ALGS Year 4 Pro League ! Match Day 9 ! EMEA ! Groups B & C ! Apex Legends
Apex Legends: EMEA Pro League – Entscheidungsspiele um Regional Finals Plätze
In der EMEA Pro League stehen die finalen Matches an. Teams an der 'Bubble' wie Cold und 202 müssen punkten, um sich zu qualifizieren oder den Abstieg zu verhindern. The Forge verbesserte sich stark, während Passion UA Aurora schlagen konnte. Strategische Zonenbeobachtung und Anpassung sind entscheidend für den Erfolg.
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EMEA Pro League Match Day 9: Teams im Fokus und Strategien
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00:05:53 für diese Teams zu bekommen, und die Hoffnung von Lan aufzunehmen. Wir sehen uns nicht nur, wer wir sehen, in der Region Finals, aber auch, welche Teams solidify ihre Spots in Split One Playoffs. Es wird ein tolles Tag heute, und ich bin so froh, dass es. Ich bin Glitter Explosion, und natürlich, wir haben die Dynamik-Duo, in Tiff und Zephyr.
00:06:22 We have no idea how we've gotten here already. Like you said, APAC North knows who's going to land. APAC South finished up this morning. But it's time to find out who's going to be locking their ticket into the regional finals next week for EMEA. And honestly, I'm curious at this point, Glitter's effort, are we going to see another Aurora win? Can they do it? Oh, you're putting it out there. We'll have to see what happens. That would be an insane run on behalf of Aurora.
00:06:51 Lots of teams on the bubble. Are you ready to keep your eyes on that fight? It always makes it interesting when we get into the last day or the last six matches specifically where those teams start to feel the pressure because for their own bubbles, they may potentially pop.
00:07:08 Oh, we're starting early. We're starting early with the dad jokes, the puns. All right, you know, we're going to, we're going to let it happen. Now, before we start diving into all of our actions today, first, we have to get a lay of the land so that everybody at home, you know exactly where all of our teams currently stand. And we mentioned them. We are Tipsy, the name Aurora, currently the only team that...
00:07:30 Ich würde ihn an über 99.5% safety rating in my book, so I'm gonna go ahead with Aurora in 07, pretty much locked in, but for the rest of our teams...
00:07:49 Everyone really has to play to their fullest potential because there are so many teams in that threshold outside that top eight, which we're looking for eight teams from EMEA to lock in for LAN. But at the end of the day, the story goes, the top 20 get to play once again next week. Yeah, and that's a really good point. Obviously, we'll be keeping our eyes on that top 20 bubble, but there's a second bubble that we're also looking at here, Zephyr.
00:08:14 Die Teams versuchen zu vermeiden, und Sie sehen hier unten, die erste Team confirmiert sind Pest Control, also könnte ein bisschen eine Nusanzierung hier sein. Ich würde sagen, das ist eine der wenigen Teams, die eigentlich confirmiert und spielt in heute's match, so wir werden sehen, wo sie sich stellen. Aber mit dem, Teams wie Mind, 40% Worse, Red Dragon, diese sind die ...
00:08:35 Don't get another shot. Their final match day was yesterday. So for them, they have to sit on the sidelines and let fate be decided by those such as 202, Stay Healthy, Vexed, Cold and Infinite as well, who have the opportunity to switch things up. Yeah, lots of storylines that we'll be keeping our eyes on here today. Lots of action that we have to pay attention to. But to close out our final match day of the day, it will be Groups B.
00:09:03 And like we were mentioning when we were looking at those standings, pretty much everybody except Aurora and 07 really need to have a strong performance here today. We've got multiple teams on the bubble like Cold, Stay Healthy, 202. And that bubble is a dangerous spot to be because they can either make it to Regional Finals, not make it to Regional Finals, but still stay in Pro League or get relegated completely, entirely based off of their performance.
00:09:32 So talk to me about them here.
00:10:00 Ja, und ich liebe das, dass du das sagst, weil viele Leute heute nicht kennenlernen sollen mit Omitt haben. Omitt hat ESG in Februar gewonnen und die Re-Name kam gerade. So die Röster von Blast, Lufka und Light...
00:10:13 You know, they've been really putting in work. Yesterday's performance was one of their best, so could that have been that rename buff? I spoke to Rafi earlier yesterday, and he was like, look, you know how Omid does. It's kind of the Omid effect at this point, and so maybe they can take a little bit of that consistency and pull it forward, because they're currently sitting in 16th overall, 22 points outside the top eight, and they do get to play yet again today, but also in the regional finals, if they can stay consistent enough to keep in that top 20.
00:10:43 But throughout the entirety of Split 1, it has been such a journey. Starting with that Zeus Station contest against the full English, but here we go, doubling back down on their performance yesterday. You can see they had three top five finishes, with that match five game really being the threshold that kept them in the top three for yesterday's performance, that second with ten eliminations. My only thing is, can we keep that consistency moving forward today? Because they do have that long journey to get to LAN.
00:11:12 So Zephyr, I know we talked a lot about Omid, but you're one of my favorite people when it comes to EMEA, and I'm really curious who you've got your eye on. I think the Forge is someone that not only me, myself, and I have had my eye on, but of course everyone else as well. A star-studded roster from previously the roster mania truly mixing things up between Horizon Union and Element 6, combining Fanex and J Savage alongside Slayers. So as a result, many people and their expectations...
00:11:41 Wir haben sie vielleicht auf den Topf gemacht. Aber die Wahrheit ist, die Leute waren gerade aus der Mitte. Ich meine, ihre Punkte, WACK! ihre Placement, WACK! ihre Kills, WACK! Jetzt sind sie tight als hell!
00:11:58 We come out of that Match 5, 6, and 8. 2nd, 6th, and 5th, respectively, for their placement. This roster has gone from 30th to now in the middle of the pack for a qualifying spot for potentially those regional finals and maybe even a spot at our playoffs. Yeah, the Forge are definitely a really good shout there, Zephyr, especially when you do take into consideration just how much they were able to improve their performance throughout the split so far. But we were actually...
00:12:26 Hi, everyone. Phoenix here from Team The Forge. And my teammates are Slayers, J7SW, and our coach, Bowsie.
Team The Forge: Anpassung und Selbstvertrauen als Schlüssel zum Erfolg
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00:12:46 So, als Team, wir waren in der Saison sehr confident, aber wir komplett misinterpreted, wie das Lobby war. Wir hatten keine Angst, wir hatten keine Angst, wir hatten keine Angst, wir hatten keine Angst. Und weil das war, wir hatten die erste Runde, wir waren in der 30e Runde, wir konnten nicht mehr aufhören. So wir hatten die Veränderung komplett. Wir adaptierten auf verschiedene Räume, wir haben sicher, dass alle in die richtige Räume sind, dass sie sich in die richtige Räume fühlen. Und wir haben gesagt, wir sind einfach zu Angst, wir sind nicht genug genug.
00:13:12 We need to get this confidence. We are better than these teams. So that's exactly what we did. We started playing with confidence. We played appropriate roles. And immediately our fights started getting better. Our places started getting better. And we could see the difference. And we were like, yeah, we just completely started the season wrong. And found the right way to do it now.
00:13:28 Well, now that we have bounced back and we are in a position where we can make regional finals and maybe land potentially, we are really preparing with everything we get or can do really for this double header. We got a back-to-back, 30 different teams, two different lobbies. It's going to be a complete mess. We have to really focus and narrow down all of the mistakes we've made in the previous weeks and make sure we don't do them again so we can actually perform and we just have to give it our all.
00:13:53 Well, they definitely have figured their stuff out here today. We'll have to see what they can bring to the table for the last match day. It's always great to hear from Phoenix, but for me, we've got one more team to talk about. I want to mention Passion UA as my team to watch here today. Now, for me, there's six overall, but that's not necessarily indicative of just how...
00:14:13 Und das war sehr beeindruckt!
00:14:39 It was a really, really slay-heavy lobby. So the fact that they were able to kind of maintain their composure in that situation while also keeping themselves at the top is a reason that I want to be keeping my eyes on them here today. Also need to point out that Passion UA were the team that won the only match day so far that Aurora did not win. So they've also proven that they have the ability to be at the top with the best in the region. But we also got a chance to catch up with a map.
00:15:08 Strafe earlier on to see how the team has been feeling about their performance in the season so far.
Passion UA: Entschlossenheit und Teamgeist auf dem Weg zur LAN
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00:15:20 Hallo, alle. Mein Name ist Maxim Stadniuk. Ich bin unter dem Namen Max Strayf. Ich bin der Organisation Passion.ua und ich bin mit Arteco und Sanja. Wir haben auch Stand-in Ron, der heute Geburtstag ist. Und alle in der Chat, ihm lieben, ihm lieben, ihm lieben, ihm lieben. Sie wünschen den besten für seine Leben. Hallo, alle.
00:15:50 Ja, definitiv. Wir haben etwa 1 extra day zu spielen, aus etwa 8 Teams vor uns. Weil wir fünf Tage spielen, wir spielen nur vier. Also haben wir den vollen Wochenende, um in der Top-Position auf Pro-League zu erreichen. Und ich bin wirklich überzeugt. Ich bin ziemlich sicher, dass wir es erreichen können. Wir sind auch in Scrim, aber es geht nicht darum, weil jeder auf Tourne und Scrim spielt unterschiedlich. Wir machen es.
00:16:19 Ich muss sagen, dass es das, was wir für eine Rallye waren, weil wir eine Team mit drei Ukrainer haben, um eine Chance zu qualifizieren und zur LAN zu gehen, um die Ukrainer und die Ukraine auf die Tourne zu representieren. Wir sind sehr schnell, wir sind auf der gleichen Seite, wir haben die gleichen Ziele.
00:16:40 Ja, es ist wirklich schön, dass sie uns aufgenommen haben. Und wir versuchen unser Bestes, um diese Organisation zu representieren. Ich hoffe, dass wir gut sind und sie sind glücklich. Das ist alles.
00:16:54 Pickup has definitely been going well from Max Drafenco there on behalf of Passion UA. So excited to see what they bring to the table here today in our last match day. Now we've got a little bit of time before we get into our first match. So we talked about this before the show started and I want to get your guys thoughts on this. There is a possibility for some of our teams that are playing today, whether they are towards the bottom and maybe can't make their way into regional finals or teams that are right on the bubble that might have.
00:17:20 to do something crazy here to get some desperate points on the board and keep their hopes alive. Do you think we'll see that in EMEA the same way that we did in some of the other regions like you had mentioned, Tiff? I want to see something crazy. Look, I do. But I think the time for the craziness would be in the regional finals. I think today we just need to lock it in and focus on the teams to focus on essentially their game plan, right? Just do what you know best.
00:17:46 Take your early rotations, level up that Evo Shields. Hopefully we don't have any crazy wild zone pulls, which we've been seeing a lot of recently. And that typically happens in APAC North, where you'll be reading a zone and next thing you know, you think you're going checkpoint and it completely pulls out to the choke. You've got like a million people. What was the one zone Zephyr? Do you know what I'm talking about? Where it pulled down to Seto, where everyone was inside a checkpoint yesterday? Oh, in North America? Yes, absolutely. I know that one. That's what I'm saying. Those are the kind of zone pulls we're seeing here.
00:18:15 Trying to play around that and avoid those missteps, it's really tough at that point in time. So I would love to see teams, if they have the capability, to go ahead and play for that Ring 3 information. If that doesn't match your playstyle, I completely understand. But we'll get a good look at what those zone layouts look like for EMEA in particular. And I know we've got some points specifically around that glitter because you were like, look, the outside of the maps, it's looking real nice. Yeah, sorry. And we were talking about that.
00:18:44 Sorry. Right, Zephyr? We were talking about the fact that sometimes the teams that don't necessarily end up with the zone pulls in their favor, it actually works out for them because it gives them an opportunity to get those evils leveled up, and that's proven to be really, really important in this new Season 20 meta.
00:18:58 We're going to talk about it at some point. If I can get my hands on like a little asset frame and they let me kind of do some MS Paint work in the back, I will bring forth the numbers that matter here. Oh no. But there are some proofs in the pudding, I promise you. The timings are starting to work out opposite of what we typically think. The longer you are taking on some of these rotations and...
00:19:22 The more likely you are to place and finish higher. And trust me, I'll prove it eventually. But at least for now, when it comes to your point, Lauren, whether it be a wayward zone or potentially a bad start, that's not the end of the world. Especially given the fact that we're looking at the majority of our teams between 13th and 27th today. I mean, it's going to come down to the line there.
00:19:49 Which is why today is going to be so exciting. So everybody at home, I hope you are settled in and ready to see how EMEA is going to play out today because it's going to be really exciting. We didn't even get a chance to talk about contests or how those things could potentially affect how these games will play out as well. But I will leave that to the two of you because match number one is almost ready to go, which means Tiff and Zephyr, it is time to kick off our last match day in EMEA.
EMEA Pro League: Letzter Spieltag vor den Regional Finals – Strategien und Erwartungen
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00:20:14 I can't even believe you're saying that. Look, the last match day before regional finals, Zephyr, who would have thought? It's been the craziest, what, like two-month journey throughout these nine days, and the time is now. Can Aurora take another one? Who will be able to unseat them? I love that Glitter had mentioned earlier that Passion UA was the only team to be able to evict Aurora out of that top spot, and quite frankly, it was by two points.
00:20:39 And the crazy thing is we go into yesterday and 2R1C was literally tied alongside them. So I'm not preying upon any downfalls, but if there's a chance to do it, match six or today is starting to look particularly good.
00:20:52 It definitely is. And here's the map rotations for the day. We will be kicking things off on that ever familiar World's Edge for the first three maps before we jump on over to Stormpoint. Now, we kind of alluded to this early on what those circles were looking like. So let's look through historically for EMEA only on World's Edge. And now, quite frankly, those monument zones that always pull to the mountainsides out towards the west. Those are some of my favorite, most difficult zones that we've.
00:21:21 Oh, absolutley. Und ehrlich gesagt, die meisten meiner Least-Favorite sind Skyhook. Und wir sehen uns noch ein paar davon haben. Aber wir sehen uns noch nicht, dass Siphon und Climatizer sind in need of action. Aber das ist das Wahnsinn, was die beiden POIs, und was ich heute möchte, ist, dass das ist, dass wir sowohl Aurora und Na'vi starten hier sind, unsere zwei sehr guter Rosters.
00:21:49 Love those good shouts, for sure. We had that one lone Climatizer Zone up to the far north. But for our contest today that we will potentially be seeing, we're going to look down towards the Tree. 202 just cannot get Tree to themselves. Contested all weekend throughout. And over at Overlook, we got Aftermath taking on Vex. But go next. You know, they're getting Lava Fissure, Mirage a Trois. Priority to any of those zones that decide to pull. Maybe Thermal we could see.
00:22:18 Alliance still reigning supreme on Thermal. I don't think they'll ever give that one up. I don't know, but ultimately today's a day where it needs to come out in a way that promotes them to the best of their abilities. They're not going anywhere. They're not dropping out of our top 20 anytime soon, but ultimately for a roster that is oh so close to breaking through the top eight, the points today could hold more weight than Alliance knows going into regional finals.
00:22:44 Oh, speaking of not going anywhere, y'all better get locked in because we're in character select at this point. It's going to be all the bloods, all the bangs. I'd imagine a ton of caustics as well, but with advantage on the line for pest control, I do enjoy.
00:23:00 Das ist auch ein paar Watsons in der Fray und die Krypto-Gameplay. Ever seit dem EMP-Perk, wo du maximise den EMP-Perk hast, Leute haben das einfach überall gemacht und fangen, die sind so smart. Aber zu gehen, auf der Welt's Edge, die Blimp in der Distanz mit der Notorious Horizons face auf. Shoutout Elle, ich sehe ihr da. Sie hat viele Apex zu spielen, und es ist eine Freude zu sehen. Aber für heute, wir machen unsere Sights zu den ever-familier. Match 1, Day 9.
00:23:30 Oh, chills in the air, but the game has started, and notably, it's with a surprise out here in Overlook. LVH potentially in the midst of action already right off the bat. And this has been one of those contests that they have been scrimming in, they have been practicing, and I don't know if anyone caught the clip of the longest chase I've ever seen at the hands of someone trying to finish this off. Are we getting another look at it, but this side from Aftermath's POV?
00:23:58 Well, they've got to come true quite quickly here. Bavis taken low and forced, now due in separation from both Kurev and Stalzy. This could be something that comes back to bite this roster as they look to re-approach. But ultimately, looks like LVH have taken much of a deeper escape here.
00:24:15 This does happen, but I usually see LVH evict themselves out to the houses more towards the north of Overlook instead of pushing towards Tunnel and No Name. So I do think this is smart for them to amicably part here because we were talking earlier about what that contesting can do to your entire split. We need to see you actually play that out. And for 202, they took control of Tree and essentially evicted the pests.
00:24:44 They've come through, fumigated the area, and now they're laying stake and claim to the houses themselves and investing in some now cleaner and good real estate here to get themselves looted up. And of course, those Evo cash as well. That should set 202 on their best foot forward. We'll have to tune in with them later. It's definitely one of those rosters that we're keeping our eyes peeled on coming through from preseason qualifiers. Now potentially going to be back down to defending themselves here in a few weeks.
00:25:09 Oh, this is going to be interesting. We get a good look of where our first circle of the day is going to be pulling. And now that we've seen that overlook contest kind of wave the white flag, this makes sense, right? However...
00:25:21 Aftermath is going to have one of the shortest rotations and the least amount of space to go ahead and get those Evo shields leveled up and will likely only be able to walk in with blue. But for teams that are looking to have maybe those map scans via the survey beacons or any ring consoles for that information, you can see Staging had that ring console. We have Passion UA kind of moving out towards Harvester, already setting their sights on. They can hit that second ring console there for a third. But we were talking about those monument zones.
00:25:50 Und ich bin gespannt, für das Choke von Geyser, Zephyr. Das ist was ich mit. Absolutely. Hier ist TSM Phoenix auf der Hold. Currently, das könnte ein guter Platz sein zu spielen für Height in der Late Game. Der Choke alongside dem, als auch, kommt aus Lava Siphon, kann nur so gut hier. Wir manchmal sehen, dass das Zone auf die Blüte sind.
00:26:14 Things to note here for the future. We saw a triple scan available for our teams out in the Southeast. So most rosters, including Navi coming up here, will have all the information regarding what we know ourselves, this finish right here. The question though remains, can they defend it or even for Navi's sake, do they move forward? I mean, if you've got a turbocharged Diva with a 48 gold bag in there, you can defend a lot with Tyler. It's kind of similar to the effect when you hand...
00:26:43 kind of a wingman. A lot of things are going to happen there for Navi. I'm going to be keeping my eyes on them. But for Stay Healthy with that second zone information, kind of deciding on where they want to approach it, we do have the Beast of the Hunt available should they run into any squads nearby. But some of these fights, as a lot of teams hit that early rotation, the moment you start engaging, there's a very good possibility of maybe a third or fourth party. So people that are looking to get those early KPs and bolster their score overall in the day, I mean, look.
00:27:12 Anything can happen at this point. I'm really curious about teams like Cold and Portugal as they come out from regions like the Dome or Stax, how they're going to fight their way into this zone. We see LVH who were pressured off of their position out in Overlook now just starting.
00:27:29 Yeah, I just am not a fan of that spot early on. And similarly enough, we got Passion UA kind of making their way in. And with so much open space, this is not going to be...
00:27:55 Das ist wirklich das großartig. Aber mit so vielen Leuten auf Bangalore, ihr habt die Konsistenz Smokes, ihr habt die Rolling Thunders, ihr habt die Beweary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary-Weary
00:28:24 And they've got time. Ultimately, at the end of the day, set up in a building like this for a zone like this should give them the opportunity to pick for Purple. But it could come quite a bit earlier here. Now chasing down below the train line. They don't got quite the coverage they need. And as a result...
00:28:40 Lippen wird sofort das Rollen Thunder geben, um ein bisschen Respite zu geben. Aber sie müssen sich auf alle Sides zu machen. Oh, das ist eine Sache, ich habe gelernt. Manchmal ist es ein Bloodhound, das wird einfach durch die Rollen Thunder gehen, und sich für die Angles, die sie zu gehen. Jetzt mit zwei Mitgliedern von LVH-DOWN, es ist Vyfe, die für das Last Stand-Hope zu gehen. Er ist die Black Hole, Nade-Spamming zu der besten der Abilität. Und wir haben die Choke,
00:29:09 Guys, our Navi goes down elsewhere.
00:29:12 Navi, notably picked up in part, but mostly by TSM Phoenix and Vexed in their turntail obsession with LVH, are finally picked apart from behind, that being Infinite on the rotation. But it comes at the cost of so many teams there, LVH being the only one to just work their way out. And notably, we asked if this was going to be a crazy match day. We're sitting at 16 squads remaining on a round one. Clues, we have accelerated here. And for Aurora, they don't seem to be slowing down.
00:29:41 No, you say accelerating. They're going to take out ExoClan, but we've got to be very weary, right? They're coming down from climatizing. They finally make their way to Monument. But other teams that have that northward presence is going to be LCDF that come down from Skyhook. The question is, where have they gone? No, we see them in the distance, just about 280 meters back. They're still working their way down. So that is going to be a real threat to Aurora, depending on where they want to clean out on that side of Edge. But with that zone kind of bouncing back, Zephyr, do you know what I'm thinking?
00:30:11 I personally don't. You should. You should. But I assume you're talking about the final positions here. The final positions and where we're going to be taking that. If it pulls back towards that mountainside, which I have personally seen a lot more of, be really curious because that's not going to be fun to take earlier. And I do know Omit Blast potentially has a Kraber in hand. But we do love some Kraber gameplay. But trying to smoke out, maybe play for this ring console, get that extra information.
00:30:40 With teams nearby can make things a little more challenging. Can I just say it is absurd though? We're sitting on three rosters playing the southern side here, still deep into edge with open positionings completely available when we talk about this endzone. It's not particularly the best place to play out in the open there, but even chokes like Navi's now available.
00:31:03 Completely uncontested here. I like the fact that at the end of the day, Cold is going to make big moves and finally close that distance. But the lack of pressure within this lobby due to the quick elimination of teams is something that rosters have to acknowledge here. There's a lot of free open space available.
00:31:21 Darf ich sagen, scrims? No, nur kidding. Aber das ist wirklich was passiert in scrims, right? A lot of teams go out early, und du denkst, dass die Plätze zu spielen, die eigentlich nicht matchen. Aber jetzt sind wir 15 squads, Round 2 closing. Das ist sehr gut alles, was du gesagt hast. Wenn ich denke, Teams haben wirklich gut zoned predictability und knowledge, ich sehe Teams wie Team Portugal und Passion U.A. Und die call ist, Passion U.A. ist in der building just north of GoNext.
00:31:51 kind of fenced up and ready. Team Portugal is holding as if it does pull to the mountainside. Ultimately, that's going to be a great area for the endgame. But the question is, with the assault and rush to some of these teams coming out of these chokes later on, are they going to be able to defend?
00:32:08 Now, Lions, they're one of the slower rosters out from the western side that could ultimately be in one of the better positions this game. We talk about a lot of the pressure. Notice it is on towards that fragment and or the chokes themselves. Lions are kind of alone in the nature of how these decisions come true with great timing and potentially the assistance of some of these other teams. They could be setting themselves up for a big game. They could and I love the choke that they're holding and for Aurora.
00:32:36 They are just roaming free. The confidence after winning so many match days. They've got Harddecki still locking in the lifeline. And I saw some of the craziest clutch resets yesterday out of Harddecki. And I can't wait to see if we get some more of those today. But they are just kind of looking for their entryway in. Do we want to see that happen?
00:32:57 And how do they approach it? Are they going to take that? Because they were originally moving in towards the Monument side where they took out Exo. They go kind of for a negative rotate wrap around Effie. And now they've got a lay of the land. But for Team Portugal, they pick up that care package, throw it straight on to Q. And just look to kind of stabilize here alongside their Jenny with their fence positions. I'm curious though. Post skill, we got to start building. We got to start building those fences up.
00:33:22 It is a hard area to cover, though. It really is. This is a huge spot for Team Portugal to take over early here, and it really leaves worries, especially now, notably to achieve and get that EVA on EQ there. They had to expend the EMP. I don't know what their current situation of loot looks like, potentially for some ultimate charges, but at the end of the day...
00:33:45 One good assault, one good rush here after maybe some forced positioning off of this round three close, and they might not be ready. Well, we've got a minute left before round three closes. Let's jump into a listen in with TSM Phoenix, because they're going to have threats from the Trope, but they have to navigate forward. There, laying on the gear.
00:34:04 So what, do we just wait for them to have no space and then... Yeah, remember we don't have BAM, so crossing like that we're just gonna get shot by everybody. I think we're just gonna play for this and look, we're gonna need to make sure that they're gonna stay in the Choke and we're gonna need to full look right side basically. Yes, and still watch out for the rap Kai. Yes, good. The worst case scenario, that will be really bad. This rock, we can slide into the track and kill the team. Choke has a team behind them, I think, like in the no name. They will focus them, we can just...
00:34:33 Lass mich das mal.
00:34:40 All right, coming back out of that. I mean, very aware. They are one of the only teams that doesn't lock in that Bangalore. Not having smokes for rotation, but they do have the Jenny available should they get to another good position where they can kind of reset up an incoming blood scan. So we need to keep our eyes on that. Fraz is trying to look for anyone. For the teams that are pushing their way into the choke, it's cold in the neighboring one. Omit rotating up on them. And Alliance is just able to take so much space on their side for their choke.
00:35:10 Für free. Für free, at least for right now. Depending on where Omit have potentially been forced to rotate, that may not be the case anymore. But ultimately, at this position, that is the decision and an exchange that needs to come true to give Phoenix their chance here. Ultimately, it looks like Cold are going to be the dominant ones in play from that high end for Phoenix. They turn their sights, of course, down to the low ground, like they said.
00:35:36 As a result, Vapes completely eliminated, and now just barely do they find themselves a minor bit of cover here on the edge. Yeah, this is tough. Get the Jenny down, make sure it's a good position, and try to...
00:35:50 Navigate accordingly, but with the most minimal space and a lot of teams setting their sights on them, you have essentially become the center of the sandwich, and it's not gonna be what you want. Alliance continuously pushing down, Omit wraps around, pushes straight into the Heavy Powerhouse, Light going down, Blast's about to join him, and Lufka, the last stand against Effect.
00:36:13 Und hier ist die Sache, das ist komplett Solo-Dolo auf der Edge hier für Allianz. Es ist ein sehr 3-KP in einem Position, sie können sie zurückarbeiten, aber für TSM-Phoenix... ...wil es vielleicht dreams, es wird ein NIGHTMARES für sie hier auf der Edge sein. Sabs zu nur ein einzigen Pick-Up-Health und, surprisingly... ...Left-Standig-Barell-Alive, aber Revive... ...potenzial-Stick auf der anderen Seite, als Infinite... ...wollt sie sich zurück mit Kold, jetzt mit Kapitalize hier.
00:36:41 You know Graceful was watching the killfeed, looking for those knocks, fighting for the right position to make sure this is the time that we get in. And they do. They go in, pick up some KP, clean house, now knowing that there is no one on their backside. They have 20 seconds before they need to start moving. But it's all open from here. Now granted, the zone doesn't necessarily pull to the mountainside. It bounces back kind of to the train pathing. But for 202 in this train cart, a bunch of caustic gas and trying to stabilize in such a way.
00:37:10 Es ist schwer. Es ist nicht schlecht, aber am Ende der Zeit, sie sind noch mehr Kp.
00:37:18 Und Zidon...
00:37:45 Das ist wirklich verrückt. Ich habe einen Blick auf viele P.O.V.'s durch den Scrims, durch den Matchdayen, und die Dinge, die sie zu erreichen können, ist wild. Aber, obwohl wir alle sehen, dass sie nicht mehr die Knockdown Shields haben, die Incomung Nade Spam genommen haben, und du sprichst das nicht, dass niemand schaut deinen Weg. Allianz walks in zu dieser nächsten Zone. Meanwhile, LCADF wird befehl. Aurora in der Distance, still vieden für was sie können.
00:38:13 But Alliance just roaming the west side like crazy. The Disruptors singing and the push comes in and Effect just said, no man, get down, this is my high ground. I'm on blood, I'm gonna keep going. The Beast of the Hunt, every knock, every kill extending that time. This is how you go big. That is just insane from Effect there. Literally doing the majority.
00:38:36 Ich hoffe, dass das Fights damage in den Lonesome, besonders mit den Disruptors. Sie werden dann vielleicht auch Unlucky getrennt. Wir werden sehen, wo sie enden in den langen. Mobius kommt es um. Für Team Portugal, aber niemand hat es wirklich zufrieden. Mit Kolde verlieren die Height early. Ultimately, sie bekommen das Height für...
00:39:01 Und Allianz ist der einzige Aggressor aus dem Westen, jetzt in den Struggeln selbst. Wir sprechen von den Aggressors aus dem Westen, aber Graceful ist die Aggressors aus dem Westen, nicht nur Aurora, sondern auch eine andere Gruppe. Es ist Graceful, einfach die Charge für das. Für Maid in Heaven werden müssen diese Gebäude versuchen, ein bisschen weiter zu gehen. Und Kold wird das nächste Level für sie sein.
00:39:25 Aber wir haben Postkill, dass sie das Wottson-Ult getrennt haben. Sie haben die EVE-8. Sie haben einen Wingman. Das könnte ein wirklich guter Spiel sein für sie.
00:39:35 Das hat sich die Allianz da, mit Unlucky jetzt in der Spiel. Das ist etwas, was sie nicht ein Spiel ist, aber die Chance für Portugals zu gewinnen, das 3-V-3 gewinnen würde, heute. Aber letztendlich, remember, sie haben so viel Utilität da, um die ersten 3-Kills zu gewinnen.
00:39:58 All I know is Alliance has every bit of space that they need. They've taken control throughout every ring and cold. On nine, at least five eliminations for the squad. Looking for more, if we can get a couple more knocks. The swing together ends made in heaven's time. They do have to watch out because guess who wants to full send them? It's going to be Passion, UA and even Team Portugal kind of sending to get involved a little bit.
00:40:25 Ultimately, going for the pipe down below, they will grant themselves a minor bit of cover, even if we don't see the damage come through. And this has left the entire southern side completely in control of Alliance. And look at that pull. It is playing directly in front of Hockey's here.
00:40:43 And he's able to just get on that rock and put an angle down. But for Kashera on Crypto, I'm sure we have the EMP locked and waiting. But the choice is, where do we sit this position? Because at that point, do you full send on to Passion UA and try to play for second, grab as many eliminations as you can? Or do we make another play? Because at this point, Alliance is able to just keep pressure on Passion UA and Team Portugal.
00:41:10 Es geht darum, zu choice scenarios, besonders, wie du gesagt, die Zeit mit dem EMP. Die Frage ist, ist es während der Climb-Up von Passion UA, als sie die Pipeline pressen, oder ist es die Initial Onslaut von Allianz hier, als sie zu schiffen von oben? Notablich, es sieht aus wie, dass Passion UA nur noch etwas länger spielen als Allianz.
00:41:38 And I'm really curious because Sonya does have the Rolling Thunder. The timing of that coupled with the Wingman can do a lot of damage in minimal time. So they can turn kind of this position underneath. But that EMP almost taking up the entirety of the circle. Passion UA starts kind of faltering. They lose a lot of their shields. But can we get back to full form before we have to continuously push out? And when will Team Portugal leave the tube?
00:42:06 Ultimately, that EMP, though, never hit Alliance, and the timing is oh so particular, but at the end of the day, that's what might come back to bite Team Portugal here. Now, Effect, with Ultimate in hand, it's gonna be like shooting fish in a barrel when it comes down to the pipeline. Haki's on the other side, and with one quick slide, they will find a major Fleshbound, and the Nox to boot. They gotta worry about UA from behind, though.
00:42:31 Und hier geht es, sie sind so gesund auf dem Spiel gegen Team Portugal und Allianz, sie gewinnen die erste Map mit Ease, die Effekt auf der Bloodhound, wirklich nutzend die Beast of the Hunt zu max. Potenzial und eviscerate alle.
00:42:49 I feel like it's an effect highlight reel from this game alone, from the Beast of the Hunt in our early fights to potentially more in the final moments there. Alliance, I mean, I can't say anything but perfection in that first game, from their rotation out, their fight against Omit, and then most importantly, pressuring and taking away that position from Team Portugal. I was shocked to see them drop that one to such a degree after holding on for dear life throughout that entire early game.
00:43:19 Yeah, you think of the history of the early game. They land thermal stations, so it only makes sense for them to take the choke that they had. But you called it out right. The pressure from Omit on that rotation early, because they were anchoring one up front to kind of keep an eye on where Team Portugal was playing. But then they doubled down and put Hackes in effect on that southern side to keep an eye on Omit. And then originally, when they said, hey, you know, Omit's coming this way, they kind of grouped back up together, completely annihilate them and set their sights.
00:43:48 zu walking in. Regardless, that is how that should be played, and it was pretty impressive. Absolutely. Something to note, though, is Passion UA kind of just poof in the mist there. We thought they were going to be a little bit more of a dominant pressure, especially in our endgame, but after that EMP, never really getting the opportunity to put their shields back up and losing out notably of the underside cover there. The minute they hit train line, they basically hit the grave.
00:44:13 I don't like saying that. They hit the grave. Look, I respect the building they were playing in and I respect where Team Portugal was, but that pool, not in their favor. And at that point in time, it was so heavily congested up to that fraggy side with everyone making their rotations throughout those choke points. It was just going to be such a nightmare. Let's go ahead and take a look at match number one results and see how everything panned out for them with Alliance, 11 eliminations, a 23-point start for them on the day. And despite having the work cut out for Passion UA on them,
00:44:42 Not getting the favored Zone Bowl 16. And something crazy to see here is the fact that rosters like Cold, Made in Heaven, who are getting a little bit feisty in the fragment area, ultimately come out on top of teams like Portugal here. Never getting into a fight, setting themselves deep into the end zone gives them the placement points, but they could not find any KP here. As a result, they're surpassed by many.
00:45:09 Surpassed by many, and Infinite got into the action early. Despite finishing in 11th, they were able to take home 6 eliminations in Map 1 for a total of 7 points, which...
00:45:18 Overall, really not too bad. TSM Phoenix, they had some good positioning early on, not able to maintain that choke, go out with four points. But for teams like LVH, despite that contest alongside Aftermath, they both go out early, even Vex as well. It's kind of tough, right? We talk about the contest and they can just genuinely be one of the worst things for your entire split. Let's go ahead and look at the stats from the top three finishers of map number one. And in particular,
00:45:47 Du sagst die Highlight Reel, Zephyr, ein guter 1,800 damage. Das ist ein guter Start, aber wir werden sehen, ob die Allianz kann das hier aufhören. Sie haben schon unglaubliche Veränderungen in den letzten vergangenen Tag, aber heute ist ein Tag, wo es sich mehr als immer wiederhöhnt. So, Game 1 ist gut, aber kann sie hier maintainen? Für Passion U.A. in Portugal, wir sehen, ein Kuckage von Passion als ein, um die Fragmenten zu machen. Portugal, though, ist ein bisschen ein Outlier.
00:46:16 Yeah, definitely. I mean, look, that's what you get when you get to zone early and you just really focus on holding it and not really wanting to overextend, get involved. They focused on the placement. It paid off. Regardless, seven points is seven points. But we're going to cut to a quick break and get some things together. When we come back, we'll have match number two on World's Edge.
00:48:15 That's because he wanted to see the reveal on that trivia, and he didn't know if his answer was correct. So that might haunt him for the rest of his days now. Someone, if you're in chat, send me a DM at ZephyrCast on Twitter. Tell me who that was, because I need to know. Baby, you're right. Baby, we might never find out, Zephyr. You're going to have to live with it as we prepare for match number two on the day. But can we talk? Can we talk about effect in that last match? Because...
00:48:45 Die Bloodhound war verrückt. Allianz hat eine wirklich, wirklich starke Match 1 performance. Und ich meine, das ist ein guter Start. Aber wir haben auch Passion U.A. da und wir haben sie auf der Toppen gesprochen.
00:48:58 Ja, absolut. Und nun nun beide diese Teams leiden die Pack in was wir haben als ein Ruh-Ruh-Lion-Sharer von Points gespielt. Aber letztendlich fünf gute Matches zu gehen und World's Edge zu wieder reintroduern sich wieder. Wir haben die Top-End gesagt, zwei Teams ich bin für mehr als nichts. Ich putze meine Sights auf Forge, aber Navi mit 0. Ja, definitiv ein bisschen mehr.
00:49:24 Wir sehen uns beim nächsten Mal wiederholen. Wir sehen uns beim nächsten Mal wiedersehen.
00:49:48 Nailing down a land spot now, as opposed to having to fight for that one available spot for the winner of regional playoffs. But we're talking about all of this. Match number two is loading in. And another thing that we had mentioned before anything had even started, Zephyr, was will we see those contests or not? Are they going to be too dangerous or not?
00:50:09 Well, when it came down to LVH, right off the bat here, kind of giving things up, particularly quickly after a rough start against Aftermath, were able to make their revenge a little bit later on, but it did come back to bite them, reducing them down to just a single member. Something to note about that composition, though, especially as we go into a contest, it is the only horizon I think we are seeing today.
00:50:35 All right, well, it'll be exciting to see what this zone does for some of these teams as well as we load into Match number two here, and I believe that we're also You did you have something you wanted to say? No, I was wrong go next and LCD if they they love mommy just as much as I go, okay Okay, well, you know at least you caught it before we go in we're back on overlook trying to see what happens now
00:51:03 Wir verlieren ein Aftermath.
00:51:07 Ich kann das 1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2
00:51:39 Aber jetzt, Aftermath wird die Entzündung von Overlook haben. Wir sehen uns hier an, wo die nächste Zone wird. Infinite ist es, und Aurora ist, obwohl es bereits Qualität für Land ist, es ist ein Team, weil sie einfach nur die Region verletzten. Die crazye Sache, dass ich mehr als anything will, ist, dass wenn eine Zone this close zu Aurora ist, sie bleiben.
00:52:07 Ich weiß nicht, dass sie das extra Kp haben. Und ich weiß nicht, dass sie die Staken und Klaim haben, sie haben etwas größer zu tun. Sie haben die Rekord auf dem Bord hier. Ein Potenzial victory heute. Ich persönlich denke, zumindest jemand kann das zu tun. Das wäre wahrscheinlich die höchste Punkt we've ever seen von einem Roster.
00:52:37 I would not be surprised. We'll definitely have to see if, I mean, you are a stats guy, so I'm going to trust you on that one. We're going to say that it's 100% accurate, but for now, we're checking in with our match one winners in Alliance, hanging out over in Thermal, just getting themselves looted up here right now. And this goes back to what we were talking about before the match day even started. Alliance in Thermal is actually in a really good spot right now because they can rotate.
00:53:04 in einer Weise, die für ihre Patlinge zu verhindern, eine große Anzahl von Evos und vielleicht nicht so viele Teams. So, bei der Zeit, sie enden in der ersten Runde, sie sind bereits vor allem, mit dem Lüthler zu bekommen. Wir sehen sie bereits auf Blues. Sie könnten für eine wirklich gute Leistung wiederholfen werden.
00:53:24 Something to note about Alliance's position, to kind of back up your point there too, is the fact that with the contest over by Tree and Go Next taking both Lava Fissure and Mirage Retoi, there are actually just straight up less teams for them to incorporate and find their way into. So they get that extended rotation, they get that extra evo, and they get to play around potentially those fixtures. For Aurora though...
00:53:46 Apparently, they get to play around the entire north side, completely separate. They're just looking for the red flag waving in the air, that first potential shot of KP.
00:53:58 You know, you were wondering if they were going to have to leave to try and get themselves a little bit of an advantage here. They look pretty comfy right now. Meanwhile, everybody else starting to push into the survey area. Lots of poke damage being dealt right now. You see Exo up there. Infinite's up there. Made in Heaven is up there. Forge is up there. All of these teams.
00:54:19 Especially looking at Infinite, who was in 19th heading into the day, so they're right inside that 20th place bubble. This could be a massive fight for them.
00:54:28 Really good from above. A lot of the damage already provided by Aurora, but for most of these teams, they know that there's little pressure in Survey Camp right now. They can peak as much as they like. As a result, Fushi, new member, new friend Info, is dropped down early. Notably, the Caustic of all things. For a roster that wants to play Heavy Zone, that is the worst pick to drop. The question is, is it early enough for them to pull the Reebok?
00:54:55 Es ist eine Möglichkeit für die Teams über den Weg zu trennen. Wir sehen uns Passion U.A. auf den Weg zu kommen. Wir haben auch Forge auf den Outskirts versucht zu machen. Aber Passion U.A. sind zu halten. Ich meine, Sie haben die Watssons geholfen. Sie haben die Watssons geholfen, ein bisschen zu machen. Du hast Buche zu gehen, aber jetzt ist er wieder in die Spiel.
00:55:20 Their nicely positioned respawn beacon here. And at least they don't have to worry about that. People gave them a lot of time to get a reset here. I was wondering if maybe we'd see a little bit more of a push out of Forge once they made their way across the street. But everyone playing a little bit safer. Speaking of safe, TSM Phoenix should find themselves in complete safety up towards this northern side. It isn't particularly where I think the zone will, well...
00:55:47 Actually, now that I've got that Zone 2 information in hand, the train line in this position in particular is starting to look a little bit spicier here. They might have to make their way a little bit more over towards the east where that train line really comes into effect, but that could be a really nice transition for them if they're able to defend the backside train line. Meanwhile, we're checking in with Vex, who are finding themselves in this tunnel and in a little bit of a predicament.
00:56:17 Let's go this way. Ultimately. Or not. They say nah. The tunnel DB no more.
00:56:45 Für sie, sie werden sich jetzt tatsächlich tatsächlich in die Omit, die einfach nur in den Anadvantage haben. Aber ich meine, hier ist etwas zu wissen, dass sie die Zeit haben. Das ist eine große Spreadout hier in der Westen. Und letztendlich, wenn sie vielleicht die Rotation nach dem Harvester wollen, werden sie sich set up nicht zurückkommen. Es wird sie nicht zurückkommen, besonders, dass SurveyCamp ist, dass SurveyCamp ist, und das Northside. Sorry, PickedOver.
Alliance's Strategic Rotations and Engagements
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00:57:13 You're not going to get there any quicker and find yourself a happy home. Yeah, I love that we're getting this top-down view as well because you can see that Alliance is doing exactly what we were saying they would do. They went through that choke by Mirage, tried to hit that Evo Harvester. They're now going through Landslide where there is another Evo Harvester. They've got bins they can hit, all sorts of things that they can do so that by the time they get to the next circle, they will be sufficiently Evo'd up. And you can see just how clear the space is ahead of them. Like you had said, Zephyr, because of the way the rest of the teams had chosen to drop and or...
00:57:42 und nicht zu contesten. Es gibt nicht viele Teams in der SOUTHWEST Körner der Map. CDF, dass sie vorhin kommen, und diese Teams liegen in der waiten. Tolkien ist mit seinen PANTS hier in der 2-3-Situation. LCDF, sie sind so gesund hier. Das ist nicht sogar sogar ein Kampf für sie. Und LCDF werden super mit der Leut.
00:58:12 Und dann sehen Sie sie haben diese Binsen auch. Ich meine, sie sind glücklich zu haben, dass sie dieses Kampf haben. Sie müssen nichts zu schlafen. Sie wissen, dass TSM-Phoenix war das Team mit einem neuen Team gemacht hat, so dass sie sich auf der anderen Seite auf die Türke haben. So, es wird zumindest ein Squad in ihren Sights sein. Und jetzt jetzt, Sie sehen, Zidane, ein bisschen Informationen zu scopieren, um sie am Ende des Tunnels zu tun. Aber es ist, LCDF ist ziemlich komfortabel.
00:58:40 Well, something to note, though, is the fact that these western-oriented or southwestern-oriented teams still haven't made their fight yet. So while it may be good right now, even if they found some decent damage, we'll have to see what may come through. For Alliance, one of those rosters, they found their way into Grandma's House, and we've seen them take advantage of the fighting prowess of a man-like effect. Let's see what they can do now, pressuring this team from the inside.
00:59:07 I mean, they just might want to be going for all of these fights here today. You can see Effect in the kill speed getting post-kill knocked. You still have two up left on Alliance as they continue to just make this tear through the building. Team Portugal absolutely decimated in Grandma's house, but Vex heard the fight. They're trying to see if there's a third-party opportunity, but Alliance, those two didn't really take too much damage. They've got enough time to get Effect up. This might be dangerous.
00:59:31 This is a struggle, albeit it is a quick reset for Alliance. Vexed know that it's too much time between them and the rotation they wanted to take advantage of. As a result, they're out back and away, far from dealing with the monster inside of the house there. The monster house, as some of the 2000er Gen Zers like me would remember. No more Grandma's house, it's Monster's house now.
01:00:00 We're looking in with LTDF, still holding position in this tunnel here. They've decided to skirt past where TSM Phoenix are. Now they're kind of moving along the western edge, but they will run into Vex because this was Vex's escape route from Alliance, if you will. So now a little bit of back and forth and Vex now pinched between these two teams. And with how kill hungry Alliance are looking, it's possible that Vex...
01:00:28 Oh, nope.
01:00:40 Tough tussle with that Bloodhound Ultimate coming out there. That does dissuade some of the pressure that we see originally there. And the best part about this is it's just a ticking timer. It might not be the issue at hand right now. It does give space out to Vexed. But if they just kind of weight this completely, they should be once again back at that advantage. Miner Smokes though in his hand with great Hemlock in hand does do a good job. Clemmy though, with that cross, there's a slight separation beginning to form here.
01:01:12 Bex did a good job holding their position. Their Alliance ended up backing off back towards Grandma House as they find another squad across the way. This time it's going to be cold that they're exchanging a little bit of damage with here, but now Alliance, everybody fully decked in red, ready to go. This is definitely what their plan was, taking this route along their rotations, because now they have an advantage in the majority of the fights that they will be running into. Meanwhile, Aftermath,
01:01:42 We don't get to see Wombos like this very often anymore, but it's held on for just moments ahead here. Kurek with that final scan, potentially the follow-up. It does come out, but ultimately it looks a little bit far from the likes of Aftermath. Now climbing up to height here, a bit of a simple spread, but ultimately still finding the cracks to boot.
01:02:12 This is a really, really solid fight for Aftermath to be taking, whether they know it or not. They're the only team up there with Made in Heaven, so this is an opportunity to safely have this engagement without having to worry about a third party, but now they're down to just one, and Beavis is on almost no health, able to get the shields back up and healthy, and tries to utilize that time and deal some damage, but it's not enough, those knockdown shields providing the cover, and Aftermath go down, Made in Heaven, able to save it here and hold their position on the north side of this circle.
01:02:42 Das ist etwas groß für Made in Heaven, für einen Roster in 7.0, bei 70.0 hier. Sie sind eine sehr wenige, die vielleicht sogar eine Point-Total haben, dass sie vielleicht sogar in die Land-Positionen kommen, wenn sie auf die Region Finals kommen. Für jetzt, wir gehen über die Bottom-Everbracket, Kolde, mit dem Allianz, auf der anderen Seite, Poking der Bear.
01:03:09 Well, Lions have been having some really strong engagement so far and it looks like they're playing a little bit of Ring of the Rosies, so let's jump into their comms and see how they want to handle this next push. We're good. We're good. I'm picking a building. Pick in a building. Yep. Next smoke. We need to make a run for it, guys. We need to make a run for it next smoke. I'm attacking. I'm coming. I'm coming. I'm going to cost it up for you guys. I'm going to cost it up for you guys. This can't. Yep. It's automatic out. Listen. You guys need to cost to me after my smoke. I'm crossing. I'm crossing. I need it. Smoke. Smoke. Smoke. All right.
01:03:37 Ich habe nur einen, nur einen, nur einen.
01:04:04 Wir müssen uns nicht mehr aufbauen. Wir müssen uns aufbauen.
01:04:28 Ich meine, Zephyr, talk about Chaos hier. Sie sehen Allianz zu entscheiden, ob sie sich umgehalten, oder ob sie eine Team hinter sie sind. Sie wollen sie versuchen, dass sie einen Team hinter sie gehen. Sie wollen sie in die Edge-Clearer nehmen. Es ist LCDF, so das sollte interessant sein. Was ich wirklich mag, ist, dass das Fight kam durch, aber sie nicht auf die Zeit auf den Moment, so das ist voll Reset für LCDF. Aber, ultimately...
01:04:52 Better positioning for Alliance here with that scan coming through in this hide-and-play. It's the perfect opportunity for Hakus to take advantage from above. A bit of a minor smoke, but still the cracks that they need. We're just waiting now for the Kraber and Anne, the effect effect to come out. Who is finding these guns for this man? I mean, Alliance have a little bit of a hide advantage. They have the sight lines and they have taken damage, but Alliance with the scan, why?
01:05:24 Luki trädet auf, um zu erinnern, um zu erinnern, um zu erinnern, um zu erinnern, um Luki zu erinnern, um Luki zu erinnern, um Luki zu erinnern.
01:05:38 Wow, by Maiden Heaven, over on the side there, that could have potentially been the end of LCDF, who in arguments did do a great job at defending. Now, ultimately, Omit and the rest of our rosters down here in SurveyCamp are still trying to fight their way through some of that chaos you were talking about earlier. Light looking over the edge, smokes to boot, and now Alliance coming through from behind!
01:06:02 Das ist absurd. After all is said and done, only 3
01:06:30 Three teams remain, PassionUA, Alliance, Omit, and many more come down, or at least bite the dust there. LCDF with an immaculate call to follow through alongside what was that rotate from Alliance, knowing that ultimately they are completely undercover. Made in heaven here on the other side, cold, no viewpoint, no sight lines.
01:06:54 Das war ein schweres Anruf für Allianz zu machen, weil sie da und versuchen, das Kampf mit LC-DF zu machen, wo Made in Heaven war irgendwie anwesend und von der Seite war? Oder sie versuchen, ihre Glück mit dem Chaos in der Bühne, zu wissen, dass LC-DF könnte mir das und folgen? Es war ein schweres Anruf.
01:07:10 Position to move in, but now we're heading into the next circle. Everyone is starting to try and find some space to coexist. You see Cold on one side of this rock and LCDF on the other, both looking at Made in Heaven. This is an opportunity for Made in Heaven, who is the only one 100% safe right now to just wait for these two teams to fight it out.
Made in Heaven's Sieg und LCDF's beeindruckende Leistung
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01:07:29 Das ist was Made in Heaven was waiting for, sie nehmen die Möglichkeit!
01:07:56 The Extra Caustical, just because they can. Made in Heaven, close out match number two. I mean, once they nailed down that Position Zephyr on the north side of that circle, they did such a good job of zoning everybody else away and being annoying enough that nobody wanted to take the time to cross the distance to even get to them, to have that engagement. They set themselves up to have such an easy win, but it wasn't an easy road to get there.
01:08:24 No, absolutely not. Especially when it comes down to playing that northern zone early and pressured out by so many of these other teams. Maiden Heaven had to fight their way through and ultimately, like you said, excellent pressure. We saw LCDF, Alliance, TSM Phoenix and many more try to work their way out there from the west and they continually applied the damage necessary to lay complete stake in claim. Ultimately, at the end of the day, we see these teams play out for just second place positioning and Maiden Heaven are rewarded from their...
01:08:54 There were lots of really good decisions on behalf of a lot of the teams that were there towards the end. Even wondering, would it have been better for...
01:09:07 Cold or LCDF to try and maybe because you saw spread out made in heaven were on the top side. Was it maybe could you have caught one of made in heaven out on behalf of LCDF side of things and tried to clear them out instead of allowing them that time and space to really hold that until the very end. It was it was also a little bit of a tough final circle there for those teams, but the chaos in the building right before all of that.
01:09:30 LCDF talk about right decisions that had gone well. They played that part perfectly. They waited until enough teams had gone out and then the remaining ones had taken enough damage that their cleanup pushing in from a spot that they had to fight pretty hard for against Alliance to not die in that first engagement. I mean, another huge shout out to LCDF.
01:09:50 Yeah, potentially getting blistered there and on their way out, saved by the bell. They turn around and say, we've been given by the grace of the Apex Lords above us a second chance. And they take that one and they literally run with it down to the south into Survey Camp. And they absolutely destroy anybody and everybody there after keenly watching Alliance's rotation. They could have made the decision to compete against Made in Heaven. But ultimately, something that we'll have to take a look at when it comes to the scoreboard is.
01:10:20 You get a lot of KP for following up on an exchange like that.
01:10:24 Oh, okay. And there you go. I was wondering what we were going to see when it came to those teams that were getting in the early and mid-game fights, but 16 kills for LCDF. You don't even need the first place finish. 25 points for a second place finish in match number two. I mean, that is going to be putting them in a very comfortable spot heading into the third and final match on World's Edge. That's massive.
01:10:53 Das ist...
01:10:54 To say Massive is an understatement. Almost absurd. They're wiping out quite literally a quarter of the lobby. The choice is made, especially around Survey Camp, which we even missed it. Their cleanup of the northeastern or northwestern side, where they took out teams like TSM Phoenix, is another big piece of the chunk of that KP. So ultimately, they lead heavily here. Something as we take a look, though, towards the bottom of our board, a lot of familiar faces that tend to end up.
01:11:23 But ultimately, Aurora continuing to drop, well, maybe not the best of remnants here. 13th with 5.
01:11:32 I mean, what's crazy, though, with Aurora doing not so well, it's opening up points for a lot of these other teams that need them, right? But some of them aren't able to do it. You see Infinite there, TSM Phoenix, you see 202. These are all squads that need to get points on the board if they want to try and make their way through to the regional finals. So they'll need to pick it up here in the next matches. But we'll continue taking a look at some of these stats, okay? And I'm talking the top two squads. We've got Made in Heaven and LCDF, first and second place. And look at the damage difference here.
01:12:02 Zephyr, LCTF, they were on another level.
01:12:07 This is absurd. If you're walking away thinking about roughly what sits at Blue Armor at 175 or 200 from the likes of potentially Purple, you are still sitting at potentially the damage dealt of the equivalent of 25 to 29 players. They didn't wipe that many, but they did the equivalent damage of half of the lobby's health.
01:12:33 Es ist definitiv ein beeindruckend. Wir sahen, wie sie in den Tunnel waren, nachdem sie in den Tunnel waren. Und sie haben immer weitergelegt, und jetzt wird sie in 2nd place in 2nd place. Nur 4 Punkte hinter Allianz. Tiede mit Maiden Heaven, die in 2nd place sind, in 2nd place. Das Team ist in 3rd, aber es ist sehr tight, aber sie sehen, dass sie schnell die Punkte fallen, auch nach 5th place. Es ist ein großer Drop, aber das ist gut.
01:13:01 Ultimately, for these teams that are a little bit slow to pick up the pace here, down towards the bottom, who are also competing for a shot to avoid relegation, you know that you are still potentially able, with one great game, to put yourself into, ultimately, your best position of the split thus far. Things are shoring up, though, and if World's Edge is your best map, this is your last chance to do it.
01:13:25 You know, one other thing I noticed, too, is that Team Portugal's on the second half of that page with seven points overall, and it's all placement. They have more placement points than Aurora, who's in sixth place right now. So Team Portugal needs to pick up that KP side of things, and then they can probably put themselves in a better spot when it comes to those overall standings for the day. But that's only match number two in the books. We still have one more match left on World's Edge, four more matches left on the day. It's time for another short break, so don't go anywhere. We'll be right back.
Strategische Spielweise und Herausforderungen in der Pro League
01:15:26
01:15:26 What's up, everyone, and welcome back to the Apex Legends Global Series. Match day number nine, which means it is the final day of that round robin number three to find out who's going to be making their way into the regional finals. And Zephyr, man, they finally let me out of the basement, you know, and I'm back to see what's going on. Yeah, I know, they threw me in. They were like, match number two, go away, Tiffany. Don't worry, I'll have to take a trip down there as well as we make our way through today's matches, but at least...
01:15:53 Ich glaube, wir sehen uns auf World's Edge. Ja, das ist wirklich cool. Wir sehen uns die Major Alliance-Viktorie in M1-Made-In-Heaven-Kind-of-Livin-Through-Out-The-Chaos-Of-Survey-Camp. Aber für unsere Final-Match-On-World's-Edge ist ein paar Dinge, Zephyr.
01:16:10 Kassion UA ist eigentlich nicht die Strongest Performer auf World's Edge. Und jetzt sind sie in den Top 5. Und sie meistens spielen viel besser auf Stormpoint. Das ist ein sehr guter Show für sie thus far. Es ist ein sehr guter Start, aber ist es eine Frage, dass sie einen, der sie vielleicht in einem similaren Stang zu sehen, was wir sehen?
01:16:31 when Aurora wasn't on top. And don't you worry, for all my Aurora fans out there, I'm still counting the moments here. But time is ticking and potential records are, well, left to stand. And as we get our players locked into the dropship, we always want to look at what that plane line is going to look like for our contest.
01:16:54 How long is it going to take for them to get there? We've got a relatively central northern zone with a pretty vertical plane line going from the south to the north. So they'll have a few moments to get to that overlook area. But for teams like Alliance at Thermal, Omit at Launchline, Portugal at Dome, they're going to get that early time on the ground to begin that journey of leveling up those EVOs.
01:17:19 Das ist etwas, dass wir weiter darüber sprechen, als wir weiter darüber sprechen, die Remnants von Season 20 und was es bedeutet. Aber letztendlich, wir müssen uns jetzt auf die Overlooks starten. Once again, Aftermath in dieser Initial Contest. This time around, they're not 50-50. They're ultimately going to potentially fight this one out separate. First, get themselves looted, and THEN approach the fight. Currently, it's 1-for-1.
01:17:43 This is kind of the typical strategy that I have witnessed from LVH. They'll take these buildings, look for anything that they can use. I already saw someone grab a Volt, which if I'm going for a contest, I want a Volt or something of the like, maybe a flatline to boot. But now you can see Vyfe's going for the upper area, looking for high ground, maybe give some good shouts to the team as Aftermath hits the scan and looks for a way to approach. But an amped up Sentinel off drop on White Shields.
01:18:11 Takes a headshot at 156 to level them out.
01:18:16 Das ist etwas, das ist, dass du das Skynade aufhörst. Das wird das Potenzial-Cover Kurefft geben, um die Gap mit Havok in Hand zu verlassen. Mit Havok in Hand ist eine der besten Assault-Weaponsen in Play. Sie sind für gute Fights hier, aber breaking durch dieses Gebäude und es ist die Frage, die sie zu lösen sind. Notablich, die Aftermath starten, um die Gap zu verlassen. Hanzo, looking for some.
01:18:43 Cheeky angles over there on the high ground. But it's Liffin making first contact. Grabbing a knock onto Cura. Forcing it into that 3v2. Looking to just kind of finish that off. Maybe a nice shield core swap. There it goes through. And now we've grouped up. And kind of death ball forward. Now that they've taken control of this. But sometimes those contests just take way too long. And hey, we've got someone that maybe wants to put a little thorn into side of that.
01:19:14 We're not. I mean, look, if you just want to be a little pest control over here and be like, you know, what's going on over there at Overlook? I like this shot at once. They are shot at one time and they make the rotation away, which granted is actually completely smart. I'm not going to make fun of it too much. Especially after hearing the shots completely stop. That's actually not a fight you can take advantage of. So for pest control.
01:19:39 So here's the deal. When we brought up the historical EMEA zones at the top of the show, Overlook, Epicenter, Climatizer, they were vacant, right? No ending there. And now you see at Overlook, the zones kind of intersect, which
01:20:06 If you're going to make a prediction here, you're going to want to err on the side closer towards Overlook. LVH can probably play those buildings throughout this time. Aurora playing that heavy edge style, moving from Climatizer, isn't going to immediately drop down on Overlook. They want to go and get aggressive, get those Evos kind of sent up. But for the teams like Pest Control that were taking shots at Overlook before kind of running away, well, you know, stay healthy's here.
01:20:37 Let's see if they can live up to the namesake as they begin to start this Assault Falcon, looking for angles out and above. Let me play to the advantage, but ultimately, it's gonna be the full drop that ends up actually not in the knock. It's gonna be picked by AJ ultimately in the end, but the follow-through means likely just the complete end for Pest Control. Okay, Mazzucco, I see what you're doing. We still get that finish there. Pest Control will be the first team out of the lobby.
01:21:01 But Vex, man, they're entering the equation here at No Name. The regardless thing about this is stay healthy. Did stay pretty clean on that engagement, but Arc Stars will lead the charge, and well, here comes some stuns. Vex, though, do get that initial knock, and they make it two. We just need the final member, and then next thing you know, it's gonna be another one gone. Another one gone, another one gone, another one bites the dust. Hey!
01:21:30 There's one that's potentially now on the escape. For Falcons taking to the sky here will fly far and away from that source of action. For Vex though, this feels like the days of York. This was a team I used to attest and say, man, look how aggressive they get. Look at what they take advantage of. See how they play in Pro League along things like the Lifeline of all pickups. And ultimately they've had their roughest takes into this split in particular. But for now...
01:21:57 Start to show some signs of life on a day that they knew to most. I mean, signs of life here. Navi, coming into this in 16th place about, so would love to see them kind of start turning the trend northward for them on their journey, but LVH also doubling down, making it into the tunnel, scans forward. Aftermath, justice for Bavis, man. You gotta hit the finisher. All right, all right, I see you.
01:22:25 I like how I say aww. I'm so sad. I'm so sad watching anybody go down. All these teams, I have no particular favorites, so seeing the one down there and the struggles of Aftermath after what was their start, it's beginning to look a lot like game one, and it makes his Effie Weffie just a little bit sad. For Omit, they once again are pressuring and oh-so-similar choke. This time around, it ain't...
01:22:47 Ich glaube, es war Portugal. So, ja, das ist das Gleiche. So, ja, das ist das Gleiche. So, ja, das ist das Gleiche. So, ja, das ist das Gleiche. So, ja, das ist das Gleiche. So, ja, das ist das Gleiche. So, ja, das ist das Gleiche. So, ja, das ist das Gleiche. So, ja, das ist das Gleiche. So, ja, das ist das Gleiche. So, ja, das ist das Gleiche. So, ja, das ist das Gleiche.
01:23:10 I think this is smart, right? We have the Jenny, you've got the fences. And Omit, typically the decision they had made in match number one was actually not pushed through this choke. They doubled back and took the other where they fought against Alliance, which would probably be the similar journey for them here.
01:23:28 Sound ends up for them, as there is still a lot of time on the board, but once again, particularly quick finishes for some of our rosters. Things, though, have slowed down in EMEA. When it comes to our starts, where we saw 16, 15 squads remaining walking out of our first game of the day on Zone 1, we are now down to 17 in second. So, teams definitely beginning to start to feel the weight, especially when it comes to the placements and survivability that they need to have in, well, some of their final moments.
01:23:57 Some of these teams just quite literally won't be playing again. That's very true. Stay Healthy, one of those teams that did get eliminated, but Cold in fifth overall on the day holding a choke. Let's go ahead and jump into a listen-in with them and see what their plans are. They're playing in Tunnel, but that's not...
01:24:17 Ja, das Team ist hier. Das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier. Ja, das Team ist hier.
01:24:47 Good shot, good spot. I'm getting gassed by everyone and his mom. They're coming back down, they're coming back down. Yeah, don't let them come down. 4-6-50. They're hard-holted, they're hard-holted. I'm hard-holted. They're double blue. I'm hard-holting this. I missed it, I missed it.
01:25:17 Ich kann nicht, ich kann nicht. Ich kann nicht, ich kann nicht. Ich kann nicht, ich kann nicht. Ich kann nicht, ich kann nicht. Ich kann nicht, ich kann nicht. Ich kann nicht, ich kann nicht. Ich kann nicht, ich kann nicht.
01:25:36 First off, Graceful is amazing, Zephyr. Second off, who Houndolted? It was me! I did! I Houndolted! And now we're doubling back. We saw some issues with Navi earlier in the kill feed, Metafé going down, and well, Omit are sending it, taking apart, kinda. They put the full, and they keep taking that pressure forward. I mean, this is something that we heard from the perspective of Colt there just moments ago, trying to take advantage of some of the chaos out here and towards the village as a whole. Navi.
01:26:05 The ones to pay the price there and as a result will be forced to walk away from what is I consider a really strong power position in a zone like this. But we might be potentially getting our lower end train line finish. This is something that we saw a lot in the past. Good shouts because I absolutely love where Forge is positioning. We talk about those zones. They're not touching just north of Overlook, which is likely meaning the zone is going to bounce back.
01:26:33 Two, where Forge or Infinite has positioned themselves. Go next, though. They are holding the front line for a lot of those congested teams coming out of No Name. And it's just a matter of time. But with Kaishi kind of having that black hole available for the next fight, Omit spacing out appropriately, looking to kind of carry that momentum forward. And, well, Hanzo, remnants of LVH there. Looking a little sad.
01:27:03 Like I said, I never want to see any one of these players down and out here. And for Team Portugal, they've got to find the damage they've been looking for all day. Instead, it's Postville taking the major brunt of that one and the follow-through from Sideshot on the other side. Just barely do they catch.
01:27:19 Und es wird von der finalen Angle hier sein, um den Deal zu senden Kacherra. Da geht Posty und da ist noch ein weiterer Member. Aber wenn du Kacherra aufgehört wird, jemand wird zu haben. Zidon falls und Seinkopf und Kainer werden müssen das aufzunehmen. Aber sie wollen ihn inside. Holden die Tür. Aber was haben wir hier gesagt? Du hast einen Schraub von Platz. Und jetzt beide Members sind aufgehört. Team Portugal eliminiert und NLCDF.
LCDF's Dominanz und Aurora's Comeback
01:27:47
01:27:47 Looking to have more eliminations. A very scary squad to come out in early games. They're so good at fighting. Speaking of good at fighting here, Cold, well, they need to advance their tactics. They need to achieve the success that we've been expecting, at least from our listening here. Now against 202. JMW with first drop down and the KP to potentially boot. Missiles won't quite land, but...
01:28:14 I mean, this kind of pressure, that kind of assault, JMW didn't even need to be there. But they do, and they finish it up quite cleanly. Miskum escapes to the north where Omit gets word of them. A full send will likely be the end of them, but there it goes. I was like, we're hanging on by a thread of 1 HP.
01:28:35 But unfortunately cannot string things together. Turning over to TSM Phoenix. 15th overall on the day. Sitting on that triple blue. We do have the Skyward Dive available. Should we run into too many issues going forward. Still needing to clear their backs with the ring. Well, it's calling.
01:28:53 Oh, they don't decide to finish up what could have been drops on the evac, and instead, yes, prioritize the rotate there, but that was great damage found on some of the extensions from Omit moments ago. Let's take a look here as they land and see if that's the healthy position they place themselves in. For Phoenix, though, upon the tower, ahead of Aurora, Omit now. Yep, just as they land, beamed out.
01:29:19 So many Evac Towers and Valgolds towards that endgame. You gotta have to flip the coin and see, will we successfully make this rotation? Well, for Omid, that's a no. As Zidon kind of puts the finishing touch onto that Forge, they make their way, and a nearby respawn is gonna have all the eyes on, but Exoclan still able to maintain that central train cart at the bottom between all of heavy-hitting squads like LCDF.
01:29:48 Fashion UA and Aurora, building their fire beaver-like dam on the rocks above.
01:29:56 We'll see if they potentially can hold or the water will break here for Vex. Their push coming out from below after successful fights in the No Name now looks for potentially more. This is a sweep from behind from Clemmy that takes advantage of the lack of positioning. Fraz goes down. It's only a moment to go before we likely see the ending of...
01:30:20 The TSM Phoenix. I almost called him Phoenix Legacy again. Look, you can change your name, but when you keep Phoenix in it, I'll be tripped up for days. Incoming Scan, trying to dodge through the Arc Stars, not even wanting to get stunned. Vex maintaining relatively healthy, and as I go to say that, it falls apart. We're baiting out our Caustic Gold, just trying to survive a little bit longer.
01:30:42 Bakko able to stick the bat for now, but with Elsie Def on the other side and Kairi looking to take advantage and make for revenge on the remnants of her teammates here. Go for the full assault. Time to stay alive though with Rolling Thunder and Elsie Def moving in quite quickly. It's a single Kraber shot that seals the deal. And sitting on triple red, the Evo Armor advantage, the Kraber advantage, now graceful.
01:31:10 Just ahead of them. Gonna have to watch out because we do not want to take a headshot Psycop though. We'll miss six more bullets to withstand. And they're just able to hold out the bottom of the ring. They are the final team making their way in. Their back is clear and they only have to worry about the squad on their left of Made in Heaven and then maybe even the remnants of LVH.
01:31:37 Struggles ahead here. Something to notice. The Lions down to what looks like Just Effect. Alone there below. Making the way back up. That's going to be an incredibly dangerous rotation. Especially with Jay Hanzo. Just behind you on the other side of that ridge. We look though towards the train line. Something that tends to stay in in these zones here. Passion UA. Trying to fight for a position. If they can break through that line of space.
01:32:04 Might have something to poop, but granted, they're actually fairly decently still in zone for next pull. Yeah, it's respectable, right? They don't want Exoclan to make a rotation towards them. And by continuously putting that pressure onto them, they want to force them into Forge. And as we check back in with Cold, it's just Graceful Last Standing, putting down so much damage, but it's just not going to be enough. They fall down to the final seven as Exoclan joins them.
01:32:32 Can we just talk about the swing coming in from Zidane? He starts the entirety of this fight. The confidence, the ability to just go in and throw it down. They were sitting on 16 eliminations coming into this map.
01:33:02 As I look at it, it was Zidon with eight of them.
01:33:07 An absurd, an absurd lead that starts in the hands of Portugal and continues to extend the ballooning KP of LCDF. And notably, we miss the Forge getting wiped by them too. Even if they go down here now due to a delayed revive, they have come up massive in the KP. Massive? They had 16 last map. They're on 13 right now. You think back to the start of the split, Psykopf was like...
01:33:33 Hey, can we get a coach? We need someone to help us get those placement points because we don't have any issues with fighting. And now Aurora, who are trying to get back into the top five, look for another matchday win, suss out the lone member of Alliance. They're gonna send home. We're into the top five. Aurora needs to get back to the top where they knowingly love.
01:33:56 Well, for them, it might be easier said than done here. But from this kind of height, they're at a vantage. It's going to come down to Passion and Aurora in potentially their final moments. LCDF, a last remaining member, stuck on the rock ahead here. If they get one nice knock drop onto UA, it would be incredible. But Sonya...
01:34:15 Er ist aus, von hinterher, auf die extension. Aurora auf die Rotation kapitalizing. Okay, Hardecki mit einem Wingman in 3v2. Odering geht's, doubling it to a 2v2. Artie, though Passion UA, die größte 1v1. Hardecki auf die Liveline starts die Rezes. Das ist das, was wir wollen. Der Hipfire kommt durch. Ist das jetzt ein Aurora? Wir müssen uns aufhören. Die Punching, die Punching kommt durch. Aber kann wir machen es passieren?
01:34:42 Wir haben hier gearbeitet. Es war so verrückt, aber im Endeffekt haben wir durch den Aurora. Sie nehmen Map 3, die letzte Map auf World's Edge.
01:34:55 It can't get better. It just can't get better for Mardeki. That is the monster, the demon that comes alive. A single wingman in hand. The man even gets the chance to reload. He gets the chance to reload the weapon. The Grim Reaper, man. The Grim Reaper in the Wifeline package. Like, what do you do? What do you do at that point?
01:35:22 The double shield swap there, by the way. One secured by Hardeki, one in response. The absolute sheer amount of success there. The man has to even opt a fist a circle because he doesn't even think he's going to get the revive off.
01:35:39 Hey, look, that was overall one of the best 1v1s I've witnessed in a minute. And on the other side of that, you've got Passion UA, right? We kind of touched on it a little bit early on. We were talking about how their performances on World's Edge haven't been the strongest. But coming into match day number nine, well, they finally figured it out. That is what they need to set themselves up for such a successful six-game series. Because keeping yourself in the top five and moving on to Storm Point, which you're historically performing better on, that's how you take a match day win.
01:36:10 Absolutely. And for them, especially since they're still set up up there within the top five, this kind of consistency on World's Edge is something that we will attribute to potentially their success today when we work our way into, like you said, the map that they are best at performing at. But to be honest, for me, it is LCDF. We watched them survive up to third, which in itself is great placement, but the KP alongside should set them above the rest. Yeah, we did see that late res on Zidane coming through, but unfortunately got re-knocked.
01:36:39 Let's see what their eliminations did, another double digit game for them. Puts them on 20 points, so congratulations Aurora, congratulations PassionUA on getting those placement points, but still LCDF outfragged once again, went crazy, 20 points for them.
01:36:55 Just absurd here for a start for LCDF. This is something that you have to wonder if they can extend when we make our map switch up. But ultimately, Pashniwe, Aurora, they're still there. They're chomping at the bit. They're right on the heels of the success to boot in our second half.
01:37:15 And for teams like LCVF and Alliance, they needed a strong performance in today's matchup. They're kind of just on the outside looking in from that top 8 bubble. But let's jump down to see the 11th through 20th placing teams. TSM Phoenix kind of...
01:37:30 Running the gauntlet of that choke point outside of No Name once again. Omit do pick up some eliminations, but not going to be enough. And Team Portugal, they're kind of in that same boat as LCDF and Alliance, just trying to make it into that top eight. They want to go to LAN. So let's see them shake some things up on the latter half of our series. But we got to get our host back. Get it back in here, Glitter.
01:37:57 I wish you could have seen my reaction to that final fight. I don't know what was happening. That was insane. I mean, a huge win on behalf of Aurora. But like you guys have been saying right now, the highlight has absolutely been Lucite de France and their performance, their slaying ability so far. But now it is time for the halftime portion of the show where we get to hang out.
01:38:20 und über was ist in den ersten drei Matches des Tages. Wir bringen in eine Guest. Wir haben Noises. Ich bin sehr froh, von den Fullenglish Noises. Hallo, ich bin gut. Das war ein totaler Endgame. Ich habe noch etwas zu tun. Ja, das ist verrückt. Du processest es, denn wir werden Sie über das in ein bisschen. Aber bevor wir das machen...
01:38:45 I just want to get your thoughts in general. I want to know what you think the Season 20 meta has brought to the competition in EMEA here so far. I mean, to be honest, in EMEA, it's been a bit weird because we have a lot of lifelines. It's kind of become meta here to play lifeline and get the package weapons. That's not really happening in other regions. But in general, I think the change has been really positive. It's really changed the game. POI balance now is a bit less sort of...
01:39:13 Die Balance ist ein bisschen mehr, so die worse POIs haben ein bisschen besser und die bessere POIs haben ein bisschen weniger, was ich denke, für den Spiel in generell ist. Und ich bin wirklich einfach nur der Legend matter. Ich denke, es ist so interessant. Es gibt viel mehr variety jetzt und wie ich gesagt, Lifeline zu sein ist cool, so... Ich freue mich.
01:39:30 I love Lifeline. I think it's cool too. You get access to the support bins. You're almost always guaranteed a bat. Every time I roll with Lifeline, I'm getting better bat packs and it's just been really nice to see. But while we've got you hearing noises, I'm genuinely curious. This pro league split has had so many changes thrown at it, right? Glitter kind of talked about season 20 being implemented about halfway through. We've got changes all over the board. The contests that have been happening.
01:39:55 You being a part of one of them specifically at Zoo Station for Stormpoint, how do you, do you think this is one of the hardest splits that you've played in as a pro league player? Yeah, and I mean, to add to that, I also played, I also played like three, I think three or four matchdays on controller and I'm now playing on M&K. So I've, we've kind of been all over the shop, to be honest, like this has been a crazy split. Yeah, definitely with the recent changes, that's kind of changed the game and it's made the whole split feel different, but.
01:40:23 I don't really feel like that's been that big of a problem sort of for my team or even for a lot of teams. I think a lot of teams kind of have adapted to that quite quickly because of the scrims and whatnot. But honestly, I think it's just like, it's sort of the sort of first split of the year is always the one where everyone's sort of like really intensely pushing hard to get to LAN. And once you've sort of got to that first LAN, it's sort of like you're kind of set up for the rest of the year. So I think that's part of it too. But yeah, it's definitely been a really interesting split. Yeah.
01:40:53 A tight race, definitely, for sure, but an even tighter one in today's matches. Let's take a look, of course, at our first three circles of the day, and let's get that special Noises Pro Insight. We'll start off here in Game 1 with that Alliance victory. Something I want to ask you about is Team Portugal, they lose this height. What's the deal?
01:41:14 Ja, ich meine, der Kampf ist nicht so großartig für dieses Kampf gegen Allianz, so ich verstehe, warum sie nach der Karte gegangen sind. Und sie spielen hier für Glück, wirklich. Sie versuchen Allianz zu entscheiden, dass sie sie nicht zu schützen, und die Passion nicht auf die Hölle hinterlassen. Aber, ehrlich gesagt, sie haben Glück mit der Knock-on Articode, aber Allianz spielt es schnell und spielt es schnell. Und sie sind inevitably geholfen. Es ist nicht so viel sie können hier machen. Sie werden von Passion oder Allianz geholfen, um 2nd Platz zu bekommen. So in order for sie zu gewinnen, Portugal muss sie töten, die Team empfehlen sie.
01:41:44 und dann sofort Armourswap und die nächsten Team nicht mehr haben. Oder sogar die Abilität mit den Legend-Cons zu tun. Und sie sind in einer Tunnel. Es ist einfach so schwer zu sehen. Er ist einfach nicht so gut, dass sie sie in der Welt. Und ja, sie sind in der 3rd place. Und dann Passion hat sie in der 2nd. Und Allianz hat es sehr gut gemacht. Er hat es sehr gut gemacht. Es ist sehr impressive.
01:42:05 Absolutely. And at the end of the day, it's something that starts our day. But you kind of make a choice of kind of playing for second. And that's what I want to ask about with this second game here. LCDF ultimately make this call to drop below. Where does that come from, especially from a pro mindset?
01:42:19 To be honest, this is the absolute right play by LCDF. They understand that Cold is not in a really strong spot, and they also kind of identify that Maiden Heaven have won this game. They understand that just by the spacing and the way the zone's pulled. So they choose, you know, let's just take this by surprise. We have this opportunity here to make a play on Cold, and they just go for it, and they just do it extremely well. They're a really smart team in terms of understanding when they have an advantage, and they just push their advantage right here. So they know...
01:42:46 Sie sehen, Zidane zu sehen, dass sie hier auf die Hände sind. Sie können sie nicht gewinnen. Sie entscheiden, okay, wir spielen für den zweiten. Sie können drei Kills spielen. Wer weiß, wir können sie sofort essen, Armorswap und wir können sie auch fighten, Maiden in Heaven. Und das Swing-By-Syklop ist wirklich beeindruckend. Es macht viel damage. Spins around und dann cleanst es gut. Und Maiden in Heaven bekommt die free win, aber sie deserve es mit der Positionierung. Es ist Spaß zu sehen.
01:43:10 Of course, and ultimately for LCVF, it's not something that stops here. As we work our way into Game 3, they're just as successful in terms of picking up the KP. But this one is Astora, or a story of Aurora here. Talk me through it. Okay, I mean, this is just an Aurora Classic, isn't it? Like, they have all the height. They have, like, red armors. They have Wingman. They have Hardeki on Lifeline. It was a little bit sloppy. I hate to say it. It was a little bit sloppy, but to be honest...
01:43:37 Hadeki ist so composed in this 1v1 hier. So Sanya gets taken out by the solo, that's not ideal. That honestly made this game a lot harder for them, they could have potentially won it. Night Nymphs jumped down, this is again like, they have to chow this guy here, this makes sense. Gets the armor swap. And then here comes Strafe on the Bloodhound. This is cool to see, a little Hadeki versus Strafe 1v1.
01:43:59 Es ist so schwer zu bleiben in dieser Moment. Und du hast Hardecki, wie immer, auf jeden Fall, auf jeden Fall, auf jeden Fall, auf jeden Fall, auf jeden Fall, auf jeden Fall, auf jeden Fall, auf jeden Fall, auf jeden Fall, auf jeden Fall, auf jeden Fall, auf jeden Fall, auf jeden Fall, auf jeden Fall, auf jeden Fall.
01:44:13 It really was just a harddecky thing. So now we get a look for the first time at the series results here so far on the day. This puts LCDF in first place at 47 points. Obviously, they've had a phenomenal performance here today so far, Noises. But any of these other teams, do they jump out at you? Or who do you think could potentially step it up in the next three matches? Whatever you want to say.
01:44:34 Ich freue mich sehr, ich freue mich auf Maid in Heaven, ich kann nicht lieb. Und auch Passion U.A., die zwei ich wirklich möchte sagen. Ich fühle mich, dass sie beide gut spielen. Sie haben sehr stark IGLs, und sie spielen zusammen als Team. Und sie sind nicht wirklich die Teams, die alle schauten, um zu sein. Und ich bin wirklich beeindruckt, wie sie spielen. Definitely.
01:44:54 Yeah, I mean, great call-outs on those squads and great interview noises. Thank you so much for jumping on and chatting with us. It's always a pleasure to have you. It's time for us to say goodbye to you for now, though. So thank you again. Thank you very much, guys. Thank you.
01:45:12 It's always nice when we can bring our players on to chat with us about that. And he was right. That was an insane 1v1 at the end of it. So if you somehow are just joining us and you only saw the highlight, go back and watch the VOD and see how that whole thing played out because match number three was incredible. But if you've also been hanging out with us for the last week, then you know, last time around we told you about our new Twitch drops.
01:45:33 We're going to tell you about them again right now. Because we always have something for you at home. Right now you can tune into any Apex Legends Twitch stream with drops enabled. And you'll be able to earn a holo spray all while watching your favorite streamers all season long. You'll notice on here the drops are changing every two weeks. So you just have to tune in every two weeks. And then you can end up with six new holo sprays when it is all said and done. And these are really, really cool. Okay, you'll be getting...
01:46:03 It should be, right?
01:46:31 I personally enjoy Stormpoint Games. It is my favorite map to watch and cast over at this point in time. And just seeing the shakeups of what we witnessed in World's Edge, teams that needed to perform to really bolster their positioning in that top eight LCDF, Passion UA. It's like, how do you carry that forward? And then even looking in, when we saw the series results, Alliance hitting that top three, well, they haven't won a match day yet. And, you know, if they're going to take one, match day number nine, that's the best day.
01:47:00 Das war's für heute. Und als wir uns auf die Rotation sehen sehen, Allianz gewinnen, Map No. 1, Made in Heaven. Good shout-out by Noises, der sagt er liebt, und dann Aurora. Aber dann gehen wir zu den finalen Circles, die wir historisch gesehen haben. Glitter, ich habe deine Meinung auf diese, weil wir wissen, dass ich viele Zonen habe, aber was du denkst?
01:47:21 If you have the power to do that against it, your accuracy has been scary so far when you do decide to call out those zones. We'll notice as these continue popping up though that we haven't had any in quite a few areas. We're looking at no checkpoint, no cascade falls, no down beast, no launch pads. So there's opportunity for a lot of these central zones to potentially end up happening, not even up at the wall, but...
01:47:45 Also, we mentioned it when we were talking about Worlds Edge. Sometimes that's a good thing for these teams that land in those areas, looking at Forge, Go Next, TSM Phoenix. Two of those teams being teams that need to get some points on the board. It gives them an opportunity to do nice, slower rotates, set their pathing, and get those Evos leveled up. Exactly. And as you look at this, good shouts there. Made in heaven. They don't have Red Dragon in this Lobby Day, so it will be uncontested at the wall. But for contests, look down south, right? Coastal.
Team Dynamics und Meta-Analyse
01:48:14
01:48:14 Team Portugal will likely get Coastal to themselves. I'd imagine 202 is just going to go ahead and straight take Echo, but we will see some congestion there. Pest Control taking on Vex that devastated Coast. Now, we did see a lot of those historical zones that favored Echo HQ, but that was back when Season 19, at the start of the split, only since then we've seen one pull Echo. Now, going through Legend Select, we likely won't see too, too many change-ups. I have been witnessing maybe one team
01:48:43 kind of trying to play catalyst on storm point but still you know she's pretty much i don't want to say like dead and gone but kind of in comp at least no i don't know if anybody's like 100 ever fully gone how long was lifeline gone for and now she's back you know you can never you can never count out the legends but i do agree we're seeing a lot less
01:49:06 als was wir als das Massive Catalyst-Meta gesehen haben, besonders hier auf Stormpoint für die Super-Open-Final-Circles. Jetzt gibt es noch andere Möglichkeiten für unsere Spieler zu behandeln das, dankz zu den additionen von diesen Perkern, und sie haben komplett verändert. Wir haben sogar Noises gehört, in der Interview mit ihm zu sagen, dass die Legend-Meta ist so anders, und er liebt es. Wir haben diese Variation, wir haben die Teams die Möglichkeit,
01:49:33 Wir sehen uns nicht mehr Krypto in Amea als wir vielleicht in N.A. Es ist wirklich Spaß.
01:49:55 It is 100% fun. I'll double down on that. And it gets me excited for what we're going to see moving towards those international scrims and LAN. But we get a good look at where our first two zones will be pooling.
01:50:08 To that intersection toward the right side of Stormcatcher Infinite landing there, being able to take a lot of space. This is going to be a great priority zone for Alliance, who can just kind of drop down and clear out that eastern side and walk into those buildings. And we've seen a lot of zones end kind of towards that side historically. And we'll just have to keep our eyes on that. But for pest control, I'm just curious. Oh, I see them over towards just a no-name POI. I respect.
01:50:35 Ja, playing it a little bit safer here and they can maybe hold down that area and get some placement points on the board. I'm also keeping my eyes on Cold, obviously a team that we called out at the top of the show because they are right on that 20th place bubble when it comes to making it in to regional finals. They're now in a really solid spot when it comes to these rings.
01:50:56 As long as they can handle any pushes that might come through Command Center. I think it was yesterday when we saw them struggle a little bit against 07 in the push through that area. But now they don't have to worry about them. So maybe it'll help them at least be able to clear out that space. They will have to figure out their loot situation as we check in on a Hardecky. Just Hardecky things. He's just hanging out. Just Hardecky things.
Taktische Manöver und Team-Interaktionen
01:51:21
01:51:21 I love that Noises said that because I was looking towards the Legend Select. I still think Hardeki might have been the only one to lock in Lifeline. We've seen Matafe kind of dabble with Lifeline on Stormpoint, but I'm pretty sure they went the route of Caustic. Now moving towards them, a team that has historically had relatively consistent performances, but today really hasn't been their strongest start. Still trying to break into the top 10. But I will say here, Lauren, with LCDF kind of kill sponging a lot of the...
01:51:51 Lobby. There's so much room for teams outside maybe sixth place to move up on. It's just going to take one good game. That is true. And one good game will end up having massive implications with how many of these teams are super, super close to continuing on in the competition or to just barely missing out on it. So there's still an opportunity here for what like
01:52:17 17th through 22nd really to do anything based off of one pop off moment as we are now checking in with Navi seeing what they've got going on for a little bit of a rotation we're seeing a lot of these teams starting to cluster up and trying to find a little bit of safe space everybody really
01:52:37 Ja, das ist nicht eines meiner Lieblingsspielten zu halten. Ich fühle mich, dieses Bereich von Stormcatcher zu spielen, ist einer der ersten Plätze, die wird senden.
01:52:59 That's just tough, right? When you get there early, trying to stabilize in a position and fend off any known pushes, we'll keep an eye on because you've got TSM Phoenix kind of holding on with white shields. And you made good call-outs. We've got Infinite, that Landstorm catcher. They still were able to get on to at least those blue Evos. Amit moves in cold. Alliance dropping down still near a little bit by Thunderwatch and made in heaven.
01:53:23 Having a really solid day showing, dropping in, not going for top of Stormcatcher, dropping down, which gives Infinite essentially free shots onto them, but they stay pretty healthy considering.
01:53:39 Ich habe die Team den Noises pointed out, als die die Fundamentally gut Apex zu spielen, und das geht meistens um, dass sie ein guter Job mit der Positionierung dieses Mal. Wenn sie sofort landen, verlieren sie 2. Es geht um, Synetik zu versuchen, hier zu versuchen, Pest-Control zu finden, in einem Platz zu bekommen, um noch mehr Kp und mehr Loot zu bekommen, das ist massiv für dieses Duo.
01:54:03 Yeah, so that happened. I think anytime I say someone lands off a rotation, they're pretty healthy. Well, yeah, at least they're not down and out, shall I say. But we do get some KP, like you said, for pest control, Cynetic.
01:54:16 Kind of stuck between a million teams over there. And for Go Next looking for some positioning. And they thought, you know, oh, Mid's building looks really nice. Tolkien already down and a frag grenade is going to force Kaixi out. But Light do have all members up and it's just a matter of time before they can fight through the fire and flames to kind of finish off what they started.
01:54:41 I love that reference. I just want you to know that's a great reference. We're taking a look here. Craver in the hands of Bushi, we're doing it. No. No. Save it. Do it. They're just going to ping him out. Take their head off. Okay. A collab. A collab. We take it. I think they were waiting for a little bit of that 3, 2, 1 action and Bambino goes down. That was beautiful. On behalf of Bushi. Punishing. Go next. Massive.
01:55:10 Ich meine, um das Raum zu entfernen. Buche, uh, benutzen die Graber-Bullets zu dem absoluten Maximum.
01:55:20 And should be able to continue kind of just being annoying on that roof right now. A lot of these teams will have to choose how they want to handle it. You can see Alliance is across the way, Omit getting themselves up back and ready to engage here. But once that Kraber's gone, we're going to have to see these pushes being made. And it'll be interesting to see how Alliance handles it because they have been looking good, or at least Effect has been looking good so far. Hear me out. If I'm Omit at that point...
01:55:49 I am sending a gift basket to infinite those paper shots. You have completely cleared out my building for me. So as that zone pool comes in, Omit really benefiting from that. But you keep your eyes on Aftermath and Cold, right? Just on the outskirts, holding kind of near that mountaintop. We want to clear out the outer path for Navi that are really outside the top 10 right now. Just give Kinda a wingman at this point and send him off to see what happens. We saw when Hardeki used it. It was pretty nice. We just need one for Kinda, all right?
01:56:19 Now we get a little bit of a view here in LCDF right above Exo, who they're looking down upon trying to deal some damage. As I say that we came in as Fricks goes down, LCDF deciding that this is a perfect opportunity to push up and continue this and why wouldn't...
01:56:34 Oh, es ist wert. Wir wollen all die Eliminations hier. Und Zeon ist einer der quickest...
01:57:01 We're claiming Thorfin for this point.
01:57:24 LCDF, wir hundere. Sie bekommen eine, die sie wollten, und jetzt, wie du sagst, haben sie das westen-Side ziemlich sicher und zu ihnen zurück. Mit Allianz zu sehen, was sie machen, ist sie zu machen. Es ist Team Portugal in den Crosshairs-Of-Effect. Die Alternatoren haben sich all day in den Hands-Of-Effect.
01:57:49 Especially every time this Bloodhound ult has been popped. More damage. Oh my, Effect! Look, you gotta do it to him. You've gotta do it. And if you've got the Disruptors, the Alternator will go crazy. Doing a lot of damage for the squad. They eventually finish it off unlucky, getting that knock on to Postkill. And we just...
01:58:10 Keep going. Next for Q. We just got to see Kacher. He's able to get the trade out onto a Lucky. But when a 1v2 happens and you've got Effect in essentially the same position as Obi-Wan historically, we're just looking for a clean reset now that we've got Team Portugal evicted from the lobby.
01:58:27 They've got some space to work with there as well, so Alliance will be very happy with that fight. Now owning that northern area of the circle. Meanwhile, Aurora also wanting to get involved in some of the action. Pushing up here, trying to go for a little bit of a chase. Oirene, maybe seeing if he could...
01:58:51 Yeah, it's tough, right? I really don't want to see them push into Spider's Choke. So I want them to maintain their ground. They've done enough. Yes, you want those eliminations, but at that point, giving up the position that you're currently holding isn't necessarily worth it because there's only so many ways that 202 can get back.
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01:59:42 I think that means the one solo left at Exo is able to at least get one back in to try and hold out against everybody, but now they might have to come in up against Vex, who's definitely going to try and gatekeep this area if they can, knowing that it is highly likely some teams will potentially be rotating in to that choke. It's time to call in the Rolling Thunder. Nice shots out of Clemmy there, as Vex looks to get a little bit aggressive.
02:00:06 They do, and honestly 202, well, you called it, they got Thorfinn back, they don't get the evocache, they pop an evac tower lying right in front of Vex, and even then, we still don't full send, despite getting some shield cracks. You have to keep an eye out, because Raka Faka, between pretty much a glass cannon, does get back to full form, joins up, and allows them to take some pressure off of Miskum, but with Faka on the lifeline,
02:00:34 We've seen just how nice it can be to stabilize in fights and keep yourself in full heals. But the hunt, it comes through and we swing. Rakafaka is the first one to fall and we're looking for the rest. The jump comes in right into the Bangalore smoke. It doesn't matter. It's not going to work for you. You can't 1v3. It doesn't matter. 202 eliminated. Massive fight for Vex, but I was worried that Aurora would have heard this due to their position and trying to push it. It's exactly what they want to do. They've got a shield advantage as well.
02:01:00 Und wenn sie versuchen, diese 3rd Party zu versuchen, wird es absolut zu gehen. Pings kommt auf, um genau zu erinnern, wo die Schmerzen sind. Der Wingman ist in den Händen von Haradecki. Will er sein können? Wir haben alle gesehen, das vorher. Und wir alle wissen und lieben, wie es endet ist. Aber Aurora geht es um diese Kampf und sofort sagt...
Strategische Entscheidungen und Wendepunkte
02:01:23
02:01:23 Nah, das ist nicht wert. Wir legen die Grav Cannon zurück zum Stormcatcher. Und von hier können wir unsere Position nach dem Süd, legen die Pressure auf Pest Control, halten Exo-Clan. Und auch wenn Oiren nicht erhaut, Hardecki fällt, fällt, und jetzt Aurora! Vielleicht sollte man die Süd-Side bleiben! Das ist so schwer! Du Feed-Face direkt zu Navi!
02:01:48 Oh, that was rough. They definitely hoped that the third party would go faster. They probably stayed a little bit longer than they would have liked. By the time they come back, there are just people waiting for anyone making that late push in, and now they go down. Vex could potentially face the same fate, because now Navi's looking this direction. There's a Kraber in the hands of Matafe, and they are looking the way of Vex. Those aren't gonna connect, but we still have eight more bullets to work with here.
02:02:16 I know we've seen some crazy clips out of Matafe, and he does lock in the Lifeline, so I misspoke when we were in Character Select. It looked like Caustic, but joke's on me. Matafe does stick with the Lifeline for Stormpoint.
02:02:33 I love to see it because we've seen just how useful those Rez's mid-fight on behalf of Lifeline can be because it's not taking her out of the fight. It takes just a moment to get those tippy-taps out. Now, those arcs are coming through as he looks for more. Kraber connects. Beautiful shot on behalf of Matafe. They're trying to push up now. Do you think he can just clear this out? Clean up the KP. And they are cleaning house on the south side now, setting their sights on to Vex.
02:03:00 From then on, we need to keep our eye out. There's teams that have been occupying all of the areas, including Axo Clan, but kinda in Beast of the Hunt doing ab...
02:03:09 Und ich liebe die Shouts auf Lifeline, nicht nur die Rezs zu bringen, aber es ist das Care Package Weapon, das kommt mit der Purple Shield Perk, auf der Perk Tree. Und das ist sofort was unsere Pro-Player sind. Und wenn die odds sind, in deinem Favoren wird ein Wingman oder ein Kraber, und du musst es gut machen. Und seit Matafe ist der IGL von Navi, er wird immer wieder ankommen.
02:03:35 And that Kraber is going to work to their favor and their playstyle, allowing Kinda and Tyler to just full send. Yeah, that definitely worked out in Navi's favors. They now own that south side of the zone. They won't be safe for long, so they'll eventually have to push him. But you know that Duo and Exoclan was not going to push it unless they absolutely knew that they were going to come out on top. So Navi not only get the extra KP and the extra EVO, but they're now safe and continue northward towards the next circle. Meanwhile, LCDF.
02:04:01 Es ist noch nicht so, dass sie in diesen Aggressiv-Tehr haben, die wir hier sehen haben. Es sieht aus, dass sie einen Spieler finden. Hier ist Zydan, dass das Klinge ist. Das ist Mane in Heaven. Zynetic ist es, dass sie aus der Top-Ten sind. Und L-C-D-F carry-on mit den Eliminations sind, aber Exoclan...
02:04:27 Take a rotation and Omid's like, no, you're not touching our building. We've already had to defend off against one team. We're not scared of another. But for Na'Vi, having to navigate the grounds just underneath Stormcatcher. Passion UA falls to Alliance offscreen. But can Na'Vi stabilize here? They do so. The scan comes through. It's going to give away their location. And you know LCDF wants a piece of this. But kinda. We can't fall here. And we do. It doesn't matter. TSM Phoenix eliminated.
02:04:58 Navi handled that push incredibly well with players on both sides of them, able to fend them off and survive. Now they've got a little bit of time in loot. That smoke going to provide some soft cover for a little bit. They know that they do have to kind of look above them and see if there's anything they can do before they continue moving on. But hopefully some of those teams across the way will kind of clear that up. You can see just how low kind of was before they're able to get those heals off. And when this next circle shrinks, Tiff...
02:05:25 Things are going to start to get crazy. The amount of people that are holding that western edge, just those corners of this building to try and stay safe, when they all have to push out, it's going to be insanity. It's tough, right? And Forge is going to have such a tough rotation. We don't have Causticult. I'm looking towards Slayers. Do we have the Skyward Dive? And are we willing to risk it?
02:05:48 Pulled just kind of anchoring down as we got a really good look at where the teams were laying. LCDF still underneath and Navi go under fire once again trying to defend themselves against Infinite. We do make that happen, but when you've got your lifeline down, it's hard to kind of get that position moving forward and just a rogue wingman in the hands of Kirev is going to end Navi's run.
02:06:13 Das war eine gute Möglichkeit, Sie ist da bei Aftermath. Na'vi jetzt noch geöffnet. Sie sehen, LCDF alle auf den Reden zu machen. Sie versuchen in, mit einem Schuss auf den Weg zu bleiben. Stay healthy, jetzt eliminiert. Beasts of the Hunt still active. Auf behalf von Kyner, sie werden können, als sie pushen. Jetzt sehen Sie das Rolling Thunder kommen. Das ist etwas, was sie haben. Aber Sie haben gesagt, Kold, auf der Nordseite des Zones. Sie haben eine solid Position, aber wie...
02:06:41 Undershield, will they be in comparison to everyone else that's now fighting? It's gonna be tough. We always know that LCBF will be sitting on triple red, and job's not done for them as we enter the endgame. We're not on to double digits just yet, but we're getting closer. Full sending on to Alliance. We're losing out on Kyner. So the duo has to clean things up, and Zidon's not gonna be able to live here. We dive out into the zone. We go down. Hack is in effect.
02:07:05 Need to try and recover here. Can we get the Rez onto Unlucky before omit full sends? And we were talking about the omit effect and coming in with the Eva 8 hip firing.
02:07:18 They do what is needed to be done. Yeah, they get stunned up, but they're hiding out in the Bangsmoke, looking for shield core swaps, and we turn back to Cold. You asked what their EVO armors were going to look like. Graceful, the only one on blue, but have no fear. The spacing is still okay, but the pool is not in their favor.
02:07:38 It definitely should be interesting once they have to drop down from this height. They're obviously going to see if they can maybe do a little bit more damage here to their side. That's Forge hanging out in the wings. And they know that Forge is right behind that vehicle. So Cold is going to try to be as annoying as possible. Meanwhile, Omit can kind of just watch this happen. Not to mention, look at the shields on Omit. They are in a fantastic spot.
02:08:03 Ja, das ist gut. Sie haben viel Platz. Sie arbeiten mit zwei Trennen. Die Evo Armour ist gut. Aber dieses Endgame hier ist alles über das Gefühl, ob wir für einen Moment spielen können. Du hast die EMP kommen, die Stunzen, die Bord, und Kold versuchen, zu warten, bevor sie zu fallen. Und jetzt in der Finale, auch. Kann Kold kommen in dieser Open Space, ohne zu viel Schmerzen zu nehmen?
02:08:27 The passive of Bangalore is going to identify where the players are. Lufka pops Beast of the Hunt, but it's Light that takes a lot of damage. Lufka is going to be able to suppress a bit. Join back up alongside Light and barricade forward. Kold has handled this so well and Mint just down to two with no shields. Lufka even lower Light now. Oh my god, just one and it is. Oh, Mint somehow clutching up against Kold in those final moments to take home match number four.
02:08:58 Look, Rafi said it first, I'll say it again. It is the omit effect coming into map number four in seventh place. So we've already started the climb up. We were talking about it taking only one good game necessary to put yourself into the top five. And if with omit up to match day number nine, their best performance finish has been third overall, which has happened twice on two different match days. So can we improve upon that? That's what I'm waiting to see.
02:09:27 You know, I'm going to be interested to see what the numbers say when we get to those series results because I want to see where some of these teams ended up on the KP. We saw Cold holding their spot for so long that they're definitely obviously going to have the second place placement points, but...
02:09:43 Where did they end up? Were they able to kind of be annoying and clear players out as people were starting to rotate? And we saw just how well they did against Forge in those final moments. So they definitely got some points on the board there. But was that a situation that was similar to what we saw with Made in Heaven when they held the northern side of that zone that we saw on World's Edge? And it was more about the placement than it was the KP. Do we get some serious numbers out of LCDF still on their tear running through people and kind of...
02:10:11 Just killing as they went. Will we see some of those numbers in favor of Alliance as well?
Match-Analyse und Team-Performance
02:10:15
02:10:15 There was a lot that happened in that first Storm Point match. And the ending was not what I expected, Tiff. I'm not going to lie. Hey, I like those zones. I really do. They're some of the funnest ones. And I love the shouts, right? You think to the top three teams of that match, Cold, Omit, Forge, they are all right next to each other on the leaderboard, moving into map number four, sitting sixth through eighth, Cold with 26 points. And then you've got Forge with 15. So about 10 points separating them. But was the ending enough? Because we talk about the placements points. Obviously, it's 12th for first place, nine for second, seven.
02:10:44 But you mentioned it. What did those eliminations look like? Because then it's like, well, LCDF, look, they were looking down the barrel of double digits yet again. Kind of crazy. When I checked in on Zidane earlier, I think he was running about a five or six KD early on in the first season of the split, like the first half. I think he was averaging, what, like eight eliminations a game?
02:11:05 Crazy. I mean, not too shabby. Not too shabby if you've got one of your players that's just popping off. And talk about the time to do it, too. We've mentioned this a few times, but obviously last match, last play day here of the regular season for these teams. So anyone who is looking to try and scrape a few more points here and there.
02:11:25 ... ... ... ...
02:11:54 So it's actually definitely a strategy that these teams can be using here.
02:11:59 It really is. And granted, now that we've moved on to the very back half of our series with only two matches to go, what is it going to look like? What kind of performances are we going to need for those teams that are outside the top three? Or what do you need to do to unseat LCDF? Because all they've been doing is extending that point differential, making it really challenging for some of these squads to surpass them on the top of the leaderboard. And it feels like it's because they want
02:12:28 That land spot, right? LCDF wasn't a good spot heading into today to be good for regional finals, but they weren't there yet for playoffs, and they want to solidify that. We're wondering about kills. We've got 11 for Omit with the win. That's a nice, solid win for Omit, but it's matched by 11 kills on behalf of Na'Vi down there at the bottom, Tiff. Look, that's impressive, right? If only they could have stayed alive a little bit longer to get some of those placement points, and LCDF walked.
02:12:57 TSM-Phoenix walk away with one made in heaven after.
02:13:27 Kind of a very tough rotation in to try and get some space. Fall early. Aurora looked a little bit lost south of Stormcatcher, trying to take a smart fight for them. Just kind of put them to a late entry on that engagement south of Stormcatcher. So that was really tough to see. And for Team Portugal, we saw them go out early to effect. And what will those last two games look like for them?
02:13:52 I mean, even taking a look at Pest Control, they were someone that when we saw the overall were struggling and then they were able to take out Made in Heaven on that rough rotation, like you were saying. But now here's a look at the series where everything stands so far on the day. You can see just how.
02:14:08 The kills are for LCDF right now, 58 points overall, 11 points above Alliance, so keeping themselves in a nice, strong position here. But look at the kills in general. Everyone is trying to slay out in order to stay. And top three for Cold is massive right now. Yeah, that's going to be a really strong performance for Graceful and the crew. Alliance, they're getting closer to that first matchday win. And honestly, 11 points with two.
02:14:37 We talk about needing the points they can get to make that
02:15:05 Top 8 für LAN, so you don't have to go into the Regional Finals in a position where you have to win Match Point, because all stakes are going to be at the highest next week, and you don't want to lay it on the line. You do not want to leave it to chance. Anything can happen on Match Finals, and it gets too crazy for me.
02:15:22 Well, our teams only have two more matches on the day to do something big and solidify their spot in the competition before we get into match number five. Now it's time for another short break, so don't go anywhere. You're watching the Apex Legends Global Series.
02:17:12 It's time, two more to go on Stormpoint, to decipher who is going to be making it to regional finals next week, and even on stapling their position inside that top eight, if you can do it. Also, welcome back, Zephyr. Gotta hear the thoughts on the last match, since you really were just kind of from the back watching.
02:17:30 Yeah, I've checked it out. I was sitting down in the basement getting my taste of the action. But ultimately, at the end of the day, it was to no surprise, I think, that we see Omic come out on top of that one, especially with the remnants being that of Cold, right? And personally, you kind of got to give the credit to Caustic where it's due there in its moments. Even when you're not doing the damage, it's still ticking through whether you like it or not. Granted, I do think...
02:17:54 We should start to talk about some of these other teams. I know the big take right now is regional finals and some of those who are looking to go to LAN, but as it currently is, the teams on the bottom are still on the bottom.
02:18:08 Yeah, you're not wrong. I'm looking at 202, Stay Healthy, TSM Phoenix, and they're currently sitting in 17th to 19th retrospectively. So a little tough, right? And it is kind of challenging knowing that you are potentially facing relegation. You have to go through the qualifiers, run the gauntlet just to get back into Pro League after that. And let's be real, you really don't want to have to deal with that if you really can kind of not.
02:18:36 Yeah, ultimately for those teams, they need to shore up in one of these last two games to push past somewhere close to 11th or 10th place or their day is done for Cold and Infinite, respectively, who coming out of this were somewhere around that 19th to 20th place. They are still within that top 10, albeit Cold now a little bit higher due to their position. And of course, Infinite slowly starting to fall off down there in 10th overall. Things are still better than those who need to surpass.
02:19:05 Ultimately, it needs to be one of those two positions taken away by someone down below. I don't know who's going to be, but it's got to be one of them dropping what could potentially be infinite or another if they at least want to avoid relegation. And God dare, they try to find their way into regional finals.
02:19:23 Speaking of regional finals and then we think of LAN, it's like all of the different legend compositions that we've been seeing, we've been hearing about, Noises was chatting about it. Let's go ahead and turn our tides to APAC North because the winning team comp that we witnessed was so different, right? Reject Winity asserted their domination on the regional finals for APAC North and taking home three wins out of four maps on Wraith, Caustic, Mad Maggie.
02:19:51 Now, this is something that gets aggressive and in your face. We've seen the Mad Maggie show a little bit of presence in the assault class and usually is usurped by the fact that Bangalore holds as much weight as she does. But the thing that stands out to me is the Wraith. This is something from the days of yore, the year two, where we saw that super combo between the likes of Wraith and Caustic that reared its head many a times here, giving them double sources of mobility.
02:20:21 Das Mad Maggie mit der Double Zonung Pressure mit der Mad Maggie Caustik wird es nur so aggressiv als Reject, wenn es needed zu kommen. Und es ist gut, weil wir haben Teams gesehen, Dabbel in Wraith. Sie ist nicht zu sein, die Bangalore-Pix, die Bloodhound-Pix. Sie ist definitiv Niche. Und obwohl DSG, wir gesehen, Designful play das in Nordamerika, hat es schon gefallen.
02:20:48 Albeit few and far between. Regardless, they asserted their domination. Regardless of what they have been blocking into. But we did have the APAC South Regional Finals just this morning. And at least for me, it was Tom Young-Kung that came out on top. And well, they did it kind of with that traditional legend composition that we have been seeing. Bang Blood Caustic has been one of the favorite comps that we've witnessed throughout the journey of Season 20.
02:21:17 Right, and especially with Season 20 still kind of working its way into this sense of figuring it all out, the Caustic Bang composition in particular is starting to win or at least lead the lion's share of a race.
02:21:29 Having the double smoke, having the lack of clarity for so many of these other teams is making it incredibly difficult and then giving that to your fragger, the Bloodhound potential to work around that kind of LOS success that you have is a huge reason why this is continuing to work that way through the meta. It's the reason why we see teams kind of start to dissuade the Watson pickups as well as alongside dropping the Valkyries and a few others, especially to get those control scans.
02:21:57 It's kind of crazy because we think about it because Apex South for me, the regional final started at 2 a.m. And I knew I had a really long day today, so I wasn't going to wake up at 2 a.m. and start it. But when I woke up at about 7.30 this morning, five and a half hours in, we were sitting on, I believe, game seven or game eight.
02:22:14 It went all the way to 10 games, Zephyr. That's breaking records for APAC South. The entire community was showing out this morning. I saw a lot of favorites that were kind of, even Tom writes great articles out there, was in chat this morning. But you've always got to be a part of a little bit of history.
02:22:31 think that was the longest ever right like apac north didn't we have a 13 game it was 14 or 14 right there yeah last last split goes in the entire distance so hey match point can run its money up and dissuade or at least delay for some of these teams when it comes to the time frames as a whole and especially for people like genome that's quite a tall task a tall order of games you've got to endure
02:22:55 Yeah, see, that's why I've been kind of talking about, like, you don't want to wait until regional finals to make a play to get to land. If you find yourself outside the top eight, anything could happen, whether you're going. We even saw some people doing a little bit of interesting things in Apex South with wonton dumpling already securing the top of the leader sword and going straight to land on Legends Gaming to make sure that they outperformed them to take that overall lead over.
02:23:22 But hey, if you at home are watching all of our pro games here and you're like, you know, I could do that. All right, well, let's see it.
02:23:29 Because there's something called the Challenger Circuit and the Split One Challenger Circuit does have registration open for all of those dates. Get it going, get your team locked and loaded. You know, Zephyr, let's put a team together, shall we? I, not a chance. There is, I have, I coach a collegiate team. Yeah, that's fine. Dia's an absolute monster. Throw Vicky in there and you've got a star-studded roster, but it comes down to it. This is the second best of the best. These teams are just as good and to put truth to the...
02:23:59 Oh.
02:24:27 So Grim Reaper II. The North American. The North American version of it. Regardless, will we get more Grim Reaper-like moments out of Hardeki in these final two matches?
02:24:52 Aurora, currently sitting in about 6th overall on the leaderboard, which is very unlike them, albeit it's still a good performance. So let's go ahead and go through. Omit, your winners of match number 4. Aurora, match 3. Made in Heaven and Alliance, take those first two maps of the day. Will we get a repeat winner, or will we get some differentiating things as teams look to unseat LCDF off the top of the leaderboard, coming in with 58.
02:25:22 Oh, it's a tall order, but one that is still achievable by the likes of many. When we talk about the points spread between them and Passion UA, it is only a difference of roughly 19 points, I believe. Ultimately, not impossible, but within the two games remaining, especially depending on LCDF, very, very possible.
02:25:44 It is possible, but it is going to be tough, especially with LCDF not being any stranger to fighting. They just go through, take what they want. Nothing is given. They're currently averaging about 14.5 points per match, and the large majority of that being through eliminations, currently sitting on 37 prelims. But enough talk about that, because it is time. It is time to start talking plane lines, where we're headed, a central zone, and the plane is going.
02:26:13 Ich glaube, es ist ein Plane, ich glaube, es ist ein Hammerhead Shark.
02:26:40 I think I can say anything. I mean, that's true. You really can. Whether or not you return again will be another story. I'm just kidding. Fair game. Fair game. I warned Noises today. Not true at all. I was the opposite end of that argument. Nah, Noises was a gem. Let's be real. And as we see omit, your winners of last match make their way to a contest-free Zeus Station. Immediately start turning their attention to things that are going to get them their evoke.
02:27:06 Shields leveled up, but for a zone that we have yet to see, Cito, did we get it? No, we got it all the way back in match two. It pulled to the houses outside of Cito near that Evo cache that GoNext is by. All right, and that's where GoNext lost that game as Aurora climbed up to take away that victory. So if there's a chance to do good and find your way back into the fray and deliver on a POI that you know and claim as home, this is your opportunity. And that...
02:27:34 That, to me, Tiff, is usually always the real test. When you've got the poll directly to you, that should be your game. It should, and honestly, I'm very happy that the entire CETO and even a little bit of that water in the front of Barometer is in, because we think back to North America yesterday, where a good bit of Checkpoint was in, and everyone was reading it. Hey, we're going Checkpoint.
02:27:57 I think 90% of the lobby was sitting in Checkpoint. The pool comes through straight down to Cito and, well, the mass exodus occurs and chaos assumes. So as we look in, we got our friendly neighborhood pest control.
02:28:11 Far from friendly within neighborhoods, but definitely present all the same. We'll see if they're able to stay alive, similar to the, well, bugs they call their friends. For LCDF, they're on their rotation, or my apologies. It's kind of an odd one. Forge on their rotation, and what will be now Portugal, at least defending middle ground here, gonna make sure that they're the ones that take away the Evo and on their rotation. I love that they've already hit it.
02:28:38 ... ... ... ...
02:29:02 Das Information wird sofort auf sie gehen. Hier kommt die EMP für Kashera. Es wird nicht sein. Sie verlieren die resten Wights. Ozzy ist vielleicht die einzige, die zu behalten. Wir haben ein paar Werteilung. Wir haben eine Katwahl, die wir hier haben. Aber sie sind hier, aber sie sind hier. Postkill ist nicht klar. Er ist sicher, ich muss Vision.
02:29:23 Notably, this is something that is completely negated in terms of the buffs that we saw from previous seasons, so not really holding much of its weight. And for Portugal, especially after damage like that, they're happy to continue this assault. This chase here stuck now in the side of the HQ. Miss Cam, gotta be really careful. Missiles on the other side, just barely.
02:29:45 Half those Missiles hit the front of the wall, and that's okay, because it did save Miskim just a little bit longer. Curious to see what's going on. If you're trying to pop a medkit, well, that's going to take about eight seconds, and Q doesn't want to give you the time to be able to full heal, and now Team Portugal is trying very hard to push them back in. Kashera opens it up with the first knock on to Raka Faka, making it a 3v2 and about to go 3v1, but still cannot get the final touch on to 2.02.
02:30:16 Kind of a delay of action here. Will turn around and actually be shot out in before they are on that full wipe of 202. Gotta turn tail and actually now defend against the likes of this later rotation from Vex. We know they start out here just towards the east. So finally in from what is their start? You're gonna hear an evac Portugal looking for the run. It's point blank though. Oh, we just need one more.
02:30:42 Aber Kashera geht es nicht mehr auf Team Portugals, als Postkill wird der Fall sein, um in die Öffnung zu gehen, und hoffentlich finden die Sicherheit. Offscreen? Wir verlieren auf Passion U.A. Und ich will nicht sagen, dass ich das, aber manchmal, wenn die Leute sagen, um ein bestimmtes Ding zu sprechen, und ich sage Passion U.A. ist besser auf Stormpoint, ich bin sorry. Ich bin sorry. Sometimes die Kursse ist real.
02:31:10 Something of a promise, some would say. One that needs to be broken here. One last chance to reverse this curse. You're welcome to whoever told you to fit. They told me to fit in more rock song lyrics in my cast and you're welcome for that one. Good luck figuring it out and hopefully. If they want rock song lyrics, I could go literally all day. Do it. I could rock them all night long.
02:31:34 Stay healthy, though, on the roof of Seto. Now, with this zone looking a little different and a lot of our teams getting that ring information early on, you're not going to see what you saw in NA last night. We are going to have the majority of our teams playing from Seto Station looking for any area that they can make happen. Stay healthy does get the roof, the upper area. You can constantly climb up.
02:31:56 Put pressure. I've even seen teams where Mizuko is kind of sitting try to take angles where you are relatively hidden, so you're not going to get that return damage. Forge, Infinite making their way. But with Aurora being the one that did win out on that zone we called earlier, the only one to pull Seto, can they run it back? You know, we've got Aftermath just ahead of them, but, you know, Aurora likes the rocks, and I think they want to take hold of that.
02:32:24 So, this is their most important game yet, even if, well...
02:32:53 Zone ain't quite there. That's pretty gross. I actually like Aurora's position more, though, because now you don't have to run through all of the teams in CEDO.
02:33:04 You play off MapScan, you see where everyone is. You're not going to have that Zone 3 information. Look at the rotation, right? They just kind of hang down south of Millage and wrap around that choke. Now, granted, if you do it too early, you're going to have to contend with all the teams making their way out of Cito. But it looks like Navi is catching wind of it. And they're like, you know, this is where we're going.
02:33:26 I'd be surprised if they actually knew here, but ultimately it's the fact that they lose good positioning in the likes of Seto that forces them up the hill. And as a result, they're going to move continuously here. They don't quite know that they've got one heck of a position. Now, down deep, Barometer's side here.
02:33:47 Oh, no. Okay, look, are we going to play from the building in Barometer and fight north? Because that's acceptable to me. Sometimes if you don't know where it's pulling, looking for a solid area that's not going to have you go out in that mid-game where everyone goes from about those 18 squads to about 11. And then you would look at where Alliance is making their step towards. They're kind of mirroring Navi in that rotation, but they actually have the info.
02:34:15 They're gonna set themselves up within this building Navi just a little bit too deep here setting themselves up for a cross take on Barometer as a whole and also looking to see if they can get themselves up on that Evo notably does seem like Matafe was able to secure that first package pickup and will take advantage of the extra length from that bow check 50 on the go but
02:34:38 Again, Navi is opting to go for the wide swing, potentially all the way around and even back through Jurassic.
02:34:46 Okay, look, if you're going to grab the Evo caches, that makes sense. You get triple purple. Maybe you look for some extra KP to kind of bolster your scoring, knowing you're not where you typically have been, and you want to do as much as you can in these final two games. But at the end of the day, you take that full wrap. You're going to end right back where you started, kind of by that gate in Jurassic.
02:35:09 Notably, they may not even end up where they want to be here. Vex coming through the full alt in play. A wingman now on the other side and choking them out here. They've got them covered on double angles.
02:35:20 Ja, das ist tough, dass die Nades nicht mehr verbunden sind, aber Tyler hat sich hier zu bleiben, und Babylon hat die Wingman, und mit der Beast von der Hunt, es wird sie tun, dass sie so viel dämlich machen. Despite all die dämlich dämlich, wir haben nicht gesehen, dass ein Knochen kommt. Die Schilder ist auf dem Lifeline, dass das sofort wird Matafe, aber am Ende der Zeit, das Round 2 ist geschlossen, und Navi nimmt das voll Rapp.
02:35:47 Not necessarily finalizing that push, but you know what that means. We saw Alliance Mirnavi in their rotation, and with all the chaos and the noise that Vex has been making, we've burned through our ultimates, and now we have to face off, potentially against Alliance.
02:36:04 This is really tough, too, in terms of cover. You're working with the bare minimum out here towards the edge. You've got a chunk of rocks that are going to be in, but it's going to be within a nook and cranny, and if it isn't capitalized now, it will be later. For Navi.
02:36:19 The rotation all the way back around. The longest winded exchange puts them right back in their place, but arguably now even worse. They're stuck on the eastern side here, forced to contest against three other rosters if they want to make their way through. Yeah, at least we're on triple purple here. I'm just kind of looking at what we have to offer. Kinda's got a Moby in pocket, not an evac.
02:36:44 One bat, a couple shield cells here. And for Tyler, at least he has four bats. So if it kind of does run out, we can share that. But with cold on your left for the gate and LCDF ahead of you, this is going to be tough. Should the zone have shifted, which it didn't, LCDF would have been holding a potential endgame. But for now, we're going to have to worry about that cross through the gate and even then straight into the open water.
02:37:14 We talked about them earlier here. Now we look for their success. The Forge as a duo. Going in aggressively, dropping that Nox Gas Grenade will still inevitably be picked up from behind there. Made in Heaven quickly piecing them apart. And for Phoenix, lands right in the same position. For Artic, it's a perfect two-piece. Nice job by Made in Heaven there.
02:37:37 The Healthy pops up to the top with that Goldar 301, takes a couple damage and immediately drops back down despite holding the top of Cito. They have remained nice on their shield count. Now we talked about this earlier, that Vex was eventually going to have to face up against Alliance to be able to clear this side. Babylon still does not have that Beast of the Hunt available and Clemmy goes down early. Babylon's though holding tight as Alliance swarms with a nice 3-1 cleanup and look at...
02:38:06 Wir haben uns auf die Bühne gespielt. Sie kamen mit einem Miro wie ein, was? 11 Punkte außerhalb von LC-DF. Und viele Teams, die wir mit uns nehmen können, wird uns closer zu haben. Aurora, aber sie haben ihren Weg gemacht. Und eine andere Wingman für Hardecki. Oh. Das Mal, wir sehen uns, dass die Schatz singen. Vielleicht ein bisschen schneller. Aber letztendlich, sie haben sich gegen eine Weakend-Alliance gespielt.
02:38:33 A couple utility completely down and out. And Hardeki from the other side. It's the perfect setup. Oh, we lose that on Impulse, but it's fine. It's called a Lifeline Res, and we're going to get that. You immediately step in front of that to try and body block. And now you lose out on Hardeki and Oiterin. He's got to play around these knockdowns to go ahead and finish the last couple bits of Alliance off, but not before we get shot from elsewhere. It's going to make a very tough...
02:38:58 Engagement for Alliance. They get the reset, but time is of the essence to make it happen. Jumping ship back over to Omit, clearing out the other side of Millage towards Bean. Blast does have that knock on to Kirerev, but so much chaos. All the visual clutter is going to make things difficult.
02:39:17 Oh, okay. Might be difficult, but you'll slide right into the exchange there. Laka with the wingman perfectly set up. And now turning to what might be the next 2v2. Has to play great coverage here to prevent this assault. Light finally back up in the 3v3. But ultimately, it is going to be Bambino that drops first. Is the wingman...
02:39:39 No, they do. That was all them.
02:40:04 Das war alles mit dem, mit dem Wingman wieder. Es ist die Wingman. Es ist die Wingman. Es ist die MVP der Tag. Es ist. Es fühlt sich, es ist, es kommt durch in eine Weise, dass diese Teams mehr zu arbeiten mit, als man hätte. Ultimately, es ist nicht ganz auf die Grund, aber besonders mit Lifeline, es ist mehr und mehr common. Es ist ein Grund, warum es jetzt gerade bei der 7.
02:40:30 Highest damage total weapon in the game for a weapon that has bare neck half the time. Okay, here we go again. LCDF begin the work and shouts out from that Bangalore perk. And although Zedon does put down a ton of damage, Kyner is just hip firing, ADSing that L-Star, but it won't be enough. They will fall in.
02:40:50 LVH only has two standings. It's not going to be enough time for them to hit a full reset. They do get some shield swaps in before Infinite makes their way over. Here comes the swing and the havoc. We talk about it being the preferred AR throughout. And a little bit of that double AR meta joining alongside the Hemlock. Here comes Navi, right back to kind of where they started. They do get some space here and an immediate smoke for cover to try and stay healthy.
02:41:18 It's going to be that EVAC that saves the day for Navias. I swear, you just got to stop saying these names. That's it for Stay Healthy. Straight up out and dusted there over on the other side. Alliance now, though, working from that southern choke where they dominated against Vexed. And Aurora will be quick to clean up all these rosters who have no care in turning around whatsoever. Every time I hear that drone fly by, I'm like,
02:41:48 Kashera, wo bist du? Wo bist du? Wenn wir noch mehr freekam Observers für den Broadcast haben, könnte Kashera sein. Oh, absolut. Für die Leute, die nicht wissen, es ist das gleiche Konzept. Es ist tatsächlich die Drone selbst. Wir tun in, mit Navi. Es hat sich in Dicey mit der Rotation gemacht, aber wie werden sie diese Endzone navigieren?
02:42:16 We need the next scan for below. Team far left. Team far left. Okay. Can we go right maybe? We can. Yeah, yeah. No, no, no, no. We have to. We might have to go in below. Okay.
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Alliance's Dominance and EMEA's Competitive Landscape
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02:43:14 Weg, Weg, Weg, Weg, Weg!
02:43:21 I love that they left those Watson fences up for the sheer amount of time, but trying to make it into that open water when Alliance has so much space, unlucky. At least they grabbed as much KP as possible for Navi before falling into the final three. It's made in heaven, omit, and Alliance, and look at that.
02:43:47 Aber für Allianz, ich will sagen, nach der Elimination von LCDF und der Performance heute als ein whole, wir might be rearing up...
02:44:16 für eine Potenzial-Viktorie, nicht nur hier in diesem Spiel, aber im Moment, wenn sie auf das Spiel kommen, sie gehen mit einem Dominant-Leader, um in Game 6 zu nehmen, um es von LC-DF zu nehmen. Für alle drei dieser Teams, der Sight ist auf Land, der Historie ist auf der Ende des Jahres. Das ist ein Test, currently, und wir werden sehen, wie die Besten am EMEA ist.
02:44:39 I really do like the setup that Maiden Heaven's working with, Defenses, and Omit is able to just keep continuously putting pressure on the Double Trident setup. They're gonna move it up just a little bit further, about 80 or so damage will occur. You jump back to the rocks, but you're setting your sights to move forward. Smoke, scan, and honestly, my man, the arm on that caustic, bro, that perk upgrade, which allows you to essentially become the quarterback of an NFL team.
02:45:08 Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's.
02:45:36 Meanwhile, the Nades find it coming down from above here, and they will ring with just as much pressure and pain as the Height as well. But in the return, though, Lufka, once again, the wingman in play, comes to save the day. A drop from behind as Alliance will lose out in one. This could be what sets Made Up in Heaven for their win.
02:45:58 Come on, like at this point in time, Made in Heaven, they get to play for the win, and Synetic cannot go down here. There were already trades on that first fight. The Full Send coming in, and now just trying to navigate through this. A Glass Cannon in the hands of Synetic. Arctic takes towards the top, Tax.
02:46:16 Do not go down, you do. And now all hopes go to Arctic to try and put this one fort. Made in heaven, the child comes in. He grabs that knock onto Unlucky. But it's not gonna be enough. Alliance, do it again.
02:46:32 From in between a fight, down to a duo, to the resets galore, and the win that counts above all, Alliance come out on top, playing the fights against both Omid and Made in Heaven. That is something that goes beyond, beyond a guaranteed win. It's just nice, right? You got Hakus on the broadcast yesterday. Was it the broadcast?
02:46:59 No, when it comes to the pressure they've been applying, it has been
02:47:15 all day amass that is a weight that alliance is continuing to build up the strength to lift out from on top of themselves but with that game under their belt 12 points from the wind and the guarantee of the kp alongside it you have to remember they were literally right there within that top three to potentially take that spot away i would not be surprised if they're walking into now a dominant position for made in heaven though in a minute
02:47:39 Doesn't get much worse. They were also top eight overall, and that's something that will allow them to at least host a robust set of points that lets them feel safe knowing that they're on top of the board for EMEA.
Regional Finals and Land Spot Qualification Scenarios
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02:47:51 And you think back to it, because we've kind of been talking about two different things here. It's making it to regional finals, which is essentially the top 20 overall for the EMEA region. But they only have eight land spots to move on to split one playoffs. Alliance come into match date number nine, sitting in ninth place outside of that top eight where they want to make it. And they've been consistent throughout split one, but it has by no means been anywhere near dominant. They have not gone.
02:48:20 in a 1st, a 2nd, or I think even a 3rd. So taking a matchday win for them to get that 25 points overall would really help solidify themselves in those land contention spots moving into regional finals, which folks, if you're at home and you've got questions, yes, the winner of the regional finals do automatically secure that land spot, but the rest is left up to the points that you accrue between today and the regional final.
02:48:46 So, ultimately, for any one of our top 20, you have the chance to make it to land just by competing through our match point finals. But that does mean it's technically not eight in a way. There are only seven that work on forward from the points themselves. You could be watching someone like Potentially Infinite, who have done remarkably in this last game, walk into a wonderful win on finals, and then some of those top rosters are going to be on their way home.
02:49:12 Okay, that's true. And really interesting to think of. But for match 5 results, let's go ahead and look at it. A dominating show out here from Alliance. 17 eliminations for a total of 29 points. We saw the climb accrue outside of the top. And now they have usurped it. The question is, by how much did they do it? Made in Heaven and Omid, though. Still performing quite well. And we were talking about Na'Vi.
02:49:41 Sie sind außerhalb der Top 10. Sie brauchen ein guter Bezug auf die letzten zwei Spiele. Well, ein Double-Digit ist da für die Spiel. Nicht schlecht.
02:49:48 Es ist wirklich tough. At this point, you're right.
02:50:18 Passion UA was just better on World's Edge and not good on Stormpoint. I'm trying to reverse it, okay? I'm trying to see what I can do here because coming into match day number nine, Passion UA was sitting in sixth place. So they're inside that top eight. But when you have teams like Alliance, Made in Heaven that were in eighth and ninth, they're looking to kind of bounce over them. And you can only afford so much before you fall out.
02:50:44 Wow.
02:51:10 Das ist ziemlich verrückt. Affect auf den Top mit 20, zwei Mitglieder der LCDF, eigentlich alle drei Mitglieder der Allianz und alle drei Mitglieder der LCDF finden sich in den Top 10. Vielleicht ist es der Amid-Effekt, vielleicht ist es Lufka und Light.
02:51:24 Whatever it is, they have found themselves in a really solid day for them because thinking about their performance, they came into this match day sitting in 16th place overall, about 22 or so points outside of the top eight. And as we look at the series results, well, you know, not only did they bounce over LCDF, they really took a good bit of the points differential there. Yeah, this is gonna be hard for LCDF to...
02:51:52 They fight their way back into potentially a leading win if that's what they want here. But I want to focus on some of the bottom half of our board here. A huge shout out to Cold and Infinite, holding on for dear life to those 19th and 20th positions, placing in the top.
02:52:07 10 today for lvh though a huge drop team portugal as well both of these rosters within our upper echelon of points won't quite be knocked out but gives the opportunity for some of these lower end teams to potentially get the points that count get that opportunity watch their dreams come true and avoid the the true struggle which i'll tell you what i don't know if you all have seen pro league qualifiers
02:52:34 But that is a demonic state of play. It is hard. It is a gauntlet, to be said, the easiest way to go through it. It is a bloodbath gauntlet, true and true. But we only have one more game to determine who will be relegated, who is moving on to those regional finals. We're going to cut to a quick break. And when we come back, all those answers will be answered.
02:54:31 Welcome back to the Apex Legends Global Series, where answers will be answered. No, just kidding. I literally chuckled at that Zephyr, because why would we answer questions when you can answer answers? But we only have one more map to go. It's on Stormpoint, and will Alliance get their first matchday win? Historically through our day, they've taken two wins. Can they get another? Because a bonus point could be nice, too, actually. It's an answer that is waiting to be seen, and a question that we'll have.
02:54:59 Yeah, we talked about it, right? They came into this matchday in ninth place.
02:55:26 67 points. Made in Heaven is tied alongside Cyberkats at 70. Passion UA sitting in 6 with 73. So within a 25 point matchday win for them, potential for 26. Think about what that does. I know you said you're good at math, so I'll let you do quick math right there, but it is definitely north of 73.
02:55:50 ...at least coming out on top of that one. They will find themselves at 93, which currently, if the statistics around 89 points work out to be LAN qualification, that does put them above it. Even with a win on their belt, they are currently above it here. So for Alliance, coming out with a win on the day of might have just sent them to LAN, but granted...
02:56:11 Es ist immer nur ein Spiel, das sie von einem Potenzial-Spot, einem FUTURE, einem Platz zu behalten gegen den internationalen Titeln.
Strategic Rotations and Zone Dynamics on Storm Point
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02:56:23 Well, only time will tell. Can they get those points that are so desperately needed? We don't want it coming down to the line on those regional finals. But as our teams make their way, you can see Alliance just kind of navigating throughout the canon of Thunderwatch. They will be one of the first squads to hit the ground as we are finally moving that plane from north to south. And from there, we wait to see where we head.
02:56:54 Small peak of our zone there over you can see in our top left mini box as it will be working similar to what we saw last game but ultimately opening up the presence of barometer and of course a little bit of that Jurassic area that we all know and love the potential playthroughs here for Alliance though I don't think they worried they got themselves into a position that was right there alongside the fray one of the best positions that even you tiff called out early on towards that house from a spot like this
02:57:23 They did absolutely great. I mean, that is the longest rotation from Lightning Rod. Anytime you have to go to those southern zones, you just really have to loot as quickly as possible. But you can see they've already got an Evo cash pinged for them. They'll have that 350 netted from that. They've already got about 55 more that they'll need to put themselves on the blue. So of no worry there. But setting their sights on that zone that is pulling.
02:57:48 ...to kind of favor where Passion U.A. is, and even Navi in Pylon. Team Portugal just has a quick copy to skip from Coastal Camp to make their way into that. But if we do pull to another potential for an open ending in the water, teams are really going to have to rely on the Bangalore smokes to kind of stay in the clear.
02:58:08 It's a tough one, but ultimately you do still get a lot of the spacing available in Barometer to kind of house up if you're one of those rosters that is playing around the caustic. But the time is ticking. You've got to make your way over here. And for teams like TSM Phoenix, a different clock is currently ticking. Currently in 18th overall. This is a roster that walked into today at the very bottom.
02:58:31 27. Now, notably, with 26 points, they only have to surpass roughly about that kind of 33 to 35 mark, but currently, they're not there. Oh no, Kairi pushes down, holds the door, but not enough. As soon as you turn around to make a play, you get shot from the back, but it doesn't matter. We've got Revenant, we've got Lifeline, and the quick reset coming through, but it was scary for a moment.
02:59:00 Es ist schwer, wenn du eine Single-Member auf den Reboot hast. Die Forge hat sich vielleicht zu verabschieden. Und ich glaube, das White-Health wird komplett voll für Kairi hier sein. Also muss man sich ein bisschen auf der Seite auf der Seite an der J-Savage geben, als die Nades werden sie ein bisschen mehr Zeit geben. Oh, ich höre die Beast-Of-The-Hunt. Und nun, wir sind einfach nur noch als wir enter. Time dwindling down, aber reminder, du kannst einfachen Extend-That.
02:59:29 Could you be able to get that perk later on in your perk tree? For now, scan comes through. Well, we've got our lines on. And now, sometimes you gotta kick through the door and... What?
02:59:40 You know what? Not a lot of these early fights have to be pretty. We just gotta make them happen. It's been a struggle, though, thus far for the Forge, trying to work their way. They do inevitably come through with the double knock drop. Frass from the outside, keeping the Dream alive, but broken in terms of getting past the barrels on the door here. This Caustic locking down these...
03:00:03 So quickly. I mean, that's incredible. Working your way in, blocking with Beryl, and then turning right around. A leap forward here now from above. And Fraz having to reload the swap. My god. Get the shield core swap. I'll beat only about 5 HP on it. But going into that fight, I can say that I've done that many times. Not making sure that your secondary weapon that you're going to switch to is reloaded. And that time will cost you. Now Forge will get to go on a...
03:00:32 Relatively clean reset and kind of carry on their momentum. The change in time that it took for that engagement has allowed teams like LCDF, Made in Heaven, start to kind of inch their way closer to that southern zone.
03:00:51 It's tough here. TSM Phoenix, that's something that I'm still thinking about. Ultimately, needed to have an ultimate game here, right? Needed to have something excellent in their final game, potentially now, of the EMEA split one. And to be honest, walking away at what was 18th.
03:01:10 With only a couple of points there, they may pop into 70, but I just don't think that's enough points. We'll let the standings work their way out towards the end here, but we might already be sending our next relegated team home.
03:01:23 LVH. They take down Tyler from Navi. Now granted, since Matafe does play Lifeline, which is going to be that support character, should we not be able to recover the banner, they can rely on crafting it. However, very tough to do so in ALGS. However, we did see Hardeki go on a tangent yesterday. Not only crafting and trying to res once, but they were going for a second before they got cut down.
03:01:49 I don't know about you, I saw Infinite literally rise right in front of, or revive literally in front of four teams in Survey Camp earlier today, so especially given this early, I think Navi got time. Navi got a lot of time. They'll be fine. Gotta find a crafter first, and as they rotate out of zone, they're gonna be heading straight towards Cold, still making their way in.
03:02:11 Otherwhere, we have Made in Heaven getting set up in Barometer with that second zone information. So I have to look for the teams that when round one starts to finish that close, right? We pop ring two. Who are the teams that are going to have access to a ring console to get the third zone information and have a more accurate depiction of where they need to move towards? It's a tough spot here, but ultimately if you don't have it, it's out.
03:02:38 Good guesses, you know, find your way into the buildings or the bushes or potentially what is the pineapple buildings just on the outside of Jurassic for vexed they take from zone directly into pylon this is where cold was situated just on the outskirts moment ago and even from the hillside coming here you've got to be more careful than that Well good thing more lifelines appearing here for me you drop your cue and you immediately start to get that reset going through but
03:03:07 As they are the only team inside of Pylon, the availability of the evocache is there. There'll just be some nice little top-ups before you have to go into that endgame. For LVH, after taking down Tyler, they're moving forward, and look at that nice ring console that is so calling Vyfe's attention. At some point, they'll grab that. Really good from LVH, sitting at 11th right now. Gonna keep everyone updated on these things, ultimately walking in today at 18th. Should be relatively safe, even for regional finals here.
03:03:39 Speaking of a team that will find themselves kind of safe, starting that journey northward in points south on Storm Point. But we look at where that zone is going to be pulling. Northwest. Yeah, exactly. We like the upward trajectory when it comes to the point scoring. But for our zone that pulls yet again a little bit further south this time, very similar to what we've been witnessing.
03:04:04 Das ist eine Schöpfung in meinen Augen, weil es so viele Teams in der Nähe gibt, die sich in der Nähe suchen, wenn ihr nicht schon da seid.
03:04:17 Yeah, especially since this could, has the opportunity at least to pull back towards that beach end in our final moments, and that can be a good position to work your way in front. For Go Next, they want to clear out this building. It's getting a little too tight, a little too musty, a little too gassy in there for Tolkien. Breathed in a little too deep. Hey, Fashion UA, find a KP. This is the start of what they need here for match number six.
03:04:44 And to be fair, you land in Barometer. You're on Blue Shields. I was worried about what that loot would look like. Yowie just running an Ironsight flatline. Okay, not my favorite. But to be fair, you really have to kind of go with what you can get. Let those eliminations come to you. And by that way, find your loot. Elsewhere, you've got Alliance on Triple Purple, Omid to the right, and Team Portugal holding Gravity Cannon.
03:05:11 Arguably just as tough as a spot to defend here, but can work its way out well, especially if you're able to contest the building. But granted, taken right now. They're starting to extend here. This is not a roster that ultimately needs the ton of points, but could potentially look for it. A trident on the other side, though, says they're just going to look out towards the west, clean things up from behind. They should be okay.
03:05:34 I should. Oh, gosh. I keep my eyes on Posty over there. Kind of just living, laughing, maybe. I don't know. There's a statement out there. Live, laugh, love. LCDF in the Trident, though. Hitting a rotation towards Cito.
03:05:51 I do actually like this, ultimately, especially since we know building is contested and you get Team Portugal out there. It's a little bit easier to work your way in from the north, knowing that even if you get successful fights there, the resets that LCDF would find themselves in aren't actually that awesome of positions. And ultimately, you're up against a team like Omic, suddenly building down utility unavailable. This is going to be tough.
03:06:17 Yes, immediately we get Tyler back in. We throw the evac Tyra down, but we have the ring at our back and we have to go towards Forge. I'm not sure what our med kit syringe capabilities look like. Will that be able to hold you down as you hit maybe a more Western wrap towards LCDF in the Alliance? Because you can only stay here for so long in the ring and with Phoenix kind of setting up those Nox traps all over the doors, it's going to be tough for them.
03:06:45 Das ist es. Sie müssen für den Extended Rotate gehen. Und sie können, wie du gesagt gesagt, finden sich in eine Sense-Action als sie durch die relativ offen, die noch nicht existiert sind. Für LVH ist der LVH in den Outskirts des Wehrforges. Sie haben nicht sogar die ganze Zeit, aber sie haben tatsächlich geschlossen, Spottet Out Cold hier.
03:07:12 Hmm. I'm back on board with LVH. Not necessarily where they need to be for the Barrow. Here goes the Scanon. Well, it connects. We've got the information of Cold. Let's jump into a quick listen in with them.
03:07:32 Me, me, me, me!
03:07:59 Wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee.
Clutch Plays and Endgame Scenarios
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03:08:27 There was one word in particular that I think summed up that entire fight from LVH in those comms, and it was, bruh. Yeah, I do think it was surprising that they ultimately did extend that as long as, I mean, they just came from knowing Forge are behind them. Ultimately, that third party was absolutely guaranteed, especially after a zone close, but that's Hagnor here for Alliance, losing out on effect, the namesake, the bullet, the demon. This is a struggle now as a duo that'll have to fight their way forward.
03:08:55 I don't know if they've got any Moby, but for now, they need to win 3v2. 202 fall elsewhere, but I'm quite honestly impressed with Unlucky. Now, not necessarily new to competitive, but newer to Alliance as Yuki kind of left the fray, but Unlucky has really adapted to Alliance quite nicely. Now, they're not going to live here. Navi will take them out and get some well-needed KP for them. Now, we just kind of... That's true. That's true. Dang. Man, I...
03:09:24 I was watching the stream when they were saying goodbye to Unlucky, and man, it was sad. But regardless, Navi's got some work to do today, and with LCDF falling, it opens the door on the leaderboard, because it's Omit that is still up and at him. There you go. We called it. If you work your way out from this southern side, Amit is just going to capitalize. The question is, now with Utility down and Navi working their way in, this is a potential opportunity to capitalize. Granted.
03:09:51 Hiding your way through this, especially with some of the sight lines from the south, you've got to be uber careful with only 48 seconds to deliver.
03:10:01 Let's see how they approach it. Caustics make building fights so messy. Everyone's running it. Kind of does open the door, take down Blast, but we have to kind of reset out. And meanwhile, look at Light running, trying to form some kind of nature there. The Evac Tower goes down. We're delaying the Inevitable. We do get knocked there. Turned back towards Forge here alongside Infinite. A little bit of Chaos erupting around the Nut and Slayers.
03:10:27 Das Hitfire der G7 ist nicht immer schön, aber es funktioniert hier, und Infinite wird fallen. Ja, das ist alles, was Picked-up von Slayers in der Ende. Es ist ein Schicksal für die Forge. Sie gehen von einem Choke zu einem anderen. Jetzt zwei Rosters unter der Belastung, weiter zu Balloon das Score, und jetzt senden sie in die Top 10. Das Cross, wir wissen, ist so schwierig, besonders in den Open, aber die Buildings selbst sind einfach nur als contestant.
03:10:53 Made in Heaven, though. They have an opportunity to break into the top three. Now that Omit has fallen. And, you know, I don't love the current positioning of where that zone is heading to. You've got a lot of teams to go through.
03:11:09 It's a tough spot here. Heaven on the outskirts will get the back end of this door closed. Meanwhile, Aurora, needing a spot to work with, have found good takes onto YiQ there. Gas on the defense, but ultimately finally broken upon their shields. Made in Heaven from the outside makes this slightly difficult and prevents Aurora from pushing completely in. Instead, they're going to take some time with the Lifeline.
03:11:34 I mean, they're chilling, right? You call in the supply package, you get more bats if you were ever running low. But it's Max Strafe picking up some other eliminations elsewhere. Exoclan Fall. This building, though, is so congested. You've got Maiden Heaven, Team Portugal, even Aurora kind of on the roof. You look towards your right, you've got Go Next and Navi and a little bit of a Layer Cave. Aftermath holding the bridge, which is...
03:11:57 Wahrscheinlich wird es gut sein, richtig? Wenn wir über die Brücke nach dem Weg gehen, dann wird es open sein. Aber für die Maiden in Heaven, die haben eine Reise vorhanden, müssen wir in den Listen in den Listen.
03:12:23 Was ist unser nächstes Jahr? Der Rock ist in. Wir haben den Rock. Wir haben den Rock.
03:12:33 Ja, ich kann mich auf den Starr. Ja, ich kann mich auf den Starr. Ja, ich kann mich auf den Starr.
03:13:02 Come back, come back, come back. Two armors. I don't know. I popped their fucking barrels. Can you just hold them? Keep holding them. Yeah, dispense it. They're going up to the other side, I think. Yeah, that's fine. Yeah, play me. Okay, chill, chill, chill. They're powering here, in the corner. In the window, in the window. Okay, okay, okay. I'm back-looking. Yeah. Tatis, come back. I'm coming, I'm coming. Are you over to blood ult? I'm blood ulti, fuck it. They're inside.
03:13:32 Das war das war das war das war das war
03:13:57 Team Portugal falls, Navi falls, and now it's Ardic making their last stand for Made in Heaven, but look who has else arrived from the building. Aurora, take the bridge, Vex ahead of them. Zephyr, this one's gonna be good.
03:14:13 Vextir mit der finalen Moment, das ist das Spiel, das sollte sich selbst aufzunehmen, um die Relegation zu vermeiden. Vor heute, 24th. Jetzt, mit vielleicht sogar sogar dieses Spiel allein auf der Welt, zu wissen, dass sie jetzt noch ein paar Vorteile gegen Aurora und Maid in Heaven haben, mit dem Witten in Game 6, sie könnten es aufhören.
03:14:38 They could have. They could have. But now, I keep my attention focused on the Grim Reaper himself. The embodiment of the true lifeline. Look, sometimes you gotta get, kinda get a little crazy, right? You throw those down, you look for extra cover, and you want Maiden Heaven. You want Vex to focus on anyone else other than you. We have an inch forward, and this peek that Funko has is kinda tough.
03:15:08 Das ist wirklich aggressiv hier, aber die Extension aus der Seite von Aurora kann sehr gut sein. Du musst auch bemerksam sein, eben als ein duo. Und jetzt mit dem Return of Maiden Heaven, es ist nicht so easy mehr. Wir sind wirklich wirklich nur los, dass das passieren? Endgame? Wir haben gesagt, dass diese Rezs kommen. Well, willkommen zurück, Tax, willkommen zurück, Synetik. Wir sind in full Form hier und jetzt die Nummern...
03:15:35 Disadvantage is going to go towards Aurora, and we full send on to the duo. We're looking for easy KP and playing for second. Let's see, Maiden Heaven here with a minor heal as Dlemmy's Rolling Slider will initially drop them out for Tax and Artic, though. As a duo, they'll hold on for Deer Life, even surviving one more position is all they want, and with Aurora going potentially down, X will win.
03:16:04 They do just that. They hold the rock. They section things off with the Rolling Thunder. And they play it patiently. And honestly, another team with another Lifeline win.
03:16:18 It's a huge win for there. And the reset for FACO is something that gives them their breath of life. But the positioning in general is something we should talk about. Coming out from the east there and contesting against so many rosters, we saw some of their deep dives out towards the central position. And ultimately, like I said, before we got into that final flight, before we got into the next win, that is the single game that puts them in safety, right? Had they not won that game.
03:16:45 Had they not finished as high as they did today, they could have been potentially down and out with our Challenger Circuit teams competing for Pro League once again. Well, they're one of the teams that did stem from the qualifiers, right? So it's like, we don't want to go back and deal with what we've already done. We know what it's like. We've built upon that. We've learned throughout the entirety of Split One. And you know what? We deserve to stay in Pro League.
03:17:10 It's a tough spot for Vex, but one that they know many times before, and maybe that's the Inkling.
03:17:16 That gives them their success. But ultimately for Made in Heaven and Aurora, it's still big ups. Second place there alongside third finishes for Made in Heaven. That has been the story of the year for me in Split One. From nothing, from Zero to Hero to now on the board with 11 points out of that game. This keeps them competitive, I believe, in our top eight before we hit Regional Finals. Overall, not bad, but your match results for number six on the day. 19 for Vex. They were outside the top.
03:17:45 10 prior to this match, so we can only wait to see what that does for them on the overall. For Na'Vi, though, they grabbed 13 points, made in heaven with 11, and jumping down, even though Forge go out earlier than they would have liked, they pick up 10 eliminations.
03:18:04 10 eliminations there for the Forge. After today with 15th, it's gonna pop them up and keep them like we've said all day long in the place of regional finals. For the remnants of our bottom-ended teams, it isn't quite as exciting. LCDF and Alliance notably falling off in their last games to show, but with no one being even close to the overall match point series, I think we know who wins.
03:18:28 I think we do know. We know a lot of things. And one thing I know, well, we need glitter back. Glitter, get back in here. We've got a lot to break down from our final match day of EMEA. Listen, we know a lot of things, but what I don't know, and I was trying to work out the entire time in that last match, is what this top eight bubble is going to look like when everything is said and done. Because between the performances that we saw out of...
03:18:52 PassionUA, Made in Heaven, Alliance, LCDF, and considering the teams that don't get to be playing in this matchday, like E6, CyberCats. I mean, there's a lot that I'm trying to keep track of. I'm not the numbers person like you are, Zephyr, so I don't have it nailed down, but I feel like some of the performances that we saw today will absolutely have catapulted some other teams into position as far as...
03:19:20 being in that LAN qualifying spot or nailing down regional qualifiers bare minimum when they weren't there before. I think ultimately the big question being that between Alliance and LCDF here, both respectively, with Alliance more notably kind of climbing up in these last few match days and now potentially with the overall, but for LCDF, an absurd, absurd performance today that might have put them, like you said, in one of those spots.
03:19:47 I can't wait to see what those standings say, but we're not there yet, okay? We need to go back and talk about the final circles from all of our Storm Point matches because everything kicked off in...
03:20:00 Das war's für Kold, Forge und Omit.
03:20:30 Das war das Top 20-Bubble-Heading-Into-Today. Und der Performance war super, super solid. Sie versuchen das Final-Push in zu Omit. Aber mit ein bisschen von Back-and-Fort hier. Die Schatz kommen durch. Die Schatz sind gut. Und das Omit ist able zu Clutch-Up hier. Close out Match No. 4. Und das war ein HUGE, HUGE win für sie. Es hat zu fühlen, gut zu Nählen. Tiff, das war ein Femme-One-To-Cast.
03:20:58 Ja, es wirklich war. Und Omit taking the win at the end of that. But then you turn your sights to match number five, where yet again, Omit make it to that top three. Made in Heaven, look, they've got a really nice positioning over there. But at the end of the day, Alliance are able to single-handedly put pressure on both of these squads. And as they start kind of getting those trades, we start looking towards where is our best bet for success. Hackis does go.
03:21:27 Und dann sehen wir den Effekt, zu punchen, bis hin zu der Unlucky. Das Rez-Effekt wird, um die Pressure zurückzunehmen. Und Maiden Heavens ist, oh nein, wir sind chillin. Und dann, wir warten für den finalen Kampf. Sinnetik wird hier verraten, und nicht zu kapitalisieren, auf die vorherigen Knochen, ist wirklich, was beginnt die Nail in der Coffin, Zephyr.
03:21:53 Ja, und wie sie crossen hier sind, wie lost sie sind. Die Direktion für wer zu senden ist all over die Place. Synex in der Water, Tax is bouncing zwischen beiden Seiten hier. Artyk finally gets the climb up in what is a very Late Flood and Ultimate. Und zwar, ja, ein Successful Drop-On to Lucky kommt, aber es kommt bei der Kosten der Zeit. Doing Maiden Heaven in und Sending Alliance ahead. Aber mit unserem Final Game hier, wir diskutieren es durch und durch. Y'all just at home got to see it, aber für Vex,
03:22:22 mit einem Lauf-Line-Lifeline-Lifeline-Battles, mit einem Late Maidenheven Rez. Es war etwas zuerst, hier. Wie gesagt, Tipp, du warst, dass der Maidenheven Rez kommt, aber es war perfekt. Auf der Cusp-Zone, in Perfect-Cover.
03:22:39 Notably, Aurora can't punish this because Vexed are covering them. So the only team who can prevent this from happening is Aurora is completely disabled. Inevitably, Maiden Heaven comes down, but with little coverage of a hold here with that ring closing in, their only choice to move forward is the bridge itself. Playing just behind, that sets them up in the identical line of sight that Vexed have been holding this entire time. Clemmy drops down that Rolling Thunder to boot, which sends them...
03:23:09 At the end of the day, you've dissuaded Put Out down to 2-on-2 for both of these rosters. With Vex now being the only team on the outside, damage already supplied. It is one quick cleanup from all members to give them their win. A really, really strong matchday performance on behalf of all of our teams here today as we get a look at...
03:23:32 our series results this is what you guys were talking about that gap even with the last the last game being a little bit of a rough performance for both alliance and lcdf it is alliance who comes out on top with a total of 77 points followed by lcdf and both these teams deserve it i mean look at those kills they were so consistent across the board whether that was their placements or they're just slaying power today tiff
03:23:56 Ja, es ist wirklich toll, dass LCDF ihre Best-Best-Performance matcht, richtig? Wenn man die letzten B- und C-E-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A
03:24:10 The early game, right? They play that match day one in A and B. They only take home six points for the overall series. Jump forward to the final day. You can see the improvements overall. The quick kind of getting unlucky up to speed. And now they get their first win of the split. And we talked about what is to come with regional finals. Well, your top 20, they'll get to play again. So more to improve on to really get yourself in that top eight. Okay.
03:24:39 Well, now that we got a chance to look at...
03:24:41 Vielen Dank.
03:25:10 Ja, es ist gut. Es ist gut.
03:25:32 We get to play in Regional Finals, but the biggest issue with that positioning there with Element 6 holding on to 8th is that LCDF and Element 6 have been contesting each other in Worlds Edge. So what will that Regional Finals look like for them? Because that could be a whole mess. 07, they didn't play today. Granted, they'll have to play again in Regional Finals, but they give up because Navi and Alliance had that...
03:25:56 Das ist verrückt. Ich muss deine Gedanken auf den Buhl, aber auch die Relegation. Wir haben das mit dem Top 20 gesprochen. Jetzt wissen wir die Ergebnisse.
03:26:19 Notably, most of the teams that didn't get to play today are, yes, of course, out with Pest Control still running at the bottom, but for 202, TSM Phoenix, Exo, and Aftermath, this is the struggle they never were able to surpass. I do want to remind folks at home, it is eight teams going down, so I believe we'll get confirmation later here. Stay healthy should still be fine and will remain in Pro League, but Vexed especially. That is the true story here.
03:26:45 Barely holding on, they break away from 24th, get out of relegation, win the final game, and give them just enough points to push into a remaining spot. That's huge. Massive, massive performance to at least keep themselves in Pro League. And like you guys were saying, everyone who is qualified for that regional finals also has another opportunity to continue earning those points to make their way through.
03:27:11 Das ist wirklich sehr wichtig, denn hier ist die Worte. Das ist die Worte. Das ist die Worte. Das ist die Worte. Wir sehen uns im Jahr Jahr aus Aurora. Und sie sind in der ersten Platz mit 136 Worte. Die einzige Team, weil diese Worte, die haben ihre Worte. Aber alle anderen.
03:27:31 Es ist noch ein bisschen in den air, aber Navi, Allianz, 07. Sie sind so komfortabel in der Performance, die wir aus Passion U8 gesehen haben, die nur drei Punkte hinter 07. Die Battle für Top 8 ist so, so close. Wer wird es aus EMEA zu unseren Split-One Playoffs? Wenn wir die Performance, die wir aus LC-DF gesehen haben, aus Allianz, aus Navi gesehen haben, alle in der Top...
03:28:00 10-12 area is going to have to really, really bring it. And you were correct there, Zephyr. As you see, it's updated to show that Stay Healthy does not qualify for regional finals, but they also don't get relegated. They will remain in Pro League. Meanwhile, everybody else below that will have to go to that PLQ in a little bit over a month's time. So lots for these teams to be thinking about.
03:28:26 Specifically though, Tiff, now regional finals right around the corner for these squads, like you were saying, how do their strategies and plans change? I guess we have to wait and see, right? With the chaos that we witnessed this morning in APAC South, anything is possible. And I was looking specifically towards like that fifth through ninth positioning on, and it was like, you know.
03:28:49 One point separating four different teams holding a potential land qualification spot. So I'm kind of uncomfortable for those squads, but we'll just wait and see. Okay, well, we've gotten a chance to see how everything's played out in the region. The one thing we haven't gotten to talk about is who is our MVP for today. And I know that we saw lots of standout performances, and I'm not going to lie, it was a tough choice between Effect and Zidane. But for me, I had to give it.
03:29:17 Ich meine, LCDF in generell sind heute auf eine andere Ebene, besonders wenn es um ihre Aggression geht. Wir sahen wie viel ihre Kills wirklich ihre Points totals wirklich, aber sie waren also consistent every single time. Die eine Sache, die mit dem Konsistenz und mit dem Slaying Power war Zetan, was das Öffnet diese Fights und machte insofern.
03:29:47 die Initiation auf etwas verrückt. Oder auf diese Kills, denn in Match 6 war 2nd in der Kill-Leaderboard, Behind-Effect, der auch eine Phänomenal-Day hatte. So für mich, wir haben es über diese Kills gesprochen, aber was Zidane zu bringen war mehr als nur die literalen Nummern.
03:30:09 Das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, das war das Erste, und ehrlich gesagt, all of LCDF, aber without what Zidane brought to the table, they wouldn't have been able to shoot up the leaderboard the way they did, now putting themselves in such an insane position heading into Regional Finals, that they very well
03:30:39 Could be a team we're looking at as qualifying to that split one playoffs. But another team today that was right on the bubble. Were they going to qualify to regional finals? Were they not? It was 20th place. I'm talking about cold.
03:30:57 We have Graceful, who I'm so excited to have, standing by to chat with us about the performance on the day. Graceful, welcome. It's so good to see you again. Thank you for joining us.
03:31:15 Hi, nice to see you all again. Yeah, consistency, consistency. Our Pro League has been mega bad, I would say. I would say that the majority of it comes down to just us. I mean, we tried something new for Pro League, and it really shows, and I think it also shows my lacking capabilities as an IGL, swapping from what I've been doing for five years, trying to play Edge, essentially, because my teammates and we had a coach that, you know, got poached.
03:31:41 Um, we tried to figure out the new strat, essentially, and it just didn't work the way we wanted it to work, right? Now that, you know, I literally pretty much gave, like, just all my thoughts against the wall and, you know, give it my all at the last chance, and I said, hey, guys, I know I can make this playstyle work. Can we just try to make something out of it? And immediately we got, you know, good results out of all of the previous weeks where we had bad because we've been trying to learn this whole new thing.
03:32:09 Shoutout to everybody, knowing how to play Edge properly, but on EU, we got 10 Edge teams. So, yeah. It's been a hard run, but we made it into Finals. We have our last chance now to make land. We just gotta bring it home the next weekend. Just gotta go everything for it, yeah.
03:32:27 Speaking of the last chance to go ahead and make land, because of course, obviously we'd love to have you back and see you on the big stage playing this time, even though we did love having you on the desk. You mentioned that you've already kind of switched some things up, Graceful. So you have a week before regional finals. Are we going to keep full sending toward that? What is the game plan, the preparation going to look like? Because with regional finals, you know, anything can happen. It's crazy. APAC South had 10 games today. So kind of talk me through the prep for that.
03:32:55 So, yeah, our points are working right now the way we are. We might switch some things up for match points when we hit that point, but for now we're just going to be playing the same way we have this weekend for sure, yeah. We're just going to stick to it because we know how to play more leapfroggy and more zone-orientated than just sticking on edge when there's just so many people. Like, our macro's been disrupted by so many teams, especially depending on group, but normally we have about, you know, we hit the UAV...
03:33:21 And sometimes in other regions, you see one team on edge, two teams on edge, you know, they fight for one power spot. On EU, you hit a UAV, you see three coming, you know, behind you right now. They're wrapping you, like mirroring your macro, and then you see two in front of you. And, you know, our best bet was just to hit the UAV, get information, and then make our macro change based on that. So now it's, I would say, it's less consistent because it's more on fly. Like, we just have to hit the UAV and then immediately have to say, we're doing this.
03:33:48 Und es ist einfach, es kann gut gehen, es kann gut gehen, es kann gut gehen, es kann gut gehen, es kann gut gehen.
03:33:57 I like that. Go all in, because at the end of the day, it's left out there on the maps themselves. But I kind of want to talk to you about something that scares me for cold here, because ultimately, while it has been a tough season for y'all, when we look at the points you've made, your regional finals, but the points still aren't quite there. We sit somewhere around 84 points for that kind of top eight right now, which currently somewhere around a win or even second place.
03:34:22 Das ist nicht genug, ich glaube, für Kolde zu machen. So das heißt, Graceful, wenn ich mich korrekt, und Leute können mich all day long hinter den Schenzen hier an, wenn y'all nicht gewinnen, du nicht gewinnen. Was kind of Pressure macht das jetzt auf, y'all, jetzt, dass es tatsächlich alles oder nichts für Kolde kommt?
03:34:44 Ich meine, ich würde sagen... Okay, so first and foremost, ich habe 20 Jahre von FPS Erfahrung, right? Making LAN oder playing LAN ist nichts. All right, all right. So ich bin nicht worried, oder bei allen Dingen, wenn ich fail, ich gehe wieder. Ich würde sagen, dass das Pro-League für sicher... Wenn wir nicht counten, dass wir 0 Objektiv für all 6 Games haben und RNG haben, ich bin Kursch für ein paar Jahre. Ich denke, das Pro-League, wir haben die Chance zu gewinnen. Every single time, es hat unsere eigene Fehler gemacht.
03:35:13 So I am not mad that I won't make LAN, because it's not in the hands of other stuff like RNG hard pulls or anything like that. I'm not going to be upset and say I deserve to go to LAN, because we don't deserve to go to LAN if we don't win now. We made it through to Finalist Lobby now, and if we win, we do deserve to go there. We are inconsistent, but it shows we have the capabilities too. And if we don't make it, it just shows we have so much more to grow, which I believe we do. And I think for me, this whole Pro League...
03:35:41 dass ich viel zu haben, auf andere Plästyles zu haben, nicht zu meiner eigenen Person. Das ist die einzige Sache, das funktioniert für mich. Vielleicht muss ich eine andere Perspektive geben, vielleicht swap role, vielleicht versuchen etwas Neues und lernen mehr, und vielleicht kann andere Potenzialen geben.
03:35:58 You are always so pragmatic and logical. Anytime you answer a question, Graceville, it's always an absolute joy to speak with you here on the show. So congratulations. I'll make you through to regional finals. I'm excited to see what you guys can bring next time around. And thank you for jumping on and chatting with us. Thank you so much for having me.
03:36:21 Alright, we always love having Graceful here on the show, but now that EMEA is all said and done, I want to get some final thoughts from you guys on how everything played out, because today was a fantastic day, Tiff. It really was. The teams that needed to kind of win to lock it in, they did. Alliance knew what was on the table, they took it, right?
03:36:44 At this point in time, those eight spots, they're not going to be given freely here. You have to earn and take what you want and go forward to split one playoffs. Regardless for our teams that got relegated, shout out to you. Wish you all the best on those pro league qualifier journeys because like we said earlier, it's going to be a gauntlet and looking forward to the gauntlet of regional finals will be like me for sure. All right. And Zephyr, give me your thoughts or even predictions if you have any and how potentially what we might see in regional finals.
03:37:12 I don't know. I don't got any predictions yet. That's a cook that I have not yet begun to find the ingredients. But I'll tell you what, any one of these teams can come out on top, especially with how things have adapted. But Aurora definitely looked the best to boot. But something I will say, especially as we start working our way, not just through EMEA, but into North America tonight, anything can happen. From Alliance and LCDF.
03:37:35 Boosting their score from Infinite and Cold, holding on for dear life to teams like Vexed, escaping relegation. Even with just six games on the board, there is always hope and there is always an opportunity. That's very well said, Zephyr. And you mentioned it. We might have nailed down toes in our regional finals for EMEA, but we still have...
03:37:58 A whole other series coming up for NA right around the corner. And you can't forget that it's obviously the last match day for NA as well, which means we'll end up with another list of teams qualified for regional finals.
03:38:14 und diejenigen, die zu uns, die zu uns, die zu uns, die zu uns, die zu uns. Und Sie werden sehen, die Likes von Complexity gesehen haben. Okay, Sie sehen, die Domination, die Monsoon kann mit den Sentineln bringen, wo Complexity ist zu gewinnen, wenn sie nicht einmal gewinnen. Okay, was werden sie hier machen können? Und dann ist es, wir haben SSG, die jetzt in der Top 10 steht.
03:38:43 Frexzynu, was will they be able to do? Will they continue on some domination here? Put themselves even higher up in our leaderboard.
03:38:52 Oder will they stay about the same or even fall? And then finally, we've got Disguised. Timmy & Co. Always bringing something fun and enjoyable to the table. Sitting right above, tied with SSG on our overall leaderboard. Will either of these teams create a little bit of disparity between themselves with their points? We'll have to see how all of that plays out. It's going to be super fun, though, so make sure you're here. And as always, if you happen to miss any of the action, you can always follow us on social media at Play Apex Esports.
03:39:22 We'll see you back here in just a few hours for NA