Riot Squad, oNe, and New Identity achieve top eight as ECS Season 8 Pinnacle Cup ends

The ECS Season 8 Pinnacle Cup comes to a close on the third and final day.

Day three of the ECS Season 8 Pinnacle Cup has come to a close, with Riot Squad, The Quest, and oNe securing 3-1 victories while Bushido Boyz, New Identity, and Rap Gang made it through with 3-2 records.

Round four started off with Riot and  Pujan "FNS" Mehta making quick work of Bushido Boyz. With FNS leading the server with a 1.58 rating, Riot Squad only allowed Bushido Boyz nine rounds before forcing Bushido Boyz down into the 2-2 pool. 

Riot Squad
2 - 0
Bushido Boyz
All maps
Riot Squad K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Pujan 'FNS' Mehta 40 - 23 +17 96.5 80.5% 1.58
United States Peter 'ptr' Gurney 40 - 18 +22 84.8 87.8% 1.46
United States Mitch 'mitch' Semago 32 - 20 +12 91.4 87.8% 1.40
Canada Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey 36 - 25 +11 97.3 75.6% 1.32
United States Austin 'crashies' Roberts 34 - 23 +11 81.2 73.2% 1.19
Bushido Boyz K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States William 'shonk' Kittrell 23 - 37 -14 69.5 65.9% 0.79
United States Christopher 'Swahn' Swahn 22 - 37 -15 61.4 53.7% 0.76
United States Daniel 'picky' Milazzo 20 - 36 -16 60.0 63.4% 0.75
United States Trevor 'FrostayK' Bandle 22 - 36 -14 61.1 53.7% 0.70
Canada Jonah 'JonahP' Pulice 21 - 36 -15 55.6 56.1% 0.62

Next up, the new-look Divine was unable to adjust to their new lineup in time, narrowly dropping Overpass to oNe 16-14, before overwhelmed on Mirage 16-8.

Divine
0 - 2
TeamOne
All maps
Divine K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Erik 'penny' Penny 39 - 40 -1 67.6 61.1% 0.97
United States Daniel 'roca' Gustaferri 29 - 41 -12 66.7 61.1% 0.82
United States Joshua 'Hunter' Madore 30 - 41 -11 68.5 63.0% 0.80
United States Alexander 'zanz' Diaz 28 - 38 -10 62.2 55.6% 0.77
United States Tyler 'tweiss' Weiss 28 - 44 -16 61.8 51.9% 0.71
TeamOne K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima 45 - 30 +15 94.0 70.4% 1.43
Brazil Alencar 'trk' Rossato 39 - 31 +8 89.2 87.0% 1.31
Brazil Bruno 'b4rtiN' Câmara 46 - 34 +12 82.9 81.5% 1.27
Brazil Caike 'caike' Costa 42 - 30 +12 79.2 75.9% 1.24
Brazil Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos 31 - 29 +2 57.8 68.5% 0.94

The final 2-1 series of the Pinnacle Cup saw The Quest quickly pick a win against Rap Gang. Starting on Nuke, The Quest won their CT-side 12-4 before closing out the map 16-6. Vertigo ended up being equally one-sided as The Quest claimed their CT-side 11-4 before closing out the map 16-8. 

Rap Gang
0 - 2
The Quest
All maps
Rap Gang K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Kevin '4pack' Przypasniak 34 - 34 +0 78.2 63.0% 1.04
Canada Justin 'FaNg' Coakley 31 - 38 -7 74.5 65.2% 0.95
United States Brendan 'Bwills' Williams 26 - 34 -8 65.1 60.9% 0.81
United States Bilal 'SPAMMER' Ali 22 - 37 -15 55.2 52.2% 0.69
United States Erick 'Xeppaa' Bach 16 - 38 -22 53.5 54.3% 0.52
The Quest K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Michael 'Grim' Wince 46 - 25 +21 100.0 76.1% 1.51
United States Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner 40 - 27 +13 94.3 76.1% 1.38
United States Logan 'Voltage' Long 31 - 21 +10 73.4 78.3% 1.24
United States Jack 'xCeeD' Holiman 31 - 29 +2 81.3 71.7% 1.06
United States Ryan 'Snakes' Amann 32 - 27 +5 66.8 71.7% 1.05

Moving onto the round four 2-1 matches, Oceanus managed to pull off a 2-1 win against Advanced opposition RBG while Mythic narrowly claimed a 2-0 win over LiViD. The final series in round four saw New Identity continue their comeback as they claimed a strong 2-0 win over Big Frames.

Round five began with Bushido Boyz going 3-2 after getting a forfeit win over Divine.

The next series had Rap Gang claim a confident 16-10 win over Mythic on Overpass, before pulling off a 19-16 overtime win on Mirage.

Rap Gang
2 - 0
Mythic
All maps
Rap Gang K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Erick 'Xeppaa' Bach 55 - 37 +18 96.9 78.7% 1.34
Canada Justin 'FaNg' Coakley 57 - 39 +18 95.4 73.8% 1.31
United States Kevin '4pack' Przypasniak 52 - 38 +14 85.4 68.9% 1.26
United States Brendan 'Bwills' Williams 48 - 33 +15 76.1 73.8% 1.20
United States Bilal 'SPAMMER' Ali 20 - 43 -23 43.6 67.2% 0.65
Mythic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Erik 'fl0m' Flom 39 - 44 -5 75.1 63.9% 1.00
United States Corbin 'C0M' Lee 43 - 46 -3 68.9 65.6% 0.96
United States James 'hazed' Cobb 36 - 49 -13 80.6 68.9% 0.96
United States Kaitlin 'Keiti' Boop 38 - 45 -7 62.9 63.9% 0.87
United States Samuel 'SileNt' Portillo 33 - 48 -15 59.7 57.4% 0.77

Finally to round off the qualifier, New Identity faced off against Oceanus. Starting on Overpass, New Identity battered Oceanus, taking the map 16-4 without much trouble.

Moving onto Train, Oceanus managed to win the half 9-6 before New Identity launched a major comeback on their CT-side, climbing up to 14 rounds. With their back against the wall, Oceanus managed to rally, winning the last five rounds in a row to take Train 16-14 and force the series onto Mirage.

On Mirage, the two squads played a close opening half, with New Identity leading by a single round on their CT-side. After switching sides, the game continued to be close however New Identity looked largely in control by the end of the map as they won the last five rounds in a row to win Mirage 16-14.

New Identity
2 - 1
OCG
All maps
New Identity K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Will 'dazzLe' Loafman 62 - 52 +10 87.8 72.5% 1.23
United States Collin 'wrath' McSweegan 59 - 53 +6 84.2 68.8% 1.22
United States Michael 'dapr' Gulino 63 - 49 +14 81.1 71.2% 1.19
United States Sebastian 'seb' Bucki 51 - 48 +3 65.8 71.2% 1.07
United States Skyler 'Relyks' Weaver 45 - 49 -4 59.3 73.8% 0.98
OCG K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Michael 'miLLe' St-Pierre 62 - 50 +12 81.8 75.0% 1.18
Canada Yannick 'KOLER' Blanchette 48 - 56 -8 72.7 63.7% 0.93
Canada David 'J0LZ' Jolin 45 - 57 -12 69.2 66.2% 0.90
Canada Gabriel 'TENSKEE' Rodrigue 46 - 55 -9 56.8 66.2% 0.86
Canada Cedric 'Melio' Perrault 50 - 62 -12 70.2 58.8% 0.82

The final standings for the top eight of the ECS Season 8 Pinnacle Cup:

Brazil Sharks United States ATK
United States Riot Squad United States The Quest
Brazil oNe United States Bushido Boyz
United States New Identity United States Rap Gang

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