Complexity to face NAVI after loss against Vitality
After clinching the organization's first-ever Royal Arena appearance with an incredible 2-0 win over Astralis, Complexity faced off against Vitality, the current #5 team in the HLTV rankings, just one place ahead of the North Americans. With the promise of a path into semifinals for the Cowboys, Complexity went into battle against the European superteam. Unfortunately for Complexity, after a roller coaster ride of a series, Vitality ultimately came out on top with a 2-1 win, setting up a confrontation between Complexity and NAVI in the quarterfinals.
The first map was Anubis, picked by Complexity. It did not start off well, as Vitality won seven rounds in a row before the North American squad could score just one. That one round was all Complexity got during the CT-side. The second half was not much different, as Vitality, once again, only lost one round and closed the map 13-2.
Nuke was picked by Vitality and Complexity managed to win more rounds in just three attempts on Nuke than during all Anubis. After opening the map with a 3-0 advantage, Vitality tied the game and it fell into a back-and-forth state with the first half ending 7-5 in favor of Complexity. Now on the T-side, Complexity managed to extend the lead to 10-6 but Vitality managed to keep things interesting and took the game to overtime after being down 11-8. Overtime went smoothly for Complexity, as Vitality only managed to win one and Nuke ended 16-13.
The third and final map was Inferno and Vitality started off strong despite falling down 3-2 early on the CT-side. The European squad would go to the halftime break 9-3 ahead as Complexity couldn't produce any more rounds. During the second half, Complexity showed a bit more life but Vitality still had the upper hand which resulted in a 4-4 half and a 13-7 final score for Vitality.
With this win, Vitality will go directly to the semifinal, while Complexity will face NAVI in the quarterfinal.
VitalityComplexity| Vitality |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut |
62 - 36 | +26 | 94.8 | 79.7% | 1.52 |
 Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan |
50 - 37 | +13 | 79.5 | 76.6% | 1.25 |
| Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi |
43 - 38 | +5 | 74.3 | 79.7% | 1.10 |
| Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire |
43 - 40 | +3 | 73.5 | 65.6% | 1.09 |
 William 'mezii' Merriman |
33 - 38 | -5 | 62.5 | 78.1% | 0.96 |
| Complexity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski |
43 - 48 | -5 | 76.5 | 68.8% | 0.98 |
 Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli |
42 - 42 | +0 | 65.8 | 70.3% | 0.92 |
| Michael 'Grim' Wince |
38 - 48 | -10 | 74.1 | 64.1% | 0.91 |
 Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou |
36 - 48 | -12 | 60.5 | 62.5% | 0.76 |
| Ricky 'floppy' Kemery |
30 - 46 | -16 | 51.2 | 70.3% | 0.74 |
