Wolves Esports
Wolves Esports
China
Rank #2
SiuFatBB
Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦)
Yuicaw
Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑)
Spring
Liu Jiunting (刘俊霆)
Lysoar
Liang Youhao (梁优好)
Juicy
Tyler James Aeria
continue their Cinderella run as they take down
Gen.G
Gen.G
Korea
Rank #1
Foxy9
Jung Jae-sung (정재성)
Ash
Ha Hyun-cheol (하현철)
t3xture
Kim Na-ra (김나라)
Munchkin
Byeon Sang-beom (변상범)
Suggest
Seo Jae-young (서재영)
Karon
Kim Won-tae (김원태)
in 2-0 fashion to move to the upper bracket final. This win has secured the third seeded CN team a top three finish at Masters Toronto.
Most thought that today would be the end of the line for the miraculous Wolves run, as Gen.G had emerged as the tournament favorites following the first round of playoffs. They swept through the Swiss stage with ease, and with the likes of
G2 Esports
G2 Esports
North America
Rank #1
jawgemo
Alexander Mor
trent
Trent Cairns
valyn
Jacob Batio
JonahP
Jonah Pulice
leaf
Nathan Orf
falling to the lower bracket, the Korean juggernauts look poised to make a run to the grand final.
On the other hand, Wolves came into the tournament as one of the lowest rated teams. They themselves hardly expected to win even one match. However, after getting acclimated to the international stage, they have been on a tear. With their fourth consecutive 2-0 victory today, Wolves are now on an eight map win streak.
On Split, Gen.G continued to be the sole representative of the nerfed Tejo, using the same composition they used against
FNATIC
FNATIC
Europe
Rank #1
crashies
Austin Roberts
Boaster
Jake Howlett
kaajak
Kajetan Haremski
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Alfajer
Emir Ali Beder
. While they let that map slip away from them, they seemed unfazed, as they took a dominant start to the map. The score quickly became 6-0 in Gen.G's favor, and by round seven, both of Wolves' timeouts were already expended.
t3xture
's Operator play on Neon combined with
Foxy9
's anchoring on Deadlock let Gen.G rack up a 9-3 lead on their defense half.
However, Gen.G were not out of the woods yet. Echoing their loss to FNATIC, they struggled to close out their lead. Wolves began clawing back into the map, finally getting some momentum with a pistol round win. Still, Gen.G were able to push their lead up to 11-6. From there though, Wolves truly came alive. Their site anchors were consistently shutting down Gen.G's attack, constantly leaving them with nothing to do but bunker down and save their weapons. Lysoar in particular was a force to be reckoned with on site, racking up five double kills in the second half. For seven rounds in a row, Wolves were untouchable, stealing away Split in a 13-11 victory.
The second map of Sunset was almost a carbon copy of the first. Wolves once again got off to a slow start, letting Gen.G build up a mighty lead. t3xture was feasting on Neon, getting Gen.G up to an 8-4 lead at the half.
Mr. 4k adds another one to his portfolio.Once Wolves were on their attack side, however, it was their time to pounce. Save for their second round anti-eco that went awry, they were completely dominant on the second half. The Wolves IGL SiuFatBB was infallible, finding a way to clutch out every situation he was put in.
The SEN Classic is all SiuFatBB needs to clutch the round.Gen.G had no answers to Wolves' momentum, as the wolf pack steamrolled eight rounds in a row to a 13-9 victory.
The man can do no wrong.While not as flashy and boisterous as SiuFatBB, Spring 's impact cannot be understated. He was the highest rated player of the match with a 1.33 rating, and has been a consistent rock for the team throughout Wolves' entire run through Toronto. He currently sits as a top five rated player in the tournament.
With their win, Wolves moves on to the upper bracket final to face the winner of Sentinels vs. Paper Rex. Gen.G falls down to the lower bracket, where they will have to take down G2 in order to continue their tournament run.