biguzera demolishes ENCE; paiN one series away from advancing
It was supposed to be a tough game for the Brazilians, facing a heavy favorite in ENCE but it was not meant to be as Rodrigo "biguzera" Bittencourt was on a mission and pulled paiN up to the 2-1 bracket with an incredible performance.
The BO1 was played on Nuke, with paiN starting on the CT-side, which proved to be a difference maker, as Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander's strat-book was very ineffective against biguzera. Yes, biguzera alone, not the rest of the team. The Brazilian IGL won back-to-back-to-back 1v3, 1v2 and a 1v1 clutches, to set paiN up for a 10-2 lead at the half. Other than the clutches, biguzera finished the half with 20 kills and just three deaths.
Going into the second half, the pistol round proved to be crucial, as it enabled paiN to get an economic advantage as well as put them just two rounds away from the win. Despite losing the following round to a Five-Seven clutch from gla1ve, paiN got revenge with a force buy and were looking good for the win with a 12-3 lead going into only pistols. It was an easy round for the Brazilians as they shocked everyone with a 13-3 win to go up to the 2-1 qualification BO3 series.
paiNENCE| paiN |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rodrigo 'biguzera' Bittencourt |
23 - 6 | +17 | 98.4 | 87.5% | 2.09 |
| Lucas 'nqz' Soares |
16 - 6 | +10 | 108.2 | 100.0% | 1.93 |
| Vinicius 'n1ssim' Pereira |
14 - 10 | +4 | 114.6 | 93.8% | 1.67 |
| Lucas 'lux' Meneghini |
15 - 9 | +6 | 94.3 | 93.8% | 1.55 |
| Kaue 'kauez' Kaschuk |
6 - 11 | -5 | 50.1 | 81.2% | 0.74 |
| ENCE |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz |
14 - 16 | -2 | 68.2 | 81.2% | 1.00 |
 Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander |
12 - 14 | -2 | 72.1 | 75.0% | 0.92 |
| Olek 'hades' Miskiewicz |
6 - 15 | -9 | 73.4 | 56.2% | 0.67 |
| Krzysztof 'Goofy' Górski |
8 - 15 | -7 | 61.5 | 62.5% | 0.59 |
| Paweł 'dycha' Dycha |
2 - 15 | -13 | 32.1 | 37.5% | 0.20 |
