ENCE off to a great start
ENCE started strongly against Bad News Eagles (BNE) in their Legends Stage opener as ENCE took a comfortable 16-9 win on Vertigo.
The final game of the opening round of the Legends Stage saw Bad News Eagles face off against ENCE on Vertigo. ENCE started on the CT side but it was BNE who took the pistol but ENCE won the force buy to tie things up. ENCE converted the eco and force buy from BNE to get up to 3-1. BNE's second round came in the seventh round of the game and gxx clutched out a 1v1 against SunPayus to see BNE put two in a row. A SENER1 ace on the B site, saw BNE convert the following eco round from ENCE to tie up the game at 5-5. SunPayus won a crucial 1v2 on the B site to give ENCE their seventh. ENCE ended the first half with a 9-6 lead.
BNE won the second pistol but ENCE once again took the force buy to hit double digits. gxx- came in with a 1v1 AWP clutch to put BNE right back in the game. The trio of NertZ, Maden and dycha put ENCE on map point and against a pistol buy, ENCE closed the game at 16-9.
It was Maden and NertZ on top of the scoreboard, with 26 and 24 kills respectively.
ENCE will now face Vitality in their next match while BNE face an uphill task in their 0-1 matchup against G2.