NRG continue unbeaten start, Wildcard find their groove | ECL S48 Roundup Days 3 & 4

Who can stop a re-imagined NRG?

NRG is good now. They are dominant, winning, and clutching. They are a completely new team thanks to the arrival of Nick "nitr0" Cannella. The squad is solely in first place and looks like a favorite to seriously dethrone M80 this season in the race for the title. This has just been the first week of competition, but the season is already shaping up hot.

On the other side of the standings, everyone's favorite squad Mythic are in the basement as they are yet to find a win after six maps. It's a tough test for the squad who need to be able to rally together and ensure they do not suffer an automatic relegation.

United States NRG 2-0 Mythic United States

It was a tough night for the stream team as they struggled to play against NRG and fell to 0-6 on the season. Mythic have struggled to replicate their hot form to start off the prior season of ECL and need to figure out how to drag themselves out of the basement of the standings. NRG dominated their opponents with a 13-2 win on Anubis and then a 13-6 victory on Dust2.

NRG
13 - 2
Mythic
All maps
NRG K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte 17 - 10 +7 110.1 80.0% 1.74
United States Josh 'oSee' Ohm 11 - 4 +7 72.7 86.7% 1.55
Canada Jadan 'HexT' Postma 12 - 6 +6 94.3 80.0% 1.53
United States Timothy 'autimatic' Ta 10 - 6 +4 73.7 80.0% 1.46
United States Nick 'nitr0' Cannella 10 - 6 +4 60.4 86.7% 1.30
Mythic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Erik 'fl0m' Flom 12 - 11 +1 86.4 66.7% 1.00
United States Cooper 'Trucklover86' Phelps 7 - 12 -5 44.9 53.3% 0.50
United States Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir 6 - 14 -8 57.2 40.0% 0.48
United States Austin 'Cooper' Abadir 4 - 12 -8 30.4 53.3% 0.38
United States Austin 'Austin' Meadows 3 - 11 -8 39.2 60.0% 0.31
Mythic
6 - 13
NRG
All maps
Mythic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Austin 'Austin' Meadows 14 - 14 +0 71.5 63.2% 0.98
United States Austin 'Cooper' Abadir 12 - 16 -4 70.5 57.9% 0.96
United States Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir 8 - 15 -7 52.0 52.6% 0.74
United States Erik 'fl0m' Flom 8 - 14 -6 54.1 63.2% 0.73
United States Cooper 'Trucklover86' Phelps 11 - 16 -5 63.7 52.6% 0.70
NRG K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Canada Jadan 'HexT' Postma 17 - 12 +5 107.0 89.5% 1.51
United States Josh 'oSee' Ohm 16 - 9 +7 90.9 78.9% 1.43
United States Timothy 'autimatic' Ta 20 - 12 +8 87.2 73.7% 1.41
United States Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte 12 - 9 +3 63.7 73.7% 1.08
United States Nick 'nitr0' Cannella 10 - 11 -1 56.3 68.4% 0.90

United States BOSS 1-1 Elevate United States

BOSS have gone from a roster in distress to one of the strongest squads this season. Their Thursday night split with Elevate shows that this squad that has recently reformed can be intimidating, while Elevate is finding their feet after their shocking move to cut Deni "dea" Ediev. The Russian AWPer has been good for quite a while, but a dip in form appears to have prompted the change. Elevate have struggled in recent times and not been able to replicate their dominant form from the beginning of the year. Maybe this change is what the team needs to get back on top.

BOSS
8 - 13
Elevate
All maps
BOSS K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Jack 'micro' Ryan 17 - 16 +1 84.8 81.0% 1.08
United States Keller 'SLIGHT' Nilan 17 - 17 +0 79.2 57.1% 1.06
United States Matthew 'Cryptic' Whitmore 13 - 19 -6 70.7 71.4% 0.82
United States Matthew 'd4rty' Paplawskas 12 - 17 -5 55.1 57.1% 0.72
Canada Adam 'freshie' Paterson 7 - 18 -11 62.0 57.1% 0.62
Elevate K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Tianyi 'Fr3nk1e' He 19 - 13 +6 97.7 85.7% 1.61
United States Jaxon 'Peeping' Cornwell 20 - 13 +7 88.0 85.7% 1.42
United States Derek 'dare' Brown 16 - 14 +2 96.9 76.2% 1.35
United States Wyatt 'snav' Phillippi 16 - 13 +3 68.9 90.5% 1.30
United States Shane 'shane' Dressler 15 - 13 +2 71.7 76.2% 1.19
Elevate
8 - 13
BOSS
All maps
Elevate K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Derek 'dare' Brown 13 - 16 -3 80.4 61.9% 0.96
United States Wyatt 'snav' Phillippi 16 - 19 -3 80.8 71.4% 0.91
Tianyi 'Fr3nk1e' He 13 - 13 +0 60.5 61.9% 0.86
United States Jaxon 'Peeping' Cornwell 9 - 15 -6 56.0 61.9% 0.70
United States Shane 'shane' Dressler 10 - 16 -6 43.0 71.4% 0.66
BOSS K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Matthew 'd4rty' Paplawskas 24 - 9 +15 99.5 81.0% 1.83
United States Matthew 'Cryptic' Whitmore 19 - 16 +3 83.4 90.5% 1.43
United States Keller 'SLIGHT' Nilan 13 - 14 -1 79.8 71.4% 1.16
United States Jack 'micro' Ryan 13 - 12 +1 71.9 76.2% 1.14
Canada Adam 'freshie' Paterson 10 - 10 +0 64.6 81.0% 1.02

World Wildcard 2-0 Take Flyte United States

Wildcard's international roster is slowly getting more and more comfortable which is being shown in their now 5-1 record in ECL thus far. The squad have been in a strong form while their Swedish contingent arrives to the United States, showing that a little bit of ping can't hurt them too much. The new lineup finished off the first week of ECL with a dominant showing against Take Flyte and will likely continue that once their full lineup is located on the same continent.

Wildcard
13 - 2
Take Flyte
All maps
Wildcard K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Josh 'JBa' Barutt 18 - 4 +14 127.7 100.0% 2.14
Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek 18 - 8 +10 107.4 100.0% 1.91
Sweden Tim 'susp' Ångström 10 - 3 +7 82.1 86.7% 1.52
Canada Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz 11 - 8 +3 80.5 86.7% 1.28
Sweden Love 'phzy' Smidebrant 12 - 6 +6 66.1 80.0% 1.23
Take Flyte K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Caleb 'jchancE' Davis 12 - 15 -3 80.3 66.7% 0.85
United States Noah 'z0mb1e' Velez 7 - 13 -6 61.3 53.3% 0.74
Sebastian 'cbass' Bentancor 3 - 13 -10 38.1 53.3% 0.45
United States Grant 'serv0' Medina 2 - 14 -12 39.0 40.0% 0.33
United States Kevin 'Grave' Le 5 - 14 -9 35.5 33.3% 0.28
Take Flyte
10 - 13
Wildcard
All maps
Take Flyte K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Grant 'serv0' Medina 21 - 17 +4 103.0 56.5% 1.25
Sebastian 'cbass' Bentancor 14 - 20 -6 68.4 60.9% 0.91
United States Kevin 'Grave' Le 12 - 16 -4 64.0 60.9% 0.87
United States Caleb 'jchancE' Davis 11 - 15 -4 50.3 56.5% 0.69
United States Noah 'z0mb1e' Velez 7 - 15 -8 39.0 60.9% 0.55
Wildcard K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek 21 - 14 +7 93.9 78.3% 1.49
Canada Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz 22 - 11 +11 83.0 73.9% 1.45
Sweden Tim 'susp' Ångström 13 - 15 -2 67.9 78.3% 1.08
Sweden Love 'phzy' Smidebrant 14 - 12 +2 76.2 78.3% 1.07
United States Josh 'JBa' Barutt 13 - 14 -1 57.5 69.6% 0.93

In other notable matches, NRG defeated the Brazilian squad E-Xolos LAZER 2-0, while FLUFFY AIMERS had to forfeit their night of games against Nouns due to internet issues. On Wednesday we saw Party Astronauts get a 2-0 win over Take Flyte, Elevate sweep Perserverance 2-0, BOSS take a tight 2-0 over LAG, and Wildcard trounce Limitless 2-0.

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United States NRG
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World WLD
United States PA
United States LAG
United States TF
Brazil EXL
Brazil Legacy
United States M80
United States RVNG
United States PRSV
United States FA
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#1(With 0 replies)
July 21, 2024 02:04PM
BGS
I know it isn't really possible to do anything about it but it's truly hard to follow this league when matches are basically played whenever they can be scheduled. I mean NRG played a match every day from the 15-18th.

Just hard to market this league to viewers I guess.
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