WITHOUTWARNING win Advanced, secure ECL

WITHOUTWARNING, consisting of Gabe "Spongey" Greiner, Saad "Pluto" Siraj, Kevin "consti" Yi, Andrew "Tender" Cote, and David "J0LZ" Jolin, defeated Rocket in a one-sided 3-1 affair in the Grand Finals of ESEA Advanced Season 45, with their map loss coming from the default map Rocket obtained with their upper-bracket advantage.

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Earlier in the playoffs, WITHOUTWARNING were sent down to the lower bracket by virtue of REIGN and a double overtime affair in the third map. But, picking themselves up from that, the team defeated StrikeX, Torch, and took revenge upon REIGN to set up that finals clash with Rocket.

Previous results would not indicate the one-sided stomp that the grand finals became. Rocket were actually one of three teams to beat WITHOUTWARNING in the regular season. Alas, it appears as if WITHOUTWARNING found a new gear to shift into to secure the ECL Season 46 slot.

ESEA Advanced Season 45 North America

Bo5

Rocket

1 - 3

WITHOUT WARNING

StatisticsOverview

All maps

Rocket	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Damian 'EMIYA' Boulware	52 - 52	+0	82.3	73.3%	1.10
Jake 'WOOHOO' J.	48 - 56	-8	68.4	65.3%	0.95
Blake 'Elk' Swinson	41 - 57	-16	70.2	62.7%	0.89
Christopher 'aleph' Froden	48 - 59	-11	71.5	66.7%	0.86
Matthew 'nero' Seymour	32 - 57	-25	44.2	54.7%	0.59

WITHOUT WARNING	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Kevin 'consti' Yi	62 - 39	+23	82.9	78.7%	1.33
Andrew 'Tender' Cote	60 - 44	+16	79.4	73.3%	1.24
Saad 'Pluto' Siraj	60 - 47	+13	89.5	70.7%	1.21
David 'J0LZ' Jolin	52 - 48	+4	72.7	76.0%	1.09
Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner	46 - 46	+0	72.8	70.7%	1.06

Maps

1

Default

0

11

Mirage

16

5

Ancient

16

11

Inferno

16

Pluto26 kills

Most kills

Pluto1.44 rating

Best rating

Pluto1.81 rating

Best t-side

Tender1.33 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

consti24 kills

Most kills

consti1.70 rating

Best rating

Tender2.03 rating

Best t-side

consti1.93 rating

Best ct-side

Ancient Rounds

Tender25 kills

Most kills

EMIYA1.39 rating

Best rating

Elk1.61 rating

Best t-side

Tender1.81 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

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This is not new terrain for the WITHOUTWARNING squad. This roster was put together from the remnants of Vendetta, a stable ECL-level team, from which consti and Tender exited to join WITHOUTWARNING. J0LZ left Strife, another ECL team for this opportunity, and Spongey and Pluto have previous experience with Bad News Bears. Before the season started, they were clearly one of the most stacked teams in Advanced, and it's positive to see them reach their expectations and finish at the top of the leaderboard.

The runners up, Rocket, as well as the next four teams, REIGN, TORCH, and the winners of the fifth-place decider between No Impact and StrikeX, will compete in relegation with the lowest four teams in ECL, timbermen, Snakes Den, BHOP, and Take Flyte to round out ESL Challenger League Season 46.

The teams in relegation are:

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