The fight for Top 4 intensifies | ESL Impact S6 Week 3 Roundup

Four tickets for Season 7 are on the table.

While FlyQuest RED has kept running away with the #1 spot of ESL Impact Season 6 North America, inching closer and closer to an ESL Impact S6 LAN Final spot, the battle for the remaining spots in the Top 4 is heating up. While only one team gets to go to Stockholm, three more are fighting for a direct invite into the league next season.

FlyQuest RED 2-0 Nouns fe United States

After an uncharacteristic loss against Aware, Nouns fe were back in full force against FlyQuest RED, but the best NA women's squad reminded everyone why it is the best NA women's squad. After making it a close game on Dust2, losing 13-10 after having a 10-8 lead, Nouns fe couldn't match FlyQuest RED's pace on Inferno, where the RED squad easily won 13-7 after a 10-2 T-side.

FlyQuest RED
2 - 0
Nouns fe
All maps
FlyQuest RED K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Coline 'Kaoday' Le Floc'h 37 - 26 +11 92.0 76.7% 1.47
Australia Vivienne 'BiBiAhn' Quach 30 - 23 +7 77.5 74.4% 1.19
Canada Mounira 'GooseBreeder' Dobie 33 - 27 +6 81.1 67.4% 1.15
United States Vanessa 'vanessa' Gideon 28 - 21 +7 62.8 81.4% 1.06
United States Emma 'Emy' Choe 26 - 27 -1 70.3 72.1% 1.03
Nouns fe K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Tori 'raynee' Gustafson 35 - 30 +5 88.3 67.4% 1.18
United States Natalie 'ashe' Betts 29 - 33 -4 77.8 69.8% 1.04
United States Cynthia 'katalyyst' Sheerajin 26 - 32 -6 57.4 67.4% 0.82
United States Riley 'lunari' Luna 18 - 28 -10 44.9 58.1% 0.63
Canada Jessica 'jesscas' Ngo 16 - 32 -16 53.7 58.1% 0.59

United States TSM Shimmer 2-1 Blue Otter Karma United States

TSM Shimmer, coming back from a tough loss against FlyQuest RED, started things slowly against Blue Otter Karma, dropping the first map 13-9. The rest of the series was controlled by the Shimmer squad, with a 13-3 Dust2 victory, followed by a 13-5 Ancient, which featured a flawless 6-0 CT-side.

TSM Impact
2 - 1
Blue Otter Karma
All maps
TSM Impact K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Lucy 'empathy' Verkaik 56 - 40 +16 112.2 78.6% 1.59
Australia Phoebe 'phoebe' Winter 48 - 36 +12 92.2 75.0% 1.31
United States Marissa 'madss' Dasta 45 - 33 +12 84.2 83.9% 1.28
United States Juliana 'Juli' Tosic 30 - 29 +1 58.3 78.6% 1.10
United States Lynn 'Lx' Clarke 33 - 33 +0 56.5 83.9% 1.10
Blue Otter Karma K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Olga 'olya' Kryvulych 44 - 43 +1 88.7 67.9% 1.11
United States Elena 'Ellie' Garland 40 - 42 -2 79.9 64.3% 0.95
United States Emmalee 'EMUHLEET' Garrido 29 - 39 -10 47.3 69.6% 0.75
Canada Amanda 'rain' Smith 29 - 45 -16 62.1 62.5% 0.73
United States Anna 'buhnny' Cheung 27 - 44 -17 60.3 55.4% 0.72

United States Lotus 2-0 Aware United States

Lotus have finally entered the win column with a victory over Aware, who are the only team yet to win a series this season. It wasn't a competitive series, as Lotus conquered Anubis 13-5 and followed it up with a 13-8 on Mirage. Lydia "Fawx" Dalton and Ariane "ARIANARCHIST" Lafrenière finished the series with 41 and 42 kills each, respectively.

Lotus fe
2 - 0
Aware fe
All maps
Lotus fe K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Lydia 'Fawx' Dalton 41 - 21 +20 90.8 89.7% 1.68
Canada Ariane 'ARIANARCHIST' Lafrenière 42 - 22 +20 102.3 79.5% 1.59
United States Samantha 'Zazu' Blair 28 - 24 +4 89.8 76.9% 1.28
United States Nikki 'Axessor' Sahm 18 - 20 -2 57.9 84.6% 0.98
Olga 'Knopk@' Horoshilova 22 - 31 -9 68.4 76.9% 0.98
Aware fe K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Canada Veronica 'Lexa' Short 27 - 30 -3 76.5 79.5% 0.93
United States Cat 'thecatt' Guy 23 - 30 -7 77.2 66.7% 0.92
United States Marceline 'Cloudy' Myers 23 - 29 -6 57.3 79.5% 0.89
United States Cass 'tokkis' Dellinger 25 - 34 -9 71.7 66.7% 0.88
United States Rain 'eepy rain' Van Cleave 18 - 29 -11 57.6 74.4% 0.72

United States Imp Pact 1-2 FLUFFY MAFIA

Imp Pact have finally been stopped, after boasting an invincible record for two weeks. FLUFFY MAFIA put an end to Imp Pact's streak with a 2-1 win and an amazing series overall. Both teams lost their map picks, Imp Pact lost Ancient 13-10, FM lost Mirage 13-3, and everything went down to the Vertigo decider. Overtime was needed there, with FLUFFY MAFIA coming out on top 16-13 and winning the series.

Imp Pact fe
1 - 2
FLUFFY MAFIA
All maps
Imp Pact fe K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
United States Wrenna 'Stx' Trampel 54 - 46 +8 92.4 79.4% 1.27
United States Raven 'raven' Sol 57 - 41 +16 76.8 73.5% 1.20
United States Sylvie 'Serendipity' Splaver 49 - 46 +3 79.1 77.9% 1.16
United States Lilith 'gadfly' Mize 45 - 45 +0 80.1 75.0% 1.14
United States Katie 'gone' Karonis 46 - 43 +3 66.0 72.1% 1.03
FLUFFY MAFIA K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.1
Yana 'sakura' Beresneva 64 - 48 +16 97.4 83.8% 1.39
United States Jennifer 'bored3m' Ivanova 47 - 48 -1 71.0 63.2% 1.05
Daria 'daria' Anokhina 47 - 51 -4 76.1 67.6% 0.99
Kiki 'PiggyKiki' Long 30 - 51 -21 61.3 58.8% 0.74
Iuliia 'sckrafft' Gerasimova 33 - 53 -20 58.8 63.2% 0.74

Week 3 Schedule

United States TSM Shimmer vs. United States Nouns fe - Wednesday 07:30PM
United States Lotus vs. FLUFFY MAFIA - Wednesday 07:30PM
FlyQuest RED vs. United States Imp Pact - Thursday 07:30PM
United States Blue Otter Karma vs. United States Aware - Thursday 07:30PM

Standings after Week 2

1st - FlyQuest RED - 3-0
2nd - United States Imp Pact - 2-1
3rd - United States TSM Shimmer - 2-1
4th - FLUFFY MAFIA - 2-1
5th - United States Blue Otter Karma - 1-2
6th - United States Nouns fe - 1-2
7th - United States Lotus - 1-2
8th - United States Aware - 0-3

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