ATK overrun Sharks to win ECS Season 8 Week 2
ATK have won ECS Season 8 Week 2 over Sharks, taking them down on Train and Inferno. Due to Sharks finishing Week 1 as the runner-up before the finals today they had already secured their spot in the Season 8 Finals based on having the highest earnings.
Starting off on Sharks' pick of Train, after Sharks won their CT-side pistol, ATK immediately overran their defenses, going on a shock and awe campaign as they won the next 11 rounds in a row. In the last three rounds of the half, Sharks managed to cobble together two more rounds although it mattered little as ATK still ended the half with a staggering nine round lead.
After switching sides, Sharks finally had a chance to show off on their map pick as they quickly ran down the round deficit by winning eight out the first nine rounds in a row. However, their chances of regaining the lead were quickly dashed as ATK finally found their footing on their CT-side, only allowing Sharks one more round before taking Train 16-12.
Moving onto Inferno, ATK dominated again in a similar fashion on their T-side, battering Sharks as they secured themselves another 12-3 half.
On their T-side Sharks attempted to pull off another comeback, winning the first three rounds in a row, however ATK's lead proved too big a hurdle as they quickly closed out Inferno 16-7.
ATKSharks| ATK |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek |
45 - 30 | +15 | 92.8 | 74.5% | 1.49 |
 Josh 'oSee' Ohm |
46 - 23 | +23 | 83.8 | 82.4% | 1.42 |
| Ricky 'floppy' Kemery |
37 - 25 | +12 | 78.2 | 84.3% | 1.31 |
| Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou |
27 - 35 | -8 | 62.3 | 76.5% | 0.98 |
| Ian 'motm' Hardy |
23 - 32 | -9 | 56.5 | 78.4% | 0.95 |
| Sharks |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ignacio 'meyern' Meyer |
37 - 32 | +5 | 79.2 | 72.5% | 1.12 |
 Leonardo 'leo_drk' Oliveira |
29 - 38 | -9 | 76.9 | 66.7% | 1.01 |
| Raphael 'exit' Lacerda |
27 - 34 | -7 | 62.5 | 62.7% | 0.82 |
| Luca 'Luken' Nadotti |
25 - 38 | -13 | 57.0 | 58.8% | 0.77 |
| Jhonatan 'jnt' Silva |
27 - 36 | -9 | 54.2 | 70.6% | 0.76 |
As a reminder although ATK come out of week two $12,500 richer, Sharks have already secured the first spot in the finals as they had the highest cumulative earnings over the first two weeks. Starting with week three, the winners of each week will automatically secure a spot in the finals.
