Outsiders edge past Spirit in CIS matchup, fnatic defeat ENCE in Rio

Outsiders emerged victorious at the end of a thrilling bout on Dust2 which went the full 30 rounds.

Both Outsiders and fnatic improve to a 2-1 record at the IEM Rio Major Legends Stage after dispatching of Spirit and ENCE, respectively. Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali's crew fended off the comeback attempt from Spirit to clinch the 16-14 victory in the Russian derby while fnatic delivered a near-perfect CT side performance to take down ENCE 16-7.

Spirit and ENCE now find themselves in the 1-2 pool alongside Vitality and Natus Vincere and require a flawless campaign from here on out to progress through to the playoff stage.

Outsiders came out on top after a thrilling Russian derby

Both sides exchanged scoring runs to get the game underway, with Outsiders claiming the first three followed by a four-round spree from Spirit which featured back-to-back multi-kills courtesy of Boris "⁠magixx⁠" Vorobiev. The momentum of the game immediately shifted over to Jame and company, though, as they would secure the next seven out of eight rounds to enter halftime up 10-5.

A Ihor "⁠w0nderful⁠" Zhdanov quad-kill in the second pistol and a Robert "⁠Patsi⁠" Isyanov triple in the 17th were the driving forces for Spirit to claim the first two rounds coming out of the switch. Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov's squad continued to chip away at Outsiders' lead and by the end of the 24th round, finally found themselves level-pegging at 12-12. Spirit briefly held a one-round lead over their fellow Russians, but in the end they were unable to convert it to a win as Outsiders bagged the 16-14 victory and improved to a 2-1 record in the Legends Stage.

IEM Rio Major 2022Best of 1 SpiritMatchpage 14 16 6th November 2022 Outsiders 14Dust2 16

fnatic had a flying start in their bout with ENCE as their nearly unstoppable pushes to the A site allowed them to claim a commanding 7-1 lead. Right at the halfway point in the half, ENCE turned things around and started stringing together rounds as the defenders which resulted in a 6-9 deficit at the break.

From that point on, fnatic completely dominated Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer's crew as they marched their way to a 16-7 victory. William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman's men had a nearly flawless CT side by winning seven out of the eight rounds played, including a 1vs2 clutch defuse by the captain himself, en route to a convincing 16-7 victory on Nuke. Dion "⁠FASHR⁠" Derksen ended the game as his team's main contributor with 26 kills and a 1.70 rating, besting every other player on the server.

IEM Rio Major 2022Best of 1 ENCEMatchpage 7 16 6th November 2022 fnatic 7Nuke 16 Group Legends Stage 2W - 0L HEROIC BIG FURIA Cloud9 2W - 1L MOUZ Liquid Outsiders fnatic 1W - 2L Vitality Spirit Natus Vincere ENCE 0W - 2L Ninjas in Pyjamas FaZe Sprout Bad News Eagles Outsiders #8 Evgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPetr 'fame' Bolyshev Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov Age: 25 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 1133 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.66 Spirit #13 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovBoris 'magixx' VorobievPavel 'S1ren' OgloblinRobert 'Patsi' IsyanovIhor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev Age: 19 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 668 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.63 ENCE #12 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåPavle 'Maden' BoškovićPaweł 'dycha' DychaÁlvaro 'SunPayus' García Dzhami 'Jame' Ali Age: 24 Team: Outsiders Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1229 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.55 Natus Vincere #4 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy Dion 'FASHR' Derksen Age: 26 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 783 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68 Vitality #2 Dan 'apEX' MadesclairePeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenEmil 'Magisk' ReifMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautLotan 'Spinx' Giladi Robert 'Patsi' Isyanov Age: 19 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 550 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.69 Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer Age: 32 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 1620 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.67 fnatic #19 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonDion 'FASHR' DerksenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenWilliam 'mezii' Merriman William 'mezii' Merriman Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 571 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov Age: 17 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 220 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.58