After falling short in the MDL playoffs, Bravado have found redemption in Jönköping

Bravado to DH Winter playoffs over OpTic, G2; compLexity fall short

The South African squad pulled the rug out from under G2 and OpTic.

The first day of DreamHack Winter 2018 has reached its end, with Bravado making a miracle run through the group stage, qualifying for the playoffs bracket as the first seed for Group B, and compLexity falling short in the winners' match. 

Opening the DreamHack Winter tournament, compLexity took on x6tence Galaxy on Mirage. The North American squad pounced on x6tence, taking seven rounds off the bat before the Swedish team could respond. After two more rounds, compLexity's reign was briefly stopped by Nicolas "Plopski" Gonzalez Zamora and co., taking four more rounds before compLexity closed out the half with one more round, bringing the scoreline to 10-5 at halftime.

Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan and Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz took four rounds off the bat in the second half, which was mirrored by x6tence, who struggled to stay in the map but managed to squeeze out five more rounds before compLexity closed the map 16-10.

Complexity
16 - 10
x6tence Galaxy
All maps
Complexity K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan 22 - 14 +8 88.4 73.1% 1.33
Canada Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz 18 - 13 +5 75.0 76.9% 1.28
United Kingdom Rory 'dephh' Jackson 20 - 18 +2 84.8 53.8% 1.07
Canada Bradley 'ANDROID' Fodor 12 - 15 -3 58.5 61.5% 0.87
United States Jaccob 'yay' Whiteaker 13 - 18 -5 52.8 53.8% 0.81
x6tence Galaxy K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Sweden Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora 19 - 18 +1 90.9 76.9% 1.26
Sweden André 'BARBARR' Möller 15 - 15 +0 60.3 57.7% 0.96
Sweden Gustav 'ZINKEN' Björk 15 - 17 -2 68.8 50.0% 0.93
Sweden Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson 15 - 17 -2 66.0 65.4% 0.88
Sweden Linus 'Bååten' Andersson 13 - 18 -5 57.6 61.5% 0.73

OpTic and Bravado clashed in the Group B opener, with the map landing on Dust2. With a shaky start from OpTic, Bravado took the first half by storm, taking a huge lead with a 10-5 scoreline. René "cajunb" Borg was having none of that, leading OpTic to usurp the lead from the South African team, with the Danish squad's lead going up to 13-12. Bravado got their head back in the game in the last five rounds, edging out four of the five last rounds to just barely take down OpTic 16-14. 

OpTic
14 - 16
Bravado
All maps
OpTic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Denmark René 'cajunb' Borg 27 - 18 +9 106.0 80.0% 1.49
Denmark Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke 21 - 17 +4 61.7 70.0% 1.04
Denmark Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer 21 - 22 -1 79.8 76.7% 1.02
Denmark Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen 17 - 18 -1 73.8 70.0% 0.98
Denmark Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen 15 - 22 -7 58.9 73.3% 0.82
Bravado K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong 24 - 21 +3 88.7 66.7% 1.24
Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek 23 - 20 +3 89.8 70.0% 1.18
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou 23 - 23 +0 88.3 73.3% 1.17
Ruan 'ELUSIVE' van Wyk 14 - 18 -4 52.1 70.0% 0.93
Dimitri 'Detrony' Hadjipaschali 13 - 20 -7 56.5 70.0% 0.86

Back in Group A, compLexity faced off against Heroic, who had won their opening match against LDLC in a 16-6 match. Starting on the CT-side of Nuke, Heroic crushed compLexity, with the Danish squad raking in a 12-3 lead at halftime. Though Shahzeb "ShahZaM' Khan was able to pull out an impressive performance in the second half, Heroic's lead was far too great for the North American squad, who ultimately lost the map 16-10 and have been knocked down to the consolation final of the group.

Complexity
10 - 16
HEROIC
All maps
Complexity K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan 21 - 19 +2 81.0 53.8% 1.04
United Kingdom Rory 'dephh' Jackson 16 - 21 -5 73.3 65.4% 0.88
Canada Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz 17 - 21 -4 70.6 61.5% 0.85
Canada Bradley 'ANDROID' Fodor 14 - 18 -4 55.8 53.8% 0.74
United States Jaccob 'yay' Whiteaker 7 - 17 -10 26.3 57.7% 0.58
HEROIC K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Denmark Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen 22 - 16 +6 94.3 80.8% 1.47
Sweden Andreas 'MODDII' Fridh 21 - 14 +7 86.0 73.1% 1.33
Sweden Adam 'friberg' Friberg 20 - 18 +2 79.7 76.9% 1.22
Denmark Daniel 'mertz' Mertz 18 - 14 +4 69.2 76.9% 1.20
Denmark Asger 'AcilioN' Larsen 15 - 13 +2 49.1 61.5% 0.87

In the final match of the day, Bravado went head-to-head with G2, who have already found some success with their new roster, taking down ENCE earlier in the group in a 16-14 comeback on Dust2. In spite of a 3-0 early lead from Bravado on Nuke, G2 began to ramp up their lead on the CT-side, taking a modest 9-6 lead at halftime.

In the second half, with G2 on the path to taking the map with a 12-6 scoreline, Dimitri "Detrony" Hadjipaschali led Bravado through an arduous eight-round streak, flipping the scoreline 14-12. Despite a slip-up in the 27th round, Bravado were able to successfully secure the comeback, taking Nuke 16-13. G2 have been knocked down to the decider match, while Bravado proceed to the semifinals over the French squad.

Bravado
16 - 13
G2
All maps
Bravado K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Dimitri 'Detrony' Hadjipaschali 25 - 14 +11 84.8 72.4% 1.38
Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek 19 - 16 +3 59.4 79.3% 1.11
Ruan 'ELUSIVE' van Wyk 22 - 19 +3 81.3 69.0% 1.11
Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong 21 - 20 +1 81.3 72.4% 1.09
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou 16 - 20 -4 70.9 65.5% 0.93
G2 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Audric 'JACKZ' Jug 22 - 20 +2 79.9 69.0% 1.16
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub 19 - 20 -1 68.9 62.1% 0.97
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 19 - 19 +0 66.2 65.5% 0.92
Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang 13 - 23 -10 68.4 62.1% 0.81
Richard 'shox' Papillon 16 - 21 -5 64.8 51.7% 0.80

The schedule for tomorrow's matches at DreamHack Winter can be found below.

Wednesday, December 5th  
4:00 AM Sweden x6tence Galaxy vs. LDLC BO3
7:00 AM Denmark OpTic vs. ENCE BO3
10:00 AM compLexity vs. x6 Galaxy/LDLC BO3
1:00 PM G2 vs. OpTic/ENCE BO3

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