Team Liquid take out compLexity to move onto the Consolidation Final
The Lower Bracket Final brought the last chance for teams to make a run for the Major Qualifier. Team Liquid, who were upset by Misfits in the Semi-Final, came up against compLexity, who created a form of upset of their own against NRG in their Group.
The series was set to be fought on Inferno, Cobblestone and Mirage. The first map saw Liquid kick off a strong T-side by taking the pistol round and it's following anti-ecos. The fourth round managed to go the way of compLexity, but after a close fifth round Liquid returned back on top. Strong performances from Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski see his team ride up to a strong 9-1 lead. A small resurgence saw compLexity pick up two more rounds, before a 1v3 clutch from young Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken helped Liquid end the half on a commanding 12-3 lead.
The second half saw Rory "dephh" Jackson secure four kills in the pistol round to give compLexity a fighting chance for the rest of the map. After taking the following rounds a mirror of the first half occurred, as Liquid secured the fourth round before losing the next. That's when the similarities stopped, as Liquid then raced onto a 14th round. compLexity then manage to secure two strong rounds afterwards to keep their game in touch, before being eco'd by Liquid as they hit match-point. From here it was essentially a done deal, as Liquid took map one 16-9.
Cobblestone was the second map, and compLexity came strongly onto their T-side securing the pistol round. After taking the first anti-eco, Liquid managed to secure the round following with a forcebuy. From there Liquid pushed on to immediately tie the game and push onto taking a lead. With it taking six rounds in total before compLexity were able to respond, Nick "nitr0" Cannella and co. kept a strong showing on the second map. The two sides then traded rounds in a set of two, including a round where compLexity managed to secure an eco-round win. Liquid weren't deterred from this manner of a lost as they passed straight onto the half with a 10-5 lead.
The second half was a direct repeat of the first, as compLexity chalk up the pistol and first anti-eco before Liquid took the third round. From there Liquid race onto match-point, helped along by a Nick "nitr0" Cannella managing to collect 31-kills in the map. compLexity managed a short stay of execution by collecting one further round, but Liquid once again completed the inevitable and finished the game 16-8, and the series 2:0.
LiquidComplexity| Liquid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nick 'nitr0' Cannella |
43 - 27 | +16 | 97.2 | 85.7% | 1.57 |
| Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski |
42 - 30 | +12 | 95.9 | 85.7% | 1.41 |
 Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken |
43 - 27 | +16 | 79.9 | 69.4% | 1.32 |
| Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz |
34 - 30 | +4 | 87.5 | 77.6% | 1.24 |
| Josh 'jdm64' Marzano |
36 - 22 | +14 | 65.1 | 73.5% | 1.22 |
| Complexity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaccob 'yay' Whiteaker |
39 - 39 | +0 | 78.7 | 59.2% | 0.97 |
| Peter 'ptr' Gurney |
29 - 34 | -5 | 63.2 | 67.3% | 0.92 |
 Rory 'dephh' Jackson |
28 - 42 | -14 | 78.6 | 59.2% | 0.85 |
| Bradley 'ANDROID' Fodor |
21 - 42 | -21 | 58.3 | 55.1% | 0.60 |
| Alec 'Slemmy' White |
19 - 41 | -22 | 43.3 | 59.2% | 0.54 |
This result sees compLexity leave the competition in fourth, and sends Liquid to the Consolidation Final to face CLG for the final spot in the Major Qualifier.
