G2 advanced to the next stage of EPL despite their slow start

malbsMd help G2 make ESL Pro League Season 22 Stage 2

The Guatemalan played a key role in the first map vs. ENCE.

G2 and former M80 superstar Mario "malbsMd" Samayoa are through ESL Pro League Season 22 Stage 2 after defeating ENCE in the 2-2 pool of Stage 1 this Thursday, October 2nd.

While many thought that G2 would easily make the next Stage, the team actually struggled against lower-ranked teams. They beat Rooster on the opening days, but found themselves on the brink of elimination following losses to Gentle Mates and B8.

But G2 picked things up and convincingly beat Fluxo and ENCE to advance to Stage 2. In this last best-of-three, G2 secured an important victory on ENCE's map pick thanks to a powerful CT-side (9-3) in the first half. malbsMd came through for them in the entire map, having finished with 21 kills and 92.8 ADR.

And, on Train, they were dominant on both sides of the map and successfully avoided what could be a stressful decider.

G2
2 - 0
ENCE
All maps
G2 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 3.0
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač 36 - 18 +18 89.3 90.0% 1.56
Guatemala Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa 34 - 25 +9 87.3 82.5% 1.34
Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko 33 - 23 +10 94.2 82.5% 1.24
Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko 33 - 23 +10 81.5 80.0% 1.23
Álvaro 'SunPayus' García 25 - 18 +7 69.3 85.0% 1.15
ENCE K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 3.0
Paavo 'podi' Heiskanen 27 - 28 -1 69.0 60.0% 0.93
Rigon 'rigoN' Gashi 25 - 34 -9 66.6 57.5% 0.78
Ryan 'Neityu' Aubry 18 - 31 -13 53.2 60.0% 0.71
Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev 17 - 33 -16 59.2 60.0% 0.66
Ville 'myltsi' Vilkman 19 - 35 -16 53.4 65.0% 0.65

G2 will have a day off before Stage 2 kicks off on Saturday, October 4th. They'll face significantly better opponents, as teams like Vitality, Spirit, The MongolZ, and MOUZ are joining EPL S22 in this stage.

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