Astralis and GamerLegion bow out of ESL Pro League Season 22

Astralis and GamerLegion have change into the most recent groups to get eradicated from ESL Professional League Season 22. 

The Danish and Mongolian/German esports organisations had been unable to win three matches through the Counter-Strike 2 occasion’s second stage.

Whereas Astralis departs the event with a win-to-loss file of 0-3, the Danes confronted some tough opponents throughout Stage 2. A gap defeat to Staff Falcons put the staff instantly on the again foot, organising a round-two conflict towards Aurora Gaming. 

Regardless of taking the opening map, Aurora Gaming’s superior defence proved an excessive amount of for Astralis, with the Turkish facet scoring a 2-1 win to position the Danish facet on the verge of elimination. 

The trail to Stage 3 continued to extend in issue, with a new yet familiar FaZe Clan standing in Astralis’ means in spherical three of the Swiss stage. Astralis struggled to construct any form of momentum, shedding to FaZe 13-7 and 13-4 to carry an finish to a difficult Professional League marketing campaign.

Since being topped Counter-Strike’s finest staff within the October Valve Regional Standings (VRS), The MongolZ has struggled to rekindle the shape that noticed the staff win the Esports World Cup in August. Shock defeats to HOTU and Inside Circle Esports put the Mongolian nationwide staff getting ready to a shock elimination, with a win over GamerLegion required to remain alive in Stage 2. 

The MongolZ held off a late GamerLegion resurgence on Inferno to open the sequence with a win, however the German organisation responded instantly with a 13-11 win on Historical to power a decider on Nuke. 

Just like Inferno and Historical, The MongolZ raced to an early lead earlier than GamerLegion began to cut back the deficit with some well-timed defensive rotations. Affected person attacking play from the Mongolians made the distinction within the latter phases of Nuke, profitable 13-7 and the sequence 2-1 to stay in with an opportunity of constructing the Playoffs. 

Stage 2 of ESL Professional League Season 22 continues with the remaining groups competing within the remaining two rounds of the Swiss stage. The highest eight groups from Stage 2 will safe a spot within the Playoffs, happening from October tenth to twelfth.

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