Passion UA move past MANA in DraculaN Season 2 debut
Passion UA defeated MANA, an all-Kosovar team, in their DraculaN Season 2 debut this Thursday, September 25th.
MANA, which is just the 178th team in the world in global VRS, brought Passion UA to their limit on Dust2. The Kosovar team dominated the first half on T-side (9-3), but Passion UA won nine rounds as Terrorists as well, and the first map went to overtime.
MANA were in a solid spot to win Dust2, however, Passion UA won all three rounds when they switched to the CT side in OT.
The series headed to Nuke and Passion UA enjoyed a flying start on their T-side, as they won the first six rounds. That put Johnny "JT" Theodosiou and co. in a comfortable position, and they closed out the series without trouble.
Michael "Grim" Wince was undoubtely the man of the match, as he led the charges for Passion UA on both maps.
Passion UAMANA| Passion UA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael 'Grim' Wince |
49 - 31 | +18 | 98.2 | 76.5% | 1.52 |
 Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou |
38 - 32 | +6 | 84.4 | 80.4% | 1.25 |
 Vladyslav 'Kvem' Korol |
36 - 32 | +4 | 77.2 | 80.4% | 1.17 |
 Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli |
37 - 34 | +3 | 71.7 | 70.6% | 1.07 |
| Nick 'nicx' Lee |
19 - 34 | -15 | 44.7 | 58.8% | 0.64 |
| MANA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serdar 'cerber' Mahmuti |
31 - 38 | -7 | 70.4 | 72.5% | 1.00 |
| Ensar 'Caleyy' Ersuzi |
34 - 41 | -7 | 78.2 | 68.6% | 0.98 |
| Bledar 'BledarD' Dula |
33 - 33 | +0 | 69.2 | 68.6% | 0.98 |
| Ammar 'ammar' Grashtica |
33 - 33 | +0 | 62.8 | 72.5% | 0.96 |
| Atif 'gejmzilla' Mustafa |
30 - 35 | -5 | 68.7 | 60.8% | 0.88 |
This win put Passion UA in the upper bracket quarterfinals of DraculaN Season 2, where they'll face Zero Tenacity tomorrow, 05:00AM.
Barring a disastrous combination of results, Passion UA will qualify for the StarLadder Budapest Major without a hassle. However, if they do well in DraculaN Season 2, they could earn enough VRS points to secure a spot in Stage 2 of the Major rather than Stage 1.
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