FlyQuest RED beat Shimmer to win the NA league | ESL Impact League S8 Week 7 Roundup
ESL Impact League Season 8 North America concluded on October 25th.
Even though Shimmer and FlyQuest RED had already guaranteed their spots at the LAN Finals in Stockholm, the final round saw them play to decide the winner of the NA league, and FlyQuest RED beat their adversary for the first time in 2025.
You can read how this match and the others panned out in our weekly recap below.
FlyQuest RED 2-1 Shimmer 
The most anticipated game of the night went all the way to the third map after FlyQuest RED and Shimmer secured a victory on their picks. Fans were waiting for a hard-fought battle, but instead, they saw FlyQuest RED completely dominate Shimmer on Dust2.
FlyQuest RED won the first half of Dust2 by 11-1 and quickly closed out the game. It was a collective effort, but Vivienne "BiBiAhn" Quach and Vanessa "vanessa" Gideon led the show, finishing the map with an over 2.00 rating.
ShimmerFlyQuest RED| Shimmer |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy 'empathy' Verkaik |
45 - 40 | +5 | 90.5 | 78.2% | 1.38 |
| Lydia 'Fawx' Dalton |
42 - 33 | +9 | 75.9 | 67.3% | 1.07 |
| Sylvie 'Serendipity' Splaver |
32 - 36 | -4 | 54.7 | 69.1% | 0.85 |
| Wrenna 'Stx' Trampel |
31 - 42 | -11 | 68.1 | 65.5% | 0.84 |
| Raven 'raven' Sol |
30 - 36 | -6 | 65.2 | 63.6% | 0.80 |
| FlyQuest RED |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vivienne 'BiBiAhn' Quach |
45 - 36 | +9 | 86.2 | 78.2% | 1.22 |
| Emma 'Emy' Choe |
45 - 37 | +8 | 81.5 | 70.9% | 1.18 |
| Vanessa 'vanessa' Gideon |
33 - 36 | -3 | 68.0 | 72.7% | 1.06 |
 Marie 'marie' Ellen Toft Sørensen |
35 - 34 | +1 | 63.0 | 65.5% | 0.99 |
 Mounira 'GooseBreeder' Dobie |
28 - 37 | -9 | 66.6 | 69.1% | 0.90 |
Ghost 2-1 Nocturnal
In the other highly anticipated match of round seven, Ghost reverse-swept Nocturnal to finish in third place. Emmalee "EMUHLEET" Garrido was the MVP of the series, having delivered 57 kills across the three maps.
This match was also Nocturnal's last game with their current lineup, as the players are set to split up.
NocturnalGhost| Nocturnal |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tori 'tori' Gustafson |
44 - 49 | -5 | 85.3 | 71.4% | 1.15 |
| Marissa 'madss' Dasta |
45 - 45 | +0 | 79.6 | 76.2% | 1.05 |
| Riley 'lunari' Luna |
49 - 45 | +4 | 67.8 | 73.0% | 1.01 |
| Violet 'violet' Carfora |
39 - 46 | -7 | 63.7 | 63.5% | 0.86 |
| Lilith 'gadfly' Mize |
30 - 51 | -21 | 61.5 | 60.3% | 0.74 |
| Ghost |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmalee 'EMUHLEET' Garrido |
57 - 33 | +24 | 85.2 | 84.1% | 1.43 |
| Elena 'Ellie' Garland |
47 - 42 | +5 | 88.6 | 76.2% | 1.18 |
 Tilde '7licious' Byström |
47 - 42 | +5 | 80.5 | 73.0% | 1.16 |
| Mira 'mira' Luna |
47 - 45 | +2 | 81.0 | 73.0% | 1.07 |
 Kiki 'PiggyKiki' Long |
35 - 45 | -10 | 58.2 | 74.6% | 0.87 |
Black Mold 1-0 wwaves 
wwaves forfeited the match.
Lotus 1-0 Little Bocks
Little Bocks forfeit the match.
These are the final standings for ESL Impact League S8 NA:
1st - FlyQuest RED - 7-0
2nd - Shimmer - 6-1
3rd - Ghost - 4-3
4th - Nocturnal - 4-3
5th - Lotus - 3-4
6th - Black Mold - 2-5
7th - wwaves - 2-5
8th - Little Bocks - 0-7
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