Cloud9 book a spot in the final of Fall Showdown over G2

Cloud9 to face BIG in the Grand Final on Sunday

The second semi-final of the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2023 Europe saw a clash between Cloud9 and G2. Kicking off the proceedings on Cloud9 's pick of Anubis, G2 launched with a strong showing on their T side. While Cloud9 hung on through some clutch defuses, G2 still managed to amass 9 rounds during the initial half. Regrettably for the international squad, their performance waned significantly on the CT as Cloud9 went on a flawless 10-round spree to claim the first map 16-9.

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Next up was G2's pick of Inferno, where once again they dominated on the T side. Despite losing the pistol round, jks and NiKo led the charge to secure 10 rounds in the first half, earning themselves a T rating of 1.32 and 1.26 respectively. Cloud9 started off in a similar fashion, bagging 6 of the first 7 rounds on their T side, but G2 regained their footing towards the end to take their map pick by a 16-13 margin. huNter-, whose lack of presence was felt on the CT side of Anubis where he failed to secure a single frag, redeemed himself with an impressive 1.45 CT rating on Inferno.

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The BO3 continued on Ancient, where G2 started on the right foot by converting the first three rounds on their T-side. However, once the buy rounds kicked in, Cloud9 only conceded two more rounds to culminate the half with a 10-5 lead. Things went from bad to worse for G2 as they lost the second pistol round, giving Cloud9 an 11-5 lead. While a 2hp 1v2 Ninja defuse on the force buy round from HooXi gave G2 a lifeline, the T-side of C9 stood strong as they emerged victorious with a 16-9 score.

Cloud9
2 - 1
G2
All maps
Cloud9 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov 65 - 43 +22 80.1 74.7% 1.32
Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov 62 - 53 +9 91.4 79.7% 1.26
Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov 60 - 51 +9 83.1 70.9% 1.16
Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy 45 - 38 +7 56.1 78.5% 1.03
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov 48 - 54 -6 68.2 72.2% 0.99
G2 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov 48 - 54 -6 72.1 77.2% 1.06
Australia Justin 'jks' Savage 57 - 54 +3 72.6 75.9% 1.03
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač 52 - 55 -3 65.7 69.6% 1.01
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač 49 - 62 -13 71.5 73.4% 0.98
Denmark Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen 33 - 58 -25 55.5 63.3% 0.74

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