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ALGS EMEA: Season 26 Änderungen im Fokus, Roster-Anpassungen und Team-Strategien

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- 31.08.25 - 03:53:56 - 97.961 - Apex Legends

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Die ALGS EMEA Split 2 startet mit neuen Legenden-Anpassungen (Caustic, Bangalore), Item-Vorstellungen (Amps) und Roster-Änderungen (Blast, Light, Hardeki). Teams kämpfen um die Qualifikation für die ALGS Champs in Japan. Die Kommentatoren analysieren Spielstrategien, Landeplätze und Waffenpräferenzen. Cybercats gewinnen das erste Spiel, Killer Whales überraschen mit vielen Punkten.

Apex Legends

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Vorstellung der Moderatoren und Diskussion über Season 26 Änderungen

00:06:27

00:06:27 Ich bin glitterexplosion. Ich werde hier deine Hostie hier für heute und natürlich, ich brauche Hilfe hier. Wir haben unsere zwei Fantastik-Casters, Diea und Graceful, bereit zu gehen hier für heute. Diea, wie excited?

00:06:53 I know there are better ways to phrase that, but the one that speaks most of my heart is, ah, my god! I like the split starting again. It feels so nice to be able to talk about the top tier of Apex Legends in the world once again with Graceful. Graceful, I'm so happy to see you back on the side. I'm so happy to see you guys as well. Happy to be here, you know, especially now with a bunch of new stuff added to the game. Haven't been more excited in a long time for the game because everything feels so fresh.

00:07:22 Yeah, it absolutely does, and we're going to break down what all of those changes are, okay? Obviously, Season 26 just started a few weeks ago, so if you guys haven't gotten a chance to jump on the game yet and see what any of those changes are, and see the impacts of what they have, let's talk about how they're going to impact the ALGS. First, let's talk about Legends, because we've got some big changes here. Specifically, we've got Caustic back in the meta, Graceville. Tell me why.

00:07:47 Kossik ist unglaublich. Und das war der Idee, dass er die gewöhnliche Buffs hat. Aber die coolste Sache ist, dass er die Spiel-Research passiv, die er jetzt hat. Er ist eigentlich able, um all die Perkungen in dem Spiel zu holen. Sobald du Gasst die Leute auf und du hast ein paar Punkte von Death Boxen und Objectives, such as Ring Console. Sehr cool Idee.

00:08:08 The perks and everything is actually so good about Kozik as well because he is now a menace not only offensively but even more defensively. The most common picked perk on the blue stage is the extra traps because you have additional charge as well as more traps in the world. That one is terrifying because that doesn't only mean that you have more space to hold but you can also have more space to take and that's crazy.

00:08:32 Ja, ich denke, Vicky ist sehr froh, dass Kaustik wiederkommen ist. Und natürlich haben wir große Veränderungen in Bangalore auch.

00:08:39 Ja, wo Kostik hat dieses Buff, wo er einfach alles bekommt, Bangalore muss jetzt machen. Und Bangalore muss jetzt wählen. Wenn du auf die Offensive Bangalore mit der Electric Smoke und der ECM Payload hast, oder wenn du auf die Supportive Bangalore mit Cover Me and Medal of Honor bist. Es ist eine wirklich interessante Sache, das kann die Bangalore differenziert werden, und sogar die Teams, die mit dem Bangalore nutzen wollen. Und so...

00:09:03 Even when we're watching Bangalore's pick rate now go up in the ALGS with this additional utility, it's important to keep track of why that's happening and how different teams may be using her differently. Absolutely. And another thing that I think we're going to have to be not only keeping track of, but seeing who is picking what, what teams are doing what, that is the new item we have in game. And so let's talk about amps, okay? I'm sure you guys, if you've been playing at home, you've seen amps and you've used them, those purple floor.

00:09:32 Not as easy to find early game, little bit easier to find late game, but very important either way. Well, we've broken them down into three different categories of amp. We've got offensive, defensive and utility and we're gonna start up here with the offensive one is the power booster amp. Now this one's going to be reducing your cooldown for both your attack and your ult and will refresh the attack when knocking an enemy. So already you can see how that could potentially change things.

00:09:58 But then moving into defense, Graceful, we've got two more amps here. Yeah, I mean, overarmor is the one that I think sticks out a little bit more than heal overflow. Heal overflow means that when you pop a Syringe or Cell, it goes all the way up. No longer just one click, it goes all the way up as long as you don't take any damage to interrupt the healing. Overarmor, however, is really cool because it actually does stack with Ring Expert for the controller characters, but it does not exceed 125 total. I think it's a super solid pick overall, though.

00:10:27 Und dann, natürlich, der 3rd Kategorie, die wir hier erwähnt haben, Dien. Talk mit mir über was wir können mit den Ressourcen machen. Das sind meine Lieblings-Ampse zu benutzen. Infinite Ammo nimmt die ganze Worry weg. Du musst nicht mehr überdenken. Bottomless Batteries sind ein bisschen anders. Well, Infinite Ammo wird aus Ihrem Inventory Schlotten in exchange für diese incredible Passive. Bottomless Batteries braucht ihr zwei Batterien in ihr Inventory, das ist interessant, weil es bedeutet, dass du weniger benutzt hast, aber du auch...

00:10:53 You can't just give away batteries freely to your teammates. You do have to make sure that you have at least a minimum. Yeah, I think that this is just going to continue contributing to all of the small things that our players have to constantly be keeping track of when they're playing on top of the legend bands, on top of which maps they're playing on, on top of which weapon meta is currently in place. And on top of that, if we're talking about weapons, let's talk about...

00:11:18 The changes we also had with hop-ups. Okay, we talked about Season 26 having a lot of changes. This was another big one. Now, hop-ups were removed from Floraloo and they are now pre-equipped to weapons and they are locked. Now, in order to unlock them or to activate them, you have to do damage with the weapon or you have to upgrade at an arsenal or you have to find those boosters for your hop-up.

00:11:42 Es macht eine große Unterschiede zu sagen. Wir haben einen Film zu illustrieren, genau das. So, wir sehen uns was ein Hop-Up kann für die Team machen. Oh mein Gott! Und sie bekommen die Kills! Und sie bekommen die Kills!

00:12:03 We just saw why was the hop up so important there

00:12:53 I mean, so PK has Accelerator on it. That means when you deal damage, you get ult chargeback. So he managed to slam not only once, but twice in a single engage. And the biggest thing is that this is consistently there. It's on the weapon. It's on PK now. You just have to unlock it, and you will have that power all the time. I was actually very lucky here to also speak to the dev who worked behind the locked hop-ups. Casey, big shout-out to you, my friend. And, you know, she said that, hey, we haven't touched hop-ups for pretty much 25 seasons. It's about time to do something fresh.

00:13:22 And I think this is a great start. You know, you can argue balancing that too strong, too weak in certain aspects. I think it's just fun for me to run around, get the wingman sounding with the piercer every game. And, you know, it sings to me. I love it. Yeah, I think that we are in for some very fun, exciting final fights here today with all of these changes that Season 26 has brought into the meta. But now that we've kind of laid the groundwork a little bit and that everyone at home knows what we can look forward to, let's talk about what we have in store specifically.

00:13:51 für heute.

Roster-Änderungen und Team-Fokus

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00:13:52 As is Apex Legends, as our competitive scene goes, we wouldn't be ALGS without a bunch of roster changes. So let's start with the individual roster moves first, because we have Blast going to Roadhouse, Light going to go next, and Hardeki going to NVMI, which of course means that we end up with a bunch of new trios that we'll be getting to see throughout the Emir region. And we've got lots of recognizable squads on here with recognizable individuals.

00:14:22 Ja, right now a lot of my focus is going towards the top of this graphic, with Natsuki, Adams, and Keshera, Cybercats, and of course Evos, because with Evos and 07 both still having their rivalry, you've now got the ex-members of Cats split up between them, and then with the other cats, the Cybercats, you've got SS11, who was picked

00:14:51 Untertitelung des ZDF für funk, 2017

00:15:08 Ja, ich meine, wir sagen aus der woodwork, aber für mich, ich glaube, die russischen Overlord-Times, die M&A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K-A-K

00:15:30 Ich meine, viele Teams und Storylines werden wir heute folgen. Aber wenn du fragst, welche Gruppen wir haben, ist Gruppen A und B. Sie sind hier für den ersten Tag des Splitts. Und natürlich gibt es viele Rekognizable Names in hier, dass wir nicht noch eine Chance haben. Wir haben Allianz hier.

00:15:45 So many different squads that we could talk about here today. But of course, I want to get your thoughts. Let's start with you Graceful. Which of these teams for you today is the one to watch?

00:16:09 I mean, for me, I had to go with Roadhouse, because they're just that lovable. I mean, we're finally happy to see Blast and Lufka reunite again, but we also have Aku supporting there as well, with the knowledge and experience he has from Forbidden into Maus now. And, you know, just seeing this duo specifically, Blast and Lufka right there on the screen, makes me very happy, because they're all very talented and experienced as well. The biggest question remains if they can actually, you know, pull it through all the way, because at the end of the day, consistency matters.

00:16:38 Du kannst nur ein Spiel haben und dann haben 5 Däuner. Das ist nicht genug. Aber ich denke, das ist eine der Teams, die sicherlich ist, dass es. Ich habe auch mit Blast und Lufka gespielt.

00:16:49 Ich hatte ein Blast. Nein, ich bin ein DAP, bitte, bitte, bitte. Wir haben 07. 07 ist meine Team mit Nasky, Kashera und Atomz, ein Röster mit dem ich die Storyline von der ersten Splitt habe. Kashera und Nasky, sie haben Probleme. In fact, viele EMEA-IGLs haben Probleme, mit der Exception von Allianz.

00:17:17 With specifically Kashera and Natsuki having really difficult spots in the standings, the team starting to break up due to the stress. You saw these two get together, the two IGLs, you go, all right, what can we do? What does our run look like to the midseason playoffs? And the crazy thing is, despite 10K's really low placement in the standings, they still almost made it. So now what does that look like? What do these, again, really historic EMEA...

00:17:44 EMEA IGLs, what can they continue doing in Split 2? And can they prove all the doubters wrong from Split 1? Big question for me here, Glitter. Yeah, definitely a good shout there. Both really good teams to be keeping our eyes on here today. And it's the beginning of the Split. So it's anybody's opportunity here today. We don't know what could possibly happen. The beginning of the Split is always a little bit crazier than most. But at the end...

Qualifikationswege zu den ALGS Champs und Face It Watch

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00:18:08 End of the split. The one thing that all of our teams are fighting to get to, to qualify for is, of course, ALGS champs, all right? And they have three ways to do that.

00:18:20 if they want to be able to compete in Japan. Now, one of those options will be through this split of ALGS Pro League. Those regional finals winners and top point holders will be able to directly qualify through to Champs. If that isn't one of the ways it works for you, then you still have your overall Champs points. The points you've been accumulating throughout the year and the teams with the highest championship point totals will then make their way through once again to ALGS Champs.

00:18:49 And then if that still doesn't work, don't worry, there's one more opportunity. We see it all the time. LCQ is always really, really fun as everyone is desperately fighting for those last few remaining spots. So those will be the three paths our teams can take in order to have another opportunity or a first opportunity to compete in Sapporo, Japan. And I know we're all excited to go back and see what happens there, but that's what is on the line here when it comes to...

00:19:18 And you know they want to make it as easy as possible. So everyone's going to be trying to get that Regional Finals win under their belt here in Split 2.

00:19:29 We have to start preparing to watch all of our action here today. And of course, everybody home, you know the best way to do exactly that. If you want to watch the ALGS your way, use Face It Watch. You can pull up multiple player POVs. You can pull up the map stream if you want to watch your rotations. When those drops are available, you can even claim them through Face It Watch. This way, you can watch the ALGS your way. All you have to do.

00:19:58 is head on over to faceitwatch.com forward slash faceit.com forward slash watch. I'm sorry. I'm so excited to get into this action here today. Multi-view opportunities. Do exactly what you want. And we talked about it last time, but we have to talk about our social media as well because if you're not able to make it today or to any of our...

00:20:23 Other shows, just follow us on social media. That way you won't miss a single saying. Of course, we have our X, our YouTube and our Twitch, but don't forget we have our new TikTok and our Insta.

00:20:34 Also, if you follow us on all of our social media, you won't miss a single second of any of our ALGS action and a lot of additional fun content as well that we do at all of our lands that will kind of give you a little bit of an insight, a little insider look into our players, their personalities. We always have some additional fun challenges that we make them do, if you will. So make sure you are always checking that out. Now, Dia, we are moments away from getting into split number.

00:21:03 Officially, do you have any expectations now with all of these changes that we have coming from Season 26, what we can expect just for like overall gameplay? Is it going to be more chaotic? Like you said, it's the first week. Things are always a little bit different here in that first week as the teams kind of get the lay of the land.

00:21:24 Yeah, I think this will be a really fascinating first couple of games to watch, especially Graceful, because we're starting on Stormpoint. That's one of my favorite maps and glitter at Stormpoint with all the changes. Yeah, I imagine things are going to be pretty chaotic. Yeah, and speaking of, that's right. Let's dive into it. We have Stormpoint on the maps here for today. So Graceful, let's not wait any longer. Let's dive into match number one. All right, Graceful. Match number one. It's about that time.

Diskussion über Spielstrategien und Landeplätze

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00:21:51 Ja! Es ist endlich Zeit! Ich warte, um die großen Stinkys zu sehen. Ich warte, um die Re45 zu sehen. Vielleicht sogar die Unlimited Amour-Charge Rifle zu sehen. Das hat auch schon gut gemacht. Und dann haben wir die Amps zu sehen, was die Leute wählen. Ich denke, du willst immer noch einen Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter-Batter.

00:22:19 Do you imagine that we actually see a pick like Caustic make it through to E-District? Because I know it's not new this split, but we have kept the Legend Band system. Yeah, making it all the way into that stage is going to be pretty much impossible, I would say. It's going to be hard because people tend to...

00:22:41 Ich glaube, es ist stark und wir wissen, dass es dann auch, dass das Spiel in das Spiel geht. Aber wir haben auch schon gesehen, dass es ein Team aus dem Weg geht. Ein guter Beispiel ist, wenn man viele Khausten kann, man kann Ghibli spielen, so dass man so viel Bumble weg von Gas ist. So, oh, viele Leute spielen Khausten, wir wollen mit Ghibli spielen. Und dann gibt es viele Möglichkeiten, aber ich denke, generell,

00:23:10 Wenn ein Team lebt die Leaderboard mit einem bestimmten Team-Comp, die Leute tend to copy, weil es funktioniert. Aber wir werden sehen. Highly doubted, aber wir werden sehen. Ja, da sind viele Dinge, glaube ich, noch immer dieses Woche, in EMEA und über die Welt, weil die Veränderungen zu den RE45 und Evo Harvestern, auch.

00:23:32 Loot paths were impacted by having additional evo harvesters now put onto places like Stormpoint and New District that we're going to be playing today. And that alone has changed a lot of the macro that I'm seeing in scrims, Graceful. Oh yeah, definitely. I mean, it was also before they essentially fixed it, because they tried it a little bit different, is that it was kind of inconsistent at one point where one PY could have several and one could have zero, and now it's a little bit more evenly spread, so to say. And I think that...

00:24:00 Consistency is always nice because you want to, even though I get it, you know, it's a BR and every game wants to be new and different, it's also nice to not feel, not like let down because of something that was just beyond your powers, right? Now at least it's in your power to preplan your looting routes and potentially get that consistency in so that, hey, you know, we'll always get at least one evil cache now, which is nice. Yeah, thinking about the macro game.

00:24:24 Thinking about the macro game a little bit, let's take a look at who's landing where in our first couple of games of Split 2. This is for Stormpoint specifically, so just the first part of the day. It should be no surprise to a lot of you that Alliance is landing up north by north pad, but for the rest of the map, I'm really looking towards the south where 07 land over a barometer, some pretty clean macro could come out of there, and I was surprised to see Citadel go pylon graceful. What's standing out to you?

00:24:54 Ja, ich meine, was steht speziell für mich ist nicht... Honestly, Leute haben sich für ein tonne Sachen kämpft, also ist es ein bisschen schwer. Alle haben einfach preferences, aber eine Sache, die man enden sehen, ist, dass die Late-Picks, Gnomb ist einer der Team von der Süden-Side der Map.

00:25:12 Depending on which zones are active, and we've seen quite a few zones around eggs, west of walls, a lot of zones north by the slope as well, to the east of walls, up those hills. If those zones are still as active as they have been in ranked and also in scrims, it's going to be tough for the southern side, or middle and then southern side, for all of those teams actually. Because now, when you have Caustic in play, and you also have unlimited ammo, and you also have unlimited resources with batteries, that means teams can actually rotate faster.

00:25:41 und du auch immer weiter, denn die Ressourcen sind unnötig. Ja, und eine lustige Sache, in dem ihr wollt, unsere POI-Drafts live, wir haben viele Post-Dreamers, die gerne coveren POI-Drafts, als sie passieren, und ich empfehle euch zu checken. Ich weiß, Privacy und Griek, gerne zu tun in die EMEA, aber eine lustige Sache mit Allianz, die erste Pick hatten...

00:26:03 They ended up being able to pick E-District first, something really uncommon, because they are one of the teams that has the implicit threat. If you're gonna go north path, they're gonna go Trident right next to it. And then you're gonna have to deal with Alliance, and there are very few teams that are able to pull that off, making Alliance one of, I think, three teams that ended up drafting E-District first. Yeah, I mean, I think it's a solid threat when you're saying, hey, we're gonna take Ferrari and we're gonna ape you if you take our...

00:26:32 Our POI, essentially, is that people don't want to take that risk. Because even, you know, even if you're three on one and you're fighting unlucky, it's scary. If you're fighting effect, it's scary. If Hackish moves on you, it's also scary. You know, they don't want to take that fight because, like I said, consistency, consistency. You don't want to throw away games. Even if they take one or two off them, if they lose, you know, the other two or whatever, it's going to be really hard. So, yeah, people opt for a little bit more safe and making sure we get to play the games.

00:27:02 At least then it's in your hands to win the game. Yeah, and just thinking about the ways that the game has shifted a little bit, I know that we didn't see, I think, any end zones in the Lightning Rod area, Zeus Station, even Command Center during the midseason playoffs, but...

00:27:19 Those POIs were actually buffed pretty dramatically by the changes to Controller Legends. If you are running one of those out of the POI, you now have a guaranteed jump tower to make a quick rotation. And out of Command Center specifically, that's really interesting to me. Because if you are getting a ring console in Command Center and you have access to a guaranteed jump tower, I mean, you know Graceville, that has always been a great spot for zone teams when you're able to get access to vertical mobility.

00:27:45 I used to play there as well. When you have that from the hatch back then, it's incredible. You get to have pretty much prio to any zone almost. And yeah, while we haven't seen many zones in Lightning Rod specifically, we have seen a couple active zones in the bottom right of Lightning Rod, by the two building compounds essentially by the high cliff. And if we see those ones still, it's so scary because now people haven't thought about it because it's been in the game for...

00:28:12 Wie ist die Arsenaal?

Waffenpräferenzen und Spielbeginn

00:28:35

00:28:35 And hey, the Charge Rifle has really jumped up in priority for a lot of people. I've been seeing the 30-30 and the Charge Rifle be at some pretty high selection rates during the scrims that have taken place this week, specifically because the Charge Rifle now has guaranteed, I'm putting that in air quotes, guaranteed access to the Select Fire as long as you're able to Evo it up enough. Yeah, I mean, it's great. It's terrifying. Like, before, you know...

00:29:01 Peter ist noch verrückt, weil wenn du in den Open bist, bist du tot. Charge Raffel, wenn du den Selekt Fire hast, ist schon ein down-Garantier. Ich fühle mich wie, wenn Peter und Scout waren, waren immer wieder auf der Top-Tippen. Jetzt ist es wie, Charge Raffel ist schon über Scout. Also, die Leute preferieren Peter, ich würde sagen, als Nummer 1 und dann Charge Raffel, als Nummer 2 und dann Scout, als Nummer 3. Aber genug von dem. Finally, DIA! Ich bin wundervoll, wir sind jetzt hier. Der Spiel ist jetzt zu starten. Wir sehen uns diese schönes, schönes...

00:29:31 und ich bin so excited!

00:29:33 This is the start of the split. Split 2 opens on Stormpoint, our first game, and I can't wait to see what teams are going to be able to make of this, as like we've already set the stage for, there are a lot of POIs that now have access to easier rotations, faster plays, and I would say that zone teams should be feeling so much more comfortable with the changes to Caustic that have happened, but also the new and improved Watson that we're seeing since the end of Split 1.

00:30:02 Ja, ich bin nicht klar, wenn ich anfangen zu spielen, und ich fühle mich die Season-Patch an, dass ich das Elektrified Door getroffen habe, so viele Mal. Wenn du schon seit Jahren hast und es nicht so ist, dann denkst du, warum bin ich das? Ist das ein Invisible Fence Bug wieder? Aber es ist nicht. Hallo, es ist jetzt ein Watson. Und ich bin so glücklich zu sehen. Und auch die Ring-Console-Change ist es auch ein schönes Ding für fast-rotating Teams. Ich fühle mich, viele Stunden, wir haben die Unterschiede von...

00:30:30 Ich denke, das ist toll für die Leute, die nicht immer zu kämpfen, und sie wollen einen guten Spot.

00:30:44 Ja, es ist wirklich, dass Zone-Teams so viel mehr consistency durch die Early- und Mid-Game ist. Wenn du auf die Ring-Consult bekommst, wird die Gurenteid-Rotation, oder ich würde sagen, die Semi-Guaranteid, weil es kann, weil andere Teams sind. Und das ist etwas, was wir wirklich gut haben, als auch. Ich bin so glücklich, wir starten mit 07, ist 07, dass 07 also hat sich zu gewinnen, die Gibraltar gewinnen. Nasky hat sich wirklich gefühlt. Wir haben nicht gesehen, weil wir es nicht so gut sehen, weil wir es nicht so gut sehen, weil andere Teams picket das viel.

00:31:14 Aber Gibraltar ist in eine viel besser place, besonders mit der Peacekeeper so gut.

Spielverlauf und Team-Kämpfe

00:31:18

00:31:18 They might be in a better place, but one person that's not in a better place right here is this poor guy on the ground as Beamsy is trying to thirst him as Clone goes down. Definitely, though, I think that Gibby is even stronger. Like I said before, I think Gibby is even stronger when you have Caustic in the game because you can split gas, essentially. You can make sure that you can live even when you're getting, like, stinking by Caustics around the map, while they're also playing their own Caustic, which makes it even more perfectly fine. Cybercast, downing Lufka. SS11 shows...

00:31:47 Ja, die, die, die, die, die, die, die.

00:32:10 Das kann unsuspecte sein. Cybercats in Cascade Falls haben Roadhouse nach dem Nord, die sich in die Kommand-Center zu bewegen. Aber diese Zone wird uns ziemlich weit entfernt. TAKE-Flight ist, leider nicht zu erreichen. Killer Whale ist es sehr schnell. Ja, TAKE-Flight zu werden, ist es definitiv rough, weil das nicht...

00:32:30 The biggest issue is the Zone is pulling away from them. That means, you know, the teams that want to play Edge are opting to fight early on so they get more loot. And Take Fight just got eliminated quite early. Zone here pulling more towards the east side of the map. North of launch, but actually around the cliff even. Could be further even towards the compound southeast. And now we're seeing these zones again. Old zones are very fun to play, honestly. I like these zones. How do you feel about them, Dia?

00:32:55 Yeah, I mean, this is really fun because of the verticality, especially when we pull along the hill, watching people try and find a little bit of cover around rocks or even the walls up by Stormcatcher can be really fun. Onyx position is interesting because it's quite flexible during the later parts of the game. It's much easier to play the eastern side of this ring than it is to come in from the west.

00:33:18 Most definitely and even if it's somewhere to pull up you know towards the egg northeast east of stormcatcher it's always a good spot from onik there because they like you said are flexible adaptable that's what i always like to say as well online sometimes you want to make sure you don't lock yourself into a spot because then if it pulls off of you you're gonna get smoked and speaking of getting smoked bongo will take down kashira but i think that's fine with the gbe reset right there more than fine as they're shooting back at them now with the charge rifle

00:33:45 Ja, Nasky hat sich wieder zurückgebracht, so dass du wieder zurückgebracht hast, mit der Charged Rifle zu werden, dass du vielleicht noch mehr zu haben, um die Hop-Up zu haben. Das wird dein Time-to-Kill geteilt werden.

00:34:00 I mean, it's gonna be really nice. Select Fire on the way, but Charge Rifle, sometimes you don't need it. Especially early game, you can absolutely one-shot people with that thing. Killer Whales, though, not giving up the push. They got Lifeline for a little bit of extra skirmish power, and Zeus, completely undaunted, is walking in with King, hoping to take out some of 07, who, may I remind everybody, is a three-person squad. They managed to get the pickup.

00:34:24 Ja, ich meine Killer Whales sind auch Spieler, die ich glaube, jeder kennt sie gut, obwohl sie vielleicht nicht großartig sind. Aber sie sind Spieler, die nicht zu kämpfen. Und das wirklich zeigt, dass es das erste Spiel ist. Manche Leute haben die Hebe Jebe's, die Leute sind bereit zu kämpfen.

00:34:45 Und FaZe ist, ich glaube, nicht ganz bereit zu kämpfen. Sie landen auf Onnich und all of a sudden, Synetik ist down. Synetik ist ein großer Schock-Koller für die Team, war und ist auch noch bekannt, für die größte Zone-Koller in EMEA. Aber es geht nicht um, wenn man kann da nicht. Und jetzt ist es, Zayn.

00:35:05 Ja, das ist definitiv sehr gefährlich. Und du hörst das RE45. Es ist ziemlich ein... ...pocket-charge-Nemi. Das ist was es. Es ist verrückt, wenn du das eine Sing-Behindern hast. Aber, you know, the fact that they got out, though, this early on, ist komplett fine. They could probably get the reset.

00:35:32 Es wird ein bisschen gefährlich sein, weil sie eigentlich in der Center-Zone sind, wenn es nach vorne geht. Und ja, wir werden sehen, ob sie können es als eine Duel für den Moment machen können. Passion, however, ist hier neben der Binn. Ich habe den Cheeky spot von Schex, zu sehen, ob er jemanden kommt. Empire versuchen, aber Passion will nicht aufzunehmen. Peacekeeper ist zu verbinden. No Knocks auf Empire, gerade noch.

00:35:57 Das macht es ein bisschen schwieriger. Wir sehen, BoydNexus ist, um es zu kommen. Empire spielt das sehr cautiously, aber das bringt sie alle zurück zu Command Center. Ich werde es noch 20, 30 Sekunden aus der Rotate Zeit.

00:36:13 Yeah, most definitely. And I also like the proactiveness from Passion. They're like, hey, we're gonna set up a play here, and if they end up pushing too deep, we're gonna catch them with the EMP and chase them. They almost got that down, actually, and then a second crack as well, which was really good in showing that, hey, we're hungry for points, we need loot, and if we can catch somebody that's not totally locked in, that's super good. I like those proactiveness. 07 spot, really weird.

00:36:38 Just to think about from a macro sense, Tridents let you do some crazy things, because we last saw them down by Devastated Coast and Coastal Camp, and now they're all the way over at Cascade, having rotated in from the west side. Cascade, by the way, completely empty, so 07 finally have found their nice, safe rotate, and they've got even more access to further information and the ability to...

00:37:02 Yeah, this is one of my favorite spots to play as well on this map in zones that are anywhere near this, because you, once again, you're kind of adaptable to make play. You can evac, like, if it pulls north, you can evac over the wall, if not. And it's really nice to play from there, because you're not really locked in to one spot, so to say. On it, however...

00:37:29 Moved up a little bit from the house, and they're controlling both of them right now, waiting to see where the next zone is pulling before they decide to opt for their play. Are we gonna have to fight our way up the hill, or are we gonna go through Spider's Nest, as other teams are fighting right now above them? Killer whales, completely, they are fighting with reckless abandon, and they're winning these fights. Remember, they pushed 07 out, now with a swing in, Zeus completely cleans out FUL.

00:37:56 You know, I've heard people complain about the PK, and it does hit hard. Zeus definitely showcases right there as, hey, you step into my range, I'm two-pump for you, because I'm hitting for 100 plus only. That was a wild play out of Zeus, and I don't see this stopping anytime soon. Zipline Mafia next to the line of fire, and again, Void Nexus gonna be used for a little bit of safety. Zipline Mafia's spot, though, does force them into Killer Whales, and as we've already seen, Killer Whales are ready to take a fight.

Spannungsgeladene Kämpfe und Strategische Manöver

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00:38:26 Ja, ich meine, sie sind bereit. Sie waren für etwas, und sie haben etwas. Zippa und Mafia zu 3P waren nicht wirklich auf der Zeit. Jetzt sehen wir die Zone, als wir sehen. Perfect read von Onyck, als sie jetzt in eine großartige Spot haben, als sie in den Süd- und Süd- und Süd- und Süd- und Süd- und Süd- und Süd- und Süd- und Süd- und Süd- und Süd-

00:38:56 Wir werden müssen uns aufzunehmen, und wir sehen uns hier sehen, als Legion Gaming ist jetzt gegen SPS. Und SPS scheint zu sein zu sein, auch mit dem 99. Wir werden einen Träden knock, aber SPS haben eine 2-1 Vorteile in diesem Kampf. Temmucci, um zu entscheiden, ob die Rez oder nicht zu kommen, um ihn zu helfen, aber Zahdi schießt in, um es mit dem Fahrer zu machen. Ein Fahrer in diesem Einkommen?

00:39:22 I mean, hey, sometimes, honestly, Kar and R9 are still really, really valuable. I would say R9 more so than Kar, but Kar is more than viable, I would say. Some people that, you know, aren't getting completely comfortable with the RE45, perhaps, or maybe they just didn't like the nerfs on it, are opting more for comfort picks. And I think comfort is honestly more important than just chasing the meta, because if you can consistently perform on comfort picks, that could be better than meta picks sometimes if you're not as used to them.

00:39:51 New aim, spot actually. Pretty nice for now. There's about 40 seconds.

00:39:58 It's going to become a lot more difficult because this zone, I think Onik called it really well, moving into that flexible spot is likely to pull down south, a little closer to Launchpad, maybe a little bit closer to Lagoon, but it's unlikely to be out towards the edges of the ring. Even SPS are going to have a difficult spot once they finish setting up in it. They do still have Empire at their backs coming from up top, and Killer Whales, I mean, surprise, surprise, but probably no surprise if you were paying attention. Yeah, they've picked another fight.

00:40:28 I mean Killer Whales are still at it. King Victor is showing, hey, I'm here to fight and I'm fighting absolutely everybody as he's running at you with that spin fire as MG Clutch just got caught off guard right there. And I think they're at a great start right now. They wiped two and a half teams essentially. Well, two teams. And now they're feeling even more loaded up as they're going to get up those steps. And when they get through that mini choke right there, Onik actually can't.

00:40:53 Ich bin hier. Ich weiß, wir müssen über Allianz reden, denn sie sind eine der besten Teams im EMEA. Regionally, Internationally. Looking at Killer Whales right now, sie sind all I can think about für Game 1.

00:41:18 Pro League Qualifiers into this split. And their consistent performance in the Pro League Qualifiers could hardly even be qualified as that. They had a lot of up and down games and yet in this first one they are really all up and that's in Pro League. Not Pro League Qualifiers, not Challenger Circuit. They've come in here and they are slaying in game one.

00:41:38 Speaking of flag right here, Empire looks like they might be on the side of getting slayed. I think that now this fight on this building now, at least you have the cheeky altar to do someplace to dodge missiles potentially as Passare goes down right now as Lippen is super short on life as he is popping a Phoenix and he gets a reset. And yes, I agree with you as well, D. I think that teams are coming out of, you know, these lower end leagues moving into pro league potentially and keeping up the...

00:42:06 Die Performance ist so beeindruckend, weil jetzt, wenn man es zu den großen Leagues geht, ich finde die Pro-League die große Leagues. Manche Leute sagen nur Land, hey man, you're in Pro-League, you're in den großen Leagues. Ich denke, dass die Leute sich ein bisschen auf dem, weil sie wissen, hey, wir haben 36 Games zu spielen, wir haben mehrere Games zu spielen. Und sie sind mehr als glücklich mit dem, weil sie so viele Games zu spielen haben. Und wenn wir King-Victor fragt, wie das auch, und Bongo, das ist eine gute Idee.

00:42:34 Roadhouse start to get some momentum as well and it's gonna be interesting watching Roadhouse with some really experienced players approach from the north watching Alliance finally make their way in from the west side Onyx sitting dead center of zone

00:42:47 Killer whales from the south. Who's going to come out on top? Alliance may not even be able to take out 07 as they get taken down twice. It's Alliance that go down first. Nasky contributing from afar, but ultimately Citadel who deal the killing blow. And Citadel throw out another onto Fadex. Spelling the beginning of the end for yet another squad. Citadel performing very well in this south side. Should be able to take out Endorse momentarily. Check out the retreat.

00:43:16 Sie kommen zurück zu der Void, als Kai'Sha erinnert, ein paar Re-Mix geht, und Endorse geteilt von Zuni.

00:43:25 Das ist auch ein Team über sie, als Arktik und Lepinor versuchen sie zu schüttern. Sie nicht ganz gut gettetet haben, als sie jetzt noch einmal haben. Und das ist ein guter Start für sie, um etwas zu machen, als sie nicht mehr können, als sie nicht mehr können. Wir sehen, ob sie einen Nades in sind. Vielleicht ein Off-Angle oder etwas. Oder ob sie eine andere Angle bekommen. Wir werden sehen, als Nades kommen in. Sie sind Off-The-Rest, und jetzt werden sie aufgeladen. Und das ist ein guter Play von Empire Gaming.

00:43:53 Es ist ein schönes, schönes Spiel. Wir schauen uns jetzt, wie 07 spielt das jetzt mit dem Fight right next door.

00:44:03 Fokus auf uns. Ja. Ich glaube, ich kann nicht mehr auf. Ich kann nicht mehr auf. Ich glaube, es ist nicht tief, doch. Ich glaube, Kraber ist hinter uns. Ja, ja, ja. Ich werde drei Alt-Excel. Okay, okay. Wir sind nicht in der Zone. Let's play together. Let's play together. Adam, look for me, okay? Ich habe mir Info. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 8. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin 9. Ich bin

00:44:28 We just killed them, we just lock in, we just lock in, we just have to kill everyone in the event. Okay, I'm popping my last ult XL. Behind us, behind us, I think it's best, no? I don't double check before you place. Fine, fine, fine. I'm coming, gosh. Careful, Krabber behind, Krabber, I got knocked from there. If you die, we'd lose the game, okay? I can't do anything, go back then, we're fully open to the Krabber.

00:45:00 Ich bin jetzt hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier, ich bin hier!

00:45:35 We are back as 07 win their fight. Empire go down. Nice edge hold from 07. But the big question, Killer Whales, who have finally had to rotate out, are going to try and make this happen right now. Kragershot connects by Vushi, and we could see the end of Killer Whales Game 1. Onyx holding strong in their position. Still have Killer Whales right on top of them, and SPS are closing the gap. Yiqiu plays defense, and SPS swing in around the outside. Zeus is still alive on the roof, but Zanzi...

00:46:02 Es gibt einen Schuss mit dem Peacekeeper und hat ihn zurückgezogen. Killer Whale ist wieder alive, als ein Jouer. Anik wirklich will das Ganze finish. Er kommt auf den Rücken. YiQ hat ein bisschen mehr Platz mit den Barrels. Zanzi auf seinen letzten Legen, aber immer nur R99 auf den Bussi. Und es ist Anik auf den inside, dass sie endlich beendet haben. SPS sind auf Berlentz.

00:46:24 Ich glaube, Onnick kann eigentlich wiederholen. Ich glaube, Onnick kann eigentlich wiederholen. Ich glaube, Onnick kann auch wiederholen.

00:46:45 Ich meine, das war wirklich verrückt. Von einem gutter TP zu Krayburn zu haben, Onnick overextends. Aber sie sind eigentlich getötet worden, als sie trainieren Resis. Und jetzt ist es ein 2v2-2. Bongo und Zeus sind jetzt still alive. Keeping die Waildreams alive, als Onnick ist auf dem Krayburn. Onnick ist jetzt in der Haus, oder nicht? Wir werden sehen, weil Teams sind langsam...

00:47:09 Es gibt nur fünf Teams zu erinnern. Killer Whales können das tun. Sie haben eine Trio, Caustic Gas zu erinnern, aber die Anerkennung der Anerkennung ist, und die Re-Spawn haben, die sie in diesem Lobby haben!

00:47:36 EMEA EMEA IGL ist stark, aber jetzt mit Kasherroh, der letzte Platz ist, es ist auf ihn zu halten für Cybercats. Sie können sie schützen ihn. Kasherroh swings aus.

00:47:55 Es ist ein Schnapp, es ist ein Schnapp, auf 07 und 3 Schnapp. Es ist Killer Whales, es ist Onyck und Cyberkatz. Und als ich sage das, endlich die Killer Whales werden. Cyberkatz und Onyck, die letzten Schnapp sind. Cyberkatz haben hier seit Minute 1 gespielt. Es ist ein Phänomenal von Onyck, das jetzt für heute und auch für heute. Cyberkatz ist jetzt agressiv, mit der Last Angle, mit der Bewegung, und es geht das almost 1st down.

00:48:22 The RE45 is working for Ranches and the 30-30 closes it out. Cybercats with the win in our first game of the split.

Cybercats' Triumph und Killer Whales' Unerwarteter Erfolg

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00:48:32 I mean, Cybercats play that phenomenally coming down from that slope. Actually, ending up not joining the Frey there on 07 and Roadhouse, but cleaned up the remains of 07 there. Getting the reset and also the win at the end. That was phenomenal play from the Ash player, specifically Ranches. Very known to be aggressive as well. Comes in from the side angle with the Ash. RE45 sinks and he's just shredding everybody. A little bit more.

00:48:57 Ja, ich meine, ich meine, du wirklich sah den Experience pay-off für Cybercats. 6 Kills für sie in diesem Spiel.

00:49:16 Ich meine, ich werde soarbe wie ein brokenes Rekord, aber können wir ein bisschen weiter nach unten auf die Leute, die ihre Killscore haben? Es sind Killer Whales, die die meisten Punkte in der Lobby haben. Ich meine, sie nicht gewinnen, sie nicht gewinnen, sie nicht gewinnen. Aber sie haben die meisten Punkte in Game 1? Das muss man, das ist die größte Geschichte von Game 1. Die Team, die aus der Pro-League Qualifizierung und die ersten Spiel in der Pro-League gewinnen, wie du gesagt hast, diese sind verschiedene Spiel. Ich habe meine Meinung, Graceful.

00:49:45 Ja, ich meine, wir haben schon gesehen, dass die Aggressivität von der get-go auf der anderen Seite von der Map, wo sie versucht, dass sie 07 aufgerufen hat. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's. Das war's.

00:50:12 All of them have had their own journeys. You know, it's hard to follow all of them at the same time. But nonetheless, phenomenal plays as the points are actually still kind of even at the top top. That means all of them had solid games. That means now you have a little bit more leeway to not, you know, to not have huge games. You just need consistency from now on for those teams. And we're really seeing a lot of consistency out of Onnit. Great zone play. CyberCats, great edge play. And now some increased confidence with their new third. Killer Whales, what is happening?

00:50:39 Wenn wir uns aufhören, dann können wir uns aufhören.

00:53:41 Ich denke, es war das zu sein. Das ist wie wenn du zu einem Restaurant gehst und du sagst, ich will es zu spiken. Und du sagst, ja, natürlich, ich kann das. Und dann sagst du es, oh mein Gott, ich habe einen Fehler gemacht, aber ich kann nicht sagen, dass es zu viel zu tun ist. Das war das incredible. Das ist was ich sagen. Of course, es ist Cybercats, die gewinnen in das erste Mal. Aber das war ein sehr cooles Mal. Und ich kann nicht so sehen, was wir haben in store. Aber bevor wir zu Match Nummer 2, unsere Spieler sind bereit.

00:54:10 It's really exciting because creators, we need your help. We are calling all creators from North America

00:54:19 We want to start having our creators host one-of-a-kind tournaments for the Apex community. Okay, so what you want to do? Melee only? Sure, do it, yeah. Only one bin challenge? Love it. If you can come up with a crazy idea, you can pitch it for our Apex Legends Creator Tournament Series. All you have to do is make sure you're part of the Creator Hub.

00:54:42 Bis zum nächsten Mal.

00:54:59 So to the fans, keep an eye out for upcoming tournament announcements from all of our creators. We're so excited to partner with them to bring you even more Apex content and entertainment. And as soon as I say this, I know Dia is going to start coming up with some ideas in his head for what type of absolutely insane creator tournaments he can manage. And while we're thinking about that, let's also take a look back at that.

00:55:25 Das war so ein tolles Spiel von Ranches.

00:55:42 I know that Graceville called it out, but you can really see the experience here. After hitting a reset for the rest of the team, Wrenches knows he has to buy time, and a crazy flank on Ashe is really only available because of the extra mobility that she's got. But it's enough to open up space for Cybercats and enforce a really awkward decision. Do Onnit continue pushing forward onto the duo? Do they turn around? And as so many teams have fallen before them...

00:56:08 They aren't quite able to do both at the same time. It just makes sense, and it's a great play from Cybercats to close out the win. And to be fair, Onik was fighting tooth and nail to even get to that point of the late game, right? I mean, we watched they had to survive that fight when you were yelling about running into the fight with Killer Whales. You had Onik over there trying to survive that chaos as well. They were able to at least heal up and continue moving in, but that was not an easy road.

00:56:37 nicht für die Position Anik war in, oder? Ja, ich will kurz kurz preview für Game 2, dass, again, based auf die Pro-League Qualifier, es wäre extrem auf-brand für Killer Whales zu gehen in 18 mit 0 Kills dieses Spiel. Wenn die Pro-League Qualifier holds true, das ist, was wird passieren, und wir werden zu reden, über eine andere Team.

00:56:58 Leveled up significantly. We're going to see a repeat of game one. But just expect some variance is all I'm saying, guys. I know game one is crazy, but things can change rapidly. They always do. They always do in the first week of any of our regions. Okay, it's going to be really exciting. But like we mentioned earlier on in the show, while we're waiting for our players to get ready.

ALGS Championship Qualifikation und Turnier Details

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00:57:20 At the end of Split 2, the ultimate goal for every year of the ALGS is, of course, to qualify and then compete at LAN in the ALGS championship. And we talked a little bit about how our players can do just that, what paths they have available to qualify through to championships. But let's break it down a little bit further with, of course, the help of a friendly face in Jumba. The ALGS championship, the most prestigious competitive event in the ALGS calendar.

00:57:48 I'm Jumbo, this is the ELG Just Rundown.

00:57:51 Let's break down the qualification methods our teams are striving for to book their tickets to Sapporo. All of the best Apex teams in the world will be fighting for their share of the 2 million US dollar prize pool and the chance to lift the championship trophy in Sapporo, Japan. But how do teams make it there? Throughout the ALGS calendar year, our teams have earned championship points based on their placements in Pro League, the ALGS Open, and the midseason playoffs. The top 24 teams on the global championship point leaderboard will automatically qualify

00:58:21 for the ALGS Championship in Japan at the end of the Split 2 Pro League. LANs earn you the most points. So top-performing teams like Team Falcons, the winners of the ALGS Open, and VK Gaming, the winners of the ALGS Mid-Season Playoffs, have earned thousands of points, putting them at the top of the Championship Point leaderboards. Other top performers like Alliance, Gen.G, Ninjas in Pajamas, who have been consistent throughout the year, both in Pro League and at LAN, have all but locked their spots in for Japan as well. Further down the leaderboard, teams like TSM vs.

00:58:50 Burtispro Noah's Fox will be fighting for their position on the championship point leader book. They will be looking to secure enough points to remain in the top 24 and lock in their ticket for Sapporo.

00:59:00 Anyone that wins their region's Split 2 Pro League will book their ticket to Japan. With four regions, each having their own Pro League, there will be one slot per region up for grabs for placing first. So consistency is key if you want to secure your spot for chance. The next method is regional finals. The winners of each regional final, regardless of their final placement in Pro League standings, will also lock in a spot for Sapporo. The regional final will utilize the match point format, so you'll have to be locked in and aim for that big win.

00:59:29 If you want to secure your spot, Killer Instinct on Matchpoint proves that you belong on that main stage. With everything on the line, who will step up and secure their spot? Who will prove they deserve to play on the biggest stage of the year? In a scenario where the winner of either Pro League or the Regional Finals overlaps, or has already qualified for the championship via championship points.

00:59:48 such as Team Falcons, then the next available team on the Championship Points Leaderboard will join us in Sapporo. With our 4 Pro League winners and 4 Regional Final winners, we'll have 32 of our 40 Championship teams locked in at the end of Split 2. This means 8 spots now remain, as we enter into our Last Chance Qualifiers, which will have 2 spots per region up for grabs. The LCQ for each region will feature all of the remaining Split 2 Pro League teams that have not yet qualified for the Championship, as well as at least 10 of the top performing Challenger Circuit teams totaling 40.

01:00:17 These 40 teams will compete in a double elimination bracket, culminating in a Matchpoint Finals Lobby, where the top two placing teams will earn the final spots in Sapporo. Once again, you'll have to be playing at your best and be able to perform under that pressure if you want to make it to Japan.

01:00:34 und haben eine Chance für die ALGS-Championship-Trofe. Und mit dem, wir wissen jetzt alle die Wäste der ALGS-Championship in den Jahr 5 haben, und haben ihre Chance für die Liga. Was haben Sie sich für die ALGS-Champions-Trofe? Wir wissen uns in den Kommentaren. Du kannst all die actionen in Sapporo, Japan von Jan. 15-18 auf PlayApex auf Twitch oder PlayApex Esports auf YouTube. Witness die 40 Best Teams in der Welt. Battle it out für die 2 Millionen US-Dollar Prize.

01:01:03 Das war der ALGS Rundown mit mir, Jumba. Vielen Dank für's Zuschauen und wir sehen uns alle für den SPLIT 2 Pro League.

01:01:26 Every time we talk about Japan, I get a little bit more excited as we jump into match number two. Starting things off with our winners of match one, of course, in CyberCats. I'm ready. You ready, dear? I am. I'll admit, I am a little, maybe mad's not the word, but I'm a little impressed, confused by how Jumba's able to time that toss so perfectly while not even being here. He's been working on it. I guess so.

Spiel 2 Analyse: Strategien, Zonen und Teamdynamiken

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01:01:53 I mean, really impressive from him and really impressive stuff from Cybercats in our first game. The team that we're going to be starting with is they were the winners. We've got Survey Beacon nearby to plan out their rotate and I will say a very different ring to play off of as well. Pretty flexible position that they end up landing in over here by the zip line, albeit not quite as good as Command Center when it comes to playing zones. So expect Cybercats to be playing that half and half play style, a little bit of zone, a little bit of edge, but they're not going to be committing deep like Onyx were last game.

01:02:23 Yeah, this will be a fun one here. Like you said, a little bit of a switch up here. We were a little bit closer to the east side. Now we're all the way here on the west. Passion's going to be really happy sitting over at the mill, knowing that they have a decent position here, but also that they've got quite a few squads looking to push in. I'm looking at 07, and you highlighted them here at the beginning of the show, Dia. I think that when we saw them last time around, we were kind of questioning.

01:02:51 Is this it? Is this the end of the road? And now we see them coming out the gate so aggressive. And I think that was one of the biggest questions is can they up their level of aggression in that first game that they're looking pretty good right now.

01:03:05 They really are, and Barometer, pretty easy rotation into this zone as well, so this could really push them up in the standings. I'm watching Nom rotate in behind them, so a bit of a traffic jam could approach on the south, but endorses early rotation. Take a look at that. Dead center zone right now. This zone really going to reward teams that choose to play Watson for the control over the hillside that she can exert. If Roadhouse are able to walk up and contest for this high ground, they could easily get themselves into an...

01:03:35 Endgame position just by setting up electric fences in the right places. You know, did you guys cast or curse them? Because we definitely talked about both Roadhouse and 07 and they ran straight into each other in that first game.

01:03:47 Oh mein Gott, Gasp.

01:04:17 Ja, literally. Und ich habe gesagt, wenn wir uns die Einladung haben, eine andere Team aus den Pro-League Qualifier hat, eine Chance für sie zu machen, um sich hier zu machen. Und sie sind gegen Cybercats, das ist ein bisschen concerning. Sie haben sich zu schaffen, und Cybercats sehen, dass sie nicht so starken werden. Und das ist sehr Glück für Take Flight.

01:04:38 This meta, I will say, does reward teams that are able to play conservatively around a lot of cover. When we're talking about guns like the Charge Rifle and the Peacekeeper, realistically, even the 30-30, you're not surviving more than two shots. So you really have to know how to get from cover to cover efficiently and heal up as quickly as possible and as safely as possible. Cybercats managed to do exactly that as they exit, now moving up towards Cascade Falls. A little bit of a safer spot. If Cybercats want to keep playing this half-half playstyle,

01:05:07 I wouldn't mind them going all the way up into Cascade Falls and then hitting a late ring scan, as we've seen so many teams find success with in the past. You can tell Alliance actually planning to do just that.

01:05:18 I do love that, too, because if they decide to do exactly what you're saying, they will have a little bit more space if they do a full wrap all the way around to that northern side of where the ring looks like it's about to be shifting. So, like you're mentioning, Alliance is also in no rush. This is kind of perfect for where they drop anyways. They can take their time, get their loot, go straight through downbeast if they really want to, and honestly, they don't have to worry about a whole lot. And I was surprised, Thea, that they went out as early as they did last time. I'd also mentioned that...

01:05:48 Literally, an outlier performance at the midseason playoffs for how they've played for the last two years, practically, as one of, if not the most dominant teams in EMEA. So I know that Alliance wants to find a groove and really kind of go back into that first place spot they're used to solidifying. And we talked about the Caster Curse. Well, it did in fact happen. 07 took out Roadhouse and we may see Empire take out another squad. Cybercats perhaps cursed from winning game one, but they turned that around real quick. Elanze.

01:06:17 Das ist definitiv...

01:06:36 A little bit of a tough spot here. I think all of these squads probably assumed that not everyone would be rotating through at the exact same time. Take Flight with this high advantage though can feel a little bit safer. They've got the range. They can do some poke damage and they can honestly wait to see where everybody else goes because they are safe. But there are so many squads that can also hear these fights.

01:06:58 Ich denke, es ist so lustig, dass Take Flight, oh mein Gott, da sind zwei Teams, und Kloni ist so, oh mein Gott, da sind zwei Teams, und Kloni ist so, oh mein Gott, da sind zwei Teams, und Kloni ist so, oh mein Gott, da sind zwei Teams, und Kloni ist so, oh mein Gott, da sind zwei Teams, und Kloni ist so, oh mein Gott, da sind so, oh mein Gott, da sind so, oh mein Gott, da sind so, oh mein Gott, da sind so, oh mein Gott, da sind so, oh mein Gott, da sind so, oh mein Gott, da sind so, oh mein Gott, da sind so, oh mein Gott, da sind so, oh mein Gott

01:07:27 We should be going up a little bit closer into the millage area, at least up onto the high ground and perhaps the rocks. And as you say that we get a little bit of a look here at exactly where that shift is going. It's definitely...

01:07:45 Ich bin ein bisschen forgiving hier, als E-Vos sind zu bleiben. Wir sahen Allianz zu machen, dass sie durch Downbeast geht. Und jetzt werden sie durch den Nord-Western mit viel weniger Teams zu gehen. Legion hat aufgebracht. Sie waren zu SJP 2. Und es ist einfach zu werden, wo das PINCH ist bei Anik mit all den Teams kommen in von den East Side. Killer Whales kommen in von den South, als auch. Killer Whales und NOM, beide Teams, um ihr eyes an. NOM went down in 19th last game, aber ich habe ein paar good...

01:08:15 Ich glaube, es gibt nichts zu sagen über sie, wenn sie ein bisschen weiter in den Leaderboards sind. Killer Whale's Negative Rotate, though, ist wirklich toll. Sie sind wahrscheinlich zu contesten die Teams, wie Evos, aus Mil, mit der Bewegung sie jetzt machen.

01:08:30 Jumping on board with Alliance here. They had pushed towards Evos, but I think then realized that Legion Gaming now had them pinched between these two teams. So Alliance back off, back towards down Beast to see if they can maybe do a little bit of gatekeeping here from height and keep themselves safe in the process. They don't really have to rush anything. They've got a little bit of time to work with here. And they're going to want to clear out Legion Gaming before they make any big moves here.

01:08:57 Ja, Legion könnte wirklich ein Problem sein. Aber wie gesagt, wir haben ein paar Trusted-Alliance zu sehen, wie sie das handeln haben. Also, wir schauen uns zu sehen, wie sie es geht. Ich glaube, wir haben die Evac. Ich denke, wir haben die Evac. Ich denke, wir haben die Evac. Ich denke, wir haben die Evac. Ich habe die Aufmerksamkeit. Ich habe die Aufmerksamkeit. Ich habe die Aufmerksamkeit. Ich habe die Aufmerksamkeit. Ich habe die Aufmerksamkeit. Ich habe die Aufmerksamkeit.

01:09:24 Ja, da sind zwei Leute auf dem Roof, das ist eine andere Seite. Wir können den Roof landen, Q in der Seite nehmen und nehmen den Roof.

01:09:52 Alliance call off the gameplan, approaching Mill from the back. Remember, this is happening at the same time as Killer Whales should be exiting the zone and moving into Mill themselves. So there's a lot of fighting for small amounts of space that's going to happen around Mill in the next 30 seconds. And we got to hear a little bit of exactly what they were trying to do. Taking a little bit too much damage in the air meant they couldn't take that second roof that they were hopefully trying to evac out towards, but...

01:10:21 Ja, Evo ist wirklich...

01:10:41 Gave up the space as well. Looking just at the nameplates right now, they may in fact be a duo. I'm not seeing where their third is at the moment. And so Alliance can definitely make use of that. Evos could also bunker down and force Alliance to rotate into the south side because you don't want to get third party at any particular point. Speaking of the south side, or rather the lower end of this ring, Legion Gaming, SPS fighting their way out of checkpoint right now. SPS do have high ground, but this fight...

01:11:11 Das ist doch zu gewinnen.

01:11:35 No one wants to push in and try to take this position off of them unless it's absolutely necessary. You can see that there's so many other teams in the area, and they have the cover, so SPS might be able to fend people off for just a little bit longer. With King going down, Alliance end up fighting the Killer Whales, shutting down the Monsters from Game 1 with the Monsters play themselves. Nez has gone down from Nam at the same time. That's happening on the other end of this ring.

01:12:03 But Alliance look very well positioned to take Mill as they bait a fight. And now we're going to slowly creep in and start taking out the rest of Killer Whales. Looking for that aggression, we know that Alliance are comfortable giving. As I say that though, Unlucky does get knocked. Effect moves up to clear out. Evos, they're down. But now while Alliance is trying to kill Killer Whales, you see some squads moving in. You've got SJP2 trying to see if they can maybe third.

01:12:30 Und sie machen nur das. Schleimt, jetzt auf Allianz. S.J.P. 2, Biting off a lot. Let's see if they can shoe on Allianz, so they certainly shoe through Unlucky. In fact, maybe the next to go down. 1HP und he falls. Hakkis, last left alive, trying to escape. He's gonna take the Void Nexus, but doesn't even make it through the Void. Allianz go down. S.J.P. 2, the big victors.

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01:12:51 Das ist großartig für SJP2. Sie waren auch eine der Team, die ein bisschen weiter mit Legion und SPS kämpften. Sie haben die Re-Position gemacht gemacht. Sie haben jetzt alle das Space und Mill. Im Moment, Empire Gaming hier versucht zu machen, ein bisschen von Space-Ownership selbst zu machen.

01:13:08 An Empire with the roof actually have a pretty good spot. The Bangalore ultimate that denies them this and now I don't even know if they make it through this wall. It barely cuts off any sight lines and the zones coming in behind them. Empire are going to lose multiples on the way in. Lippin turns around to try and reverse the situation. Get a little KP and he does. Full go down. Lippin manages to survive the zone for now but he can't stop to heal and instead will get taken out. Pull it straight to the face.

01:13:36 Unfortunate for Empire Gaming, but it does continue to clear up those teams on the southeastern side. Meanwhile, Citadel trying to make a move inside onto Legion Gaming, deciding that it might be...

01:13:48 Geht inside, bro! As soon as three people Ash TP on you! Remix now with the setup. We did talk about this zone rewarding Watson Team specifically, and we gotta remember, there's no Caustic in this lobby as that was banned after.

01:14:18 Game 1, so big defensive legend buff coming in for Watson, as this could be the difference maker for Citadel and for so many other teams around Stormpoint right now for Take Flight, that unfortunately will not make the difference as they go down to Onik.

01:14:34 We might get a little bit of a breather here for some of these teams now that they've survived that mid-game chaos. You can see Vushi off in the distance does get spotted out, takes a little bit of damage, but will survive and might be able to rat just a little bit here, move his way in with the rest of the team just a bit farther up, able to use the altar and get back together safely. Meanwhile, 07.

01:14:59 Wir sehen, ob sie diese Teams in ihren Seiten haben. Sie haben sich in die Zonen gefahren, und sie versuchen zu sehen, die Gruppen zu sehen. Sie haben SJP2 noch im Raum. Und SPS hat sie gehört. Und wenn Citadel, nur ein paar Sekunden vorhin, haben sie sich in der gleichen Situation gehalten, mit einem anderen Gruppen. Das ist die Cybercats. Wir haben bereits gesehen, dass Citadel kann, Turren und Burnen an den gleichen Zeit.

01:15:28 We see them do it again and I'll bring shots by the way

01:15:37 Same down. 07 with high ground. Should be able to win this fight. I like the back away from Synetic. Likely gonna have to use EMP here to break the high ground. But 07. I love the back away here. The damage has been done. They move back to their safe spot. The spot Onik wished they had. YeeQ last member standing. Has the 1v1 up against Mycee. Hits the reload. And can we do it with the R45 beams? Yes we can!

01:16:03 Und Dors go down! YeeQ clutches this for Onnick. Unfortunately, the Zone doesn't give him enough time to pick his teammates up. That is definitely unfortunate. Passion going down in the killfeed as well as the Zone finally does eliminate Onnick. They could not survive. That was a tough spot for them.

01:16:22 Wir sind jetzt mit der Top-7-Squad. Cybercats haben in der Norte-East-Corder. Sie haben auch ein wenig Raum, die sie können mit arbeiten. Sie wissen, es gibt ein paar Teams über den Millen und ein paar Teams unter den Southen. Aber sie können kind of sehen, welches diese Teams werden sie zuerst machen und haben sie zu pushen. Und natürlich diese Teams in den Millen sind nicht safe.

01:16:44 Oh, da ist Nags. Again, two shots. That Charge Rifle von Nasky. Das ist absolut wild. Zayn kann nicht sogar seine eigene Pylon zu save Nags, aber, fortunately genug, ein bisschen smoke in front kostet mehr Zeit. Nags braucht es wieder zurück, und es sieht, dass es endlich zu sein wird. Despite zu essen von der Zone, es ist wert, dass ihr 3rd wieder in. Nags hat Wall, und auf Catalyst, eine Wall kann eine große Unterschiede in der Endgame machen. Du hast sie da.

01:17:13 Once Catalyst is in a top 3 position, she can easily give you a win with the right ultimate. Yeah, 07 could not be any more annoying right now as we're watching Citadel start to set up as they know teams are going to have to move. And 07 has made that move up. They've pushed towards FaZe Clan, trying to take the fight to them, but they lose. Adams, they have to back off, stake the res and try to do it yet again. They thought they had the positioning, but now SPS have snuck up behind them.

01:17:39 SJP2 get taken out by Citadel, that's in Mill. So the team that just won this fight is going to have to make a run straight for the next zone. Very little cover for Citadel, but they've got to pass by 07 and SPS. Although by the time they get there, it may just be one of them is 07 right now struggling to survive Adams.

01:18:00 Dippin' und Diving inside the Palm Street, but is only drawing attention to Kashera. I tell you what, it's a tough time, and 07 are just playing for the placement points right now. Just playing for that last few seconds of survival. Nice play by Adams, though, swings out, takes out Zaunzi, and forces away SPS, the last remaining member. Adams gonna go right to the top, look for the last kill, doesn't quite get it, but does start to grab some banners, maybe some shield swaps.

01:18:26 One more shot, we'll do him in, and he goes down. 07 SPS, both down, four squads left. Listen, Adams did everything he could there. It wasn't enough. It was Citadel who came through on the backside and was able to clear both of those teams out, opening up a lot of space. Now they're the ones moving towards space. You've got U-Aim in the middle, Cybercats in the northeast, top four squads, and Cybercats look like they might be able to find some angles.

01:18:48 Watch the wall from FaZe Clan. They've still got Catwall, and that will change this game in a heartbeat. Cybercats right now are far enough away that they should be able to win this game and force Yuane, FaZe Clan, and Citadel to fight. In fact, I'd go so far as to say FaZe Clan have to pick a fight using the wall. With four squads left and two of them on their side of the ring, FaZe's best bet is to drop a Catalyst wall and fight either Yuane or Citadel, and it's likely going to be Citadel.

01:19:15 Look how much breathing room Cybercats have right now. With the additional smokes per cover, they can just watch as long as they avoid a little bit of additional damage from FaZe Clan on this height before FaZe Clan is forced to drop down. This is a really good setup for Cybercats. You can see FaZe Clan is preparing, like you said, to split the zone when they have to make their move. Only 10 seconds left before the ring starts to close, and this is what it's all going to come down to, Dia.

01:19:42 So FaZe Clan are not going to survive this, realistically. It'll be them and Citadel, then getting third-partied. It's up to Uaim to go for the fight at the perfect time. If Uaim want to win this, they have to push Cybercats at the same time as FaZe pushed Citadel, and FaZe are pushing Citadel right now! Cybercats going for the play. Cybercats still in a glorious spot here, Dia. Uaim is a duo, so they're trying to stay alive just as long as Poppa. But like you said, FaZe Clan go down. It's all up to Cybercats.

01:20:17 Citadel won that fight so cleanly that they may be able to take this away from Cyberkats. I mean, Cyberkats picked the fight the right time, but Citadel are all over them right now. Redix slides in with the Peacekeeper and it is one member left. Make it two as a res did go off, but it still looks like an easy win for Citadel as Catalyst does in fact clinch them the endgame.

01:20:40 I don't think, Dia, that Citadel could have played that any better. No, that was perfect. They were on the side of the zone with everyone. And somehow play it so well that they managed to survive. And they absolutely, that duo of you, Amo, I think they were so indecisive in those final moments, not knowing where they wanted to dump most of their damage, that that ended up being...

01:21:08 really bad for them, too. Yeah, for Uaim, I do think that their indecision was really impactful in giving Citadel the win. This could have easily been CyberCats, but Citadel, I think, took the fight so quickly.

01:21:23 that I have to ultimately give it to them is this was your good play and not somebody else, you know, fumbling this. Citadel's very quick teamfight win gets them not only the 15 kill points, but the 12 on top of that for the win that they were able to secure by accelerating the pace of the game. 27 point victory to them. That is huge glitter. And they fought through a lot of other teams to get there too. Once again, I mean, they had to push through squads in mill and that was just...

01:21:51 Für Citadel Gaming. I mean, meanwhile, the consistency, though, out of Cybercats, you can't count them out. I mean, once again, they find themselves in a top position, getting points on the board, and we always talk about how important that consistency is. In the same way as Game 1, however, I will say Cybercats don't get that many kills to go with this, and that is going to hurt them in the overall standings. They may still be ahead with Citadel.

01:22:20 Und wir sehen uns, für viele Leute, wir sehen uns, wie sie in der Lage sind, wie sie es sind.

01:22:48 After that second game. So that will change what we see in our third and final match, at least on Stormpoint for the day. Of course, before we get to match number three there, we're going to send it to another short break. So don't go anywhere. You're watching the Apex Legends Global Series.

01:23:54 This team needs to try and get out. We can see. Remarkable team getting beamed. They're pinned down. I think Vegas Inferno have the position the stick got.

01:24:14 T.Y.K. would love to have some more kills. Give him an armor swap at least. There we go. Gets 100 back in. They have got so many kills to their names right now. Double Stinger's come out. Blind firing behind the walls. Who needs diamonds? He's got the Stinger ticks to tell him where the enemies are. And T.Y.K.

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01:25:53 Despite all the Australian accents you heard in the break, we are in fact in EMEA this time. We'll get to talk about Apex South a little bit later on Graceful. Excited to have you back for game number three, as game two was a pretty wild finish by Citadel. I mean, I might have had a break, but I saw that during break and I was so hyped. So much fun to see. Very often someone we've seen around that side as well. You know, southeast of Miller on God Rock. But, action-packed. I loved it.

01:26:21 Yeah, this was a very, very fun game to watch. And Game 3 does promise to be even more chaotic. Storm Point has given us quite a bit to look forward to.

01:26:31 We haven't seen that much creative amp usage just yet, but the nice thing is that if we keep watching, we're sure to see it. And if you keep watching, you're sure to get something of your own. We've got some Twitch drops going on for the kickoff weekend of Split 2. We have, I would say, the most accurate and common callout in Apex Legends. I've definitely said it after hitting for 30 damage. So if 30 is your number, well, 30 minutes is all you need.

01:26:59 ...to end up grabbing this FANTASTIC emote to use inside the game.

01:27:06 It's going to be really nice to have on top of your shield bats, maybe use Sahala Spray. You've got plenty of options for how to use this one, so look forward to it. 30 minutes. All you need 30 minutes, one game, but we hope you stick around for the rest because we've got some awesome action, not just here in this game on Stormpoint, but then following it up on E-District. And Graceful, let's talk about the amps a little bit. Where have you seen this be most impactful? Because even in this final circle, I'm still looping back to the old and gold. What's best about these legends? The Ultimates.

01:27:35 Ja, ich meine, die App specifically ist hart zu sagen, weil wir nicht immer sehen...

01:27:42 Ich denke, die größte Meilege ist, die hinter dem Seat ist definitiv Unlimited Batterien, als wir jetzt noch können und wenn wir jetzt nicht mehr sehen können, dann ist es noch besser. Aber wir haben noch nicht gesehen, wenn wir es so weit sehen, wenn wir es so weit sehen, wenn wir es so weit sehen, wenn wir es so weit sehen, wenn wir es so weit sehen, wenn wir es so weit sehen, wenn wir es so weit sehen, wenn wir es so weit sehen, wenn wir es so weit sehen, wenn wir es so weit sehen, wenn wir es so weit sehen, wenn wir es so weit sehen, wenn wir es so weit sehen, dass wir es so weit sehen, wie wir es so weit sehen.

01:28:11 Was ist das, was du findest, was du findest, at the earlier stages of the games? And later on during the games, you do get them. And, you know, they even drop in crates at that point and they come in loot bins later on as well. And I think that some teams might just not even be getting them at all. So, because we see a lot of early rotators and going for god spots and potentially just setting up, you're gonna miss out on them. But the people that do end up having them, I think they're quite impactful, even though we can't see it all the time.

01:28:35 Yeah, it's hard to quantify, and you make a really good point, right? Especially with the controller buffs that happened this split, and the fact that now hop-ups don't have to be looted anymore, you can instead just get them by firing your weapon. There was a lot to be said for the...

01:28:50 ...kind of buffs that you got for being a Zone Team in this particular split. And the Amps do a nice job of balancing that out. If you aren't rotating in early, you are taking a little bit of extra time to look for the Amps that best suit you. You can use those huge advantages later on in the match, but it does require a little bit of patience and a little bit of risk playing on the edge of Zone, not being able to get in God's spot and farm up the Evo in the same way Zone Teams are able to do.

01:29:18 Yeah, most definitely. And speaking of Amps as well, there's definitely Amps that amplify other characters as well as we have the Obershield. And when you have characters like Caustic being the controller as well, now you have...

01:29:31 ...on top of that extra armor. Now with the Helmets removed as well from the loot pool, you're gonna have even more strategy to it and you can play different amps on different characters, you know. But, as we see about Khaustix being played, he hasn't been banned, but we see a lot of, you know, usage out of him still with the gas. Not nearly as much on Stormpoint, but I promise you, maybe Yiddish Rig, World's Edge definitely in other maps as well, is that the perks are really, really strong now ever since the buffs. You actually do even more tick rates as well with the normal ability.

01:30:00 But the perks here in general is huge. If you look at the blue perks first, I'm gonna be completely honest. The right side of the blue perks is not that good. It's something that you definitely don't prioritize. You're gonna prioritize the extra traps with the two additional traps in the world as one also in charge. But the two in the world is the biggest. That allows you to play more space and more defensively as well as more offensively because you can either take more or deny more. It's super good. And as for the purple ones...

01:30:29 Actually, I've seen a toss-up here. I think people that are fighting a lot, that are looking for one all-in play, obviously are gonna go for the ultimate area effect, 50% increase for a bigger splash. That way you can deny people space and take it over a lot easier. But for people that are set up early, Gas Fighter is where you're at, because you get more attack charges, more denial, and people can't even keep up with your gas already with the blue perk, and on top of the purple perk, some people might say it's overkill. I think it's really cool. But at the end of the day, if you play...

01:30:59 Ja, und du kannst die ersten zwei. Keep throwing out traps, keep getting research points, and you just get better and better. Bangalore, an interesting legend to talk about today, though. I mean, we already saw her utility take a pretty big bump, a big buff, going into this split. It's interesting thinking about this, because Caustic got banned in-game, won 90% presence in our first game.

01:31:27 Ja, definitiv.

01:31:50 Es ist auch das gleiche wie 07 ist, Gibby zu spielen. Mehr Cossack equals Gibby zu spielen. Es ist weniger Cossack, dann Gibby zu spielen. Vielleicht ist es noch nicht wert, aber es ist noch nicht wert. Aber als wir sehen, viele Team Compos sind ever-changing und die Leute sind opting zu spielen. Ich war auf N.A. Scrims und EU-Teams auch.

01:32:10 Playing Rampart Newcastle is definitely a thing as well. We're seeing shifts in between the super hyper-aggressive comps to the more defensive comps in the double defensive area. And I see that the Legend meta has been the most open-ended by any means. And I love it. All due to the fact that the Legend banning as well kind of forcing it. But I think in a healthy way. Yeah, absolutely. And we're seeing...

01:32:36 I would say legends that might otherwise be oppressive sort of be cycled out over time. We're going to see Alter taken out in this particular game and like you talked about with Rampart and Newcastle coming in a little bit later, it's being more likely to be picked up later I should say. It's also more likely that we see Bangalore's pick rate.

01:32:56 Tick up in response to them. But while Watson is still on the table, I would say likely to be banned after this game since she was the second highest picked in game two. We're probably going to see a slightly lower Bangalore pick rate as a result just because Watson is so good into Bangalore. Yeah, most definitely. I think also the characters that have been banned so far have been kind of everybody knows how to play it. So we've kind of gone past the whole

01:33:25 We know how to play these comps. We're not experimenting, but these are our weaker comps. So we got our good games out of the way, and hopefully now we can close it out with these less favorite comps. And it's going to be interesting to see for sure, because some teams definitely excel at, let's just say, we've seen a lot of PK today. When you play Gibbon, you have PKs, you're even more stronger than without the double defensive comps.

01:33:50 If we now see Ramport and Newcastle as well, will that be picked even more? Because honestly, I haven't seen too many Peters. When we were looking at that gameplay just now, I saw plenty of Scouts, plenty of Charge Rifles, a lot of PKs, only a few RE45s actually. That could change the weapon choice as well, honestly. I've seen more R99s than I was expecting as well, to be honest. I was expecting purely 30-30 Charge Rifle, RE45, and Peacekeeper.

01:34:20 Das ist das, was ich dachte, die vier guns sind heute. Aber wir sind eigentlich ein fairer Amount von Diversität. Und ein Teil wird von der Early Rotating Strategie sein, vielleicht nicht zu finden, alles zu finden. Und manchmal, wie du gesagt, Comfort ist auch sehr wichtig. Die G7 ist remarkably consistent und etwas, das viele Leute sind used zu nutzen. Weil sie in zwischen den Splitten sind, und ein bisschen das Comfortabliert kann in da auch. Es ist wert, dass unsere Top-Performer, besonders given Citadel's game.

01:34:48 Just seconds, or I guess minutes ago. Zuni performing really well for this team in, or rather, for Nemesis in Split 1. Now on Citadel, doing very well at the same time. And Citadel did need this bump. They're a team that I was really looking forward to coming into the Split, but mostly because of the way that they're...

01:35:12 Ich würde sagen, fraggen Potenzial ist. Wenn du auf Remix, Zuni und Kai'Sha. Kai'Sha ist ein anderer Spieler, der bringt viel consistency. Aber es ist Zuni, die du wirklich anstattest an, um, einen großen Teil des Dämpfes zu bringen. Especially in der Mid-Game. Wo Kai'Sha...

01:35:30 A really interesting pick-up as well. Another player to talk about was slotted into 10K last split and actually ended up, I would say in 10K, proving just how valuable he could be. Even though the roster didn't quite make mid-season cut-offs, I was really impressed with the way that Kaisha was playing. I think that Kaisha, as you said, is more known out of the three players. Remix have been later during...

EMEA Team Dynamics und Alliance's Herausforderungen

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01:35:54 Later, during his career, has been blooming up. And Suni, I would say, everybody in EMEA, for sure, even though he didn't compete all the way as long as older veterans has been doing, everybody knows off of him in the scene. He's one of the players I like to say that, like...

01:36:09 Die Leute, wenn sie die Broadcasts sehen, sie vielleicht nicht wissen, aber alle in der Region wissen, wie er ist. Und wenn sie diese Performance haben, wo sie so viele Kills haben, und eine super-solid-Solid-Solid-Solid-Solid-Solid haben, all sie müssen jetzt machen ist, dass sie ein bisschen mehr, als sie nicht verlassen sind, die nächsten Gaming-Solid sind. Ich denke, sie sind in einem guten Spot. Als Sie schon gesagt haben, wenn sie ein bisschen momentum halten können, sie sind in der Top 5 mit allen der Punkte remaining. Und das ist großartig.

01:36:34 And you've really got some very clearly defined roles when you think about the team as well, because like you talked about, Remix and Zuni are really coming up and growing into their own player identities. When we are looking at Zuni as being this big damage dealer, I'm looking at Kaisha as being somebody who plays really conservatively. In fact, I think he was the least... No.

01:36:52 He was tied for being the least knocked player of last split in EMEA, just playing very conservatively, not going down, but assisting the team at the same time. And then you've got Remix, who's contributing in that middle ground between Zuni and Kaisha, and making sure that you're able to work together. There's a lot of, I would say, glue holding this team together, and that, I would say, is in the form of Remix, where he has to split the difference between what Zuni is doing and helping Kaisha assist in the right places.

01:37:20 Speaking of glue, sometimes when you put something up on the wall, it kind of wears out over time and falls off. Alliance, what has happened to them? Has the glue fallen off for the moment? No, I'm being a bit rough, but let's be honest. After the past couple of games we've seen now, they've had a rough couple of games so far. Not that many kills, assists, damage overall, nox. And when we see that, they are capable. We know that they're definitely one of the best, if not the best team in the region.

01:37:49 Und wenn sie ein schnelles Start haben, dann wird es für die anderen Teams gegründet werden. Vielleicht die Zuni Remix auch. Wo sie fühlen, dass sie heute nicht die Behemoths sind, die wir uns zu sehen haben. Es ist das für uns, dass wir unsere Chance haben in der Spotlight haben. Und ich bin alle glücklich über das, weil am Ende des Tages, wir sind hier für alle, die gut geht. Und manchmal, wenn man nicht gut geht, wenn man gut geht, wenn man gut geht.

01:38:19 There is a lot to track for these squads, especially when we are looking at teams like Alliance. It's worth noting that even at the beginning of Split 1...

01:38:34 Yeah, they weren't winning matchdays yet, but they never placed out of top 10. That, right now, being their average placement that is right outside of top 10, could be a really big surprise. If they're able to clinch top 10, I'm not going to be as worried. But definitely a team to look at as we continue the day is also Evos, who ended up being the other side of a really big storyline just last split, operating under the name Ronin at the time. They didn't have crack done. In fact, it's been sort of a rotating door.

01:39:03 für sie in Split 1. Aber sie endet auch noch 10-K für die Schlot. Das war interessant, weil Natsuki war mit ihnen. So es war ein Rivalry.

01:39:15 Yeah, most definitely. And that's kind of where we...

01:39:42 You know, I think people tend to call it a little bit too early, maybe, oh, are they struggling because they don't have a veteran IGL? Or are they struggling for whatever reasons it might be? I think at the end of the day, it's only the first day of Pro League. We got to give them some time to warm it up. I'm sure that once you fill out the lobby a little bit, once you get into things, you know, oh, we're allowed to push this much without anybody punishing us. They're like, they're one of the teams where, how do you say it?

01:40:09 You give them a finger and they take your hand. They're more than capable of knocking down any of these teams on the leaderboard. So I think that they're capable of exploding if they get the opportunity to. It all comes down to whether or not it's a chance for them. It really is. And real quick for the viewers who have been like, well, we've come back from break.

01:40:31 Casterz, please start game. We're working on it, right? Right now there are a few issues with our players being connected and so we just want to make sure that everybody's actually in the game and able to play it because it'd be no fun if we dropped in and there was just a whole team that wasn't playing. So give us a few minutes for getting everybody set up for the games and then we'll get them to you, I promise. I'm looking forward to the third game of Stormpoint as well and even more so looking forward to the E-District that comes after that, Graceful.

01:40:57 Yeah, most definitely. I actually love that map so much because it feels like every game is in your hands. Some games, especially World's Edge, where you just feel like you collapse with five teams on one small choke and it's just like whichever team came to 5P wins the choke, essentially.

01:41:16 E-District ist der komplett opposite. Du hast so viele Tunnels und Narrow-Ways, wo du kannst, wie es ein Team hier ist. Ich habe fünf verschiedene Entry-Paths, die ich kann überraschen oder überraschen. So du bist nicht wirklich geholfen, die du nicht willst. Und wenn du so bist, ist es in einem Spot, wo du niemals getötetst, auch mit der Likes der Alter in Rotation, normalerweise. Und ich denke, das ist super-unique zu diesem Map, weil...

01:41:41 Die size und auch die buildings sind so unique. Und ich liebe all of es, honestly. Es ist eine große Sache. Ja, wirklich ein paar Optionen da. Und ich würde sagen, die Lacken von Open Ground, die Fakt, dass die Buildings take up a lot of space und force you into different chokes.

01:41:55 Es ist so easy zu sagen, wir müssen all den Weg nach dem Bildung in order zu tun. Instead, wir nehmen das simple Rotation in front of uns. Und ich denke, ein wirklich tolles Beispiel ist, was passiert in Mill. Wir hatten viele Teams, 1, 2, 3, 4 Teams convergen auf Mill. Wir hatten Evos, wir hatten Alliance, wir hatten SJP2.

01:42:18 And we had killer whales all fighting for one building. And a big part of that is because it's really the only safe spot. Yes, you could play anywhere, but all of that is open ground. And so everybody has to converge onto one spot. When you've got buildings, when you've got little bits of cover, like what E-District provides, it does give you a very different look at what's really rewarded in the game.

01:42:39 Because being able to outlast and position safely on E-District is going to get you a lot further. Whereas on Stormpoint, we already saw with SJP2 coming in and cleaning up the three, four-way fight is that having timing and great awareness of when it is that you need to push, when it is that you're going to be the last squad to arrive, that's what's really getting rewarded on Stormpoint, especially in the early matches of the split. Yeah, most definitely. I think I've said it before as well, we're like timing, like...

01:43:08 Playing Edge in a lot of people's heads, especially in ranked players, I would say, is like, oh, we're just looting a lot and we're just taking a fight. But it's more than that. It's like you said.

01:43:18 Es ist das Narrow Timing. Die Zone ist geschlossen. Welche Teams werden auf der gleichen Seite von uns? Wenn wir ein Kampf haben, können wir den Kampf bevor wir geteilt werden? Oder können wir eine andere Team starten, damit wir den Kampf mit der 3P starten können? All das kommt zu den kleinen Timings von Sekunden. Und es ist so cool, zu sehen, wie diese Teams funktionieren. Oder du kannst einfach nur für die ganze Zeit...

01:43:43 Allianz play of, we just hit maybe a UAV, we see that they're split holding, can we balloon to one area and then while you're midair you get shot to one HP and your butt clenches and you're like, let's not do that for the moment. It's really hard to do, but I think when you manage to do it, it's really impressive to see.

Strategische Veränderungen und Team-Analyse in Apex Legends

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01:44:01 Going into Game 3, we are going to get a lot of plays, I would say eliminated, from teams as well, as Alter no longer available on top of the Caustic, and so your ability to outlast, even in the open, and retreat, importantly, as we have seen so many Void Nexuses used to do, now gets hamstrung. And if you end up committing to a fight, and it ends up not being a good fight, well...

01:44:24 You're kind of stuck in there now and you're going to have to deal with it. So we'll see how our teams manage dealing with that in their final game on Storm Point of the day. The last one before we swap on over to E-District and the last chance for a team that isn't named Citadel or Cybercast to take a win. Can we get a team that doesn't start with the letter C to win a game?

01:44:44 Ja, definitiv. Ich bin eigentlich auch ein bisschen sad, weil wir gesagt haben, wie gesagt, ist Kostig zu kommen? Er ist Kostig zu kommen? Er ist weg. Und ich bin ein bisschen sad zu sehen, aber wir sehen, dass Wotzen noch immer zu helfen, wie du gesagt hast, wie du gesagt hast. Wir werden können mit dem Reset mit dem Reset. Vielleicht sind einige Leute opten für Ash GPs in generell, aber...

01:45:07 Regardless, Zone is now central. We've had your, you know, the east side zone, we've had the west side zone, now the central zone. You know what this makes me, Dia? Very happy. It's not really on the same spot anymore. We got three different zones now. People, sure, it's on the same essentially central line on the map, but it's different zones and teams have to adapt accordingly, and I love it because now you cannot complain about the fact that, hey, the zone never went our way. You had...

01:45:33 Three different zones to play around and I'm super excited to see this because this one normally ends around Jurassic side, like inside Jurassic, which is kind of rough, but Chaotic is so much fun to watch as well.

01:45:44 Ja, es ist ein ganzes Terrain, als was wir in den ersten zwei Spielen haben. Ich möchte kurz sagen, dass Citadel, die eine Early Rotation haben, für sie in den ersten Spielen haben, auch sehr gut in den ersten Spielen, in den ersten Spielen. Das könnte eine große Hilfe für sie später in den ersten Spielen sein, als ihre Econ ist einfach so viel besser. ZipLine Mafia geht für den Early Killen. Ja, sie werden es. 0-0 ist, Satz-Behindert-A-Rock mit drei Puhrennen.

01:46:11 There's not a lot you can do in that situation. Worth noting, however, that one of those people was a Revenant. So Zipline Mafia's composition, one of the more aggressive ones, we'll see.

01:46:20 Revenant is so terrifying right now. I also have a friend who's actually a super rev main who's been hyping him up ever since the buffs and I'm so happy to see that play even here. Even though it's an unorthodox pick, so to say, I think it's more than viable in terms of fighting. If you're just looking for fights, super solid. Speaking of fights though, Nomb, the full Swedish roster falls pretty early here as Max Strafe with the charge rifle dunks somebody in the head.

01:46:49 We did point out that Citadel were going to be a team that was very comfortable taking fights, taking position early. It does feel bad for Nam, though, as this continues a trend in the first couple of games for them of not being able to make it very far in. Something that I will say you can't expect when you make it up to Pro League, out of the Pro League qualifiers, out of Challenger Circuit. This is a team, however, that I will give some hope to as, yes, the first couple of games may have been rough.

01:47:17 I have been watching this team and some of these players, Nez specifically, in Challenger Circuit since 2021. If you've been playing Challenger Circuit since 2021, you're not somebody that gives up easily, and you're certainly not somebody that stops looking for a chance at improvement, and that can bode very well in Pro League in the long run.

01:47:37 Ja, definitiv. Ich denke, wie meine amerikanischen Freunde sagen es ist, eine andere Ballgame? Das bedeutet, dass du von Basketball zu Soccer in eine andere Ballgame bist? Oder ist es eine andere Level? Ich denke, es ist eine andere Level, definitiv. Ich denke, wenn du Pro-League hast, kannst du den gleichen Resultaten wie in den Lower-League.

01:47:55 If anything, there's the biggest room for improvement, because at the end of the day, if you're stomping, unless you say Challenger, and you hit Pro League, it's gonna be hard to improve in Challenger 4 Pro League. Now once you're hitting the big leagues here, that's where you get to fight, you get punished on mistakes you didn't get punished on before, you have less space to do stuff that you wanted to do, and even then, people are keeping track of your movement on the map all the time, and if you just, like I said, you give them the finger, they'll immediately take the whole hand.

01:48:24 Ja, und ZipLine Mafia. Die Debatte über das jetzt, als sie auf Evo pushen. Natsuki, für die Finger. Ich weiß nicht. Ich weiß nicht, wie es funktioniert. Aber was ich wollte, ist, dass er eine Charge Rifle hat. Und wir haben ihn einen Schaden mit ihm. In Match 1, alleine.

01:48:46 So really, what he's hoping for is just a little bit of evo farming, and not a bad spot to do it either. He's got a lot of ammo, he's got the high ground, and once you do enough damage to tick yourself over into the select fire, Natsuki will be able to get a lot of kills.

01:49:01 Ja, definitiv. Charged Raffel ist so terrifying. Ich denke, es ist 163 oder 168? Oder 162? Es ist 163, vielleicht. Und es ist so hart. Und auch wenn du das Selektfire hast, ist es sogar mehr terrifying. Und ich bin froh, dass es mehr oft ist, weil Charged Raffel war, eben mit der Selektfire, wenn es...

01:49:23 Wenn es gerade wieder zu der Super Rapid Fire war, ist es, dass es irgendwie neglektiert ist. Ich bin froh, dass es ein wenig zu sehen ist, aber ich denke, dass es ein bisschen stark ist. Es ist definitiv ziemlich stark. Ich glaube, wir sehen, wie gut es ist, wenn es auf ein Push ist. Jetzt, Cybercats sind gerade aufzunehmen, aber wir sehen uns nichts außerhalb des Ultimates. No Nox auf der Seite, SJP2.

01:49:51 Ich bin ein bisschen ansied mit es, als sie auf die NUT-Bilden gehen. Kylar hat den Double Jump, aber er hat nicht die Höhe für den Moment. So, playing aus dem Low-Ground mit Sparrow hat, hat er keine Ultimation. Ich finde, dass es für S.J.P., aber ich bin überzeugt, dass ein paar E45-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz-Burz

01:50:16 To ink them on 2nd floor, you're gonna be suspectable. Whatever the word is?

01:50:22 Susceptible. Susceptible to a lot of damage and hurt from opposite teams. Because now we're talking about you're going to get shot from the west side, from the southern side. We saw Naska on the southern side there with the charge raffle on the hill. If he starts widening a little bit, you get chunked or one-shoted almost. It's terrifying. So they opted to rotate out. Makes a lot of sense. Onyx very happy with their spot right now. A lot of these teams though are going to have to make a move. Because this zone almost always pulls into Jurassic side. Or even a little bit further. And when you're stuck on that egg.

01:50:51 Yeah, I am not writing it in pen.

01:51:19 But I am penciling in a Citadel top three. Makes sense. Especially after game one, with the position that they have, it just seems like it should be an easy set them up, knock them down game.

01:51:33 für Cinedel zu können, wenn nicht gewinnen, wenn nicht gewinnen. Die anderen Gruppen sind in der Gespräche. Uaim hat einen Platz. TakeFlight, ich liebe es, weil sie Cybercats sind, und ein paar andere Gruppen, sie können für Pylon gehen.

01:51:50 A couple of other questions around some other squads, but we'll talk about that when we get a little closer to Jurassic, because right now Alliance is still pretty far away. Not the chance to pick a fight of their own up against Evos, and this one's going pretty well. Arcsner does actually not crack right now, and that's a big swing for Alliance. Oh no! You say big swing, but M.G. Klurch swings back at you with the Haymaker as he knocks Huck is out of the fight.

01:52:16 Unlucky hier, ein guter Finder, und MG Clutch geht weiter. Und er geht mit dem PK, der Effekt geht. MG Clutch hat so low turned this fight. Allianz jetzt mit einem member stehen. Das Portal Suckte! Und Allianz geht weiter. MG Clutch jetzt nicht nur für die Team, sondern auch für die Team zu leben. Das ist die 07.3rd Party.

01:52:42 Kommt in just in time. Nice zipline out of 07 to hold two spots at once. They keep their high ground outside of Jurassic and they extend to clean up on Evos and Alliance. Both squads still survive, but the kills do get finished.

01:53:00 Ja, definitiv. Und jetzt sehen wir Killer Whales, auf der Southeastern Seite des Zones, wo sie sich schon befinden. Triple Purple Armour sieht ein Team im Fronten auf dem Kompon, die sie haben zu kämpfen. Eventually ist es eher besser als später. Es scheint, dass sie die Entscheidung gemacht haben, als Zeus ist mit dem P.K. auf der B.K. auf der B.K. auf der B.K. jetzt. Wir haben schon gesehen, dass sie sich in Launchpad mit dem P.K.

01:53:28 But waiting very patiently. I like the play from FUL. They're hoping for a little bit of over-aggression and over-swing. Killer Whales don't get baited, however, and use 9 Bongo just to scout out who is where. Off angle from King Victor quickly closes the gap with seemingly enough damage. There's only about 60, but 60 is enough to inspire him with a lot of confidence. Swinging wide with the Spitfire.

01:53:52 Und der Increased Choke hilft viel mehr damage. Beamzy geht um mit der ersten 1 zu fallen, als Killer Whales jetzt in auf die Duo closes. Kräken in durch die Doors, Thermite in hier auch. Killer Whales ist es auf der inside, und Bongo nimmt mit der Peacekeeper, macht es 1 und 2, vielleicht zu close es aus. Backing off, in der nick of time, throwing out a Thermite. Und still, King Victor gets knocked. Das ist ein great hold von F.U.L. Und Killer Whales ist es zu backen, almost entirely Zeus.

01:54:21 Using the Lifeline drone to get the squad back together. This is still a three person squad. They can still win this fight, but the Peacekeeper shots have to land and they have not been.

01:54:31 I mean, now they're also getting interrupted by Flight up there on the gate as they're trying to finish the fight. Killer Whales also gets a reset there. Both teams get a reset after that messy fight right there. Honestly, kind of impressed here that none of them have been wiped so far as King Victor once again wins that Spitfire and unorthodox picks that we've seen even in the previous game as well. He likes picking up the Spitfire and he's been making it work. Yeah, very strange to see that used, especially in this meta.

01:54:58 Gets used to great effects. F.U.L. Ended up going down when the Peacekeeper doesn't connect. Sometimes using the Spitfire with its 3 million ammunition will do the trick. Cybercats playing around the edge of the zone right now. Taking on the Zipline Mafia it seems. They've got a squad even in between them. Empire sitting right in front and soon to be taken out with Zipline Mafia closing in on both squads.

01:55:23 Like that position from Elonzi right there. It's just making sure not to overextend, but also making sure that they can't cover and reset properly. They managed to punish him. That's their opening for Cybercats. They say, now Thirst at one, still on one more. Arctic running around with low HP and a little bit of shield. Can Elonzi chase him? But I think his teammates might even have an off angle, or will he get out as they get the second, third? They're more than happy with this, getting some loot as the zone is about to move in 10 seconds-ish. Now they're looking to go back into their spot to make sure that they can get something.

01:55:53 A little bit of extra damage being thrown in by the Sparrow as well with the tactical. Cybercats unfortunately do lose control of the high ground trying to play a few too many places at once and that gets punished very quickly. Kylar finding the kill onto Arctic and Ranches barely able to survive by using someone else's zipline. It's the zipline Mafia up on the high ground that both punish and allow Cybercats to escape.

01:56:21 Great example of punishing right there. They tried to play too many spots at once or they couldn't close out those kills fast enough to make it back in time. They got punished for it. But now, SCP-2 also gets mowed down by X-Goose right there with the Devotion. Also, not super unorthodox, but a little bit more uncommon pick nowadays. And he's making it work. Oh, he's beating everyone. Yeah, I mean, when they walk out of zone at you.

01:56:49 Es geht ziemlich hart. Ilanzi, ich glaube, er geht um die Zone hier. Er hat nicht die Heel in Zeit, so er wird fallen. Sjp2 wird auch getötet. Und Cybercats mit zwei Mitglieden. Ilanzi ist jetzt in der Zone. Und eine lefte, noch alive. Er spielt sehr klein in der nächsten Ring. Endurse.

01:57:14 Of course, they take up less space as well as they get swung on. Nice shot by Mice. Could still clutch this up, but never mind. That's 100 health in one shot. Max Drape knows what he's doing with the PK and gets his team out to safety. I believe they should be able to res Sanya down here, especially as he covers with the charge rifles. One HP on Max, and he makes it in. Miracle play. Sanya still down, however, causes problems for UA.

01:57:37 Nice movement right there. Also, we saw in the top left corner right there on the minimap that the zone is indeed pulling Central Jurassic. But you see the team from the last game, the...

01:57:48 Citadel Gaming right there in a nifty spot, I would say. They're gonna have to make some things work for the zone closing, next zone closing rather, but they're in a solid spot to hold out the southern team as we see Faze Clan manage to wipe Onyx Gaming, I believe, on that side of the choke, where now they're gonna be forced to walk in against several teams holding them out. Will they be able to take a slot underneath, perhaps? We'll have to see.

01:58:10 Hopping against Hope that we get another one of those trademark Killer Whales games where they go from almost winning to two points to almost winning again. I like the angle here. Sampe might be able to get a cheeky knock. I think he's been spotted. Headshot doesn't connect. In fact, he gets traded back on. Nice play by U-Aim just to wait patiently for the Ashe to overextend. And Legion lose one.

01:58:38 Legion Gaming getting punished right there. Sometimes you gotta take the risk, but is that the time to take it when the zone is about to close as you're walking in? Right now, they're running in as a duo. It's gonna be definitely hard for them to make a play happen here, because even if they manage to somehow magically make trades right there, they're probably gonna get end up thirded on. As FaZe tries to boost in right underneath Citadel Gaming, looking for Skynades now potentially. He actually has four frags in his backpack.

01:59:03 Die Trident hat viel Zeit. EMP!

01:59:23 Das geht auch zu Cynetic, aber das ist nicht so wichtig, wenn der Rest des Team ist, wie das. Phase Climb und Phase Clean. Wie Cynadel Gaming wird in einem Moment getötet?

01:59:34 Das war ein tolles Spiel von Naxx auf der Climb-Up. Zynatik hat die EMP, obwohl Zynatik reagiert, indem er eine Wotzen-Gen hat. Es war nicht wichtig, weil Naxx hat drei Leute für Kräcks gemacht, und das ist genug, um den Kampf zu halten, weil dann seine Team-Mitze für sicher clean-up den Kampf auf dem EMP-Dammage zu tun.

01:59:54 We pointed out the Devotion. We pointed out the Revenant earlier. A terrifying combination. We could see this Revenant really get rolling with one ult and a Devotion to clean up the lobby. Things are getting real tight in this zone, however. You've got almost no place to play. Even as FaZe, who just managed to win the fight, they're now staring down the barrel of 07. Really have only them to contend with. Killer Whale's nearby. Roadhouse sitting in the building right ahead of FaZe.

02:00:23 But really, at this point, we're playing The Rocks. And I like how Zayn is positioned right now, getting an early spot for his team to play. And as long as you've got a Bangalore Smoke up at the same time as the ring closes, the rest of your team could join you. Take Flight, fight up against Zipline Mafia. We talked about the Devo earlier, and it's going to end up making a pretty big difference. Killer Whales, however, the timing on the third party is just right. The swing, however, is not. Viktor's going to have to come in around the back.

02:00:47 Oh, no.

02:01:09 Mistake after mistake, we see that slow peek around the corner gets him killed across the map to then reload, opting for the Kraber instead of the reload on the potentially the Spitfire. Very questionable, but you know, at the end of the day if he hits that shot everybody would say it was worth it, but I'm one of those that say don't take a chance, just make sure you get the wipe. They couldn't close it out, but now Cybercats as well, down to one man standing, seeing if he can perhaps get some more points on the board.

02:01:37 Five squads, two solos. Adam's going to go down. Branches may be joining him. Portal into a leap seems to keep Branches alive for now, but we can go from top five to top three very quickly. Branches knows that as well as anyone playing a small corner. Does just have to make sure nobody walks up on him, and even the arc snare right there does actually let you aim no.

02:02:01 He hasn't moved that far away from their position. FaZe Clan still in this as well are looking for a timed third party Roadhouse. Yeah, I mean FaZe Clan in a phenomenal spot after wiping Citadel Gaming earlier with that EMP play. Now have a lot of space here as 07 is struggling in between the silos as they get eliminated by that frag at the end. Now there's one rat and three full teams alive here as FaZe is slowly going down on everybody else.

02:02:30 As they are just hunting them down with these snipers, essentially, as people are getting poked. Roadhouse down to two people and one HP and same. Five peeks with that PK gets the first down.

02:02:40 Dann ist das genug für FaZe zu pushen. Sie wissen, dass dieses Bild bedeutet so viel in die Endgame. Cybercats werden zu fallen, Meanwhile, Roadhouse ist still alive, aber FaZe Clan weiß, dass die 3rd-party kann passieren, und es ist. U-Aim kommt in, und es ist FaZe vs. U-Aim. Neither hat die Insides of both Bilden. Both playing around to the outside. Zayn goes for the first buff, doesn't connect, ends up getting his shield shredded, und joins up with the rest of the squad, only to fall. Und so quickly do they fall in the face of U-Aim. U-Aim, they're right there.

02:03:09 Super good execution on those swings. They actually got them to keep damage repositioned into another member of the team to get that angle and spray them once more where they couldn't really do anything about it. Nice cleanup there from Sanja and the boys. I think that even though they went down second place, they're more than happy with that game because they had to go through a lot of tribulations to make it even to top three scenario. However, we gotta say...

02:03:35 Riding to that positioning as well. Not bad at all, Cybercats. Yeah, Cybercats actually, especially given their performance that had already kept them top four moving into this game, now we're going to be very, very comfortable.

02:03:50 Moving into the match results is going to tell us a lot though. Top 4 gets CyberCats 7 points. With U-Aim and the amount of kills they have, very much mirroring Citadel from last game, gets them a 25 point game. FaZe, 12 kills in 2nd place. Really well played from them as well, especially on the timing to take out Roadhouse. I know that that last fight, FaZe and U-Aim, was really tough and we'll take a look at some of the stats from...

02:04:20 die zwei Teams haben, weil sie sich gegen die anderen haben. Während FaZe kam auf der, ich würde sagen, wrong end. Ich denke, die Timing zu pushen Roadhouse und zu backen, war absolut sehr gut. Sie nicht übercommit für 2nd Platz. Sie spielen für die win. Und Uaim, in der 3v3-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V.

02:04:40 Ja, ich meine, das ist wie es geht. Wenn man spielt für den Win, andere Teams sind auch für ihn. Und U-Aim hat das Spiel mit Phänomenal-Execution auf dem Spiel. Weil manchmal, du hast einen Triple Swing, manchmal hast du das Spiel in eine Pinch-Play, und es funktioniert perfekt für sie. Ich denke, wie du gesagt, sie sind mehr als glücklich mit den Spiel-Aim-Aim-Aim-Aim-Aim-Aim-Aim-Aim.

02:05:04 Kind of even on the top side of things, but once you break into the top 10, it's really, really close from the bottom 10 of the leaderboard. It's still anybody's game on that side of the leaderboard. It is a very, very tense leaderboard that we've gotten. Glitter Game 3. I wish that it would just give us a breakaway, but it really didn't. It introduced a new player now with UAM taking top slot. No, and you guys had kind of touched on that a little bit when...

02:05:30 You know, we have these lobbies where, especially early on in the season, we're not having the Juggernauts like the Alliances point sponging so many points at the top of the leaderboard. It really opens up the field and the opportunity and which teams are going to be the ones that are stepping up and seizing that opportunity to get some points on the board. And we are getting different teams winning each time. But even in that last match, you saw the UA with 13 kills in the win.

02:05:58 12 for 2nd place in Phase, but then 12 on Zipline Mafia as well in 6th place. I mean, these teams are showing up and getting aggressive when they need to, and it's making for a really spicy in the sense of just how equal the standings are first half of our matchday. I mean, I think it's been really, really good so far.

Halbzeit-Analyse und regionale Updates in der ALGS

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02:06:19 As I mentioned, that is the halfway point, which is we're going to take a little bit of a break, give our players some time to get themselves ready before we switch on over to E-District now that Storm Point has come to a close. So let's talk a little bit about some of the other regions because it's not just EMEA that is kicking things off for Split 2. We're going to walk you guys through a little bit of what you might have missed so far at this point in the ALGS. And I'm going to start here with something.

02:06:47 Ich möchte Chat's opinion auf, als auch. Wir werden sehen, die KP-Poll World Ranking von Teams zu sehen. Das ist aus der Community Thoughts. Die Leute wählen, und das ist die die besten Teams in der Welt. Und ich denke, das ist ein guter Punkt, weil, ich meine, wir haben viel Unterstützung für Team Falcons da oben.

02:07:10 We have Alliance up there in 3rd. We've got Rock in 2nd. But we see a big surprise, or at least a little bit of a surprise for me. We've got VK Gaming a little bit farther down the list coming fresh off of a win, do you? Yeah, I mean, VK being a little bit lower down is surprising when you think about our perspective, where we watch so much Apex Legends and we know what's going on around the world. And again, we've seen most recent lands. I think a lot of this is honestly just...

02:07:38 Bias from people who, they've seen a lot of LANs historically. Maybe they watched The Last Land and went, yeah, VK Gaming's a fluke. And aren't really paying attention to the incredible talent coming out of the region. VK Gaming should be a lot higher ranked, and I'm going to say it. KP Pool, boost them up a little bit. Well, chat, let us know your thoughts as well, then. Who do you think the best teams in the world are? Type your favorites, or genuinely, if you've got someone else, let's type in chat, let us know your thoughts. But you mentioned other regions.

02:08:06 So let's start talking about them. Give me a little bit of an update for APAC North. Yeah, APAC North, I mean, kicking off pretty recently actually went quite well. And in the same way as we're talking about today, where we're looking for these standout performers, they really had them. Soten had a crazy 45 KP in their first three matches on Stormpoint, which was wild. And I know we're dropping some crazy numbers here, but we're not getting anywhere close to 45 in three maps. It was specifically Kakiguri.

02:08:35 Er hat 31 von den 45 Kills gewonnen. Und wenn ein Singleplayer ist das viel für euch, dann wird es noch ein paar Broadcasts sein. Das war mostly auf Stormpoint.

02:08:49 Because when we got into E-District, it was ultimately Soten's downfall. E-District became a lot more comfortable of a place where Enterforce36, who we know do have a lot of experience on the map, regionally and internationally. They ended up taking first, but if you are looking...

02:09:07 At APAC North, you've got to be looking at SoTen, and specifically Kakigori, who is a top player, at least as of Day 1. We'll see what the season brings. We like to say it's Day 1, so we'll forgive a lot. And at the same time, you do have to look at outlier performances from Day 1 and go, whoa, what does this mean? Does this change my conception of how the split is going to go? And I certainly think that SoTen and Kakigori could be doing that right now.

02:09:34 Yeah, I think we have learned from many a land pass that we can never count out the teams from APAC North and APAC South. So now that we've got a little bit of an update there on the North, let's go to the other region and go to APAC South. Tell me a little bit about what's been happening with them, Graceville.

02:09:50 Apex South has been one of those regions where it's really hard to pinpoint it and narrow it down to just one team performing. I believe it was even six different match winners across the series, which is huge. That means everybody is capable of closing out these games, right? But one thing that I really want to highlight here is Tom Young Goong, also one of my favorite Supes, mind you, is really big, had a huge match for with 17 kills, enough to put them in third place overall on the day, which is big. Also one of the teams, though,

02:10:20 Ich glaube, jeder kennt die Regionen, die nicht in anderen Regionen folgen. Das ist ein Team zu sehen. Aber wenn wir die Regionen über die ganze Regionen sehen, und wir sehen uns, wer die besten performan hat. Ich glaube, es war Wolffs Esport, um die Top-Spot zu erzielen. Super gute Performance auf der Welt's Edge. Aber ist das wegen...

02:10:43 Ich glaube, das ist das, was ich sehr gut bin, oder ist das, weil sie so gut sind? Ich glaube, sie haben 3rd, 1st und 2nd Platz in drei Matches und sie haben super, super Konsistency, das ist das, was ich für alle diese Teams habe. Ich glaube, dass wenn man diese Konsistency hat, nicht nur eine bestimmte Map, sondern auch mehrere Games und mehrere Zonen, das ist wirklich, wenn man in meinen Augen ist, eine Top Team ist, weil das was man braucht.

02:11:10 Es ist nicht nur zwei Spiele, Leute. Es gibt mehrere Spiele. Und wenn du es zum Land hast, musst du den Top 10 machen. Du musst den Top 10 machen. Und dann musst du den Match Point machen. Und dann musst du gewinnen. Der Konsistenz ist wo es ist.

02:11:22 Shout out to Genome as well for doing those Apex South watch parties. Got to see him there in some of those clips. It's a very exciting region. And I'm glad that we're able to update all of you at home on what you might have missed. I know it's very early on in the split, but all of our regions have such good gameplay and you will eventually see those teams at LAN, at Champs. So being up to date on everything is always very helpful. But let's continue talking about things, okay? Because I mentioned it.

02:11:50 at the beginning of the show. And we'll keep reminding you guys, because recently Apex added a few more social media sites to their repertoire, right? We just launched the TikTok and the Instagram. And I mentioned that it's not just ALGS content, but it's fun Apex Legends content across the board. Well, if you want to see exactly what I'm talking about and the type of content you will be in for, if you follow those social medias, we put something together just for you guys at home. So let's take a look.

02:12:23 Der Reaktion.

02:14:06 So make sure you're following specifically on the new ones, TikTok and Instagram, so you can stay up to date on everything we've got going on. And if you needed a little bit more of an incentive to follow us on social media, well, we're also doing an Apex Coins giveaway, okay? All you have to do is follow us on our new Instagram or TikTok and comment. You can do hashtag ALGS giveaway in the comments. Make sure you're following for your chance to win this.

02:14:36 Apex Coins. And more exclusive giveaways on those platforms will be coming up around the corner, so it's worth the follow, okay? You can get some stuff just for joining. I mean, I heard your comments. I heard your comments there, Graceful, so we're going to talk about them a little bit. For now, we're going to let Dia go take a break, relax, as Graceful and I get ready to head into match number four. But I heard you, Graceful. Rollerplayer at some of those reaction times?

02:15:02 Oh my god, we saw that. Not only was it the fact that he was cheating, because he's still waiting underneath, also the fact that he missed a typical roller player. Let's be honest, no reaction at all. Do you think he can get a perfect score? If I can get a perfect score? Not the first time, a few tries, yes. I'm gonna get one, I'll do it. I'll be on that TikTok for you.

02:15:26 Now I want to see that. We have to figure out how we can get you to test your reaction time and see if you've still got it. If you've still got a little bit of it left. I'm ready for that, Grace Wolf. It would be fun, for sure. I think we'll handle it in-game instead. I'll just go and destroy them and rank them. We'll see. Well, speaking of in-game...

02:15:49 We're about to be heading into match number four. Okay, if you guys are just joining us at home, that means we are done with Storm Point for the day. We're now switching things on over to E-District. We also had Ash Band after that last match. And we've had three different winners so far today. So it's been a pretty exciting day so far, Graceful.

02:16:09 Oh, most definitely, and I think there's only more to come, because now we're on a new map, but never mind that, Ashe is taken out of the game. I think that when you have characters that are so influential, so impactful into the games, the likes of Caustic denying and taking space, the likes of Alter immediately just running into your building, and now also, I think Ashe is also one of the most impactful characters on the front line with these off-handles that we saw Cybercats take, Ratchet specifically, jumping from Narnia, immediately putting in 300 damage.

02:16:38 Ja, ich denke, wir werden auch eine massive in Wraith sehen, dass Ash nicht mehr in die Gespräche ist.

02:16:59 So is this the opportunity for Alliance to get back into the game?

02:17:26 Yeah, I think if anything, this is where they have the most room to play the game the way they want to, because on Stormpoint specifically, everybody's gonna be on the same macro, essentially. This one is still, people, like, even though we've been playing it for quite a bit now, it's still getting figured out in many ways, and people's macros are ever-changing with all the patches and balancing things happening as well to the game. I think that they should have the room to play their most identical playstyle.

02:17:54 So they should be looking to at least play better, if not to their usual form, hopefully. Well, we're getting a look here at the ring and what our teams are going to be looking towards movement-wise. You've got SPS in Street Market specifically, so they're going to be very comfortable with a little bit of information at their disposal as well. So they'll be able to start to kind of set up for themselves and try to see if they can use their Sparrow as well for the additional info.

02:18:23 Ja, definitiv. Ich denke, die Leute sind sehr glücklich mit den Zonen zu sehen. Ich denke, das ist eine der Play-Abel-Zone. Es gibt viele Chokes zu wählen, aber ich fühle mich sehr oft auf den Norden, speziell. Weil das ist, wo die Leute starten.

02:18:39 Ich glaube, wir haben einen Tonic TP.

02:18:56 Du hast die Pings kommen, ich meine, sie definitiv wissen, dass sie Anik in fronten sind, als sie einfach zu bemerken, zu werden, ihre Shields bereit zu gehen, und auch zu holen, die Information, bevor sie sich aufhören. Anik, sie einfach komplett ran weg, nicht wollen sie zu engagieren, als wir sehen die Zip-Line Mafia.

EMEA Region zeigt beeindruckende Veränderungen und vielseitige Legenden-Picks

02:19:19

02:19:19 Another team who had a surprisingly good performance. I mean, I feel like we're seeing what EMEA has managed to change since the midseason playoffs. And a lot of these teams are looking pretty solid. We've been very impressed by Citadel, who's the other team that's in the area as Dipline Mafia right now. And I'm like, I know it's early, but I'm liking what I'm seeing out of the region. Yeah, definitely. I think that a lot of these players are comfortable in the meta right now, maybe. But like I said as well before,

02:19:47 People being versatile with legend picks, like we're still seeing Rev. We saw Rev the last game, we're still seeing Rev. Like, are they onto something new or are they just a little bit freaky? I don't know which one it is, but I like what I'm seeing. Now, will we see more devotion as well? We'll have to see because I still think that that fight in that building in Jurassic was honestly up to luck, the fact that they closed it out because one of them got knocked around the corner, but now is the time to prove us wrong. Rev might be the jab.

02:20:14 Listen, if they can make it viable, and it's working for them, and since no one else is using it, they don't have to worry about Legend Bands, whatever works for you, you know? This could be the play as we get to also take a look at Roadhouse right now, team that we talked about at the top of the show here today, getting themselves set up and trying to scout for...

02:20:34 Ja, ich denke, die Leute sind schon ziemlich sicher. Es gibt noch 20 Teams, niemand ist wirklich zu kämpfen. Sie haben auch schon versucht, die Leute aufgrund der Macro zu catchen.

02:20:56 Onyck hat es auch ausgesucht. Es gibt keine realen Werteilung. Die Leute sind immer wieder aufgetrennt, um sie zu holen, um sie zu holen, um sie zu holen, um sie zu holen, um sie zu holen, um sie zu holen, um sie zu holen, um sie zu holen, um sie zu holen, um sie zu holen, um sie zu holen, um sie zu holen, um sie zu holen, um sie zu holen.

02:21:24 Ja, Anik evacking in towards Street Market, looking for a slightly more central location as opposed to being on the eastern outskirts. And they're going to find themselves landing straight in the middle of quite a few other teams. So it could be a little bit scary here. Able to at least land in a safer spot for now. But they do have SPS, SJP2, FaZe Clan, NOM.

02:21:52 Ich glaube, es ist alles in der Bicinity und sie müssen ihre Augen geschehen. Trying to get in deeper. Die wichtigste Sache ist, dass sie versucht, sie zu spüren. Sie können nicht, weil sie auf der Flight sind. Wie weit wir mit der Flight sind? Bouchi, wenn man ihn getrennt hat, kann man eine große Fehler machen. Managed zu fliegen und nachdenken, dass wir jetzt hier warten. Wir sehen uns die letzten paar Sekunden und dann machen wir den nächsten Schritt.

02:22:18 F.U.L. hier, Kuro, wurde ein bisschen geholfen, aber es ist noch nicht sicher. Die Leute sind noch nicht in den anderen, denn sie sind nur für den nächsten Zoll-Revill. Eine Möglichkeit für diese Teams zu machen, die die Zoll-Damage sind, die wir alle suchen.

02:22:37 Das ist auch eine Sache.

Strategische Bedeutung von Zonen- und Care Package-Timing in Apex Legends

02:22:57

02:22:57 I know I keep repeating myself on LAN all the time, but it's like when the zone is closing, those are the crucial times where you want to make sure that you're healthy and you're ready for next play to happen. On the opposite side of things, that's also one of the moments to strike because you know teams are waiting for this information. They might be caught off guard. They're not ready for the play itself. One good example of the exact same scenario essentially is care package weapons, right? When one team is very...

02:23:24 Ja, das war definitiv...

02:23:52 Für Roadhouse ist es auch ein Team zu der Top-Leader-Board, also freigend auf ein paar Potenzialen Punkte, an der Anik hat sich gut gemacht. Und wir können bereits sagen, E-District ist nicht nur ein ganzes Verhältnis, aber ein paar andere Teams zu finden, einen guten Spiel zu finden, hier. Als niemand versucht in zu versuchen, auf das Roadhouse. Roadhouse hat sich in ein guter Spot zu haben, um das Spiel zu haben.

02:24:19 And now they can kind of just coexist with all of these other squads. We get a look here at where the ring's going to be shifting farther towards the south here. So you've got Killer Whales in a really nice spot over in Viaduct 07 right there. Kind of looking towards Take Flight, seeing if they need to do anything right now, but also in a really, really nice spot. So these teams are setting themselves up well. And honestly, that southern side is pretty open.

02:24:44 Ich meine, das ist die Sache. Diese Zone ist sehr, sehr aktiv für eine sehr lange Zeit. Wir sehen uns auch die Land haben. Auf der anderen Seite des Viaduct. Auf der anderen Seite des Viaduct. Auf der anderen Seite des Weaduct. Auf der anderen Seite des Weaduct. Auf der anderen Seite des Weaduct. Auf der anderen Seite des Weaduct. Auf der anderen Seite des Weaduct. Auf der anderen Seite des Weaduct. Auf der anderen Seite des Weaduct. Auf der anderen Seite des Weaduct. Auf der anderen Seite des Weaduct. Auf der anderen Seite des Weaduct.

02:25:13 Das war's für 07.

02:25:43 Huge reset indeed. I think that because they got shot via the type, they decided to opt to not finish that fight. Could be a mistake. I didn't really get to see their health bars right there, but 07 more than happy with that full reset. And now they're looking to stabilize as now they know those guys are a threat as that TP came through. That was...

02:26:05 Vielen Dank für 07. Killer Whales still holding that space of Ida, but they've shifted over just a bit as FUL have rotated in right at the end from the southern side, so they're able to scooch in and grab some real estate for themselves.

02:26:20 Die Kieler-Wales werden jetzt auch noch einen Platz für die Kieler-Wales. Die Kieler-Wales werden jetzt auf die E-Stern-Side schauen, die für nur eine kurze Zeit für einen Moment, als das nächste Ring wird sich zeigen. Und das E-Stern-Side wird jetzt ein bisschen chaotisch, als das nächste Ring wird.

Strategische Zonenverschiebungen und Teamdynamiken in Apex Legends

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02:26:41 Oh, it's gonna be so nice. Finally, we actually saw the zone pull up more than the typical southern side bridge play, where this is something new. Everybody almost opted for the play that he couldn't potentially pull, but some of these teams, Passion, SGP2, SPS, Roadhouse, all of them are in a comfortable spot in the next zone. However, we also saw Empire holding out a team right there, and now all these teams are gonna have to collapse on the two big chokes, north and east.

02:27:08 However, East has a little bit of an advantage because it's actually a high ground and low ground. So you might have more chances of making it through that choke. But we'll have to see now as some teams are opting to fight already with now knowing the zone is not on us or even remotely close to us. Yeah, and you can see in the kill feed that 07 cannot catch a break. They do eventually go down. And it was Take Flight that was able to move in for a second time. Re-engaged up by in this time come out on top.

02:27:35 But they did not go unnoticed. You've got SPS moving in towards them as well. Meanwhile, Empire Gaming trying to get a little bit of information. As you can see, some of these teams are starting to get antsy here, Graceful. Somebody wants to make a move.

02:27:48 Und jetzt ist es der Allianz. Sie haben sich nicht aus dem Kampf gemacht. Sie haben nur drei mehr Spielsäge. Wir müssen noch mehr machen. Wir müssen noch mehr. Wir müssen noch mehr. Wir müssen noch mehr. Wir müssen noch mehr. Wir müssen noch viele Kills haben. Unlucky ist auf die Leute mit dem Peter. Jetzt sind wir jetzt noch etwas Frags. Aber die Drones sind noch ein bisschen weggegangen. Sie sind noch ein bisschen weggegangen. Sie sind jetzt EMP. Die Wahl kommt in Counter-Play. Sie sind jetzt nur noch einig. Sie sind nur noch einig. Sie sind durch die Empyrein durch den Korner mit PKs und Evas.

02:28:14 This is a risky push here for both these teams I mean they've got a lot of other squads in the vicinity that will be looking the third party this meanwhile zipline mafia was trying to fight they go down in the kill feed and instantly Empire back off of the push the wall was just a little bit too much cover that they didn't want to have to deal playing on that corner knowing they would be exposing themselves for potentially too long so that is a big resource or ability

02:28:43 Das war ein guter Spiel, aber Empire ist eigentlich safe in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne, in der Bühne,

02:29:11 However, if another team is ready, and they're capable of making it up somehow, they could get thirded, but very unlikely, as the team that's the closest to them is underneath the bridge, currently looking to make a play more close towards the zone, as Alliance and Empire is kind of isolated to fight there, as Effect has a great angle. Yeah, this is a fantastic off-angle from Effect, able to also throw some frags in, and the PK combo between Unlucky and Hackes is just out.

02:29:38 Es ist absolut decimiert, Empire. Die Peak war nicht wert. Allianz bekommen die KP. Sie sind noch nicht zu Ende. Es gibt noch einen Ratliff, aber sie haben jetzt auch den attentionen von Killer Whalen, während wir in den Take Flight gehen.

02:29:53 Killer whales jump at them like the whales. They are ready to take them out as Alliance just had a good setup and execution right there on Empire, but now they're getting shot from the bridge as well it looked like. They are indeed as they're recouping, licking their wounds in that corner that they made earlier to make sure that none of them goes down. They have 11 seconds left to go as an evac comes out. Will they hop on this and then pray for the best thing to do? Or are they just looking to slow down the other teams of the likes of Killer Whales as they are looking to take shots at them?

02:30:23 Hey, if you guys started it, we're gonna finish it. Make sure you guys don't walk in for free. Once again, Effect finding wonderful angles, and there's just nowhere for Killer Whales to escape. They're able to rain down so much damage from above them and really open up a lot more space for them, also to make a safe rotate. They don't even have to worry about that Evac Tower. Meanwhile, the Solo from Empire Gaming does go down. They don't have to worry about a rat at their backs either, and Alliance has handled this flawlessly.

Allianz dominiert mit strategischer Ausführung und Teamwork

02:30:49

02:30:49 They've been prepping well. Super good execution on the fight and now they're making sure to see if Hakkis can make a TP into a playable area. He puts it down and he managed to get a floor in the big sick building. Immediately comes out the Newcastle wall with the gem I assume with fences as well. It's really nice here as they set up for second floor and they're very happy with that.

02:31:09 Oh, they set up, though, and as soon as they get in, SPS moves in, takes a little bit of space as well, and I believe they've got Evos in the building, all on different floors, and none of them are safe. They will still have to make a move into the next ring, so it's only a minute away. They're going to have to decide what they want to do here. Yep, they're just making sure to stay alive and not start the fight, and if they start the fight to not full commit to make sure they don't get 30. Speaking of 30 right now, though, U-Aim is looking to take out as well.

02:31:37 As Bongo is getting chunked down. Suus got down knocked earlier. Here we see Artiko with the Eva gets that clean up as Killer Whales get eliminated from that rough spot coming in from underneath the bridge. They now ran into U-Aim as they got locked down. Yeah, there was no space for Killer Whales to do a whole lot there. U-Aim have done a good job holding their position. They do have Cyber Cat waiting in the wings. SJP2 looking their direction as well. So we'll have to see what they decide to do. Meanwhile, Effect getting lots of fences set up.

02:32:06 und bereit für die Squad, als es nur 20 Sekunden ist, bis die nächste Ring starte zu close ist. Und sie haben einen gesamten Build-Wort von Teams, die sie haben, um sich zu bemerken. Will der Wraith werden die Spot finden, um eine Safe-Portal zu finden? Er hat sich die Bottom-Floor an, glaube ich. Als Haukes TPs in die nächste Build-In, wo sie in die nächste Zone sind, jetzt sie zu Gate-Team kommen. Eine neue Wall-Wall kommt hier. Wir haben nicht gesehen, oder haben wir gesehen?

02:32:33 Close to the door. Nice fences right there as they set up for the next zone closing. Now everybody in that big zip building are gonna be gatekept by two teams on top and even below was also a team in the building.

02:32:45 Yeah, I think Alliance just gave themselves a little bit of breathing room. Meanwhile, you can see Citadel Gaming here trying to fight up against FaZe. And there is a lot happening here. The wall does go down, creates a little bit of space. Zuni trying to see if he can maybe move up, find a little bit of damage to be dealt here. Unable to find it, but the damage finds him. Will he be able to survive as the ring collapses? Very low health bars across the way, and Zuni is able to clean them up.

02:33:11 Nice play from Zune right there. That phase was a little bit scary, but he managed to make it happen. Two of his teammates goes down, but he got a couple of KP as he also cleans up one more fight. He sees two or three people right in front of him. He's making sure to take time to decide where to go, but too much time got taken as there was nowhere to go. He got locked down by Blast and Lufka right there, shooting them out, coming in from the zone as Alliance right now.

02:33:36 Evo ist unter dem, ich denke, es raced bei 0-0 mit RE45.

02:34:01 in a general vicinity. They're looking towards each other. It could be an opportunity for U-Aim to third party them. Yeah, U-Aim waiting patiently right here. Not overextending because they still have...

02:34:11 Probably about 40% of the zone to play actually with their setup there. And they also have the next bridge. They just need to make sure that they don't get inted for their spot. And they should be able to hold out the remaining teams needing to fight each other to make it out of that building. As Roadhouse on the low ground we saw earlier before. They held out a team. Now they get engaged on by Shex and Ekio as they take out two of them. Comes down to Aku getting an armor swap 1v2. Will he be able to close it out as he faces for his life right now? Hopefully.

02:34:40 Er hat ihn in eine Stadt gebracht, aber er wird getrennt. Er war hoping die Kimbo P20s wirklich helfen, aber es gab keinen Platz für ihn zu gehen. Roadhouse eliminiert Passion.

02:34:50 Sie haben sogar Eindorse, U-Aim, Allianz und SJP2 hier in unsere Top 5. Und Allianz haben gerade über die Gebäude zu bauen, sind nicht verabschiedet für sie. Und jetzt haben sie sich sehr gut für diese Final Circle-Moment. Sie sind sogar länger als U-Aim, wie es aussieht. Sie müssen die Team über den Boden zu verabschieden, aber sie haben tatsächlich den leeway, um sie zu warten.

02:35:20 Das ist eine große Möglichkeit für Allianz.

02:35:54 Es ist gut, dass sie zwei Knoten bekommen haben. Sie können das hier auswählen, um es zu gewinnen.

02:36:15 Und jetzt kommt der PK5 gegen Missy und er nimmt es zurück. Allianz, das Form, das wir warten haben. Das Map ist eine der Map, die du spielen kannst, wie du willst. Allianz nimmt vollständig davon. Nicht nur haben sie sich auf die Bühne auf der Brücke zu setzen. Wir sahen die Execution, Effekt auf der Seite Angle, Hakkis und Unlucky haben Crossfire, um zu spüren, um zu spüren, um zu spüren, um zu spüren.

02:36:44 was actually out a little bit before alliance phenomenal gameplay however i would like to say we've kind of been expecting it well that was even more conservative from alliance from than what we've seen from them in the past

02:36:59 Das war ein sehr methodisches Allianz, nicht ein Flashy Allianz, aber ein sehr Well-Player Allianz. Und wie du gesagt, es ist nicht so, dass sie eine gewünschte Wunsch sind, aber 23 Punkte werden für sie in diesen Series standen. So far, wir sehen uns die Stats für unsere Top 3.

02:37:29 Und ich bin nicht wirklich überrascht mit den Damage Nummern, dass wir hier sehen, Graceful. Ja, definitiv nicht. Füda auf Enddorf steht ein wenig mit 2.3k. Aber ich würde sagen, dass die Allianz sehr evenly spreadet ist, weil sie alle in den Kampf sind. Sie sind alle in den Kampf. Sie sind alle in den Kampf, klein oder groß. Sie nehmen die Enemies zusammen. Und das ist wirklich so, wie sie diese Kampf haben, mit properer Executionen. Setup und Executionen. However, Wraith, nun BANNED.

02:37:54 Hackers can no longer take these super side angles and phase out for safety. Can they keep up that form or not? Overall leaderboards looking super solid now as more teams are moving up the ladder. However, bottom 10 is still up in the air because we've seen teams drop more than 12, 13 kills, you know. But speaking of kills in general, everybody needs a little break. We need a little break. Players need a little break to fuel up for the next couple of games. So we're going to take a short break and be right back with you.

02:38:33 The official energy drink of the Apex Legends Global Series.

02:41:02 für Red Bull zu haben Energie für die nächsten zwei Gäste, die letzten zwei Gäste hier in EMEA. Wir haben vier und fünf Gäste vorgelegt. Bevor wir das tun, ich möchte ein bisschen über die Teams, die wir heute sehen haben. Ja, ich war ein bisschen über Killer Whales in Game 1. Ja, ich bin noch ein bisschen über Freak'n aus. Aber wir haben auch über NOM in der Mitte des Game 3.

02:41:23 And these squads share something in common, making it out of the preseason qualifier and importantly, having experience in the challenger circuit, something that you can get as well. In fact, challenger circuit has already begun for this split, with the first one having happened just a few days ago.

02:41:40 Pog52 took the win. Yes, that is a team name. Yes, they took the win. And actually, if you've been watching Challenger Circuit for a while, you will recognize some of the names on there. Mask really standing out to me as a longtime Challenger Circuit player. But we've got Challenger Circuits 2, 3, and 4 coming up. Importantly, a place to test your mettle and actually a place where you could make it up into champs. We've seen this happen before where teams come through Challenger Circuit.

02:42:09 I mean, that would be phenomenal. I'm all for underdog runs because I feel like we need new fresh blood into the scene and people are more than comfortable, you know, taking it to the challenger circuit and potentially making it all the way. More kudos to you if you make it there. I would be very happy to see you there.

02:42:37 Exactly. I'll be very happy for you. Almost as happy as I was watching Alliance take the win in game number four. Let's take a look back at that because you talked about this graceful, but I really felt like Alliance had dialed this down to a science. How to take an off angle, how to hold a spot that nobody's looking at, and specifically use the Newcastle as an anchor in a fight.

02:43:01 I mean, most certainly. They managed to hold this spot properly because they actually got the bottom side of that building. They had to TP for two different spots with high risk, but managed to make something out of it. And then when it came down to the actual 3v3, you see this off-angle by Harkis on Rafe? That's exactly how you need to play Rafe. You get that, like nobody knows where you're at. You get that free crack or free pump on somebody. That opens up the fight entirely as they push everybody down off high ground. After you're on high ground, it's pretty much fish in the barrels deal.

02:43:30 And from here, Effect does the same thing. He just takes an off angle on the rest of the fight and lets the rest of the team come in unlucky, dropping in on the opposite side of people. Alliance are so good at forcing you to look one way or another when they're on both sides. And it's something we've really praised Cybercats for in Game 1 when Ranches was able to form the same situation to win his team the game. It really is the teamfight winning formula.

02:43:57 in Apex Legends, to be able to split focus effectively. It's difficult to pull off, but at a high level like this here in EMEA, we're seeing it happen pretty consistently.

02:44:07 Ja, und ich meine, das ist die wichtigste Part, ist das, dass du musst, all of sie sind willig, um zu werden, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gewinnen, um zu gew

02:44:36 He closed the fight in 5 seconds instead. That rest timer is barely even there, especially now with the support passive in general as well. You actually get more time to do stuff after you close the fight faster, and that's how you make this happen. Nice, phenomenal setup from Alliance across the board. Not only that last fight, but especially that fight on the bridge. Everybody who's watching at home right now, re-watch that footage on the fight on the bridge. Three-way split, perfect crossfire with PKs. That's top-notch, and that's exactly what people should be copying in this type of game.

02:45:05 Yeah, this is one of the most exciting things in Apex is watching teams solve this, try and recreate and try and counter it in real time. But some of the other stuff you can watch in real time is the stuff that we're posting that is a little bit behind the scenes that lets you get to know the players that are performing for you live right now in a little bit of a different light. So let's take a look at some of the content that we're posting on our socials that lets you get to know our players a little bit better.

02:45:31 Who is your Mount Rushmore of Apex Legends? Hal, Dizzy, Wig, Aesu. Who are your Mount Rushmore of Apex Legends? Hal, Aesu, probably put Dizzy up there. I'd say nice wig. Who is your Mount Rushmore of Apex Legends? Okay, so me for sure, Aesu, Wig, and I'm gonna say Russ. What's the piece of paper you have on your keyboard when you're playing?

02:46:00 Ich habe noch nicht gehört, aber es ist ein Fan von Crayzie Raccoon von Seri-Sein. Ich habe noch nicht gehört, aber ich habe einen großen Fan von Seri-Sein. Ich habe einen großen Fan von Seri-Sein.

02:46:18 Es ist ein Assault Rifles.

02:46:45 Oh, SMGs, by far. AR. SMG. ARs. SMG. SMG, for sure. SMG, for sure. SMG, for sure. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles. Assault rifles.

02:47:10 Oh, I got really invested in that. Do you want to do me this or that, Graceful? SMGs are ARs. My question was, do you mean like this has to go or this is my preference? No, this is your preference. This is your preference. I like SMGs the most because one magging people, especially with R9, is so satisfying. But I also like Flatline. It's a tough pick. I would say SMG though, probably.

02:47:38 Let me ask you a question, is your answer the same if I do it, which one has to go? No, no, no, no, no. No? No, it's not the same then. Then it would be AR instead, yeah. Okay, well, that's, you know, that's interesting psychologically. We can dive into that a little bit later. But right now, we're going to dive into some more Apex Legends. As was mentioned at the end of last game, Wraith now taken off the table, impacting...

02:48:03 Honestly, the entire lobby pretty significantly. You've got no truly efficient way to move a whole team from one place to another. And yes, I am aware the Pathfinder is still pickable. We'll probably see some Pathfinder picks take up. The Pathfinder is not the monster that he was a whole year ago when we saw Ziplines making people hyper tanky. He's still pretty good, but he's not moving a whole team with the consistency that he used to.

02:48:28 Ja, definitiv. Ich denke auch, es hilft, ich würde sagen, definitiv die Allianz mit Hakkis on der Wraith, da. Vielleicht Kampf-Prowess auch, auf bestimmten Teams, die haben stärker Wraiths als normaler Wraiths. Wenn du, nicht an subpar, aber wenn du an average Wraiths hast, dass du nicht so viel Erfahrung hast, als ich sagen, Hakkis hat schon seit Day 1 gespielt, dann kann man nicht so viel. Aber für andere Teams, die haben eine stärkere Wraiths, die noch mehr zu spielen, könnte es ein hit.

02:48:55 Ich weiß nicht, ob wir viele Pathfinders sehen können. Ich weiß nicht, ob wir auch viele Pathfinders sehen können. Ich weiß nicht, ob wir vielleicht auch für Valix gehen können. Aber ich denke, es wird interessant sein. Ja, ich hoffe, dass wir...

02:49:10 IGLs that like to get a little bit more mobile, that like to get into a fight, in Game 4 start to look towards Sparrow. Sparrow wasn't particularly high pick rate last game. We even saw Newcastle being picked up, but again, that was only three of them. Really, we were focusing on Watson as the second highest pick rate, and there's a very good chance that in Game 4, we see Watson taken out as more and more teams seem to be defaulting to this legend. Right now, Alliance have in fact let Hackies out of Sparrow.

02:49:39 I've gone with the Catalyst, that endgame legend for game number four. I do love me some Catalyst gameplay because that wall just makes everything so interesting. It kinda like, it makes a, how should I say?

02:49:54 A fight that you assume is going to go one way completely open-ended to where you could go either way because that wall comes out immediately people are fighting for which side of the wall do I have to play for the catalyst barrier if they have a great wall or pretty much secure longer time to make that decision to start the fight on the other side of the wall to make things happen however though the

02:50:16 We talked a little bit about NA scrims before in other regions perhaps. We're not seeing any ramp Newcastle combos here. It's very interesting to see as a lot of people tend to shy away from that here in EMEA. I think it's definitely fun to see different regions have certain favorites, so to say.

02:50:34 And we did mention Pathfinder pick rate definitely ticking up. We've got 8 Pathfinders in the game. We do have 11 Watsons, though, and that is enough to push Watson into the legend that will be banned coming out of this game. It's Crypto and Bangalore right behind at 10 picks each, basically splitting the lobby in half there, with some of them even being on the same team, but Watson is going to be taken out this time around, so you better make good use of her while you still got her.

02:51:01 Most definitely. Zone, however, northwest side of the map. Really like that. A little bit new scenery for the people that are used to seeing the same zones. Now, it's... Oh, dude, the zones today have been amazing. 10 out of 10. Whoever made the zones today, keep making them. That's so much fun to see different zones. As we see now, 07 stuck underneath a bridge here. Getting EMB'd. Nice wall for the counterplay. However, doesn't have Q as he's getting swung by right here. Flower, Miska, making huge plays. Zampe on the opposite side of things with that pinch play. Gets the first down as Natsuki...

02:51:31 Und ich möchte sagen hier, bevor es nichts passiert und es geht, dass Sampe einen Spieler, weil ich eigentlich hatte die Möglichkeit, dass Sampe einen Spieler mit dem und spielen mit dem. Ich denke, Sampe kann sein, dass Sampe eine der neuen Spieler in der Zukunft sein kann, weil wenn ich mit ihm, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr.

02:52:00 und willig zu versuchen, und hat eine große Humilität für ihn. Ich hoffe, dass Legion Gaming besser performt als sie heute haben, aber es gibt keinen besseren Weg zu starten, als ein Team aus dem Rippen.

02:52:12 Ja, ich bin, es ist wie was wir gesagt haben, zwei Games vorhin, wo ein großer Teil von einem Team und einem Spieler ist, über die lang-term Mindset, Willingness zu verbessern, und wie du gesagt, Take Criticism. So, wir können auch ein paar von Legion sehen, weil sie uns schon etwas zu sehen haben, ein Wip-on 07, das war ziemlich clean, ehrlich gesagt, in der vierte Spiel. Und das ist nachdem, dass du schon ein paar Apex Legends hast, so es ist klar, dass wir uns nicht viel zu sehen,

02:52:42 ZEUS-ZEUS-ZEUS-ZEUS-ZEUS

02:53:08 Yep, that was a clean execution on Zeus getting shredded. But now Bongo returns fire with the PK. Two pumps one of them. Hits Temushi for about 60. Hits him with, wait a minute, pump. And Bongo almost, he makes it out there. He's looking to nade and climb as King perhaps is looking to gap close. He was running away, but he's coming back now. Looking to make it a 2v1. But Bongo should be resetting here if he could. Still opting for more damage to make sure King, you gotta clean up for me. I actually measured down to Fe.

02:53:34 Get the banner easily here, get the reset properly, and now they can look to reset, perhaps, before other teams are looking to come in. I mean, you clean up these kills for sure. Remember, there's no altar, no wraith, no ability to get everybody out. So now that Bongo's healed up, now that he's got a little bit of backup, that's two kills that he's managed to get for the team. Two kills for the price of one is great.

02:53:56 Das war phänomenal. Ich bin sicher, er 2-Pumped 1 und 3-Pumped den anderen. Das war großartig. Ich liebe das movement. Ich liebe das PK-Shots. Manche Leute sagen, PK ist gerade sehr stark. Ich denke, vielleicht ist es. Aber ein bisschen ein Splash, ein bisschen freshes into es ist gut, als wir wirklich zurückkehren sind. Und wenn wir ehrlich sind mit uns.

02:54:19 Hasn't the PK always been a little busted? And isn't that what you like about it? You know, sometimes it doesn't hit and that hurts. But when it hits, man oh man, does the PK feel like no other gun in Apex Legends. Really cool to see it put to use there. BaseClan might be putting it to use, but Zane certainly won't be. He's got RE45 ready to rock up on a squad. Another insane weapon right now.

02:54:47 Straight out of Ballistik's personal collection. A little personal collection of the old man himself. I enjoy it indeed, but it is... It was really strong after the Nerf people have been opting to pick up other weapons, actually. We've seen a lot more R9s today than RE45s, I think. We've also seen, you know, a lot of PKs, so those...

02:55:05 So really, I mean, the fact that Zipli and Mafia have been not only willing to take fights, but actually winning them with a Revenant since game number three is a completely different read on the meta.

02:55:33 He still is running the Devotion, dude. I was surprised about the Rem, right? And then we talked about the Devotion. He's still on Devotion. Is he making it work? I think he is. To be honest, there's no way that you can look at, especially game number three, and go, well, the Devotion didn't work. Because Devotion Revenant...

02:55:57 Lowkey save them got them three extra KP and pushed him into a top six maybe top five scenario I'm not remembering the numbers exactly. It was pretty crazy killer whales Looks like they're making it up even further as they finally finish off SPS That's how long this fight took to track down the final member but killer whales when they see you when they want you they will find you

02:56:21 They managed to get all three members of SPS, the offending squad who took down Zeus, now out themselves.

02:56:28 Und Viktor ist noch zu spielen Spitfire. Ich weiß nicht, was wir sehen, aber ich mag es. Spitfire, Devotion, hier ist gut. Wir sehen uns auch die Rebs. Jetzt haben wir eine Kille-Fight von Killer Whales gemacht, weil sie ein Mitglied haben. Bongo hat eine Rückwärts-Fahrer und machte zwei Leute mit fünf PK-Shots. Das war großartig. Sie bekommen die Reset, sie bekommen die Team-Wipe. Und jetzt haben sie eine Seite, wo es nur ein paar Team-Wipen gibt.

02:56:57 und dann sehen wir wie es aus, denn ich glaube vier Teams werden auf der anderen Seite sein sein.

02:57:28 Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so. Ja, ich glaube so.

02:57:56 Ja, ich habe einen Swabbing. Ich habe einen Boss. Ja, ich habe einen Barsch.

02:58:26 Citadel just working on their rotator. And it is worth noting that the Killer Whales flew in directly over them during this time. So Citadel have FUL coming in behind them. And like you heard them mention, they just need to play small for a little while. Because Killer Whales are absolutely the kind of squad that will third party. Just keeping everybody from looking directly at them. Should be enough for now. FUL hoping to take the jump tower.

02:58:52 Ja, ich meine, sie sind nicht so glücklich.

02:59:17 However, playing it slow is exactly the right move. If some teams move early, you'll be able to get that rotate in as you would like it. However, Bongo actually flew back. Is that because they're looking to pick a fight with them, knowing that they're probably on this side alone with them, not knowing that Evos is perhaps holding them out? Or are they just making sure to replenish before they go again, which they are indeed, making sure that, hey, we need to be healthy as we're flying in, because next zone is gonna be...

02:59:43 Weil jetzt die Zone mehr auf den Boardwalken und die Seite des Zones, insbesondere auf den Compounden, auf der anderen Seite des Zones ist nicht mehr, aber ich denke, das ist eine der Zones, wo es eigentlich schwer zu spielen ist, weil die Zones auf die Seite ist verrückt. Es gibt nicht so viele Läge als in den anderen Seiten des Zones. Jetzt die Citadel haben ein bisschen mehr Platz zu arbeiten. Sie haben sich dann alleine.

03:00:06 Das wird, ehrlich gesagt, gut für sie, weil sie das Spielplan war, nur kurz vorhin war, bis sie geboten sind, bis sie geboten sind. F.U.L. wird von ihnen geboten. Und Alliance, im Moment.

03:00:21 Far north of the zone, no neighbors to speak of. Very much unlike Evos, who have neighbors, I'd say a little too close, a little too in their personal space. They go down and it's Legion, they get the kills. Legion got a good start from like we talked about at the beginning. They had a few rough games in the start, but now they're starting to wake up. Did they wake up in time or not? Yeah, I don't know, but...

03:00:43 This is great nonetheless, as they have a slot in the next zone, a spot in the next zone, looking to keep up the team that was on this bridge that might potentially be playing underneath them. They should be executing a fight right here. However, they need also to be ready that they could potentially get thirded through the choke. But if you're committing, you've got to commit fast, because the longer the fight takes, the higher probability of you getting thirded is. But they're right now looking down on the team.

03:01:05 Ja, das ist die best-case-scenario. Lesion haben schon genug Presence auf der Brücke, dass sie jetzt auf die Brücke getrennt werden. Und Empire, vielleicht ein Team, das ist auf dem anderen Seite, aber es ist auf der anderen Seite. Caught zwischen ZipLine Mafia und U-Aim. Empire stabilisiert in der building. ZipLine Mafia still looking for the kills. Und U-Aim, getting aggressive, as well. Da ist die Revenant. So, you know, that's ZipLine Mafia. Und eine knock onto Empire in der building. Das ist nach dem Reset. U-Aim.

03:01:32 Just continuing the oppression with the G7 Scout Peacekeeper, even expending a nade. So you know U-Aim really want these kills. It's not just about keeping the teams down, it's about escorting them safely from the lobby. This run-up though is huge as U-Aim get pushed by Killer Whales from the back end. U-Aim looked to third that fight as Empire Gaming got downed, I believe third time at the bottom floor of the map almost. And now...

03:01:57 Killer Whales kommt von vorhin, von der Evac-Play zu machen. Und jetzt sind sie hier, um die Frey zu kommen. Sie sind jetzt hier, um die Frey zu kommen. Sie sind jetzt hier, um die Kills zu bekommen. Und dann, von der Stelle, auf die Seite, kommt in die PINCH. Killer Whales, wird sie auf die Kilo oder nicht? Wir sehen uns King Victor auf den Rumpf mit dem Spitz-Fire. Kann man es nicht tun, als Sanya returns Fire mit dem Re45?

03:02:19 Ich denke, ich werde einen Knopf bekommen, aber Sanya hat eine gute Arbeit gezeigt, um zu zeigen, um ein bisschen Height zu zeigen, um ein bisschen Height für die resten der Team zu sehen. Uaim, es geht zurück nach dem Lowen Ground wieder. Es gibt noch ein klarer Weg für die Team, aber die Zip-Line ist bereit.

03:02:35 We saw the opening down from King Victor with that Spitfire actually overextended right there when he could have just went for that thirst potentially if not let that happen

03:03:02 Und jetzt haben sie einen der Spieler verloren. Und Citadel Gaming, auch, nimmt aus Roadhouse, in dieser Gebilde, bekommt die Reset, als die Zone ist, aber sie sind eigentlich komplett safe. Also, sie sind einfach hier gehalten, die voll Reset sind nicht gehalten. Huge fighten sind allgemein auf der Mappers-Allianz, in der Kielfeet, jetzt in der Kielfeet, und wir sehen zwei Flight-Joinien, auch.

03:03:25 It is crazy to see how Citadel have recovered their gameplay and now so much cleaner when other teams like Empire are having such a difficult time. Legion get taken down and it's Take Flight interestingly having picked up the Gibraltar for this game that move themselves into the top 10 squads. A reminder that as all this is happening towards the south end of the zone as we are getting so many teams running into each other and expiring so quickly that it's Alliance on the north end of the zone.

03:03:50 Das haben keine Nachbarn. Das haben wir für den Spiel zu kommen. Und das ist nach dem letzten Mal gewinnen.

03:04:05 Ich hoffe, dass sie auf jeden Fall spielen können.

03:04:29 Aniki geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um, es geht um.

03:04:37 The trade did get me nervous, but Endorse was just a two-person squad, so it was a nice trade. Citadel, however, starting to move up once again onto the Killer Whales. This time playing around the Newcastle Shield. Zubini's gonna go down, and it's just Zeus Lex. Peacekeeper Pump not gonna connect this time. Through the knockdown shield, Kaisha whiffs one more time, but secures the kill in the end. Too close for comfort. The Killer Whales do go down, but now a push onto Citadel Gaming. The fight is taking too long and take flight. Wanna escort them from the lobby. Kaisha gonna be chased down.

03:05:07 Das kann nicht einfach sein, um diese Zip-Line zu folgen. Und wir sehen, dass ein bisschen mehr Zeit mehr dauert. Kaisha lives für einen Sekunden mehr, bevor die Siddettel-Gavin geht.

Spannungsgeladene Kämpfe und strategische Wendungen im späteren Spielverlauf

03:05:16

03:05:16 Huge 3P da von Flight. After closing out that fight right, they're getting the reset. Immediately 3P is the fighter here. Even though it's just 1 KP, that's one team taken out of the equation. To making that rotate a lot easier. As they're playing on the far east side of the map right now. Near the rim of that high ground. And now we see Patch and SGP2 in the same building. FazeClan and CyberCast as well moving in from the same side. As Flight fighting Alliance right now for that northeast that gets it down. But I don't believe they're gonna fully send it. They're just making sure that hey, this is our space. Please don't leave.

03:05:45 Look at us as the lines is resetting.

03:05:47 The early 2v3 really inspired Take Flight with a lot of confidence. You've seen them push multiple squads now at just the right times, but it just takes one fight that doesn't go their way to really put this spot in a difficult position, especially given how low ground they are. Alliance know that this is a squad that can be annoying in the endgame, but they also can't overextend to finish this, and that is the weakness of Alliance's spot right now, and as much as it gave them safety during the midgame, it now lacks the ability to really make plays.

03:06:16 If you look at the zone in the top left corner on the screen as well, you saw that one of the buildings corner was actually in the next zone, which is terrifying nonetheless. But above Flight is a small little, what should I say, open closet, small little hub, little portion, small selection of walls right there. Not really super safety play because you can get shot out even if you manage to place walls and gens, you can still get shot out from other side. However, Flight looking really promising to make plays, but...

03:06:42 Aber niemand wird wirklich mit der Allianz gehen, als die Zonen schluss in und schlossen. Unless die EMP'ed und sofort verletzten, sie werden in einem 3x3 hier kämpfen. Und jetzt wird der Allianz gehen, als die Allianz steckt auf dem, mit der Queue der Newcastle, um zu den Bubble zu gehen.

03:07:05 Jigglepeekers in the game, and Unlucky knows exactly what to do in that situation. Take Flight, get pushed out of the low ground. It is just Luxor hiding underneath the... I'm gonna go with the word Gazebo for this one, but oh my god, we're sending a Lion's. That's one down. Unlucky's gonna fall immediately after, and this is an animal's play from Shex. Passion gonna go down. Denze sends it to finish the fight, but in fact, seemingly invincible, and all these knockdown shields lands another pump before going down. SJP2 making a quick recovery.

03:07:35 After an insane play on the low ground, Cybercats fight for the Gazebo, and it's Zayn!

03:07:40 Ich hoffe, dass sie einen E-Macken haben.

03:08:09 ...we're going to be a tough time here as SCP-2 cleans up FaZe on top. As they were only down to two people, I believe, as they try to reset right there. Flight, still alive, down to one last member right there. Trying to make as many points as he can through placement, potentially. As Ranches runs in with the zone on pretty much one tick of the zone. FaZe Clan gets eliminated. Katz also now eliminated. And Flight ratted to top to the...

03:08:36 I mean, well played from Flight, but SJP2, with the unhinged send onto Alliance, secured this game way before the last zone started closing. That was an incredibly timed and very risky send to take onto the lowground with multiple other squads in the area, but it's that kind of risk.

03:09:03 that other squads weren't willing to take that ultimately got SJP2 the victory. Was it SJP2 that sent them down into the pit first? I thought it could have been some other team perhaps. But regardless, definitely, whichever team sent it down on the lines right there, because they heard the gunshots from the fight on flight earlier, right? They just...

03:09:22 Sente it, hoping for the absolute best. The huge collapse happened from several teams there. I'm not sure if you saw from Alliance as well that Newcastle wall. I was a little bit worried about that as they actually went to play on the deep end. I think if they went back a little bit earlier to where they played on the corner previously, they could have made it out alive. However, fighting off that many people, even Effek, hitting every shot can't make it out alive. However, looking at these stats, what do you think?

03:09:47 I mean, there's only so much you can do when there are teams like Tape Flight and SJP2 that are willing to send you like this. I think Tape Flight's initiative during this game was incredible. Ended up getting them six kills and really the damage out of these two squads.

03:10:01 Ja, definitiv.

03:10:28 Das ist ein guter Start.

03:10:52 Yeah, this was a stellar game out of SJP 2. I really liked the way that we saw Alliance navigate the mid-game, and it's even better to see squads being able to clap back at that in the later stages of the game as we approach that last zone. And as we approach the last game, Graceful, we've got one more. So we are going to go to a quick break, and we'll be right back with the last game of EMEA ALGS.

03:11:36 Ich denke, ich bin ein Last Man Standing. Ich bin ein Last Man Standing. Ich bin ein Last Man Standing. Was?

Strategische Spielweise und die Bedeutung von proaktiven Entscheidungen

03:13:53

03:13:53 We are remixing songs by Betty Hutton. I knew I knew that song from somewhere and I googled it and was like, wow, this song is ages old. Sorry. For those of you who are watching the trailer, if you just come back after the break and you have no idea what I'm talking about, don't worry about it. We're about to get in to game six of the first day in split two of the EMEA ALGS. Let's take a look at the final circle from last game where we had a pretty crazy win. SJP2 playing this quite well, Chris.

03:14:22 Ja, definitiv. Die crazye Sache war das, bevor das Spiel hier ist, dass sie das Heide haben. Und jetzt haben sie das Heide gewonnen. Jetzt haben sie 60% von der Zone gewonnen. Und sie sind nicht wirklich contestant. Die nur Leute aus dem Zone kommen sind Katz und sie sind auf 1 HP. Und dann kommt es um das Solo von Flight.

03:14:44 Ich glaube, dass wir sie zu diesem Punkt haben, ist das, was wir mussten sehen. Sie kämpfen für den Compound. Sie kämpfen für Heidt und Klingeln auf die Pit. Das sind die Proactiven, die wir brauchen, aus diesen Teams zu sehen, weil das wird sie auf die Top 5 machen. Und ich denke, dass niemand mit Top 5 ist. Aber es ist nicht über Yenti. Wir haben noch einen mehr Spiel zu gehen. Aber das ist von der Top-Band. Wenn wir auf die Top-Band schauen, würde ich sagen, bei 20 Punkten...

03:15:13 It's make or break it. You need to throw a haymaker at this point because there's no longer the warm-up phase. It's literally do or die right now. For this day, of course. Not the whole season. And it's weird how that comes together, right? Because yes, it's do or die for today. And that seems like, oh, we can compartmentalize that. But it's really going to matter when it comes to your points overall. And your points overall are going to contribute to your champs standings. And your champs and your overall...

03:15:39 Regional standings at the end of the split are going to contribute to the champs points you get out of this split. So while it is compartmentalized into this day, every game really counts because even jumping from 10th or 11th to 4th or 5th is going to make a massive difference when you're compared to other squads at the end of the double round robin. I mean, that's the thing we say as well about the path to those cheeky lands, right? It's the fact that you don't want to have to

03:16:08 make it on the last last game like in here you don't want to make it to the last game to make it into top 10 the same way you don't want to have to the only way to call you don't want it to be last chance qualifier like that's the most pressured you can be because

03:16:21 A lot of these times, you kind of take it at a step. You don't really look at, like when you're in Challenger, you don't look at, hey, I want to win a LAN. You go, how do I make it to the next level? And the next level from Pro League would be making it to LAN. So now you don't want to have it to be, we got to win Challenge, like last chance qualifier, because that's a lot of pressure, because everybody's hungry at that point. So you want to really make each day count. And even though, like we said, like making it into each day very seriously, for sure, you have a little bit of leeway to have.

03:16:49 ein oder zwei baden Tage, aber nachdem du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast, du hast.

03:16:55 Yeah, and there are teams that should be expecting to do better on eDistrict, that can push themselves up in the leaderboards a little bit. CyberCat's actually really notable, is they had a really good day up until now, and were one of our few teams to prioritize eDistrict. Teams like Alliance also prioritized eDistrict, and then we had teams like Take Flight and Nob. Those teams, all of them, were the only ones.

03:17:25 Ich glaube, das ist auch eine Sache.

03:17:53 Ich glaube, es ist das, was ich glaube, es ist das, was ich glaube...

03:18:06 Obviamente, ich denke, dass all diese Teams alle spielen. Sie alle haben eine Strategie-Game-Plan, aber sind sie gegründet worden? Oder warum sind wir Allianz in den ersten paar Spielern? Ich denke, dass es ein Problem ist, wie die Lobby spielt, als wie die Game-Games spielt. Weil alle diese Leute wissen, wie sie spielen, wie sie machen, wie sie machen, wie sie machen, wie sie machen, wie sie machen, wie sie machen, wie sie machen, wie sie machen.

03:18:36 Es ist sehr interessant, wie wir auch sehen, dass die Teams auch die anderen mapen sind. Das ist immer schön zu sehen.

03:18:57 That is one of the fascinating things about changing maps in the middle as well. So as we now get into our sixth match where teams have had so many opportunities to run up against each other and you've had the most time that you'll have on E-District to learn about what other squads are going to do, let's put that all to the test in the final game of the day here in EMEA. SJP2, we're going to be on board with them as they rightfully were our winners of last game and see how they start playing as landing in Energy Bank, they have got one of the most central positions

03:19:27 Plenty of loot to work with, but the unfortunate caveat that a lot of other teams could rotate through their POI quite early.

03:19:37 I think they're ready with their guns blazing. I'm not gonna lie. If they can see the zone here as well, they're actually opting to get more info right about now. Once they see it, they're gonna see that they actually have a prio towards the next zone, which is really nice for them that are comfortable in playing those tight spots early. And even with the rotate as well of the Pathfinder, it's always a nice thing to have. But the new castle setting that up for them is also great. Zone is pulling north. No, I would say...

03:20:03 Es ist eine kleine Nrw, aber nicht die gleiche als Boardwalk, ein bisschen mehr nach dem Nrw. Aber City Hall, der Nrw, wahrscheinlich an der Bridge, in der Water-Area, wie wir sehen, oftmals in den Southeastern Resort. Wir werden sehen, ob das Zone kommt wieder. However, die Teams sind bereits in die Zeit. Take Flight, jetzt. Walking in sehr early, compared mit den anderen Spielern, wo sie eigentlich auf den Cusp fiel, auf den Edge, initially. Hmm.

03:20:28 Massive uptick, by the way, in Catalyst presence. I'm sure a lot of you are noticing right now. Watson was banned going into this game, so totally makes sense that we're seeing...

03:20:40 A lot more of the Catalyst presence. Rampart for Lesion is particularly fascinating, but we're not going to get to touch on that until later in the game, because right now Citadel are making sure to spice up the early game. Picking up Ekium real quick, and actually Remix, ulting forward to try and finish off this fight. Zero-nothing in Shex, running for the hills, but against a Newcastle that is this aggressive, you've got to be pretty worried.

03:21:06 Ich will nicht sagen, ich wollte Nukasuo's Squat set-up, weil er so weit ist, dass er so weit ist. Und da, da, wir sahen die Potenzial der Re45. Er hat einfach ausgesprochen, das war toll. Aber wie wir gesagt haben, R9 hat heute den meisten gespielt, glaube ich. Und Re45 ist noch nicht da, aber nicht da für alle Spieler, als die Leute sind opting für den R9 in PK. Interessant, so zu sagen. Vielleicht ist der Nürnberg...

03:21:34 Do you think the nerf was good enough? Or do you think the weapon is still a bit too strong? What is your opinion? I think it's still a bit too strong to be considered perfectly balanced. But, you know, I think that it certainly helps tune things down a little bit and has made the Peacekeeper a lot more competitive. I used to see one or two Peacekeepers in a scrim lobby. Now I'm seeing a whole lot more. And I do really like watching that weapon be...

03:22:02 Ich sehe, dass Sanya vielleicht nicht die Chance hat, als er war, aber er hat einen guten Schatz von Miosen. Aber U-Aim sollte sein können, weil sie in der Mitte der Energiebank sind, und es ist noch schnell genug in der Spiel, dass es nicht so viele Teams geht durch die Mitte, und man sollte ein Res-Off werden.

03:22:24 Ich denke, sie sind glücklich mit dem Racer, wenn sie das gut ausprobieren können. Also, die Kryptos haben wir gesehen, nicht so viele. Aber ich denke, die Teams, die in Kryptos haben, haben... Ich sage nicht, dass sie viel Erfolg haben. Aber die EMP-Files haben, in meiner Meinung nach, sind ziemlich clean. Die EMP-Files haben ziemlich clean in terms of Teams.

03:22:48 Ich bin froh, dass es mehr Kryptoblipen gibt. Es ist immer gut zu sehen, dass die 3-2-3, die EMP-ein, die ganze Setup und die Ape-ing. Als wir sagen, Ziblatt Mafia hat die EMP und versucht, die Fyde zu gewinnen, aber es nimmt die 4-0-0-1-HP und jetzt sind sie zu clean.

03:23:07 So speaking of aping, Zipline Mafia guaranteed to do that. That is the execution of Passion. And notice that that's 3kp picked up by Zipline Mafia. So Passion got the reset. Shex got them all the way to the edge of the map. Back into the game.

03:23:23 Ja, definitiv. Ich denke, es wird immer wieder eine Zeit, wo man sich zusammenfasst.

03:23:44 Ich glaube, es ist ein guter Start zu warm-up. Wie gesagt, wir haben ein paar Tage zu machen. Aber wenn du das 3-Jährige hast, nicht zu haben, dann muss man etwas passieren.

Strategische Entscheidungen und Teamdynamiken im späteren Spielverlauf

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03:24:11 We'll see the stakes ramp up for a lot of our squads throughout the matchdays and throughout the matches in this one for Empire. Stakes are...

03:24:23 Ich will nicht sagen, dass es sehr hoch ist, wie du gesagt hast. Aber Empire are a squad in the conversation for being able to move themselves up pretty significantly through the leaderboard. They're currently sitting in 9th right now, and so a good game to push them up to top 4, top 5 is pretty easily doable, as long as they play their cards right and really prioritize safety over anything else.

03:24:47 Ja, definitiv. Es ist auch ein Team, die wir gesehen haben, die so viele Fortschritte haben, aber nicht so viel Erfolg haben. Ich glaube, es ist ein starkes Team für die Fortschritte. Aber sie haben nicht so viele Fortschritte gemacht. Auf der anderen Seite, die 07 sind jetzt auf 12 auf 25. Also ein Team, die wir nicht erwartet haben.

03:25:10 We expected them to not have as many KP and more play accordingly with placement points, and they're pretty much there. However, one of the benefits of playing placement a lot is that once you get that one good game zone pull, you're in a great spot to make it happen to get that one big game where everything just clicks for you. If you can get into those endgame spots four out of six games, or maybe three out of six games, it's bound to happen that one of those good godspot games, like...

03:25:38 Es passiert und du kriegst viel KPs. So far es noch nicht passiert, aber Top 12 auf der Leaderboard ist nicht schlecht. Das kann wirklich gut sein für dich. Ich sehe ein Team wie Endorse machen ihren Weg auch. Sie sind einfach über SJP 2. Ich möchte sehen...

03:26:02 ... ... ... ... ...

03:26:27 Ja, ich denke, sie sind in ein guter Platz, aber Empire ist nicht in ein guter Platz, als Lippen ist, um zu verabschieden. Super low in HP, als Arktik ist auch eine der Themen, die wir über das gesprochen haben.

03:26:38 Takes a lot of fight. Hasn't made too many things happen so far. 15 points overall. Are playing for their dear lives. Because they do not want to go out on 17th on the leaderboard. Potentially lower if they die out now. If other teams below them move up. They want to make sure that they get at least a couple of points. Potentially move up to the top 10 to even it out. Because you need to have better days. Like you said. It all leads to the end of this whole series. Where if you don't get it.

03:27:03 then you might have to look at Last Chance Qualifier, and we don't want that at all. Exactly. What I'd really like is for Empire to stay where they are, because their econ has been suffering. They haven't really found good rotations yet, but if you can wait for the loot bin reset and just...

03:27:19 Make yourself that much more comfortable. Get a little bit better loot, and importantly, grab shield batteries, cells, any meds that you might need to make your future rotation. Your game can get a lot easier. So a big part of the game right now is going to be knowing when to chill, knowing when to hold on to a spot that actually gets you some good loot, some more power later on. SJP2, not exactly in that spot, because they've got a few other teams in the area, but still around the edge of the zone. If they can deal with Endorse, who are currently dealing with them,

03:27:48 Ich denke, wenn sie mit der Krossen sind, dann wird sie besser sein. Ich denke, wenn sie mit der Krossen sind, muss sie ganz gut sein werden. Es ist ein großer Hedgehofer von Dense. Die 1.35 ist wirklich hart. Es ist genug zu sagen, dass sie sich nicht aufhören. Sie sind auch, wie wir gesagt haben, die N.A., die Kassel-Rampen sind. Wenn du das set hast, und du hast einen Schlotter, wo du kannst, ist es in ein guter Platz. Aber Quirny wird, wie wir wissen.

03:28:17 Peter's Reign Supreme and Hemlock as well. They are opting to get this reset by Kyler. Also goes down to zone damage. It comes down to Densi and Quirny right here getting the reset if they can. But it's gonna be hard as they're trying to do everything they can. Grapple, Zipline, getting a battle, getting fragged. There's only so much you can do before the time runs out. Nade by Feudal was pretty brutal. And if I'm honest, I'm seeing Endors push in on this to finish off the kills. We are...

03:28:44 Ich werde ein Reset benutzen, und ich benutze das mit einem großen Asterisk auf. Ich bin sicher, dass ich die Cringe in meinem Gehirn hören kann, weil SJP2 technisch re-Spawn hier ist gar nicht so, dass sie es in die Endzone wird, oder dass sie sogar in der nächsten Minute und 30 Sekunden sind. Und Doris extended in die Zone, um sie zu Ende zu Ende zu enden, aber als SJP2 erzeugt von der anderen Seite dieser Ring, wo sie zu re-Spawn haben...

03:29:10 They're heading right into SPS. Yep, and SPS is holding both ways. So honestly, this could work in a great timing for either teams. If Endorse shows up first, SPS might rotate to hold them out, leading to SGP2 coming in late. However, if SGP2 show up first, then Endorse might be able to rotate it. As I say that right now, SPS flew past into a spot, actually. Super good spot, potentially, here underneath Cybercats, looking to...

03:29:37 Make sure they stabilize for the moment with their double defensive characters. And it seems like that is the case. As right now we're seeing the Killfin as well. Empire is going down to Evos. I was wondering how they were locking the door. And then I remembered that Rampart could just do that. F.U.L. in a fight right now with BMZ already down. One of the lifelines we've seen today. Kuro does just have to stay alive a little bit longer. But Hoodie pops the bat, turns around and one-shots him.

03:30:04 Very nice turnaround from him, leaving Myosin to head for the hills. Lifeline rez on Evos means that MG Clutch is back in the game, and Evos have effectively won this fight, if I'm honest. No easy rez on the other side, especially the Lifeline 1v1, really turning things around for them.

03:30:24 Es hat eine viel bessere Spiel für Evos gemacht. MgClutch wird Priority auf dieses Ring, aber Evos wird sich auf die Seite mit Empire Gaming drehen. F.U.L. auf der anderen Seite. Beset auf beide Seiten von Squad. Es ist nicht möglich, dass Evos wird von hier auf Skate getrennt.

03:30:40 They definitely need it, though, because they're only on a few points right now. However, I'm happy to see that ref in play getting that big leap to see if they can potentially make something happen. Another big leap. Oh my god, see somebody in front of him. Off to wait for his team to make a play. They see Lippin right here, Empire. Last chance remaining, I believe. Trying to make it work for him. As he gets one mag, Hoodie goes down. However, they take him out and they get the reset, because that's how you do it. Even if one of your teammates go out, as long as you put some damage, his teammates should be able to clean that up.

03:31:10 Not only do they take out Liffin, they get bottomless batteries off of his box. So a really nice boost in survivability, assuming that you're able to meet, of course, the minimum requirement. Two batteries. But as long as Evos have that, their econ just got a lot better. Newcastle Wall being harassed a little bit. This isn't the worst thing for Endorse, as Newcastle is one of the more survivable legends, especially against a barrage of maids. But in the south end of the zone, where we've got Take a Flight, having their...

03:31:40 It's also rough, because Take Fight is nowhere near in the zone right now. They're gonna have to opt for a place outside, potentially, but the zone is ending, like we said before, more towards the water side of things around the bridge, a little bit...

03:32:07 Nordwest of it actually, where CyberCats and SCP-2 is lurking in playable areas right now. They have some space potentially to fight for something, as 07 is doing their best to hold out their spot because they are actually in the zone. SEQ, I believe, is looking to do something right there. I'm just impressed that 07 actually got Kashira back into the game. It looked pretty doomed for them when they were playing through the north side of the zone earlier, but they've got enough batteries.

03:32:34 They've got some good meds outside of that. They've got a great spot, and as I say that, they just get two-tapped. Boushey takes out Natsuki, and all of a sudden, we've got a big numbers advantage for Onik. Peacekeeper, Ashila, though, could turn this around. It's two by Ashila, and Onik get melted. Oh, seven. The Rampart.

03:32:52 Newcastle turn it around in a huge way for them. Nasty gets instantly downed. However, return fire from the Ramport walls right there and the Sheila makes huge space for 07 as Endors gets eliminated with the zone closing in right now. Citadel Gaming Remix right now jumping for his life. Those squads are helping. However, he's down to his last member. The other people were on their knees crawling in right now. Zipline Mafia getting engaged on by Alliance right now as Harkis is jumping at them. However, they're also getting shot from the side. Harkis doesn't get punished.

Entscheidende Momente und taktische Wendungen im finalen Showdown

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03:33:22 Aber sie haben einen Spot auf der Brücke, das ist prime Real Estate, und sie sind froh, dass das. Aber sie müssen auch ein Kampf in etwa eine Minute und eine Halte. Und wir haben über die Kampf auf der South Side gesprochen. ZipLine, Mafia, und Evos haben geblieben. Das bleibt Roadhouse und Legion, U-Aim und Alliance. Ich sage Roadhouse, sie sind jetzt weg. Aber es ist alles außerhalb der Zone. Alliance, definitiv das große Name zu halten.

03:33:49 Sie können von 4. bis 1. mit einem guten Spiel. Die Allianz haben bereits gut gemacht. In fact, sie haben alle zurückgegangen. Aber es ist das High Ground, das muss man auch beherrschen.

03:34:02 Es wird schwer sein. Wir sehen uns die Kielfeil ein wenig zu sehen. Wir sehen uns die Legion Gaming zu sehen. Wir haben ein paar Kielfeil gemacht. Wir haben ein paar Kielfeil gemacht. Faze-Clan machte ein Reset. Max ist jetzt mit dem Bedeutung. Wir haben ihn aus dem Bedeutung. Wir haben ihn aus dem Bedeutung. Wir haben ihn aus dem Bedeutung. Wir haben ihn aus dem Bedeutung. Wir haben ihn aus dem Bedeutung. Wir haben ihn aus dem Bedeutung.

03:34:30 Ja, ich glaube, wie die Allianz spielen. Geht die Angle, dann senden Unlucky direkt zur anderen Seite. Wir haben schon gesagt, aber die Angle ist der Weg zu Ende. Und jetzt ist das Wichtigste, Allianz zu kämpfen. FaZe Clan geht runter, geht's Meltem. Nice, Old by Unlucky. Keeps ihn alive. Shield Swap, als auch. Und Allianz stays in things. Even pulling off the Rez, aber die Zone starten zu close in. Und das könnte der Ende des Allianz sein. Zaadi, schaut's für die Kills. Doesn't get a Redock on Hackers. Wall, zu defend. Allianz kommt in von Effekt.

03:35:00 Allianz should have been able to disengage, we get sniped by Cybercats! Krabbered by Ranches, I believe, or that Sentinel even. We'll have to see right there as Alliance is now on the recoup after downing two members right there. Sogsees right now are surviving in that pit on the opposite side of that small palm tree. Hakkis, all of them are up now. They're all recouping as Ranches is staring above them.

03:35:23 Kyler lighting up the kill fit with the Peter as well as now. They're still, Elias is still not safe in the zone. They still need to move in quite a little bit. However, team behind them on the bridge as well. I believe it's shooting at them from the back as Miskam takes out Hakis. Wrench is the big difference maker here. Can basically pick off any team he likes with the right angle and he's going for it again, just like in game one.

03:35:47 Ranches takes the game into his hands. Looks aggressively for the Plazen. Good lord, that's a lot of damage to be coming out of the Bangalore ult. Kraber not even in hand. RE45, better at the medium distance, he says. Six squads left, and Cybercats don't want to get overly aggressive.

03:36:07 Ich meine, es ist, es ist phänomenal, wie er ist, wie er ist, wie er ist, wie er ist, wie er ist, wie er ist, wie er ist, wie er ist, wie er ist, wie er ist, wie er ist, wie er ist, wie er ist.

03:36:37 Ich meine, Fakt ist so viel, dass sein Team ist so gut, dass es ein Reset ist und nicht so gut werden. Ich meine, auch Ranches, die wir complimenten haben, haben keine Zeit, um einen Angle zu bekommen.

03:37:01 Es wird relooted und bereit sein, dass sie in den E-Games fighten werden. Das ist nicht so, dass Ranches nichts zu sagen. 150 zu dem Dome und erneut sich sofort auf. Cyberkatz spielt jetzt mit SJP2 neben dem. Cyberkatz kann nicht afforden zu verlieren. A Kraberkollad in den Körner würde das crazy sein, aber Ranches ist nicht für es jetzt. Instead, dass die Allianz auf dem Lowground sind noch ein Team, das könnte die Victory threatenen.

03:37:28 Nice shots, though, with the RA-45. Before, right there, they got Hakkazal with the Kraber shot, but now they're in a stalemate almost here with that wall coming up as Alliance is looking to poke their heads out and say, hey, you guys shot at us. We're going to shoot back at you guys. However, while they were doing that, they got surrounded by 07 as Natsuki takes out two members of Alliance. It takes all of them out now. CyberCats as well helps that out as two teams are playing for top and one team is playing for bottom. Looking in a great spot right now. CyberCats are doing so well, just pressuring.

03:37:58 S.J.Pichu ist in der Mitte, aber 07 hat die Schlage-Aliance bereits. Kann sie kommen und nehmen diese Verkauf von Cybercats? S.S.11 almost überlebt, aber jetzt S.J.Pichu ist auf die Lowgrounds, neben dem 07 zu 07. Das ist die perfekte Sandwich für Cybercats. 07 spielt in der Mitte. Will sie in der Mitte? Das ist die große Frage. Was soll sie in der Zone machen? Das ist die Frage. Was soll sie in der Zone machen? Kearney wird in der Mitte. Es ist Cybercats! Das sind die S.J.Pichu!

03:38:27 Ich habe gesagt, sie waren in einem tollen Spot, nach dem Allianz.

03:38:40 Ich bin so glücklich.

03:39:06 That is a good heart rate to have at the end of Game 6. Glitter, watching 07 close out that game. I mean, I was looking at this through the Cybercats perspective and going, we win, we win, we win, we're doing well. Yes!

03:39:29 We kind of felt the same way when we saw their positioning in Match 2 after they had just come off of the win. They looked like they were potentially in another spot to do a back-to-back win and essentially just kind of got outplayed by, in that game, Citadel. This time around it was 07. 07 just had a better spot. Once they cleared out Alliance on that low ground, I feel like everybody forgot.

03:39:52 That 07 was down there. And then it just became a fight of everybody else that was on the slightly higher ground. And 07 was like, well, we can just wait and pop up right in the last final moments and clean up to close out the series with a win. I mean, that was a huge showing from 07 when I think a lot of people had their eyes on them to see how they were going to start off the split. I'm very pleased with what they were able to do there. I think that that was a...

03:40:21 Das war's für Cybercats. Das war's für Cybercats. Das war's für Cybercats.

03:40:49 Even if they didn't get the win here, I'm thinking Cybercats, who were already in top four with a 16-point game, have a pretty good argument for first. I see. I see, Dee. I see what you were thinking about there. You were doing math ahead of the math already.

03:41:06 7 mit den 19 points. Wir werden sie in eine solid spot haben, aber Sie sind correct. 2 Punkte! 2 Punkte! Über Citadel Gaming put CyberCats, nach der finalen Performance, auf der Topf der Serie. Das ist die erste Woche. Das ist also unser Overall Result für die ganze Zeit so far. Wir haben nur einen Tag unter der Belzeuge. Das war Massive von CyberCats. Der Konsistente, once again, ist das was sie am Topf.

03:41:32 I mean, you really see it as well with the points being divided the way they are. 19 kills might not be that much for people. 43 placement points. That's exactly kind of what I'm saying as well. If you can consistently put yourself into these endgames, you either get placement points, which puts you up the leaderboard regardless, and you get those games where they closed it out and now even got second as well. It just starts wrapping up real quick and they take it all home. I'm more than happy to see that because I would like to say that that type of center zone,

03:42:01 A game player in style, the way you would like to play the game, is the most orthodox way, and it's nice to see it rather than, you know, we've had shifts of super hyper aggro and zone play, and now zone plays kind of a little bit more back, especially with the way control characters and other stuff is buff. Nice to see. Yeah, I think that was definitely a great kickoff day for EMEA, for Split 2, because it definitely...

03:42:29 Ich denke so. Und ihr wisst, ich habe das für meine finalen thoughts, aber ich werde sagen es jetzt.

03:42:55 Okay. I'm gonna admit my mistake. After game two, I saw CyberCats and I went, you know, you won game one, that was good. You almost won game two with only two kill points, but you're gonna need to do a little bit more here if you want an argument for top spot. I specifically said that they probably weren't going to win based on just playing for placement. And I was wrong. They played for a lot of placement. Their kills never really got up there, but they're in first place. And congratulations to them. That's my takeaway.

03:43:24 I love that takeaway, because on the flip side, we'll give a little bit of love to Citadel Gaming as well. Definitely a more even split, but even more heavily weighted towards the KP side of things for their overall points. They had 37 kills in comparison to CyberCats 19 and were only behind CyberCats by two points. So they...

03:43:48 Did a very good job of coming out the gate strong and showing what aggression they can bring to the table here graceful and while those placement points points in the consistency of being the top is important. You also need to showcase the ability to slay out when you need to 100% I think that people also have to realize that

03:44:08 No matter how good positioning you have, if you fall short of every single 3-for-3, you're not going to rack up that many points, which is why it's even more impressive that teams that have 30-plus kills, 25-plus kills, just goes to show that they're winning consistently against these. Even some teams might consider juggernauts. Many teams took out Alliance. People probably didn't expect that. Teams took out more veterans like 07 and other teams as well. Like Evos, the people that know them for their roller mechanics as well, is that

03:44:37 You're fighting against people that are really strong, and if you can consistently come out on top, that's a great spot. Because macro is something you can always work on. You can just VOD review a ton, but when it comes to actual game fighting setup, like we're fighting this way, you're frontliner, I'm anchoring, you need to take pressure, I need to help you apply it. That's the more harder part that you just need to grind it out, man. That doesn't come that fast. You gotta mesh with your teammate and so much more.

03:45:03 Absolutely. Absolutely. And you know, if we're given a little bit of love to Citadel Gaming, I think that means it's probably a good time to check in with our Sony Endzone Kill Leader Race because our Kill Leader for the day is Zuni. After an insane performance from the trio, it is Zuni who is at the top of the leaderboard. I mean, this is impressive for the team, Dia. Once again, showcasing just how strong of a day they had.

03:45:29 Und eine sehr große Rolle, was was das Team Make-Up. Der Fakt, dass jeder Stück ist so, ich will sagen, stylistically meant zu unterstützen. Wir haben Kaisa gesprochen, die Anker für die Team und Zuny, die die Anführung des Spiels zu öffnen. Wir sehen, dass es für Citadel Gaming ist, und ich denke, dass sie sich auf die Weise organisiert haben, wie sie sich auf die Team verabschiedet haben, und wie sie wollen die Teamfights durch die Split, und wie sie das in diesen Spiel machen können.

03:45:56 Ja, ich bin sehr froh, zu sehen, dass er nicht nur die Kill-Leader ist, dass er seine Mechanik auszunehmen ist, aber ich bin mehr empfohlen mit dem kleinen footage, dass er hier ist, dass er hier ist.

03:46:20 In-game decision-making. I can't go this side. I'm going to opt for KP. He gets more KP, gets better placement. All of this consistently making the right decisions. It's the best thing you can hope for. You just got to keep running it out and he'll make a phenomenal player. Already is one and could be potentially even better. All right. Well, we've gotten an opportunity to highlight our...

03:46:41 Kill Leader with our Sony Endzone Kill Leader Race Lau. Now let's highlight our team that won, okay? We talked about them a bunch. CyberCats by two points are your winner for today, which means we have Ilanzi ready to hang out with us and chat for our post-series interview. Ilanzi, welcome. Congrats. Hello, guys. Thank you. Thank you.

Analyse der Meta-Veränderungen und Teamstrategien nach dem Spiel

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03:47:03 All right, talk to me a little bit about today, because we mentioned at the top of show just how many changes Season 26 has brought to the meta now. What was it like in ALGS with all of those new changes having been implemented? Honestly, nothing really changed. The only thing that actually depends on our gameplay is the new Evo Harvester systems and the amps. That's it.

03:47:30 Nothing else changes. You just win fights, you get the spot, you control the spots, you try to do your best. That's it. You guys performed incredibly well today. My question to you is actually a question I had at the start when I was just preparing for what would happen in our first day. What was the pickup of SS11 like? Because...

03:47:55 We didn't see you playing much with them last split, and then, you know, you run a tournament with them, you decide to pick them up to move into split two. What makes you want to pick up a player like that, and how did you feel it went on the first day? I think it went very well, like way above anything, any expectations or anything. After the split with Osus, we were searching out for teammates, and SS11 was just the right pick, yeah.

03:48:27 Graceful, do you have any questions you want to ask? I mean, I'm happy to see the way you guys fight, really. I saw Ranches take a lot of off angles today, especially on Ashe. That was phenomenal. We got to see that highlight when you guys closed out the game. It was great to see. However, you know, you guys were lacking maybe a little bit of kills in general. You had a huge amount of placement points, which is super good because you consistently get into endgame. What are you guys taking away from perhaps...

03:48:51 Getting more KP, is that something you guys are going to be VOD reviewing, looking into a little bit more? Because you obviously get into Endgame all the time.

03:48:58 Ja, wir haben sicher nicht viele KPs bekommen, weil wir nicht für Möglichkeiten haben, um jemanden zu töten. Wir haben nur versucht, um Platz zu bekommen und vielleicht zu gewinnen. Das war unser Hauptobjekt. Ja, aber wir werden versuchen, mehr KPs zu bekommen. Ja, Regis wird jemanden geholfen, und ich werde helfen.

03:49:30 Well, Alonzi, you guys did phenomenally. What a way to kick off Split 2. So congratulations yet again. And thank you so much for coming on here and chatting with us. It's been a pleasure. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Thank you.

03:49:47 Love that. Love that. Very cute. Great day for CyberCats. Congratulations one more time to the whole trio. But now we are done with EMEA already. First day of the split is under our belts, Dia. So give me, I know you gave us a preview of your final thoughts.

03:50:05 And I appreciate you taking accountability for that, okay? But, you know, overall, tell me about Amir. How was the day? I mean, I really enjoyed the day from especially the game one opener with Killer Whales. I'm still excited about that. I've been riding that for a while. They did really well, the overall leaderboards. Again, I'll talk about it on a future day. Maybe I'll tweet about it later. But they did it exceptionally. And then the Cybercats win at the end that I wasn't even tracking the leaderboard and was like, hold up.

03:50:34 They just did this. It was incredible. It gave us all the ups and downs of EMEA. We had the Alliance wins. We had the CyberCat victory that now has given us a new face. And we have something to look forward to. Because CyberCat Social Media Manager is hilarious. And I'm sure that we're going to get some awesome memes out of this. That's a great point. That is a very good point. And now I'm excited to see what they do with that specifically. Graceful, give me your thoughts on Day 1 of Split 2. I think Great Day overall. People were performing.

03:51:02 We saw so many teams punishing other teams' mistakes, like that last game right there as well. Alliance tried to make a peek, immediately got punished by 07. SCB2 tried to make a play for the second place, 07 still gets the win. CyberCats winning the whole day by playing consistently. I feel like we've seen all of these different types of playstyles and teams having their own personalities and unique individualities. And it's so refreshing to see because it's no longer, we're just no longer stuck in the same one, like we like to say, old GOATS IGL.

03:51:32 We're just stuck. Everybody's popping off. Everybody has opportunity. Even everybody at home. Sign up for Challenger Circuit. Sign up and make it there. It's just great to see Apex at the highest level.

03:51:42 Grace will give it some shout outs to CC as well. Yeah, I mean, I thought today was a blast. I think it makes me even more excited to see what Group C will bring to the table as well, because don't forget, we still have a whole other group that we haven't even gotten to see out of this region. So I think Mia definitely set us up for a very exciting first day of the split, and I think it's going to be a good split overall. I hope everyone at home is just as excited as we are. But for now, we're going to say goodbye to Dia and Grace. We'll give you guys a little bit of a break before we get back into all the action.

03:52:11 because the action's not done. So you guys, rest up. And while they're resting, everybody at home, if this wasn't enough Apex Legends for you for today, don't worry because we still have Americas coming up right around the corner. 11 p.m. BST, 6 p.m. ET, and 3 p.m. PT will be the start time for our Americas region match day one. And if AMIA was any indicator, Americas is going to be just as exciting. As always, though, don't forget to follow us on

03:52:41 We'll be seeing you right back in just a bit.