ALGS Year 4 Pro League ! Match Day 3 ! EMEA ! Groups B & C ! Apex Legends
ALGS Year 4 EMEA Pro League: Unerwartete Wendungen und dominante Teams an Tag 3
Der dritte Tag der ALGS Year 4 Pro League EMEA brachte unerwartete Ergebnisse. Uaim sicherte sich einen Sieg auf Storm Point, während Aurora und LVH auf World's Edge dominierten. Strategische Anpassungen und Teamdynamiken standen im Fokus, wobei Teams wie Vex überraschten und die Meta neu definierten. Die Analyse der Teamzusammensetzungen und Rotationen bot tiefe Einblicke in die kompetitive Apex Legends Szene.
Apex Legends
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ALGS Year 4 Pro League EMEA: Day 3 Introduction and Overview
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00:10:06 Ladies and gentlemen, we are back with another brand new day of the ALGS. It is year four and it is day three, which means it's the end of the beginning. We started this season just last weekend and we've already had a chance, including today's performances, to see each of our three groups go head to head. But it means that that is the only chance you have to start out in front of the pack. And those who start waddling behind too early.
00:10:32 They could have some problems heading into championship season, or at least the start of our lands. But today gives some hope, maybe some fear and trepidation, and maybe some just a chance to do enough to put themselves at the top of the leaderboards. My name is Rain Day. Welcome back to another fantastic day. I've got a great crew with me today as well who is going to bring you all of the action starting in EMEA and ending in North America. Let's introduce the first. It's her first show of this year of the ALGS. She's back.
00:11:00 Vielen Dank, Vicky.
00:11:29 Yesterday's show was fantastic with him on board. Now joining us again on Sunday, it's Dia. Great to have just you back in my presence, man. It's been too long. Thank you so much, Randy. It is a pleasure to hear your voice again ever since week one, which was a fantastic start. So much has already seemed to change in the pro scene. And now finishing the first round, Robin, I wouldn't miss it for the world. Well, we have so much that is going to unfold here again.
00:11:56 Obviously, we've had a lot that's transpired. So let's take a look for those just catching up with us. What has happened overall? Where do we stand across the board after two days of play going into our third? We have our overall standings coming up here. And Vicki, walk us through your thoughts on our top performing teams, because there have been teams who have definitely proven that they not only are here to play and win for that split championship or that split playoff win, but also just in the split league right now coming in, they're wanting to perform.
00:12:25 Yeah, if you take a look at the first 10 teams that we have in the overall standings here in EMEA, there's some team names that may be missing out. And, you know, it could be a little surprising, but that's what today is for, to see if these teams could rise up. But notably speaking of teams like 07, who have had a very consistent first two days, we were able to see them get fourth in day one, get third in day two, and not only take these dubs consistently, but also ending a lot of their games with very high KP.
00:12:53 Und, you know, I mean, you bring up 07, obviously. We also saw, you know, teams like Aurora have such a fantastic game yesterday that we're catapulting and not only into the front, that's put them in kind of a driver's seat as well, Vicky, in that kind of top space. Yeah, it's beautiful to see what Aurora has been able to do. And also...
00:13:11 Aurora's always been one of those teams where they will run a different cup than everybody else in the lobby. But something we have been seeing, and actually across different regions too, is the inclusion of the Bloodhound. And that is, you know, by definition when you see everyone on the Bangalore.
00:13:27 If you want to be able to run that bloodline, if it works out for you and getting your information or if you want to get your pigeon to tell you where all the other teams are in the middle of some of your rotates, it could come in handy as well as actually scanning the survey beacons to know where everybody is in the lobby to midway through that rotation while also changing your own game plan if you want to play more by the edge.
00:13:47 It's a great point. If you just heard that, yes, that is a meta character. Dia, I want to get your thoughts now on our participating teams because, you know, you might have been able to give us some attention on some teams that maybe aren't necessarily the Auroras, right, but have a chance to perform here. Some teams you're keeping your eye on, what stands out to you in Group B versus C, a team that's maybe got to perform today or someone you're at least tracking closely? I'm excited to see Group B.
00:14:12 B retake the stage, and for those of you who have been watching since International Lands, be it split two playoffs of year three, or even the championship, you'll recognize some of these names not from EMEA, but from South America. The teams at the very top of Group B, Aftermath, and at the bottom, Vamos Querer, have both South American players on them. We've got Kings, of course, as well as Kurev and Stelizzi, who have all come over from South America, and...
00:14:41 Das ist eine sehr spannende Sache, weil wir sehen, die Regionen, außerhalb der Regular-Saison von Jahr 3. Jetzt können wir sehen, kann Talent von einer Region, die Migration zu einer anderen, die Succeed unter IGLs in völlig unterschiedlichste Situation sein?
00:14:55 Ja, eine von den Teams zu sehen ist, FenixLegacy, die ich nicht erwartet, zu sehen, wieder zu sehen, für heute. Sabs, AlphaDraft, Kiri, oder Kairi, sie ist wirklich gut, als Sabs und AlphaDraft sind, haben bereits das Synergy in der letzten Zeit. Actually, Kairi ist eine große Advocat in der Tier-3-Compettive Apex-Szene, das ist fantastisch, zu sehen, wie sie in der Pro-League haben. Das ist das erste Mal, ich glaube, dass wir
00:15:25 Two women competing on one Pro League team across a gauntlet of a lobby. I mean, gauntlet of a lobby. That is a great way to describe this. And the stakes are still high. I mean, we kind of start off day one's exciting. Day two, we're seeing who's sticking. But now day three, every team will have had a chance to have a go. And so it's kind of do or die to see where do you really stand in the first.
00:15:46 30% of our league here. But let's start with you, Vicky. I mean, there has to be a few teams, at least maybe one team that you've got your eye on in particular today that you're expecting a performance from. I think I've mentioned them quite a bit already, but it's because after their performance yesterday.
00:16:02 Was ist da nicht zu highlighten? Ich muss darüber reden, Aurora hier. After ein Insane Game No. 3, wo Hardeki nicht nur die Titel als MVP für den Tag in Emiya kam, aber er kam in Clutch, in so einem knit-tight-Circle, wo alle auf der High-Ground waren, mit mehr als 10 Sekunden auf den Klocken zu bekommen. Er war auch die Wingmen, aber das ist nicht alles. Sie haben auch eine Kraber in der Hand. Wir haben die Bloodhound.
00:16:31 Das war's für diese Komposition. Aber sie waren auf hier, sie waren nicht nur auf die Linne von Sight auf die Teams, aber auch wie viel K.P. sie waren aus der Hitfire auf den Krabber. 9-8-Falz kam, und bevor wir gesagt haben, wir sagten Glück, nach einer riesen Krabber. Als die Leute fallen aus der Skye, sie waren auf eine beautiful Fenseline hier, bevor sie nicht nur auf die Dubschreise hatten, aber so viel K.P., wie ich gesagt habe. Wir hatten zwei Spieler, glaube ich.
00:17:01 15 kp another player get 14 and it's the fact that they were able to remain common collected while not only getting the res but also getting the dub on top of this as we take a look after then taking the dub and taking a look at some of these stats here we go yeah this is what i was talking about 15 15 14 aside from the dub that was huge that elevated them in the overall standings and not only that that set them up nice for world's edge
00:17:26 Und wenn du, wenn du an es, ich meine, zurück zu Adia, natürlich, da ist so viel zu erzählen über Aurora, wir könnten wahrscheinlich spenden den meisten der Tag, ich bin sicher, während wir uns darüber sprechen. Aber in terms of overall pictures, als auch, wer du hast deine Augen auf, als die Team kommen in dieser Lobby?
00:17:42 Es ist schwierig, denn Aurora hat eine große Herausforderung gemacht. Aber ich bin mir zurück, dass ich noch ein paar Leute in die Leute denken. Orgelis und Hungry, die in der ersten Matchday der ALGS-Saison sind. Das ist natürlich ein Roster, das hat einen Namen von Vexed-Days. Das war, ehrlich gesagt, un-Vexed. Sie haben EMEA in Jahr 3. Sie haben Matape und Unlucky.
00:18:10 und haben in die Röster mit dem Röster gemacht, als ein Krächtfrager auf E6 gemacht und jetzt hat sich um...
00:18:20 Anker roll with Orglis and Hungry, sitting back and playing on Catalyst, providing support to people like Unlucky on Horizon, and of course Matafe, who has been playing the Conduit. This is not one of the teams that we see running Bloodhound, instead preferring the constant uptime that something like a Conduit will give them, and Matafe specifically has been really excellent, not just about IGLing his team to victory, as so frequently has happened on the EMEA stage, but...
00:18:48 mit Navigating this new Legend's Ability to Impact fights. He's got the most kills for a reason, and looking a little bit further down, kinda, as the stabilizing force for this team is so often not just finishing the fight, but getting his team back in it for the next one.
00:19:03 Really a fantastic squad. And again, going through something that was surprising. The start of our Pro League last week, two days before, they were no longer a part of the org that they've been representing most of their tenure here in the ALGS. So that's got to be something that they had to work through. Maybe not emotionally as much because they did add a new player, wasn't a part of that history, but certainly Matafe going...
00:19:25 How am I leading this squad? All right, we're just going to go out there and do the absolute best that we can. And I like that. I think they've got a lot of fans. We'll see if that continues for their performance today, and they'll be happy after six games.
00:19:36 Another team that really has to do something. We would have expected them to be doing a lot more heading into this day one. They didn't. It was kind of a lackluster performance, and they're aware of that. It's Alliance. Hockey's effect in Yuki. Hockey's, he's in that category of IGL, where you put some of the greats in Apex. The Sweets, the Hal's, the Zeros. But he's not quite been able to get that LAN championship, like many of them, except obviously Hal and Zero. But what he's done is he's led Alliance to be one of the most consistent and dangerous teams, not just online, but...
00:20:05 at LAN as well. Yet these on the right side pay attention to th
00:20:11 Das heißt, sie sind in der BOTTOM HALF des Lobbys. Sie sind in der BOTTOM HALF des Lobbys. Sie sind nicht genug Kills, nicht genug Points. Sie hatten zwei gute Games. Aber was das bedeutet, dass das über die nächsten vier Games bedeutet? Sie waren nicht able, sie waren nicht able, sie waren nicht able, sie waren nicht able, sie waren nicht able, das Rhythm, das wir so used zu sehen haben. Und ich möchte, wie das sieht, in terms of eine neue Distribution, wir adden in die Stats, die wir bringen zu Ihnen an der ALGS Main Broadcast. Das ist die Damage Differential.
00:20:40 Vielen Dank.
00:21:07 2nd of their potential to play in the start of our season. Hockey, he was aware of the issues, but he wasn't too worried about him. We actually sat down with him a little bit before the start of day three.
00:21:18 Hey guys, Hackens here. We're playing this weekend on Sunday, and my teammates are Effect, Yuki, and our coach, Noth, and hopefully we'll show up this weekend. So day one we got 14th, it wasn't as great as it starts, but however, I think it was good, because now we actually got a real wake-up call. ALGS is not like scrims, it is not like all third-party tournaments, it is a completely different playstyle, and everybody plays much.
00:21:46 und viel besser und viel besser. Ich hoffe, es ist ein Wake-Up-Call und wir können es zusammenfassen für nächste Woche. Ich glaube nicht so viel zu denken. Für mich, Europa ist einfach eine steppe für LAN. Es ist einfach etwas, was wir benutzen, um zu qualifizieren. Und bei LAN ist es alles, was wichtig ist. All unsere Preparations und all unsere Performance, das geht um das. Und ich hoffe, dass wir LAN gewinnen. Das ist alles, was ich für.
00:22:14 Diea, wenn du eine gute Zeit, wenn du ein Leader möchtest, wenn du ein Leader möchtest, wenn du ein Leader möchtest, wenn du ein Big-Picture möchtest und nicht überlebt oder überlebt oder überlebt oder überlebt oder überlebt oder überlebt oder überlebt oder überlebt oder überlebt oder überlebt oder überlebt oder überlebt oder überlebt oder überlebt oder überlebt.
00:22:30 He always has been the very stable emotional presence. Yuki as well is actually a very chilled out person. And it's nice to see them experimenting with a few things early on in the season. And I think, Randy, that's where I'm approaching this from. While Alliance may have not had the results that a lot of fans would expect from their first matchday, their lack of concern is inspiring confidence in me. And we're just trying a few new things.
00:22:52 And I would tell you, a team that already has the tools that you don't need to give emotional motivation is Alliance, that's for sure. You want them to kind of just feel like they're safe and then surprise them. But Vicky, let's go back to kind of the overall standings again, really set the stage for today before we get into our matches, which are coming up in just a moment. Walk me through our top 10 teams so far in Amia.
00:23:13 Well, I've mentioned it before, but 07's consistency has definitely allowed them to sit in that number one spot in the overall standing so far after their first two days. They had gotten fourth day number one. They got third day number two. But not only just that, they had a great performance on Stormpoint, I believe, for both of those days. And still, while occurring, all the KP that they needed, E6 definitely being another team to look at. Two rats went controller. I wasn't surprised there to see where they were standing at the end of those two days as well. Awara, of course.
00:23:42 Das war's für heute. Das war's für heute. Das war's für heute. Das war's für heute. Das war's für heute.
00:24:11 They're going to be bumped down. Teams like Vex, LVH, No Days Off, and especially Phoenix Legacy, who I've really got my eye on today, should be jumping up the leaderboard, and I'd expect them to land in the top 10. When we look a little further down the list, though, Reinde, this is where things get a lot more dire.
00:24:29 Ja, a lot of these teams, I mean, you even look at some old contenders here, The Forge, you know, led by Phoenix, Jay Savage, these guys have been playing and nearly qualifying every single land, but have not been able to do it and found themselves there through either substitutes from teams not being able to go, Aurora Firebeavers earlier on in Split 2, or simply as subs for teams who needed other players. These are the types of teams, Vamil Carrera with Ascend as well, excuse me, Kashara off Ascend with a new squad.
00:24:56 Can they do enough to start off strong? We mentioned it's the end of the beginning and starting a race is very, very important. It's not necessarily how you finish, but first impressions, they mean a lot. And I think right now, this is the final chance to give us all a first impression, viewers at home, all of us watching and all of us obviously commentating of where you really stand in the power rankings and the ALGS, not just in EMEA, but overall. We're going to find more answers to that.
00:25:23 As they play, because that's the only way to decide this thing for real. So as we just started with the top of the show, let's get into the main action of the games. I'm going to leave it over to you, Vicky and Dia, to kick us off here in day three.
Storm Point Game 1: Key Rotations, Fights, and Team Compositions
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00:25:36 Thank you so much, Rain Day. I'm here with Dia, and Dia, it's finally happening. We are finally here together to kickstart year four, day number three. I was waiting in the rains, and I couldn't wait to dive in. As you guys have been able to take a look and check out for both of me and NA, our map rotation has remained the same here. For the first three matches, we'll be taking a trip over to Storm Point before making that transition into World's Edge for our final three games. And Vicky, I've really been enjoying the fact that we start on Storm Point and give our teams...
00:26:05 A chance to quite literally expand, take up a lot of space. Storm Point is a massive map with so much open area that is beneficial to control. As opposed to World's Edge where you really are rewarded for playing quite small, playing in buildings. Storm Point gives you a chance to play the opposite side of that. And it's a skill set that actually transfers really well from our starting matches into our closing ones on World's Edge. As we start dropping it, we do have a few contests.
00:26:34 We're taking a trip over to the mill, too.
00:26:58 It's a great place to start one, especially with all the bins in the center. Made in Heaven splits off quickly from Aftermath. Made in Heaven had such a great day yesterday, but it wasn't the early 3v3s that made them impressive. It was their late game control of other teams.
00:27:15 Interesting, too. This is where Maiden Heaven usually lands here. So Aftermath taking this 50-50 and starting off beautifully with a purple Evo on the other side. Nice angles, even with double Volt and lackluster energy ammo off the rip. You could tell that they chose violence the moment that they landed here. They were able to also get the Evil Shield advantage when they were able to land all those bins first. As you can take a look, though, right behind them. You have to try to close out this fight quickly, or a third party could be inevitable this early on.
00:27:42 Especially with the Conduit Tactical already ticking down, Kurev will lose the Temporary Shield soon, and...
00:27:49 I'll be honest, Made in Heaven don't seem nearly as interested in fighting this as Aftermath do, who are chasing them from building to building, and yet not actually finding purchase to finish them off. Made in Heaven now have a defensive perimeter set up on the inside, and as always in Mill, especially off of Contests, a third party is a danger should this fight extend too long. Yeah, let's not forget, Aurora lands and splits some loot by North Cenote, as well as that armory that's right there next to...
00:28:19 Es ist zwei Spieler von...
00:28:46 Aftermath still left standing, and with the last chase on Sinetic, the Trident should not help you as you still take damage through that. Even a shot from the distance as Exoclan from Down to Beast was paying attention. Aftermath do very well to win the fight, a fight that they were trying to start for quite a long time and finally get some purchase in, but...
00:29:09 It is a late portion of the game for them, especially when the ring is pulling over to you, and it is. GoNext have already arrived in the area, and while they may not be third-partying the fight, this isn't going to give Aftermath a whole lot of room to move or loot before they have to bunker down for the endgame.
00:29:24 And try to see where all the other teams are going to be rotating. Like you mentioned, since this is going to be in that next circle, you have to imagine the two buildings right over to the side of Mill, having that survey beacon to allow any teams that may be running a comp that could allow them to get the scan. They could also be playing for inside the building. The cat wall has been called up. And in the distance, you could also see Phoenix Legacy in the back of the forge right there in front of them as Stay Healthy tries to fight for this building. No one's going to try to overextend here, but definitely expect those choke points by Cito.
00:29:53 And by that north side, exiting out of Checkpoint to get contested very soon. As you can see actually right here, the other teams that are now involving themselves over by Mill. Aurora actually still taking their time here in Cenote. They have no reason to try to overextend while they hear all the fighting happening while also sticking to playing more by the edge. Cold are just starting to move in through Seto Station as well. But it's a late enough point in the game that those teams that are interested in playing...
00:30:19 in the center of the ring should already be doing so. Cold are likely to try and maintain this ridge line instead, perhaps fighting teams like Aurora later, where the rest of this map starts to become about small little poke battles between, say, Mill, the surrounding buildings, and even, as we said, Exoclan by Down Beast, who will eventually get involved.
00:30:41 I think it's so interesting to see how this pick rate for our first match is going. 90% Bangalore, by the way, as we take a look at Phoenix Legacy losing out on Kyrie as the first pick. That's going to be Sonya. Having that rampage in close quarters will be a little deadly, especially if you had a charge up prior. You aim now, trying to navigate.
00:30:59 mit dem Thermite. Sonja ist in ein bisschen mit Trouble, aber das ist wo die Conduit kommt, um diese Klose-Quarter-Fights zu verlassen, um noch länger in Yuin's favor. Phoenix Legacy ist die zweite Team zu geteilt in dieser Lobby. An unfortunatee Zeit für sie, als auch.
00:31:16 Unusually late rotation from Phoenix Legacy, especially to a POI so close to them, leaves them ultimately in 19th place. No points for this game, but it is just the first one, Vicky, and there will be plenty more time for them to change that in the games to come. For the moment, Aftermath, who as we said, did need to bunker down, have done so remarkably with plenty of loot to go, while ESG still try and make their way into Mill.
00:31:43 Und das ist der Don't Pull Up Zone hier. Und mit der neuen Inklusion von Cito Station, du bereits wissen, dass es Chaos gibt hier, bei ESG.
00:31:53 We're going to look to reposition. And it's because of that ring console that you see as well at Cenotes. So a lot of teams want to rotate through this choke if they could get that ring circle information, especially with the pick rate that we currently saw in Catalyst. It's insane to see alongside with Bangalore. Not much has changed leaving out of champs when you take a look at those two legends, despite some changes that each legend has been going through themselves. Now as we take a look.
00:32:17 Over to that north side. So many of these other squads already making the rotate away from north pad. I know that was Vex. That's still taking their time over there. While LVH now making their way over to Pylon. They don't have any squads in front of them. But they do have a replicator coming up on this POI. In case they need any more meds. Or if they want to craft up a purple. If they have enough of those crafting materials right there. Which doesn't look like Jay Hanzo has at the moment.
00:32:40 Not yet, but honestly, having the crafting is going to be such a godsend, especially in a time in Apex Legends where we are seeing the 30-30 all the time, and the crafting...
00:32:53 Today, with the Sniperstock and Skullpiercer, should make the 30-30 even better. We even already got one for LVH, and that's before they even hit this crafter. So they're going to be juiced up by the time they leave Pylon, which honestly is what the POI is good for. Landing Pylon, rotating through Pylon, it all seems to go well. I'm so glad you brought up what's in the replicator, because also because today is Sunday, we're going to also have the Purple Knockdown and the Mobi.
00:33:22 Beacon coming into play. So that's all going to be interesting considering that Conduit has made her way into the Met after her release. Taking a look at this beautiful overhead here, you can see how many teams have congested inside of the Mill. Exo still taking their time to rotate by that north side of the circle, leaving down Beast. But it's that choke that Forge may find themselves pinched in. Although Stay Healthy is not going to be going anywhere after they've secured themselves in that side building by Mill. They can still do some poke damage onto Forge.
00:33:51 Das ist ein bisschen schwierig. Das ist ein bisschen schwierig. Wir haben noch ein paar Minuten.
00:34:12 West and Eastern sides of Checkpoint. But once the ring closes, perhaps not this zone, but the next, the only choice that you have is going to leave, is going to be to leave through that forge choke. And it's a promise of eliminating multiple teams. I'd like to see teams like Vamos Querer start to relocate, as well as Saint-Lecite de France, who were most recently spotted in height at Checkpoint.
00:34:37 Wir sehen uns beim nächsten Mal. Wir sehen uns beim nächsten Mal.
00:35:06 Still being one of those mainstay pieces, that wall provides so much flexibility when it comes to making those rotates on top of the smokes that your team could be running here. Digi in the hand to Psykop, just trying to take a peek right over the gravity cannon. They know there's a team right there in the distance by those rocks, but do they want to take this fight here with so many other squads still by the checkpoint, rather the choke by checkpoint, that they could go in for a third party here if they do decide to take this fight against Exo?
00:35:35 L-C-V-Fs 3v3s in yesterday's games were absolutely on point, but it was in the late game rotations where they were really suffering, not taking 3v3s and instead finding themselves accidentally in 3v6s. A position like this, where they're in an isolated fight against ExoClan, it looks good for them, and things are looking good for Alliance as well, who have just picked up a single kill, but that's a point. That's a single point for them, and that's what's really important for Alliance today.
00:36:05 is that they continue to slowly build up momentum. Now that it starts, especially for game number one here, it's finding the footing for where these teams want to situate themselves and the overall leaderboards here as XO in that fight, looking to their backs to make sure.
00:36:20 Das squadron hinter ihm ist der Funt. Das ist ein sehr schweres Rotate mit so viel Open Air. Du kannst schon sehen, die Smoknades kommen aus von Bavis. Jung Hongkong versucht zu weg. Er ist wirklich ein Schuss, er ist in einem Cover unter der Brücke, wo sie ein bisschen mehr nehmen können.
00:36:38 Alliance finish off the rest of 2-0-2 in that time. And you'll remember that right behind Exo, we had LaCite de France who move up and clean up Aurora. Now though, with this rotate and knowing where that next circle is going to be, because they were able to get that circle scan earlier by Down Beast.
00:36:58 They're seeing where that circle is going to be pulling and the fact that they don't really have a lot of space to work with. With Aftermath being on the edge of Mill and Exo getting ahead of them on the rotate, they've already claimed underneath that bridge space. You can actually see the painting coming in to see where they can find themselves for some natural cover by these rocks. So that's really all they have to work with while we take a nice look at the overhead of the squads that are making their rotate with the circle coming in.
00:37:22 The slow side of the ring, though, with LCDF and Aftermath, is by far in the minority of what we're seeing throughout the rest of Stormpoint. Most of the traffic we're getting is out towards the eastern side, whether it be coming out of Checkpoint with the Forge and Bumble Courier, or, as Alliance are currently preparing to do, coming in through the eastern with them having to fight...
00:37:45 Remember, we saw cold up on the ridge line, and we're seeing Orglis in Hungary in the area as well. ESG now stood up on the ridge that we saw cold at earlier. This is going to be where the big fights happen, because everyone will be out in the open upon this next zone close.
00:38:01 And with ESG also being on the hilltop, you have to consider the teams from Seto that are going to be rotating in this direction. Will they find themselves pinched or will they be able to force ESG to split that focus onto them while the squads to their south side end up getting a free rotate like Alliance that we see right here now trying to take to the heavens with the Prowler in hand for Hockey's. This is where they have to make the action happen, but this is a good spot for them to hold for right now before they're forced off in the next 10 seconds just to see if they can hold that lip of Pride Rock and take advantage of the squads.
00:38:30 Sie werden das Desperate rotatieren von der SOUTH SIDE von der Armored Cold. In diesem Kampf, der Lose auf JMW ist, Graceful zu beherrschte. Er hat ihn zu beherrschte, er hat ihn zu beherrschte. Als Cold ist, ihr Squad zu werden, in 15.
00:38:42 Wow. Wow. Wow.
00:39:06 Hakkis starts the fight off well with a defensive Catwall down. Effect is going to be left to clean up the majority of this. Hakkis is down. Yuki just now getting the regen. Comes in to support his comrade. Gets a nice shot on the top. Effect cleaning up a few kills. We've got a third party that makes short work of both teams.
00:39:27 Oh, das ist Vamo Querer, taking advantage of the situation. And with this composition, one of the very rare teams to still be rocking the Valkyrie, by the way. Watson still here as they try to lock down this high ground. But that's extra KP that they are absolutely happy with. Very surprising with the start of that fight. Alliance looks very confident there. But unfortunately, even with the Prowler, Hockies was not able to take advantage. The two players that were incredibly low there. Lesita Fons, another team that seems to be in some trouble. They weren't able to get that res for right now.
00:39:56 Exo würde wirklich gerne ein bisschen Vengeance für was passiert ist. Wir haben Alliance. Was? Was? Thank you. Thank you. Already taken out. LVH.
00:40:16 Taking a quick reset. Bubble Kid In, however, do continue their rampage from earlier after taking a third party against Alliance. Move in to finish off LVH. And now again, retake this Ridgeline. They are very far from where the rest of the map is playing out. But man, are they collecting the KP to make that just fine.
00:40:38 Absolutely, especially with their slower approach in the beginning. Lesita Franz can't really say the same. They wanted to take a fight originally like we had seen against Exo, now putting themselves over here by Mil, falling incredibly low while they do lose out on their cat once again. Now having to play this patiently to try to reset. You see Saikov, he's got one medkit left, having to navigate away as a Thermite is tossed right at the door to destroy it. Door right in front of...
00:41:01 Hidan is incredibly low too, almost broken. But this is the amount of teams that are sharing this mill space. We got three teams in general. Aftermath, Nasik der Fonts as a duo. You aim on the other side of the building. Safe away from all the other teams that are going to be rotating on the outskirts of this. Specifically, the two buildings that we know that are off to the east from mill.
Storm Point Game 1 Conclusion: Uaim's Victory and Strategic Analysis
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00:41:20 This game is going so fantastically for Aftermath. I cannot help but be happy for them, especially as we mentioned with their South American pickups. Our questions about whether this inter-regional now talent would be able to execute coming into today's matchday is being answered in our first game alone. Aftermath have dominated Mill. They've had no loot outside of it and have simply sat here and farmed teams that try and include
00:41:49 L-C-D-F are in Tatters, sharing space with them, and Stay Healthy will soon have to join the very same squad that they're fighting in trying to move up and fight Aftermath, as well as the other teams in Milford, their territory. But do they have the time to do so? They put up the cat wall. They're incredibly low from that previous fight. They won't be able to reset with the circle closing in right behind them. Let's see if their fonts Vex also get eliminated in your feed. While Stay Healthy with Urban Staying Alive.
00:42:18 Manages to try to get this reset here by the fence line. This is the power of the smoke nades. Even if that catwall doesn't fully cover that corner, Go Next can't really look at them from this direction, especially in the positioning that they're in with the crate being right in front of them. You can see that they're able to try to get that reset. That wall going down, though, is going to add some extra pressure underneath them.
00:42:36 Vamo Querer are taking such a long time to rotate into Ring that from the east, they are putting down so much pressure onto teams like Stay Healthy, onto Go Next, who as you mentioned, may not have the best sightlines now and certainly don't have the best rotation in, sandwiched between Stay Healthy and ExoClan, with now Vamo Querer starting to move into the high ground and taking over Mil. In the meantime, our Kings of the Mil aftermath have been taken down by none other than Uaim.
00:43:06 who now hold one of the best positions and almost assured second place.
00:43:10 Even if they can get on the high ground, too. Honestly, I also really love that rotation from Vamukaren and where they've been so far. GoNex take this fight. The Arcstar, though, clipping on top of somebody, getting that stick. What a huge double off the Arc. GoNex needed that with the other team being in the distance, trying to take some shots at them. Don't think they will be able to reset here. It would be incredible if they could. And Kashira cleans up what was left of that last straggler from GoNex. Vamukaren now just has an equally good spot right here.
00:43:40 mit Mil, aber jetzt haben sie auch den Hire, weil Kings ist auf dem Prawler.
00:43:55 zu spielen für 1st. A 2nd place mit plenty of kills würde sie far above viele andere 1st place teams in terms of the points. From the low ground, one remaining member of Infinite starts to creep their way in, but this should, at the end of the match, be a 3v3 zwischen Vamo Querer und Yuen.
00:44:14 Mbappacca needed this here too. They were also one of the teams that had a lackluster performance in that first day. They're looking to put themselves on top with this composition here. You can already see Sens getting set up here. Kachira over to the other side. But they're going to be bunkering down right now in less than a minute with this final circle closing into their backs. The final three squads remaining here as they find that one straggler from Infinite over to their side. They're not going to give up this space though. Not going to put themselves in a vulnerable situation right in front of UAM while they also hold cover.
00:44:44 And it's a terrifying battle, because U-Aim have taken out so many squads as well. Last, but certainly not least, has Ben Aftermath, who owned Mill from the beginning of the match. U-Aim can really claim the crown in Mill, can dominate Vamo Querer, who have been terrorizing the eastern side of the zone, or we could see Vamo Querer start to rear their heads as well.
00:45:12 It's really crazy, too, because Vamakereta, I believe, lands at Wall, and then Yuim lands in Barometer. So with that Barometer Rotate, it is slightly easier for Yuim to stay here, and that's why they've been fighting off every other team that tries to go into their space, while Vamakereta has been taking their time with the Rotate, where they'll be going right through Checkpoint, up and around, closer to Sido Station from the south side of Beam. And now being able to hold on to this high ground, both Kashira and Sonya on the opposite end from Yuim have been able to do so well in getting the KP that they need.
00:45:39 Smoke's the most important cooldown for VQ here. Because they don't have things like a Catalyst Wall that gets used on the other side to take space, they're operating off of just a Watson to make sure they don't get naded out of position, and of course the Valkyrie, who at this point in the game is going to honestly offer very little value, perhaps a few off angles, where you aim have so much immediate impact. Here comes the Smoke, already the Catalyst Wall is out, they've got the refuel on shields from Radiant Transfer, and with Sen's down, they have the liberty to use it.
00:46:08 all of that and abuse it to take the win. Kachera is down. Sens is down. One member left for Vamo Carrier. And it is a nice cleanup for you, Abe. Sonya with the 6KP down to the very end. Cleaning up the last two members as well.
00:46:26 Uaim kam auf auf und was ein performance. Sie fühlten sich so, zu close in der Gap. Das ist etwas, dass das Vamo Querer nicht hat. Sie haben keinen Catalyst zu arbeiten, so sie waren nur warten. Sie wären mehr als willing, um die Waiting-Game zu spielen. Sie haben die Greenlight für Uaim, um sie zu nehmen. Sie haben ihre Gap-Close in, und jetzt haben sie sich in der Gap-Close zu nehmen.
00:46:49 I am so curious how this turned out in the points, though, because of the contrasting compositions that we already saw and discussed in that last ring. Vamo Carrier just simply didn't have the ordinances, the cooldowns, and most importantly, the abilities, period, to actually fight up against a squad that all three had very active abilities to work with. And so I am curious whether this move...
00:47:12 from a squad that lands over at Wall, that farmed up along the edge of the zone, actually got them more points than a team on the other side, like you aimed, that was constantly looking for close range fights. Yeah, it's really interesting to see how that all played out here. I want to see more about what went down in that last game too, Dio, with the highlights showing us the rotation points, but also our early fights that we were able to see come down to Mill right from the very beginning.
00:47:40 I did feel a little bit bad for Made in Heaven here, especially after having such a good match day. Just yesterday, their early eviction from Mill did not do them a lot of favors, especially when the zone is coming over to you. That's when contestants can be especially punishing, because you know that had you simply won the early fight, you could have easily gotten yourself to a top three, much like we saw Aftermath doing.
00:48:06 Auf der anderen Seite ist es, wir hatten eine große Herausforderung, die in den westen kam. Und während Checkpoint war sicherlich crowded, es war viele Teams, die in den Millage kamen, von den Cenote, die in den letzten Jahren kamen. Das war letztendlich, das zu der Death of Alliance kamen, aber...
00:48:24 We got a little cheeky trying to slide down the hill with so many teams in the area. Yeah, it was a perfect opportunity to move in for the third party. The cat wall basic being that shiny beacon to let these other teams rotating know that they were able to take advantage of the lack of sight and also getting to see aftermath after they did come out on top from that 50-50. They were counter-rotation from the mill and trying to make sure they could stave off any of the teams that wanted to approach that north side. We saw a lot of action happening in the building over to the east side of mill while so many of these other teams were fighting for their life with an insane...
00:48:53 auf die Art Star zu gehen. Aber es ist noch in front von so vielen anderen Teams. Die Go-Nechs sind schnell aus. Es war Vamo-Kerin, auf der Rotate, von der Wall, auf der anderen Seite, zu finden, auf der South Side des Mill, wo sie nicht nur sehen, wo das Neck-Circle war, aber dann sind die Demons an der Ende, die die K.P. sie brauchen, bevor sie 2nd haben.
00:49:17 Das ist ein wirklich tolles Damage von Kings, und ich würde mich nicht überlegen, dass es Vamokera ist. Das war ein fantastisches Spiel von ihnen, aber nicht so gut als Picking-Up-The-Win-For-You-Aim. Plenty of Damage, natürlich, mit einer Composition wie dieser, das ist, um zu kommen, um zu kommen, um dich zu machen, um dich zu machen.
00:49:36 Look at this out here. We're talking about Sonya coming in with the 6KP, 1,800 damage, but it looks like overall this entire squad is on the same page. You'd love to see it with a great first game. Can they keep up that momentum? That is the question here. Now, taking a look at the results from our first game, we saw the 50-50 happen in the very beginning. Now, taking a look at U-Aim, getting 10KP, finishing with a total of 22 points. Vamo Quered, still getting 8KP there in second place. Looking all the way down, even to Lissana.
00:50:06 Sique de France, who we saw were in a little bit of trouble when they wanted to prioritize their rotate to downbeast to then get that circle beacon information.
00:50:13 Now we know that UAM and Vomokera got a lot of kills. They dwarf the rest of the lobby, but the two teams that stand up to them are Aftermath, who landed themselves in the top 10, and Alliance, who with 6 kills still did go out relatively early, but changed their points in the story of today by doing so. They've placed themselves so far above, again, in terms of points, the rest of the bottom 10, that they should still be in contention for even a top 5 position.
00:50:42 Moving out of this first game. Love to see how all of game one has already played out. I'm excited to see how these next two games play on Stormpoint. That's right. We still have a lot more Stormpoint action coming to you guys soon on the other side of this break.
Game 2 Discussion: Team Strategies, Legend Meta, and Key Fights
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00:52:34 Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to another moment here in Game 2. About to be whose moment? We'll find out. It's Randy and Dia. Last game, we saw UAM and Vamos Carrera battle it out 3v3. I love it. You know, put a boxing ring between those two, around those two, and it's just a showdown between who can win a fight. And it was obviously UAM who had the pressure and the poise to just push.
00:52:58 was was nicht die Vorteile der Watsons von Vamo Carrere zu kind of keep building up, forcing them into, you know, a slower play. And Dia, obviously, that worked really, really well for them. Yeah, we talked about how Stormpoint is really a map where you're rewarded for taking as much space as possible, and you even exemplified that by using things like the Catalyst Wall and Bangalore Smokes effectively.
00:53:23 Ich darf sagen, in order to make the Lotsen Fences ein bisschen visual impediment, aber wirklich nichts anderes. Sie waren nice decorations, aber sie nicht enden servieren einen Purpose. Are wir bereits über die Bangalore Meta, ist das was es? People sind jetzt über die Smokes jetzt? Ah, ich denke, dass einige pros sind...
00:53:44 You know, I think...
00:54:10 Obviously, you know, it depends. Everyone's always, in my opinion, it's easy to
00:54:16 I want something to change, want something to shift. We have seen Horizon and Catalyst and Bangalore, kind of what I call the occlusion meta, where there's just a lot of visual occlusion that you're having to play around versus where maybe we had more shielding heavy metas or defensive metas where we're in buildings, we have Newcastles or Gibraltars or things or Watsons heavily running the table. I think now it's more about how do you play in open space, yet that space is occluded.
00:54:44 I think that Bangalore, too, her stock has risen not only just because the fact that this legend, this map, Stormpoint, I think has lent itself to characters who can play in open spaces and have universal and, you know, utility solutions for not common problems. It's not always a clear path of where you have to walk to you, but also the fact that there's a lot of legends that have kind of come and gone, and Bangalore's just a very solid...
00:55:09 Ja, no matter what, whether you are up close and personal, where she can move so much faster, or of course at a distance, where as we've talked about, the smokes are providing a lot, and that's the rule of thumb that we can use for a lot of the legends that we're seeing.
00:55:34 Just be meta in ALGS right now. When we look at things like Horizon, whether you are playing Zone or Edge, she's going to be really important for being able to move your team from one place to another. And of course, having somebody like your Frager on a Horizon means that you have so much more mobility. Things like Catalyst as well, both defensive and offensive.
00:55:55 Great questions that you raise in terms of, you know, where do you put the priority of certain legends like Horizon? We didn't see one being played by Valmo Carrera. They were going, you know, with the choices of the Watson, the Bangalore, the Conduit. These were a lot of defensive shielding focused kind of choices. As we get into game two, you know, what will be the impact there? Group movement Horizon brings that almost more than any other legend.
00:56:18 currently being played in the game right now with that gravity lift. So we'll see if that continues to be a theme. I know that I'm excited to see who steps up. Big theme for me, though, starting off was a team I talked about at the top, Alliance, falling out in 13th place yet again, contributing to that kind of average back half of the lobby placement. You cast that fight.
00:56:39 with Vicky, it seemed like they were starting off well, things just didn't go well, and that's kind of the Team Vamo Carrere that ended up actually stepping into that place and taking a second place overall. Yeah, and an alliance did seem
00:56:51 ...quite eager to take the fight behind them, and even the one where they were trying to third party cold initially in front at Mill. I think this is ultimately what caught them a bit off guard, as Alliance's fighting is the thing that's largely changed about their identity between last year and this one, where they are trying to shift up rolls a little bit more, and so perhaps in trying to test that, they do overextend a little bit, but with six kills, Reinde, I'm finding it difficult to fault them entirely, because at least they keep themselves, in terms of points, in the top...
00:57:20 Ich denke, wenn du in was für ein Spiel funktioniert, auch wenn es nicht genau geht, 6 Kills ist eine perfekte Nummer, um zu machen, dass du zumindest eine Chance hast, dass du auch eine Chance hast, und vielleicht ein paar Dinge zu finden. Wir jumpen in, ein bisschen late zu diesem Spiel, aber wie Sie sehen, die Aftermath ist ziemlich klar. A.M. Flash findet die kill auf Made in Heaven, Synetik, und das sollte, zumindest Aftermath, in der Lage sein. Es ist nicht ein Wettbewerb yet.
00:57:48 But this has gone the second time we've seen this kind of early contest at Mill where our game ended. And, you know, now Aftermath seem to be having the advantage.
00:57:58 But check out who's arriving immediately afterwards. This time, ExoClan, knowing that there's a contest happening at Mill, do not want to give any time and immediately evac tower over. I suppose not hearing shots, they are going to retreat. And fair enough, I wouldn't want to mess with an unknown either. But the threat of this is implicit, especially when we look at how it'll play out for the third game. We know, as omniscient viewers, that if Aftermath and Maiden Heaven goes on for a long time, ExoClan...
00:58:27 Und jetzt ist es, dass sie sich jetzt mit den Händen in den Positionen haben. Sie haben einen auf den Southeastern-Southeastern-Southwestern-Side, und dann einen noch immer wieder auf den Millen. Sie haben einen 50-50-Mail. Vielleicht haben wir 50-50-Mail. Wir haben einen 50-50-Mail. Wir haben einen 50-50-Mail.
Frühe Auseinandersetzungen und Teamdynamiken
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00:58:48 Try to contest and have Olive Mill. Because we know what Exoclan is going to potentially try to do. It's going to be an inevitable situation. And we don't want that type of thing. We want to be able to play around it. Orglist and Hungry looking to play around an introduction here into this fight. Molten Hand hits 30 early. Kind of trying to get some damage and apply some pressure. But gets hit right back. Good thing though the Radiant Transfer is there to at least buy some time. But now he's forced to ult.
00:59:14 Das ist ein Smartwall. Spitz Rakafaka aus dem Rest von 202 und gibt es die Chance zu gehen in die Mitte der ECHO HQ. Jetzt Orgelist und Hungry kann, wenn nicht mit der Highground, anst mit Even-Foothing und sind sehr gut. Dancing around the Thermites. Jetzt, finally, Swinging all as a team around this Catalyst wall. Almost taking down one, but missing out on the damage by just a bit. Defensive Grappie Lift doesn't come in yet, as Unlucky swings again.
00:59:43 One knock on Ozzy the Owl. Orglis Hungry taking a reset. This is un-pushable position. Yeah, and now it's just leading to their advantage as well because they've already got one knock. It's going to be impossible to get it down. They three...
00:59:56 Das ist ein Team, das ist ein Team, das ist ein Team.
01:00:25 a pretty decent performa
01:00:28 I can't help but laugh with the way that Phoenix Legacy played that fight. They walk all the way up, start to poke Orglis and Hungry, walk back, and in doing so, have completely turned things around. Now it's Orglis and Hungry that are missing a member, and Phoenix Legacy, without even a point to show for it, walk back into their building, and so, yeah, my job is done. I've messed up somebody's day. You know, and that's kind of the funny thing about it. You're not necessarily trying to win that fight. You're trying to make it harder.
01:00:58 für jemanden zu leben und machen sie mit einem Mann-Down, mit einem Handicap, so dass ihr euch in eine Position zu sein, als ein Full-3 später in diesem Spiel. A lot of teams bettet, dass der southern Seite der Map wird, das ist, warum ihr so viele so far in dieser Krampen sind. Das heißt, es bedeutet, dass sie alle richtig sind, aber natürlich, wenn du mit ihnen wirst.
01:01:25 This is where you would say there's a high chance of it. Still, all these teams poking. Nobody wants to give up too much. Phoenix Legacy sharing that building with Graceful, JMW, and Tyler FPS underneath. And Infinite and, of course, 202 on the outskirts of the north and the west side. Going over to another area, though. Go next. And you can see they're kind of holding this. A couple of fights. I mean, it seems like teams are pretty timid. 20 squads still left here after almost a full ring.
01:01:53 And being able to craft is so important to these teams that I can't help but look at GoNext and think about basically how they're going to pull it off. Because Pylon is going to be a place that a lot of teams are rotating through. As you've already pointed out, it's not just GoNext that are here, but having access to getting a few more bats. And as we already discussed today, the stock and...
01:02:14 The Skullpiercer that can come out of the crafter at this point in time are so critically valuable, especially when we get endzones that pull over towards open areas like Echo HQ.
01:02:26 ESG sitting on 12th place, Blast, Lufka, Light, Lufka finding his squad here, trying to see a home. And with the Horizon, trying to see a player as well. Doesn't see much yet on the 30-30 with the Ranger scope, that three times. My preferred scope in-game as well. A lot of players like this one. Two by four will also work, but won't go any farther than that. It's a nice little middle ground for a weapon that sometimes
01:02:53 Das ist ein Team, das war Valkyrie.
01:03:20 Das alleine hat eine große Unterschiede in der Abilanzung von Pylon zu den Devastationen. Teams, however, die nicht interessiert sind in die Zone, stattdessen sind außerhalb des Zones, haben die Aftermath in die Aurora zu besuchen, und es ist nicht so gut für sie. Es ist ziemlich unglaublich. Ich glaube, es war...
Strategische Rotationen und Teamkämpfe im mittleren Spiel
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01:03:41 I know I was referencing it from, I think, Tiff talking about it yesterday. I don't know if one of you harken back to it today, but 30 seconds on average for a fight. You look at what we have now, though, before this zone really starts to hurt and push. It's a minute and 12 seconds. They've got to get this done and then be able to reset, heal up, and then move in. There's a lot of things to do. Kurev's not going to be able to do it. It seems like it's going the way of Aurora yet again. Our number one overall in this lobby.
01:04:05 And they have only placed first place as they have played in the Pro League. So another day going well. But can they do enough? Our deck is going to hit that syringe. Aftermath Saul is still alive. And there's still a lot of work to do. 47 seconds for them to get all the way in. And Orgust and Hungry waiting for them on Barometer. That's going to be a tough one. We'll follow that story in just a moment as we pick up with Lesique de France in ninth place, pushing in downhill.
01:04:32 Sie sehr gut gehen über eine Team, als Jurassic ist, wo wir unsere Late Rotatoren finden, in der nächsten Ring. Es war ein bisschen krafting hier vorhin.
01:04:42 And for that very reason, LCDF would sure like to rotate through without a fight, but they are going to be unable to do it, as getting shot from afar by ExoClan makes things a lot more difficult. Aftermath do go down. Stelizzi was unable to outheal the ring, and it was only going to get more difficult in the next couple of seconds, as now the circle constricts even further, and the damage takes a tick up. Now the big, big thing to note with Aurora still out there, you mentioned Aftermath, and obviously...
01:05:11 The thing is, they have the trident. Yes, the zone is going to start pulling, but as long as they've been able to heal up, they should be able to cover a decent bit of distance. So that top squad that a lot of people are looking at, still alive and ready. Orglis and Hungry, a solo, has made their way into the zone as well. And as we can see, Alliance, a team, falling out of the top 10 yet again in game one. Can they break that run that they've been having? Some crafting done by Hockey's?
01:05:40 Just trying to get up to that next level. And it might be the Evo shield that he's working. And it certainly is. Yuki just holding Vision with the 30-30 repeater. Seems to be really the weapon of choice. I mean, it's just so good, Dia. We're seeing a lot of scouts foregone here in this meta. Obviously a weapon that has been one of the best for a long stint. But I think the 30-30 just offering a little more flexibility and versatility. Which is what this meta calls for, really.
01:06:07 Es ist wirklich nicht. Und Sie sehen, dass auf der 30-30, weil sie den Trafter hatten, wir könnten haben, sagen wir, die Skullpiercer-Sniper-Stock haben. Was ich möchte, hierzu, ist, dass, weil die Allianz für die Leidenschaften sind, dass sie ein PoE, sie nicht getötet haben, sie nicht getötet haben, sie haben sich die Krafting-Mats getötet. Es ist glücklich, dass sie die Krafting-Mats getötet haben, aber ich würde nicht sagen, dass die Leidenschaften sind, dass sie die Spiel-Mats getötet haben. Aber ich würde mich nicht anerkennen, dass die Leidenschaften sind, dass sie diese Spiel-Matschen mit spielen.
01:06:34 Das ist ein guter Punkt. So viel ist ein Currency-Games in Apex. Man sieht es oft. All diese Dinge passieren unter der Action. Das macht es so varied und tiered, in terms of die Levels, die Dinge arbeiten. Manchmal ist es um, straight-up, Hitting-Your-Bullets.
01:06:51 Untertitelung des ZDF, 2020
01:07:07 Bis zum nächsten Mal. Bis zum nächsten Mal. Bis zum nächsten Mal.
01:07:25 I'm pouring one out for Orglis in Hungry right now. From a fight at Echo HQ that lost the member, to crafting their beacons at Barometer, to rezzing in Jurassic and taking a Gravity Cannon, and now having to rotate all the way to Echo HQ with three teams on their back? Orglis in Hungry are not having a good game, and many of the teams in Pylon are going to be feeling that way by the end of it. Mayday and Heaven even trying to fight their way into Echo HQ around this really awkward angle will be shut down.
01:07:55 The Forge play gatekeepers for this team, as they will for many others that try and pass this Gravity Cannon and access the next ring. Forge, a lot to prove. Great players, great parts of our community, from Reply Totems to Forge as well. Talking about J Savage and Phoenix Slayers. They've been doing such a great job of staying middle of the pack. Can they push that envelope here? They have to hit a few of these shots to do so. Sometimes...
01:08:23 Ich weiß, dass sie einfach nicht gewonnen haben. Wir haben jetzt schon wieder gewonnen. Wir haben jetzt schon wieder gewonnen. Wir haben jetzt schon wieder gewonnen. Wir haben jetzt schon wieder gewonnen. Wir haben jetzt schon wieder gewonnen.
01:08:45 Could have a fight ahead of them, could just have an evac tower and a gravity lift that they want to utilize. No, Yuki's going to go for it here. Maybe just go find some time and get out because the zone is pushing in. Alliance, difficult rotation. Let's hear from Effect because we've got very few seconds.
01:09:03 Er hat sehr wenige Sekunden leften. In fact, wir bleiben mit es, als der Effekt geht. Es war eine gewisse Bewegung von dem, und ich respecte die Gravity Lift in Balloon, weil es keine andere Weise gibt. Ja. Ja, ich glaube, es geht um, weil es die schnellste Weg zu gehen. Versus es einfach zu gehen, und einfach zu gehen. Aber das Problem ist, sie sind in diese Edge-Fights, die nicht der Weg gehen. Und man könnte sagen, dass...
01:09:30 The teams that do win those have a great position, but they've run into Vamo Carrere, and they've run in now to LVH, who have been stalwart in their defenses, and Alliance hasn't found a choice. Maybe it's the way these zones are pulling. Maybe it's just the rotation styles. Maybe it's the pace. We don't know what is the problem with Alliance, but yet again, another 14th, 15th place finish. This is not what we expect. We're going to have to see if they prove us wrong here in their final game. They've got one more in Stormpoint before we switch it up. Stay healthy.
Entscheidungen und Konsequenzen im späten Spiel
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01:09:58 auf dem Lowground hier mit Grenades. Nicht viel zu tun, Diya, einfach nur die Begründung auf die Begründung zu stehen. Und natürlich, da ist ein Team oben, das sie nicht wirklich wollen, zu viel Aufmerksamkeit haben. Es geht jetzt auf Stay Alive. Und Puschen die Envelope hier, um zu kind of acten, als ihre eigene Version des Wallen, für die Team zu versuchen, ihre Weg durch. LCDF.
01:10:21 As we did discuss, stuck on this side of Pylon with so many others, and Orglis and Hungry again on the wrong side of this fight. LCDF on the verge of taking them down, but with just Psykop, and needing to come up to the high ground as well. This could get dicey. Psykop doesn't connect for a whole lot of damage. 202 go down, we're into the top 12, but Psykop, again, fighting low ground to high, is likely to die here, and both squads are certain to die on the next zone close. That's the
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01:11:16 We knew he could aim well, but it just may be a day late and a dollar short because now he's got to get through the zone and get through a huge wall of rocks. It just may not be enough time. LVH also running into pressure, running into the piercing spikes. They'll spend 300 damage worth of bullets on that as Jehanzo pops the shield battery and teams falling like flies. I think that will be the end of Orglis and Hungry as well, very soon as well. Exoclan falls, Orglis and Hungry falls, and now we have moved into our top 10.
01:11:45 Go next, get Conduit ulted and shot from multiple angles. What a late rotate and what a way to go down. Just one member left, but go next. Unlikely to survive this as even now the zone forces them into the open, right into the sightlines of teams like you aim and vamo career. Yeah, vamo career, really the team we haven't looked at right now because they're not in the action. They have the best spot. They are not.
01:12:11 I really appreciate that you, Aim, are going for this, but man, fighting for this spot feels terrible, because in the next zone close...
01:12:40 Rotating from here is a death sentence. Max Strait pops in, finishes off a kill, and now U-Aim, they're the ones that have to cross this vast distance with so many other teams looking over at them. Infinite, one of those squads that has now at least managed to survive as a duo that can cause problems for U-Aim as everybody's got to close the gap into Echo HQ proper.
01:13:02 Phoenix Legacy still alive in that building we had talked about holding down a spot. Famo Carrera early on in their engagement have rotated with that Skyward Dive and have found themselves in the spot we first saw Orglis and Hungry go back and forth and lose and get on their journey, which ultimately led to below a top 10 finish. Cold there underneath as well. And again, you aim. It's a team that faced off Famo Carrera last game in a 3v3 to win it.
01:13:29 Max Drefe getting that med kit off, now trying to get the shield battery. Zone starting to pull. These teams on the northwestern side of what you're looking at right now, Phoenix Legacy, maybe Infinite, might have to go to each other and see if they can steal one of each other's territory. Vamo Carrera has sight over all of them, but how patient do they want to play, Dia, knowing they don't have to move yet again?
01:13:52 Phoenix Legacy, you're playing with no territory right now. Inside of this box is a fake place to play, but it's got them in the position where they can at least move into zone. They have quick catalyst wall as they drop down to the floor. Alpha Draft still up, but barely. Has to use that 30-30 hit fire that you talked about earlier, and it does not work. Vex, gatekeep them effectively. U-Aim starts swinging this fight, as U-Aim have done so often this game, coming in for the third party, finishing off.
01:14:21 die Kills und die Rampage von Game 1. Manchmal ist es ein matter of skill. Manchmal ist es ein matter of timing. Und man kann nicht sagen, dass es nicht skill ist, dass es die Timing nicht richtig ist. Sie haben es wieder und wieder gemacht. Und wie in dieser Lobby ist es, die größte Sache ist, haben die Teams zu verabschieden, um die Zeit zu verabschieden.
01:14:45 Wir sehen uns Jame W, Graceful, Tyler, FPS, auf Kohl. Sie haben die Skills von IGL. Das könnte vielleicht ein Spiel sein, aber es ist schwer zu sagen, dass wir nicht sehen, Vamo Carrera, Jame, Back-to-Back, in Game 1 und Game 2. Die sind sie als Low-Ground und High-Ground.
01:15:13 You have to imagine that it's the case, especially with Watson providing a lot of value in this
01:15:20 Endgame territory, because their ability to control space when it's not a straight-up 3v3 is so much more impactful. Nobody can actually move up and challenge Vamo Carrier. And if we're looking at the map in the upper left, Vamo Carrier have such a fantastic ring pull. They're not forced to leave the center of Echo HQ early. They can play with this free cover for so much longer than any other team.
01:15:44 It's amazing to see Vamo Career 2 picking the Watson and being able to do this in a way where they go, we want to play inside. It's basically limiting the impact of what this meta has done, which is finding a way to utilize not only their strengths, but take away the strengths of the Bangalore, which so many people are playing. Gold, they've got a chance to maybe do something and spoil the party for you, Aim, and Vamo Career. Let's listen in and see how graceful leads this team to potentially victory.
01:16:12 We're fine! We're fine! We're fine! We're fine! We're fine! We're fine! We're fine! We're fine! You're fine! You're fine! You've still got con! Yeah, I'm still just going to have another one. One's on my left corner! One's on my left corner! Swing it in! Swing it in! Swing it in! Swing it in! Swing it in! Swing it in! Swing it in! Swing it in! Swing it in! Swing it in!
01:16:36 Oh Gott!
01:17:06 Oh mein Gott! Oh mein Gott! Oh mein Gott!
01:17:33 In reality, the last team that Uaim had to fight. Vamo Carrera sitting on the inside for so long left them with no choice but to tank zone damage whilst fighting. That was a devastating finish, but a very good one from Uaim. I mean, Uaim, they played that outside so well. One of the teams that is...
01:17:53 We saw it again and again. We saw it from the low ground, being able to swing in on that earlier fight where we were seeing Vex and Phoenix Legacy go at it. And it ultimately was just a matter of timing. UAM has gotten it right. Vamo Carrera 2, how do they overcome this kind of style? Now, I guess that's the bigger question too, Dia. Do you need to overcome it? You're doing everything that you need. You're getting second place finishes, tons of points.
01:18:19 If this keeps up, you'll get a second or first place overall in this split day. So at the end of the day, I think that's all you could be hoping for. I'm pretty sure Kashera is very happy with this team, even though they're not getting the wins. But let's walk through the highlights of that game because, man, it was slow and then chaos.
01:18:38 Ich glaube, das Kampf zu Ende der ECHO-HQ war, hat so vieles für den Rest des Spiel. Das war das Pivotal für mich. Die Weise das Auriglis in Hungry verabschieden. Und ich weiß, dass Phoenix Legacy, obwohl wir nicht viel diskutiert haben, in der Late-Game waren...
01:18:54 Also changed the course of it for good by coming over and forcing Orglis and Hungry to ultimately lose a member, push 202 at a disadvantage, and then recover through Pylon back into the zone. It claims so many teams on the way in, and that's to say nothing of teams like Aurora that were constantly fighting on the edge of the ring. Teams like Les Cites de France that were doing exactly the same, and Alliance, who Reinday, again, did not get there.
01:19:24 Ja, ich meine, wenn du in-game an in-game schauen hast, es ist ein ähnliches Ende, aber es ist so unterschiedlich, wie es das Transpiret ist. Du hast die Roteate und die Gapen in Play zu finden. LVH ist ein Team, die sich das einfach auszudrücken können, aber sie sehen einfach ein bisschen zu weit, und das ist wo Infinite ist, dass sie für sie. Es scheint, vielleicht Emiya ist ein bisschen slow zu starten.
01:19:51 I don't know if that's going to continue throughout the rest of the day. UAM and Vamo Carrera clearly playing.
01:19:56 Their style. You aim just feeling like they're ready to win fights and they're winning most of them. Vommelkarir saying we're not going to play this end zone rotate late game. We're not going to play edge. We're going to go straight to where we want to finish. And we're going to hold it down with our Watson and with our squad. They've done this with Crypto before and it's worked out well for Kashira. It's a tried and true plan. But does it ultimately get them where they want? Second place was notably where Kashira and squad ended against DSM when Hal came up and landed down from the heavens. So second place might just be.
01:20:25 was match one team comparison between vamo career and uh obviously placement points going the way of you aim kills going the way of you aim assist but overall damage vamo career edging them out just a little bit
01:20:44 Und es ist einfach nur ein toucher, aber so vieles von VQs dämlich kommt von den Mid-Games, wo sie navigieren, sogar sogar wie U-Aim, die sich unter den Räumen befinden. A lot der Kills kommt von diesem, auch. VQs haben aber auch sehr viele Fälle, aber sehr rarely sind sie engagiert, dass sie 3-V-3s sind. Sie sind immer immer 3rd-Party, 2-Godspots, und ich kann totalen Beziehung das zu der IGL-ing von diesem Team. Der Fights sind gut, weil sie haben Talent.
01:21:12 Aber ihre Fights sind gewinnen, denn sie sind richtig gewinnen. Und das ist Kachera. Das ist ein sehr, sehr guter Punkt. Sie haben Experten wie Kachera, die in den Momenten sind in der literalen Position zu gewinnen, und auch in der Position zu gewinnen, diese League zu gewinnen, zu gewinnen, zu gewinnen, zu gewinnen, zu gewinnen, zu gewinnen, zu gewinnen, zu gewinnen, zu gewinnen, zu gewinnen, zu gewinnen, zu gewinnen, zu gewinnen, zu gewinnen, ein Play-Offs-Championship, ein paar Jahre ago, wo die Leute sehr, sehr upset waren, 11 Games waren, sie wussten, sie wussten andere Leute, aber es ist nicht, es ist,
01:21:41 Ich denke, das ist ein guter Sinn für Koshiro zu kommen. Obviamente eine neue squad. Aber sind wir sehen die Entwicklung von ein bisschen Rivalry hier? Wir sehen uns heute. Wenn Game 3 uns das gleiche ist, ich würde sagen, das ist nicht ein Coincident. Wir werden sehen das viel mehr in den V-Versus-C match-ups in EMEA, wenn es passiert. Aber overall, Top 10, Diyo, was standst du?
01:22:02 Of course, we talked about our top two. What stands out here is Phoenix Legacy, who have made their way again, at least in terms of placements there. And LVH, who have gotten 12 points with 9 kills during the course of this game. When you see a gap in the kills like that among the rest, you have to point it out. LVH clearly had something going this game, albeit it was cut short. You know, Graceful and Cole, JMW, and obviously being able to...
01:22:31 Sie haben das Gefühl, das Team auf der Squad. Sie haben uns in der letzten Sendung gewonnen. Sie haben uns auch ein gutes Zeichen für Kold. Das ist ein gutes Zeichen für Kold. Wir haben vier mehr für den Tag. Orgelistin Hungry. Sie haben vier Kills. Das wird viel tun. Remember, Phoenix Legacy hat sechs. Sie haben nur drei Punkte. Orgelistin Hungry hat fünf. Es zeigt, dass es wichtig ist. Es ist wichtig, dass es nicht immer die Geschichte. Lasikta Franz, und Aurora.
01:22:59 Ein Team, das ich denke, wir müssen uns aufhören. Allianz, das ist vielleicht meine größte Geschichte. Es ist nicht eine positive Geschichte, aber es ist immer eine Chance. Das ist der Ende der Beginn. Wir wollten sie starten auf strong, wie sie endet last Jahr. Es war ein Dissappointing Day 1. Es ist so, wie sie müssen eine Strong- und Quick-Schiff hier in Day 3, um das Narrative zu ändern. Es ist. Und es ist, und zu sprechen von Schiffen, ich kann es aber auch mal sehen, dass Aftermath, die, in der course von einem Spiel, von
01:23:28 gods of mill to not making it into ring two they do still hold a nice place overall but the disparity between those two positions says a lot about aftermath's game plan when it comes to zones that do not pull directly to them and i'll be keeping my eye on this squad during especially match three
01:23:48 I mean, is it the Caster Curse here? Alliance, Aurora, and Orglis and Hungry all in the bottom 10? Are we responsible for this, Tia? Should we have switched it up? I mean, you know. My lover has advised me not to speak on this. Not to comment. Yeah, that's smart. So is mine. So is mine. I hope you guys are having fun with us. We are having a great time as well. Randy and Tia, we're going to go to break. We'll be back with some more casting and some more action. Game 3, our final game of Stormpoint, coming up.
Strategische Anpassungen und entscheidende Kämpfe
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01:25:51 Welcome back, everybody, here to the ALGS. We are just finished with game number two with an EMEA for Groups B and C. And Dia, that did not disappoint whatsoever. The teams that needed to perform, well, they're here and they're performing. You aim, staying on top with two back-to-back...
01:26:08 They have one last game on Stormpoint. And with this team, looking at their history after the last time that they got to play, they're looking to possibly be a very Stormpoint-heavy team right now. Yesterday, they finished second, eighth, and seventh on Stormpoint. But then on World's Edge, when we made that transition, they finished 19th, 17th, and 19th. Now, hopefully, this is the momentum that they need to continue on this domination while we make that transition.
01:26:36 Es könnte sehr gut sein, Vicky. Und ich möchte sagen, dass wir hier sind, dass wir hier sehen, dass wir diese Grafik machen, dass es so deutlich ist, Bonus Points sind eigentlich für Uaim. Mit zwei Wins in ein Räuern, ein 3er Wins wird sie eine Bonus Point in der Liga auf den Tag gewinnen, und es wird sie weiter auf den overallen Standings starten, zu machen sie viel größer für Lamm.
01:27:00 That's really interesting to talk about, actually. That's something that you have to factor in depending on if they get another dub as well. So with the points on top of the fact that they could possibly be looking at a third win.
01:27:12 That's all the favor for that squad. So looking at Stormpoint being this last map that we have before we go into World's Edge, they got a lot on their plate. They're feeling pretty confident individually. Max Trafey, I believe, had finished that previous game with 5KP and the rest of his squad had 4KPs. So with their rotations and the timing on that, on top of taking the fights that they have been taking, they look like they're very cohesive today. They really are. And a big part of this has been...
01:27:40 Shockingly to me, their capability to risk their entire game simply to get a few more KP, fully believing that they'll survive it. We saw it over in Echo HQ earlier, and we are likely to see it again, as they are willing to go, you know what, we'll use an ult or two, we'll burn all of our smokes just to make sure we have an unchallenged angle from which to collect a single more point.
01:28:06 I was waiting here to see if we were gonna get that 50-50 and it looks like I am not disappointed whatsoever over here by Mill. It's Aftermath versus Made in Heaven once again. Aftermath.
01:28:17 Having a pretty good first game. Falling off shortly, though, for game number two. Don't want to repeat this mistake. The moment he turns around, he gets beamed from behind. And Maiden Heaven taking control of the high ground before Synetic drops down first. He's got the R9 and a Rampage for this weapon loadout. Pretty good start right here while taking some warning shots. Also noting that they already have a Blue Evil shield on the other side.
01:28:38 Let's not forget the threat of Exo last game. With this fight starting to extend, no knocks on either side getting made in heaven, looking better than they have in any game up until now. Both these teams are giving Exo time to make the decision whether they'll third party or not.
01:28:56 Oh, talk about Exo landing over by Down Beast. I see them in the distance, still making their way as Aftermath. Want to clean up this fight quickly. The team that's not running the Catalyst, by the way, which is very interesting, actually opting for the Conduit and the Horizon. So try to play passive-aggressively when it comes to taking that position, that verticality that is so important, and FPSs in general. But looking at Stahls and his loadout, he's got the PK and the G7.
01:29:20 wo sie in dieser nächsten building sind, neben dem Mil. Das war schon lange, so ich glaube ExoKa wird schon wieder mit diesem Kampf, in den letzten zwei Games zu machen. Ich höre die Shots auf dem Weg, aber das ist für certain. Aber will sie hier, bevor Aftermath geht, mit Stalizzi already fallen? Synetik follows, und ein Unreloaded Eva, aber ein Seel-Off von der Tür ist eine große Bewegung für Tax, giving Meaden die Chance zu reset.
01:29:48 Okay, so we have already had so far a circle over by...
01:30:18 We saw in Game 2, the Echo HQ and Circle, and it's looking very similarly now in this Game 3. It really is. You can tell, not just because of the rings, but the fact that Phoenix Legacy have again teleported themselves into this ring. Oh my lord, are they moving fast. They're so quick with making their move from Jurassic all the way down there already here. We would take a look at this fight happening between Vex. Seeing how they're going to try to navigate around this.
01:30:46 Es ist der Konduit, die sie zuerst verloren haben. Sie haben ihre Schilder geschehen. Es ist Lufka. Das ist ein Team, das ich sehr freue mich an. So viele Spieler zu sehen haben, aber sie haben eine sehr schnellste Start so far in der Pro-League. Leissel hat sie sich aus dem Lufka aus dem Lobby.
01:31:08 Great control of the angles, and ESG have certainly had their share of, especially in the last day, getting some early game fights in with their fight against Full English just yesterday immediately off of Drop. They have nobody else in the direct areas, even those squads that land Command Center are instead waiting for somebody to come pay them a visit. Hmm, it's all about the weight gain here.
01:31:35 Quiet, but deadly. I won't get in. Landing here and waiting patiently. They will not be moving anytime soon. I'm not expecting it, but taking a look at Kashiro's loadout, though, that's something we can definitely focus on. He's got the gold light mag. He's got this R9 is a gold R9, and he's got the Nemesis as his second weapon, because they know after hearing that fight, look who's waiting in the distance. They get up from crouching, but it's ESG making their way over, Dia. They can hear the spiders, too.
01:32:04 With all this data on ESG, ESG should go down immediately. Will they check their quarters? They're already playing cautiously. No, he... Does he know? No, he doesn't know! Finds out right now that Lufka's already down. ESG in big trouble fighting the spiders and Bubble Care Air with Kashera on the run.
01:32:24 Das war Lufka, zu sagen, dass es eine Disturbance in der Forest ist. Ich fühle mich nicht sicher hier. Oh, nein, ich habe alles. Schera, der Plan kommt, als sie durch die Duell von hinterher schießt, hat sie durch die Duell von hinterher geschossen, die sie durchgebracht haben, von Lufka. Well, Single Kill ist going to be plenty für sie, es scheint, als die Full-Chase auf ESG ist nicht complete. Sie werden die Spiders auf den Spiders machen und machen ihre Weg.
01:32:53 further through Command Center with an extra point to boot. Echo HQ, however, the place to be, as we've already seen through last game, has LVH starting to populate and make their way up the stairs. It is a battle for every inch of vertical space they're able to take, but they're making it work.
01:33:13 So much fadding happening on each side of where that next circle is pulling here as LBH. Get three tricks knocked but with the height. Putting them in a vulnerable position. See Wives now having to navigate around. Lightman taking control. All that gravity lift. Cleaning up the last straggler from no days off. That's our second team that we're saying goodbye to in this LBH4. They wait to go onto World's Edge but look how many teams have already made their way into Echo.
01:33:40 Es ist ein bisschen. Und weil wir die letzte Spiel zu vorbereiten haben, einige Teams sind nicht zu überprüfen durch Pylon. Das ist ein bisschen einfacher, jetzt dass sie keine Crafting haben. Aurora, aber auch in einem sehr ähnliches Spiel zu 2vq. Waiting für die Kills zu kommen zu ihnen. Stay healthy, Sie sind nicht zu überprüfen, aber...
01:34:02 Aurora are playing, this time a game that suits them a little bit better. They're not waiting outside of zone, they're instead trying to occupy space. While this may be low priority space, it's still good for Aurora to be able to sit around the edge of the ring and pick their fights.
01:34:23 Und jetzt machen wir das Rotation. Ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier. Aber ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier. Aber ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier. Aber ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier. Aber ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier. Aber ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier. Aber ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier. Aber ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier. Aber ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier. Aber ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier. Aber ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier. Aber ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier. Aber ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier. Aber ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier. Aber ich glaube, es gibt zwei Teams hier.
01:34:52 They can't even get the scan on the ring beak and just have to wait maybe a survey instead for all rain to take advantage of but that's just gonna go into the hands of go next while they make the southern rotation right on top of all the other teams that have already made that rotation to echo. We have like five squads that have already found themselves in that final circle.
01:35:09 Now, because Aurora see as many Tridents as they do, they know that a rotation in front of them is going to be gatekept. In this particular case, Orglis and Hungry stand in their way, who have again made the early move into Echo, but without fighting for it this time, and are honestly having a much better game. Look how Aurora's just waiting in sneak. Look at them looking back here, trying to see if they could try to circle keep.
01:35:36 oder wenn sie mit ihren Fähigkeiten gehen, oder wenn sie mit ihren Fähigkeiten gehen.
01:35:41 Der Team hat 2nd für Game 1 und 2
01:36:11 Die Valkyrie sind jetzt in 18.
01:36:22 In their comms did not work out. LVH offer no mercy to the squads that move in behind them, clearing their backs immediately as soon as they saw Flesh. That was a very nice play from LVH to make the move down, take the fight as efficiently as they did, and it means that they shouldn't have lost out on a lot of territory. Still being able to control the high ground of Echo HQ, now three points to the richer.
Endphasenstrategien und überraschende Wendungen
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01:36:46 Crazy seeing the way that they've been playing this here too, with Lifen taking control as the entry fragger for a lot of those fights that we just saw. I believe that actually allows them to hit 60 KP already with 17 squads left and them holding an amazing position for that next circle and where it's gonna be pulling. Aurora. Okay. I mean, I don't think they have enough Tridents here, honestly. I feel like they may need a fourth one if they really want to create that barrier with the rest of the lobby. But they got a plan waiting.
01:37:13 Riding out with their own tridents each. And hanging out by that choke while we take a look at Aftermath. Also fighting for their life. Trying to get that res into Flash. Getting him right back into this fight. Taking his fight though is incredibly risky. They don't have information it looks like for where that neck circle may be pulling. But this is where a lot of the fighting from the northern teams are going to be fighting themselves over by Pylon.
01:37:36 Okay, all right.
01:37:58 Oh 112 pop up. It doesn't feel good. The boat check makes your eyes water as it brisks through you, especially when you have a blue evil shield like that. Oh, Flash unfortunately going down right there with a nice little heady from Psycop. Now looking behind, there's so many teams going on to Pylon too, by the way. Looking ahead is cold by the northern choke point. We saw already Lasita Fonz hanging out by the north.
01:38:23 Westside, stay healthy still in the middle. And it's understandable. What they're fighting for is not only the high ground to get some KP, but there's not only a ring console there, but a survey beacon too. But that ring console is what all these teams want to look for.
01:38:37 I sure like the extra information. Stay healthy. The real beneficiary is in theory, but it may be that once you hit the ring console, you realize just how far out of the game you are. This is the basically exact mirror of what we saw last game with all the teams in Pylon having to fight their way out up the ridgeline or die inside of Pylon.
01:39:04 Stay healthy with Urban. So much energy out here with the Volt. Ungodly. No, it does. It does eat it up, though. It's got that purple mag attached to that Volt. But looking to see where they can rotate next. They hear the team right above them. They see where that next circle is going to be moving. And they have to move in the next 20 seconds right now. So looking to see where they can go in the least populated rotation.
01:39:31 Especially looking at the fact that they have the cat wall. They can take advantage of that cat wall, but where do they put it with the team behind them having height and then the team to their right that is looking for the same rotation?
01:39:40 It's really difficult to make that choice between walling off one side of you or saving it for the team above. Aftermath, they're choosing not to deal with any of that. This is, remember, the last member of Aftermath that'll try and make their way in as a rash towards the next zone. Fighting over by the Gravity Cannon near Echo HQ. Cold taking the opposite approach, exiting Pylon through the eastern side, and time is of the essence here, time that they simply do not have.
01:40:10 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
01:40:31 Alliance says they get to fly over them. Get to look above and stay healthy. Aren't as healthy as you would expect here. Losing out on two. It's only up to Urban who has a blue evil shield to stop the straggler from behind. The circle damage is going to be done as he forces his way into where that next circle is. He gets stopped and stay healthy is out in 17th. It's aftermath though. Still trying to fight for their life as a duo now here too. Or actually as a full three man as they also make.
01:40:56 Their rotation into that fight that we just saw. Versus Lesita Phan to that corner. Go next now. Find Artic Attacks. That's two down. Leaving only one to go. Aftermath finally get eliminated here. Off of the rip. Count one coming up. But this at least gives Lesita Phan some time to reset. Before taking that fight. Versus ECG in front of them.
01:41:16 With LCDF being one of the last two squads remaining, it looks like we're running this back. Last time it came down to a 1v1 between Psycop and Orglis and Hungry. This time a 3v1 makes the odds a lot better. ESG go down, LCDF move up a single placement, but now do they have the evacs to get out of here or do we just wait for LCDF to die alone?
01:41:41 Well, at least from Kiner's case, he doesn't want any of that. So they got that evac tower ready if they could go right through this other side. And he got some extra loot before they make that rotate in less than 35 seconds because this circle will absolutely hurt too. Depends on where they want to go though. We know that the chokes over to the west side will definitely be congested by the teams that may be holding on to that slight lip by the gravity cannon. But most of these squads have already found some safety inside of Echo.
01:42:08 Alliance making a very similar play that they did last game. Using an Evac Tower to try and make their way into the zone. But they take a bit of a different approach. Ultimately, using a Trident to make their way into Echo HQ. A beautifully placed Evac Tower could not have been two inches lower. Let's LCDF make their way into zone. This is a game, perhaps a tournament changing move for LCDF. Especially as they take down Kizar.
01:42:38 Korona immediately. Infinite. Down a member. And LCDF going strong. Echo. You blink it. You may miss it. With the quickness. They followed up beautifully as Psycup. Having to restabilize though. Across from them.
01:42:52 You know Aimbot is looking down graceful. Literally won as he's healing up problem with the Phoenix there too. Alliance coming in shortly though. Right over to the other side with so many other teams that fell up having to be careful. Go Next take this next fight with Bambino being on that conduit. We're able to see a little bit of action from Go Next yesterday too where every time I think about Bambino I always think about the Fusey. But now we're seeing them transition over to that conduit. Seeing what this could provide for the fight that they want to take. Infinite do get eliminated here. And they see their Fawn still alive.
01:43:21 Das ist genau das, was Le Cittes de France ist.
01:43:43 As soon as we look away, they're taking out Squad. They're dominating POIs. And while we're up here with Go Next, who knows what they're doing? And what they're doing right now is taking care of Phoenix Legacy Kairi. Being the one to get Nukk as Go Next or stopping them from not only trying to take the Zip, the team coming in right there, right behind them.
01:44:03 So you see Bambino, incredibly low. The attack isn't going to be enough to save the rest of this team. Go next, get the lead. And you talk about being a beast. It was Lesita Fanta had taken them out. Phoenix Legacy still in this with Sabs and Alpha Draft trying to find Sykov on the other side. Sykov, just one member left, but they have claimed another squad. This is 7 kills, 10 for the team already picked up by LCDF. And Sykov...
01:44:27 If they can get just one more placement, we'll make it that much better. Huge beam off of the R99, but it isn't enough to finish a kill. Psykop instead dipping back. Five seconds left on the smoke for coverage from the outside. It's going to expire. LCDF will go down. Phoenix Legacy, as a two-person team, have to move their way into further Echo HQ. That's the wingman taking a headshot on two.
01:44:50 We saw from Psycop, too. We also saw Ewing get deleted in the feed. They won't be able to get that extra placement point if they won this third game, but still, they have so many points regardless. We have to see how they do on World's Edge. That's Phoenix Legacy with only Alpha Draft Alive. He's got the Wingman in hand, looking, trying to see if he can try to approach from this low ground.
01:45:09 Das war ein ganzes Grenade, und es scheint, es war genug, dass Alphadraft etwas in Unconned ist. Es hat eine Smoke, für ein bisschen mehr Survivability auf den Bangalore, aber es wird in der Seite getötet, und es sollte den Ende der Phoenix Legacy sein. Diesmal bei der Hand von Exo. Aurora, die Außensein des ECHO-HQ, während Exo-Clan... ...do benutzt ein Catalyst Wall, um die Sight-Line zu cuten, aber es ist das Corner, das wirklich providing für sie.
01:45:34 It's just the chrome that they need right now to stay alive and healthy away from the circle. With eight squads left, you see Orglis and Hungry, Alliance, Cold, LVH202X like we saw before. Aurora and the Forge in this final circle. And look at this madness with OAH on the very top. Aurora taking some shots of the 30-30 onto the team that is going to be forced to exit out of that Echo HQ building.
01:46:01 August in Hungary, see if they can start a fight using a Horizon Ultimate like this is about clearing kills!
01:46:09 The Ring takes one. This should be a squad finish. One gravity lift from Unlucky could very well mean the end of this, but only one frag left means that Unlucky doesn't want to commit it just yet. Instead, staying on height with the rest of the team, we're not going to eliminate Exo just yet, but the Ring is sure to do the job for us. Man, look at Unlucky's weapon loader. He is lacking and is on the sticks when it comes to some of this ammo. We're lacking on energy and on heavy for what I saw on the other side there. Exo.
01:46:39 Bei der Grace Hongkong ist, so er ist able zu gehen, nach dem wir sehen, dass wir in der Körner gesehen haben. Wir sind hier von Anfang an mit LVH. Wir sind hier von Anfang an mit LVH, und mit LVH, und mit LVH, und mit LVH, und mit LVH, und mit LVH.
01:47:08 Ich kann sie, ich kann sie, ich kann sie, ich kann sie, ich kann sie, ich kann sie, ich kann sie, ich kann sie, ich kann sie, ich kann sie, ich kann sie!
01:47:33 1 hier! 1 hier! 1 hier!
01:48:04 Ah, f***ed in.
01:48:16 Aurora kommen in full force, taking the dub over LVH. But let's talk about those comms. LVH super happy with their performance in that last game on Stormpoint. Lifen was going crazy, even as a duo at the very end. That was incredibly close. And ultimately, Aurora being able to recover is what...
01:48:42 LVH's legs out from under them. But I cannot look at that game and fault LVH for a single decision that they made in the endgame. As you said, especially Liefen, taking Autonomy. You didn't hear, oh, I should do this or can I do this? You heard, this is what's happening right now. Because I know that there is a kill and it ended up netting them in terms of kills, maybe three, four additional points. But in terms of placement, the difference is massive. And that was all what Liefen was able to do.
01:49:11 Und das ist die confidence he fühlt, auch. Du sah es. Der Moment, er ging für den Shield Swap, nachdem der Rat über das Rad zu der Seite, hat er seinen Back exposed zu dem Team über ihn, war er zu gehen für den Shield Swap, clean eine Conduit in fronte von ihm, nachdem er die Compte ist. Let's slowen es ein bisschen, aber er war...
01:49:26 Pedal to the medal there in that moment. He was in it. The momentum was in their favor. And they had a pretty good last game on Stormpoint. Aurora, though, coming in after we saw him with three Tridents, I believe, by the choke to the south side, making their way into that next circle, preplanning ahead of time. And I was very happy to see Aurora succeeding. In fact, let's take a look back at how it happened, because this was a game that we actually got a decent chance at.
01:49:54 Looking at these teams, seeing them succeed and set up their playstyles, way, way ahead of time. If we think about it, having teams like LVH that took early fights in Echo HQ that we were there for, and then jumping on over to teams like Aurora that were playing out the south side of the ring, and ultimately looking to control space as we had called for them to do at the start of the day. Both these teams did so well.
01:50:20 VQ did start pretty decently, but were ultimately unable to make it in the same unpunished way that they had in previous zones, because LVH let nothing go. They were pouncing on every single team, and this was it. This was them pouncing on VQ, just to make sure that this did not happen again, that VQ did not grab yet another second place finish.
01:50:42 It really does highlight the importance of the Horizon and the way that it could affect your playstyle and trying to secure that KP. Yes, they're also running the Conduit, but that's just basically the double whammy for them and the trade-off if they don't want to have any sort of vision control in general. But this is also a game that Aurora desperately needed. I think before that game, they were in 16th in the overall standings for this lobby. So taking that dub was absolutely huge. And we were talking about the Titans here. Lesita Fons, after that rotation, was also able to be a gauntlet for the teams that have been waiting.
01:51:11 They are, again, like Night and Fog. And ultimately, while they do go down, LCDF changed this game, not just for themselves in the tournament, but for so many other teams like Phoenix Legacy, who ultimately, the damage that they did, was able to basically eliminate. Exo did the remainder of that, while we saw them suffering in a corner for a little bit too long.
Spannungsgeladene Kämpfe und strategische Wendungen im Apex Legends Pro League EMEA
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01:51:39 They were taken out eventually there too as Cold now. You can see JMW playing off that low ground. But it was so chaotic for a lot of the teams that were forced to rotate in. And in this final circle, I love that we were able to listen to the comms from LVH as soon as possible. Talking about the plan and what they wanted to do, life and moving in. But it was Aurora who were up and healthy, were able to restabilize after that previous fight. Able to take out a member from LVH and force a 3v2.
01:52:04 Das ist alles LVH heute.
01:52:26 Ja, ihr könnt hier sehen, LVH 10KP ist eine große Herausforderung. Ich glaube, sie waren 3rd in den overallen Stand vor dem Spiel. So, sie sind sich in den overallen Stand, als Aurora, wie ich schon erwähnt, hat sie gesagt, hat sie geschehen. Looking all die runter, wir sehen, was mit den LVH 7KP zu ihrem Namen. Vielleicht nicht die Placement Points, die sie wollten, aber das ist auch, wie gesagt, über Lesique Der Franz mit den 10KP sie bekommen. Und ich liebe, dass wir zu sehen, LVH 10KP, um sie zu sehen, um sie zu sehen.
01:52:55 almost zone for zone the exact same rotation and this time come out on top of that last 3v in this case 1 then make the rotation out of pylon it is so clear that they have a plan for these things and are ultimately
01:53:11 Das ist wirklich toll. Ich wollte uns mal sehen, unsere 11-20th Plätze. Unfortunately, UAMs finden sich hier, aber ich habe ihnen so viel Glück, denn sie haben 2-Games gewonnen.
01:53:30 Exactly, ja. All eyes were on them to see if they were going to be able to get the 3P. Nope, that's going to be shut down. They were trying to play a little too safe. That's why you see no KPI. I did see that they were waiting by the next edge of where the circle was going to be pulling for a bit too long. But then following up, go next. That was a team that wasn't playing patiently. We saw at the very end that they were trying to take those fights, trying to get into a better position within Echo HQ, which once again is so crazy. We saw that circle pull down there twice. But a team that didn't do as well as they did in the first two games, all the way in the bottom, is going to be Vamo.
01:54:00 Es ist lustig, weil sie die Valkyrie haben, immer wieder eine Evac-Tower zu haben. Aber ich denke, viele Teams haben sich auf das und gesagt, das ist eine Valkyrie. Wir spielen gegen diese Valkyrie, und sie ist in der sky.
01:54:26 What year is it right now? Yeah, the Valkyrie coming in. It's going to be interesting if they change things up into World's Edge. But before we dive into that, Dia, I want to bring in my friend Rain Day once again. I want to hear his thoughts after the end of game number three. I'm back. You know, I've been waiting. I've been listening. I could have done that the entire time. I see why the viewers like tuning in. But I wanted to actually add about...
01:54:46 You aim. I mean, what an interesting kind of duo that split and been successful in their own way. Sonya staying and showing the grace and the confidence to be able to navigate these final circles so well, putting you in a great spot. Rugby, who was kind of the former duo, now coaching Aurora. And so I think what ends up happening is you see clearly two great players in their own right having an impact for two teams that are now currently performing. But in terms of giving you the landscape of the EMEA roster swaps, the state of affairs.
01:55:15 I think we should bring somebody who's an expert in that region. Maybe he's even played and is playing in that region for a halftime breakdown. Let's go ahead and send it over and get Mandy in the house. We got Mandy from 40% worse and just from, you know, EMEA legacy. Mandy, what's up, man? How you doing? I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Just chilling, watching the games, you know? Yeah. Hey, man.
01:55:40 Just like us. So we're doing the same thing. Listen, I want to first off, thank you for being here and taking the time with us for the halftime. I know all the fans watching, they're pretty excited to hear from you and get your thoughts. I wanted to just first kind of soften it up and kind of let people know, how has it been with 40% worse? What has your process been like so far with the beginning of the split starting? It's been fine. It's been good. Everybody knows that Shiv unfortunately has tendonitis in both of the thumbs, so we haven't been able to play that much together.
01:56:09 Und deswegen ist es schwierig zu trainieren. Aber wir haben 10th, der ersten Woche. Und gestern, wir haben 20th. Das ist einfach ein schlechtes Tag. Ich glaube, wir waren wirklich auf der gleichen Seite. Es ist einfach so schwierig. Aber wir spielen alle die Probleme, die wir haben. Und natürlich, wir sind die Unterdöger. Ich bin neu zu IGLing. Ich habe das gelernt, auch. Und wir sind ein ganz neues Team. Wir spielen gegen Leute, die sich mit uns für Monate oder sogar Jahre.
01:56:38 So we got a lot to catch up to and hopefully we can show off next week what we've been working on. So yeah, I'm excited for that. I'm really happy to hear how positive your interaction has been, even after the performance of the last time you guys had played together. I mean, when you guys sat down together and you saw that it was just unorganized, have you guys been able to at least iron out the stuff that you need to going into the next day that you guys play?
01:57:06 Wir haben es schon gesagt, wir haben es schon gesagt, wir haben es schon gesagt, wir haben es schon gesagt, aber wir werden uns sitzen und haben eine Konversation zusammen und versuchen, was wir zu arbeiten haben. Aber im Grunde genommen, es geht um zu spielen zusammen und vielleicht mehr Zeit zusammen zu spenden. So, ja, wir werden das ein bisschen mehr machen, um die nächsten paar Tage zu machen.
01:57:30 Now, some fans may know you not from your ALGS work, from your incredible play over the past couple of days, but also from your content creation. And I want to know, getting back into competitive play, especially this year as you were inspired towards the end of last, how has that been for your schedule, for your workflow when balancing both improving in the ALGS and also still navigating a career as a content creator?
01:57:58 Es ist gut, ich habe nicht wirklich eine Unterschiede, weil ich noch viel spielen. Das ist einfach so, wie ich es versuche, dass ich alles aufhloathe und die Top-Level stehe. Aber ich habe ein bisschen auf-Stream gearbeitet. Ich habe schon ein paar Zones gearbeitet, um andere Leute zu spielen, um zu lernen andere Dinge von ihnen zu lernen. So, ja, das ist das, was ich ein bisschen fokussend auf und dann auch zu spielen. So, ja.
01:58:26 Kind of what it takes in the gaming world, right? Doing multiple things, wearing different hats, competing, you know, working on some content, uploading some scrims or some videos. There is a grind to it, but it's also a very worthwhile grind when you get to be in positions like this at the top of the world and have a chance to play in the biggest arenas around it. Let's talk though about how this game...
01:58:46 1, 2, and 3 transpired. And I want to start with you walking us through some of the highlights of the final zones of each of these games, Mandy, starting with Game 1. We've seen this in Game 2 as well, but walk me through kind of this idea of Vamo Carrere, U-Aim, and these fights. What did you see happening here? It was a kind of weird situation because I think Kashira's team...
01:59:12 We normally play against people with more people in the zone. We only see two people in the last zone, and it's kind of unorthodox to see that. It's kind of like... It's out of the norm, so you have to play it differently. Maybe like a scrim game. But yeah, I just see Kashira and the guys just not being aggressive enough, and Maxdraff and Sanya taking advantage of that and taking a bunch of angles on them, and therefore just winning the fight in the end, you know?
01:59:41 Because they can't do anything, they're put into a small hole, and they're just playing their angles super, super good. Part of the angles, too, in this kind of conversation, Manny, is there anything in terms of a lineup that stood out to you? The fact that, you know, there was just more of a defensive Watson play, did that kind of hurt Vamo Carrera in this position? And in Game 2, we kind of saw a similar thing, where second place, but because they had to hold the zone with the Watson, they didn't push out, they weren't the aggressors?
02:00:08 Ja, ich denke, die Watsom-Teams müssen vielleicht ein bisschen aggressiv werden. Ich fühle mich, das könnte wirklich beeinflusst viele Watsom-Player sein. Hier sehen wir die Gmw-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W
02:00:33 um so they played that super well and there's not that much else you can do but the first team uh i would have liked to see them be a little bit more aggressive and play around that um that watermult and uh like heal off that while they take fights you know and this is a great point i mean is there something as an igl we just talked about this vamo career been sitting there the entire time uaim ends up taking this fight but is there something when you look at this from your perspective
02:00:59 Ist es etwas, wenn du Wammelkarrer warst? Ist es nur aggressivität? Oder ist es etwas anderes? Ja, im Laufe des Spiels, ich würde 100% auswählen und nehmen die Kampf. Weil dort, du bist für 2nd Platz. Und als du hier die anderen Team kämpfst, gibt es keinen Punkt in nicht zu pushen. Weil die anderen Team wahrscheinlich wird es schnell und dann haben wir die Chance zu gewinnen. Dort, du bist für 2nd Platz. Das ist gut, weil du 100% gewonnen hast, aber du hast auch...
02:01:27 Ja, das ist eine gute Perspektive von IGL. LVH-2, deine Fragen an sie haben. Sie haben 2-2 Platz hier. Sie haben eine Hecke mit Allianz-Vipes, bevor ihr mit dem Lann und standen auf den Tisch, was alle an der Moment. Wie fühlst du LVH so far? Weil sie viel zu tun haben.
02:01:52 Ja, LVS ist wirklich gut. Und ich bin wirklich froh für die Jungs. Vives war der Top-Kompetitor in der EU. Wir spielten gegen ihn oft. Und ich bin immer sehr froh, wie gut er war in Lines. Und wenn er runtergingen war, war es schade, aber es ist gut zu sehen, dass er wieder zurückkommt. Und ich fühle mich, dass er viel, wie es heißt, viel Energie und... Passion wieder.
02:02:18 So, you know, you're a viewer today, which is awesome. Most of the time you're playing, but I know as a player, your eyes go maybe different ways than just people who only watch Go. As a player, who are you looking at that's kind of catching your attention? What team in this 20 is either maybe not performing or performing really well? You know, what story has caught your eye, Mandy?
02:02:40 U-Aim sind wirklich aus ihrer Meinung nach. Die 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2
02:02:58 So, yeah. One of the interesting things that I was noticing about our top squads and discussion, especially in some of the competitive Apex circles recently, is Horizon. LVH isn't running it. Uaim isn't running it. VQ isn't running it. And Horizon's been such a staple for so long. What do you make of Horizon's place in the meta right now? Where does she fit? Because she's clearly strong. How can you run without her?
02:03:23 We're actually gonna swap Horizon now too. We're gonna play Gibby instead of Horizon now for next week. A little leak there. So yeah, I'm just not really a Horizon player just because the character is more made for people that are very aggressive and for the most part controller players and I don't really play like that and that's not really my playstyle and I feel like I fit more into different kind of characters and ultimately I feel like it's worth to play a character that you feel
02:03:52 Weil du viel besser auf ein Charakter du fühlst, als ein Charakter du fühlst, als ein Charakter du fühlst. Und das ist warum ich die Switch mache. Und vielleicht andere Leute machen die Switch, weil das auch.
02:04:05 You know, I would love to say that I called this, but the tier list that I recorded that mentioned this had no audio on it, so no one will ever know. But I do think that Gibby is primed to retake some real estate here because there's no shielding and there's no defense. And that defensive bombardment with a bunch of other Gibbys as well, dangerous. But with no Gibbys, you know.
02:04:27 Es ist wirklich etwas. Es ist wirklich etwas, dass es nicht mehr Raum zu defendern. Es ist wirklich, wie die Leute spielen, Bangalore Smokes. Es ist wirklich cool zu hören, deine Gedanken auf das. Wir sehen uns, wenn das kommt. Vielen Dank für die Aufmerksamkeit für die Pro-Mind. Und natürlich, was hat man heute gemacht, Mandy. Und gut luck mit dem Rest des Splits. Ich hoffe, ihr habt einen tollen Tag. Danke so much, Mandy.
02:04:49 And, you know, always fun to talk with them. Dia, I love the question you were bringing up as well, kind of getting them into the meta chat. That's going to give us good fodder as we head into these next games. But take a break, my friend. You've been doing some great casting. Me and Vicky are going to hold on to the fort here and get into game four as we transition over to the new set of maps to kick us off for the back half of the day. And, Vicky, I guess since we didn't have too many of those.
Meta-Analyse und strategische Anpassungen in der Apex Legends Pro League
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02:05:13 Let's talk about it. What did you pick up off of what Mandy just spoke to us about? I blinked twice and I heard Gibby and I had to just reassure, okay, he said Gibby, but you talk about Shields and I like how you brought that up at the end. If I could talk to Mandy longer, you know we would, absolutely, but the show would go on. The Gibby choice is interesting. If you take a look at APAC, there was some...
02:05:35 Interesting is definitely bold. I saw Revenant at the end of our NA show yesterday. Okay. It was very interesting. We saw Revenant. We saw Newcastle playing aggressively. So I think with these different compositions presenting themselves to us that aren't the typical.
02:05:52 Conduit, Catalyst, and then Bangalore, or then you sub the Conduit for Horizon vice versa, or even the Bloodhound now being a staple against the Bangalores, it's going to make the rest of Pro League very interesting because we're seeing more diversity, at least for teams playing into their strengths, which is something that teams sometimes wait way too long for when you're already at the tail end of Pro League, when you should have been playing what you were comfortable for rather than just whatever the meta is presented to you.
02:06:21 Especially if you are someone who believes in it through why you're trying to play. And also when things aren't working the way the rest of the lobby is playing, 40% worse can only get 100% better when they're looking at a 20th position, right? In terms of their last performance. So I think Mandy's like, hey, this is it. Let's make some changes and let's utilize our time to get experience because we may not have as much of it as some of the other teams who are spinning.
02:06:46 8, 12, 16 hours playing, VOD reviewing, things like that. So I love hearing that information on World's Edge where we see some changes. We've seen a lot of teams shift up compositions throughout the day, Vicky. Could just be talk in theory, but we may see it come to fruition here as we head over to our most famous and staple maps of Apex Legends Esports to end our day, World's Edge.
02:07:12 Back at home, back to the comfort zone, where some of these teams perform better versus Stormpoint. We highlighted that actually with the likes of Uaim and Vamos Get It. But we're going to have to see how this fares up against the squads that we're able to perform on those few games on Stormpoint. Now onto World's Edge. I'm also excited, Rain Day, for the potential 50-50s that we may see going into our first game on World's Edge. Let's get started. Let's not waste any more time. We are coming off the drop ship.
02:07:40 Always exciting when the potential is limitless. And we are seeing it right here. Anything can happen. And if you go based off of our first three games, it's been a solid performance. Playing out of their mind is what Mandy said to quote him. Is you aim? A team that is certainly not struggling with that. But can they keep it up? That's the question. Or will teams like Alliance, who seem to be landing in a pretty similar spot with them off the south?
02:08:08 Western Side, you aim, leaning towards Staging, Alliance and Thermal Station, their traditional landing zone that they have held for at least over a year now. And made in heaven here in Fragment East near Monument. Going to grab some loot and split this one, a very difficult spot to fight through if you're used to your casual matches. Not a place many people land and live to tell about it, but...
02:08:33 Aftermath, they're not worried. They've had a 50-50 every single time that they've landed, and this time the contest seems to be a little bit more cordial.
02:08:40 They're always finding themselves duking it out with Made in Heaven off the rip. This is like the fourth time now we see this 50-50 even happening on World's Edge after we made that change, but I don't blame them. I mean, look at what's happening here. We have Monument with a ring console right there, so you know other teams may go for the quick rotate if they hear this fight. Usually, I believe Aftermath was landing in Overlook, which also provides a ring console, but we already see LVH there, so they made some swaps, and I do...
02:09:10 Ich glaube, nach den 50-50s zu sehen, dass es ein guter Kampf für die Aftermath ist. Wenn du das map hast, ist es interessant, LVH ist split und Phoenix Legacy ist von Geyser sehr schnell, über die Grandma's House, wo LVH also hat eine Ring-Console, um die Informationen zu können.
02:09:28 What they can see if there's anything to poach off of Fragment. And potentially where the zone will be. Because this seems to be now where rotations are happening from 202. You can hear either EVACs going down early. And look at this. Yes, Phoenix Legacy have already set up their home base as well. It's not one that you want to go into as an intruder. But SAVs loaded up with a 30-30 in the car. Going to be able to get some damage. Level those EVO shields and definitely hold off what will be 202.
02:09:58 And Squad looking maybe to fight here on the other side of the map.
02:10:04 Massive for them, they just need it.
02:10:31 This is a team that's dealt with a lot of blows, losing their org the first two days, right before this split kicked off, now fighting not just for representation yet again, but a place, especially at LAN. You could assume that if they do that, they will find some representation, and that is obviously going to be a ton of motivation, but trying to figure it out and have solutions for the problems that have plagued them, which is performing in those moments, and also trying to play zone and...
02:10:57 Huge to see you.
02:11:22 What they could do here for game number four is XO have already been inside this building. I know Phoenix Legacy is looking at them from the other side by the choke closer to Geyser. I'll stay healthy, send out the smoke to then reposition themselves underneath this building. If that building right next to them is unoccupied, which it looks like at the moment it is, they could definitely take advantage of that positioning with the catwalk coming up. They are dancing the chat to slide to get right back in to reset, but they do manage to get away from trouble. It did cost the catwalk, but it was well worth for them to claim.
02:11:52 Das bedeutet, dass sie die Schild 60, 7.5 Schilds per second. Aber es also applies to her, nicht nur zu ihr Team-Mate. So eine Show-Case of warum diese Legend hat den Meta by storm.
02:12:21 Ich glaube, es ist einfach, als wir diese Teams sitzen, Vicky, für die Zukunft für die Zonen, meine Augen, mein Geist geht zurück zu der Gibby-Konversation, wobei ich auf die Frage, weil wir die Horizon, Bangalore und Catalyst sehen, ein ton von Space-Control, von Height, von Smokes, von Walls, aber es ist kein Schilding. Ich meine, Grenades, sie werden wirklich gut sein, wenn sie sie haben. Und wenn du ein Charakter wie Gibby, das nicht nur bringt
02:12:50 Das ist ein Ultimator, das die Spielverlösen hat, wenn du das Spielverlösen hast. Und es ist kein Weg für diese Legends zu verhindern, außer vielleicht zu gehen, um die Mobilität zu erhöhen. Wenn du ein Endgame hast, die viel Defense hat, macht die Spielverlösen mit dem Spielverlösen. Ich meine...
02:13:08 I'm kind of with Mandy where I think if there is a legend and it's not that, I could see Gibby coming in and filling a nice role for a few teams the way we often see Watsons and Kryptos do it for a few teams to kind of still be effective and really have a dangerous game plan if they get to that top five.
02:13:24 Yeah, it's the strengths that we were talking about that I believe make the most sense. You also have to consider the weapon meta and where it's at. And Gibby having that arm shield, you know you always want to put a sniper in your Gibby's hand right there. And putting the 30-30 in Gibby's hand will also allow you to get at least the upper hand advantage on certain trades. Especially looking at what evil shields that you're rocking. So even theorycrafting beyond end circle there, you have to think about those individual pieces that could definitely benefit them. Depending on what is their comfort zone and how the other teams react to it.
Strategische Vielfalt und überraschende Wendungen auf World's Edge
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02:13:54 Just like Phoenix Legacy running that crypto, that EMP is going to tear down that dome real quick. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, there's a lot of pocket picks that can come in. We're in a nice position. You know, recently, even going back into it, we saw so much of this being dominated by Valkyries beforehand. And then, of course, Skyward Dive changes and nerfs, EVAC towers introduced. That's given...
02:14:16 We saw Seer be really like a dominant force. I mean, if there was a Gibby, Seer being able to cancel res, cancel heals, really make that bubble useless and be able to push through it, that sent him away. But now that Seer has kind of gone into obscurity, still, you know, decent in your casual games, you can still certainly play them and ranked up to a certain point. This is really a chance where you see a meta a little bit more wide open for some of these pocket picks that...
02:14:43 We're gone because they were hard countered. Now to maybe come back in if a team believes in them. Vex sticking to a very simple Catalyst Horizon Bangalore. And right now all they need to do is hit their shots. Goes up into the air. Black Hole thrown down and a Thermite to try to pull him back. That should get at least something. But Vex loses Clemmy.
02:15:02 In the meantime, Babylon's gonna have to go hard and try to close this one up. But it's you aim, the leaders of the lobby, who are on the case. Triple take shot hits. But it doesn't work, Sonya, having to hit a shield battery. And because they had the life lead earlier, it means he can come in and play the hero. But Vicky, it's now totally up to Sonya to do it. And it just may not be enough.
02:15:22 It's the third party coming in. Lasting a little bit too long. Their waiting took a little bit too long for them too. And has allowed Lesita Fonts to be invited to the party. As they back away here to look at the other squad who is matching them on the other side. It was Alliance. What a sandwich to be in. Look at the graveyard before their eyes. And Alliance taking some shots right over to Lesita Fonts. Allows Alliance to have control over all this loot.
02:15:46 Now Alliance has been doing this the entire time. It's finally worked out in World's Edge. There's no doubt in my mind Alliance is extremely comfortable in World's Edge. I think this is the map that for me was the biggest surprise in last week where they had two top five finishes were looking like a team to beat as we expected. And then their last game in Storm Point and their final three in World's Edge, they barely cracked the top 15. So this is much more of the Alliance that I feel we should expect to see, which is a good Storm Point team or an even better world.
02:16:15 Und so Haki-Suki und, of course, Effect, off to a pretty good start here as we transition back towards a little bit south of where that was fighting into Vamo Carrera. Aftermath, Made in Heaven go next in the western side of Fragment.
02:16:32 Lions had a pretty good game last game at the very least. I believe they found themselves in the top 5, top 6 here. So they can ride on that momentum. I'm going to get in another one of our squads. With Kashira making the swap over to the Crypto 4 World's Edge this time around. It's getting enough information to see where everybody is right now in Fragment. Taking an overhead look.
02:16:52 Kings being over to the other side, but they are not moving anywhere from here. This is like the old school Sen back in the day. As Kishiro likes to lead the squad the same way. You can always have fun with those Watson fences there. I love the pro setups. You see the Vs. It's a little bit of like a study in Apex architecture. And Sen certainly has passed.
02:17:13 Kishira on the Crypto. So we talked about Crypto coming in as Pocket Pigs. Not just that, with the Watson as well. This is just classic Kishira. And whether it's Ascend, whether it's Vamo Carrere, you can tell just the fingerprint of this leader showing up anyway and with any squad. Lasita France, Psycop, Zidane. And you can see a little bit of Phoenix Legacy here peering out Kainer, I believe.
02:17:42 Das ist ein sehr interessantes Spot. Es ist ein sehr hartes Spot zu halten. Entschuldigung, Kainer auf Lesite de France. Aber sie versuchen zu pushen. Grenades sind definitiv zu öffnen. Und dann haben sie das ultimative in nur ein paar Sekunden, Vicky. So das kann helfen. Und knowing that die Circle will be closing in eine Minute, in less than 20 Sekunden. Sie können sich diese Fighten schnellen, während die anderen Squaden in Fragment warten. Sie wollen diese Fighten. Sie wollen diese Fighten.
02:18:08 Don't have to worry about any squad trying to counter-rotate behind them. Instead, trying to make their next plan. Unless GoNex, who was in Fragment, may want to get involved on this with a late rotate, leaving their backs open. So Lasikter Fonts do need to hurry up here. Maxed out Volt, except for the extended mag, second level. And a Rampage. Pushing ahead, a weapon that probably is not going to be used very often, but when it is used and used correctly, it's going to be devastating.
02:18:38 Jetzt mit den 30-30-Shot zu bringen durch die Air Reinde, sie sind bereit zu nehmen, um die Schöne zu bekommen, um die Schöne zu bekommen, um die Schöne zu bekommen, um die Schöne zu bekommen, um die Schöne zu bekommen, um die Schöne zu bekommen, um die Schöne zu bekommen, um die Schöne zu bekommen, um die Schöne zu bekommen.
02:19:06 Und es ist nicht ein Lichtblatt da. Es wird ein Full-Wingman-Shots 95 zu dem Dome. Lufka ist gut. Und jetzt Allianz ist es noch nicht zu halten. Und sie werden auf die Evac Tower zu bekommen. Das Chaos haben sie zu gehen. Hockey ist bei ihm selbst. Affect Beacon ist auf. Und Yuki, sie werden können, aber das Wingman ist gefährlich. Denn es ist ein Headshot und ein Body. Das heißt, Allianz Hockey ist auf und auf.
02:19:29 We had five parties come to that fight. ESG, go next. The original Stragglers, Lescite Fonts Alliance, was insane now. ESG, one of our teams, rocking that Bloodhound. We got to see a great performance from them in that last game, especially from Luka here. Not on the horizon now, instead being on that Bloodhound, seeing how they try to play around this Catwall, but playing patiently while they are in that next circle. ESG, yep.
02:19:58 Absolutely looking to push the envelope on Alliance. And running into Vamo Carrere, it's been a theme. If you look at the way their rotations have kind of pulled, Vamo Carrere, because they're always in zone, they're a little bit ahead of Alliance. The first game, it ended up being the team to push right behind them and take that third party. They're in the exact same position, even if ESG or Alliance win this battle. Vamo Carrere, very close to it. No days off as well. Still holding on Geyser. Phoenix Legacy and Colder there. Graceful JMW.
02:20:26 They're holding this opposite side. You can see No Day's Off taking a look at it. Phoenix Legacy to the left above them. It's going to be very, very difficult if they fight each other. One minute left, though. They have enough time to kind of try to see if they can get an opening, anything, Vicky, before they make that move because they know it's going to be difficult.
02:20:41 Let's tune in to Phoenix Legacy.
02:21:11 Legacy listen in to see their next move.
02:21:38 We can fight the left team and play rocks now. I think we might need to look for the left. I have bat someone needs. Alright, I'm good. Yeah, they have that open phone? Uh, yeah. They're sliding down. Yeah. They're not looking at all at us.
02:21:58 We're in around here as well. We're chilling. But it's shit though now. Over here? If we clear left, we're good. From the right hand, we're gonna get shot now. They haven't done there. I'm moving here. We're walking left or what? Yeah, I'm moving left. I have Crypto and I don't have the MP. I'm moving to Ty. We need to try and force this. There's 13, 13's there. Okay.
02:22:22 Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja,
02:22:52 Ich bin, ich bin, ich bin.
02:23:21 I'm batting, batting, batting. I cannot see her. I'm going back to you, Alpha. Coming now.
02:23:28 Stop you fucking idiot I'm popping syringe Is anything safe? I didn't check I'm watching the box I'm watching this They're trying to look though What a position to see Phoenix Legacy take over Like they were playing the board game Risk and just
02:23:53 Keep inching forward with territory, Vicky. That is how you do it. From high ground to low ground, they've cleared out their left. They're looking like they're in a pretty decent position to make a move in this game.
02:24:04 I know we all felt Kyrie there too. You get two knocks, you want to finish those kills and you're lacking that heavy ammo too. She was able to get some extra at the very end and still managed to rotate. Love the comms that we were able to hear from Phoenix Legacy. It's about that next plan and how you want to make this rotate with Aurora standing right in front of you. I love the work with this team as well. Alpha Draft, you can see how impactful just third partying with that Crypto EMP. They've got...
02:24:28 All of the utility to be able to make a difference here, to hold from range, even in these awkward positions with the Watson interception pylon, bide them a little bit of time, safety from some of the grenades, and they're pushing through this catalyst wall. I think they realize it's just about timing here. They've been so good at playing the moment, and that's what Phoenix Legacy are doing, rising from the ashes with the 30-30 hipfire as well. Sabs, she's going crazy. Can she clean it up and give herself a clip in the ALGS? Aurora, though, is coming in to play spoiler to the party.
02:24:57 Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's.
02:25:08 The Grim Reaper or the Grim Griefer coming in with the perfect timing, Randy, taking that dub. And what was also interesting is that Phoenix Legacy's comms, they were highlighting their left side. They saw a bunch of teams fighting on that left side, but they still were talking about how that was an entry point that other squads could take advantage if they wanted to rotate to the right. They saw the opportunity, though. That way they could get even more KP. And it's similar to what Mandy said. You're trading off. Either you're fighting for seconds to get that extra kills, or you're fighting for the dub for those extra kills.
02:25:38 Three points for positioning that you could get in terms of placement. They wanted to fight for the kills. And Aurora came in and swept in and took them out and took the dub. And I think there's some strength to that. But so much of it, when you think about how the math is going in that, it's instinct. You can't do all that math in the exact time when you see an opening and you just push some teammates already going in. You're kind of committed to it. And that's what was so great about it. They played that same way. They waited patiently, but when they saw an opportunity.
02:26:07 They went for it. Let's take a look at how this game transpired, though. Stormpoint was fun. World's Edge, though, that did not disappoint. New map, new game. The pace just kept at a premium.
Dominanz von Aurora und U-Aim, Challenger Circuit und strategische Entscheidungen
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02:26:21 Actually crazy, with Vex also we saw the chaos, the pile up in this choke point. It wasn't a fourth party, it wasn't just a fifth party. It looked like a sixth party with all the teams that brought themselves up to the play over by this choke. U-Aim, Vecithr Fonz, Alliance, Go Next. So many teams moving away from Fragment as well as that south side of Worlds Edge getting involved in this fight to try to take control over that left side of that final circle. Still wasn't even safe with the teams that were holding the choke.
02:26:50 Ich meine, das war wirklich die Transition zwischen den Norden und den Southen der Map. Das Joke da. Das hat sich, dass sechs oder sieben Teams werden, in dieser Endzone. Und das war, auch. No Days Off. Und du hast Kold, sie waren in dieser...
02:27:07 3v3, oder wie sie wussten. Aber weil sie aufhörbar sind, war es einfach ein EMP von Krypto und Alpha Draft zu ermöglichen Sabz und Kyrie zu gehen und finden die Kieler. Aber das war, glaube ich, die größte Moment. Holding diese Position, warten bis sie Forge auf den Vamokarer. Forst Vamokarer aus, Forge die. Sie nehmen die Raum, die Vamokarer hat. Und sie sind able zu battleen von dort zu bekommen. Und dann haben sie eine sehr sweet spot. Und dann haben sie die Kieler, die extra Kieler waren.
02:27:36 Love to see how they were able to play around it. This fight right here took a little too long with Sabs and holding on to the 30-30, trying to get these hipfire shots around two knockdowns at the same time. It just took way too long and had allowed Aurora to come in before any sort of reset was possible, allowing Aurora to take the dub. Had a pretty good game last game, and now they are coming out on top basically back-to-back. I mean, this is a fantastic showcase of what you would look to see from a team that has put together two top performers last season, one all-time.
02:28:05 Top Performer Hardeki, again, 6 kills overall. This team's averaging 7.5 kills per game, which is nuts. And they're also doing it by contributing to each other. 9 Impulse, giving a lot of damage, and also 2 assists. Hardeki, a kill, but 5 assists, 1,200 damage there. Let's not forget Phoenix Legacy, Alpha Draft on the Crypto, 3 assists. Kairi's showing up with the kills. Zabs, kind of an all-around game there with damage, kills, and assists. And Infinite, Aimbot, Thawne, Kizarron.
02:28:33 wirklich, wirklich, contributing an all different layers and levels as a squad. These three, really, really something to look at, especially, Vicky, when you take a look at Phoenix Legacy, who have had kind of an okay start to the day, but that's a real great showcase, and it's going to put them in a position in not only Top 10, but maybe even if they keep this up, Top 5.
02:28:53 Ja, Ranking up, basically, because after the performance yesterday, they did get in the top 10. They got second place twice throughout the day and are looking to continue on that legacy going into today's games with Aurora taking the back-to-back. I believe they also won on Stormpoint for Game 3 with 6 KP. So I'm interested to see what that's going to basically do to this overall standings for this lobby, because Aurora definitely needed it before that Game 3, and now they're looking to stay on top.
02:29:18 Well, one of the things we'll bring you up to attention for is, remember, there is a bonus point awarded for having a 15-point margin on the next team while being in first place. That's the key part. They must be in first place at the end of the series. So far, with two wins for UAIM, two wins for Aurora, there's definitely going to be one team at the top. Will they separate themselves enough from each other, or will it just be a battle of firsts? We'll find out. UAIM, surprisingly.
02:29:45 After such a big start, winning the first two games in Stormpoint, not a great start here for World's Edge. Series results overall, it's UAIM, LVH, and Aurora. And so far, EMEA has done what we expected, get things tight and given a lot of teams still a chance here with the two games left to go, Vicky.
02:30:03 Ja, mit Aurora jetzt in der 3rd place. Look how close it is zwischen all these teams. I mean, even U-Rain isn't safe, with only a 9-point difference between themselves and LVH, all the way down to even the Lions, who we were expecting to have a better game, at least on World's Edge, still finding themselves at least in this top 10, with two more games to go, Reinge. Ja, what a fantastic showcase.
02:30:25 We talked meta. We talked potential. We saw new teams kind of show up and rise to the occasion. And now we've got two more games left. Game five pivotal in determining and setting up your success in this third day of Pro League for EMEA. Who's going to rise to the top? Who's going to make it happen? We'll find out in game five right after this.
02:32:22 Welcome back, everyone. Four games down. We got two more to go. Two games left on World's Edge. I'm Vicky Kitty. I'm joined with Dia. And Dia, after the action we saw yesterday, it seems like here, Aurora and Uem are looking to feast on this lobby, not giving anybody else the opportunity to take a dub. That is very true. And I can't believe that I'm saying this again as I come back to the desk, but...
02:32:46 We have an opportunity for bonus points now, because in four games, we've only had two winners. Both Aurora and Uaim are one game away from giving themselves a bonus point, and I think more importantly, having won half the games of the day, which is somehow just at its title, even more impressive than any reward you could offer.
02:33:07 If you also want to stand alongside all these other legends, there's a chance for you to be on that main stage too. Definitely want to look into that split one challenger circuit where you could register your team to compete in the ALGS. Absolutely, and taking a look back at last game even, we had Phoenix Legacy, we had Aurora, and we also had Infinite. Out of the three players on Infinite...
02:33:28 Two of them come from the 2022 Challenger Circuit before being picked up by LCDF. It was Kizarun and Vertage. They used to play under Oracle and have made their way, much like you can, this next weekend. Challenger Circuit number one is coming up and you've only got a few days left to register. So go check it out on battlefly.com slash ALGS. As we prepare to get into match number five, we'll get the chance to see a few more of our Challenger Circuit uprisers take on Pro...
02:33:58 Pro League teams that have been at the top for longer than I can honestly count. It's awesome, too. It gives everybody the opportunity to see what their skill are against all these other pros. They can't find them in the firing range in these 1v1s, but you can see them back in the lobby. So we gotta see how that goes out for a lot of our other teams that have made their name here in the Pro League.
02:34:20 Getting ready for game number five, Dia. This is one of my favorite games. I always say this, and it's because this is the point in time where a lot of these teams know where they're standing, so they decide to choose violence like AM right now.
02:34:32 Up against LVH, you do have the chance to shut down a big competitor, but LVH have not been going quietly today. G7 at close range and a perfectly timed heal from Vapes keeps Hanzo alive for a few more shots before Flash ultimately ends up falling as well. Lifen and Vapes still on the climb up with the close range Eva. One shot left, can change everything. Very little ammunition left for Lifen, but we know the difference this player can make.
02:35:02 And look at MIH just waiting over on the other side, close to these rocks here. This is their time to finally get the revenge that they've been looking for with Aftermath landing on top of them. And that is to say, they don't get taken out first here. Gets another knock here for Cell. He's playing off the low ground. You can see the pings of communication coming in as Aftermath.
02:35:23 Only having Stahl left after losing out on another teammate. Drops down, gets the finisher onto one. Every KP is worth it, and it's Maid and Evie that have shown their face.
02:35:32 Third party finally comes in, and it's just one player left. The easiest third party in the world for Made in Heaven, but they haven't finished off the last kill just yet. Conduit can be pretty darn slippery, especially with the ability to pick shields back up after time. So we will get one squad making it out a little while longer. LVH survive, and with a support legend no less, Vase is going to book it into the tunnel leading into Geyser and hope that they can find action.
02:36:02 Ja, weil es keine Replicator gibt. Aber das ist auch nicht so, dass die Replicator nicht so, dass die Replicator nicht so, dass die Replicator nicht so, dass die Replicator nicht so, dass die Replicator nicht so, dass die Replicator nicht so, dass die Replicator nicht so, dass die Replicator nicht so, dass die Replicator nicht so,
02:36:32 Yeah, a lot of teams, even Alliance, starting to move up, can integrate Lava Fisher into their rotation. My question is whether we are going to get something that pulls a little bit more towards actual countdown or landslide, which is still absolutely a possibility at this point. The ring is pretty ambiguous, but a lot of teams are choosing to sit in countdown simply because of how punishing it can be to get into, whereas on the other side, it's pretty easy to get out of if the ring decides that it's not going here.
02:37:01 Vielen Dank.
02:37:03 Especially with, as you say, this being the fifth game.
02:37:32 Teams do tend to, especially in Game 5, play a little bit more conservatively. It's Game 6 where we see...
02:37:40 Team ist ja, das ist unsere letzte Chance zu bekommen, also wir versuchen alles zu machen. Aber in Game 5, ich denke, dass ein 0-point-Games kann sehr gut in die Stande sehr gut gehen. So ein 30-30-Shot kommt von Allianz zu bekommen, und es kann sogar noch ein Knochen geben, mit wie aggressiv der Positionierung der EFFECT, natürlich, auf die Leid auf das, auf die Horizon. Und es ist toll, wie gut die EFFECT gemacht hat, auf diese Legend in der Vergangenheit zu sehen.
02:38:04 Just breaking free from the chains, letting Effect do what Effect does best, being the fragger that we all know and love, especially as the Lions are looking to perform in these next two games. They're in a pretty good spot over by Grandma's house, over to this north side by Harvester, before they make their rotation. But they got three purple Evos, and this is that coexisting that I mentioned. Look at where Three Tricks is.
02:38:26 Hanging on to dear life while no days off are in so much trouble. That is Vamokkede that is on the high ground here and that is why you saw three Krixes waiting below. Because no matter where he waits on the low ground, they know exactly where he's gonna be. Not even a real safe place to be right now.
02:38:44 A few boxes, perhaps, could give three Shrix a chance to live. Sits behind one at the moment. And VQ won't be able to finish this kill without giving up their positioning. Kachera even overextending a bit too much for my liking, giving the angle that Savage would have on them. So Shrix will be able to survive, given a small lifeline for now. But there are still teams coming from the Skyhook area, and Shrix has attracted attention and will attract more as they attempt to find some small safe corner of World's Edge.
02:39:12 Trying to hop around, the Hopping Horizon trying to get away. He does manage to survive for right now as Infinite is playing off the low ground. They know about the team that's right on top of them, but this is that coexisting that we had mentioned, except with Infinite's case, they're going to have to sit pretty here for quite some time.
02:39:29 It shouldn't be a problem to just sit quiet for a little while. Infinite don't have a whole lot of shield sustain, however, so they are relying on the cells that they've been able to pick up. Importantly, not the bats, as there's a limited amount of those to keep them topped up as other teams try and...
02:39:46 Das ist was World's Edge ist wirklich zu kommen, aber mit der Lütz-Densität die Map hat. Es gibt weniger Möglichkeiten, wie Meds, oder sogar Attachments, die können die Late-Game ändern ändern. Also, wir halten uns auf Teams wie Kold und LVH. Wir sind jetzt hier, in Stax. Kold, natürlich, fühlt sich besser, denn sie sind die Leute auf der Crafter sitzen und einfach nur...
02:40:16 They are prepared to enter an endgame fully juiced up.
02:40:20 I mean, being on Cold, they're looking to ice up LVH here, solo fighting for their life as they try to rotate around Stax just to look at Cold in the face, or they're probably utilizing that replicator. Looking at how these two squads are going to rotate, though, it's going to be a little tricky coming in from that south side with so many teams in that next circle, talking about ESG, Stay Healthy, who will be playing by the edge as well as 202. It's going to be difficult to get through there unless you have an evac tower, you use one of the towers.
02:40:49 Also looking at Aurora, who are also taking their time on this rotate. We can expect Skyhook to be pretty stacked with the teams that are going to try to navigate around Countdown, but weren't able to get to that rotate early.
02:41:03 ... ... ... ... ...
02:41:24 It's that much more difficult. We do briefly make a footnote of Stay Healthy losing another member. They had already lost one to Alliance early on the Rotate Through staging, and this is yet another squad, much like LVH, that's been reduced to a solo and now has very limited impact on the game.
02:41:42 ... ... ... ... ...
02:42:05 With them going right up north to Lava Fisher, these type of circles usually end up on the outskirts by the low ground bins for Countdown. If that does end up happening, this rotate from Vex and Alliance from Lava Fisher into Countdown could actually be better for them with the natural cover that the rocks to their south provide. Very much so. You could see them.
Taktische Spielzüge und Teamdynamiken im späteren Spielverlauf
02:42:3002:42:30 With the right prediction, ending up in a top two, top three position, especially now that we've got a wingman that naturally drops with so much ammunition that hackies should be good till the end of the game. We saw over in North America, Sweet making waves with the wingman yesterday. We could very much get the same happening today. Baldwellen's gonna craft up the shield. Meanwhile, as Vex do try and rectify a bit of their economy, knowing that they'll likely have to take the fight up against Alliance, because going south and trying to enter countdown that way is just setting yourself up.
02:42:59 Also love how production pulls up that crafting rotation for the day. It's so important. I know D and I have been talking about it basically all day, but having that Moby there too with so many conduits, as well as a Skullpiercer, Purple Sniper stock, with the amount of 33s that we've had in these lobbies, it's important for the teams that do want to rotate using the Replicator as that point of interest.
02:43:20 Man in Heaven sitting right next to Infinite. I think evidence with their spot of how few spaces are left in Countdown. They're even going to try and start a fight onto Infinite. A crippled Infinite at that. Not a full squad. Aimbot going down and made in Heaven. All three very healthy just have to navigate their angles from the high ground and a great smoke cuts them off. Gives them the opportunity to finish off Infinite and a few more kills go their way. This is going to be in collaboration.
02:43:50 mit Exo, auf der anderen Seite. Both teams wollen ein BITE-Out of Infinite, und beide bekommen genau was sie für. Thawne, der letzte Solo-Left-er, oder die letzte Reihe ist, in Countdown. Wir werden das jetzt machen, und es ist ein wenig Platz zu empfehlen, aber nicht ein Greates One.
02:44:08 We got a lot of rats, surprisingly. A rather unfinished squad. We got, I believe, two teams that are playing as a duel. Stay healthy in LVH. Exos healthy, standing on top here. We got no days off playing this as a rat. With Phoenix Legacy, you also have got him down early, as we had seen before the feed.
02:44:26 That low ground is already available for more of these teams to try to share some of that space with, as long as they're out of the line of sight of the squads that are holding onto that high ground. And this circle is pulling away from the west side of Countdown and right on top of Go Next, which, with Ordless and Hungry rotating out of Landslide, where TL2 has been there basically this whole time, can take advantage of that southern rotation playing on the outskirts of Countdown.
Späte Rotationen, Teamkämpfe und strategische Positionierung
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02:44:50 Take a look at our teams that late rotated as well. Cold have just made their way right next to Countdown, but Stay Healthy as a full three-person team are starting to move up and challenge 202 in Landslide. This could be the comeback story for Stay Healthy, though they have limited time to do it. With Aurora fighting their way out of Skyhook, all teams that are currently outside of Zone have only 30 seconds to change that. And Aurora, for as kitted as they are, still have very little space with which to work.
02:45:22 Und Matt Kraber hatte mich auf der Seite auf der Seite. Wenn das Horizont war, würde ich die Tür öffnen. 9 Impulse warten, mit der Itch. Mit dem Trigger Finger sind bereit, um hier zu holen. 18 Quads leften, als mehr diese Teams machen ihre Rotate. Bambino ist vielleicht ein Mitglied zu der Liste, die wir in diesem Lobby haben.
02:45:42 Right through the catwall, he takes some of those shots with the Volt. Lacking a little bit, although, on attachments on that Volt, since they made that early rotate, having only the white mag. And we see ESG taking this fight against 202, the team that was taking their time to rotate out of landside to gatekeep. The Fragment teams now are finding this fight over to the south side of where that next circle was pulling.
02:46:02 Still another squad coming up behind them as well. Landslide is a highly trafficked area, especially with the ring closing in. LVH rock up behind 202, just in time to claim another kill. And now we'll be splitting directions. Do they choose to chase this engagement with ESG or go along the eastern side of the ring? Contesting teams like...
02:46:23 Perhaps made in heaven. Vefs certainly seems to want the fight right now. Weak as they may be. Uses the Radiant Transfer to keep themselves topped up and continues pushing forward into ESG. Another knock goes down. ESG are out, but the fight continues as Vex swing back in to clean up LVH.
02:46:42 Oh, with another crazy nade, just as quick as it started, LVH get taken out, and Vex have the graveyard to themselves, all the loot for them to feast on, 14 squads left, and they can take some time to breathe. It is Orgus and Hungry who are waiting inside of the building south of Countdown right now, after we had seen the action go down with the two squads that we're fighting. Go next, by the way, still alive here, made in heaven, trying to restabilize, nice gold knockdown to at least get the res with some extra health for tax.
Strategische Zonenpositionierung und Teamauseinandersetzungen
02:47:1102:47:11 Und will mean that Tax is essentially full HP. This team, however, being another one not to run the horizon, doesn't have access to high ground. It can only really enter the zone in one way, with so much ground being covered on the other side by Cold. There's not going to be an entrance there. Maiden Heaven must enter through the low ground, pushing down onto what is likely stay healthy, sitting in the center of the next ring.
02:47:38 We're taking to the skies. Alliance. Trying to find a place to land. They've found at least the safety inside this low ground. Close to the platform that raises here. And with the havoc in it, it's all effect needs here. With the turbo already attached to the weapon, he's able to navigate around the Bangalore ult. Not gonna overextend with Vex being on the high ground.
02:48:00 Crazy that Effect lived there. And Vex, who did rotate in from the south after clearing their backs, have made it work so much easier with the proper timing. Now are bullying Alliance. How the turn tables, Vicky. Being able to take high ground on them now when Alliance should have been the squad that was able to cut off Vex at Lava Fisher.
02:48:23 I love to see it. And you aim also, by the way, still alive, still waiting on the high ground by Countdown. They've been in that spot for quite some time, close to Amokarid. Who are still inside, by the way, that little tiny building with the cup that they've been rocking. It makes sense. You have the Crypto and the Watson. You're just going to be sitting pretty in there until that end circle forces you to move. The Sitafons now taking their time to hang out by the Graver that we saw the action go down on this low ground. Trying to get out of sight of some of the squads that are making their rotate, such as the Forge.
02:48:52 mit den Teams mit dem Heik hier, mit der Allianz zu haben. Wir sind Hunger, um zu stave, um mehr Druck zu halten. Und ja, mit der Catalyst-Wall, sie kommen aus der Linie von den Teams, die werden das Rotate machen und spielen unter dem Team, das ist richtig über sie.
02:49:07 This is such a scary spot to play, but somehow LCDF make it work. VQ were not looking over them. They did not get any shots in the back. And with LCDF now sharing space, as you said, with Forge right above, pull to the next zone will still be a challenging one. VQ will have to consider this as well without nearly as many mobility tools. They've got a Bangalore, and that's it. In terms of...
02:49:33 der Rotation der Safer ist. Vielleicht ein Team Wipe mit einem EMP-Wipen. Aber VQ wird nicht die Möglichkeit, um sich zu verabschieden, um andere Teams zu verabschieden. Sie müssen durch andere Teams gehen oder stoppen ihre journey hier.
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02:49:47 Yeah, unlike other squads here, they don't have a catalyst wall to block the line of sight for many of these other teams that are going to be looking at them when they make this rotate. That's actually something that I was wondering for Lucita France. They had to burn through that wall, but now with this next move, they'll still be out in the open for the teams that are on the southern point of countdown. VQ already making their next move, and UAM is trying to do the same with round five closing in right behind them.
02:50:11 A couple seconds left, taking a look at what they've got to use. No nades in the hands of Arty, which makes this all the more difficult. Not able to clear space without having to peek it yourself. But a Catalyst wall in their hands could be the determining factor. Down towards the north side, we've got Forge dropping, as we knew they would, right on top of Le Cid de France. Only one of these teams is coming out of this alive, and that is only going to be temporary. Catalyst wall drops, but fights are kicking off on the other end of the road.
02:50:40 Alliance, U-Aim, VQ are all converging on one space. And you can see the teams remaining, too. All those teams right above U-Aim's head here, too, while they join alongside Vamo Queren. They're gonna be trying to navigate around these boxes. Max Strafing goes down almost immediately after Lesita Phantz come out from their fight. Kashera also knocked, only leaving Kings up as the up-and-alive healthy one.
02:51:02 Lose out now on Senzen. Right there in the distance. That is Lesita Fon. Stay healthy. Get eliminated. You aim. Finally get eliminated. And VQ somehow are still alive. While Yuki is literally one.
02:51:13 Kings war Herald as one of the best controller players in South America. And now with two solos right in front of him, will Kings take the bait? Will he rock forward through this catalyst wall? But no, he'll get shot down from above. Unlucky takes him out. Orglis and Hungry take the extension. They claim the life of a solo. They push themselves up a place and in the best spot in the game, put themselves in an even better position somehow to win it.
02:51:42 Orgelist is no longer nerfed. All the tech running in the way that they want here for this game. They're looking to claim this dub. Being inside this building, knowing very well that there's a team right outside those bunker doors, it is Vex. It is MIH waiting underneath the high ground here as graceful is the rat waiting off that slight lip that MIH has no idea about.
02:52:03 And we did mention this earlier, but MIH weren't running, I believe, Horizons, as if I'm recalling it correctly, which would mean that there is a point in this circle where they're no longer effectively able to third party, where they're relegated to the low ground and a potential heal-off to try and get themselves a victory. Orglis and Hungry have to manage them, but more importantly, they have to manage Vex, which is why they're looking off to the east.
02:52:28 Das Spiel ist zu der höheren Garten. Die Horizon-Fx haben eine in der Arsenaal. Jetzt kommt der R9 mit der Beamage und eine Nuck. So Exo mit der Sante! Gibt's das letzte Schuss, weil zwei der Mitglieder sind. Jetzt müssen die nächste Bewegung mit der Wallen machen. Die Babelons werden die Med-Kit getrennt, aber noch machen die Katalist-Wall, das geht um die Seite.
02:52:56 All the way, covering every possible sightline. Vex have become an even bigger problem for Orglis and Hungry since they rinsed Exo so quickly. Now they just have to focus on Orglis and Hungry in front of them. We did talk about this earlier, but Made in Heaven not running the horizon. Now that it's confirmed, we'll have an even tougher time making it up. And Vex seem to be gatekeeping Orglis and Hungry miraculously. The essential not failing for Babylon's.
02:53:22 Und in dieser vergangenen Spiel mit einem Red Evil, Purple Evil haben die Sente charged auf. Sie rippen sie durch den Rippen, wenn sie das erste Schuss haben. Sie sehen, die Team mit einem Schuss haben. Das ist ein Schuss! Das ist verrückt! Babylons ist verrückt mit dem Schuss! Das ist ein Schuss! Das ist ein Schuss! Das ist ein Schuss! Das ist ein Schuss! Das ist ein Schuss! Das ist ein Schuss! Das ist ein Schuss! Das ist ein Schuss! Das ist ein Schuss! Das ist ein Schuss! Das ist ein Schuss! Das ist ein Schuss! Das ist ein Schuss! Das ist ein Schuss!
02:53:51 Die Straggler ist nicht mehr, als Vex klaims Game 5. Wirklich, wirklich KLEAN win von Vex. Die Art, wie sie das gemacht hat, dominiert Exo in keinen Fall, nach dem Silos, dann auf Orgelis und Hungry, die die No. 1 Threat in der Ring waren, die sie in 2nd Platz haben. Vex nicht mehr gibt jemanden Autonomie in diesem Spiel.
02:54:18 It makes me really happy seeing that because that's just what good Apex Legends looks like. That's managing your threats appropriately. Those senti shots, though? That was crazy off. I mean, close quarters like that, you don't need a sight. He was rocking that iron sight perfectly fine. Had that sentinel charged up for that final fight. And the moment that they saw that they were the only ones that had claimed that high ground, they knew that they were the winners for that game. And they needed it, too.
02:54:43 Yeah, I really appreciated that even after seeing Orglis and Hungry drop down and eliminate a squad, they didn't go, all right, let's pile in there. They waited. They sat up top because they were like, well, the game is coming here. So you are too, if you want to win it. And just shot down, shut down yet another team. Really great win for Vex. And it means that nobody else gets bonus points this game because Rora and Yue both didn't win.
02:55:10 That is very true. And I think Vex was also in 15th, if I recall correctly, before that game. So when I say that they needed it, they definitely needed it, especially in that second to last game on World's Edge before we dive into our final game here for Mia.
02:55:25 And now that we're on World's Edge, we are getting to see a very different playstyle. I want to take a look back at this game because while contests are important, we did see ultimately a lot of teams being whittled down to just one person, avoiding being completely thirsted while at the same time not giving themselves a whole lot of options. And a lot of this happened on rotation because as much as the fight off drop mattered, teams like Made in Heaven were constantly looking for angles and ExoClan from up on high.
02:55:54 Sie müssen die Beneficiaries von der Initial Drop und der Quick Rotation in Countdown nicht verlieren auf die Mitglieder, wie wir LVH sehen, als sie die Late Rotate in versucht haben. In diesem Fall ist es auch schön, für Vex zu kommen. Ein weiteres Schuss auf den Sentinel aus Babylons. Er ist mehr wie ein Schotgun als etwas anderes. Das Sentinel ist ein Close-Range Weapon für Babylons, und ich bin nicht sicher, dass das funktioniert.
02:56:20 Ich würde mich wirklich sehr gefährden. Das hat mich so gut gefühlt. Und Vamokaden haben sie für ihre Leben auf der Rotate. Sie sprechen über die Difficult, wenn es nicht mehr zu arbeiten, wie eine Katwahl. Du hast die Smokest, aber du hast die Katwahl sehr limited, als die Katwahl auf ein paar Sekunden. While Orglis und Hungry clean up was was left below der Feet. Es war ExoClan hier, dass sie die Distraction auswählen, bevor Vex hat kommen in zu clean up was was left of Exo, wenn sie das Rotate gemacht haben.
02:56:47 Oh, ja. Oh, ja. Oh, ja.
02:57:05 Now that we're getting to see perhaps a different weapon take the spotlight, at least for Babylon's, makes it look good. This does mean that, of course, with the win, they walk away with plenty of kills on top of this as well, but Orglis and Hungry were not playing a quiet game by any means.
02:57:22 No, absolutly nicht. Look at the comparison right here between Vex and Orglis. They still were able to accrue 9kp after coming in 2nd. They knew that they were going to be playing for 2nd the moment that they honestly dropped down and gave up that high ground where they didn't take that fight versus Vex. Not knowing if there was a Horizon perhaps on that low ground that could gravity lift themselves to third party the fight that would have been inevitable between these two teams. And then looking at Vex's side, yeah, they put in the damage, but Orglis and Hungry basically rounding it off with a thousand more damage that they put in.
02:57:50 Und sie hat so eine active Position in dieser Ring. Orgelus in Hungry took control of the south hub in...
02:57:58 Und von dort auf, wir machen viele von ihren Threaten. Sie sehen, dass Vex nicht in die Zeit nicht zu empfehlen, sondern es ist ein bisschen mehr Platz zu bekommen. Nobody will fight Orgelus in Hungry Close-Range, weil sie durch die Teams chewed, totale zu 16 Punkte dieses Spiel. Sie sind einfach nur hinter Vex, aber es wird ein guter Spiel für beide Teams. Mane in Heaven-Even kann auch nicht so gut sein, besonders mit der Weise sie verletzt zu spielen, von der outside der Countdown.
02:58:24 Nice, looking right now all the way down, a line sitting in 8th place. I'm currently interested to see what's on that second page here. We see U-Aim also down there. We saw Aurora actually falling pretty early. You can see over in 14th place. So yeah, that back-to-back, unfortunately, scrape up the table here. We have to see if they have enough points overall, if they could get any extra bonus points. But I'm looking all the way down to Phoenix Legacy, a team that had gotten second place in that last game, unfortunately falling into 19th early in this game.
02:58:53 This one is of course a difficult zone for them, because Phoenix Legacy does rely on getting into a good position earlier, a lot like Famoukirer wanted to, and ultimately did during the mid-game. Now they still land themselves, Famoukirer, in the top three, with LVH and U-Aim standing above them, but it is so extraordinarily close, and even Aurora, who have won two games themselves, haven't made it all the way to second. LVH and VQ are just too consistent.
02:59:22 Wow. It's still so close, though, for this top five. Look at this. Even all the way down to Le Cic de France, holding 40 points. They have one pop-off game that we know they're capable of. They'll skyrocket and find themselves within the top two, perhaps. Seeing how Valmukered is going to play into that next circle. I'm expecting it to be a lot slower, but we'll have to see with the teams that know where they're standing, especially the teams on the second half, if they need to play a little bit more aggressively, if they want to get the points that they need to be in the top ten.
02:59:48 Yeah, because like you say, this is the final game that's coming up, and it's where we typically see a lot of the aggression unleashed, where this time we saw picks off on rotations, not a whole lot of teams chasing down to actually finish those kills. Game 6, every single point matters, and we will see chase downs. We will see teams...
03:00:05 hoping that they can come out on the better end of a lot of the risks that they'll ultimately end up taking. I'm also hoping that we get a bit of a different look at the zone because it's been fascinating to see two very different ways to play World's Edge. And I'd like to insert a third into there, especially because rotations are so impactful as we just saw with Phoenix Legacy. We're going to have to see how all that plays out. We got one last game underway for you guys on World's Edge. Don't go anywhere. We got some more Apex Legends action for you.
03:02:09 Welcome back, everyone, to the ALGS Ami Edition here. I'm Vicky Kitty. I'm joined with Dia. And Dia, we've had some crazy action consistency from a lot of teams, whether it be on World's Edge or Storm Point. But now we are down to our final game of the day.
03:02:26 Ich habe gesehen, wie Sie gesagt, viel consistency und das ist der standout für mich. Teams wie VQ, die immer wieder in die Zone, LVH und Made in Heaven, die, nach einer schwierigen start haben, wieder in die Top-Kontender, in die Top-Kontender in die Top-Kontender, in die Top-Kontender, in die Top-Kontender, in die Top-Kontender, in die Top-Kontender, in die Top-Kontender, in die Top-Kontender, in die Top-Kontender.
03:02:49 Wir werden viele Fragen beantworten. Erstens, wer wird mit den ersten Räumen gehen? Aber auch, nach diesem Spiel ist das Ende der ersten Räumen. Wir haben eine viel clearerer Idee von, von einem Statistisch-Standpoint, die besten Teams im EMEA sind. Ja, wenn man sich die Top 5 von den Ständen für B- und C-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A...
03:03:13 U-Aim geht mit 54, LVH mit 46. So, nachdem das Spiel wird, bis Valmokerede mit 43. Es ist unglaublich hart hier für die Top 5. Und es gibt nur noch einen Spiel zu entscheiden, wie diese Teams in ihren eigenen Gruppen sind. Als die Dropship geht, wir werden von Norden nach Süd in diesem Spiel gehen. Das heißt, die Teams mit Climatisern sind wie Aurora.
03:03:42 are going to have a much faster time to rotate than other squads that land south, like, say, Alliance. Alliance, who we have touched on quite a few times today, haven't been having the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day that they had in the first set of games, but this isn't their dream either, and neither is it LVHs, as they escape down onto the low ground, if only briefly, with Aftermath chasing them.
03:04:09 Always Aftermath, going for these 50-50s here. Already trying to take advantage with the Rampage Finding Hanzo. He's gonna try to crawl away here, but Flash having that advantage with the Eva 8, gonna be able to get some extra loot if he can. And it's gonna be the PK in his hands while looking at what is left of the opposing squad inside of that middle building.
03:04:31 It is going to be difficult to siege this. And remember, as well Aftermath should, that there was a third party that came in last time from Made in Heaven. So you will have to approach this silently and quickly in order to get the last two KP. It may in fact be better for Aftermath to move on, given the information they already have. But Defensive Gravity Lift on the inside and Aftermath are showing no signs of giving ground. Taking a look at where the circle is going to be pulling too.
03:05:00 Die 50-50 sind jetzt wieder runter. Wir sehen, Aftermath wird das nicht geben. Das ist einfach für sie.
03:05:11 Ich gehe für die Tactical Crowd, mache ich ein Statement hier, als Aftermath are on in der letzten Spiel. Und, you know, in der letzten Spiel, in der letzten Spiel 5, es war in der besten Weise für sie. So, jetzt, als wir schauen, wo wir das nächste Circle kommen, nachdem sie mit dem Spiel haben, haben die Rink-Console geöffnet zu ihnen. Wir gehen all den Weg nach dem Mittel, so ein bisschen weiterer von der letzten Final-Circle über den Countdown.
03:05:33 I like it. It's not a totally different look. In fact, it's just somewhere in between the two zones. And so a lot of our rotations will be similar to what we saw in Game 1. Take, for example, Phoenix Legacy, who have made their way up from Geyser, but this time are taking an evac tower to lengthen that rotation and make it, I'd imagine, somewhere into Monument. This is a difficult zone to call as it'll likely pull over by, in fact, where Vex is standing right now.
03:06:00 They do want to sit at least in that southern building from Monument. It could allow Phoenix Legacy to call where that next circle is going to be pulled and give them a better rotation point if they want to go for a 50-50 rotation and decide whether they want to rotate up on the train tracks for a later circle or trying to navigate all around to the choke closer to Grandma's house. We'll see that later as we tune into UEM, our number one team right now in this lobby. Seeing as they're going to be able to loot up Landslide and see where that circle is going to be pulling, they have the replicator right there to work with if Exoclan give them any trouble.
03:06:29 UN would really like to stay in control of this lobby, but especially, as we said, zones like this that are going to be a little bit more chaotic, it's difficult to predict. I love the spot that Phoenix Legacy have set themselves up in, though. As we said, chaos will reign, but a spot like this, while it may not look good on paper, when you have a Watson to back you up, can give Phoenix Legacy a lot more autonomy than any other team in their position loot-wise.
03:06:56 And that's why I love that their game plan with this composition is try to get to that position as quickly as you can, especially for this final game, and just sit pretty. Yes, you're denying yourself loot, but you're out of the trouble that the Forge is currently in as they get wiped out in this lobby. So the Forge is infinite, is going to be able to walk away with some of that extra KP.
03:07:15 And they're not going to be moving out from here, too. We can expect this circle to get heavily congested, especially over by Monument, where there's a lot of buildings for teams to coincide in. This also means that Ring consoles are coming at a premium, because as much as you want to get into this zone early, having a little bit of extra data as to whether it pulls Hard Monument, whether we're going a little further towards Landslide and Harvester, is going to make all of the difference. And teams like, say...
03:07:41 ESG, I think, who rotate from the south, Alliance, who rotate from the south, will have a better chance of running into ring consoles on their rotation. Though they may not get a spot in zone, they'll have an informational advantage over the teams that have chosen by loot or just by happenstance to bunker down early.
03:07:59 Yeah, I'm actually really happy that you call that out, too, because whether it be staging or landslide, there may not be a replicator over in staging. There's actually one in landslide like we saw before, but it's with that rotation that allows them to call their next move as we tune into Vex, who are hanging out by the choke that we saw Chaos in for our game number four. But with only no days off making that rotate from Harvester, they could wait here for right now before they may be inevitably pinched in this situation. There is some natural cover that they could work off of, but this could be third-party central for the teams rotating.
03:08:29 from the south side or even the east side. Well, I don't like holding this position because it looks like suffering, as you say, easily besieged for Vex. It's also a zone ending. Zones have ended here before. They end very frequently on the train tracks right above them. And if Vex can hold onto the spot, they'll be in a great position.
03:08:50 They're going to have to deal with other teams, much like Stay Healthy do at the moment. Their move not nearly as successful as they get very quickly taken down by Aftermath. Cold come in right behind that. Aftermath has made short work of a squad, but now the test is can they reset in time? I'm getting a feeling of deja vu right now. The same third party and even with a slight different timing coming in from Cold as they move in.
03:09:14 Looking at Aftermath run away for their lives. Getting out of that vault as the EMP has been unleashed. We know that has to be Phoenix Legacy on the other side. Orglis and Hungry are fighting for this building. They need a space to play. Unfortunately for them, a Conduit ult secures the first floor. Orglis and Hungry can technically share space. It's difficult to push onto a Watson up above them. But there's a world where Orglis and Hungry actually sit next to Phoenix Legacy, who would also love to avoid a fight.
03:09:44 Ich glaube, sie werden einfach nur warten und ich glaube, sie werden das Gebäude mit dem, 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, um, um, um, um, um, um
03:10:11 I am just looking at Orgelus in Hungry and wondering what is going on. They're getting so aggressive and I want to hear it from their perspective. Let's jump into a listen-in with Orgelus in Hungry.
03:10:24 There is a reason this team is ecstatic taking that fight
03:10:53 Should not have been allowed by the teams around them by any means, but Orglis in Hungary get away with stealing one of the best spots in Monument right now, taking out the team right above them, getting 3kp, and in the last game, Vicky, where as we said, points come at a premium. There's very limited opportunity for you to pick those up.
03:11:11 Und das ist das Team in 5th, das ist wichtig zu highlight, weil Phoenix Legacy war in 13th, bevor das Game started hier ist. So Orgas und Hungry, jetzt finden sich 40 points behind Aurora, die 42 points haben, haben sich in eine großartige Bildung zu halten für dieses Final-Circle. Ich liebe hearing the comms of the pop-off. Sie fühlen sich jetzt nachdem, wie du gesagt hast, 3 extra KP und Placement Points aufzunehmen. Jetzt looking also auf die Teams that are taking their time to rotate.
03:11:40 On the other end of the map, Aurora have done a very similar thing, approaching through Epicenter, with both crafting and both beacons. But Aftermath?
03:12:07 They've been the team to watch in this last game, already having taken out two squads. They've got a total of five kills so far, but Aftermath have been taking every single engagement. After some disappointing later games for themselves on Stormpoint, they're still using what this squad was built to do. This squad was built to kill other teams.
03:12:29 With that composition, that's how you have to play, especially with the Horizon. You put yourself in the better spot and you allow the rest of your team to int on another squad if you have nobody else to worry about around you. And they are staring at 202 over on the other side of Fragment. With more of these teams here on the north side of Monument, that's going to be U-Aim looking to also try to rotate from that north side. Ramakadet is taking their time, moving in from the northeast side.
03:12:53 But ESG taking this fight over by this hilltop. They're trying to gatekeep this team, but wrapping around on the other side, you have to imagine, whether it be an EVAC tower or a Valkolt, since we've seen two already in the lobby thus far, you have to worry about how some of these teams want to go for this rotate. They're just taking the walk over in front of ESG. I think that's cold actually making that rotate before they try to get to the east end of that circle. They have to think about 202 and Aftermath that are currently there too.
03:13:19 The High Ground here does matter quite a bit. It's giving Light the opportunity to reset even as Cold start to make quite a bit of damage stick. So much in fact that Cold are starting to move back in, not rotating towards Monument, instead confident that they can take the fight up against ESG. Tyler, the one that's going to have to open things up for the team on Bangalore, does so with a nice bit of early damage. But a Catalyst Wall to block their path means that Cold get to make use of this corridor that they've created in front of them.
03:13:48 und versuchen zu werden von ESG zu kommen.
03:13:51 Tyler is breaking it down, running for his life between the catwall, the spice below him, getting pinged from the other team, and here comes Graceful with the entry frag. Already putting in a lot of pressure. JMW using those temporary shields, though unfortunately gets taken down immediately right afterwards. Graceful getting beamed. Tyler, though, to help clean up what is left is a squad right below them. He's got it. ESG get eliminated. And side by side, well, that was happening. Aftermath, now trying to take advantage of CO2 perhaps that we're trying to take some shots.
03:14:20 Und für beide Teams, Konduit zu Radiant Transfer, bevor es geht, ändert alles. Aftermath werden third-partiert danach. Das ist wahrscheinlich going down, als sie von 2.0-2 runnen. Aber Radiant Transfer, weiter nach Catalyst wird knocked.
03:14:41 Changes the fight for Cold, makes them able to stay in the fight for just a little bit longer. And for 202, now that they've been able to take over the buildings in Monument, it's likely that we see these two squads clash next, Cold and 202.
03:14:55 This works out with Aurora being right in front of them, looking at Orglis in Hungary. They'll hear that fight go down once that next circle starts closing in the next less than 20 seconds. Aurora with the ping, they know. They are right there ahead in the distance. 202 maybe be looking to cross through that zip here, but they will not be able to get the chance. The fight inside the tunnel by Lion's Light is going down here. It's Exo versus GoNex with Dex keeping them in their sights from right behind who have not moved from that non-name POI.
03:15:24 Das ist gut. Bambino nimmt ein schnelles Reset. Tsakashi, um es zu versuchen, es zu versuchen, es zu versuchen. G7-Hipfire sollte die Arbeit machen. Aber die Bewegung auf der anderen Seite ist einfach nicht gut. Young Hong Kong geht auf, mit Bambino zu fallen, als auch. Du musst dir vorstellen, dass Vex ist einfach aufs-screen, wunderschön für ihre Chance zu third-party. Mexi geht es in, versucht zu versuchen, diese Kill zu versuchen. Das ist so, Exo-Klan ist auf.
03:15:54 Und Vex, DO NOT PUSH THIS EVEN AFTER THE EXTENDED FIGHT!
03:15:59 They're just taking shots from a distance. It sounds like a wingman that they were able to acquire here without trying to overextend. Because the moment they do move from that spot, easily another team could just take that from them. I know Cold was rotating in that area. So probably also looking at Vex while Aurora on top of the train tracks looking directly at Cold. Now moving all the way back, trying to get into a better spot for this next circle rotate. Now that they have that information, they also get the scan over by the care pack that has the prowler calling out any team that may have that weapon once they approach.
03:16:29 from that direction.
03:16:30 It's a smart play from Aurora to retreat back down into the low ground, because from here, they are gods of Monument. If they push up to Cold, they are no longer that. They are just mortals going up against Cold on even or lower ground. If Aurora can just push Cold away into Vex, Aurora can kill teams like No Days Off, 202, even try their luck against Orglis and Hungry. So I like that they've moved back down, because everybody's setting themselves up for the next zone, the ring to come.
03:16:59 Because so many of our teams will have to leave Monument at this point. It's going to be a bloodbath. There is about five teams that are going to be rotating from this side of the circle. And they have less than 30 seconds to make those move. 13 squads left and U-Aim is stuck in the thick of it. They're looking at Lucita Fonts. Made in Heaven is inside the building of Monument.
03:17:21 Infinity is inside, Infinite rather, is inside the southern building from Monument. So while they get to take a look at the teams that are gonna fight their way into the edge of the circle, they have to also watch their backs like Vamos Querer and Orgless in Hungary.
03:17:34 You aim just a few seconds left. It looks like they're aiming to get onto the high ground to the western side of Monument. Currently, as you say, gatekept by LCDF. Alliance lies in front of both of these teams, playing in the open territory. Alliance...
03:17:53 mit einem Matchwin, könnte die Geschichte ändern für heute. MaxStrafe nimmt ein wenig damage, aber U-Aim hat die Sicherheit gegeben, um die Wallen zu verabschieden, um sie zu verabschieden, sehr nahe der Rest von Monument zu verabschieden. Man geht's, MaxStrafe ist aus, und man kann nicht Recover-Max an dieser Stelle. Der Ring just hurts zu viel.
03:18:13 Ja, du musst du jetzt aufhören. Sonja kämpft für sie, sie ist live. Mäden in Heaven ist in Chantal Lucifant. Infinite ist da. Das war das Fight by the Edge of the Circle, das ich wundervollte. Und guckst du, von der Advantage Point? Es wird Valokered, die auch unter den Train Tracks sind. You Aim, aber Sonja ist still alive. Sie ist in der nächsten Circle.
03:18:34 Turning around just barely to watch LCDF, Psykop and Izzaden moving up behind them and some nice shots from the high ground on Akainer will take them down. Izzaden commits onto the low ground, LCDF want to run the north side of this zone, but Catalyst Wall does cut them off. Go next, Dewfall and their exit from Landslide and on the south side of the zone where Vex previously held, we've got another fight for the top. LCDF continue pushing in on low ground.
03:19:04 Das ist nur Izzetan, zu erzielen.
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03:19:43 Es ist Lissipte Franz, die so viel Platz haben in der Norden Circle.
03:20:07 And metaphorical hill to climb. LCDF have the biggest attention off of Allianz. As much as they're trying to look down at Aurora, Allianz know that Lesitas de France are likely the largest threat to their game win. It's the fact that when the world needed Allianz the most, they've come and they've conquered, holding on to the high ground. They have the positional advantage here, and it's like you mentioned, Aurora being that threat over on the other side, as well as Lesita de France.
03:20:35 Looking to try to fight their way from that north side, though. Aurora's the one that's on that low grab, but they do have some natural cover to work with in this next circle.
03:20:44 Es ist so klein, aber mit dem Platz zwischen dem und Allianz ist es natürlich für Allianz zu focussen. L-CDF könnte eigentlich in 3rd-Party in Engagement. An Engagement hat Aurora nicht wollen, aber die Allianz muss einfach machen. L-CDF wird es nehmen. L-CDF wird es nehmen. Well, Oirein just versucht, Allianz zu halten. Good Beams durch die Smoke. Aber ist es genug? Sie gehen auf die Push. Aurora nicht wollen, das Lying down. Und Oirein jumps auf die Gravity Lift.
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03:21:47 Aurora mit allen drei Mitgliedern zurück, aber noch auf der Low-Ground wollen ihre 3rd win, Allianz desperately wollen ihre 1st! Die Team, die alle gesagt haben, Näh zu, in Jahr 4, werden sie noch nicht mehr able zu nehmen. Aber Aurora, was werden sie mit der Low-Ground Position machen? Hardecki ist so split. Implez und Oi-Rein sind so sehr hoch. Die 3-Tiners hier sind hier, um einen Weg zu finden, um die Robben zu nehmen, um die Räupte zu nehmen, während der 9. Implez holds einen Seite mit den Digi.
03:22:16 Destroying the Piercing Spikes at the same time, while Alliance are going to have to move from that Pride Rock in front of them. Aurora wants to claim the crown, but Alliance need to keep it in their hands. The kings of EMEA from last split may still retake it. Impulse Annoy Rainer down. It's just Hardeki, and Hardeki can't do it alone. Alliance do reclaim the crown, and just at the end of the first round, Robin.
03:22:43 It was just enough damage at the very end. Haki's in effect finishing off with 4 KP each, leaving them at 9 KP with Yuki being that finisher here. Alliance needed that win. They get the dub and they get the KP necessary to stay in the conversation. That is a great way to end the day. Watching Alliance reclaim even if it is just by one game.
03:23:09 Should be enough not just for them, but for their fans that have been sitting silently holding their breath for the past three days of play.
03:23:18 It's just the fact that they were now able to sit close to the top five, probably six after their last previous game, that was something that they needed. And it's perfect because we were able to open up the pre-show, hearing Hockey's thoughts on how Alliance is going to move forward after having a pretty lackluster first day. And here they are, a little quiet at the start, but right when you needed it on World's Edge, they get the dub in a very intense situation, too, after World tried to go for a reset.
03:23:44 Let's take a look back at this game as well, because Alliance were not the focus. They were not the team that was in the middle of everything, taking every fight. So many of our other squads, as you and I have postulated, Vicky, chose instead to make this the game where they would commit to everything. We had so many engagements taking place way outside of the ring, and for Oracleis and Hungry, who were gutsy enough to do it, even inside the ring.
03:24:10 Actually, it's an alliance here. We saw that made the rotate over to Harvester. There was a ring console there and a replicator. So once he took that fight, they also felt confidence when they were able to make that rotate away from Harvester into this spot that you saw Colden trying to take more of these fights. It was a lot of these congestion points where we saw GoNex also try to take this fight. The catwalk going up, Vex sitting on the other side of that tunnel entrance. Well, even though this fight did last a little bit long, this was a tough rotation point for the teams. They were forced to leave out of that west side of the
03:24:40 I like predicting Monument in theory, because if it goes there, at least you've got a building. And it's a lot easier of a spot to hold than what teams like Vexed and Go Next were trying to do. But man, did we see how...
03:24:55 So much it can pay off to sit on the outside of the rain, a slightly riskier position for teams like Alliance, who were not holding any real space. Through Harvester, they jump straight into the outside of Monument, where there is no cover outside the national cover that you talked about with these rocks. Aurora played a very similar game, moving their way up along the ridgeline, contesting against Cold, moving down to cleanup squads from Monument. They tried their darndest, but...
03:25:25 They did not achieve the three wins on the day. Alliance sweep that away with a nine kill, 21 point finish in first place.
03:25:33 I love that that was shut down for each of the teams that I got in two wins today as well. You aim Aurora even to the very end. Alliance finishing first with 9 KP is what you like to see. Even all the way down with Aurora finishing with 3 KP, playing a little bit safe more by the edge as they usually do. But let's see, their fonts were out here fragging Dia. Even to the very end, the way that they were snapping for the teams that were leaving out of Monument, they still were able to stay alive and try to secure the KP that they could before trying to push them to a lot.
03:26:03 Es ist eine große Herausforderung. Es ist eine große Herausforderung. Es ist eine große Herausforderung. Es ist eine große Herausforderung.
03:26:27 Now, taking a look at what we had here in Star, I can't wait to see what the series results are. And there you go. U-Aim stays on top. Wow. But so close. Look at the slight gap between you and Aurora, holding on to 54 points. Masita Fons with 52. Even all the way down to LVH, Alliance. I mean, it was always very close. But this top 10 in general, going down to even Vex, is just insane to see how close in skill this entire lobby was to one another.
03:26:57 LCDF, doch wirklich mein Team zu watch, heute. Oder eher, ich glaube nicht, weil sie so viel stärker sind. Sie nehmen so viele Teams in wunderschöne Positionen, und für einen weirden Moment, sie sind immer wieder aufhörter.
03:27:14 Also want to highlight Phoenix Legacy, of course, also placing in 15th. We were talking a little bit about them yesterday, but unfortunately went down very early in that final game. A lot of action to break down, and what better person to join us than Rain Day? Talk a little bit about your thoughts after we just concluded our sixth and final game for the day. Well, it was a great Game 5 and Game 6. You kind of set the tone, Vicky, with this is what teams now are working with. They know what they need to do to win, and it ended up being in Game 6.
03:27:43 Ich meine, wenn Orglas & Hungry hat die Pace up, dass wir sie haben, haben sie in Monument, sie könnten noch 15 Punkte haben. Da waren noch 10 Teams live und das ist ein tonne Placement Points plus ein tonne Kills. Das ist ein guter Finish für sie. Die Teams, die immer auf der top der Liste waren heute. Es war Vamo Carrera, die sich in 2nd place, aber wirklich 2nd place in den Leaderboards war Aurora.
03:28:09 ...and you aim. I mean, it started off with Game 4 as we walked back through that final circle where there were a ton of other teams who had...
03:28:17 Wir sehen uns hier auf diesem Slope, und in Geyser auch, Phoenix Legacy, der sich involviert. Aber wer würde sich auf? Es wäre Aurora, zu kind of playen Spoiler für das. Aber es gab es nicht so gute Moments von Alpha Draft, Sabs, Kairi. Wir sehen uns das Potenzial das Squad hat. Hat sie ein bisschen überaggressiv, ein bisschen excited?
03:28:41 Das ist etwas, was wir haben zu sehen. Sie sehen, dass wir vielleicht in VODs stehen können. Aber Sie sehen die Zone, die sie in. Wo können Sie gehen? Sie können Sie auf der anderen Seite gehen. Aber ich denke, die Positionierung, die Kills, die sie bereits involviert sind, ist das eine sehr straightforward-Fight. Sie versuchen, dass es hier einfach nur anstrengend werden. Es gibt drei Leute, die nicht nur an dich. Zapps auf der 30-30. Sie enden auf den 30-30. Und Hardecki, mit der Arcstar, kommt in Late, als auch die Rest von Aurora. Und sie cleanet das.
03:29:10 Und als wir das, wirklich, Vickie, ich will es in dir. Und dann Diya, Game 5, das war das Pivotal-Swing. Teams könnten das aber natürlich nur ein paar Teams stecken in großen Momenten.
03:29:22 I mean, in moments where you got the Senti charged up, hitting your face, destroying your heavy stack Evo. It's scary. Babylon's popped off with the Iron Sights on the Senti, amped up. Every single time we tuned into Babylon's, he was destroying shield after shield after shield. I feel like it was a highlight clip of just his Senti shots alone for this end circle. But it was also the pressure that they put down on the team that was in the inside. They saw that they were gonna get pushed on by Vex and decided to play for Senti.
03:29:52 Ja, das war...
03:30:10 As you say, just a real game of pressure and option limiting. Vex did that really well, and Orglis and Hungry weren't just able to Catalyst wall their way out of it, as so many teams have done in Final Circles. In our last moments of the sixth game, though, the 3v3 was one that Aurora were going into disadvantage, and yet I want to applaud the way they played it. Very few times did they actually full heal. I mean, teams...
03:30:37 Ich will nicht sagen, dass Aurora noch nicht mehr zu sein kann. Sie sagen, okay, ich bin voll HP, jetzt bin ich zurückgegangen. Das war nicht passiert. Oirein und Impulse sind das, mit der meisten der Health collectively missing, als Hardecki endlich zu re-join in der Kampf. Aurora navigiert die Lowgrounds zu dem Punkt, dass das etwas closer ist, als es eine recht zu sein war. Und als ich applaud Alliance für ihre Wins, ich will nicht sagen, dass Aurora noch nicht aus dem Fall ist. Die Assassins könnten noch kommen zurück und die King.
03:31:06 Und eine Sache ist, dass die Katalist-Wall haben in diesen Fights und die Bloodhound auf der anderen Seite ist, aber nicht auf die Bühne zu verändern, die in eine Art von der Bühne zu verändern, die in eine Art von der Bühne zu verändern.
03:31:26 Das war's für heute. Und es war eine Sache, dass sie einfach zu sitzen und gewinnen und gewinnen. Es war nicht einfach etwas zu tun, aber das war natürlich auch gegen Allianz. Es ist nicht einfach so easy zu kämpfen.