Complexity fall just before quarterfinals
Complexity falls to Monte in one of the hardest matches they've played in a long time when you consider the lengthy delay, the map consisting of only default loadouts, and then a jarring back-to-action map that went back and forth through to the end. Despite all that, they kept the match close in a strong effort but were eliminated from ESL Pro League just before the quarterfinals match.
Complexity sought to steal away Monte's map pick of Ancient, but faced a lot more troubles than they thought. The opening half was all Monte, all the way as they opened up the match with a pistol round win and were in control the whole time as they cruised to a 9-6 half. The Ukrainians continued that dominance through to the second half as their defense did not allow Complexity more than a single-round win as they won their own map pick, 16-7.
The dominance was startling for Complexity, but they earned a reprieve after an hour-long delay due to the global servers for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive being shut down ahead of Counter-Strike 2's release. Once back in the server, the two sides were able to play, but with only default loadouts which meant that there was no M4A1-S, putting the CT's at a disadvantage.
This was incredibly apparent as Complexity dominated Monte on their T-side of Overpass as they rushed to a 13-2 first half. The second half became much more difficult for the Americans, thanks to the aforementioned loadout issues. Without their usual skins or loadouts, Complexity dropped seven T-side rounds before finally closing it out 16-9.
Finally, on Anubis, the two sides were able to get their loadouts back which was much to the benefit of Monte, who started out on the CT-side. Back with their familiar weapons, the Ukrainian team jumped ahead to lead the half 9-6 and were in control towards the end of the game. Monte continued their momentum through to the end of the map as they closed out the match 16-12 and the series, 2-1.
Complexity now has to travel back to the United States as they play in the upcoming BLAST Americas Fall Showdown and then onward to IEM Sydney.
ComplexityMonte| Complexity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ricky 'floppy' Kemery |
43 - 55 | -12 | 77.9 | 67.1% | 0.94 |
| Michael 'Grim' Wince |
50 - 52 | -2 | 64.6 | 61.8% | 0.91 |
 Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli |
46 - 51 | -5 | 58.7 | 67.1% | 0.87 |
| Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski |
50 - 60 | -10 | 75.5 | 56.6% | 0.86 |
 Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou |
41 - 58 | -17 | 67.7 | 67.1% | 0.85 |
| Monte |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Volodymyr 'Woro2k' Veletniuk |
68 - 43 | +25 | 96.6 | 72.4% | 1.41 |
 Alexander 'br0' Bro |
58 - 44 | +14 | 79.9 | 80.3% | 1.29 |
| Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev |
59 - 47 | +12 | 84.1 | 68.4% | 1.19 |
 Szymon 'kRaSnaL' Mrozek |
45 - 45 | +0 | 73.4 | 76.3% | 1.08 |
| Sergiy 'DemQQ' Demchenko |
43 - 52 | -9 | 66.4 | 75.0% | 0.98 |
