zeit.

02:52:12 Das ist das letzte Mal.

02:52:24 So get that first off, I'll tell you what, Lifenn follows it up. You don't want to fight OVH right now, they aren't missing. They are just hitting hits. Up to red as well. Thankful for the care package they were able to grab on the way. You can always tell when two are blue and someone is red, they've definitely hit a care package to be able to get one of the evo caches. But that means that Lifenn is going to be a very important factor for this squad going into the late game, as the zone does continue to pull to the southeast further towards Echo, as we would expect. So...

02:52:51 Most teams have already made it there. There's a few that aren't. I mean, TSM Phoenix, we already saw the confrontations they were having, so they're going to be late. Forge, Lasita France, Aurora, our typical edge teams that we have been seeing so far today. And then you have August and Hungry, who were kind of briefing teams from the high ground they were in earlier as well. Also, just go back to the point I was trying to make. You can see why Bangalore players at the moment are choosing the Cover Me perk when it gets to purple, right? It's because of the smokes that go down, because of the caustic gas. All of it just gives you a little bit of information to kind of...

02:53:20 Es ist immer ein wichtiges Faktor von Apex Legends ist Info, Info, Info. Ich meine, Seer war eine der...

02:53:42 Die größte Meta-Change haben wir gesehen, weil er viel Informationen zu geben hat. Wir immer wussten, Bloodhound war es auch. Und jetzt gibt es noch mehr Informationen, die Bangalore kann geben. Das macht viel Sinn. Als Augus und Hungry starten zu gehen, versuchen sie ein bisschen mehr zu ECHO zu kommen. Sie haben Smokes, um die Team Portugal zu stoppen, um sie zu sehen.

02:54:04 Auglas & Hungry is safer now, but they will have to keep progressing. Team Portugal is trying to help put some damage. You're looking at damage at the moment, and you're looking at how they're going to level up those Evos maybe towards Purples, and this was something we were talking about, right? If you play Zone, you're probably going to have to play it with Blues for the majority of the game, but the fact that Auglas & Hungry are having to play with Blues themselves, by the way, Metafy's on the Lifeline, shout out to him, and the Lifeline meta, which is all of a sudden stonks rising in EMEA.

02:54:31 Es macht es ein bisschen einfacher für sie, weil sie nicht von einem Team kommen in von Edge mit Purples oder die PVE, die haben die Kämpfe, die die Kämpfe haben. Es ist ein 3v3, aber sie haben einfach den Vorteil von Zone. Oh, das ist wirklich ein Messier, Final Circle. Ich bin einfach nur auf die ECHO HQ. Es ist Chaos already. Ja, es ist hart zu even readen die Team Names auf den Map-Overheader, weil sie einfach alle aufzunehmen.

02:54:54 And you've still got some of the big hitters to arrive, like Le Cip de France, for example, who probably are on Purples, knowing them. And if they're going to have the ability to kind of pick and choose where they want to go with the survey beacon information, they're going to be having as the kind of march from north to south. Let's talk about Team Portugal. I mean, it's been...

02:55:13 Trials and tribulations for Kashira, right? He's been through a lot. He tried to build this team with South American players, moved them over to Portugal. It didn't work out. Goes back to the tried and tested, tried and true, and now Season 20 seems to allow Team Portugal to play the way they want to play, and they seem to be at the top of their game. Send out the post-kill banner, or the post-kill light, and all of a sudden he turned up. Dressed as Batman, weirdly. Anyway.

02:55:38 Es ist wirklich gut, und es zeigt, dass das Chemistry ist etwas, dass man nicht wirklich... Wenn es da ist, wenn es da ist, wenn es da ist, wenn es da ist, wenn es da ist. Wir wissen, dass Kachira und Postgill haben fantastische Chemistry zusammen als Spieler, und sie haben viel Erfolg in der Vergangenheit, wir immer sagen, dass das. Unfortunate, ich würde sagen, moment, wo sie nicht ganz kurz aus dem Land Event war, aber so close zu tun.

02:55:57 In the meantime, I mean, you were right. Look how many teams are stacked up in Echo at the moment. Everybody's on top of each other. Everybody has got a place to play. There's room underneath. There's room in buildings. There's room up on the high ground. It almost reminds me of the old kind of central end zones that we used to see on, you know, Fragment East, Fragment West, right? Where teams on World's Edge would all be stacked up upon each other and we just have these crazy endgames.

02:56:21 Well, it's funny because when we were talking about the differences between World's Edge and Stormpoint leading into this game and I was saying, you know, so much open areas, you can see a few more fights because people can be pushed together. But then you get a zone like this, which is far more predictable and there are more positions that you can play. So it's understandable why we see so many squads still alive here.

Taktische Manöver und Teamdynamiken im Endspiel

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02:56:39 Ja, ich denke, es ist eine der Veränderungen auf Stormpoint Fullstop, richtig? Diese Southeren Zonen sind mehr für die Norden-Landing-Teams. Es gibt nur mehr Plätze zu spielen und zu spielen. Vorher war es ein bisschen, wenn du dich in die Souther bist, dann bist du in die Souther ein bisschen. Vex Eliminatete in der Meantime, so 16 Squads jetzt noch bleiben. Es war Babylons, die zu überleben, aber es wurde von Zidane getötet. Und das wird ein Free-Kill und ein Free-Point für sie. Und LCDF... Darf ich sagen, es ist, dass es viele French-Kontingenten auf diesem Team ist.

02:57:06 Arsenal fans, Red and White, ich würde sagen. Das ist ein stretch, aber ich bin all für es, und ich glaube es auch. Aber ja, da sind Reds wieder, ich meine, der Sieg de France ist so gut. Also nicht nur sind sie die Möglichkeit, die Reds zu bekommen, aber wir reden über das später, als Forge, jetzt, als sie jetzt, sind sie sofort involviert in die Aktion, in der Mitte. Ich meine, das ist was Valkyrie und...

02:57:30 Das ist genau das, was es ist, was das Team von dir ist, und das ist ein guter Rotate von ihnen, um sie in die Position. Sie hatten, natürlich, die Caustic-Ult zu tun, aber das ist genau das, was es da für, was es da für, was es da für, was es da für, was es da für.

02:57:58 Yeah, now they can just hold it as well. I mean, you not only get the ability to force away, but the ability to reinforce it as well and hold down that position as Aurora are going to be moving in late. Again, another team that has the ability to get up to red is going to be harddecky on the lifeline with the care package getting up onto red. So not the whole squad, like listening to France.

02:58:18 Aber jetzt, mit dem Evo Harvester ist es zwei aus den drei. Wir sehen uns zwei Teams, die in der Zeit gespielt haben, Aurora und Lecitte DeFrance, immer wieder zu spielen, in diesem Jahr. Welch, sie werden noch mehr Kills machen hier, Lecitte DeFrance. Franz wird versuchen, aber es ist nur ein Fall, ob ich die Zone den Arbeit für sie oder am ich einfach nur für mich?

02:58:46 ...on the receiving end of some more bullets. It's just about finding the kills right now.

02:58:50 War will go down very soon. You can see one player giving the responsibility to finish that off and TSM Phoenix will be eliminated as we find ourselves now with 16 squads. Le Cite France fully in red and white. And also, like you mentioned, the other team with red and white at the moment is going to be Aurora. Alliance, though, they've worked their way down now. They're trying to force their way into zone, but this is a tough rotate for them, Dan, with all of the teams as we look at our map overhead at just the right time. They're in the top right there. Look, all the teams, they're going to be in the line of Sion as they try and force their way towards Echo. Yeah, no Valkyrie, so they're not going to be able to...

02:59:19 Ja.

02:59:44 Also, they're gonna pop one themselves, so this might actually...

03:00:12 Ich glaube, dass Le Cid de France wiederholfen wird.

03:00:36 You are likely to at least find somewhere that's temporary, but where there is going to be a game-winning position, that's an entirely different discussion. Alliant also seem to be able to walk their way in just from the northern side, using all of this kind of commotion that's happening at the moment as a distraction technique and taking their opportunity to walk in as well.

03:00:55 15 squads still are left, yes, some are down to a 2, some are down

03:01:25 Aber noch 15 Quads bleiben, nur eine Placement Point für jeden Team, die jetzt noch nicht. Jetzt sind wir zu 14, weil die Infernung ist. Allianz starten zu versuchen, ihre Bewegung zu machen. Die Habakkuk wird durchführen, aber es wird nicht tun so viel Schmerz wie man würde, und Allianz ist einfach zu stabilisieren.

03:01:41 Sie haben die Konju, die ihnen ein bisschen mehr Leben gibt, in diesem Kampf. Aber Hackett hat den Wallbounds und macht das so. Gut Spray zu halten. Controller Player in dieser Situation ist tot, aber nicht Hackett. ESG eliminated, Augurs & Hungry eliminated. Allianz survive, und Allianz will thrive on the edge of this Zone. Allianz muss so weit gehen, als die Circle weiter geht, und Allianz ist jetzt die weit entfernt, und Allianz ist jetzt die weit entfernt, und wir haben ein paar Teams gebrochen. Wir sehen uns jetzt 11 Teams, aber die

03:02:11 Die Likes von Lesite de France sind still alive. Stay healthy, holding a good position. Forge, our previous winners from Game Pump before, they're still alive, but now GoNex send in. The Havoc is doing work, but it is going to be a trade one for one.

03:02:22 1-4-1 und jetzt wird es einfach alles auf Kashi zu versuchen, es wird es für seine Team geschehen. Der Korsikalko geht es weiter, aber jetzt ist es 1-HP, kann er es nicht weitergehen, kann er nicht die Korswapen. Und jetzt Allianz kann er sich um die High-Ground zu denken, aber auf der Moment ist es ein Trapp-Down-On-The-Low. Allianz vs. Aurora scheint das zu sein, das ist jetzt ein Spiel, das ist jetzt ein Spiel, das ist jetzt ein Spiel, das ist jetzt ein Spiel, das ist jetzt ein Spiel.

Finale Konfrontationen und Triumph von Forge

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03:03:20 I have 4 bots you need. I'm good, I'm good, I'm good. Can we hold Crossfire? No, no, no, come to me, just hold this. But, there's also a team I think here. Can you go left? There's a team upstairs, there's a team upstairs, on the right side, on the other side. This is safe, this is safe for me guys. Come. We got a character, so, get a character, so.

03:03:41 So it lies down on the low ground for now though Dan, and usually we're kind of talking about in these situations, how do you get up to the height? Well they are playing Horizon, so they have that Gravelift available to play at late. Yeah, but it's about where and when. How do you try and get this one? Which team do you try and send it on? Do you wait for some gunfire to happen to try and maybe take the advantage? The later you arrive could be the better in this scenario, but you can see at the moment they're just kind of...

03:04:05 Checking every single angle, saying which is the best spot. But one of the downsides, and one of the reasons we were talking about earlier, why do you not play Horizon? Caustic. There is a Caustic above you, and you could just be going into gas at this point, and suddenly that push is going to be less effective. We saw how important Conduit was, though, in those moments. I'm lucky just being able to give that Conduit Q to keep Hackis alive there in those moments. Otherwise, we might have seen Alliance go down. Zone starts to close. This is where things start to pick up. Alliance.

03:04:35 Out of the evac tower, they also have the queue available, but they're gonna take the evac while the fight is going down. There's a third party opportunity for them, but this is Aurora. You're trying to third party and they get up.

03:04:45 Ja, Aurora ist jetzt in der Moment zu 2nd in den overall standings und sie einfach nur unter dem, sagen wir sehen, dass es ein weiterer Spieler ist, und sie sind richtig. Es ist ein Allianz-Member, das ist in den letzten 5-Squads. So, da ist ein Rat amongst alle, aber look at die Mannschaft für Aurora, als sie versuchen zu pressen,

03:05:14 Find more positioning to work with. Ultimates are going to start to fly down. And also all these teams are getting singed at the moment. This is where Grenades really are good to be saved for, for this final circle. So you can start to deal damage to those teams arriving late. I love the fact, by the way, that Night Impulse kind of sent it a little bit to try and get some space. Found somehow or other a safe spot to play. But maybe this has all now opened up for 202 inside the building to go forward. Alliance eliminated, Aurora out as well.

03:05:41 We have three squads remaining at down to just two and it might be the blue shielded team from inside who come out win this one. Remember 202 dropped down here at Echo. So this was the circle. This was their opportunity. This was their chance, but you mentioned it. They are on blue. So if this becomes a 3v3 engagement, they will be down when it comes to health. And at the moment, Forge are on purple. So we saw some reds down below as well. So 202 are going to have to be careful when they do get involved in this fight. Forge are taking damage here and they're exchanging damage. And you feel like 202 are just trying to bide their time here.

03:06:10 Und da ist ein Cat Ball, das komplett verändert alles. Niemand erwartet das, vielleicht ein Jahrzehnt, aber 2-0-2 jetzt muss in. Der Peacekeeper muss genug sein, aber ich glaube nicht, dass sie nicht mehr werden können. Und es ist die Forge wieder, hier auf Stormpoint, die zurückgehen, zurück zu zurück zu bekommen.

03:06:29 We had different winners each time. Well, Forge, they wanted to change that. They wanted to try and solidify themselves at the top of this leaderboard. Another victory should do just that or get them very close. And what was a very important circle when you have that Caustic? I knew it was going to be a Caustic team that was going to win that one just when you saw it was going to be an Echo Circle as we're starting to see more Caustics picked left, right and center here in EMEA. Shoutouts 202 for giving it a good effort. I mean, they did drop there, so you'd be expecting them to be in those final moments. But in the previous game,

03:06:59 auf World's Edge, für zum Beispiel. Ich denke, es war Vex, der Droppe Harvester. Er wurde in der 12e Position geöffnet. Es ist wirklich wichtig, wenn die Zone kommt, dass du so viele Punkte bekommen kannst. Ja, sie haben wirklich ein guter Job, dass das in den Endgame gewonnen hat. Es ist immer interessant. Ich glaube, es ist ein Catwall. Ich glaube, es ist ein Catwall. Ich glaube, die Catalyst existiert. Es war die go-to pick ein paar Wochen später. Und es ist wie, oh, die Catwall kann das. Und ja, unfortunately, ich war nicht able, in die finalen Momente. Aber ich glaube, es ist interessant.

Legend Meta und Match Ergebnisse in ALGS EMEA

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03:07:26 to be an IGL at this point in Apex, right? Because you're thinking, what compositions do I have to go against? It's almost the unknown, because I'm sure that they were probably thinking and poking and going, oh, they've got a catalyst. Okay, that completely changes now our endgame plan, because we have to think about that Dark Veil. It's a fascinating time to be an Apex fan and an IGL, and one of the players on these teams at the moment who's trying to figure out what the most effective way is to play this game. And I think healthy legend meta is always healthy for everyone. It provides quite a spectacle, especially when we get to those endgames.

03:07:55 Meanwhile, still no Pathfinder. And even though they tried as they might, he can do ring consoles and can do survey beacons, but the hitbox is just too darn big. So we're not going to see Pathfinder. Exactly. Something has to happen for Pathfinder. But no, it's incredible to see the variance at the moment with Legend Selection. I mean, the reason we're not seeing Catalyst is because of the amount of Bloodhounds. I mean, Catalyst is negated by the Bloodhound scans, so we're not seeing her as often, but...

03:08:23 When you do get into those final scenarios, and suddenly it may not be a Bloodhound you're going up against, it can still have that aspect in the final circle where it could be the Difference Maker, just to give you that extra little bit of room in the final circle. I've got the Pathfinder solution, everybody. Alright, hit it. You just spawn with red armour.

03:08:40 Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me I'm wrong, everybody. Tell me I'm wrong. Match results. Let's have a look at those before we get too deep into my brain, which is a terrifying place to go. Match five results are in front of us from match day number six. The Forge on top. No surprise. We just saw them win that game. Five kills alongside the 12 placement points. 17 points total. 202 though, like you mentioned, Dan. Dropping over at Echo. They get that second place. Aurora and Alliance up there as well. And surprise, surprise. Le Cid de France still in that top 10. Very well played from there.

03:09:09 Just so many kills, by the way. They're playing out of their minds at the moment. Down in the bottom 10. What a journey it was for TSM Phoenix in that game, by the way. They dropped to Jurassic. They had an early fight. Then six teams turned up at Jurassic on their rotations. And they weren't even able to get into the top 15. But they still picked up two kill points, which is very important just to keep pushing themselves up the leaderboards. But a couple of teams struggling. Cold not able to get going today, sadly, especially in that game. We've seen them a few times just losing a member.

03:09:39 und dann versuchen, es ist ein 2, aber es ist nicht wirklich ein Day zu erinnern, so far.

03:09:53 So important to be able to output the damage as well, I mean even though we've

03:10:15 Seem that teams aren't necessarily focusing on damage to get those EVO shields up, they can be the difference maker, especially from blue to purple towards that endgame. It's just poking and prodding for some of those teams who are arriving late. But these are the overall series results then after five. It's Lesite de France who are still in first place. The Forge pushed themselves up to fourth now after two victories back to back, but still lagging behind some of the leaders like Aurora and Lesite de France. Made in Heaven still in third place as well.

03:10:44 Well, it's very close at the top. No Runaway Leader at the moment with one game left to go. We'll have to see who is going to come out on top at the end of it. Dan Tydrade, we suggest that you do the same because when we get back, game number six, our final game goes live.

03:12:50 Es kann auch interessant sein, die zwei Frontrunners sind die zwei Teams, die Ege sehr effektiv sind. Die zwei Teams, die wir sehen, auf Red Evo, in fast jedem Spiel, wenn es durch ...

03:13:17 Evo Harvesters und ihre Pathingen, oder durch das Lifeline, das wir sehen, Aurora benutzen, um das eine Spieler auf die Red Thru und Evo Cash zu bekommen hat. Das ist die Unterschiede, Maker. Wir haben es gesagt, dass es in den Kommentaren, wenn es die Fine Margin in Pro-Play ist. Das Extra-Litle-Bit der Shield-Health könnte sein für dich, wenn du diese Engagements hast. Whenever du sagen Fine Margin, by the way.

Legendenauswahl, Zonen Vorhersagen und Teamstrategien in Match 6

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03:13:40 Ich weiß nicht, denn ich weiß, dass die Genome wahrscheinlich wird mir sein. Aber es meint mich, wenn England der Kriket World Cup gewonnen hat. Das ist der Bearest of Margin, der Heerste of Margin. Das ist ein großartiges Kommentar. Also, wir sehen uns an den Legend Selecten. Wir sehen uns jetzt ein paar Teams, die sich jetzt aufhören. Und es ist es nicht so, dass es ein echtes, sehr glückliches Mix ist. Wir haben Gibby, Bloodhound, Watson, Krypto, wir haben... Ich meine, alles außerhalb von Mirage. Buff Mirage, Buff Path, Finder Forever.

03:14:07 Actually, don't buff Mirage, I'm terrified about what that would be. God, that would be so tough. There's nothing more frustrating than a Mirage Ultimate, I will say. So I'm happy for him to just stay off of competitive for now. But you're right, we've got so much variety and I love it. I love seeing people try different things. Sure, maybe the further we get into Season 20, the more settled the meta will become. But for now, it means it's absolute chaos, which is what I live and breathe for.

03:14:33 which is what people struggle to do in these games because of Caustic. We'll have to see whether Match 6 is going to be a different scenario though. Is it going to be a more open area circle, which means those Caustics aren't going to be as effective as they were down towards Echo.

03:14:47 Well, we got our customary Echo Endzone. Let's see if we go somewhere else on the map. We've had one north, one south. Let's see if we've got something a little bit more central. Alliance is going to be, again, winning the flight path, it looks like. And it looks like they might have just won the drop altogether. I'm not sure if X are going to be dropping here. It looks like they are not. So that is a completely free POI here for Alliance. And no surprise to see that. Oh, I stand corrected. I completely stand corrected.

03:15:13 You know what, I stand corrected, let's go to a listen in, because this is almost comical. I only have short double. I gave him 20. Zeiton. Yeah, nice. Where's this one? Oh, Zeiton, I don't know. Do finish for armor. Yeah, I just total. I want to find the last guy.

03:15:33 Okay, okay, he might be riding or some shit. I know, that's why I don't want to do it alone.

03:15:50 Well, unfortunately for Vex, one of their players gets compressed into the Eaters of Space. It never looked close down, and I'm surprised that it even took place. However, there's another fight going down here, and Sam's with the spray with the car is making this one a little bit more competitive. Yeah, the fight over towards Jurassic again for TSM Phoenix, and again, TSM Phoenix do come out on top against Pest Control, so they're able to win the ownership of the center of the map, but we saw in the previous game...

03:16:15 Es war die Rotation-Hotspot. Alle waren durch diese Bereiche und TSM-Phoenix nicht wirklich able zu stabilisieren. Und zu verlieren einen Spieler und zu einem Beacon zu erzeugen bedeutet, dass es ein Troubles auf dem Horizont wird. Als Babylon, als er versucht, es wird nicht nur die Spieler zu schießen, sondern auch die Elemente und die Spiders zu erzeugen.

03:16:38 Es wäre eine der größten Erinnerungen in ALGS-History gewesen, wenn Vex, nachdem das eine Contest mit Allianz, die zwei Spieler verliert, Babylon goes zu den PVE. Ich würde sagen, ich bin glücklich, dass sie nicht, ist all ich kann sagen. Also würde ich sagen, wenn Vex kam und gewonnen die Spiel. Oh, imagine.

03:17:02 Again, think that might be a stretch. Okay, we get to look at our circle, and you said we had north, we had south, and now we get something a little bit more central, as Seto Station is going to be the target for a lot of these teams. Again though, good for Caustic teams. This is going to be a somewhat more predictable zone, as long as you have that ring console, and of course, Caustic allows you to scan the ring console, and then you can play there early, you can get inside some of those buildings, and you can get inside a very comfortable position.

03:17:28 Yeah, this is a really interesting zone, actually. These CO zones that we do see, because a lot of the time it pulls out to essentially where Stay Healthy kind of find themselves, this side of CO. But the problem with holding this, of course, is you, as I swear I'm being listened to right now, you look at the high ground, people look over you, and it's an easy line of sight for them to move in from the height, do damage, and then you get that position taken away late. One team who do that very well is Aurora from this side of the zone, seeing them win many zones on this side of CO.

03:17:56 I'll see if they move in a little bit later. Cold now just doing a little bit of work themselves in and around Jurassic trying to make their rotate, but I haven't seen Cold approaching end zones with...

03:18:06 A lot of EVO economy, I would say. It seems like a lot of the time they're kind of just working with blues towards the zone, which is making those fights in and around the end zone a little bit more tough than they need to be. Yeah, and it could have been one of those days for Cold where the circles haven't really allowed them to move as quickly as they would have liked. So they haven't necessarily been able to utilize the ability of playing a composition like this and having the Caustic. But at the same time, the reason why you have...

03:18:29 Bang, Caustic, and Bloodhound is you don't have to play Circle. You can play a little bit more freely. You can play a little bit more edge-focused. But it seems like Cold have kind of got caught between the two today and haven't necessarily been able to focus the game the way they would like. And as I mentioned, it could just be Circle Pools or it could just be an off day, but they've still got one more game to try and put some points on the board to try and send themselves up the leaderboard.

Strategische Wendungen, Teamkämpfe und Zonenkontrolle in ALGS Match 6

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03:18:53 LVH in 8th place overall at the moment. They're one of those teams who, after this game, are probably thinking we had a good day or we let it slip through our fingers, depending on how things go. A win here or a top 3, top 5 will pretty much cement themselves into the top... I would imagine the top 6 or 5 of how close it is at the moment.

03:19:10 Maybe even a little bit better than that, but a disappointing performance where they fall out earlier, they can fall out of the top ten. So that's kind of what's on the line. I love when we go into these games, Dan, with the standings are so close. So there's not a point sponge right at the top because it means everybody still has something to play for. Everyone can completely change how their day looks at the end of the play. So Vex at the moment, they've managed to get back in the game, Dan. And I tell you what, part one of your, I would say it was a fiction story to start with.

03:19:37 Vielleicht starten sich ein bisschen mehr als Real Life zu sehen. Ja, nein, ich glaube nicht so. Aber vielleicht, wer weiß. Wir werden wiederholfen. Wir können wiederholfen werden, wenn es ein bisschen mehr gibt, wenn es noch nicht mehr gibt. Aber ja, es wird ein bisschen mehr hofer sein, das ist für sicher. Du musst schon mal starten, wenn du wiederholfen hast. Was hast du erwartet? Ich habe zu planten die Seed.

03:20:03 Ich will sagen, dass die Teams, die bereits in Sitow Station sind, ich meine, wir haben, was? Da sind vielleicht 10 Teams, die bereits in Sitow sind. Sie sollten in den Top 15 werden, weil es die Teams sind, die LVH sind, die haben die Struggle. Zorglisten und Hungry sind nicht eine solche Gruppe, aber sie sind ein Team, das kann sicherlich Probleme für die Vechs und LVH in der Region.

03:20:30 Ja, unfortunately, um... Ich denke, du bist richtig. Danke. Lose another player. Und das wird sie zuhörten. So, obwohl sie noch alive sind, die Geschichte ist, dass es nicht fertig ist, so zu sprechen. Ich glaube, die WWE-Riser hat auch gesagt.

03:20:49 August and Hungry are the rock. And at the moment, I was going to say they're stuck between a rock and a hard place, but they're kind of not. They are the hard place that LVH seems to be stuck between, and they're still pressing their advantage as best as they can. Notice Metafe still on the lifeline as well, so another team who's drifting over towards what we've seen a very successful legend selection today. But LVH are just going to play on the low ground, but it does look like August and Hungry really want to take this fight.

03:21:15 Ja, hier kommt der Double Swing. Oh, kind of. Kind of goes down, though. Kind of goes down. The Swing was not good-looking. I know it's up to Tyler, but they do have the Lifeline, so they can at least have those guns up if they try and push off the back of this damage. Should be able to get healthy in this position, but just remember, Vex have one player alive here. You see a bleed-out coming in as well, but there is one Vex player still somewhere close. Not as close. He's actually rotated away, which takes us back into this fight.

03:21:42 Besides, es wird ein 3v3-3 zwischen den beiden. Tyler wird ein bisschen von einem Auf-Angel zu versuchen, um den R9 zu machen. Der R9 wird ein bisschen staggered, kann man nicht wirklich halten, und wirklich aus dem Trigger. Und wirklich aus dem 3v2-3-4 ist ein bisschen zu lange für August und Hungry zu wirklich enjoy.

03:22:01 So Lifeline proving to be ever vulnerable.

03:22:30 Auggleson Hungry, eine Finger in the Air und sagen, Acknowledge me, LVH. Hey, das ist es für die Wrestling References heute, okay? Komm schon, ich werde einen extra einen in. TSM-Phoenix jetzt machen ihre Weg zur Zone. 20 Sekunden left, um die Zone zu verlassen. Wir haben 18 Quads remaining. A lot of Teams.

03:22:51 Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's.

03:23:19 ...having to play some of the outskirts, and now they are going to be thanking the Apex gods for the fact that this circle is going to be pulling their weight. Only three teams, maybe four, if you include Exo, are going to be within that next circle once it does pull.

03:23:32 So all of these teams in Seto, I'm counting roughly 10, and that's just a guess because it's hard to tell with all the mumbo jumbo that's on the screen because they're all so close together. They all have to move from east to west, and they are all going to be not only griefing one another, but then they're going to be focused by those teams who have been able to find themselves in the circle. I should have to ask what mumbo jumbo is. I mean, is it an edible dish? Who knows?

03:23:58 your monitor that's got mumbo jumbo on it or there's just a lot on the actual feed that you're being given but that's a question for another day

03:24:07 And it's another reason why playing edge can be kind of a benefiting factor rather than playing zone, especially on Stormpoint, because the zones aren't as...

03:24:36 Das ist nicht so, wie wir sehen, wie wir auf Worlds Edge sehen können. Denn wenn es wegfällt, auf Stormpoint ist, es oft wegfällt, wo es nur ein Manns Land ist. Der Sabstich hat vieles Wettbewerb, aber es sollte sich auch wiederholfen, bevor der Push kommt. Blackhold kommt von den anderen Team zurück. Aber ich bin nicht sicher, dass sie sich nicht mehr able zu pressen. Ja, TSM-Phoenix benutzt all ihre Utilität hier, und sie wollen sie einfach nur holen. Die länger sie holen sie, die mehr sie sind, sie sind zu gewinnen, denn die Zone ist closing.

03:25:03 und helfen sie in diese Situation. Und ich denke, sie haben einen guten Job hier. Sie sehen, die Skandy kommen in als auch. Die Team werden müssen es hier in der Zeit geben. Und jetzt haben sie es. Sie müssen das Damage geben. Es ist der einzige Möglichkeit, um in die Zone zu gehen. Denn Zone 3 ist zu werden. Und Lucille de France, sie müssen in diese Situation zurückkehren. Sie wollen den Kampf, aber sie müssen zurückkehren. Und jetzt haben sie eine Rough-Rotate, vielleicht in die Spiders-Tunnel. Und Lucille de France, sie sind fantastisch so far heute. Für den ersten Mal, ich denke, sie müssen sie jetzt aufhören.

03:25:31 Yeah, just about. There was enough room for both of them to play and the zone didn't kind of force them into each other. But speak of being forced in, Alliance are waiting on the other side and they'll play cleanup crew here. And sadly for TSM Phoenix, this is not going to go well. They are eliminated. And now Let's See de France are suddenly turning around. They do a full 360 here, a full 180 even. A 360 would be interesting. And they are going to be double checking. Well, actually, now they have done a full 360. Now they are going to be going back to where they were originally headed.

03:26:01 Ja, ich denke, dass sie nicht die Zeit haben, um die Zeit zu kommen. Aber Allianz wird das Spiel durch den Tunnel gewinnen.

03:26:20 Es ist verrückt, wie MTC Tosatien es ist. Es gab 12 Teams, jetzt nur 3 Teams. Alle, als sie das Zoneshift waren, haben sie gesagt, okay, wir sind hier ASAP. Und sie haben so schnell geholfen können, wie es ihr wollt. Lufka, auf der Schlitterst des Schlitters ist, vielleicht ist es nur ein Leben, aber ist es in vain?

03:26:49 Are you going to actually be able to do anything here? Your aim is just trying to get into the top 15 so you can get a placement point as Alliance now start to make their move using the Evac Tower. But again, they're going to be flying into what could be a lot of commotion here. Oh, he's got taken out of the sky. It's Fricks with the post check. He was really, really weak as he took to the sky. Took so much damage going up that Evac Tower and then just got peeked out of the sky. It's like the Karate Kid with the chopsticks and the fly. That's a hell of a shot.

03:27:18 Und das ist das, wenn man jemand, wenn man eine Böjek hat, kann man die Böjek haben, weil es kann die Unterschiede machen können. Und also Frick ist auf der Reden, Noxgasse geht, und es sieht aus wie sie wirklich wollen, dass die Spieler von der Nr-E-S-Side kommen kommen, aber sie haben die Gebäude zu arbeiten, so sie nicht müssen zu agressiv werden.

03:27:36 Just trying to damage these teams who are moving in and let the zone do the work for them at the moment. Everyone who's moving in at the moment knows the zones at their back go next eliminated. Orglas and Hungry also eliminated as well. So what looked like a good walk-in for them? Well, they lost a fight on their walk-in, which now means that they won't be able to participate in any more action today. ExoClan just trying to angle out all of these players, all these teams, the leftovers, the stragglers who are coming out of Cito Station at the moment.

03:27:59 Und da sind sie auch ein guter Job. Die Aftermath werden auch Elimitiert werden. Exoclan ist jetzt auch ein guter Haus. Das könnte ein sehr wichtiges Spiel für sie. Es könnte ein Big KP sein, und das könnte einfach nur was sie focussen können. Weil die Zone ist, es ist nicht möglich, dass sie in die Zone gehen können.

03:28:19 A big opportunity here of picking up lots of kills because you have one of the most advantageous positions on this side and there's a lot of vulnerable players that are gonna be available to be picked up. These are some of them but suddenly Exo have taken damage from behind and Made in Heaven will just be able to hold them off with the assistance of Alliance and that Made in Heaven they get a second chance.

03:28:40 A brutal mistake made there. The Bloodhound scam went in, and one player swung just on the wrong side. Didn't realize that there was a wall between them and the team. Elsewhere, you can see Forge, I believe, had just been eliminated, and surprise, surprise, Lucille de France. Only two of them in red this time, which makes a little bit of a difference to what we've seen so far today, but still in a position to win fights and still in a position to do damage here. Alliance also alive still in these final moments as we find ourselves down to 10 squads now.

03:29:06 Zone 4 is about to close, Dan. We are moving towards 202 and towards being cold in a good position as well. Passion finally in a good spot. Aurora, though, again, kind of like the ghost in the night, right? You don't talk about until the endgame and then all of a sudden, bang, Aurora arrive and scare the socks off you. Well, it's going to be between La Cisne de France and Aurora as to who's going to win this match series today. And remember, Aurora came into it.

03:29:30 Nummer 1 in den overallen Leaderboards in EMEA, aber für La Cite de France, sie sind in 11. Das ist ein größer Matchday für sie als für Aurora. Sie brauchen das, und jetzt sind sie die Nummer 1 auf dem Tag. Sie sind einfach beaming jemanden für die Care Package. Sie sind in den Top 10. 9 Quads bleiben, denn Maid in Heaven werden endlich verletzt. Aber La Cite de France auf den Reds werden eine reale Herausforderung.

03:29:54 And this is gonna be Aurora up on the high ground. And this could be a real turnaround of things. Cold eliminated as well. Now you're gonna see Lucille de France be forced to take this high ground. And now they are gonna run into Aurora. They get the first knock as well. Stay healthy, we'll be eliminated. Lucille de France.

03:30:09 Ja, und Aurora auf der anderen Seite der Rock zu Le Citté de France jetzt. So, unsere zwei Leiters und zwei Teams, die haben eine Chance zu gewinnen, diese Woche, sind aber nicht weit genug, nicht weit genug genug, zu können. Aber Aurora ist ein bisschen peeking an dieser Stelle.

03:30:38 9 Impulse, I think, to maybe have a look at Le Cité de France. But we can see the armour difference. The Reds are going to be huge again for LCDF. But we've also got Team Portugal, who are dead centre in the zone. And it's something they were doing very well in World's Edge. And they still have a chance to be having a very successful week. They're in third position at the moment. There maybe is still a chance that Team Portugal could sneak this one away from Aurora and Le Cité de France. It's unlikely, though, they would need to get every kill left in this lobby.

03:31:07 Oh my goodness, I mentioned how Aurora likes to be the ghost in the night. Well, they're coming right up behind the City de France. Bangor's going to go down. They didn't get that first knock though, so they're going to have to retreat.

03:31:19 Hadeck, he does get the knock though, so now they can take their time. Now they can eat a little bit of damage from this bang hole. But Oireng goes down in the meantime, just as they were trying to escape. And I wonder if this is now going to be a trade. But they do have the lifeline, which means they can get back up. He can get into zone. He's not going to be taken down. Oireng will survive here. And Aurora will survive. Le Cité de France will be eliminated. And somehow, thanks again to the lifeline, Aurora Stantel.

03:31:44 Sitte der Franschen müssen das Aurora die nächste Team zu beeliminiert werden hier auf der Rotation. Aber Team Portugal sind die Zentral-Zone zu halten. Team Portugal sind die Zentral-Zone zu halten. Sie sind die Zentral-Zone so viele Male so far heute. Die Problem ist, sie haben nicht gewonnen.

03:32:01 Losing one is going to make this more difficult as well. Another player comes in to try and take that spot away. Portugal will be eliminated again. Three squads now remaining. Aurora up on the Godrock. Two players from 2.02 trying to hold it down. But it's the three of Aurora who are moving in again here, Dan, to try and claim victory. And Aurora just need one more point to catch up with La Cita de France, who were in first. So if one more squad wipe, even one more kill here would do it for them. And they look like they're in prime position because again they're on reds. Again they're third partying. And again...

03:32:29 It's Aurora dominating and they push themselves into first place and they will win this match week and they will again assert their dominance in this region. First place coming into today, first place going out of it as well. Aurora have looked terrifying at times, dominating the EMEA region here.

Lifeline's Einfluss, Aurora's Dominanz und Edge-Spielstrategien in ALGS

03:32:51

03:32:51 Und ich habe zu sagen, das Lifeline pick, Dan, vielleicht haben wir die Unterschiede für sie ein paar Mal, nicht nur in dieser ersten Spiel, das wir gesehen haben. Es könnte so anders sein, wenn Oirene gewesen wäre, und sie könnten ihn nicht einfach haben, bevor das Zones starten zu verlassen. Und wir sehen uns auch, ich meine, auch für Auglas und Hungry, für das Lifeline, die nicht gewonnen haben, wenn es nicht für das Lifeline pick war, als auch. Aber dann haben wir auch die Vorteile von einem Spieler, um einen Spieler zu retten, um zu retten, schnell zu retten und schnell zu retten, und dann auch zu retten, die Red Weapon von der Care Package, auch.

03:33:18 If I'm North America, if I'm the North American teams, I'm watching Amir and I'm saying, all right, do we maybe consider the Lifeline here? Because we've just seen several teams be able to pick her up. And most importantly, the winning team of Aurora show the real benefits of what Lifeline could do if played correctly. It's just a few of those moments, right? It's the reset capability, I think, is what's so impressive. And the lack of downtime when...

03:33:40 You're forced to res, right? It's just a tap. You don't have to be out of the fight as a two. You can hold, you can get a knock yourself as a two on one player trying to fly in to finish off damage. And by the time you've done that, the other player's back on their feet with a gun up. And even though they might not have much HP, they can participate in the fight and they can output damage and allow you to reset. So Lifeline, you know, before we even go into the care package, certainly is showing that there is value in these teamfights, especially when you're approaching from the edge of zone.

03:34:05 I think we've seen it today. Lifeline is back. Lifeline is a real option for these teams who are playing Edge. And I've got to say, it's creative and I'm kind of here for it.

03:34:13 But also we have to talk about the playstyle of Aurora and what they were able to do against Lecite de France there. They knew Lecite de France or a team was on the other side of the rock. They could have played it slow. They could have played their side. They could have walked into the zone, but they made a risky play. They made a game-winning play. And it was by just creeping around, trying to get the jump, trying to get the surprise. And even though the 3-2-1 didn't work initially, they did enough damage to at least be able to say, okay, we can commit to this fight. And then they had the benefits afterwards.

03:34:40 Well, it's impressive stuff from Aurora. And one thing that we do know, of course, with that win in the last game is they will take home first place today. And I think everybody is always excited about Aurora, the way they play the game, the way that they are willing to take 3v3 engagements and the way that they play this hard edge zone. And you always know, like wherever you are on the map, that Aurora at some point are probably, you know, behind you and about to approach. You have to constantly be aware if you're on their side of the zone.

03:35:06 Ich denke, die meisten Leute freuen sich, ist, wenn Aurora gewollt für Split-One-Playoffs und sie wieder zu landen werden, werden sie wieder able, was sie getan haben? Weil wir alle wissen, die Turbulenten-Storye von dem letzten Event haben, die Champs, die komplett aus jemandemenswert ist, wenn sie wissen, dass das passieren würde, dann ja, du bist Dan Gaskin und du kannst sehen, die Zukunft. Aber es ist ein Team, das ist spannend, und ich denke, dass...

03:35:29 I think our biggest takeaway from this, and not just Aurora, but Le Cité de France as well, is the ability to play Edge and to be farming the Evo as best as you can, whether it be through utilizing those Evo Harvesters, whether it be finding care packages, whether it be fighting spiders or being entra...

03:35:59 Of course, we saw LCDF having the benefit from that in Worlds Edge. Edge works well if you know how to then play that final circle and position yourself, which is what both of those teams were doing successfully. We did see teams playing Zone find success as well, but perhaps weren't picking up as many points as they could have. I mean, there's a few teams here who had the chance of kind of hunkering down in their drop location and the Zone pulling towards them, and they weren't able to pick up those big game points and find themselves at the top of the leaderboards.

03:36:28 Instead, you look at the bottom half of this leaderboard for that game. You've got a few teams again who had early fights but then struggled afterwards. Vex with the contest. It was an interesting decision. The way they tried to drop that one over towards Lightning Rod didn't work out for them. TSM Phoenix struggled a little bit dropping over towards Jurassic. There was just a lot of teams who weren't able to get going today. And that is a shame because we have had so many match weeks now that we're getting to crunch time. And what, Reindeer, you said it, what, 66% through?

03:36:57 And now we're going to see teams who are not going to have much time to make up for that. Yeah, you're going to have to have a strong back third of this pro league if you want to make it to land, if you haven't performed yet. The good news is there are some teams, kind of like Forge, that we'll talk about here, that have showed up, that have made some really nice moves. And I think at the exact...

03:37:14 right time. You can't blame BNC for having waited to play their second of this round robin today. And so I think that ultimately means that we may see these results shift. I'm excited to see these overall standings, although we kind of know what ended up happening overall in this day. And it was clearly Aurora with a big win over LCDF that then pushed on and capitalized on it. But yeah, I mean, what a fantastic showcase for us all watching this first

03:37:39 Glimpse of Pro League in Season 20. We've seen different legends, and one of the things we did not have on our guest list was Lifeline coming in. I personally was really unaware of this change, especially on Aurora's side and a player like Hardeki, but it has worked well. It has shown that what they've tried to do with Lifeline, make her utility that much more impactful for players. All the little things, bringing down the care package faster, more reliably, having the right things in it, it's now made a big difference with the absence of Trey.

03:38:08 So, I cannot wait to see more of that. But let's walk through how this day transpired in the back half. Mark, you and I were casting this one. Game four for me was a big, big opportunity. And it was one where we were going to see.

03:38:23 Teams either take a little moment and make history out of it. In history, I mean this game. Or be, you know, overwhelmed by it. And we saw Aftermath fight against Forge. They were overwhelmed. They ended up falling out in 19th place. Forge, they held strong with only two members. And they were able to withstand this barrage from Zidane, Psykop, and Kiner on the seat to France and hold down this base. It was great thinking to rotate quickly, abandon that spot, use the cover in the distance and swing out.

03:38:53 Das war ein schönes Ultimat. Es hat wirklich gekürt. Zidane hat das erste kill für das Squad. Und Psykopf, versucht das gut zu können, war nicht zu Ende. Forge hat das W. Und das würde sie in eine gute Position für den Rest der zwei Gäste. Aber Game 5, es würde nicht sein, aber sie würden sie geben.

03:39:11 Es ist sicherlich. Ich meine, Match 5, sie waren involviert in diese Endgame als auch. Und 202, die hier auf der POI sind, das ist der POI. No surprise, sie sehen sie die besten Plätze zu spielen. Und sie sind in der Priorität. Sie sind involviert in die Endgame, aber es ist die Forge, die enden aufzunehmen. Und die eine Sache, dass ich so viele Games und Scrims habe, dass ich nicht in meinem Bingo Card habe, war ein Catball in der Endgame. Es ist so, dass ich etwas zu sehen, dass etwas aus der Meta fallen, und alle versuchen etwas anders. Und dann, wenn Pro League kommt, die Leute wiederholfen, wiederholfen es zurück.

03:39:41 Sie sehen, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 3.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3

03:39:56 And obviously in Game 6, this is a big one here. Dan, you just cast this through, but you know, the benefits not just of Lifeline, but the execution of the teamfighting that happened here for Aurora. It wasn't easy to get out of it, but they ended up capitalizing. And sometimes it's just the timing of showing up to a fight late that really makes a difference. And the benefit of having a Lifeline on your team, I mentioned it during the cast, is you can play a little bit more aggressive. You can overpeak for excessive damage, knowing that your team will be able to finish off that player, and then you can be tapped by the

03:40:26 und was Lifeline macht, ist es, dass die anderen Team zu werden, sie müssen sie, sie müssen sie, und dann kannst du sie, und dann kannst du sie, als sie versuchen, sie versuchen, sie zu agressivieren, und es lässt sich für Fights zu werden in eine ganz andere Weise, und ich liebe, wie Aurora hat heute gespielt, mit der Weise sie die Evos haben, und damit sie zu Purples getrennt, und oft wurden auf Reds endet, und es war wirklich die Unterschiede, aber es ist nicht der einzige Grund, warum sie gewonnen haben, sie waren, sie waren als Team, sie waren gerätigend, sie waren...

03:40:55 Ja, das zwei Teams absolut haben. Team Portugal hatte eine sehr gute Start. Teams wie Portugal, Alliance, even Made in Heaven, and Forge. Forge, specifically, I've been highlighting heute. Es ist nicht oft we highlight diese Team, aber sie sind in dieser Liga für so lange und auf dem Precipice.

03:41:23 The thing is, they've won twice. And you look at these teams like Made in Heaven, who have also gotten a win. Team Portugal, who have been in these final zones so often. One of the issues that I have with these teams, in terms of what they need to do to get to the next level, is take two wins and then take the entire day. Because most of the time, you look at a lot of these juggernaut teams, if you put La Cique de France in that position, Aurora in that position, if they get two wins, they're probably winning by 20, 30 points over the rest of the lobby. So these teams...

03:41:50 Although they're doing a good job of getting into these end zones, it's the little things like harvesting the Evos, taking the fights early on, getting to those end games with 6, 7 KP to turn that into 12, 14, so that when they win, they're getting 26-point games, not 16-point wins. That starts to be, over a course of two games, a 20-point difference over the rest of the lobby. So I think those little moments are what we're really going to have to see if they want to make a change, of course.

03:42:15 It's going to be Aurora and LCDF trying to stop them as we look at the overall standings in EMEA after the end of Match Day 6. It is Aurora, who not are 20, but 30 points ahead of the second place team, Element 6 and 07, the third who did not play today. Orglis and Hungry have a pretty good showcase, and after four tied up with their region, sit in fourth, made in heaven. Today, Mark, their position has improved, and they've put themselves in a really good spot heading into the back half of this.

03:42:43 Ja, ich denke, wie es ist, wie es ist. Das ist die große Sache, das ich möchte, dass ich euch alle sagen. Aurora mit einem gewinnen, sie haben 4-Series gespielt. Sie haben 4-Series gespielt, so das ist eine sehr gute Auslinie, wie alles ist. 96 Punkte, sie sind 30 Punkte ahead. Sie können sagen, dass sie haben Qualified, würde ich sagen, für die Split-1-Pläufe, mit solchen Punkten total. Aber alle anderen sind so stark. Es gibt keine Werteilung zwischen den Teams. 3 Punkte zwischen 2nd und 3rd, dann 1 Punkt. Es ist so nah, als wir in die 2nd-Page gehen.

03:43:13 Dan, I mean, honestly, this is kind of where you look at teams that have done well. I think you look at Forge, we've highlighted them a lot. LVH, they were in the mixed team. Portugal, right on that precipice. 50 points, you are certainly there. But when you start looking at ESG and Infinite, do you get worried a bit? You do definitely get worried that maybe you could have a team that just has kind of a better final third of this season and they're able to pick you because you haven't really been able to get going yourself. And that naturally might...

03:43:40 Und dann wird es sogar noch schlimmer, wenn du in der BOTTOM 10 in den BOTTOM 10 hier.

03:44:10 Weil die Leute wie ExoClan, 40% Worse, RedDragon, PestControl müssen, müssen sie pro-Aktiv werden, müssen sie agressiv werden, müssen sie für die Kills versuchen, wenn sie das zu spürt, wenn sie das zu spürt, dass sie sich nicht in die Fingern verletzten, dass sie sich nicht in die Position zu versuchen, etwas zu ändern, dass sie vielleicht etwas ändern können und die Zukunft ändern können. Und also, wenn ihr MIND und Exo... Entschuldigung, wenn ihr MIND und TSM spielt heute, MIND 40% Worse...

03:44:39 Red Dragon, they have not played in Season 20 yet. So maybe that's the kind of hope that they would have. Maybe this season gives us something that we need to really help us into moving forward. But of course, these overall standings, very, very...

03:44:53 Und ich denke, wenn du wirklich, du sagst, hier hast du einen Team, der hat sich auf den Topf gemacht. Und als ich jetzt nachdem, Sieg 19, Sieg 20, Sieg 35, whatever es ist, es ist immer wieder jemanden, und es ist nicht Lifeline this time around. Although Harddecki did great, und das Legend war Spaß. Du hast auch einen anderen Spieler, der hat sich über Regionen, über Teams gemacht, und jetzt hat er vielleicht den 3rd, der würde die Unterschiede machen. Es ist 9 Impulse, auf der Bangalore.

03:45:23 We had Shiv in the midday EMEA halftime show.

03:45:27 Ich habe das call, besonders für Rolling Thunders.

03:45:56 doing it effectively again and again and again. That is a leader. That is someone who has performed again and again. And I think 14 kills 10 assists certainly puts them in the category of MVP for today. Aurora taking the win, 9 Impulse being a big part of that. And this squad looking better than we have ever seen them. And we've seen them look very, very good for a very long time. But of course, that is not necessarily going to be the only person that we talk about or talk to.

03:46:23 in this show. Congratulations to Aurora for the win. But a team right beneath them, very close to taking the W today, was Lesite de France. And we've got a member of Lesite de France, Sycop, waiting by to talk with us today. Sycop, thanks for joining us. Hello. How are you? Hey, Sycop, we're doing great. How are you doing? I want to first ask you first, congratulations on today's performance.

03:46:47 How was your success found today? What did you guys do that was working so well today? Because you were in the lead up until the very last fight of this entire tournament, and obviously Season 20 has been something you guys have navigated really, really well.

03:47:02 To be honest, hard work is paying off, nothing else. We've just been screaming all day, even two blocks per day. We just grind the game from a long time ago, you know. We play a lot, we play a lot, we work on each other, we talk about our mistakes a lot. Today we didn't do a lot of them, but some of them cost us the win, you know. We could have won, or I was better today.

03:47:31 Wir haben gut gemacht. Ich bin glücklich mit dem, was wir gemacht haben.

03:47:36 Actually, it leads into my first question pretty well. Firstly, bonjour mes amis. That is all of my French. I tried my best. I wanted to ask about that last game, right? Because it's a bit of a bittersweet end, I can imagine, for you guys. Because you played so well all day today. And then the final game, you're in a position where you win that game. You're in a great spot. You probably take home first place. And you get wrapped by Aurora. Firstly, did you know it was Aurora? And secondly, how was your head at the end of the day? Are you happy you got second? Or are you frustrated that you missed out on first?

03:48:06 Okay, so how it happened, it was like we won the fight that gave us this position. So we were like super happy. We were looking for positions to play after, when the zone was closing. And we completely forgot that they could wrap around on the zone. And when it happened, Zidane died instantly. And Lucky, he got one top. But we were so like...

03:48:30 Es war so frustrant, denn wir sahen den Lifeline in der Skin, so wir waren, oh no, Bro! Oh, es ist dem, Bro, no! Und dann, wir wussten, wir wussten, ja, wir hatten viel Frustration, dass wir nicht erst machen können, denn wir waren hier für das und wir machen, ich weiß nicht, 70 Punkte, sie machen sogar noch mehr. Ich meine, an diesem Punkt, sie deserve es, aber nächstes Mal, all ich sage ist, wir werden besser, okay?

03:49:00 Next time is our. I mean, certainly with the way you've been playing was phenomenal today. You seem to be on Red Evo every single time he went onto your screen towards the late game. Talk me through your ideologies of your rotations, your pathing, because you were dropping trials on World's Edge, so you have that ability to get the upgrades early. But what do you try and prioritize? Is it survey beacons? Is it bins? Is it everything? What's your game like?

03:49:26 Es ist einfach so, ehrlich zu sein. Wir schauen uns die Beacons, damit wir sehen, welche Arvester wir können. Dann nehmen wir sie, bis wir haben gute Armors, und dann holen wir die Spiel. Wir haben einige Rotations, die wir tun, für die Zonen wir kennen. Wenn wir nicht die Zone wissen, wir improvise, wie jemand. Aber wir haben viele Makros für viele Zonen, und wir tun sie. Wir alle kennen sie, wir arbeiten sie jeden Tag.

03:49:54 So we take Evos and kill people. I mean, it sounds so simple when you say it, but I know everyone else is going, but there's got to be more to it. You get the Evos and you kill everybody. All right, well, hey, we'll try to put that into practice. I'm sure teams now know the secret of trying to copy you as well. Psycop, thank you so much for joining us on broadcast. Good luck with the rest of the season. You guys are killing it and continue to represent France proudly. Thank you. Thank you for inviting me. See you.

03:50:24 All right, Zykopp from Lesite de France. Awesome having them. Final thoughts, Mark. I mean, this has been a great day. Season 20, so many changes, but it's still the same old Apex we love. It's just got some really exciting tweaks. And for the first time ever, you know, it feels like Lifeline's maybe a legitimate pick here in the upcoming meta. Yeah, for sure. I think Lifeline has had influence on endgames, on fights, which is everything that you want her to do. And something that we've been talking about a lot today is, you know,

03:50:53 her influence on harvesting those Evos up as well. So certainly a place in the meta. We've seen that today. I think we've seen a couple of breakaway teams in Amir as well. I think undoubtedly Aurora have looked exceptional as they usually do. I felt like today was an Aurora day with some of the teams that we did have in the lobby. I think Alliance looked a lot better.

03:51:13 mit Unlucky als auch. Sie sind ein bisschen mehr confident, als sie haben in den letzten Wochen. So, sie werden einfach stronger und stronger. Und natürlich, wir haben von Cycolt, von La Cite de France. Ich bin wirklich impressed mit dem. Ich fühle mich, dass sie die Momentum auf den richtigen Zeit sind. Es hat einen tollen Tag, und ich denke, du summed es perfekt. Es ist die gleiche Apex, das wir kennen und lieben, aber es ist nicht. Es ist ein bisschen anders. Und es ist ein bisschen anders. Und es ist viel mehr zu nehmen für Teams und IGLs an der Moment.

03:51:36 Dan, Mark put it well. What do you have to say? Day one here, really it's day six, but day one of this new, same old Apex that we've loved and grown to see. One thing we learned today.

03:51:47 Mouse and keyboard, right? We had Aurora, three M&K players. They're the ones getting it done. No controller player to be seen. I just want to say I will happily fuel that argument and I will continue to do so, but to see three M&K players find that success is always going to show how incredible they played today and how much deeper they thought about how they want to plan their rotations, how they want to upgrade their EVOs, but then even when they got into the fight, they were still doing that damage. Very impressed with how they played and M&K rules supreme in EMEA today so far.

03:52:17 Well, gentlemen, great job today. I know you've done a great start to it, but we're only halfway through ourselves. We've got another show coming up after this, but I'll let you go for now. Thanks so much for everything. Onset and Gaskin, ladies and gentlemen. As we look to close out today, we've got more coming up. Amia gave us our first glimpse of what Season 20 might look like in that region. But in North America, you'll have a chance to see some very familiar names. Go at it.

03:52:45 Like Dark Zero, Jinn Burton and Zero going at the new meta. Will they bring something a little bit different? Or will they continue to just hit headshots and headshots with a Kraber like you see there? Maybe not a headshot there, but at least a body shot doing enough for Jinn Burton and the boys to push Moist as well. I mean, one player that has absolutely been on my mind is Waldsee and how good he has played. But maybe more of the interesting...

03:53:12 Der Topic ist, wie er sagt, dass Gildersons vielleicht der besten Apex Legends ist. Wenn du nicht gesehen hast, Waltyn ist, dass das Ende der Kampf ist. Du hast nicht gesehen, viele Cliffs zu sehen. Und natürlich, der Rückkehr von Vizs-Wattson fühlt sich aus, weil er ist zurück, aber er ist zurück und macht so viel mehr als du erwähnt.

03:53:31 Furia, looking like heroes, potentially, of North America. Can they do what they did just a few years ago and rival for first place at championships? Well, they've got to be there. Make sure as well you're following everything Apex Esports to get in touch with all of our updates, whether it's at twitch.tv slash play Apex, play Apex Esports on X, or...

03:53:52 Play Apex on YouTube. Thank you so much to everybody who's been a part of this broadcast. Guess what? We have got more action coming up. My name is Rain Day. And don't go anywhere. Remember to never give up. Never stop gaming. North America is on after this.