timbermen fell ImPerium to lock up final ESEA MDL Season 35 slot

ImPerium tripped on the final hurdle of their bid for the ultimate Relegation cinderella story.

timbermen have earned themselves the final promotional spot to ESEA MDL Season 35, defeating ImPerium in the lower bracket final of Relegation. 

Things didn't look good from the start for ImPerium as timbermen came out swinging — with axes, presumably — on Overpass, absolutely demolishing the last-chance qualifier team with a 16-3 victory. 

ImPerium were able to collect themselves and get back into the series on Mirage, with a six-round tear in the first half earning them a slim 8-7 halftime lead. The team were then able to double their round count following the side swap to close out the map. Wyatt "snav" Phillippi looked sharp and dropped a 30 bomb for timbermen, but the trio of Reece "Wilky" Wilkerson, Ian "heretic" Carfora, and Grant "Burt^" Burt all pitched in at least 20 frags to take things to Train for the decider.

There, ImPerium appeared to be on track to coast into MDL after they jumped out to an 11-4 lead at the half. However, they were then faced with the prospect of Train's T-side, where they had an abyssmal showing against Thunder Logic in the lower bracket semifinal. Those same problems persisted against timbermen as Derek "dare" Brown and company took full advantage, with ImPerium winning just two rounds while timbermen ran away with the map and the series. dare and snav had 27 and 26 kills, respectively, to book timbermen's spot in ESEA MDL Season 35.

ImPerium
1 - 2
timbermen
All maps
ImPerium K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Ian 'heretic' Carfora 54 - 51 +3 75.9 68.4% 1.13
United States Reece 'Wilky' Wilkerson 53 - 50 +3 70.0 67.1% 1.04
United States Grant 'Burt^' Burt 48 - 61 -13 74.5 55.3% 0.89
United States Carter 'CarterJ' Richardson 44 - 57 -13 64.9 63.2% 0.85
United States James 'EllisoN' Ellison 36 - 60 -24 63.4 69.7% 0.80
timbermen K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Wyatt 'snav' Phillippi 70 - 49 +21 98.4 75.0% 1.38
United States Derek 'dare' Brown 66 - 48 +18 91.4 72.4% 1.33
United States Shane 'shane' Dressler 57 - 44 +13 76.9 77.6% 1.17
United States Kyle 'KEL' Murray 55 - 48 +7 84.1 72.4% 1.15
United States Riley 'violent' Levenson 29 - 47 -18 42.9 68.4% 0.74

The complete team list for MDL Season 35 looks as follows:

United States Ze Pug Godz United States Mythic
United States ex-Recon 5 United States Positive Vibes Only
United States New England Whalers United States Keep the Comms Up
United States ex-Warriors International United States Rebirth
United States ex-Morning Light United States ex-Polar Ace
Canada RBG United States Kinship
Brazil oNe Canada Swedish Canadians
United States Rugratz United States Eclipse
United States Third Impact United States timbermen

ESEA MDL Season 35 is set to begin on August 31st.

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