Liquid send Lynn Vision to last chance bracket

Liquid made easy work of their Chinese rivals in the EPL Group D lower bracket.

Liquid will face Complexity or Cloud9 next

Aleks "⁠Rainwaker⁠" Petrov and Robert "⁠Patsi⁠" Isyanov went above and beyond in Liquid's 2-0 victory over Lynn Vision, posting 1.57 and 1.48 ratings, respectively.

This victory keeps Liquid in the ESL Pro League Season 18 Group D lower bracket, while Lynn Vision now have only one of three lives left in the triple-elimination group stage.

Josh "⁠oSee⁠" Ohm downed three with dualies in the opening round of the series to get Liquid off to a positive start. Lynn Vision failed to make the best of the attack on Anubis, a highly important side on the map, and were even behind at the half after Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic downed three to keep his team ahead, 8-7.

Jumping into the T side Liquid posted a dominating 8-2 to close it out 16-9, setting themselves up to take the series on their chosen map.

Up against the possibility of going out 0-2, Lynn Vision started off on the right foot on Ancient, winning the first pistol round on the CT side. Hope didn't last, however, as they lost against a second-round forcebuy off the back of a Patsi Galil triple.

A 10-5 half in Liquid's favor all but defense in first gun round, but quickly deflated as Liquid became a dominant force on the attack going on to a 10-5 half.

Once again Liquid didn't hold back and on the CT side of Ancient won six of seven rounds to seal the deal 16-6 and end the series 2-0. They will now play the loser of Cloud9 vs. Complexity in the middle bracket, while Lynn Vision will play for survival against the loser of 9INE vs. Eternal Fire.

ESL Pro League Season 18Best of 3 LiquidMatchpage 2 0 21st September 2023 Lynn Vision 16Anubis 9 16Ancient 6

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Aleks 'Rainwaker' PetrovRainwaker	46 - 21	+25	101.7	1.57
Robert 'Patsi' IsyanovPatsi	38 - 18	+20	86.9	1.48
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' GaļinskisYEKINDAR	36 - 32	+4	86.0	1.24
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	31 - 24	+7	73.7	1.17
Josh 'oSee' OhmoSee	30 - 23	+7	65.2	1.17

Lynn Vision	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Lizhi 'Starry' YeStarry	31 - 35	-4	70.6	0.96
Junjie 'EmiliaQAQ' TangEmiliaQAQ	25 - 37	-12	63.2	0.72
Dongkai 'Jee' JiJee	19 - 33	-14	56.6	0.70
Sike 'z4kr' Zhangz4kr	24 - 37	-13	61.9	0.69
Zhe 'Westmelon' NiuWestmelon	18 - 41	-23	59.6	0.51

Eternal Fire #34 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAli 'Wicadia' Haydar Yalçın Sezgin 'Fabre' Kalaycı Josh 'oSee' Ohm Age: 24 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1269 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.62 9INE #19 Wiktor 'mynio' KrukKrzysztof 'Goofy' GórskiOlek 'hades' MiskiewiczKamil 'KEi' PietkunKacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz Piotr 'nawrot' Nawrocki Liquid #17 Aleks 'Rainwaker' PetrovRobert 'Patsi' IsyanovKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJosh 'oSee' OhmMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Damian 'daps' Steele Keith 'NAF' Markovic Age: 25 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1739 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 Robert 'Patsi' Isyanov Age: 20 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 639 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 Aleks 'Rainwaker' Petrov Age: 22 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1430 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.63 Complexity #25 Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJohnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliMichael 'Grim' Wince Tiaan 'T.c' Coertzen Cloud9 #7 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovDenis 'electroNic' SharipovSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovIlya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy Konstantin 'groove' Pikiner Lynn Vision #53 Zhe 'Westmelon' NiuSike 'z4kr' ZhangLizhi 'Starry' YeDongkai 'Jee' JiJunjie 'EmiliaQAQ' Tang