Maybe Snakes will be able to play in the league he qualifies for this time

AZIO and lmfao advance to ECS Challenger Cup

The final three invited teams are set to be revealed in the coming days.

The second qualifier for the ECS Season 6 Challenger Cup has come to a close, seeing AZIO and lmfao advance to the final stage. They are joined by compLexity, who were relegated to play in the Season 6 Challenger Cup after placing 10th last season, as well as the two teams that advanced from the first qualifier in Bravado and Gorilla Gang.

The day was set to kick off with the quarterfinal matches as usual, but only a trio of matches were played in the end as lmfao were awarded a forfeit win due to Alexander "retrQ" Kadan being auto-picked as the FACEIT captain and failing to show up to the match for blitz.

The first two quarterfinals that actually got played were more or less one-sided affairs — ETHEREAL secured a firm 2-0 over Blight despite Jimmy "Nurfed" McFadden's best efforts to keep the series competitive, and Fam143 took Vision to 3 maps only to get completely wiped out on the series decider of Mirage.

ETHEREAL
2 - 0
Blight
All maps
ETHEREAL K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Lonnie 'mizoo' Tran 46 - 26 +20 95.0 90.0% 1.54
United States Dennison 'fdeN' Fong 49 - 27 +22 92.8 82.0% 1.50
United States David 'Toy' Han 40 - 30 +10 88.7 76.0% 1.34
United States Alec 'Acrim' Holland 40 - 30 +10 78.9 76.0% 1.23
United States Jin 'Jindoke' Park 36 - 35 +1 87.6 72.0% 1.15
Blight K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Jimmy 'Nurfed' McFadden 49 - 34 +15 97.7 68.0% 1.34
United States Ryan 'Church' Church 30 - 46 -16 75.6 64.0% 0.78
United States Andy 'devastation' Parr 23 - 43 -20 52.3 60.0% 0.64
United States Yan 'PRDTR' Davtian 24 - 46 -22 52.1 50.0% 0.63
United States Joel 'jcrueL' Cruel 22 - 43 -21 55.8 56.0% 0.63

Vision
2 - 1
Fam143
All maps
Vision K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Ricky 'floppy' Kemery 55 - 37 +18 98.5 82.8% 1.39
United States Alex 'aproto' Protopapas 45 - 41 +4 78.1 71.9% 1.14
United States Jake 'kaboose' McDonald 43 - 44 -1 68.8 71.9% 1.05
Canada Andy 'vSa' Xu 47 - 40 +7 76.4 70.3% 1.04
United States Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner 48 - 40 +8 75.7 68.8% 1.04
Fam143 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States William 'shonk' Kittrell 58 - 44 +14 87.0 78.1% 1.30
United States Caleb 'jchancE' Davis 43 - 53 -10 73.0 59.4% 0.93
United States Ahsan 'draek' Ismailzadah 37 - 48 -11 74.2 64.1% 0.91
United States Justin 'NEX' McLellan 39 - 47 -8 62.0 70.3% 0.90
United States Alex 'lanhero' Suarez 25 - 47 -22 52.2 67.2% 0.69

AZIO took on the former BlackOut roster, who were playing under the tag "cantwinalan" and fielding Mitch "m1tch" Semago in place of Jonathan "Jonji" Carey, in the final quarterfinal matchup. It was AZIO who emerged victorious from the matchup after reverse-sweeping the series, falling on BlackOut's pick of Inferno before grabbing Nuke (16-11) and Overpass (16-12) for themselves.

AZIO
2 - 1
cantwinalan
All maps
AZIO K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Gage 'Infinite' Green 65 - 56 +9 88.3 74.7% 1.21
United States Logan 'Voltage' Long 62 - 56 +6 81.5 72.3% 1.18
United States Ryan 'Snakes' Amann 62 - 58 +4 79.9 75.9% 1.15
United States Trevor 'FrostayK' Bandle 49 - 58 -9 71.3 67.5% 0.95
United States Michael 'Grim' Wince 53 - 54 -1 56.8 67.5% 0.90
cantwinalan K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Chad 'Oderus' Miller 66 - 55 +11 83.2 69.9% 1.28
United States Mitch 'mitch' Semago 58 - 51 +7 73.9 77.1% 1.10
United States Collin 'wrath' McSweegan 55 - 62 -7 75.3 69.9% 0.98
United States Sebastian 'seb' Bucki 52 - 61 -9 72.6 71.1% 0.94
Canada Connor 'CONNOR93' Glover 50 - 62 -12 63.5 67.5% 0.89

Ian "motm" Hardy's lmfao mix came out on top in the first semifinal matchup of the night, taking down ETHEREAL 2-0 on Inferno (16-13) and Mirage (16-6). It was the man of the match himself who pulled lmfao over the line on Inferno after a strong T side half, and with Austin "RenZ" Dickman stepping up on Mirage, the two players were able to combine for a quick series finish.

lmfao
2 - 0
ETHEREAL
All maps
lmfao K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Ian 'motm' Hardy 48 - 28 +20 86.1 72.5% 1.45
United States Austin 'RenZ' Dickman 44 - 33 +11 95.0 80.4% 1.40
United States Anthony 'Nervous' Boring 40 - 27 +13 80.4 70.6% 1.26
United States Kevin '4pack' Przypasniak 32 - 32 +0 71.1 76.5% 1.13
Brazil Marcos 'tacitus' Castilho 27 - 34 -7 62.8 74.5% 0.91
ETHEREAL K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Dennison 'fdeN' Fong 41 - 36 +5 78.9 72.5% 1.19
United States David 'Toy' Han 31 - 37 -6 78.9 60.8% 0.92
United States Alec 'Acrim' Holland 28 - 38 -10 64.2 66.7% 0.86
United States Lonnie 'mizoo' Tran 31 - 39 -8 67.0 56.9% 0.84
United States Jin 'Jindoke' Park 23 - 41 -18 60.5 64.7% 0.73

The second semifinal of the night saw Vision up against AZIO, with the latter side grabbing a 2-0 victory on Inferno (16-13) and Nuke (16-9) to move on to the Challenger Cup. Although Vision seemed set to make the series a competitive one with a hot 10-5 start on the T side of Inferno, the trio of Logan "Voltage" Long, Ryan "Snakes" Amann, and Gage "Infinite" Green combined to give up only three rounds on their own T side to take Vision's map pick 16-13.

AZIO didn't let up on the T side of Nuke as constant pressure to Vision's CT economy kept the match close, leaving Infinite and co. trailing by only one round at the half. Once the sides swapped, Vision stood no chance — although they managed to win a second round force buy, AZIO immediately replied back and left Vision with only that single round on the board for a 16-9 second map win.

AZIO
2 - 0
Vision
All maps
AZIO K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Ryan 'Snakes' Amann 49 - 37 +12 92.8 75.9% 1.44
United States Gage 'Infinite' Green 48 - 34 +14 100.7 87.0% 1.43
United States Michael 'Grim' Wince 37 - 31 +6 71.4 83.3% 1.20
United States Logan 'Voltage' Long 38 - 30 +8 69.3 77.8% 1.14
United States Trevor 'FrostayK' Bandle 32 - 29 +3 70.6 75.9% 1.11
Vision K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Jake 'kaboose' McDonald 43 - 40 +3 81.4 70.4% 1.13
United States Ricky 'floppy' Kemery 29 - 40 -11 77.2 74.1% 0.95
United States Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner 31 - 41 -10 70.8 72.2% 0.86
Canada Andy 'vSa' Xu 31 - 38 -7 56.2 59.3% 0.81
United States Alex 'aproto' Protopapas 27 - 45 -18 60.3 66.7% 0.78

The team list for the ECS Season 6 Challenger Cup now looks as follows:

compLexity Invite
Invite Invite
Bravado United States Gorilla Gang
United States AZIO United States lmfao

Although the recipients of the trio of invite slots are currently unknown, it is likely that both MIBR and oNe will be given the chance to qualify for the FACEIT-run league. The ECS Season 6 Challenger Cup is set to kick off on September 27th, with the final three teams likely to be announced in the coming days. As always, you can find a list of upcoming events and signup links on the Dust2.us Calendar page.

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#1(With 0 replies)
September 24, 2018 12:40AM
RenZ
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September 24, 2018 12:58AM
flutie
ez for aim god renz, brain god tac, clutch god nervous, goodvibes god 4pack, and wideswing king motm
#3(With 0 replies)
September 24, 2018 05:39AM
tolkienfanatic
Dust2 Birthday cake!
That is a roooough look for the former BlackOut boys
#4(With 0 replies)
September 24, 2018 06:32AM
Joe
Dust2 Birthday cake!
Ayy, AZIO beat Vision
#5(With 1 replies)
September 24, 2018 12:24PM
shrek
every szn i think blackout is gonna be nuts and they just arent
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September 24, 2018 01:02PM
Will
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September 25, 2018 07:51AM
006_tv
Dust2 Birthday cake!
Ez for lmfao
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