Shimmer hand Nocturnal 1st loss of the season | ESL Impact League S8 Week 5 Roundup
Last week was another good week in ESL Impact League Season 8 North America, this time with interesting developments to the standings, as Nocturnal lost their invincibility.
Shimmer 2-0 Nocturnal
Shimmer breezed past Nocturnal in the week's most-anticipated match, isolating themselves at the top alongside FlyQuest RED.
The reigning champions of ESL Impact NA once again showed they remain just as good and handed Nocturnal their first loss in the tournament, off the back of 10-2 halves on both Ancient and Dust2.
ShimmerNocturnal| Shimmer |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy 'empathy' Verkaik |
31 - 29 | +2 | 87.6 | 69.0% | 1.26 |
| Lydia 'Fawx' Dalton |
33 - 28 | +5 | 74.0 | 71.4% | 1.23 |
| Sylvie 'Serendipity' Splaver |
27 - 23 | +4 | 69.8 | 78.6% | 1.08 |
| Raven 'raven' Sol |
28 - 30 | -2 | 82.7 | 69.0% | 1.04 |
| Wrenna 'Stx' Trampel |
30 - 31 | -1 | 72.3 | 66.7% | 1.00 |
| Nocturnal |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tori 'tori' Gustafson |
32 - 32 | +0 | 82.3 | 81.0% | 1.26 |
| Violet 'violet' Carfora |
30 - 27 | +3 | 80.7 | 69.0% | 1.09 |
| Lilith 'gadfly' Mize |
29 - 29 | +0 | 82.0 | 69.0% | 0.99 |
| Marissa 'madss' Dasta |
24 - 34 | -10 | 68.0 | 57.1% | 0.90 |
| Riley 'lunari' Luna |
23 - 28 | -5 | 52.1 | 66.7% | 0.69 |
FlyQuest RED 2-0 Lotus
FlyQuest RED kept their invincibility in the league one more week, this time at the expense of Lotus, who showed immense character and played well on both maps. However, Marie "marie" Ellen Toft Sørensen was on a whole other level and carried FlyQuest RED to victory.
Lotus feFlyQuest RED| Lotus fe |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice 'alicerawr' Hewitt |
41 - 36 | +5 | 83.2 | 71.2% | 1.21 |
 Avery 'cyclone' V. |
42 - 39 | +3 | 81.5 | 59.6% | 1.08 |
| Samantha 'Zazu' Blair |
28 - 34 | -6 | 63.7 | 59.6% | 0.82 |
| Cass 'tokkis' Dellinger |
30 - 42 | -12 | 70.7 | 67.3% | 0.80 |
| Ava 'estrella' Ubiles |
23 - 36 | -13 | 50.9 | 61.5% | 0.72 |
| FlyQuest RED |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Marie 'marie' Ellen Toft Sørensen |
52 - 31 | +21 | 90.3 | 73.1% | 1.64 |
 Vivienne 'BiBiAhn' Quach |
32 - 34 | -2 | 78.8 | 80.8% | 1.20 |
| Emma 'Emy' Choe |
40 - 32 | +8 | 76.8 | 76.9% | 1.05 |
| Vanessa 'vanessa' Gideon |
31 - 31 | +0 | 63.9 | 75.0% | 1.02 |
| Mounira 'GooseBreeder' Dobie |
31 - 39 | -8 | 76.4 | 71.2% | 0.93 |
wwaves 2-0 Little Bocks
wwaves won their second match this season, this time against Little Bocks, who remain winless after five weeks. Everybody in wwaves had their moments throughout the series, while Megan "Kionetta" Kirland was the only Little Bocks' player to finish with a positive K/D.
wwaves| K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan 'Kionetta' Kirkland |
34 - 32 | +2 | 90.8 | 64.1% | 1.20 |
| Andrea 'Andrea' Bracewell |
25 - 34 | -9 | 80.1 | 69.2% | 0.95 |
| Julie 'Bouchard' Bouchard |
21 - 31 | -10 | 60.8 | 56.4% | 0.82 |
 Kimberly 'Kimmy' Nelson |
21 - 32 | -11 | 51.3 | 64.1% | 0.75 |
| Joanne 'sapphire' Tan |
17 - 33 | -16 | 57.8 | 64.1% | 0.67 |
| wwaves |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olga 'olya' Kryvulych |
38 - 22 | +16 | 105.7 | 89.7% | 1.74 |
 Kira 'kira' Imeeva |
36 - 29 | +7 | 95.7 | 76.9% | 1.55 |
| Iuliia 'sckrafft' Gerasimova |
31 - 21 | +10 | 76.2 | 89.7% | 1.20 |
 Yana 'sakura' Beresneva |
26 - 23 | +3 | 70.9 | 82.1% | 1.11 |
 Polina 'lvmylv' Nazarova |
30 - 23 | +7 | 84.2 | 82.1% | 1.04 |
Ghost 1-0 Black Mold
Unfortunately, Black Mold forfeited the match as they were unable to field an eligible lineup.
Week 6 Schedule
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FlyQuest RED vs. Nocturnal - Wednesday 07:30PM
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Ghost vs. Lotus - Wednesday 07:30PM
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Shimmer vs. wwaves - Thursday 07:30PM
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Little Bocks vs. Black Mold - Thursday 07:30PM
Standings after Week 5
1st - Shimmer - 5-0
2nd - FlyQuest RED - 5-0
3rd - Nocturnal - 4-1
4th - Ghost - 3-2
5th - wwaves - 2-3
6th - Lotus - 1-4
7th - Black Mold - 0-5
8th - Little Bocks - 0-5
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