HellRaisers to Moche XL grand final over Giants

HellRaisers have advanced to the grand final at Moche XL Esports after beating Giants 2-1 in the semi-finals (8-16 on Dust2, 19-15 on Overpass, and 16-13 on Train).

The best-of-three semi-final between HellRaisers and Giants started on Dust2. HellRaisers picked up the pistol round on the CT-side but Alejandro "⁠alex⁠" Masanet clutched a 1vs1 in the second round to tie up the game.

HellRaisers won four rounds in a row after being down 3-1, taking a 5-3 lead. Then Giants started clicking on the T-side, winning six of the remaining seven rounds in the first half to finish it 9-6 ahead.

HellRaisers are through to the grand final

Giants secured the pistol round in the second half and Omar "⁠arki⁠" Chakkor clutched a 1vs3 in the following round to make it 11-6. Even though HellRaisers won the third round of the half, they couldn't start a streak and Giants closed out the game 16-8.

Joao "⁠KILLDREAM⁠" Ferreira & co. won the pistol round on Overpass where they were on the T-side in the first half. However, HellRaisers' force buy in the second round worked as they tied the score. Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow's team grabbed five more rounds to lead 6-1 and maintained their five-round lead to finish the first half 10-5 ahead.

Giants prevailed in the second half pistol round with a 5vs5 retake and got their seventh round after winning the following anti-eco round. HellRaisers grabbed the third round of the half with an early buy but Giants responded swiftly with two rounds of their own (11-9).

Giants have been eliminated

HellRaisers acquired six map points by making it 15-9 but Giants came back to take the match to overtime with a six-round streak. HellRaisers won the first three rounds in overtime and closed out the map 19-15 thanks to Bence "⁠DeadFox⁠" Böröcz's 1vs2 clutch.

Giants kicked off Train on the T-side and picked up the pistol round with Ricardo "⁠roman⁠" Oliveira's quad kill in a 2vs4. HellRaisers hit back with three round wins to take the early lead but Giants dominated the half to win it 10-5.

arki and alex both got double kills in the second half pistol round to extend Giants' lead to 11-5. HellRaisers' trend of winning force buys continued as they won the following round thanks to Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker's triple kill, trailing 11-6.

HellRaisers managed to close the gap and and tied the game at 13-13. Vladyslav "⁠bondik⁠" Nechyporchuk's team won the map 16-13 and the series 2-1, advancing to the grand final at Moche XL Esports.

Moche XL EsportsBest of 3 HellRaisersMatchpage 2 1 10th June 2018 Giants 8Dust2 16 19Overpass 15 16Train 13

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Joao 'KILLDREAM' Ferreira Age: 25 Team: Giants Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 307 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.71 Ricardo 'roman' Oliveira Age: 26 Team: Giants Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 353 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.70 Giants #111 Omar 'arki' ChakkorRicardo 'roman' OliveiraJoao 'KILLDREAM' FerreiraAlejandro 'alex' MasanetMiguel 'Blastinho' Llombart Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk Age: 24 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 925 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Age: 28 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1399 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.71 Alejandro 'alex' Masanet Age: 22 Team: Giants Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 325 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Omar 'arki' Chakkor Age: 28 Team: Giants Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 227 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.70 HellRaisers #15 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad Bence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Age: 23 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 669 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Özgür 'woxic' Eker Age: 19 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 472 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.62