Renegades clean up Tainted Minds, qualify for Major
The series kicked off on Train, a relatively decent map for both Tainted Minds and Renegades. Strong frags from Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad and Justin "jks" Savage helps retain Renegades' upper hand in the first half, putting Renegades in the lead 10-5 at halftime.
In the second half, Tainted Minds finally found a break with a 4 round streak after a strong buy in the third round. Tainted Minds' attempt to bring the game in their favor did not last long, with Renegades finally bringing in the last four rounds to wrap up the first map 16-9.
Up next in the series was Overpass, which is statistically one of Renegades' weaker maps. However, jkaem and jks continued to lead their team, overwhelming Tainted Minds on Overpass with a dominant 12-3 first half.
Renegades continued to crush Tainted Minds in the second half, breezing their way through the map to a 16-3 finish, one of the most dominant scorelines at the Asia Minor.
RenegadesTainted Minds| Renegades |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad |
44 - 20 | +24 | 100.5 | 84.1% | 1.60 |
 Justin 'jks' Savage |
41 - 19 | +22 | 91.5 | 88.6% | 1.50 |
| Aaron 'AZR' Ward |
35 - 24 | +11 | 90.8 | 72.7% | 1.39 |
| Karlo 'USTILO' Pivac |
38 - 25 | +13 | 79.5 | 72.7% | 1.25 |
 Noah 'Nifty' Francis |
20 - 23 | -3 | 55.4 | 79.5% | 0.92 |
| Tainted Minds |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaman 'yam' Ergenekon |
28 - 35 | -7 | 83.5 | 65.9% | 0.91 |
| Joshua 'INS' Potter |
21 - 34 | -13 | 71.0 | 54.5% | 0.79 |
 Ryan 'zewsy' Palmer |
22 - 37 | -15 | 64.9 | 59.1% | 0.76 |
| Callum 'BURNRUOk' Henderson |
24 - 36 | -12 | 54.5 | 56.8% | 0.65 |
| Chris 'ofnu' Hanley |
16 - 36 | -20 | 51.6 | 45.5% | 0.53 |
With their victory against Tainted Minds, Renegades trudge on to yet another Asia Minor grand finals, where they will face TyLoo, who previously beat Renegades 2-1 in the opening match of the playoffs. Renegades hope to continue their winning streak, with the team previously winning the last two Asia Minors over TyLoo.
