Wildcard fall to 3DMAX
Wildcard's run at ESL Pro League Season 20 has come to a close today, with the international lineup falling to the French 3DMAX squad in a 2-0 loss. With the loss, Wildcard exit the Maltese LAN with a 1-3 record, with losses to Spirit, 9z, and 3DMAX, and a win over KOI.
The series against 3DMAX began on Wildcard's map pick of Ancient, with the NA team starting their T-side in the lead after winning the pistol round and the following three rounds. Wildcard would then hold onto their lead, winning their T-side 7-5. After switching sides, this small lead quickly evaporated as 3DMAX won their own T-side pistol and the next two rounds. After this point, Wildcard really struggled to get back into the map as 3DMAX closed out Ancient 13-9.
Unfortunately, things went far worse for the squad on Inferno as 3DMAX launched into a dominant T-side, winning their second pistol of the series before powering to a 9-3 lead. 3DMAX would continue their dominant streak in the second half, winning the CT-side pistol to find ten before winning three of the next four rounds to close out Mirage 13-4.
Wildcard3DMAX| Wildcard |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Josh 'JBa' Barutt |
30 - 32 | -2 | 77.5 | 71.8% | 0.99 |
 Love 'phzy' Smidebrant |
24 - 31 | -7 | 72.9 | 66.7% | 0.96 |
 Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz |
25 - 34 | -9 | 81.6 | 74.4% | 0.92 |
 Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek |
21 - 31 | -10 | 68.8 | 71.8% | 0.87 |
| Tim 'susp' Ångström |
23 - 30 | -7 | 63.5 | 64.1% | 0.80 |
| 3DMAX |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pierre 'Ex3rcice' Bulinge |
38 - 24 | +14 | 92.9 | 92.3% | 1.53 |
| Bryan 'Maka' Canda |
31 - 16 | +15 | 86.7 | 87.2% | 1.52 |
| Thomas 'Djoko' Pavoni |
32 - 27 | +5 | 79.7 | 84.6% | 1.32 |
| Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang |
27 - 26 | +1 | 84.4 | 87.2% | 1.20 |
| Filip 'Graviti' Brankovic |
27 - 30 | -3 | 79.9 | 69.2% | 1.00 |
Wildcard will now head home to continue their ESL Challenger League Season 48 campaign and to prepare for ESL Challenger Atlanta in October.
