MIBR dominates, eliminates Ninetails from GCC

MIBR GC MIBR GC Brazil Rank #8 bstrdd Paula Naguil lissA Giulia Lissa srN Nicolas Niederauer sayuri Camila Obam melissa Melissa Souza has eliminated Ninetails Ninetails Korea Unranked h4ste Park Ju-hwi (박주희) from the Game Changers Championship in a dominant bounce-back showing, winning 2-0.

The series was played out on NTZ's pick of Split and MIBR's pick of Bind. MIBR won both maps, stealing the Korean squad's map pick 13-5 and then winning their map pick 13-4.

The fifth matchday of the event opened on Split, the map that Ninetails dominated Xipto Esports GC Xipto Esports GC Inactive yxqme Surassawadee Khongpechdee capriciouS Mary Grace Sabado PIETY Kim De Guia Kon Loraine Pagente grahams Leanne Ti-in on the day before to keep its lower bracket run alive. The map was won in a dominant 13-5 fashion, handing NTZ its revenge after suffering two losses to Xipto earlier this year. Against MIBR though, it was NTZ who struggled.

Both teams opted for the Omen-Viper double-Controller and two different double-Duelist comps, with MIBR opting for a Raze to go with the Yoru while NTZ went with Waylay. MIBR elected to begin on attack and seized control almost immediately.

After losing the pistol, MIBR converted a thrifty, which they parlayed into five straight rounds. While NTZ punched back, the lead for the Brazilian squad at halftime was 8-4. That shifted the focus to NTZ's attack, the side that dominated Xipto 9-3 the day before. Unfortunately for the home favorites, that same luck was not to be had. MIBR dropped just one round in the second half en route to a clean 13-5 victory.

The series then shifted to Bind, an interesting pick for its own reasons. MIBR banned the map in its opening-round victory over GIANTX GC GIANTX GC Europe Unranked , while NTZ picked the map twice before in this tournament, losing on it both times. MIBR fielded a near-mirror comp from Split, exchanging sayuri 's Omen for Brimstone, while NTZ stuck with its more off-meta comp, featuring Veto, Skye, Waylay, Astra, and Tejo.

After struggling to defend on the map in its past two outings, NTZ opted to start the map on attack, but they were met with controlled aggression from MIBR. The Brazilian squad overall looked more coordinated, moving in tandem with one another to take the NTZ attack head-on, resulting in another 8-4 halftime lead. srN and lissA combined for 33 kills in the first half, with 20 coming from the Duelist. With a double-Duelist comp, the second half was smooth sailing for MIBR, who closed things out to claim a 13-4 victory and survive.

srN was by and large the most dominant player throughout the series, dropping a match-high 49 kills, with 10 of those kills coming from first duels. After finishing with the second-highest rating and ACS at GCC Berlin, they seemed more comfortable than ever in this series, finishing with a 1.86 rating and 382 ACS in the process.

Ninetails will bow out of GCC placed 7th-8th, making history as the first Korean team to ever participate in the year-end event. After looking down and out following a 2-0 loss to Shopify Rebellion Gold Shopify Rebellion Gold North America Rank #124 dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo meL Melanie Capone alexis Alexis Guarrasi Noia Nicole Tierce sarahcat Sarah Simpson , MIBR bounced back to fight another day, and will await the losing team between G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #253 Akita Esllene Xu amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin mimi Michaela Lintrup and Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #2 Jelly Julia Iris Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela .