IHC eliminate Clutch Gaming
The playoffs of the MESA Asia Series kicked off with IHC taking on Clutch Gaming in the quarter-final. The first map of the bo3 took us to Nuke where Clutch Gaming went ballistic in the early game, taking a huge 0-9 lead with ORIGLONIKO putting up a 2.54 rating T-side along with an ADR of 151. The last few rounds went in favor of IHC but the half was still heavily in favor of Clutch Gaming at 9-3.
Switching over to the T-side, Zesta and ROUX stepped up, giving IHC a 4-0 start, closing in on Clutch Gaming's lead at 7-9. Despite dropping a couple of rounds, IHC overtook Clutch Gaming to secure match point at 12-11, with a formidable comeback. Clutch Gaming pushed the game into overtime but IHC put up a flawless 4-0 overtime, stealing Nuke away from Clutch Gaming with a 16-12 scoreline.
Starting on the T-side of Anubis, Clutch Gaming once again got off to a solid start but four rounds in, IHC put an early end to the streak and went on to win every single round in the half thereafter. After securing an 8-4 half, IHC went on to win the pistol and anti-eco to start to second further strengthening their hold on Anubis.
Clutch Gaming briefly bounced back with a string of rounds but could not scale up and close the gap as IHC posted a comfortable 13-8 win on Anubis, wrapping the series 2-0. The last minute invitees, Clutch Gaming end their MESA Asia Series #1 run in the quarter-final and IHC book their semi-final showing against The Huns.
IHCClutch| IHC |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Munkhsaikhan 'Zesta' Erdenebaatar |
52 - 35 | +17 | 114.7 | 81.6% | 1.59 |
| Tugserdene 'Efire' Erdenebold |
37 - 34 | +3 | 89.5 | 77.6% | 1.30 |
| Boldbaatar 'rate' Tengis |
42 - 30 | +12 | 77.1 | 79.6% | 1.22 |
| Undrakhbayar 'ROUX' Zolbayar |
39 - 35 | +4 | 85.2 | 71.4% | 1.16 |
| Otgonlhagva 'AccuracyTG' Batjargal |
30 - 27 | +3 | 65.2 | 75.5% | 1.12 |
| Clutch |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origlon 'ORIGLONIKO' Bat-Uils |
39 - 36 | +3 | 90.2 | 69.4% | 1.20 |
| Tsog 'Tsogoo' Mashbat |
36 - 40 | -4 | 82.4 | 67.3% | 1.04 |
| Munh-Undrah 'IZR' Hosbayr |
26 - 40 | -14 | 61.5 | 75.5% | 0.87 |
| Chinguun 'hasteka' Bayarmaa |
32 - 44 | -12 | 65.1 | 67.3% | 0.84 |
| Bilegsaihan 'Veccil' Riina |
28 - 40 | -12 | 66.1 | 63.3% | 0.78 |
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