Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series #3 Day 2 Recap: Shimmer scrape by FlyQuest RED
Day two of the Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series #3 powered by INUI took place yesterday, seeing two series played in round one of the Swiss Stage as the event slowly picks up steam amidst a busy schedule for many in the NA scene.
Last night's action saw Wildcard take on ASPYRE to kick off the day while Shimmer v. FlyQuest RED rounded out the night.
BLUEJAYS 2-0 ASPYRE
The first series of the day between BLUEJAYS and ASPYERE ended up being a one-sided affair for the top NA squad as BLUEJAYS made quick work of ASPYERE on Inferno and Dust2. Starting on ASPYRE's pick, Inferno, BLUEJAYS claimed a confident 8-4 start to the map on their CT-side before posting a perfect T-side to win the map 13-4.
Dust2 ended up being even more dominant as BLUEJAYS won their opening T-side 11-1 with little trouble before tidying up on the CT-side to win the map 13-4 and the series 2-0. Paytyn "junior" Johnson was BLUEJAYS' standout performer with a 1.67 rating and 100.1 ADR.
BLUEJAYS| BLUEJAYS |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Maks 'laxiee' Andryei |
31 - 20 | +11 | 95.5 | 88.2% | 1.77 |
| Paytyn 'junior' Johnson |
31 - 14 | +17 | 100.1 | 85.3% | 1.58 |
| Anthony 'CLASIA' Kearney |
25 - 18 | +7 | 74.9 | 79.4% | 1.24 |
| Matthew 'Cryptic' Whitmore |
24 - 22 | +2 | 84.2 | 85.3% | 1.20 |
 Colby 'Walco' Walsh |
27 - 19 | +8 | 72.0 | 79.4% | 1.14 |
| K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric 'Zucar' Zuccaro |
23 - 27 | -4 | 89.4 | 73.5% | 1.05 |
| Andrew 'dvrk' Brunken |
18 - 28 | -10 | 65.4 | 67.6% | 0.80 |
| Mark 'marekiew' Petrov |
16 - 26 | -10 | 52.4 | 55.9% | 0.71 |
 Kyryl 'fuzenko' Kotov |
14 - 29 | -15 | 51.9 | 61.8% | 0.70 |
| Alexander 'sasha' Burke |
20 - 30 | -10 | 61.9 | 64.7% | 0.65 |
Shimmer 2-1 
FlyQuest RED
The second series of the night was far more exciting as it saw NA's best Impact teams play a pitched three-map series for the first time since the ESL Impact League Season 7 Online Stage. Starting on Mirage, FlyQuest RED claimed a decisive and shocking 13-1 victory on their map pick, demolishing Shimmer while Emma "Emy" Choe led the way with 20 kills and a 2.6 rating.
With Shimmer on the backfoot they started Nuke with a narrow 7-5 win on their T-side before posting a perfect CT-side to win the map 13-5, rallying in a big way to force the series onto Dust2.
Heading onto the decider map in the series, Dust2, FlyQuest RED start their CT-side with a narrow 4-2 lead that was swept away by a perfect run of six rounds from Shimmer to see the latter team lead 8-4 at the half. The second half saw the two Impact squads trade rounds in a competitive fashion, however the lead Shimmer amassed on their T-side as well as a great showing from Lucy "empathy" Verkaik let her team take the map 13-8 and the series 2-1.
ShimmerFlyQuest RED| Shimmer |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lydia 'Fawx' Dalton |
44 - 34 | +10 | 88.6 | 66.0% | 1.29 |
| Lucy 'empathy' Verkaik |
48 - 43 | +5 | 101.3 | 73.6% | 1.27 |
| Wrenna 'Stx' Trampel |
36 - 41 | -5 | 78.1 | 60.4% | 1.02 |
| Sylvie 'Serendipity' Splaver |
27 - 35 | -8 | 56.5 | 71.7% | 0.90 |
| Raven 'raven' Sol |
35 - 40 | -5 | 68.7 | 69.8% | 0.83 |
| FlyQuest RED |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanessa 'vanessa' Gideon |
48 - 38 | +10 | 96.4 | 75.5% | 1.32 |
| Emma 'Emy' Choe |
44 - 34 | +10 | 94.3 | 67.9% | 1.27 |
| Mounira 'GooseBreeder' Dobie |
41 - 39 | +2 | 85.2 | 77.4% | 1.22 |
 Vivienne 'BiBiAhn' Quach |
30 - 39 | -9 | 60.1 | 64.2% | 0.82 |
 Marie 'marie' Ellen Toft Sørensen |
28 - 41 | -13 | 57.2 | 66.0% | 0.71 |
In other Eagle Masters Series news, Arrival Seven have unfortunately informed Dust2.us of their decision to drop out of the event, forfeiting their matches as a result:
Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series #3 will be back in action tonight with one series as Marsborne taking on Legacy Kingdom at 08:00PM. Hope to see you there!
