ALGS Year 4 Pro League ! Regional Finals ! NA ! Apex Legends

ALGS NA Finals: DarkZero & Moist punkten, Optic überrascht, Strategien im Fokus

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Die ALGS NA Finals werden privat ausgetragen. DarkZero und Moist Esports haben bereits Punkte gesammelt, während Optic überrascht. Stormpoint rückt in den Fokus, Team-Strategien werden analysiert, Valkyrie-Einsatz wichtig. Disguise setzt auf Catalyst für kurzzeitige Vorteile. TSM wählt riskante Strategie, während Legacy triumphiert.

Apex Legends

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Ankündigung zu den ALGS NA Finals und Überprüfung der vorherigen Matches

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00:01:19 Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Apex Legends Global Series Regional Finals for North America. My name is Rain Day, and I want to welcome all of you who may be watching wherever you are and joining us for this special day. We appreciate you as well, and if you have seen what happened last week, we have a statement for you as to what we'll be doing in terms of continuing our North American broadcast put together by EA Respawn and our team, and I'll read that to you right now to kick off the show.

00:01:46 Following last week's events, Respawn has rolled out updates to the game. And with those protections in place, here's what you can expect from tonight's ALGS NA Finals. In addition to our confidence and response fixes, we also wanted to give players additional peace of mind by hosting the ALGS NA Finals privately and broadcasting the matches after the fact. That means you are watching the result of those matches that were held privately. We'll resume the NA Regional Finals with Match 3.

00:02:14 In partnership with EA, Respawn, Anti-Cheat, and Security, we reviewed all the data and are confident there were no impacts to the first two matches of the NA Regional Finals, so those scores will stand. Tonight's matches were played on the Season 20 patch to ensure competitive integrity and consistency across all the regional qualifying series for the Split One Playoffs in Los Angeles.

00:02:39 We've also investigated the EMEA and APAC Regional Finals and have confirmed there were no impacts to those matches either. Therefore, we will not replay those series and those results will stand. We appreciate all the efforts and support of our partners at EA, Respawn and all of the impacted teams and players as we work to find the most fair and secure way of completing the NA Regional Finals.

00:03:03 And with that being said, it does mean we kick off the action again in the most important day for North America, where 20 teams will find out which 12 are heading to Los Angeles. My name is Randy, as I mentioned, and I brought the gang back to kick off where we left off and begin the competition yet again. Vicky Kitty, Dia, and Zephyr, of course, joining me, and we will continue to have their thoughts and analysis throughout the games and the matches played today. But before we get into that,

00:03:33 Ich muss euch wissen, wie es bereits Transpired hat, über den 10-Days-De-Pro-League. Across das, die points earned haben gespielt für Dark Zero und Moist Esports in den Nord-Amerikanern.

00:03:48 Wir werden 10 mehr Teams beitragen in Los Angeles, aber DarkZero und Moist werden noch spielen, aber bereits haben sie gespielt. Other Teams haben viel Arbeit zu tun, wenn wir nach dem Boden sehen, und wir werden das Magical-Win wünschen, das wir in L.A. All das auf die Linie hier auch.

00:04:17 As we continue into Match 3, it's important to catch you up as a viewer as well. What happened in our earlier matches before we begin today's part of the tournament? So Vicky, let's walk them through Match 1.

00:04:27 For our first match, we definitely had that Thermal Endzone that was a little finicky for the squads that end up taking advantage of that POI. Being Disguise, you had that high ground over Complexity. Yes, as you see, Sentinel in Monsoon's hands. The Sentinel King himself. But with four squads left, that one rat was so important. That was Optic with Skittle looking from afar like Batman to at least try to get those placement points that he can for the rest of Optic. But you had TSM playing it out as a duo right below Disguise and Complexity.

00:04:57 Bis zum nächsten Mal.

00:05:26 Das war so wichtig, aber es war so wichtig.

00:05:55 für den Win.

00:05:57 As you appropriately mentioned, it was TSM disguised to Complexity in that final three. And DSG, because of the kills, actually took a second place there. And of course, we're able to still tie up with Complexity, though they were the actual winners of the game. Shout out to Monsoon and that Sentinel. We expect to see more of that action today, but that would just be game number one. And of course, that would set the tone. But Dia, game two, it's all about keeping it consistent. Let's walk them through what happened in our second match of that day.

00:06:27 Yeah, Game 2 provided a really sharp contrast to what happened in Game 1. This time, it was all about who controlled the most open space, and Dark Zero, to their credit, actually managed to find themselves a really fantastic spot to play out the endgame. After a big battle over Big Mod, they ultimately ended up going geyser-side and slowly making their way in to take the advantageous low-ground position away from teams that otherwise had height in Grandma's house and at Lava's house.

00:06:56 Das war wirklich gut für Dark-Zero. Und wieder, ein tolles Call von ihnen. Aber ich möchte mich darauf an, dass da viele similarities sind, wie das Endgame spielt. Nicht nur das, dass es, in fact, es sind zwei Teams, die sich wieder auf den anderen wiederholfen, und die Team, die von weit entfernt sind, finden die Win.

00:07:17 But the fact that OpTic made it into the top couple of squads once more, this time not as a solo, but instead as all three, and ultimately ended up dropping onto EEC to hand Dark Zero the win. While this is still a win for Dark Zero and it looks fantastic, a team like OpTic really benefited from this endgame by collecting a lot of extra KP and placement points that they've now been able to collect with consistency throughout the first two games on.

00:07:46 World's Edge. And I say that because World's Edge is what we're about to switch away from. Now that Dark Zero has secured this win, now that we've got some initial points on the board, all of that's about to change and these endgames that we've seen play out very similarly, now twice, are going to shift as well, while open space becomes all the more valuable on our next map. Dark Zero walk away from game two very happy with a 23 points. But Optic, still the team to keep your eyes on.

00:08:14 Keep the consistency going from game one. Especially when you consider that starting this, Optic have started outside of the top 12, meaning they are not qualified as the points stand, but a performance that would...

00:08:28 Zephyr, wo wir stehen, denn Game 3, wenn es so ist, haben wir große Vorteile.

00:08:49 Absolutely. Optik right now would walk away happily with the 21 points in the overall. That would be enough to thrust them into the realm of that potential spot at Los Angeles, especially when you take a look down on that leaderboard at Cloud9 currently working in at 16th, only walking away with four points. That has swapped their positions, and it is currently not enough for Cloud9 to qualify unless going into these next few.

00:09:18 Sie weiterentwickelt sich auf die ersten zwei Matches zu finden.

00:09:44 Es gibt Probleme für Exa, ein Team das viele expecten zu sein und ist wirklich consisten von einem unserer Top-Performen Teams und Coaches in der Geschichte der ALGS. Ja, es ist ein Daunting...

00:09:56 Bis zum nächsten Mal.

00:10:26 Well, it's a great assessment, Ben. We'll have you switching in and out throughout the day, casting, giving us your thoughts on the desk as well. But I think it's time to kick this off where we left off. Match three is nearly upon us. And for that, let's go over to our casters, Vicky and Dia.

Ausblick auf Match 3 auf Stormpoint und Team-Strategien

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00:10:46 Thank you so much, Rain Day. We've waited long enough, Dia. It's time to run it back, and I cannot wait to focus on the teams that are waiting on that cusp, too. I love how Zephyr touched up on what's on the line here. What's the stake for Xset? Because this is a team that I feel like even way back when, when I was calling them Liquid, I have not seen them miss a land. I have not been able to... I've always caught Nocturnal at these live events, and to not be able to see that potentially happen would be absolutely bonkers. I mean, the stakes even being set up for...

00:11:15 Optik, who have been able to perform fantastically after those first two games. So much on the line for a lot of our Tier 1 teams.

00:11:23 Yeah, and a lot of last minute scrambling that they all have in common. Now that we are moving to Stormpoint, though, I think that some of your fears will be assuaged, Vicky. And it's not just you, any Exet fans in the audience as well should be aware that the drop spots for this are not as heavily contested. Exet really suffered in their first two matches, not just because they were changing POIs to Monument, but because Monument was contested. They were landing right next to Ape Gang and splitting a POI that was already center of the map.

00:11:53 und hat quasi keine Loot zu Beginn mit. Nun, dass sie jetzt auf Cascade sind, ja, sie sind in der Mitte der Welt, aber sie sind nicht halbzies.

00:12:02 Ja, das Loot ist definitiv etwas zu denken über hier. Und ich liebe es, wie du highlightierst es. Es ist es nicht mehr so, dass es so, wie es auf World's Edge gibt. Wir sind jetzt auf Stormpoint für unsere nächsten 2-Games. Als es das Matchpoint-Format ist, wir werden zwischen den 2-Games zwischen den 2-Games verändern. So das auch kommt in die Frage, wo die meisten dieser Teams fühlen sich mehr komfortablen. Whether wir sehen das Konsistenz, das Konsistenz, Transpire zwischen World's Edge und Stormpoint, wirklich varies auf die verschiedenen Compositions, die diese Teams fühlen sich mehr komfortablen an. Es stimmt.

00:12:32 Ich glaube, die Aufmerksamkeit ist sicherlich zu verändern, um ein bisschen mehr Valkyrie zu verändern. Weil die Kontrollen der Open Space ist so wichtig, und die Welt ist so großartig, dass man sich in den richtigen Platz ein bisschen früher in den Spiel macht, kann man so viele Fähigkeiten machen, besonders wenn man über die Mil- oder Nord-Pathen geht, die wirklich sehr viel Platz haben, aus einem großen Platz zu haben, von einem großen Platz zu haben, auf einem hohen Platz zu haben, auf einem hohen Platz.

00:13:01 Plenty of time for this to devolve very quickly. Ape Gang, I think notably landing over by Milledge, aren't getting a fantastic POI and are at the mercy of teams like Dark Zero, Elevate, Nine Lies, and Oxygen, all of whom are incredible at taking 3v3s for very different reasons. So I do want to keep my eyes on this team as they, as well as Exet, do part their separate ways. I can't help but wonder how Stormpoint would look for each one.

00:13:30 All I can think about is, uh, the Ape Griefer sometimes coming in on Northside of Nine Lies and potentially even taking the Trident away from them before they rotate through Armory. We're gonna have to see how these POIs play out here, too, with us getting a nice little overhead of Storm Point, but also wondering where these circles could be taking us, because I love how you highlighted the Valkyrie pick, especially on a map as large as Storm Point, where these Northern POIs, I feel, give you much more of an advantage with these type of rotations, whether it be from the Skyward Dive or being able to take, uh,

00:14:00 viel mehr Platz von der High- und Low-Ground-Dispurität, die Stormpoint gibt, natürlich von der Nord-Side. Und auch, wo diese Circles haben wahrscheinlich mehr von ECHO-HQ gesehen. Wir haben so viele Mal gesehen, auf der Southern-Side von Stormpoint. Aber nicht mehr Zeit. Game Nummer 3 startet jetzt auf Stormpoint.

00:14:18 Nord-South dropship pattern will mean the teams that have high ground get an even bigger advantage this time around because Lightning Rod and Zoo Station, that is TSM, and LG get to drop first onto the map.

00:14:31 Picking up whatever loot they can manage, and then hopefully making their way into Zone based on the information they're able to gather. Dark Zero, we're dropping over by Mill. We'll have a very different time of it, given that their start is effectively delayed from all of those other teams that land on the north side.

00:14:48 Das ist ein guter Punkt.

00:15:18 It could take a lot of space between the Armory and that north side of Cenote Cave. It's not a terrible spot to land if you're planning to move relatively quickly. And one of the important things that this does for Ape Gang and the surrounding ecosystem is that by landing here in Millage, they do effectively...

00:15:37 Deny E8 being able to drop by Cenote and take a Trident. I know it sounds like a weird point to make, but Ape Gang landing in between E8 and the closest available Trident actually means that Elevate's gaming is severely impacted just starting the game.

00:15:56 Talk about those quick rotations. I mean, I know I mentioned Echo HQ, but I guess these final circles really, truly love to be a throwback for me because it looks like we may be going to that same spot north side of Echo HQ. It could have two different pulls. I have also seen the circle pull slightly to the north side by the choke of Pylon, but I could see this pulling much more over to the east side, closer to Devastated Coast and Echo HQ that we've seen so many times before. So many teams already also on their rotate. The evac tower called them from.

00:16:26 The Sentinel's space station complexity dropped in and already cloud nine on the edge of that next circle. I do know that.

00:16:34 With Complexity making their way in from Command Center, they're going to have an unusually fast rotation. They are still, in fact, airborne. That's the way that you're going to have to do this. There are a couple of good spots for Complexity to play out of. One of the things that is very different about them than any other roster we're seeing right now is the fact that not only are they rotating early, but they're one of the teams running Watson in order to do it, making up for that lack of shield economy that they would otherwise have with the quick rotation, and instead...

00:17:03 EEC mit 30-30 und Skullpiercer in Hand.

00:17:31 Great looks for them as EEC do land in Devastated Coast, so naturally they have that POI position advantage that they were able to set up for quickly.

00:17:38 An EEC are by sitting here this early into the game, really, really hoping that the ring pulls into Devastated Coast, because if not, dropping out of high ground is going to be very difficult to make work. Will SSG fight on the low ground up against Drop-In Gaming? This space can technically be shared, but it's early enough in the game that you could 50-50 a 3v3 and get yourself some extra kills.

00:18:02 Das ist schon so early, wie das auch. L'Oreal ist auch ein bisschen auf Angle, Havok in Hand, um das Thermite zu verändern. Er ist bereits low, wird er schnell zu re-stabilisieren, aber er öffnet die Tür, und er kommt sofort auf den Kossak, der Nade, die Tür öffnet, der Tür öffnet, und der Doppelgänger, der Doppelgänger, um das Doppelgänger zu kämpfen.

00:18:19 Und jetzt, dass es ein Duo ist, SSG kann und sollte die Advantage empfehlen. Es ist noch schnell genug für sie zu tun, ohne zu riskieren, und das wird weitergehen, für etwa eine Minute oder zwei Minuten. So 120 Sekunden, die SSG haben, haben Sie jetzt ein zwei-personer Squad. Sie haben eine Indomitable Advantage, und ich bin sehr froh, Vicky, zu nicht sehen, dass sie uns empfehlen.

00:18:45 It's the Cossack v. Cossack curse too. Of course the Cossack is the one that likes to take that space and finding an opportunity. I saw a shot off to the left side from a team that has high ground there. Dropped in Gaming do get eliminated. They clean up that squad quickly. They wanted to make sure that they had the tools that they need just in case a third party could have come from the high ground. But they are safe for now. They're safe to loot up as well as we take a look at Moise who also being able to have the POI advantage over by Echo. Sitting pretty in that middle sniper spot.

00:19:11 With Apegang around, as well as Legacy to their south side. Complexity in between Echo HQ and Devastated Coast, but with Legacy having that slight high ground, sharing more of this space on the other side of Moist, they're not going to be giving up this space, seeing teams like Dark Zero getting pressured out. You mentioned the Trident earlier, and for reasons like this, they were able to take the Trident and move quickly from Mill all the way over to the edge here. Now taking the Gravity Cannon, well, they will be in the line of sight of the squads that have already taken control over the high ground, as well as the Armory that we saw earlier.

Strategische Manöver und überraschende Wendungen in den späten Spielphasen

00:19:41

00:19:41 Complex in here taking some shots at this as well, but Dark Zero's move here is a smart one. It's pretty easy to relocate using the gravity cannons, but we very rarely see teams do it because of how much noise it makes, how vulnerable you are when landing. With Bangalore to make up for some of that, Dark Zero again played the positioning game. Vicky, this spot is a terrible place to play from if you want to get kills, if you want to play active, but in terms of spots that are unlikely to get pushed,

00:20:10 Und es kann sehr gut sein in der Endgame sein. Und eine gewinne Spots? At that? Dark-Zero hat sich absolut fantastisch. Oh, man. Das ist auch aus dem Fall, dass Dark-Zero hat, glaube ich, es war 10th in der ersten Spiel. So, sie haben noch ein guter K.P. zu arbeiten, wenn sie das für die Final-Circle spielen. Talk about, auf der anderen Seite, doch... Optik...

00:20:33 Putting themselves on the board. Green Wall remains up and strong with the foundation. And with this rotation on the Trident, they're looking to try to approach the circle from that north side. Maybe even try to get that ring console rather survey beacon that's to the north side here. If they could get some extra information on where everybody else is settled. And it looks like they actually are opting to take the evac tower instead. So that way they can float overhead by that rock.

00:20:57 You know, I'm pretty surprised to see this, Vicky, and I'm going to flat out call it as something that Optic could have and should have done better. Hitting the ring console right next door to them would provide so much more information to Optic that they...

00:21:12 Oh man, even that one member of Optic taking their time to take that evac tower, Optic dropping down on that building, over to the side of Launchpad.

00:21:40 I know Nine Lies were right by them on the other side here. Native Gaming coming through that choke. And with Disguise taking their time to rotate through Cito, Nine Lies being on that south side exiting at a barometer. Disguise is nothing to worry about, but something it is nice to know is the Catalyst, Bloodhound, and Wraith. The Wraith being the one true thing that really allows Disguise to stand out, but it's allowed them to get out of such tricky situations with Design just being so on point with the Wraith.

00:22:07 Und wirklich interessant, die Disguised haben mit Catalyst gespielt heute. Sie waren über die Rampart, und ich weiß, dass wir ein paar Scrims haben, und wir haben sie schon gesehen, auf Stormpoint. Aber das ist, dass sie sich auf Catalyst verändert, sagt viel über die Endgames, die wir sehen haben, auf Stormpoint, und wie viel sie haben gewartet, die kurze Sekunden der Pseudo-Invulnerabilität, die Catalyst gibt.

00:22:37 10-15 seconds can completely change your game, especially when you're making it to the final three squads. Happy to see these guys picking this up, and it's only going to give them yet another fantastic rotational tool.

00:22:48 So it's very interesting to cut off any information if you can with the amount of teams running the Bloodhound. So that way they can get the scan through the Bangalore smokes. That's something to consider with the Catwall coming up. And the Bloodhound not being able to scan right through that wall once it's already online. Disguise with their Rotate on the Trinit. They are going to be coming in slowly behind Furia from this north side.

00:23:08 Once again, there was that Survey Beacon that actually does get scanned right in front of them. That's Furia that is just waiting for them. And now they know that Disguise was trying to take the slow approach to rotate into the circle. Fascinating to see Disguise still rocking up on it. Not wanting to pick a fight, of course, but very much knowing that the teams ahead of them like Furia.

00:23:31 Do need to start making their own moves into the ring. You can't sit here and gatekeep a team forever because it'll ultimately be costing you your own chance of success. Disguised will get a good read on where everyone else is sat and likely be able to play things out well with the information. It will give them a good spot to fight for, if not too hard. You want to be able to avoid teams. Actually...

00:23:54 Vicky, wir sprechen über die Map, für die sehr gute Uncontested Spots. Fioria hat sich jetzt um, wo wir Disguised waren, und jetzt haben wir eine interessante Konjunktrum für sie. Do Sie, als Fioria, oder TSM, fight für die High-Ground, wo wir LG-Sat haben, oder, in meiner Meinung nach, wäre die bessere Play, und machen Ihre Weg um diese Rock, um durch die Low-Ground zu spielen?

00:24:22 TSM could have previously taken and now Furia can take, gives you one of the very unique spots in the game where you can siege a team like LG without having to worry about the squads that will be coming from the north. And I'm going to highlight them right now because there are a lot of teams that will be fighting for LG and XS places.

00:24:41 ... ... ... ... ...

00:25:10 Es ist ein wirklich schweres Situation für TSM.

00:25:21 Und du kannst nicht viel Zeit auf dieses Kampf, denn dann wird der Ring geöffnet werden, und dann wird der Ring geöffnet werden. Was das letztendlich sollte für TSM sein, ist eine Late-Valcol. Weil es eine 3v3-Valcol gibt, ist ein Unnecessary Risiko. Und weil eine Valcol, ja, ist ein Risiko, aber es ist eine, die sie besser kontrollieren können, als auch wie eine andere Team spielt. Sie können für einen guten Spot finden. In fact, es ist so kompliziert, Vicky, ich möchte mal schauen, wie TSM ist das von der inside.

00:25:51 Maybe here we could land. Yeah, think about all the landing spots. We can land like one of the staircases. Like we can land one of the staircases. I think all the buildings are taken. I think we have, or we can land here too. I think that we can live there on my ping when zone closes. So maybe land under the bridge. We have to Valco from the floor here, Jordan. Come to me. Come to me, bro. Super safe right here. This is evac in the gas. I think we go to my ping. If that's taken, then we have to land like one of the staircases maybe on the side here on my ping, okay? Okay, yeah.

00:26:22 I mean, you can see us here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here

00:26:42 Ich bin ein bisschen, ich bin ein bisschen, ich bin ein bisschen, ich bin ein bisschen, ich bin ein bisschen

00:27:11 Sie werden geimpft in den Westen. Vielleicht nicht. Du musst deinen Smokern, wenn du dich geimpft hast.

00:27:20 Oh, the Hail Mary Valko works again here for TSM. They get to see another day in a different clearing, not contested by these squads. Meanwhile, Dia, you were talking about the slow rotate over by the other side to try to siege LG. Well, Furia, who tried to do that and rotate from the back end of Launchpad, end up losing out on their tournament lives, sending them right back to the lobby and catching LG as only a duo left.

00:27:47 Nina disguised on this rotate as well ended up falling they're another team that we unfortunately won't get to catch in the endgame

00:27:56 With LG now down a member as well, I hesitate to say that they're going to come out of high ground unscathed Vicky, especially when we are pulling hard into Devastated Coast. You remember we talked about EEC earlier on today, when they were playing up on the high ground to Devastated Coast saying, please, please, please let the zone pull here. They've got to be very happy with how this has turned out so far, because this is a hard Devastated Coast zone.

00:28:21 Especially from the high ground that they're going to be in. But I do have to highlight C9 called it amazingly where this next circle is going to be pulling. But before we see where their rotates going to be. Optic Gaming now also trying to figure out a spot underneath the bridge here. Saw the care pack earlier on that had been taken. 14 squad still left here. And this next circle is going to be brutal. Because you have teams like Optic playing underneath Elevate.

00:28:44 Caustic Gas is doing enough of that tick damage. They're set up all over the place with these Caustic Traps. But while they try to fight for at least the high ground, they know that Exit's on the other side. No blowdown scan to see. Gonna be able to pick up on that one player that's on the high ground here. That may be native gaming, but sharing that space is also Itgang to the side of native and then Exit neighboring Itgang.

00:29:05 You see the Seer scan, and now you know it's Native. They are the only team to be running Seer on Stormpoint. It's been working for them so far, but now they're gonna have to push it into overtime because OpTic must needs take the fight on high ground, and even that is not enough. Whoever wins on height still has to take at least three more fights on low ground to make it into the zone. Everyone knows it. OpTic are sprinting past the engagement as Native struggle to find an answer, and EA...

00:29:32 Evac over it all. Vicky, it is chaos on the north side of the zone. And this is what we're expecting with the Bangle coming in. Natives look like they may be meeting one another in the lobby. They get taken out. TSM also taking some shots while they're still safe without being contested. Their backs with the wall protecting them. Optic Gaming losing out on Nuts. Playing this as a duo, they try to infiltrate the same space that EEC were on and cannot.

00:29:57 Can Moist do what Optic could not? At this point, I'm also asking myself if it's worth it. The high ground that Moist have is arguably more valuable than the inside of this building, unfortunately.

00:30:24 This has now become a focal point for the entire lobby. The high ground is no longer in zone come next ring, and while you've pointed out C9, who have predicted the zone immaculately, they're the next inheritors of a lot of pressure, with teams like Dark Zero, who are sitting uncontested on the west side of this zone, now looking directly at C9.

00:30:47 Das ist so crazy. Wir gehen von 14 Squats zu 7 Squats, von der Bloodbath, von der Circle, von all die Squats, von der Nord-Side hier. EEC, weil es eine Team, die in der Po-Ei landen, und sie warten, sie sind alle Blues. Sie sind bereits auf die Natur-Health-Disadvantage, von Evil Shields und auch Perkts-Alone. So jetzt, sie sind wirklich auf die Karte, um die Karte zu bauen, um die Karte zu bauen, um die Kostik zu bauen, um die Kostik zu bauen, um die Kostik zu bauen, um die Kostik zu bauen, um die Kostik zu bauen, um die Kostik zu bauen, um die Kostik zu bauen, um die Kostik zu bauen, um die Kostik zu bauen.

00:31:17 CTSM haben auch gegründet von der Safe Spot. Sie gegründet Komplexity aus. Sie waren gegründet von Komplexity, bevor sie endlich gegründet hier zu der South Side, als das Circle war gegründet. Und zu der North ist Sentinels, die auch zu spüren, auf TSM, sowie Spacestation, die auf der Southen sind. Spacestation haben auch gegründet ein sehr viel Bereich. Sie sind Bolling Loha, und Prex hat sehr wenig cover zu spielen.

00:31:41 Even playing with Fire in the window. Everybody dropping off of low ground now will put teams like Moist in a difficult spot, but they've taken a little bit of ground ahead of EEC. The Thermite is doing work. Moist can find 3 KP before it's all said and done.

00:31:55 Oh, once he drops down here, Poison Thermite was able to clean up so much off of that Thermite pressure alone when that circle was forced to close in here too. RKN gets taken out, so do the rest of Sentinels. And in this building alone that Moise is in right here, TSM and Spacestation are sharing that spacewalk. Nobody's contesting C9 from the south.

00:32:14 C9 are chilling, Naughty's tossing, Arc Stars, it is all good from C9's perspective, because they don't have to fight for this building. Moist finally gets to take a look back at them, but cannot afford to focus on sieging C9, who have a Caustic on top of all of this. Good nade! But it's not going to find Purchase onto Saucerer or Chaotic. The next zone now promises even more cartage, Vicky. And I'll say it, Moist are not in a terrible spot to take advantage of this, but the problem is the

00:32:44 Es geht wieder auf C9!

00:32:48 Oh, no. And with that scan, they know that there's two knockdowns. That's going to be the green light for Space Station to immediately fully send it onto HAL. He's playing up the knockdown shields in front of him between Verhulz and Ruts. And C9 looking at all of this, know that they're not going to be giving up this space. They're going to be staying here, settled pretty, while watching the rest of the lobby fight out right in front of them. Our last four remaining spots between Moist Space Station and the solo that is TSM being HAL, and then C9 to the south. They see TSM has been eliminated, and they're not going to be giving up more of this space as they try to swing over.

00:33:17 To the side. There's very little space for these teams to play but a bit of a rock outcropping right next to these buildings

00:33:27 Das war die einzige Temporary-Safety. Du wirst mir wirklich ein Catalyst gerade jetzt, aber... ...nobody's got that particular benefit, mit DSG zu haben. Es ist all gonna come down zu Bangalore-Smokes für Temporary-Cover und für Kontrollen der Open-Space. Bloodhound-Ults kommen in Premium, und SSG ist nicht der Gamble. Instead, es ist nicht weiter und weiter zu Moist. Ultimately, es wird diese Teams zusammen geben. Es ist einfach nur in einem Wettbewerb-Wett-Wettbewerb-Wettbewerb.

00:33:56 C9! Aber wie werden sie denn hier ausfielden?

00:34:26 What a gorgeous play from Moist. Very few teams are able to play in the open ground with that level of expertise, taking out SSG, rotating behind them, while at the same time keeping C9 in place to avoid a third party. It is a rare skill set, but one that is really necessary as we approach the time where we put the best Apex Legends in the world to the test. This is...

00:34:52 While we know Moist are going to the playoffs, their last hurrah in North America before they have to face off in an even higher stakes, higher skilled lobby than you could imagine anywhere else in the world.

00:35:05 It's just crazy, too, because, I mean, we know that they're usually the squad to always come out on top with more of these southern POIs that pull towards Echo HQ, Devastated Coast. Of course, considering the fact that they have that POI advantage, but as dominating as it was and how chaotic that northern side of that final circle were to make that rotate, even on top of the high ground, on top of that levitating boxcar, or rather that building, whatever you want to call it, it's just impressive to see that they were able to drop down and still find space to coexist with the squads that have found their space.

00:35:34 And C9, like you said, end up placing second. Optics still land top 10 as those are the two teams that are fighting.

00:36:01 Over the last couple of spots for LAN, SSG make it in as well, a much-needed victory, and Moist with their 25 points. Cannot say enough good things about them, and I'm sure we'll get to just talk about them a little bit later, Vicky, but before we do that, let's take a look at those that were not as fortunate to make it into the top 10.

00:36:19 Looking on the other side here, we have LG with 3 KP. We saw what happened with a lot of these squads actually from LG, Complexity were taken out by TSM, Exit as well on that Rotate, matching that with Furia. All these teams though basically had gotten eliminated trying to come through from the Launchpad and this is the result from that. It was just entirely chaotic with the circle pooling as south as it was to Devastated Coast, but at least with 3 KP for LG, Native Gaming with 3 KP, these are the KP that some of these teams needed to at least try to

00:36:48 Sie haben einen Momentum, wenn sie sich in Lackluster auf Stormpoint fühlen.

00:37:13 sitting in Echo HQ, where they start the game, and SSG also landing really close by in Launchpad. Normally, this season hasn't been great for Zone teams, but this particular result is starting to turn that around for me.

00:37:29 Ja, eigentlich, mit C9 landen bei Kohlso, wie wir vorhin schon erwähnt, aber ich möchte noch einmal highlighten, Walsi cleaned the shop at the end. 8kp, 3.5k damage in total von Moist, sheesh. Als wir jetzt mal sehen, dass die Serie resultat, nach dem 3rd game, hier zu sehen, wo unsere Teams sind. Und Moist kommt in 3rd place, Optik in 4th. Sie drobten von der 2nd place spot, die wir auf die 2nd place halten, aber ich möchte noch einmal highlighten, bevor das Spiel, bevor wir 2nd place sind,

00:37:59 C9 war in 16, 3C-Droft in Gaming. They have now moved up after those results from Game 3 over to the Top 10 here, right above Spacestation.

00:38:08 I cannot believe that they are literally tied right now. C9 and SSG are neck in neck, and it is very, very concerning for C9 because every placement matters so much for them. They did perform really well, but as we talked about, they've got a little bit of an advantage with the way that the endgame pulled towards them.

Analyse von Teamleistungen und Strategien vor dem nächsten Spiel

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00:38:31 There's going to be a lot of variety in zones today, and I look forward to seeing how C9 continue to handle adversity. I'm also pretty curious about Disguised. They had a pretty good composition. I like what they're cooking, but we didn't really see them make it to endgame because they got caught up in this kerfuffle coming from the north side. It's an unfortunate end that comes to a lot of teams, but I think that if you're going to be playing high ground like that, where not a lot of zones end, you do need to be a bit more proactive about getting into the ring.

00:39:01 Wir haben noch mehr Spiel auf Storepoint, bevor wir die Veränderung auf World's Edge kommen zu Ihnen an der anderen Seite. Don't go anywhere.

00:40:44 zu den Nord-American Regional Finals, wo wir jetzt überlegen, und ich weiß es auch, Zephyr, 4 von der Regional Finals auf Stormwood. Obviamente, wir kommen aus dem hoffen, ein schönes Wunsch von Moist, das, nachdem der vorherigen Resultat, jetzt sie so viel zu weit entfernt.

00:41:05 Das ist etwas, das sie wahrscheinlich nicht brauchen. Aber es ist definitiv worrisome für so viele andere Rostersen. Mit Moist-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst-Moyst

00:41:31 These wins mean quite a bit to them, given how important a Matchpoint victory is. Very few opportunities to practice Matchpoint. And so the more games that you're able to win in a format like this, the more competitive you're able to make it, the better you're looking the next time you play Matchpoint, which will be in the finals of playoffs. And never forget.

00:41:52 At the end of the day, this is the region that we're sending the majority of teams to those playoffs in Los Angeles. So the majority of the competition that you'll be facing off against exists here and now. It won't be identical, but it's the best bet for most of these rosters. But they've still got to make their way there.

00:42:12 Und mit unserem zweiten Spiel von Stormpoint starten heute, wir sehen uns wie andere Dinge, wie Devastated Coast zu gehen. Du hast sehr finnige Endgames, wo in diesem Fall, Early Positioning und Landing Close By war wirklich rewarding. In Zukunft werden wir sicherlich sehen, dass die Dynamik shift werden, als viele verschiedene Störmpläne aus dem Störmplänen spielen.

00:42:38 That's an excellent example, as all of our players drop in for the second game. This time, we did go on a little bit more of a southeast to northwest sort of route with our dropship, which means it seems like Eternal EC. And Moist do start the game a little bit earlier than, say, Fury and Disguise to Landover by Wall and North Pad.

00:42:59 Something that we actually haven't gotten really a big chance to talk about, especially after seeing what was, or at least what felt like such a zone-oriented game, especially due to the fact that it's the chaos that is wrought within Devastated Coast, is the fact that we are still well within that edge-oriented meta that benefits some of those teams taking their time to work their way into zone, find the resources to boot, and then fight for some of those good positions when we start to talk about that zone 3-4 transition.

00:43:28 And normally when you're playing, say, spots like Devastated, Echo, Coastal, you do have an opportunity to make use of Tridents if you would like to. Perfect example here. Thank you, Ape Gang. And pick up a few of the Evo catches that may otherwise lie around here. They are unfortunately, Ape Gang, caught in a battle over Tridents with Nine Lies, which is gonna happen.

00:43:52 It's going to be one that teams like Apegang and maybe even OpTic over there on the edge of Downbeast are going to have.

00:44:18 to consider when we talk about a zone like this not quite as deep towards that southeastern side like last time around but still a distance of a rotation necessary for most of the rosters out there towards our west this one though leaving a lot more of the playable space more directly of course towards echo hq where we sometimes can see this zone end but of course a lot of the transition points and the chaos that can be brought alongside teams working their way through pylon

00:44:47 Teams who have gotten a lot of practice rotating in should have a lot of practice fighting Legacy, but Sentinels get caught off guard. And now, without Zenile, it's RKN and Luda who are left on white shields to survive, perhaps fight, another day. But it isn't looking good for them, Zephyrs. No support legend for this squad, and a very zone-oriented team means that they've now been denied the rotation.

00:45:13 And the ability to make an impact on other squads with a full three-man roster. This is something that we've been waiting.

00:45:20 At least for Legacy in terms of them rearing their head in our Regional Final. I know they're one of the teams that are a little bit more secure, but are still a bit further down when we talk about those overall standings regarding where they currently rest at the edge of these three games. Currently 12th with only 13 points. They don't have completely enough points to feel dominantly safe. And like you said, it's that additional practice that goes alongside.

00:45:46 Fun to see Oxygen setting up down here. It is a very, it's a significantly different play than what we're going to be seeing the majority of squads go for, where Oxygen are playing for a specific end zone when they move down towards the south like this. Sitting when you're not sure where the zone is going to go way outside of it.

00:46:07 is going to be really punishing, potentially, if you get the zone prediction wrong. Unfortunately for Sentinels, they are the ones who are punished the most for underestimating Legacy once and then for sticking around. For those of you who are Sentinel fans going into today, this is one of those rosters that needs to not only perform well, but at...

00:46:26 Their very best. Coming into this with only 51 points in the overall, they pretty much have to win today. So definitely daunting to see them already down and out. For Darcyro, the complete opposite story.

00:46:42 Moving right through where Legacy just were as well is a very risky maneuver. We've seen it already not play out too well, and Legacy hold the high ground immaculately, pushing Dark Zero back into the spider caves from whence they came, and they could have tried it for their trouble. You can't right this, Zephyr. I can't believe a team like Legacy is allowed to just get away with so much. We talked about the early game rotation, diving down a little, taking out Sentinel.

00:47:11 und dann stehlinge diesen weg hier. Das ist etwas, was wir hoffentlich helfen, als wir das Late-Game haben. Aber für die Teams, die mit dem Weg finden, 8-Game haben wir hier in der Mitte von Oxygen gespielt.

00:47:22 Unfortunately for them, after losing one, Ape Gang are getting aped, and they've got to retreat fully, lest they fall to Oxygen here. And now out in the open, things are not looking too good, and the double AR loadout almost takes them down. It's got to be a bit careful with how wide we swing this, but in a three versus two, you can kind of throw caution to the wind. Oxygen should be picking up another kill momentarily, and it'll mean they've got an additional two points.

00:47:51 Herald them into the further zone. They do have another squad coming up on them, though. Have they predicted? Are they ready for Exet? Even if they take something like this evac, it can be heavily punished here. But the trigger is pulled just a little too early. Obviously, you won't see that rotation come through furthermore for Oxygen. But had we potentially seen maybe a little bit more of a delay of action, that could have been a free knock for Exet. But still, a free evac is, I'll still say, a benefit.

00:48:19 This is a weird day of Apex Legends effort. We've seen Dark Zero roll up to Legacy and deliver them a Trident and now we've seen Oxygen try and evac away from Exet and then hand them a Jump Tower. Not very often do we get to see teams taking resources away like this, but in the midst of all of this fighting...

00:48:40 Das ist ein ganzes Beispiel von einem sehr aggressiven Spiel wir haben so far. Viele Teams, die sich in eine sehr familiäre ECHO HQ-Zone befinden sich, weil, ich darf sagen, dass sie ihre Guards ein bisschen zu verletzen sind. Das kann passieren, definitiv, von den Veränderungen, die Edge-Player sind, aber...

00:49:01 Diea, du kannst uns vielleicht erklären, wo diese Teams vielleicht existieren. Ja, eine interessante Sache, wir haben uns über Oxygen erzählt, über diese Zone erzählt, ist, dass ihr, wie Oxygen sagt...

00:49:14 Hoping that you've got an endgame over here. And there are a couple endzones that this can be. With this next zone showing us, there aren't quite as many. There's of course everything that's happening over here. I'm not even going to circle it because it'd just be more clutter on the map. But where everyone is, yeah, that's one place that the zone can end. Legacy are playing for an interesting one that actually has won them multiple games over in Champs and at Playoffs. Endzones like this will provide for teams like Oxygen that then get to approach from a place where no one else is. Nine lies who can take control of this.

00:49:43 This ridge line and any team like Optic who managed to be the last one in Pylon can stick around for placement points and get a free rotate with an evac or Valkyrie into wherever the end zone is. This is something that teams, at least for those still kind of fighting their way inside, they've got a bit of a gatekeeper and a monster of one at that.

00:50:06 ...to potentially stop them from getting towards the Echo, if it is to garner itself there. We saw Darkseo try, and they made for rotation for TSM, though. They're in the midst of pushing into, well, positions galore. Native already down, I believe, two coming into the action here, and now just cleaning up the remnants of this IMC Armory. A free position for their next move in.

00:50:27 Und Zephyr, du hörst uns über das letzte Spiel, aber die IMC Armoury sind nicht in der Glorious-State, die sie in der Zeit sind, wo man sich da und Bunker auf bis zum Late-Game ist. Sie haben so viele Punkte von Access jetzt, dass die IMC Armoury eine Stop-Gap ist für wo die nächste Rotation wird. Die Native, unfortunately, get caught out bevor das nächste Move passiert. Die Dark-Zero haben sich jetzt neben ihren Aussie-Budden, als in Echo HQ, sie werden spazieren...

00:50:56 Inherently, with Moist. The Zone, however, not in a great spot for Dark Zero, as you and I both know that ultimately we're pulling a little further away from the big Echo HQ building, and at least towards the Gravity Cannon in some capacity.

00:51:13 Dark Zero here after losing out what could have been great positionings forced to contest for the slow ground, which optimally isn't the worst. You still have survival position, but when we talk about that climb up going into the late game, it is met with the fervor of so many of these exterior teams having such great angles.

00:51:33 Doesn't look like Ape Gang fared too well after they were unfortunately pushed back by Oxygen. But Nine Lives of the Beneficiaries with yet another Trident. We'll see how they make use of it. Perhaps it's another express delivery into the hands of Legacies. Nine Lives will be approaching from that side of the ring. Dark Zero still bunkered up.

00:51:56 Everybody holds their breath in the next Zelda. We've got about a minute till this ring finishes closing Zephyr, but at such a time, there will be a lot of teams in Echo HQ that have to re-evaluate their current positioning as it stands for the late game and likely fight each other in order to hold what very few buildings remain in the POI.

00:52:16 Now, when we talk about buildings in POIs here, Disguised have no skin in the game whatsoever, still within that Lagoon area, taking advantage of a lot of that slowing rotate and the assist in terms of building those resources that we discussed earlier. It's one of the few teams that are currently sitting.

00:52:32 auf Triple Reds. Und die Hoffnung ist, natürlich, finden die weiterer Transition zu sehen, wie es ein Team kann, und zu versuchen, ihre Weg zu arbeiten. Und ein Beispiel ist das, dass sie von den letzten Spielern hatten, die ersten Pickings zu den ersten Zonen, die in den Game 3 hatten, aber sie haben zu überwinden, um die Zonen zu können.

00:52:57 Nine Lies keep their eyes out on Oxygen. Still plenty of time for Oxygen to rotate, give it a nice evac. But the ring is going to be the thing that ultimately draws these two squads together. Nine Lies and Oxygen both will have to combine forces in an odd way over by the Gravity Cannon with Optic, Furia, LG, and Disguised All.

00:53:19 Das ist die Möglichkeit, die Pylon-Side für das nächste Ring ist, und eine Late-Evac oder Valkult in die Zone. Aber für das, du musst dich alleine sein, und FURIA ist weit weg von es, gegen LG. Für SWEIT bereits jetzt hier, und jetzt komplett auf die Ring, für FURIA. Das ist die 2-V für FUNK, aber das ist die Aufmerksamkeit. Das sind die Miner-Delays, die sie brauchen, aber trotzdem.

00:53:48 A lack of an answer for how they need to transition to this next zone, even if they do get to follow up behind Fury here. We're talking about 30 seconds for them to find what is hopefully something of not even just a nice edge position that's already taken. They need to fight for even something like that.

00:54:04 Looking at how Fury are playing this, it's pretty clear Fury are a duo as well. These two teams that are facing off against each other don't actually have more firepower one way or the other. With the banner recovery of Sweet, it's nice that LG get to rotate away, but Fury are not in a better position as a result. They're going to have to move towards the south, rotate through where we last saw nine lives positioned, and it may very well be the end of both teams to suffer.

TSM's Herausforderungen und Optic's Strategien im frühen Spiel

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00:54:32 This is a struggle even for this team right here, TSM. No side of that hill is available for play going into that next zone. Could potentially be a larger evac or major rotation to save them going into the future here. But ultimately, if they are to walk in directly to Complexity, it'll be met with potential punishment. For now though, you see that Wraith, it means only one thing.

00:54:56 The single shot from dropped wasn't quite enough. Not connecting, and it has forced Optic to play off of the low ground. They do have to fight Disguise for this hype at some point. It doesn't need to be now. TSM, however, their agenda has certainly been pushed to the front as a Valk ult right on top of the Gravity Cannon gives them an uncontested landing, but one that can be seized from multiple angles. I think they spot one just as they land. It's Oxygen starting to encroach on TSM.

00:55:26 Für OpTic hier, aus der Pylon. Sie müssen die Edges defendern, wenn sie wollen. Und es ist mehr als clean für ihre Elimination von 9 Lies, hier auf der Edges. Und auf dem das, sie securet ein Bild, das die Gefängnis von den Dämmchen, die mögliche werden, mit den restlichen Mitglied, und natürlich auch, der Disguide, auch. Aber Furia, auch als ein Duo, weiterentwickelt zu Ream und Beam, layt die Pressure hier.

00:55:52 You might see them take advantage more than you'd expect.

00:56:22 Desperately needing a relocate. Sweet's just gotten back in the game, so LG are three strong, but they aren't on red shield strong. No.

00:56:30 Notably for Disguised, even if they don't clean things up here shortly, they have the double evacs available for a larger rotation ahead, if they are to drop down, all but similarly to what we saw out of TSM, but for that feat up there, Dark Zero eliminated by Samsung early here. That's a huge monster you no longer have to fight with.

00:56:55 Raver down. Not a good look for OpTic, as they lose one. It is on a contest for the Ridge, and it is against a duo. If OpTic can't clutch it now, I dare say that there are chances this game at the Series.

00:57:11 Das ist ein Schrappel zu kommen, und es ist ein Schrappel zu kommen.

00:57:30 Disguise, auf die Lowground, mit absolutem keinen Cover von Height zu arbeiten, aber sie sind nicht mit Disguise, die sich auf die Beziehung zu balanceen. Instead, sie machen ihren Weg zu RELATIVE-Safety in der ECHO-HQ, und jetzt sind sie ein ganzes Wettbewerb, Oxygen, sogar! Sie haben sich über alle diese Aufmerksamkeit. Sie haben sich und alle anderen, die hier in den ECHO-HQ sind, mit Notable...

00:57:56 Potential shots that can come through from all sides here. Luminasi just barely getting themselves back up in recovery. Now looking below and finding out that this building is more vacant than they expected here. Playing on the outskirts have left them safe for now. Optic themselves and many others like Auction. Look for the corners that be, but this time around find the damage that comes along with it.

Taktische Manöver und Team-Eliminierungen im mittleren Spiel

00:58:21

00:58:21 Devo has not been working for Optic. That's two clips now that we have seen almost used as a zoning tool. Keeping people from swinging an angle, knowing that you're walking into a Devotion. It is going to allow Optic to reset miraculously. Noct may even be able to stick a res. No gold knockdowns as it appears, because they haven't immediately gone for this. SSG are looking at it. E8 have to approach on this.

00:58:48 I'll be honest Zephyr, the low ground is now looking like a peaceful place. As Eternal go down, E8 will follow and that is just the first two of many squads that can participate in a low ground engagement.

00:59:00 For Complexity, they're the 14 moving in after that engagement. It's Luminosity down the low ground who gets pushed by the remnants of E8, gets wiped out. E8 finds success against the third party, against EEC before finally being wiped out by Complexity in the end. But we still subsist with 10 total squads remaining as we'll choke out the entirety of Echo here and force everyone to rotate down south. You can already see these rotations optic right behind one another.

00:59:30 Grabber shots again, not connecting, not giving Optik the necessary openers to find good fights, good kills that they desperately need. Right now, only four kills so far, while it is good, is not enough with the placement that Optik currently have to contest a team like C9 who have yet to go down. Dropped.

00:59:49 Doesn't get hit by the Rockets, however, this is them up against DSG once again, and it's gonna be a double swing from Dropped and Skittles to try and take down one. Complexity are the ones that ultimately fall there of missing out on Kimchi and Lu. One member left, Monsoon, who drops down and immediately gets melted by Optic, but trades one out in the meantime. Full send from DSG onto the weakened squad means that we lose another. A GSM swing on that to make it a fourth party for the win.

01:00:18 Now down to row 7, down below the remnants of SSG here, potentially the next targets ahead of TSM, Amozan in the hands available here, continuing to subsist off of some of the points that we saw from our initial games. As we look at the other side, the southern height, once again held by a notable C9. They were so close to picking up a win in our last game. Can they pull off where they had failed?

01:00:46 A lot of spots that could potentially win you the game, but I'll be honest, right below TSM, not exactly one of them. TSM are doing a lot of work taking out just a few members of SSG. Moist will fall first. TSM control part of the high ground now shooting onto Legacy, who absolutely, Zephyr, have one of the best spots in zone. This next ring is going to pull almost immediately next door to Legacy. It'll be a fight.

01:01:13 zwischen TSM, Exzent, und C9 ist, wie kann die Lungen langst, um zu contesten Legasie's position. Ich liebe das von TSM hier, auf der sehr rare pick-up von der Val coming in Clutch, hier, zu geben Verhulst die Option zu finden, aber mit dem kommt die Respekt, die Sie immer so similarly sehen, von einem Team wie C9.

01:01:36 Das ist ein bisschen länger als wenn wir über die Edges gesprochen haben, aber sie haben die Mehrheit der Stacks zu contesten mit, nämlich das Zippe da. Potenziell die Place LL haben zu sehen, gegen Exxon. Jetzt, C9-Predicted die Zone wirklich gut, aber zwei der Mitglieder sind auf Blues. Sie haben nicht die Power Spikes, wirklich, von Latein-Games zu nehmen, um eine 3-V-3 zu nehmen. Und Exxon... Well, sie einfach nicht haben die Position zu sitzen. Ich bin echt mit Ihnen, Exxon!

Endspielstrategien und Legacy's Triumph

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01:02:04 All right, Forgotten Conclusions. They get wiped off the map and it's now TSM and C9 that hold the high ground. TSM's Evo shields are so much scarier as Imperial HAL takes on to the forefront. Legacy are just watching this happen, waiting for their chance to third party off of the low ground because the zone is coming to them. It's a perfect setup as the clean...

01:02:28 Die OEI kommt in die TSM, die in den Knochen sind. Aber ich mag die Angle switchen, die sich eher nach Lengacy befinden. Ich sehe, ich sehe, ein Einz. Ich sehe, ein Einz. Ich sehe ein Einz.

01:02:41 Oh! Oh! Oh!

01:02:59 Is Hal going to clutch it? It's 1v1. Hal's got no shields, but a shield swap comes in. Jaguaris has the health advantage. Hal's got to drop and take the fight. But Jaguaris, with the havoc from behind, the Caustic Barrel takes the win.

01:03:15 With no time to heal it up in the last moments, even with a clutch shield swap in a defense that sits Legacy down to a solo, they're far more healthy to pick up the 1v1 as TSM come down from above. The plot armor was almost too thick, Zephyr. It was very nearly too much for Legacy, but the great spot that they had earlier and good control of the low ground do lead Legacy well.

01:03:44 It's an odd endgame to watch play out, though. Seeing how C9 ended up swinging partially onto Legacy and how the favor was then returned onto them by TSM felt like a lot of people are overplaying their hands. Yeah, we talk about even what was Legacy there.

01:04:01 At the end, they were struggling in their own right. I don't know if you caught it, but there was a knock on the Azel in the midst of all that. They had to stick that first, even before what was their closer push onto Cloud9, where even if one of them had gone down, we could have been potentially talking about a very different winner coming out of that last game. What we are talking about, weirdly again, Zephyr, is how well zoned or...

01:04:29 Teams that landed near to the endzone did once again. C9 really notable because they clearly did not get a lot of Evo shields, caches, whatever it may be, even damage to level themselves up past the point of blue shields. I do think that we have to talk about how the south side of Stormpoint is so much more clearly zone favored than when we go over up towards North Pad or Cascade.

01:04:56 Right, and it's something that, as you see there, creates the discrepancies that we see in terms of things like that Evo difference, where TSM still reigns supreme with the triple red, with even teams like, even though we don't see them make it much further, disguised. All but the same, coming in with some of those similar resources. Things that, depending on how good you are at closing the gap in finding success in those disadvantageous fights, transition the resources over here.

01:05:25 Legacy definitely being one of those teams to pick up the successes of some of those advantages. And, you know, we did have quite a bit of activity from teams that rotated in pretty late as well. I'm thinking specifically about Optic, and I can't wait to see where they ended up on the scoreboards, because Legacy, for all that they participated in some early game fights...

01:05:48 Also hat ein nice endgame position. Optik did not, moving out of Pylon. So let's take a look at the match results and see where teams like them ended up. Legacy, of course, do top the leaderboard of 20 points, but it's standing out to me. This doesn't happen too often, Zephyr. They're not the ones that got the most points that round.

01:06:08 No, from their rotation out from the north, contesting all the way outside. TSM pick up kill after kill here to put them at 21 points after that legendary game. And while it isn't the win, this is now major worries for so many of these other rosters out there. And it's not even just TSM. Legacy as well with their win are taking away coveted, coveted spots here, especially as we move on down that leaderboard.

01:06:37 So they will, and...

01:06:59 Furia, notably falling pretty short, has got to be impacting where they're standing in the overall series results for the Regional Finals. Now, we've got a really important thing happening here, Zephyr. Not only are some teams starting to fall behind and falter, but some teams, some teams that many called out struggling in the new meta are surging ahead. The plot armor is thick, Zephyr, and Tia Zephyr on Matchpoint.

01:07:26 Now, notably, even if they come out with a dominant win going into our fifth, our return to World's Edge, we'll still see our regional finals go to six games. But this is a situation that now looms as a threat to any other roster, not just because we have one team on Matchpoint, because we have TSM on Matchpoint.

01:07:51 It is quite scary and we'll see how it plays out when we come back to World's Edge in just a few minutes.

01:09:33 Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. Oh boy, oh boy. It has been exciting, to say the least, to kick off the action. And we've got a few words that, when put together, form a very dangerous sentence that many of these pros are aware of, Vicky. And that is, TSM is on Matchpoint.

01:09:51 It's a tale as old as time, but this team always manages to pull off some miracle all the time. But it's about the consistency that we've seen displayed on Stormpoint from TSM. Yes, Legacy take it, but they have skyrocketed themselves in the overall standings for this NA Regional Final. But we are transitioning onto World's Edge for game number five, Rain Day.

01:10:12 One of the things Stormpoint has given us is some consistent south zones over a few of our days. We've mixed it up, we've had over 10 match days, but many of the times that we have these similar zone endings on a map, you can start to see that maybe some teams don't perform well, and it's typically the teams who have to travel farther, but that hasn't been the case for TSM. They found a way landing all the way north at the map, which is a bit easier to do on Stormpoint than go south to north.

01:10:39 Aber trotzdem haben sie den Job gemacht. Das erste Mal ist Ape Gang, weil sie ein bisschen der Talk-Of-The-Town über die letzte Woche waren.

01:10:49 Yeah, you know what? We gotta talk about it, how it's been going for Exit, because no matter where Exit goes, Ape Gang just so happens to follow. We're gonna have to see how this plays out, considering that Exit is at risk being on that cusp to qualify for LAN, a team that we haven't really seen miss out on a LAN opportunity ever here, so this would be actually Monumental, considering the fact that Ape Gang does split that loot, and Optic being right there, we all know that Monument already doesn't have the best loot, so that is the only 50-50 that we have to see.

01:11:19 hier auf World's Edge.

01:11:47 Es war special, aber es hat uns auch ein bisschen ein Bewusstsein über die Havoc und wie gut das Ding ist, speziell wenn du Pre-Fire bist, wenn Hals droppin' down, hat's zu landen und turnen und starten kämpfen. Ja, das Havoc ist ja, das Havoc wird wahrscheinlich winnen, jeden Tag. Listen, Rene, back in my days, the Havoc didn't even have wind-up.

01:12:08 Oh, man. What day was that, man? I mean, wow. I think that must have been either end of Season 4 or beginning of Season 5 in general, because that was around the time that I started playing Apex Legends, and the Havoc was a problem. And I remember leading up to that, the best way to try to situate that problem was the turbocharger, but with the shift of...

01:12:27 Ja, es funktioniert. Es funktioniert.

01:12:56 The time that the Havoc used to be able to take the Select Fire, something that really didn't have to say any use of utility for that. But I'm sure you remember that, Ray Day. I was going to say, back in my day, the Havoc was HitScan and the Select Fire. Remember that one? I still, you know, I miss it, but that has gone the way of the Charge Rifle as well. We don't really have any of those HitScan pressure moments anymore, but they were fun while they lasted, very dominant while they lasted.

01:13:25 You know, the Havoc, when you get it, as we get ready to get back into the game here, we just have a bit of a reset from the players. So we'll get back in as soon as possible. Vicky, you do bring up a great point about how the meta has shifted. We're not used to not seeing, you know, the car, the R99, all of these weapons really that dominate in that close range SMG, especially when you would imagine in a Bangalore kind of occlusion meta that we've seen not be at the forefront.

01:13:51 Alas, that is what has happened. And ARs have slowly but surely, in the case of the Havoc, quite quickly become the dominant choice for many players. It doesn't mean that we still won't see things like a car occasionally. We'll see some 301 here and there. Flatlines stayed pretty relevant, as well as things like Prowlers. But it has really said no more DigiThreat on these SMGs. So go shotguns, go pistols like RE45s.

01:14:17 Oder start working with the bigger weapons if you want that type of range and to be impactful. And the players seem to have made their choice there.

01:14:24 And a weapon that will never, or a weapon archetype rather, that would never be able to cycle out of the meta, especially with the Evil Shield changes, are those long range guns. Talking about the .30, you're talking about different snipers. And it's definitely been prevalent because now with Evil Harvesters, the wildlife in Apex Legends, if you move over to Storm Point, so many different opportunities with the bins to be able to get that Evil Shield charge. Something else, poking from afar, has now kind of changed up the game. Yes, we've seen it before, but it adds emphasis now to the team.

01:14:53 that want to situate themselves in Final Circle positioning from the very beginning of the game. They're not only denying themselves loot, but they're denying themselves the opportunity to level up those evil shields and to be able to take advantage of the perk system that has been presented in Season 20.

01:15:08 It's a great opportunity, I think, to shift into Season 20 and this patch obviously being played on the first iteration of it. And one of the major elements that we're seeing, if you really look at Apex Legends, Vicky, it's the changes that are coming in at the time of this recording tomorrow. Bangalore has had some significant shifts and some big choices made to where you're no longer going to be able to get that Ultimate cooldown in the same rushed way. And they've increased the actual Ultimate from where...

01:15:38 Wie fühlst du eigentlich auf das Element? Und auch auf die smoke-changes, die wir können nachdem, was sie gemacht hat mit Bangalore? Und die Entscheidung zu sagen, wir brauchen Sie nicht wirklich zu sein, wie Sie so far sind in Season 20. All I'm gonna sagen ist, Hasta la Vista, Bangalore. Was nice to know him. Ist das true?

01:16:04 Ich denke, es wird interessant sein, was wir sehen, was wir als eine MAKESHIFT...

01:16:09 Ich finde, dass Bangalore die Mainstay legend in den compositions we've witnessed in all different regions of Pro League comes into question of what we need to change about Bangalore without completely gutting her, because I feel like this was the legend that you used when you had to make your safe rotates. That's really what the purpose of between the smokes and then obviously using the ults, so that way you could get certain teams out of different positionings that you wanted to fight for, creating that space that even

01:16:39 Kostik könnte mit seiner Nox-Grenade ein bisschen, eine Legend ist eigentlich ein Veränderung. Aber ich denke, mehr so, was diese Veränderung kommt in Frage, ist, welche Legend ist das Veränderung? Wir lieben Wraith, aber ich glaube, dass das Veränderung der Veränderung ist. Man, ich würde sogar gerne sehen, in einem anderen Universum, Ash, die Frage zu stellen. So viele verschiedene Legends, die besser Veränderung für ein Veränderung.

01:17:08 Team Compositions would be fantastic because I'm all for different legend diversity. Well, specifically losing out Rolling Thunder going from four minutes to four and a half

01:17:17 Also, the Smoke Launcher no longer dealing damage. And decreasing the duration from 18 seconds to 11 seconds has given her a bit of a different shift. They've also buffed the heal rate on Refuge, which people decided not to use. It's now 3.5 HP per second over 3. So you're looking at a, you know, what, 15%, 20% increase there. But is it going to be enough? Also, one of the things we noticed was Cover Me was actually working a little bit better than intended. And that is one of the things they have fixed.

01:17:47 It's no longer going to track where that player is while they're pinging you, shooting in the smoke. However, we'll show you where they first were. But another legend that I want to bring up, Vicky, this legend, when I saw this change, I got a little sad. I'm not going to lie. And I love it because I think Lifeline is so rarely seen in our high-level Pro League that I looked at it and thought, what Aurora has done has really impacted.

01:18:12 Und du kannst es hier sehen, mit der Abilität zu Gift-Wrappern, das nächste Alt ist eine Supply-Drop. Das wird geöffnet.

01:18:20 That was a huge part of rushing and getting to that position of having a Kraber, a Wingman, a Bowcheck Bow. And what they're trading that for, Vicky, is consistency. You are now going to spawn with Golden Gear, an Evo Cash, Gold Knockdown Shield, Gold Backpack. You will be getting one of those. So how do you feel, not just with that gift wrap changing, but also her tactical, which means you can actually...

01:18:45 Reduce the cooldown of that tactical was 40 seconds down at 25. It lasts the entire duration of the heal. So essentially you can have consistent all-time heals with Lifeline. How are your thoughts on those changes as we get ready to...

01:18:58 Ich glaube, es geht. Ich glaube, es geht. Es gibt auch viele Power Weapons.

01:19:27 Und das war einfach zu viel Vorteil, besonders in einer Lobby wie dieser, mit der Spieler-Skill-Level in der Richtung, die es geht, und die Veränderungen von Season 20 haben. Es ist interessant, weil ich liebe, wie du erwähnt, Aurora, die Nummer 1 EMEA-Team, für eine Reise, die in der Lifeline, aber es ist etwas, was in unserer Nord-American Region ist. So, es ist das Diversität, wo ich glücklich bin, dass sie die Charaktere hat. Sie haben etwas anderes, das würde sie immer wieder elevieren. Und das bedeutet, dass du nicht automatisch landest in einer P.O.I.

01:19:56 So it allows more creativity, I feel, with the Lifeline and different rotates. And since we are going to be seeing the Lifeline out here for NA, what we'll be seeing, though, is that 50-50 go down between Ipkan and Eggset. Let's get it started. Let's get it started, indeed. They didn't show nine lives, though, so just to shout out, they were playing a little bit of Lifeline in that last game. I wonder if they'll stick with it here. But great points and great discussion as we head into it.

01:20:24 ... ... ... ...

01:20:42 Very difficult spot to be. Not a lot of loot as well. The disparity between that and some of the other areas plus the size of it and the central location of the map has made it difficult. And yet Exet is going to have to still share this space with Ape Gang, Vicky. It's not ideal, but sometimes if you're going to get the job done, you got to go through some tough circumstances to get there.

01:21:03 Talk about tough. I mean, it's not even technically Ape Gang 2. You have to imagine the rotate, the easy rotate for Optic Gaming who are on their elder side by Fragment East as we tune into TSM. Nice. We're able to get that drone out of the sky to pick up a gold helmet.

01:21:18 You always love to see that because you'll be able to have those scans online even faster. And we get to take a look at where this circle is going to be pulling. We had all those southern zones over by Stone Point. Well, time to take a trip over by Climatizer here on World's Edge. It's going to allow teams like Space Station to already have that POI advantage. They even have the Ring console, so they knew that this is where that circle would be pulling. And teams like Optic not wasting any time contesting Monument or Fragment East already going in for the Rotate. And XA had gotten ahead of Ape Gang and Optic in that.

01:21:48 Obviously, the strength of rotating early is that position, but sometimes these pulls have been devastating, especially when you overcommit for some of these teams. It's meant that even Dark Zero in good positions have not been able to pull out those wins in the same way that, you know, their spot might have indicated, because you can never fully know, especially at this point. So it's these late rotate teams who are very consistent with it.

01:22:13 Not Complexity, but TSGs, the Furias, even TSMs, LGs at this point. We're going to see if they continue to see if that's working for them at the start of this as we follow along with Complexity and Dropped on Optic and the rest of his team, Skittle Cakes and Knocks. They've been trying to find a resurgence here, Vicky. They certainly need it, but it's going to be one of those things where is it enough today?

01:22:39 It's gonna be incredibly tough unless Oxygen just completely fumbled the back here. It's a lot on the line, but you hate to rely on the downfall of other teams here to put your team on top. It's just way too risky. As we look at teams like Complexity with their Rotate playing on the low ground of the tunnel. Gonna be playing more so on the edge because we can expect the circle to continuously...

01:23:00 Es geht darum, nur so zu der Norte, wenn es bei der Rockseite von Overlook auf der Southeastern Seite ist, aber auch noch mehr Teams mit der Slow Rotate, mit 9 Lies, die sind weggegangen. Lgr, gerade hinter ihm. Das ist eine der Spots, dass... ...komming aus dem Countdown side, hier, bei dieser Choke. Sie haben einen Schuss auf 9 Lies, aber Sie müssen auf diese Hemlock Schuss, komplett getötet, aber Funk kommt in mit der Bowcheck. Das wird das Knut geben, hier für Lgr zu gehen.

01:23:29 Also, Notable Knock with the Sentinel right above as well. I think this is just another showcase of what the conversation was about. Early, early care package weapons with blue shields. It is definitely a recipe for disaster for the team you're fighting against. And, of course, that means that LG are going to take advantage of that as best as they can. Swinging with 70 from across the way. Sweet getting up on top. Hemlock in the car. As they'll be content to...

01:23:57 Just work on getting their purples. Show some presence here. As Nine Lives look to back off. Bullying them from even getting information too. Because now LG is going to be able to get Grandma's House Survey Beacons. So they're going to be able to get that scan. Some extra EVO charge. Teams like Eight Gang. With the scan. See a team that's already inside of the building. Right in front of them. Could be Space Station.

01:24:20 Sitter, and they do land on that north side of Climatizer, but so many other teams that are in the area could actually be Optic that have already taken control over that rotate that we saw earlier, leaving quickly from Fragment. And now having to play off this low ground, but this is the type of circle right now where you can expect a lot of teams to coexist in that final circle. It absolutely is. There's a lot of places, a lot of layers to it as well, so sometimes it's a matter of the decisions of...

01:24:45 Wer endet sich auf der Staircase neben einem anderen zu sein? Weil ein Team wie dieser, das zu halten, hat sich das Kausch zu halten. Also, in einem interessanten Weise, was Drops gesagt hat, dass du ein Kausch und so viele Leute haben ein Kausch, es macht es ein bisschen weniger wertvoll. Consider ein Team wie TSM, die Bangalore und die Bloodhound und die Valkyrie in der gleichen Position, rotating early. Jetzt haben sie auf den Kausch gehalten, aber ohne das, es wäre sehr, sehr schwierig zu gehen.

01:25:14 gegen Apegang in that zone and not just get pressured out and kind of egoed if they want to. So changes for World's Edge, knowing that this is very likely going to be the case. A lot more building heavy, a lot less long range shooting. And they've made the changes to prepare for that. LG have found the space right underneath the building that Apegang was looking at originally. Cossack traps that were set up there. Now I'm going to be able to get deleted.

01:25:41 Aber das ist ein guter Spot. Wir sehen, dass viele Teams hier existieren. Mit der Kreis in der Mitte ist, man kann die Sight-List-Squats auf der Brücke gehen. Aber TSM hat das Spiel gemacht. Versus Sentinels, über den Outskirts Overlook. No andere Team in der Nähe könnte das hier contestieren. So das ist ein guter Spiel für heute.

01:25:59 TSM ist auf der Bühne auf der Bühne. Aber in der Mitte der Bühne ist der Bühne. Es ist Purple vs. Blue. Der Bühne ist eine 75-Extra-Health. Der TSM kann durch und noch mit Sentinels matchen. So es wird ein Uphill-Battle für sie in mehr Ways-Than. Hau hat es wieder in den letzten Spiel. Er hat ihn wieder auf den Bühne. Er hat ihn wieder auf den Bühne. Er hat ihn wieder auf den Bühne. Er hat ihn wieder auf den Bühne. Er hat ihn wieder auf den Bühne. Er hat ihn wieder auf den Bühne. Er hat ihn wieder auf den Bühne.

01:26:27 And TSM off to a great start yet again. Three points, and they have cleared out a lot of space behind him. Furia, Moist, Disguise, Legacy, as we take a look at the map, as well as Dark Zero, the only teams outside of the zone behind them. But looking like there's so much other places that they can play on the north or western side of this ring, the TSM have really done a good job of making sure no threats are going to be pushing up on them.

01:26:51 Das war such ein sicker Kampf, dass CSM zusammengebracht hat. Das war so sehr gut, wie sie spielt. Das Split-Positioning und die Follow-Ups, HAL-Försing sie zu kommen in Vorholz. Das war Scheff's kiss. Und wie du schon erwähnt, Reinde, sie haben das Angle gemacht, wo das Neck-Circle ist, komplett auf die anderen Squaden genommen haben. Die Dark-Zero sind auch dabei, dass das Survey-Beacon von Grandma's House ist, ein Team, das macht ihr Zeit zu kommen. Meanwhile, über die Fragment, die Party ist still going. Es wird führer.

01:27:21 E-Vac in here.

01:27:52 What's this upper Team Northwest doing? Monument? I don't see anyone. They're back in. We might get held on this zone. No, there's no one on the hill. Yeah, we should just walk it up to here. Going? Yeah. We could hit Rincon's line up for it.

01:28:21 Es ist ein Team Overlook. Moist ist eigentlich ein Smart Call. C9 war gut rotatiert, als sie sagten. Es war Legacy, die haben sich in der Zone gemacht. Moist, sie wollen es safe, Vicky, und das ist die richtige Call für jetzt. A Team, das kann es safe sein, DSG vs. FURIA. Das ist ein Fight, das ist, wird passieren.

01:28:45 Und DSC ist der einzige Team, um das Wraithier zu rocken. So das ist eine Notiz für Führer zu wissen, wer sie mit hier sind. Die Phase hat sich vorhin schon erwähnt, wie Sie hören können. Führer hat die Slight High Ground advantage hier, aber Disguised hat die Natural Rock Form, um es zu nutzen, um die Line-of-Site zu machen.

01:29:04 Es gibt noch einen Kampf auf der Norden Seite von Epicenter. Es wird Dark-Zero versuchen, über das Gebäude zu nehmen. Das sind 9 Lies, die sich bereits befinden. Und es wird von 9 Lies sein. Es wird von Legacy sein. Also, die diese Teams versuchen, zu Fully-Commit-First zu versuchen, wird bei Legacy in der anderen Seite von der Gebäude. Fining-First manchmal ist es eine death-sendung, und es ist nicht möglich.

01:29:29 But the cascading elements of that fight usually have dire consequences. So in this situation, Furia and DSG realizing maybe it's just better that we just make sure they know not to take our space here, not to do anything crazy. We still got a lot of ways to go in this zone. Two of our latest rotating teams. Hasn't worked out incredibly well for Furia so far today. They're at six points overall as we get a big landscape overview, Vicky, of where this zone is going to end up.

01:29:58 It is pulling towards the outskirts of Climatizer, and look who called it best. The team who not only lands in Climatizer, but who had access to that Marine Beacon for quite some time, Space Station. But it looks like this fight has finally begun here. It's going to be Disguised. Design and Timmy falling incredibly low, but Enemy finding Iron Madness first. That's going to be Disguised, having the advantage before trading out Timmy here. And Timmy looked like he did have the Gold Knock too, so they can't get him back up just yet and design having to play this safe while Enemy heals up with the Shield Bat.

01:30:28 Sie haben verloren Madness, so können Sie ihn zurückkehren? Das ist die Frage. Vielleicht können sie ein paar Nades geben. Vielleicht können sie die Shield spielen. Sie haben wahrscheinlich mehr als genug Dämpft. Und nicht vergessen, dass sie in der Void gehen. Das ist die einzige Immunität in Apex-Legend. Wir rarely sehen sie, aber Design hat gesagt, hier, ich zeige euch. Keion mit einem großen Slide! Und der Alternator! Und es ist Wottson, auch, der bleibt.

01:30:49 Das ist es für FURIA. Die zwei Teams haben ihre eigenen Death Warrants.

01:31:04 Feasting on the death boxes. Perfect timing as they waited in silence for the third party. And now they get to profit on their rotate with Epi being completely cleared. But again, Legacy was on that bridge on the other side of Nine Lies and their building. Dark Zero have taken control of that building next. And with TSM calling in an evac. Of course, this is not Stormpoint. No Valkyrie here. They're taking to the sky to maybe see if they can get into a better position. But their evac tower gets destroyed. That may have been complexity that I've been...

01:31:33 Ich habe mich auf die ganze Zeit gesehen.

01:31:56 Oh, no. Oh, no.

01:32:15 Oh, that was so risky. Yes, he left 2-1, but the cost to Gast is just so much take damage. These aren't with the changes, and look who comes to clean up. It is Legacy sliding in and taking care of dropped in gaming. While they're playing off that low ground, though, teams like Moist Esports are going to be rotating off that high ground. You can see them on the other side of the bridge with Yanya being right below them, and Dark Zero now on the other side of Moist. Going to be able to take control over that bridge that Legacy had given up to Moist earlier.

01:32:44 No matter what, if we're playing another game, that would have happened if TSM had won. However, that would have secured them the win, and we would have been playing one more game, game six, for placement. That would determine who would ultimately qualify for land. Now, we're playing another game, but we may keep on going. That is match point in Apex Legends. We go till we have a winner, but we play at least six Oxygen Esports trying to climb up.

01:33:09 in der Reise, Aiden will find some damage around the box, but it's not enough. He gets taken down as well. As a player comes in from behind, it's C9 and Chaotic help to delay and now eliminate Oxygen as they were trying to make a push in zone and C9 have cleared their backside and the only team are up north.

01:33:26 Oh, they called him the bangle here. Dart 0-4 to drop down from the high ground. It is 9 lives with the blue evil shields that have come in at the perfect time. They need to capitalize off of this, but they lose out on so much HP. No shields on all players of 9 lives right now as they're trying to reset, but they do get a knock onto 0. Huge knock here. They finish him off, and Gen on the other side does trach here. Dynasty literally so low. He can't take care of the other member as Gen slides in, but he can't get...

01:33:56 Rez, es ist Sykes, der letzte Mal für Dark Zero, aber der Circle ist es hinter ihm. Unbelievable, Sie können sehen, wie Chaotik es ist. Als das Late Rotation geht, Sykes versucht zu halten für DZ, aber Moistler ist. Und sie finden einen guten Platz auf hier auf High. Sie können das Ridge spielen.

01:34:14 And they can see from above. And this is going to be so good for MT. Trying to pick up KP as well. They're on Purples and looking to maybe get more. They get Yanya. That's Legacy who's trying to move in as Jaguaris and Legacy are fighting Complexity. And Monsoon is alive still. Moist actually helped them out there. And so Monsoon will be able to stabilize. It looks like an Angel from above. And Moist clears out Legacy for them.

01:34:41 They are above them, watching over them like a guardian angel here. But I don't know how they keep getting to these high ground spots and endgame for free. Look at this. It's open range here for the Moist boys.

01:34:53 They are absolutely looking to get wet here as they take care of Fun, but they're not going to drop down from the high ground. They're going to be holding this position. They finish off that Knock Player onto Fun. They get the scan. They get more information here, too. They saw the scan from right below them here with 11 squads left. They see how many squads are sharing that building. And by the way, it's over five to six teams in that building on the outskirts of Climatizer all alone. Look at this. LG right below them. Optic as well. Complexity have now moved from the fence line, and they get taken out by Moist. Optic Gaming.

01:35:22 Sie werden nicht verletzt. Sie werden nicht verletzt. Moist versucht es zu wissen, dass wir oben sind. Nichts denken über das. 44 zu dem Dome. Gildersen. Sie sagen, er ist einer der besten in der Spiel. Er ist sicher, mit der Performance von Moist. Sie versuchen, auf Matchpoint zu machen. Wenn sie etwas crazy machen können, ist es möglich. Der 2nd Platz mit 40 Punkte.

01:35:49 Das ist einfach genug. Ich denke, TSM war auf 39 und hat sie mit 7 leften. So, wenn Moist es um. Wir könnten zwei Teams auf Matchpoint sein. Er wurde in der Mitte der Gondola genommen. Das ist so unlucky. Oh, er hat gesagt, bye.

01:36:09 Mein...

01:36:38 Oh mein Gott, Gilders ist still alive. Moist still getting placement points. I'm not sure it's enough, though. Especially with 8Gang holding it out. Moist Esports goes down with 42 points. They will not be on match point. I don't think anyone else can do it at this time. And it's Elevate Gaming. Sweet, I believe, on LG still alive. SSG as well as Native Gaming are your final four teams here in match number five. Vicky Elevate, they've got space now, but they're gonna have to move. SSG seem like they're in the perfect position.

01:37:06 But because they're in the middle as well, though they have the most time in zone, it almost guarantees that one of these teams is going to have to push them first. Absolutely. Huge beams coming in. Phony, trying to get that follow-up here. Playing off the side of the tower. Native Gaming, the only team to bring out that Lobo, by the way.

01:37:29 Die Moby haben sich in der Hand mit 4 Bullets leften. Star, in so many ways. Wenn du Rambo denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst, du denkst,

01:37:53 But maybe he just might get a little lucky and by that I mean maybe Elevate say we want to play for something. We want to take matters into our own hands and we are going to be the ones to push SSG. That means now they've taken zero damage and gotten three kills and it's Native who are late to the party. Elevate, Vicky, they're looking like they're going to try to do it, but it's one kill already from Luxferty and Elevate Gaming. They're just trying to survive. Well, Native have been able to push Rambo.

01:38:22 Rampo und Squad will clutch it up yet again.

01:38:35 2-Levels für Native, als sie sind in 17th overall, bevor das DUB. Wir gehen jetzt hier, Reinde, aber ich persönlich liebe die Timing für das Fight, Reinde. Sie haben E8 von den Death Boxen geholfen, so sie waren auch für E-Shield geholfen, wenn sie nicht in ihrer Verteidigung gewonnen haben.

01:38:56 I mean, they really caught SSG off-tempo because they were dropping a mobile respawn beacon, I'm sure, just to have a little bit of cover for when that zone came in. And it was just Elevate who decided to push at the perfect time. They probably got some great opening damage.

01:39:10 point, how fast that occu to get a shield battery off. It was really just great tim in too. I thought Elevate w to back because they barely t were all purples. Native just re with that opening kill and that second and meant t

01:39:36 Really helps to not really have a lot of cover when you back away from that tower. It looked like Native had bullied them out of that cover and still were able to work with that tower to get out of their line of sight if need be and then swing in opposite directions. You can't look like a chameleon. You can't cover your six and in front of you at the same time. You're completely caught EA off guard there.

01:39:57 They needed some mirage and visibility, though I'm not noticing in the patch notes if we're going to see anything that's going to bring him quite yet into our meta. Maybe that could be a good thing, but right now it was great to also take a look at one of those stars in our league that whether you were talking about his entrance and his electrifying performance, the hair, whatever it is, Rambo on native has just been a player that has been in our headlines a lot for so many good things, for his excellent play, for storming up as a sub and making

01:40:26 a splash in one of our lands and then of course retiring and then finding another opportunity, playing with Dark Zero a little bit, going away from that, now finding his moment here with Native. I think this could be the start that they needed, especially in a tournament today that means a lot.

01:40:42 Ja, in unison with Klain and Lux, two incredible players. This team is very well-rounded. It's about those comms. The clutter and the comms sometimes could be too much. Slowing things down, though, really helps elevate this squad to a new level. Patiently waiting in the back. Out of all the chaos from that building and climatizer that we saw, the majority of the remaining squads fall in that next circle. And that's why holding that back corner was fantastic. The first team, actually, to call out where that circle was going to be pulling was Space Station.

01:41:11 They were involved in the chaos at the very end when it came to trying to clean up some RP. That allowed Native to actually wrap right behind them and take a much better position. I honestly think SSG, that position is great to talk about because you think maybe they call it, maybe they're in their God spot. They get a top three. Should they be happy about it? Well, I want to get some other people's opinions as well. You and I have chatted, but let's bring back Zephyr and let's introduce our guest for this half.

01:41:37 time at this point. It's game 5. Usually that would mean that we'd have to go to 10 games, Jayhawk, but I don't know if we're actually going to be going that far. It's great to have you back on the broadcast, my friend. It's great to be back and you said it with TSM already on Match Point. Everybody's just wondering at what point do they potentially try to end it because as we've seen, you know, at every LAN in the past, they're always a threat.

01:42:01 Well, you know, now that we have you for regional finals, I think it is great to talk about what indicates a winning moment, because we've only seen Dark Zero and TSM do it. To me, I always look at it as they've got this kind of clutch factor. They know how to make a game theirs versus ride the waves and kind of be passengers, so to speak. They kind of drive the game that they're going to win. What do you think is the biggest indicator or thing you look for for a team who looks like they're going to win Match Point that day?

01:42:29 It's oftentimes the team that's willing to take a risk that can get them that win. I mean, you think back to the split one playoffs, TSM with that vocal to the backside of zone.

01:42:39 That's what set them up for the win there. Then split two playoffs, DZ going to the low ground. Everyone seeing that at first is wondering, what is DZ doing? You know, we're all used to people going to the high ground. That's where you want to be to be safe. DZ just sitting in the middle, understanding what it takes a risky play to get the win. And then obviously at Champs, TSM with those three wins in a row. The various pushes they had to do on DSG and then Blackhand.

01:43:02 It takes a team that is willing to take a risk, even if it means losing the game, if it can get them in a game winning spot. And that's what TSM and DZ do best.

01:43:12 I like how you talk about taking risks because if you take a look at the teams that are on that cusp of qualifying to LAN, there's one team that I'm looking at right now, a team that I'm a big fan of that is about to not qualify. And I'm talking about Optic, even Exit here too. Optic potentially just not make it. I mean, what do you think they have to do differently looking at the performance on Storm Point versus World's Edge to maybe take those risks so that way they can elevate themselves and be within that top 11 spot?

01:43:42 Optik just don't seem as comfortable as they once did, especially when it comes to fighting. They historically in the past were just so good at not fighting in order to get KP, but in order to clear space. And so far in this meta with Caustic making it far more difficult to actually clear teams out, I think that they're just struggling a little bit in that meta. And right now in the position that they're in, it's pretty much win or go home. And so I'm really looking to them to see, can they be willing to get a little bit out of their comfort zone?

01:44:12 which usually is once again fighting for space and instead it's time to start fighting for kills because as we've seen so far they haven't really gotten some zones going their way and so we got to start putting up major points somehow.

Analyse der letzten Matches und Teamstrategien

01:44:24

01:44:24 Well, there's been plenty of other teams who have gotten some zones that have fallen in their favor. Jayhawk, let's go through and take a look at these last three matches and discuss some of the wins that have come true here. This first one, of course, Moist, who come out on top, but didn't optimally start that way.

01:44:44 Ja, ich meine, die Teams mit Zonen landen auf Echo HQ und wir bekommen ein Devastated Pull. Aber wie du sagst, sie hatten nicht super optimistisch, weil sie vielleicht für sie vielleicht zu kommen nach Echo. Das ist nicht passiert. Und sie hatten einen Balloon Rotate auf dem High Ground in der Mitte des Devastated Coast. Und was ein großartiges Rotate es war, denn sie massiviert die Team inside, Eternal, dann geht es zu den Lowground, dann macht es ein tolles Spiel, und wenn es um diese Endgame kam, sie waren in eine Position, wo wir haben eine Klingel.

01:45:14 3v3 gegen Cloud9. Considering C9 has been here the whole game and Moist wasn't, the fact that they were able to get this win, what a great game from Moist Esports.

01:45:24 Und optimally, sie kommen auf den Topf hier, wie du gesagt hast, in die Position, um das Final Blow zu erzeugen, obwohl es mit so einem Roundabout start ist, dass es, wieder optimally zeigt, das Risik-Faktor, die diese Teams beginnen zu nehmen heute. Und das ist das, was das Spiel von Legacy.

01:45:46 Ja, man sieht Legacy hier auf die Lowground. Und die Interessante ist, dass in Ring 5, sie waren in der Herde von Echo. Und sie waren in der Position, in der in der Lowground haben sie zu cross-Path, Cloud9, Exet, TSM, all diese anderen Teams. Und sie hat sich einfach zu rotatieren, durch die Zenterteilung zu der Lowground. Und es war ein bisschen riskier, weil ich weiß, dass sie eigentlich nicht das Fully Open wussten. Und wenn es ein Team gibt, dann wird sie vielleicht vielleicht sogar noch ein bisschen verlieren. Aber das Rotate schafft sie diesen Win. Und als wir gesagt haben, Teams wollen winnen.

01:46:15 Das war's, was hat sie gewonnen hat, hat sie gewonnen.

01:46:25 Yeah, of course, here at the end, that health disparity that we discussed in those final moments, the inability to, even though this shield swap comes through, how does it have the time to find that white health? And we know even in seconds like that, alongside things like that gas, creating space for Legacy, you just can't come out on top of, unlike certain teams who come out on top of our match five.

01:46:47 Yeah, shoutout to Native here, because they were not in one of the greater spots in terms of Climatizer, they were over in one of those circular donut buildings. They move around the north side rather uncontested, but they had a key moment where they have to force SSG out of their line of sight, like Vicky mentioned earlier. They do that, SSG has to go over towards E8, E8 makes the push, and that just cleared up all this space for Native to then push forward, coming for the third party, and once again, speaking of clutching up, Luxford in the 1v1, he goes huge, despite Zap having the knock...

01:47:17 und er wird die Wunschung bekommen.

01:47:40 This would be one of the more epic finishes that we've seen, Jayhawk, because at the end of the day, with 49 points sitting in about 18th, the only way they will be going to land is if they win the entire Match Point Tournament today. We have not seen that before, but do you think maybe we're starting to see an option for Rambo to clutch it up with his boys one more time?

01:48:04 Es ist sicherlich möglich. Ich meine, die Faktion des Natives haben hier gewonnen, sie fühlen sich sicher. Und auch, in recenten Wochen des Scrims, Natives haben angefangen zu sehen. Sie werden in den Zonen getrennt, wo sie in den Endgame können. Und wenn du da bist, hast du den Rammbo gewonnen. Wir haben ihn so viele Mal gesehen, wenn er zum Beispiel für GMT oder für den Guard, oder jetzt Natives. Ich meine, er ist used zu den großen Momenten. Und so, wenn sie in diesen Spielen getrennt, dann wird er einfach nur für dich.

01:48:33 Definitely bringing that thing full circle we talked about, which is a team that's willing to make that risky play and make a moment for themselves, give themselves an opportunity to do something special. Native, maybe turning into the Cinderella story we're going to have to pay attention to is TSM still on Matchpoint, I believe our only team, but we'll get verified on that in just a bit. Jayhawk, thank you so much for being here, man. One final thing, any predictions, thoughts, looking forward to it after you've seen five games here.

01:49:01 It's hard to say anybody but TSM. They get another free game on Match Point. I don't know where the zone is going to pull, but if they get a good one, they could close it out. But even today we've seen, I mean, coming all the way from Lightning Rod and having two strong games at the south side of Storm Point, they could take another one anyway, despite having a lack of prio.

01:49:23 All right, Jayhawk, thanks so much for joining us again. Catch up with him on stream or on his YouTube channel as well. Jayhawk, appreciate you, my friend. We'll talk to you soon. Appreciate you guys.

Halbzeit-Analyse und Rückkehr zu World's Edge

01:49:34

01:49:34 All right, you know what it means. It means we have had our halftime recap, and it is time to get back into the action, so I will not delay. Vicky, Zef, take it away. Thank you so much, Rain Day. Zef, we're back at it again, and we're back once again on World's Edge. Man, what a game for E8, though. I mean, how much? Like 13 KP, 14 KP? That has elevated them to be very close to match point.

01:50:00 But they did not secure it just yet. TSM, like what Jayhawk was saying, once again have another shot at ending this entire regional final if they get the dub this time around.

01:50:11 But optimally, this is something that we have seen rear its head across multiple Matchpoint Finals. I'm sure you, of course, as well as anyone else knows that it isn't just that simple. When we talk about delivering the final blow, that is that win between teams like, well, Dark Zero and TSM. It is still a tough task to boot and one that usually does not come immediately, especially with these teams who are so well versed in the art of, well, understanding who is on Matchpoint.

01:50:41 Absolut, und wir haben es schon gesagt, wir werden es wieder darüber sprechen. Wir sind wieder zurück zu World's Edge, wo wir sehen, dass wir die Valkyrie von TSM nicht sehen, dass wir die Evac Towers sehen, wir sehen die Katte, die wir sehen von einem anderen Team sehen, wir sehen die Lobug von Native, und das kommt in Frage, die verschiedenen Playstyles, die wir sehen, von den Teams fühlen, auf Stormpoint versus World's Edge, oder sogar vice versa.

01:51:06 Right, exactly, and especially since we have seen a lot of zone-oriented favoring today, especially in comparison to when we were in through our first matches one and two, I'm curious to see that now that we return once again, if we see a similar strain of action going into our sixth matchup, or potentially we do see a return to farm, especially with the more edge-oriented styles that have at least, well, delivered what is usually success.

01:51:33 Can't wait to see a success playoff for some of these teams here. Let's get started. Game number six.

01:51:39 und es ist ItGang.

01:52:09 Now, notably, this has not really delivered much striations in terms of how things have favored for either one of these rosters coming outside of even the early embers of World's Edge last time around here, but it is something that has provided a bit of a delay, right? When we talk about getting to that kind of zone, something that has become more favored going into the regional files as these games have gone on, this is something that sets both of these to...

01:52:38 Wenn in fact sie die zwei Teams, die diese Wins brauchen mehr als jemand. Es ist ein Risiko und Reward hier, wie lange du in dieser Kampf bist, dass Optik ist auf der anderen Seite der Fragment, wo sie control hat, eine ganze Survey Beacon, was nicht Exit oder Apecan haben, als auch die Fakt, dass sie Lacken auf Loot haben.

01:52:59 Such is the life on Monument, honestly, here. See, knocked with the pings, they're just gonna start rotating. But I do have to highlight, I talk about the lack of loot, but he's managed to find himself with a purple light mag. We absolutely take those. As well as the evil harvester that's actually spawned right next to him on the other side of the fence line. And with a nice overhead here too, Zephyr, we get to see that this circle will be pooling most, more so between Geyser and Lava Siphon.

01:53:22 Now, this can be one of those deep-interested geyser zones where you're either there or you're out of the game, but they do still leave the opportunity open for some of those northern blue boxes, chokes that can optimally finish here. If this zone was a little bit further south, encompassing more of Big Mod, you might see something similar to what we saw on World's Edge last time around, where we saw teams like Dark Zero come away with the win. But notably, it still does scare me, especially being this close when a team like TS...

01:53:51 is right here along the edge on this side of Lava Siphon.

Frühe Eliminierungen und strategische Rotationen

01:53:56

01:53:56 I swear the scriptwriters are working overtime somewhere in the back end here because that circle being right there for TSM is going to be absolutely scary. Moist already sliding down to get involved. There are five teams within the area while Complexity fighting in the house over on the outskirts of Lava Siphon up on that hilltop. Optic on the other side of this year too. They lose out on Lu. Kimchi Lee gets sent down and Monsoon doesn't really have a lot to work with here. Lacking on that evil shield as he tries to slide down.

01:54:26 und es war mit der Rest of Optik, das in die Entry kommt. Still, mit nur einem Member leften hier stehen, Sie haben zu fragen, wo der Follow-Through ist, und es kommt mit einem sehr Weak-TSM, ein TSM, das also weiß für ein Fakt ist, dass sie healthy und strong sind, um in die Position zu kontrollieren. Reps, natürlich, auf das Reset ist definitiv, die Go-Button ist, was die Final-Straße ist, aber ich will sagen...

01:54:53 They have cleared out the majority of this. The runs have come through. And for Optic. Wow. That's a wipe early. No way. That is so crucial. Optic going down early in game six. And that was all the chaos happening inside that building alone. I mean, we know that Complexity managed to make it out as a solo. Monsoon was able to slide away out of all that situation. Exit. Do get scanned by a beacon nearby. Waiting patiently inside of this house.

01:55:21 But more of these squads are going to be rotating through that choke that we just saw so many of the other teams fighting on the outskirts of Lava Siphon. Now, especially I want to touch on this for OpTic. Going out in this game is terrifying. They were looking for the points to boot that would put them on match point as well. And especially with a team like TSM still within the lobby, now you have to hope.

01:55:43 Your fate is completely out of your hands here. They're one of our few rosters that doesn't just walk into today qualifying off of their raw points alone, and especially now with Cloud9 finding their way into our top 10 after some of our recent series here, they don't, or I don't, I believe so, are never to be eligible alongside the points that they can accrue in any kind of position. It is the win or bust for this roster.

01:56:08 Wow, so much pressure. The Green Wall Foundation slowly crumbling here. We have to see if they can make a miracle happen. Option E-Sports, though, on their rotate, getting gatekept. Full blue Evo Shields for this team here. See the pink deceive. Maybe they want to wrap around instead.

01:56:26 So many other teams looking to try to rotate in the same direction. Exit we already saw before inside of one of the fragment houses have not left from their position. They would inevitably try rotating in that same direction that we just saw Oxygen in. Meanwhile, E8, with an explosive last game, rotating through Armory Cave, and with no other squad to try to contest them on the other side of this entrance by Geyser, they'll be able to get a free rotate here, and maybe even a free...

01:56:52 Das ist eine neue Haus-Northern-House-Fight-Geyser, mit einem kleinen High-Ground, mit einem anderen Teams-Fighting-Fighting-Fighting-Fighting-Fighting-Fighting-Fighting-Fighting-Fighting-Fighting-Fighting-Fighting-Fighting-Fighting

01:57:13 The 10th point position mark. To start to get into placements that actually work into 2 plus points. Or find a successful fight. One that for Luminosity they seem to be already in the midst of potentially taking. Taking with confidence. Look at that Mozam. Yeah he doesn't got the Digi on that. But he's got the gold shotgun bolt ready to go. As EEC pop Beast of the Hunt. Backing away for right now before taking a different position. I like this call from EEC. Sending their blood onto the high ground. As McLovin takes a fragging angle.

01:57:42 Nice to press fire from Sweet. Beams with the hemlock. Tells him to sit back behind cover while the rest of the LG squad managed to rotate to the south. This is the call from Sweet to prioritize their rotate instead of taking this fight over by Harvester after seeing where that snake circle could be pulling.

01:57:59 Still, though, it is excellent in terms of displaying the pressure that they need to have there because EC is optimally in the weighing advantage going into that fight, something that they're about to lose now as they just expended it on Luminosity. For a team like Disguised, who comes in and cleans up on the back, even though EC might be healthy, when we talk about utility, that's something that they won't have here.

01:58:23 Even trying to take that fight versus Disguys. I've been able to get that Sergey Beacon too. Was he taking an overlook at where this circle is going to be pulling Zephyr? It is going to be moving over to Geyser directly. Even by that choke that Native was holding earlier too. So these squads taking their time. Dark Zero as per usual. Harvester with EEC in disguise. Are going to be finding themselves in a difficult rut with the squads that are going to be gatekeeping them from the south side of Geyser.

01:58:51 This is tough for Disguise, but ultimately in the end, it's not tough for a Wraith. Finding the way across your portal in hand. Designful though, setting this one up for potentially that opposite-ended angle that you sometimes see Disguise like to play around, to find the damage from behind to a position where it usually isn't expected. But granted, with this time of a delay set up in between here, it's unlikely that they're going to find quite...

01:59:15 Der Success, McLovin und Sosay bereits in eine perfekt Position zu capitalize, mit einem almost triple Kracks aus von ihnen.

01:59:31 Trying to get a full reset. It's the ego check, forcing this guy to not only back away from Harvester, but to now take their time to wrap around the long way into where that next circle is pulling because you got now less than 20 seconds to make that decision before the circle closes.

01:59:47 We'll see how they fare, especially given the fact that when we did get to check out on this zone, it's contested as it gets. The majority of those who are going to be present within our endgame have already arrived to Geyser, and we talk about why it's so difficult from the choke.

02:00:02 hier, bei Native Gaming, die einen mit dem, etwas zu den westen, und sogar unten, die TSM-Sit sind in der Haus, um zu gewinnen und zu gewinnen und zu gewinnen und zu gewinnen und zu gewinnen und zu gewinnen, aber dann mehr importantly, zu gewinnen und zu gewinnen, die PoI ist eine der hardeststen Dinge zu tun, in meiner Meinung nach, wenn es zu World's Edge ist. Mit der Anzahl von Chokes, auch, für die diese Circles-Pool, absolut, sie haben Rambo auf den Kossack zu machen, und während Native...

02:00:30 Do you sit up on top of this hilltop to prevent all these other squads from rotating and they have a little black market to get any extra loot that they may need?

02:00:37 Dark Zero though, with their time on their rotate, Evo Harvester after Evo Harvester, and even the bins, they find themselves with full purples. Doesn't even look like a lick of damage has been put down by Zero. But they see the squall that's inside of this building, they get the scan, avoid that nate here from Jen. That is Ape Gang, by the way, inside of this house, with Exit, looking, with hunger in their eyes, maybe, if they could try to take some shots here. Now Dark Zero, who's on?

02:01:05 An extensive exchange of Rotate here, more notably Zero, of course, making the cross to find the Evo cache to get them up to already probably one of the quickest teams to sit on that Red Evo to work with here. If they wanted to go into a fight against Ape Gang, they're more than secure. Especially if they got those Evo Shield checks. Meanwhile, teams like LG waiting in silence.

02:01:31 Waiting behind The Rock for any unexpected squads to get ratted on, specifically teams like Fury and Legacy, but Dark Zero looking at EEC, who have made their slow rotate away from Harvester, have toes wrong. They're gonna get gatekept by Dark Zero, now are forced with full blue Evo Shields, now noting that they're gonna get Evo Shields checked by Dark Zero, who have the advantage to now back away and take that circle damage and take a slower rotate into that next circle. This is perfect there, and this is gonna cost the resources, of course, of EEC, who have had...

02:02:00 Their delay more notably set up when it comes to the edges of that zone. And for Dark Zero, though, these are the benefits that will continue to extend. Now talking about the chokes ahead here. We understand the applying pressure behind, but having this advantage going into that next fight is going to be huge, especially when they start to breach the edges here. As long as, well, what looks like their backside is completely clear. Good info here, too. DZ.

02:02:30 This is the importance right here with the Evo Caches and the way that they've been able to make that slow rotate. This forks perfect into the DZ playstyle. They adapted so quickly to Season 20. They do get pinged from behind, though. I did see that 30-30 shot. Maybe from Exit, who are still waiting by the train tracks of Fragment. LG engaged on this fight. They're waiting patiently by the Rock. It looks like C9 are right next to them. It was waiting by the Evo Cache to try to catch an unexpected squad, but look at the huge needs. Sweet does get the Arcstar knocked, though, but it was a trade-off.

02:02:59 Das war's.

02:03:20 Caught between a rock and a hard place there. What was the peek around that gas? Comes back to bite them in the face of a Bloodhound. But I'll tell you what, it doesn't get much easier for teams like Disguise. Now from above, Legacy have their pickings, a crack found, and even just but 20 damage to send on that knock. They barely miss out on that bolt. Oh man, Legacy on the high ground now.

02:03:47 Uncontested from the big mod Choke. For now though, Legacy could easily just wrap around here if you want to. Have to see how this plays out as Disguise now pinned between everybody in the canyon. Now Yanya gonna be able to smoke away. See if they can take some of this circle pressure. Yeah, it's just round three. It does make your eyes water, but they still are right there next to the circle. They'll be safe and they'll be able to reset.

02:04:10 Might be hot, but not quite enough there. Just a bit of a sunburn as they make their way across. For the other side of our zone, though, it's chaos galore here. Xset, notably, making their way up directly to try to pressure into the stroke that we set up far earlier on. Even still, with this minimal of zone pressure, like we saw with Legacy, they have to worry about the prior cave system alongside the guy. Even with scans on the other side.

02:04:39 Actually crazy here. Ultimate Accelerator is going to be able to be popped by Nox so that way he can get that bangle online. Boot out Native if they can. That's going to be their Hail Mary when this circle closes in. Look how many squads are waiting on the outskirts of this circle's effort. This is insanity here with so many teams still alive. For now TSM taking shots. Let's not forget they are at match point and they are still claiming heads.

02:05:05 I do worry, though, we did get to sneak peek at that map with Furia being very present here on this low ground. Make one wrong move, one far send, and that's an immediate knock from the likes of, well... ...Hal there, just barely finding a presence of safety back. Reps now set up above once again with that Mozam Digi combo.

02:05:30 Führer mit ihrer Best Roach impression, auf der Bühne auf der Bühne, auf der Bühne zu finden, auf TSM zu finden. Aber TSM hat die Gans bereit, und sie wussten genau die Führer, die Führer wollte. Und mit TSM so patienten, sie haben die Double Blue, mit Hau auf Purpose. Er hat so viel Druck, Leading 1 an 1, und die Follipum rips, die Synergy. Nichts surprise, aber es ist ein Gift hier. TSM sieht sie versuchen, sie zu fly durch. Let's Super 2 in TSM mit TSM, mit der Circle closing in behind sie.

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02:06:28 Evin, du schumpfst. Ich fäll. Wir sind gut. Wir sind gut. Wir sind gut. Wir sind gut. Wir sind gut. Wir sind gut. Wir sind gut. Wir sind gut. Wir sind gut. Wir sind gut. Wir sind gut. Wir sind gut.

02:06:54 I still have Bango for this. We can play on the side of the building. Look, it's a duo. It's a duo on the right. It's a duo on the right. It's a duo on the right. We need to get them killed. All right, loot. We're going to kill you guys on the right somehow. 70. He's getting shot.

02:07:15 We can push up, put bangle No, no, no, we don't need to push that There is, there is Can you smoke that angle so I can scan the building please? Yeah, yeah Smoke right here, smoke right here maybe I don't have a smoke now, I just smoked it You can do it

02:07:33 There's a three-man in every side. I feel like we have to just play any- We're gonna get fucked though. No? Where do we play then? Okay, I'm down. I'm down to cross down. I'm down to cross down. I'm down to cross down. I'm down to cross down. I'm down to cross down. I'm down to cross down. I'm helping this. Yep. Look in, but look in. 100 Acoustic. 100 Acoustic. I'm gonna fall down the window. I'm gonna fall down the window. I'm gonna fall down the window. No you're not. I'm batting him. I'm gonna die to spring a ult. Up on the mat.

02:07:59 I got kidnapped. Stay from me, stay from me. I got kidnapped. I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm dead. Bro, like...

Chaos in Geyser und Legacy's Sieg

02:08:17

02:08:17 TSM nicht nur mit den Kinnapen, aber Kinnapen! Die Möglichkeit zu gewinnen, auf Matts Point ist die Wundervolle Wraith-Blase von Design. Sie kommen in von Disguise, als sie in die Circle aus dem Exit gehen. Sie kämpfen für ihre Lives auf den Oskarren, als Sentinels geteilt.

02:08:34 It's one of those moments where you just can't believe it's happening. It feels like the days of yore here. We've seen Design and Crew get aggressive, but to come out on top, that seals the fate of so many other rosters. Similarly to how Koi is finding Nox within the window. Potentially now their access to the interior. But I'll tell you what, with Fun Looking Low and Caustic Gas, it doesn't get much easier. Look, Wraith Stock's up, Wraith Stock's up. That's all I know here. Disguised!

02:09:00 Lots of fans coming in to look at this team succeed. LG fighting for their life on the low ground here. Managing to get that scanned by the rocks. But with the beast of the hot activated and still getting pinged on the other side, they know that they are pinched here. It's the skyjacked behind LG. Legacy right in front of them. The sky's holding split angles here too. Nine squads left and the majority of these teams are sharing the real estate inside of Geyser.

02:09:26 For DSG, looking low, but having the perfect setup on the edge of the wall there. It is another wealth of points for them across their KP. Now for Moist, swinging outside. You found the damage earlier, but you weren't able to follow through for Exet. What could have been is, even still, a punishment for Nocturnal, but a 2v1 situation. One that comes at the cost of this roster in seven.

02:09:53 So unfortunate here, but Moist stays on top now. Clearing up that entire building means that they'll have some freedom to reset as this final circle is closing. Final circle and six squads left. You've disguised Legacy. Moist dropped in Space Station and the Solo that is Furia right below everybody. Look at Keon just minding his own business.

02:10:15 I don't know if it's due to the pressure, but Designful with no white health is driving me insane here. Hasn't been able to likely find the resource, and there you can see as we tune on down and low, yes, nothing to be had here. A single caustic gas trap would be enough, but can he get, well, Disguise to a position up upon the roof? Space Station Gaming are more than happy to welcome Disguise with open arms.

02:10:41 Und das Knochen auf Design war großartig. Sie endlich haben den Rat, das Führer war. Timmy hat das Knochen, extra K.P. für Disguise. Und Spacestation mit der Skant sieht die Team neben dem. Chaos ist in Schering, als fünf Quads sind left. Legacy ist auf der anderen Seite, aber Spacestation hat die High-Ground. Disguise spielt außerhalb der Building auf der Low-Ground.

02:11:04 From above, though, this stack is so hard to navigate. Seconds to boot when we talk about having to make an exit here for SSG with no cover to even exist within. It's the perfect opportunity for them to drop in. Well, find themselves now lower than can be with Crook. JE on Oriolus working their way out at the very end here. They're more than happy to clean things up, but don't have the time.

02:11:31 To reset as Legacy from above clean it up. Legacy with the Game 6 win. But can we talk about all the teams that were still alive for that final circle? That was absolutely insane. And the easiest route was Legacy clearing out their back.

02:11:50 Let's also not forget Zephyr, that was a legacy taking the circle damage to rotate from the big mod choke. They knew that they had to approach from that angle where we saw teams like even LG give up more of that space when they decided to move up and pressure other squads from trying to traverse through the open ground outside of Lava Siphon. Exactly. We got to see the perspective coming through from what was the...

02:12:14 ...western side of the zone here, with most of our teams having to make that major cross into the direct geyser choke. What we never got the chance to really see was how well Legacy were applying pressure to the other end. When we talk about the present teams that were trying to take away that position...

02:12:31 Luminosity for sure, but Legacy, of course, defending against the likes of Disguised as well. Had they been able to potentially make that rotation around the edge, they could have been in the dominant position to win from above as that building collapsed.

02:12:46 Hey, Legacy, Space Station on the high ground by the roof shaking hands because they were the ones that helped pressure out Disguise from trying to take the easy approach through the Wraith portal that Zyne had tried to set up alongside with Space Station before he inevitably got knocked. Crazy final game right there overall, even with Disguise having to share that low ground there. The solo that was left of Moist 2, being able to take a chunk out of Timmy before he falls to Moist hands. It was a lot of chaos for the building, for the squads inside the building though, but that's to be expected.

02:13:15 mit dem Kossack in den Meta, du mit dem Spiel auf World's Edge und der Raum, die in den Städten waren, die in den Städten, die in den Städten, die in den Städten, die in den Städten, die in den Städten, die in den Städten, die in den Städten.

02:13:29 And that's with Legacy also taking up.

02:13:57 Two dubs for the day, all right? They took game number four that you and Dia were able to take us through on Stormpoint, which also highlights how Legacy is one of those squads that have no issue whether it means taking a win on World's Edge versus a win on Stormpoint. And that was the last game that we had on World's Edge before we make that transition onto Stormpoint. So while we calculate everything, Legacy could be meeting themselves right next to TSM there.

Match Point Druck und Teamstrategien

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02:14:21 This is something that now works its way into a lot more of those threats that we discuss when we talk about match point format. TSM have had their chance now, two games in a row, but this is where the calculations get a lot harder for all those teams doing the mental math. It's easy to keep track of one squad. It gets very difficult when we start adding others to the mix here, potentially as we come to a conclusion regarding some of those overall points. And you can hear the pressure from the teams.

02:14:51 Das war ein paar Mal mit der Rote.

02:15:02 The poor man Verhulst could not get a break, whether he was getting beamed by the teams on the building, mid-rotate, or even getting kidnapped. He can't even sit down to pop a medkit for the life of him. That was the power of design, being the only race in the lobby, being able to reposition. Actually, I love it. Shout out to Proud. We get to see the clip ourselves. This was after he had already gotten kidnapped, but this just leaves Hau playing inside the crevice before TSM get eliminated by Disgust.

02:15:31 You could hear in their comms earlier that they were getting peaked, but they were also getting beamed by the teams that were playing inside the building over to the left side. You could even see it through that window. But that's why it was so important to conserve those smokes to try to help you out in mid-rotate. But regardless, you're going to be in the line of sight of two different teams. You could try to rock climb up all the way up to that lip, but you're still at that positional disadvantage when you try to force that position. And it just goes back to the zone.

02:15:57 When we talked about it at the very beginning of the game here, Geyser is just one of those positions that you have to be a part of. If you're working your way in off of a slower rotate, we see so many of our teams get eliminated as a result. It's the squads that are there from the get-go here. You talked about Legacy off of their late Zone 3 rotation through the edges. That's something that comes back to pay dividends literally 10 minutes after.

02:16:25 Untertitelung des ZDF für funk, 2017

02:16:41 rather than the perfect ending is something that you have to adapt to when you are looking for that major win. It was something that even in Day 9, when we chatted with Psycho, he would be someone that rather sets his team up for that potential rather than getting into the direct position and hoping for that perfect god spot. Especially when you're at Match Point. We're going to tally up the entire scores, guys, to see which of our teams are going to be meeting TSM at Match Point. Don't go anywhere, because on the other side of this break, we'll have the scores ready for you.

02:18:44 Welcome back, everyone. Thanks for waiting. I'm here joined with Dia. And Dia, you get to join me as we tally up the match results and the series standings because I'm expecting a few teams to be meeting TSM on Match Point after an explosive final circle on Geyser. You know, we so often get teams that break into the first match point and we're like, ooh, are they going to end it now? And they never end it now. They always drag it out for a few more games and everybody very aware most often.

02:19:12 von der Endgame-Lobbys. Diese Zeit, Legacy, natürlich, hat sich die Wün gemacht. SSG ist hinter dem. SSG, die mit Cloud9 mitgebracht haben, hat sich jetzt in die Zeit geschlossen. Mit Drop-In-Gaming und Moist kommt hinter dem. Ich war ziemlich begeistert bei Disguised, als auch. Ich weiß, wir waren auf der TSM-Listen-In-Side, aber hier, die Almost-Die, dann Almost-Die, dann Get Kidnapped und Die. Es war zu gut. Es war zu gut.

02:19:41 Es war tatsächlich, es war tragisch hier. Wir sehen uns noch mehr, aber Moist mit dem Double-Digit KP. TSM auf der anderen Seite, du hast es, Mid-Rotate absoluten wird. Wir haben alle in Verhohl's Position gespielt, in Apex Legends und Lobbysen wie das. Aber TSM, die in den Match Point sind, obwohl sie 5-KP waren. Und es war eine schwierige Zeit, aber meine Augen waren auf die Bottom-Team-Dia. Die Green Wall.

02:20:09 It is crumbling. Optik being one of the first teams to go out in that last lobby. Time is of the essence. We are moving on to Game 7 now on Storm Point.

02:20:19 Und das ist, das letzte Mal wir sehen, das ist ein Legacy-Win. Und Legacy haben es nun twice getan, heute. Sie sind ein Team, das Sie sollten auf Stormpoint sein werden, weil sie die Open Space so unglaublich sind. Legacy hat heute aufgenommen, und ich glaube nicht, ich hätte sagen das jetzt in der Zeit, Vicky, aber es ist remarkable, dass sie am Tag der Top-Teams sind, und sind noch immer wieder...

02:20:46 Ich denke, sie sind die einzige Team in dieser Lobby, die nicht signiert sind.

02:20:50 Das ist eigentlich verrückt, Dinge zu ändern, denn es ist ein Team, die immer wiederum ist. Ein Team, die zusammen sind, und sie immer wiederum machte die Magic. Vor der Region Finale, ich glaube, sie sind in 7th overall in N.A., als stacked als es ist, und es ist sehr nahe zwischen den middleen Team, aber Legacy immer wiederum. Die einzige Team so far, in den Region Finals, in den Region Finals, die zwei Wins sind.

02:21:17 Jetzt in dieser Lobby. Kann sie das wiederholen? Das ist die Frage. Das ist die Team, die bereits auf Match Point 100% sind, als wir auf Game 7 hier auf Stormpoint gehen.

02:21:28 Now that we're returning back to Stormpoint, we're gonna be looking at things like late rotates from Disguised once again, that have been taking them so often to Red, and hopefully moving away from this devastated Coast Echo HQ area of the map, because I said Stormpoint could provide us variety just before the break, and Stormpoint did not provide us with a whole lot of variety. I still know that she's got it in herself.

02:21:54 Ich möchte ein bisschen mehr auf den Rest der Map sehen, sogar hier, auf Lightning Rod, das können sehr glücklich sein werden. Going into dieses Spiel, wir haben vier Teams auf Matchpoint. TSM, Moist, Legacy, und Spacestation Gaming. Das sind die Teams, die ihr habt zu halten.

02:22:18 Ich bin jetzt mit ECHOHQ. Wir waren über das erste Spiel von Stormpoint. Ich habe gesagt, wir haben das viel gesehen.

02:22:38 And then you mentioned Variety. And then Apex said no. We had so many different southern zones already. Maybe we'll see a mix-up though. I have faith in a northern zone. You know what? I'm going to throw a dirt on the board. I'm thinking maybe Lightning Rod or even North Pad here. That would be lovely. Seeing how some of our squads have been able to adapt. I'm thinking about the time that even Exit had clutched in that final circle. The one time that we saw that circle pull towards North Pad. As we do get set up though, we also get to witness different compositions.

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02:23:28 Has lost a little bit of value, weirdly, moving into this season. I'd expected her to be a lot stronger, but with Horizon leaving the meta, she's not as good of a counter to a lot of other things that are happening. She still is incredibly strong, and I want to see more teams making use of things like Watson. We even saw Disguised with a Catalyst that, while it didn't achieve the endgame glory of Catalysts gone by, still did have its moments, especially in putting up defenses towards Pylon.

Legend Comps und Strategien

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02:23:57 Weil wir nur ein oder zwei squads mit dem Odd-Legend hier und da sind, das ist wo ich denke, dass wir wahrscheinlich die größte Leistung kommen müssen, denn all es braucht ist für dich in den richtigen Position, wie wir sehen in Complexity und Disguised-B. Und all of a sudden, du kannst du etwas nicht mehr machen. Es ist die Caustik-Problem, aber in reverse.

02:24:21 Yeah, that's where the Trailblazers for certain Legend comps come into play. I mean, Disguise being the only team to run the Wraith doing what we just saw on World's Edge to poor Verhulz. I mean, that also allows teams to go for an easier rotate. You mentioned the Cossack being a problem and where a lot of teams play for that final circle position, getting the ring consoles and already settling down in a building of where they could predict where that circle is going to be pulling is lethal. That's where the Cossack just bunkers down and you're not going to be seeing anything else other than the inside of the building and maybe some poke pressure.

02:24:50 Depending on your weapon loadout. For the remainder part of the game here. Which is also why we were seeing the loba on world's edge. With a very similar tactic. You sit down on where you feel like the circle will be pulling. After getting that ring console information. And instead of denying yourself loot. You're able to use that black market. Which you could choose the perk that expands the black market. And you could get even more loot. If you feel like that's what you're lacking here. Aside from the fact that you're denying yourself evil harvester charge.

02:25:16 Yeah, Loba's a really fascinating pick, because it is Native that's running Loba when we're on World's Edge, and if I'm recalling correctly, they're running it out of Landslide, which is fascinating. I think we see Loba out of Dome, Landslide, and sometimes Skyhook, because on World's Edge, she's really POI specific. When you're landing near any place that has a vault, you get...

02:25:41 A lot of value out of Lobo really quickly because you can loot up and get great loot and then move on. When we're on Stormpoint, she does lose some value, but at the same time, that very same thing you were talking about of loot up, move on, be able to stay a little bit more mobile while keeping your economy in check does stay true, and yet we don't see nearly as many teams run Lobo specifically.

02:26:07 I am wondering whether there is something that Loba can bring on Stormpoint that we just haven't seen, or whether this interaction with Vaults that she has will leave her ultimately as more of a World's Edge pick.

02:26:19 And that's probably going to be the next direction of where these comps are going to lie after the change that we're going to be seeing on the patch notes that release tomorrow on March 26th. But it's also interesting to see how some of these teams have made that quick adjustment at the start of Season 20 and then having to shift away from there after seeing certain just nerfs or even buffs for certain legends. I like to shift away from Lifeline to now being able to get guaranteed gold knock. But specifically looking at the teams that change up their comp on World's Edge in the current patch that we're on,

02:26:48 Valkyrie, that TSM has found that success on, on a map that TSM is very consistently winning the game on, that is going to be interesting since this is Stormpoint now and there are a lot of Valkyries. Verhoeven's probably being the only one that we've seen consistently with this team comp.

02:27:06 The problem lies in more teams running Valkyrie. Because with Valkyrie, it means that more teams are going to get to the circle positioning that they want to be. Something that TSM doesn't really have to worry about thanks to the Valkyrie passive with the information that comes when you're in the sky. Now, of course, that's negated by the teams inside of a building since they're not in Valkyrie's line of sight. But it's still extra information on the squads that are mid-rotate.

02:27:30 The whole thing that's brought Valkyrie back into the meta is her blue perk Afterburners. Being able to get pre-nerf Valkyrie on your team before you leave your POI.

02:27:44 Purple ist great, es ist schön zu haben, aber es wirklich nicht verändern Valkyrie. Und sie eigentlich bringt eine sehr interessante Punkt über Legends und die Weise Evos arbeiten jetzt. Weil Evo Shields introduced Perks, Valkyrie ist ein Legend mit einem wirklich early Power Spike. Als man sich in Blüten hat, sie erhöht in Wert von zwei oder drei Tieren. Und wenn man sich in Blüten hat, sie wirklich nicht verändern. Und wir sehen sehr unterschiedlich, wie Wraith.

Strategische Spielzüge und Matchpoint-Spannung in ALGS Spiel 7

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02:28:13 Disguised run. Wraith hitting blue doesn't actually spike her that much. She doesn't get that much more powerful. It's when you hit purple that all of a sudden Wraith becomes a really active rotational legend. And it is one of the things that while we get more varied compositions nowadays, we as the viewers get to enjoy, which is how different teams throughout their EVO journeys get to make use of the

02:28:38 Literally different times that their legends become more powerful relative to their counterparts on other teams. I love how you brought that up actually because it also comes into question the risk and reward of getting early blue here for Valkyrie. Now imagine if her ult being 25% higher was moved over to the purple perk. Something that would change things up a lot for teams that take their time on rotating who try to prioritize evil harvesters like we've seen from Dark Zero. They prioritize on getting those evil harvesters and that's their path.

02:29:08 Es ist wirklich interessant, dass das Trade-Off, speziell, ist sicherlich was das Valkyrie hier ist. Wenn wir die Valkyrie hier sehen, dann können wir eine Evil-Harvester wiederholen. Aber die Balance Team! Die Balance Team! Die Balance Team! Die Balance Team! Die Balance Team! Wir sehen uns viel weniger Teams.

02:29:36 Ich glaube, es ist einfach so, wie sie ist. Early moves haben immer was Valkyrie ist best at. Late-game, die Rotation von Valkyrie kann auch nicht gut sein, aber sie können einfach nur so viele Squads sein, die oftmals getrennt.

02:29:57 without knowing exactly where they're going to land. We've seen it happen many times in Valkenmeta's previous, and we've even caught it happening on screen during this year's ALGS. But the next game that we've waited so long for, Vicky, it begins now. Game 7 with four teams on MathCoin. I will remind everyone, TSM, Moist, Legacy, SSG, those teams can end the games now.

02:30:22 So much on the line here. Thank you everyone for waiting. Game 7, Dia. I'm excited to see how this plays out with so many teams already on Match Point. A lot on the favor here for teams like TSM who find themselves with that success story on Stroke Point that we've seen plenty of times. Get to hang out now and see where the Circles will be taking us. Once again, I am predicting that Northern Circle and we may have been blessed.

02:30:47 I'm hoping so. It would be a lot of fun to go up north again. High versus low ground disparity is always really exciting to watch. But it is going to take a while for a lot of teams to be in the know about where exactly the ring is going. A team like Drop-In doesn't have access to an early beacon. But we, we on the broadcast. We know what's up. We are going north. Vicky, there's something going on with you. You should look into this.

02:31:15 Es ist, es ist, es ist, die Accuracy aus hier. Wir manchmal spielen dieses Spiel, auch, auf streamen, um zu sehen, wo die Circles sind, und wir lieben, dass so viele von diesen RNG-Circle-Poolern thrive aus hier. Aber ich möchte, wie vor allem, wie das Circles ist.

02:31:33 To TSM, who land in Lightning Rod, who also have a Circle Beacon right there. So they will have information when they go on their rotate, perhaps even through Zoo Station, where LG will also have not only the Ring Console, but as well as a Survey Beacon.

02:31:52 SSG, benefiting in their POI from a proximity to a lot of PVE. I think it was you that mentioned this just as we left Stormpoint, Vicky, but being able to have PVE in the form of Prowlers and Spiders next to your POI is just as, if not more valuable than, say, things like Evo Harvesters spawning next to you because they're...

02:32:16 Specific items that you can grab, or specific activities that you can engage in, that get you evo that then no one else can guess. I've seen it so many times already with Dark Zero, specifically that last game on World's Edge. They were able to gatekeep with red evos without even spreading a little bit of damage. Talking about...

02:32:38 ...different Utility, the Replicators, being on Moist's POI. And they got a Gold Extended Heavy Mag, you love to see it here. But since the circle is pulling all the way to the north, Moist do have to make a little bit of a trek. Looks like we are going to be zooming over to that next circle, playing by the edge. And that also means that Moist will be passing C9 soon on their POI by Coastal. Moisture.

02:32:59 Ich glaube, das ist eine der wenigen Teams, die wirklich, wirklich hart ist in dieser Situation zu spielen. Sie haben keine Rotationale Legends. Sie haben nicht einen einfachen Weg zu bypassen Teams, die auf Norden halten.

02:33:14 And unfortunately, they just don't have easy access to a spot like this. Fury, on the other hand, landing over by wall, have arguably one of the best ways to play this game out. And they are making themselves comfortable doing it. When the ring pulls really far north, Vicky, it is like seven times out of ten. It lands on this platform or the one above it. And Fury, you know that as well as anyone.

02:33:39 Absolutely. Or even LG, where LG is right now with the Survey Beacon that we saw earlier. That's going to be a tough spot when you hold that rather early, especially when you're still with all full Blues. But they still have a good amount of loot, it looks like here. Poki Potential from Sweet. You look like the Flatland and even the Havoc. And it even looks like the Care Package that's right underneath him if he so wants to just drop down.

02:34:01 It was in EMEA last time that we saw...

02:34:24 A ring played out in such a way that it favored a team like Luminosity. Sitting up on the high ground, you can actually play a very non-interactive game of Apex Legends. Luminosity have to defend their bins, and that's it. So...

02:34:41 Made in Heaven, they've won a game from here. LG can do a very similar thing. TSM from up on the high ground do have a little bit more adaptability than other squads. And I do want to pay tribute as well, Vicky, to the fact that we saw Designful going for an Evo Harvester with Wraith. That, while it looked a little awkward, is one of the very few crazy things you can get away with when you're one of the only people running Wraith. Yup.

02:35:08 I love how you pointed that out, especially the Evil Harvester being in the middle of everybody's line of sight. Now you get that for your team without overextending here. You see them trying to take some shots while the action does not stop. Oh, he yeeted that Nox Grenade. I mean, there's no follow potential here, but they do get the Nox, which starts off everything. That would be Sentinel's now closing in the gap onto E8.

Chaos und Strategie in ALGS Spiel 7: Kämpfe, Rotationen und Matchpoint-Dramatik

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02:35:33 But don't fret. On the other side of this fight, A-Gang is slowly creeping up from the other side of wall, and Disguys are looking onto this fight. They pay for it as Sentinels lose out on one of their teammates, and Lute is trying to give them suppressed fire.

02:35:47 This whole fight from Sentinels is really rough. From the caustical that started it all, that just whiffed hitting a roof, to a super wide swing by Zenile. Sentinels were not on the same page, and a third party just exacerbated that problem. Oxygen are the beneficiaries of this, but Sentinels also didn't do a whole lot of damage on their push, so there's a big chance that E8 are able to reset inside this building and fend off Oxygen's engage.

02:36:16 Yeah, they could thank Oxygen for forcing Sentinels to back away here. Sometimes it may be reset, but Vayne gets beamed. He trades knock for knock here as now the rest of Oxygen trying to see if they can get the reset. E8 now lose out on another. And with Aiden getting pinged from the other side, I don't think that one last straggler of E8 could really get the reset here as Sentinels are looking to try to re-engage.

02:36:39 This fight is so, so messy, Vicky. I am sweating bullets right now. E8 still surviving the outside. Zap, hoping for the clutch that never came on World's Edge. We'll retreat to the roof as Oxygen...

02:36:53 Managed to reset on the low ground. This is all the best that EA can hope for is to get away at this point. And they should be able to do just that with Zap having the head start that they already got. Wait a minute. That one last straggler of Sentinels, Ludo managing to go away. I think Ludo was able to get the banners maybe because there's a Moby on the other side of Wall that they could actually use to respawn the rest of their team. We're going to have to see how that plays up for Sentinels. Yes, that one rat of Sentinels is going to be able to get away. Again, not sure if he was able to get the banner, but would be absolutely...

02:37:23 huge if he could get the respawn. As we are looking at TSM's POV to be a squad right in front of him. That's going to be Space Station that is now trying to rotate from Zeus. And this next circle is pulling right on top of TSM. This is uncanny. Even LG, who are down in the low ground in what we have theorized to be a god spot earlier, have to be looking at this next ring pull that they'll see in about a minute.

02:37:50 Und gehen, ich weiß nicht, wie wir adaptieren können. Viele Teams werden nicht wissen, wie sie mit einem Ultimator pushen können. Ja, die squaden sind auf Blues, aber sie haben sehr wenig zu tun, in der actualen Siege auf sieben. Es ist sehr schwer zu engagieren, auf die High-Ground wie das. Und TSM haben all die Zeit in der Welt in der Welt zu hit Purples, auf der Damage alone.

02:38:14 And that's why they've moved up in the way that they have. It's just Howe and Reps on one side. They've left Verhul's to take control over the high ground because being on the Valk, you could easily just fly right back up there. So he's going to take a look and put pressure onto the teams behind him. The rest of TSM now have moved back, but they put in the pressure that they need before looking on the other side. You see Howe now trying to harass LG. He was one shot away from Purple. He finally gets that online. Reps now going right back to the building and they could trade sides. But basically, they're looking at three squads all at the same time.

02:38:43 SSG ist der größte Problem, nicht nur für TSM, aber für eine squadre, die wirkliche Chance hat gewonnen hat, das Spiel zu gewinnen. Uprozieren, SSG, muss sein Nr. 1 Priorität sein, weil sonst ein Uncontestet Rotate von Zeus hat sehr viele andere squadre zu dealen. Und wenn wir in einem Spiel mit so vielen Bangalores als das, wird es ziemlich schwierig sein können, als sie sich anrufen. SSG, für jetzt, müssen wir nur noch hangen, aber...

02:39:13 This game is gonna have their position aging really, really well.

02:39:19 Wir waren über Optik hier. Das ist ein Team, der muss sich ein tolles Spiel haben. Wir müssen sehen, wie das hier für dieses Squad ist. Sie werden die Rockform beurteilen. Das ist ein Natural Cover hier. Es wird ein TSM, wieder auf der High Ground. Aber da, neben den Sentinels, zu der right. Führer, die sie neben dem, in der Gebäude, dass wir sie in den Platz haben, in den Start des Spiel. Und Legacy, in der Fikir, hier zu. N'Zulu war erinnert, den ersten Knopf zu Krook für dieses Spiel.

02:39:49 Surely Legacy don't go down. At no point should we be concerned about that. Legacy have definitely shown up with their teamfighting chops today. Slide on by, collecting a quick KP before moving on to the rest of the fight. However, with Jaguar is down, it is just Jay standing in 1v1 against Nazul. Yet another kill goes down, but drop in.

02:40:11 Do ultimately fall legacy play that a little bit closer than I had imagined but still come out literally and figuratively on top

02:40:19 You got two knocked though, so you're feeling yourself from that, but it may be a little too late as Legacy stay alive in this game while being on match point. 18 squads left and Legacy approaching from the high ground here is really smart considering that you could slide down to the choke that would open up to where TSM is on that high ground building and Zoo Station where Space Station will be rotating from. Something similar that Moist have taken note of and they are now posted up on the high ground of Command Center looking at Legacy through the bunker doors.

02:40:47 There is another flight in Legacy's future. There has to be. There's no way that Moist can actually rotate out of this without going through Legacy. Were they to jump down onto the low ground through Command Center, they're going to be eaten up by the next zone.

02:40:59 No way that they survived that. Instead, now you've got to gamble. And I hesitate to say that it's a 50-50, because Legacy have already shown up and won two games today, but if anybody can shut them down, it is going to be the reinvigorated Moist, who have claimed the game themselves and could choose to even the score. They will have to rely, however, on a lot of uncanny Bang Smokes and Caustic Ults to get them through.

02:41:28 In fact, they're not even going to risk it. It's a surprising turn of events. Moist are going to try and rotate over through Thunder Watch off an Evac Tower instead. This may work out, but there's a not insignificant chance, Vicky, that this does not work out at all. Let's find out as we jump into a listen in with Moist.

02:41:56 We can't get up empty Get up right here on me, okay Wait, how did you climb that?

02:42:22 I'm just gonna fly in it. I'm just gonna fly in guild. Holy fuck. I got beat up. You can lane in one of these walls. If you lane in this, you can probably right there. Maybe. Oh, there's a team in there. Alright, jeep, play yourself.

02:42:36 Well, that did not work out as they expected at all. However, Vicky, I can say with confidence, we called it. This was not an easy rotate. Well, Moistur technically alive. That is a temporary status. Waldsee survives just next to EEC as Legacy. I'm sure wondering what on earth happened to the squad behind them. Go on and slide down the hill in a much better position. A lot of open space that they can play here. Well, still albeit facing down SSG and Zoo Station.

02:43:01 I think they could figure it out to call a seeing the two evac towers and then them beaming them right in front of them I mean moist we're just sitting ducks at that point but they have not been eliminated yet like mold as I said that just happened they do get them but not only that but it was setting those oxygen optic elevate everyone is dropping like flies just 12 squads left now and this is this is just the beginning Becky when we when we knew that skulls were gonna be

02:43:28 Cold moving up the hill. Yeah, we knew it was going to get this bad, and it'll get even tougher for squads that are approaching off the low ground. Teams like SSG, their game will get a little more difficult, as they've got to encroach on TSM. And ultimately, high ground's not going to be that forgiving. But for squads coming from the low ground, the XS, the LGs, the Ape Gangs, the Disguise of the Lobby, their chances of survival through the next zone are next to zero.

02:43:57 This is crazy. I can't make this up. The Circle is pooling directly on top of TSM. With 11 squads left in this lobby. Space Station now trying to take this fight. Let's jump into a listen. It was Space Station to prevent EEC from moving in. They're getting shot on their side. They're going to die. They're going to die. They're going to die.

02:44:17 We should back up now We should back up now Another team flying in close

02:44:46 No cost of gold, by the way. Yeah, that's fine, that's fine. Look roof. Triple roof. Can we slam in their side? Yeah, yeah, slam in their side. Yeah, yeah, slam in their side. They're gonna fight building. They might fight building. They might fight building. It's getting downwards. I'm playing. Stay for me. Stay for me. Stay for me. Stay for me. Stay for me. Stay for me. Stay for me. Stay for me. Stay for me. Stay for me. Stay for me. Stay for me. Stay for me. Stay for me. Stay for me. I'm chilling here. I know. I need to play access. Okay. You need to reset this for barrels. Yeah, I know. I know. I know. I have no barrels right now. No barrels. We need to look down now. I'm looking for the Z-back behind us. It just broke.

TSM triumphiert in ALGS Spiel 7: Strategie, Glück und ein entscheidender Ring

02:45:15

02:45:15 Their team might run up on my thing, alright? No, they ran inside, they ran inside, they ran inside. Love the comms that we're hearing from Space Station to make their safe rotate out of the line of sight of TSM, one of the two other teams that was alive in this circle. Ape Gang, EC get eliminated and TSM have the high ground with Legacy playing right underneath them and Space Station apart to their left side. They have line of sight of the squad as they keep pressuring them out downhill.

02:45:41 It is not a massive problem yet, but TSM are running low on ammunition. They don't actually have all the time in the world to sit up here. Eventually, they're gonna have to move down and take some loot off of the squads below them. Squads that really haven't died yet. There's only one kill for TSM so far, and at this point, on match point, that doesn't matter at all. TSM have to win the game.

02:46:08 This is actually insane. Game number 7, it may end here. We have to see TSM holding high legacy inside the other matchpoint team. Oh my god. While Dark Zero are fighting for their lives, trying to gatekeep C9 from exiting out of the tunnel. X set, get eliminated. Our seven squads left. The disguise beat them back in the lobby.

02:46:32 Und als Exet geht, sie haben sich zu beherrscht. Weil die Chancen, dass dieses Spiel endet, dass dieses Matchday endet, hier und jetzt sind, und Exet's Chancen zu landen haben nicht. TSM ist noch auf dem Highgrounds, noch immer höher, und vielleicht verliert viel wertvolle Endgame-Resource zu Legacy. In der meantime, es ist eine wirklich große...

02:46:58 Not a significant chance, Vicky, that Legacy come up from below and straight up win this game simply because of the additional resources they'll have. That would be absolutely insane. Even Luminosity that's off to the side. Yes, they're still full blue here, but they can gatekeep the teams that are fighting to the south. Dark Zero now versus C9. They cleaned them up, and now SSG are looking directly at them, but they have to look to their backs. They are still getting pressured out by TSM that have high ground, and now Dark Zero are forcing me against Native...

02:47:27 Oh mein Gott.

02:47:55 It would have to be LG who are still on Blues that win this game in order to push us to another match. They just got to purple now after all the chaos from the south side of the zone. Look at this.

02:48:07 TSM auf der hohe ground. Legacy, unter dem. Spacestation, die wir auch auf der Seite sind. Luminosity, wir sehen uns wieder, aber es wird so schwer hier sein. Depending auf wie sie durch die Fence-Line durch die Fence-Line bringen. Und nicht nur TSM, sondern auch Legacy.

02:48:30 Und während es passiert aufscreen ist, ich glaube TSM's Ammo Troubles haben sich geholfen. Es gibt viel Energie auf Verhulst, die wir durch die Mehrheit der Verhulst haben, die in den Klos-Range-Fights sind. So TSM, in guter Hand, resource-Wise...

02:48:44 Still do have to worry about their positioning. Taking a look at the zone, we're actually moving straight on top of Luminosity, who now have to play defense as they had set themselves up to do from the very beginning. With the Caustic in hand, much like many others, they should be able to do it, but Luminosity have yet to win a game during the regional finals. Then they've got to do it now.

02:49:05 Die Zeit, die es wichtig ist hier. Janya wird die Knochen auf Phonin. Azul versucht, eine andere Auf-Angel mit der Wingman und Hayden, aber sie können nicht mehr mit diesem Kampf. Sie wissen, wenn sie das Spiel geben können. Es ist GG hier, mit L.G. zu sehen, dass sie direkt in die Gesichter sind.

02:49:20 And Legacy do not have to worry about anything. They've got so much more cover than a team like SSG on the low ground. A single member left. And Legacy will eventually have to pick one of two possible exits from this building. They can wait on that decision, however, as they're going to have plenty of squads exiting the lobby before then. TSM now have to decide, do they deal with LG first? Do they deal with Legacy first? Because the choice is theirs, but it is not an enviable one.

02:49:49 The third parties are real in Endgames like this. They're waiting for it, but this is something to come into question, the composition. The Valkyrie doesn't have a lot of utility in Endzone like this, even with her...

02:50:01 TSM? TSM?

02:50:21 TSM kann in der Middle-Ground gehen, sie wollen nicht auf Heite gehen, aber ein großes Bangalore wird durch TSM durch. Aber sie sind immer noch Luminosity, auf der Middle-Ground gehen. Es ist TSM, auf der Clash of Legacy und Luminosity. Jeder weiß, dass sie auf Heite sind, aber sie können nicht so viel über es. Luminosity ist Hiding, Legacy ist Hiding, und dann TSM wird bald kommen.

02:50:45 TSM! Your NA Split 1 Regional Final winners! They do it again as they have so many times! But what a final circle! Final Game 7 that we just had right there Dia!

02:51:14 The plot armor is so ridiculously thick, Vicky. That was ludicrous. And I mean, tell me if you saw something different, but our endgame perspective was essentially, teams poke, teams poke, all of a sudden everyone's dead.

02:51:31 Was was was I was worried about was how taking as much damage as he did before dropping down to the low ground knowing that yes, he popped the shield bat But it was his health his raw health that I was worried about because we knew there was a caustic in the end circle We knew we saw the knocks Nate come out clearing up a lot of space But the fact that they were able to survive on the lip without taking the knocks grenade damage pressure was absolutely huge with legacy opting to rotate from the bottom side because

02:52:00 They knew if they rotated from outside the building, their heads would be exposed to TSM on the high ground since that would be the last thing there. What a way to play that final circle. That is why TSM stays on top as we bring back Rain Day to break down all the action that we just saw. But what an ending to the day, Rain Day.

02:52:20 What an ending to the day. What a start of our regional finals. Well, excuse me, our split one regional playoffs that are going to be coming up. We know TSM will certainly be there as if we had much of a doubt, but what an ending too to showcase these teams when you specifically not only mention SSG, but I wanted to focus on LG and TSM and the...

02:52:44 And the WaySuite also played a huge role in stopping Optik, which allowed TSM our latest win at Championships as well, which is what I think is so interesting about how LG somehow finds a way to be in the narrative, even if they couldn't really win it yet. But patience maybe is the other big topic. TSM up on high and with SSG and Legacy trying to find ways, they just could not get there because TSM was there from the beginning.

02:53:13 Wow, I guess if we have to add one more word, could it be a little bit of plot armor, a little bit of luck, the fact that it pulled north? I don't know if you had something to do with that, Vicky, but that was exactly what TSM needed because the second that circle showed up, they were there and that was where they won the game from.

02:53:30 It's just, whenever you see TSM having circle advantage, especially on Stormpoint, I mean, the legacy literally continues for this team, always on this map. I start sweating a little bit, I have to be honest, but man, they held that spot amazingly.

02:53:44 Dia, wenn wir mit Jayhawk gesprochen haben, es war so klar, dass er alle diese verschiedenen Teams zu sagen und uns diese Analyse, die wir immer wiederholfen haben, ist TSM. Und in fact, er war right, wie viele von uns waren. Ich habe versucht, die Mathen zu finden, denn es scheint zu sein, dass es ein Problem ist, aber es muss sein, dass es etwas, was sie machen, was sie zu tun, was sie zu tun, was sie zu tun, was sie zu tun, was sie zu tun, was sie zu tun.

02:54:14 Yeah, one of the things that TSM really has going for them is that in really... They play always, or very nearly always, like they're in a very high-level lobby, or what we call a conservatively played lobby, where teams are very afraid of dying because...

02:54:34 The game could end. TSM play like that more or less the entire way throughout the season, but they really step it up a notch when everyone else is playing like that as well, because you can leverage a spot like TSM's not just into a good position for the endgame, but into pushing a lot of other teams away from you because they're afraid to make the approach. I think we saw TSM use that really well there because they had a great zone prediction coupled with a lot of respect that's given to them by other teams that they don't normally get when it's just a regular season.

02:55:03 What an interesting showcase of the consistency of this eSport. That's supposed to be completely RNG in its nature with a BR, and you don't know what weapon you're going to get. Well, we found a way to continue to have these same teams show up. Surprisingly, it wasn't Dark Zero's day. They started off pretty well. They definitely had a few moments where I thought it might be a battle for first, but it ended up mostly being around the moist side. SSG doing really well with this new roster as well, and them coming back in April.

TSM's Dominanz, neue Talente und die sich wandelnde Landschaft von Apex Legends

02:55:33

02:55:33 LG and Slayer and Funk joining Sweet, kind of saying this is a new chapter and it's proven that they were absolutely a team that can play with the best of them and is always capable of winning a game. But somehow we find ourselves saying TSM are the champions and we find ourselves saying it yet again in our NA Regional Finals. This sets up LAN, but what it also does is give us the other teams outside of what we know as TSM.

02:56:00 Moist, and Dark Zero who will be joining us. And we will be bringing those scores to you very shortly, but the anticipation is still real because teams that we had talked about, Exet, did they do enough? What about Optic Gaming? Did they have a chance, Vicky? These are things we were trying to calculate on the fly, but it may be one of the first lands in a while, maybe ever, we have not seen the presence of some of these history teams.

02:56:25 Is Optik cooked? We have to see. We have to decide what happens here because we have to calculate the points. Hearing you say that, Rain Day, hearing that we may not have some of these teams present, it just really comes to show you how the era of Apex has shifted significantly with the changes that we've seen brought on from Season 19 to Season 20. How Legend compositions have now swapped over to certain teams that feel more comfortable playing older Legend comps.

02:56:55 It worked out for them in their prime. I'm thinking about the double big boy Valkyrie comp that Optic had played earlier on, just a week ago or so. But now seeing how the score has tallied up and teams like Moist, Dark Zero make their presence known loud and clear in North America, it definitely shakes things up here for the region. India, that's what...

02:57:18 Season 20 really gave us, it was mid-season that we got this patch and added 100 new perks to all 25 Legends. We still end up with some similar results, but it was a matter of who could find their way through what felt like a bit of a fog of how do you really navigate this new season with so many different options. Yeah, I think one of the things that is...

02:57:41 Vielen Dank.

02:58:11 We saw a lot of Edge teams that really wanted to fight early sort of fall off because they were prioritizing fights over picking up Evo Harvesters early and being able to put themselves in a more advantageous and powerful position when compared to their opponents. And really being able to rethink the way that you play Apex Legends is crucial. And it makes me laugh a little, Reinde, to think that one of your favorite teams, Legacy...

02:58:36 haben, wieder in der Ende des Jahrzehnten, sich in eine eher stärkere Position als sie in den letzten Jahrzehnten. Weil Legacy ist old-school. Sie sind schon lange. Aber heute haben sie sich sehr, sehr gut mit TSM gemacht.

02:58:52 I mean, when it comes to New Azul and Jaguaris and Yanya coming in, you know when you see them in a 3v3, it's an even fight or it leans their way. These are the best of the best when it comes to playing Apex and winning in.

02:59:06 But one of the best things about it is that you still have to go through and win the right battle to make it happen. As far as points, they could have been our winner today, but they didn't win the right game out of the two that they did win. That was where TSM showed up. And it's this something that they've got going on that separates them from the pack. But as we head back through the games that we didn't overview, let's take a look at just how some of those final circles did end up going, especially...

02:59:36 wenn es um unsere Finish zu setzen. Das hat nach 7. Es wäre Match 6, Vicky, das würde sagen, wer wird das? Jetzt haben wir mehrere Teams auf Matchpoint.

02:59:49 Yeah, this was an explosive game. We had three, I believe, teams in total get to match point after this game alone with Legacy taking this ginormously. I mean, look at the way that all this fighting is happening over by Riser. And then meanwhile, the path less contested was exiting out of big mod. The circle round rotation that Legacy had taken after taking a little bit of circle damage in round three had allowed them to get into the best spot possible to take that dubring day.

03:00:16 Und natürlich, wenn es um die Trophäe geht, dann würde SSG und Legacy, die da so gut sind, haben sich die Chance gewonnen. Aber wer würde sie haben zu beat? Die Person, die die Trophäen hält, all die Zeit. Es ist TSM, und dieses Mal, auf High Ground, sie werden nicht so schnell geholfen. Ich kann mich aber fragen, wenn sie das in ihren Händen über und überwunden haben, wenn Legacy oder LG oder Legasie hätte etwas anders gemacht haben. Weil ich hier sehe drei Teams, die sind ultra, ultra...

03:00:45 Und das ist zu niemandem's fault, aber zu TSM's großen Vorteil. Das Vicky, als du sagst, ist das Mittelground, die sie able zu spielen, setzt sie in der wirklichen, uncontestable Position. Nach dem, Kostik, ich bin ehrlich gesagt, macht das viel Arbeit für alle auf dem Lowground, leaving TSM zu picken ein paar Spare Health Cards hier und da.

03:01:07 There's really nothing you could do in that type of situation because of the position that they were in. As long as they didn't make a mistake, it was basically death for Legacy to climb up and try to fight that and go the half a second, even one second it would take to stabilize and start shooting again. Or to evac tower and LG knew that if they pushed Legacy, TSM would drop down or whoever that was. I think they knew it was TSM at that point. And then just third party that and take the win. So every single team trying to do the best they could.

03:01:35 But that's always how it is in Match Point Finals. And yet, one team continues to be on top more than the rest. That's TSM. And standing by from TSM is none other than the greatest named TSM player of all time, Evan. No, I'm just kidding. I'm a little bit biased there. What's up, Verhulz? How you doing, man? Congratulations on the win today. Thank you. How you guys doing?

03:01:58 Doing great, doing great, brother. I want to give you the opportunity, the floor is yours yet again. We see you guys in the finals and yet again, you guys pull it out. And it just seems to surprise people so often. I feel like it's got to even surprise yourselves at times. What is the biggest thing that you notice continually when these tournaments are over? Is it that we should have believed that it would happen all along? What's the biggest takeaway here for you guys after winning yet again?

03:02:24 I don't know, man. After seeing that last zone and right on top of that building that we just happened to pick, like, watching the Zeus team, like, run past that building as well, like, allowing us to take it, I mean, I don't know, man. It seems pretty rigged. Like, that zone was just a little bit too perfect for us. Like, also, the fact that that team under us decided to not play the balcony and let us take the balcony, giving us, like, a free win, basically, at the end. Like, Legacy made a... I mean, they might have doubted to play the balcony anyways, but I don't know. Things just like that. That was probably one of the...

03:02:54 Least hard-fought match point wins we've ever had. Like that game specifically, because we just didn't have to do anything. We just sat on the roof, dodged some grenades, and everyone else just died to cost the gas on low ground. So that one felt, you know, maybe not as satisfying as some of our other ones. Obviously, it's like, it's only Pro League, it's not LAN. But it was still, I'll take it. I mean, I'll take anything we can get.

03:03:17 Das war eigentlich... Es ist so lustig, wie du gesagt hast, all das. Weil wir gesehen haben, das Zone vor. Und LG, in der Position, die sie in waren, haben wir gesehen, dass sie das Plattform pullen. Even mit dem Rotate, die ihr hattet von dem Bildung habt, ihr hattet die High Ground advantage.

03:03:32 But the zone pulled directly on top of the building. So you guys just stayed winning in that situation. But I do want to recall back to early season and the success that you guys keep finding yourselves in, whether it be a slow ramp up or even just immediately going from zero to 100 real fast. I mean, can you talk about the mental, the mentality and the mindset that goes into having to stay cool, calm and collected and still remain confident in moments where people want to see and pray for your downfall, but you guys still keep

03:04:02 Staying on top no matter what. Yeah. We're all so experienced now. We have so much experience competing. And competing just to be the best. We all play and practice to get that first place position. And we've just been doing it for so long. We're so used to the pressure now. And all the people praying and our downfalls. We're so used to the highs and the lows. Us.

03:04:26 Barely qualt für Land. Last year in Split 2. After that, I don't know, it's going to be hard to top how bad that was. I feel like we all have pretty thick skin, too. We all have very strong mental when it comes to outside influence. None of us really let us get to us. We can kind of filter out what other people are thinking or saying. We know that if we put on the work and we practice, we'll do well no matter what. Our performance is just a result of our practice and our health.

03:04:55 Und ja, ich denke, jetzt ist es sehr, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es so, jetzt ist es

03:05:10 So, there is a lot of a stalwart attitude that you guys have when it comes to what fans are thinking, how your performance is doing, because like you say, you've got all this belief in yourself about how you'll perform at the end of the season or at the end of the day. And I want to know from the perspective of now a team that has come back and done that multiple times, you clearly have the faith, but how...

03:05:35 Does your mental behind the scenes actually keep you ahead of other teams and not instead just stagnate you into believing that you'll win until you inevitably just don't?

03:05:48 Um, ich denke, ja, ich denke, wir alle tun unsere eigenen Dinge, um unsere mental und physical health gut zu machen. Wir alle gehen zum Gym, das ist super, super wichtig. Ich denke, wir alle haben relativ gut sleep. Ich würde sagen, wir und Halvies, Jordan, wir haben ein bisschen rough sleep, aber ich glaube, wir werden besser sleep als ein paar Pro-Player. Ich denke, sleep ist eine der größten Faktoren in performance. Es ist natürlich in competitiven Gaming.

03:06:17 Es ist so einfach einfach zu komplett ruinieren, wie man praktisch macht, und ein paar Pro-Player verliert auf die Performance, einfach nur von mir alleine. Wir alle... ...eat okay. Das ist schon ziemlich krass. Das definitiv nicht beeinflusst. Aber ich weiß nicht, wir alle leben zusammen. Das hilft auch. Ich denke, dass wir uns alle sehen, fast jeden Tag, und...

03:06:41 Being able to hang out with Apex guys in Austin just makes everything feel a bit more real. There's more weight behind our practice when you can actually see the person that you're playing with and even the people that we're competing against here in Austin. I think we all do a pretty good job staying healthy and mentally healthy. None of us do anything that's super degenerate. I don't know if that's the right word, but we're all good at that.

03:07:09 Well, Evan, you guys have pioneered in so many different ways. Certainly pioneered in Apex. But I think at this point, if you guys keep winning Match Point Finals this way, and the only other team that can come close is Dark Zero and winning Match Point Finals, you guys are pioneering in something that I think you look across esports is just really hard to replicate. And so obviously a lot of the stuff you're doing physically, mentally, it's something that I think a lot of teams have to start considering because you've got not just the confidence, you've got the results.

03:07:37 To back it up, my friend, congratulations again on the win and hope you guys enjoy yourselves and celebrate. Thank you so much. All right, TSM Verhulst, TSM with a big win yet again. Massive stuff and just to walk us through it as we kind of recap on.

03:07:55 ... ... ... ... ... ...

03:08:14 Ja, Dark Zero hat 9 KP. Legacy, nicht nur die Top 3 haben, sie hatten mit einem Bang zu gehen. Sie sagten, wir sind ja, wir sind am Match Point, aber wir müssen 14 Kills machen. Dann auf der Bedeutung, meine Augen sind auf Eggset. Sie hatten keine KP, sie hatten Placement Points, aber auch mit Disguys, sie hatten 5 KP. Aber im Grunde haben wir immer noch heavy, Fragger Teams sind auf der ersten Seite. Ich meine, sogar DC mit 9 KP, Native mit 6. Das ist etwas, was wir sehen. Ich freue mich, wie das zweite Seite ist.

03:08:43 Ja, absolut, als wir den Top sehen

03:08:46 Now we look at the bottom. And just to say, one game doesn't determine at all. A lot of teams down here have been performing really well over the course of Pro League, especially Elevate Gaming. Look at Furia, Moist Esports. They were coming into this second place team, as well as Oxygen and Complexity all in our top 10. But will they have remained that way? That is the question that we want to ask. I know we've been looking to tally these series results, and that means obviously looking to see who will qualify for our LAN.

03:09:15 Das heißt, wir haben die Antwort jetzt. Und es ist ein sehr guter Punkt, mit unseren Resultaten zu kommen. Das heißt, in der ersten Platz ist TSM und Legacy. Die Implication ist das, du hast du ein Team. War es genug? Ich bin nicht sicher. Ich bin also wirklich struggling auf der Mathematik front.

03:09:42 Looking at this, I'm noticing that Optic placed above C9, and at the end of the day, they are just going to be judged on their placement and not the difference of points between them. This may very well have been enough for a team like Optic to take out C9 and move themselves into contention, but I'll be honest, Rain, I'm struggling as much with the math as you are, if not more. Hey, I mean, at the end of the day...

03:10:09 Ich könnte den Routen aus Mathematician gehen, aber ich habe nicht. Ich habe Sport und E-Sports gewonnen. Aber hier ist die Sache. Sie sind in 12. Sie waren in der Position. Es war C9. So viele Teams haben versucht zu gehen. Es ging schnell. Es war Xset. Es war Optik. Wie können wir landen ohne sie? C9 also in Apex entered in Apex. Das Resurgence bringt ihnen genug confidence.

03:10:34 und Resultat zu behalten. Jetzt kommen wir unsere Resultat und sehen, wer wird in Los Angeles sein. Es wird genug für Cloud9 sein. Es wird genug für Oxygen eSports sein. Aber XSET und Optik werden einfach nicht missen. Das wird nicht sein. Und das, ich weiß für viele, macht es ein bisschen.

03:11:01 Ja, bei 5 points zwischen Exit und Oxygen. Das kommt in Frage, was könnte es sein anders sein, besonders in die letzten paar Spiele. Das ist sehr gut zu sehen. Aber ein Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu denjenigen, die es geschafft haben. C9 ist zurück in Apex, baby. Du liebst es hier. Furia, nach einem stark start, hat sie aus der Runde und in die große Lage, als Complexität.

03:11:29 Und was ein Showcase von Legacy. Ich meine, von Disguised. ELEVATE als auch. Diese Teams sind so gut zu sein, nicht nur in den Top 10, sondern wirklich in den Top 5 Performing Teams. Legacy, ich meine...

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03:12:13 Seeing Disguised play exactly how they want to and still be able to succeed is really incredible. Well, it has been an incredible season to say the least. And Split One has brought us so many different stories and so many different opportunities to tell stories of the players who have shown up and decided to compete on this grand stage. Vicky, I want to get your final thoughts today as we close out our regional finals. We set our teams who are going to land and will see us in Hollywood in just a little bit. What was your big takeaway and thoughts to end it?

03:12:43 The last region that we needed to see perform has come up and has joined the remaining teams that will be playing at LAN. I just cannot wait to see everyone play in person in a city where literally stars are made. Guys, it's been a pleasure here, but man, the competition is going to be absolutely crazy. And it looks like AIPAC stays on top in the North American region.

03:13:04 Yep, that's right. The pride of North America. That's what I call them. And whenever Genome's around, I make sure to hit that again. They're North American now, okay? But all jokes aside, Dia, what a journey it's been here this season as well. And this just sets us up for what we can look forward to in Los Angeles.

03:13:21 Ja, ich denke, dass mit den Teamsen, die wir zu L.A. sind, wir werden eine neue und neue Form von Apex Legends werden, als die Meta weiterentwickelt werden, als diese Teams clash wieder. Aber all die Teams, die in den Split-One Pro-League, von überall in der Welt, wirklich haben sie das All gegeben. Und als mein Herz sores für diejenigen, die es gemacht haben, ich wirklich möchte sagen, es ist ein sehr...

03:13:48 From the bottom of my heart, thank you to the teams and the players and the fans who believed in those teams and players for giving it their all throughout the season, even if they didn't quite make it, because we'll be back for split two and they'll have another shot.

03:14:03 That is a great point as well. Our Split 2 qualifiers are coming up. Thank you so much, both of you, for a great day as well as Zephyr, who's been hanging out with us. He's amazing behind the scenes and had some great calls. He's not going to finish this one off with us here, though, but thank you both so much for everything that you've done. It's really been a great story, and coming up, there's so many different things to pay attention to. Like we mentioned Split 2, it is...

03:14:28 Coming up, obviously we have that in front of us and teams are looking to qualify and they're also looking to themselves. Some of our teams have stayed at Pro League. Some of our teams trying to get back in it, split two qualifiers on it.

03:14:45 So stay tuned for that. But one of the more impressively exciting things that I can announce as well, that you've probably already seen, is that we've still got something happening a little bit later. That's right, at the start of May. But if you want to stay tuned to what we'll be doing at the Galen Center in May through May 2nd, all the way through the 5th, the best and only place to stay in touch is, of course, on X at Play Apex Esports, on Twitch.tv slash Play Apex, and on YouTube to catch all of the VODs and highlights for what we have done today.

03:15:14 However, it is time, I believe, on Friday to grab tickets. And I think that just happened. So you can grab your tickets now. People are already booking their hotels, grabbing tickets. People are tweeting about it, talking about it. I don't have to go too far. I am from L.A., so that's an exciting thing for me. But for all of you, we cannot wait to see you in person. It is one of the best experiences ever. Grab your tickets now and use that QR code that is right beneath me to be able to get all your information and keep it bookmarked in case you want to buy it tomorrow.

03:15:43 Or just buy them and come hang out with us. I don't know what else to say except thank you so much for being amazing on the behalf of everyone here from EA Respawn, Esports Engine, our team behind the scenes, our talent team in front of the camera, and all of you, the people who love and make Apex what it is. I can't wait to see.

03:16:02 But in the meantime, go play tomorrow because a new patch comes out and you'll be having a blast on it. So remember to never give up, never stop gaming and we will see you in LA.