Cloud9 shuts down the Hounds
Cloud9 made short work of Grayhound in their opening match of IEM Dallas 2023 as the defending champions took down the Australians 16-2 on Ancient.
The final best-of-one saw Grayhound and Cloud9 kick things off on Ancient with the team from Down Under starting on the T side. sh1ro's double saw Cloud9 take the first pistol and Ax1Le's triple against the full eco saw Cloud9 go 2-0 up. Cloud9 won the first gun round, which was a bonus round for them, as they kept their defensive half clean. Ax1Le's triple on round five saw them take an early 5-0 lead, with Grayhound failing to even plant the bomb in the opening five rounds. sh1ro and buster stole a 2v4 on the A site as Cloud9 won the half inside eight rounds, taking a 8-0 lead.
sh1ro's triple in round ten, saw Cloud9 go 10-0 as Grayhound seemed to be clueless about what was hitting them. Ax1Le's 1v1 against Vexite saw Cloud9 convert a 2v3 to keep their CT run flawless. INS denied sh1ro a 1v3 to give Cloud9 their first T round. Ax1Le's quad kill on the A site saw Cloud9 secure 12 as they ended the first half with a whopping 13-2 lead.
Cloud9 secured both pistols of the map as they won the T sided pistol to secure 14. Cloud9 secured map point, turning around a 3v4 against the force buy and closed out the map at 16-2. For Cloud9 it was sh1ro and Ax1Le leading the scoreboard with 21 and 20 kills respectively.
Cloud9Grayhound| Cloud9 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov |
20 - 9 | +11 | 107.8 | 94.4% | 1.68 |
| Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov |
17 - 11 | +6 | 98.1 | 94.4% | 1.56 |
| Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov |
21 - 10 | +11 | 94.6 | 88.9% | 1.54 |
 Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov |
15 - 11 | +4 | 102.9 | 88.9% | 1.48 |
| Timur 'buster' Tulepov |
12 - 8 | +4 | 74.1 | 83.3% | 1.17 |
| Grayhound |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Joshua 'INS' Potter |
22 - 15 | +7 | 118.3 | 83.3% | 1.59 |
| Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas |
8 - 17 | -9 | 55.9 | 61.1% | 0.63 |
 Simon 'Sico' Williams |
9 - 18 | -9 | 51.3 | 55.6% | 0.56 |
| Declan 'Vexite' Portelli |
5 - 18 | -13 | 37.8 | 55.6% | 0.47 |
| Alistair 'aliStair' Johnston |
5 - 17 | -12 | 39.1 | 44.4% | 0.35 |
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