Astralis flawlessly win ECS Season 5
The grand final of ECS Season 5 has been won by Astralis over Team Liquid 2-0 (16-14 Mirage, 16-11 Dust II). They take the first place prize of $250,000, leaving Liquid with only $120,000.
Astralis kicked off Liquid's pick of Mirage with a huge 9-0 lead, eventually reaching 15-4 early on in the second half. Liquid then mounted a monumental comeback, headed by Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken, and won 10 rounds in a row to make the score 15-14. However, Astralis stole away the final round to take map one 16-14.
Map two seemed to be the opposite of the previous map as Liquid was the one to gain a large 10-2 lead on Astralis's map pick. However, the monstruous Astralis Terrorist side, with Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth in the lead, went 14-1 in rounds after that deficit to snag back the map and win Dust II 16-11 and the series 2-0, depite the heroics of Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski.
LiquidAstralis| Liquid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski |
49 - 40 | +9 | 94.1 | 84.2% | 1.27 |
 Keith 'NAF' Markovic |
45 - 38 | +7 | 90.8 | 71.9% | 1.23 |
| Nick 'nitr0' Cannella |
41 - 41 | +0 | 86.0 | 77.2% | 1.16 |
| Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken |
43 - 39 | +4 | 74.0 | 70.2% | 1.11 |
 Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo |
26 - 44 | -18 | 46.0 | 66.7% | 0.69 |
| Astralis |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth |
48 - 34 | +14 | 79.4 | 70.2% | 1.23 |
| Nicolai 'device' Reedtz |
44 - 41 | +3 | 82.0 | 66.7% | 1.11 |
| Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander |
36 - 42 | -6 | 76.4 | 78.9% | 1.09 |
| Emil 'Magisk' Reif |
40 - 44 | -4 | 84.8 | 71.9% | 1.02 |
| Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen |
34 - 43 | -9 | 70.2 | 71.9% | 0.91 |
Here are the final standings of the ECS Season 5 Finals:
1st. Astralis - $250,000
2nd. 
Liquid - $120,000
3rd-4th. NRG - $65,000
3rd-4th. 
FaZe - $65,000
5-6th. 
Fnatic - $45,000
5-6th. 
G2 - $45,000
7-8th. Cloud9 - $35,000
7-8th. Luminosity - $35,000
The next event to watch out for is ESL One Belo Horizonte, set to begin on the 13th, which will feature the debut of Ghost's brand new roster as well as Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert standing in for mousesports.
