M80 felled by BESTIA in disappointing end to run
One of NA's top teams at ESL Challenger Atlanta, M80 have been sent packing following a 2-0 loss to BESTIA. Despite moments of strength from the American side, the team definitely looked worse for wear without their IGL, Marcus "maNkz" Kjeldsen, as BESTIA managed to come back many times and foil M80 from forcing a third map.
Map one, Inferno, started with M80 trailing 8-4 on their CT-side after a combined offensive from Ignacio "meyern" Meyer and Nicolás "Noktse" Dávila. Moving into the second half, despite a concerted effort from M80 to get back in the game, BESTIA slinked ahead and managed to win Overpass 13-11.
Moving into map two, Anubis, M80's pick, the team already looked far better as Michael "Swisher" Schmid led the charge on the T-side as M80 won the first half 9-3. Unfortunately, however things crumbled in the second half as BESTIA completely outmaneuvered M80's defense to take another 13-11 win and send M80 packing.
With this loss, M80 are out of the competition and will look to regroup heading into 2024 and the Copenhagen Major qualifiers.
BESTIAM80| BESTIA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ignacio 'meyern' Meyer |
31 - 32 | -1 | 79.1 | 81.2% | 1.19 |
| Marcos 'deco' Amato |
34 - 32 | +2 | 83.2 | 72.9% | 1.16 |
| Nicolás 'Noktse' Dávila |
35 - 28 | +7 | 74.8 | 72.9% | 1.14 |
| Nicolas 'NikoM' Miozzi |
34 - 30 | +4 | 77.8 | 66.7% | 1.08 |
| Roberto 'reversive' Themtham |
24 - 33 | -9 | 49.2 | 68.8% | 0.84 |
| M80 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael 'Swisher' Schmid |
41 - 25 | +16 | 88.0 | 85.4% | 1.27 |
 Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich |
31 - 30 | +1 | 65.7 | 68.8% | 1.03 |
 Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa |
31 - 38 | -7 | 85.7 | 68.8% | 1.02 |
| Ethan 'reck' Serrano |
27 - 31 | -4 | 60.7 | 75.0% | 0.89 |
 Rory 'dephh' Jackson |
23 - 34 | -11 | 58.6 | 64.6% | 0.77 |
