Renegades inch past Cloud9; to iBUYPOWER Masters playoffs
The Group A Winners match saw Cloud9 facing off against Renegades on Mirage. Cloud9 were able to secure the initial three rounds on their T side, though heavy losses on the third round saw Renegades snatch two AKs while saving to bolster their economy early. Renegades ran back the rounds to tie up the match at 3-3, but two kills in mid by Tarik "tarik" Celik gave Cloud9 the opening they needed to take two more rounds of their own.
Unfortunately for Cloud9, those two rounds would be the last that they would get until the half was at its end. Renegades were able to lock down their CT side, picking up six more rounds before Cloud9 finally took the last round of the half for themselves to bring the match to a 9-6 scoreline.
Renegades tried to take control of the map by securing the second pistol round, but a lost AK in their anti-eco came back to haunt them. Cloud9 were willing to give up their anti-eco to bring their pistols, armor, and saved AKs into the following round. An opening frag from Will "RUSH" Wierzba with the saved rifle gave Timothy "autimatic" Ta the opportunity to take two Renegades players down with his CZ, and swung the momemtum of the match back in favour of Cloud9.
From here Cloud9 initially had no issue defending against Renegades, racking up seven straight rounds. A contact play out of A ramp finally gave the Ts their third round of the half, and Renegades were able to avoid the reset in the following round as well. Renegades swiftly worked their way to 15 rounds thanks to Justin "jks" Savage opening up the map for his team, round after round. Cloud9 grabbed one more round for themselves, but were unable to bring the match to overtime as Renegades fought their way through a two-on-three in the 30th round of the match to take the win.
RenegadesCloud9| Renegades |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Justin 'jks' Savage |
29 - 18 | +11 | 126.7 | 76.7% | 1.66 |
 Keith 'NAF' Markovic |
26 - 14 | +12 | 103.6 | 76.7% | 1.47 |
| Aaron 'AZR' Ward |
20 - 21 | -1 | 72.3 | 76.7% | 1.07 |
 Noah 'Nifty' Francis |
16 - 16 | +0 | 47.4 | 73.3% | 0.96 |
| Karlo 'USTILO' Pivac |
11 - 21 | -10 | 41.2 | 60.0% | 0.67 |
| Cloud9 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarik 'tarik' Celik |
21 - 19 | +2 | 68.1 | 70.0% | 1.08 |
| Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham |
17 - 17 | +0 | 69.1 | 70.0% | 0.98 |
| William 'RUSH' Wierzba |
18 - 23 | -5 | 86.4 | 63.3% | 0.94 |
| Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip |
20 - 21 | -1 | 58.1 | 60.0% | 0.92 |
| Timothy 'autimatic' Ta |
14 - 22 | -8 | 57.8 | 66.7% | 0.79 |
