Chaos dominate Mythic to win ESEA MDL Season 34
Chaos have won ESEA MDL Season 34 in a dominant fashion, taking down Mythic 3-0 in the grand finals, to claim the $20,000 top prize.
Tonight's matches started off with Mythic notching another upset as they overcame Recon 5 in a 2-1 series. Starting on Dust2, the two sides were evenly matched trading 8-7 halves to force the first map into overtime. Recon 5 decisively won overtime, winning four rounds in a row to take Dust2 19-15. Moving into Inferno, the two squads were evenly matched once again, with Mythic trailing by a single round heading into their T-side. On their T-side, bolstered by a massive effort from Kaitlin "keiti" Boop, Mythic dominated Recon 5, winning Inferno 16-11 and forcing the series onto Vertigo.
Seemingly bolstered by their victory on Inferno, Mythic decisively won their opening T-side winning the half 9-6. After switching sides, Mythic continued their good as they mounted a 7-2 CT-side to take the map 16-8 and win the series 2-1.
MythicRecon 5| Mythic |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Donovan 'zNf' Froid |
69 - 57 | +12 | 83.6 | 76.5% | 1.26 |
| Erik 'fl0m' Flom |
67 - 52 | +15 | 78.7 | 71.8% | 1.23 |
| Kaitlin 'Keiti' Boop |
65 - 53 | +12 | 78.0 | 74.1% | 1.23 |
| Adam 'Polen' Polen |
53 - 51 | +2 | 76.2 | 71.8% | 1.13 |
| Corbin 'C0M' Lee |
56 - 56 | +0 | 74.2 | 72.9% | 1.05 |
| Recon 5 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominick 'JazzPimp' Dimpfel |
63 - 59 | +4 | 76.3 | 69.4% | 1.05 |
| Riley 'Reality' Fusch |
59 - 58 | +1 | 72.3 | 72.9% | 1.01 |
| Jet 'jet-' Gao |
55 - 60 | -5 | 70.1 | 69.4% | 0.94 |
| Jason 'neptune' Tran |
46 - 66 | -20 | 63.6 | 58.8% | 0.78 |
| Carson 'nosraC' O'Reilly |
45 - 68 | -23 | 65.1 | 55.3% | 0.73 |
Unfortunately for Mythic, Chaos proved to be too large an upset to bag as the top MDL squad took them down 3-0 without too much opposition. Things were looking up for Mythic on Nuke as they managed to hold Chaos at bay, even winning their CT-side 8-7. Moving onto their T-Side, Mythic's lead quickly dwindled as Chaos won the first three rounds in a row before dominating on their CT-side to take Nuke 16-11.
After a decent performance on Nuke, Mirage turned out to be a complete slaughter for Mythic as Chaos put up an immaculate CT-side, winning the first ten rounds in a row. By the end of the half, Mythic managed to scrounge together two rounds, with one of them coming from a bungled defuse by chaos. After switching sides, Chaos quickly closed out the map and the series with a 16-2 finish. Notably Mirage saw a career best performance from Anthony "vanity" Malaspina, with the player ending the map with an incredible 2.85 HLTV rating.
ChaosMythic| Chaos |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina |
53 - 20 | +33 | 114.2 | 84.4% | 1.87 |
| Erick 'Xeppaa' Bach |
30 - 21 | +9 | 80.5 | 97.8% | 1.36 |
| Nathan 'leaf' Orf |
38 - 25 | +13 | 82.2 | 75.6% | 1.32 |
 Joshua 'steel' Nissan |
35 - 20 | +15 | 75.2 | 82.2% | 1.31 |
| Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey |
33 - 29 | +4 | 84.4 | 82.2% | 1.30 |
| Mythic |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan 'zNf' Froid |
29 - 36 | -7 | 76.3 | 64.4% | 0.88 |
| Kaitlin 'Keiti' Boop |
25 - 40 | -15 | 72.0 | 55.6% | 0.67 |
| Adam 'Polen' Polen |
18 - 36 | -18 | 51.4 | 53.3% | 0.57 |
| Corbin 'C0M' Lee |
19 - 37 | -18 | 50.3 | 46.7% | 0.53 |
| Erik 'fl0m' Flom |
23 - 40 | -17 | 54.5 | 44.4% | 0.51 |
With the final match of the season coming to a quick end, the top eight for the season looks as follows:
1. Chaos - $20,000
2. Mythic - $10,000
3. Recon 5 - $4,500
4. Levitate - $1,500
5-6. New England Whalers
5-6. Swedish Canadians
7-8. Keep the Comms Up
7-8. Oceanus
