Cloud9 book a spot in the final of Fall Showdown over G2
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.
Cloud9G2| 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 |
 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 |
 Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen |
33 - 58 | -25 | 55.5 | 63.3% | 0.74 |
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