{"id":24176,"date":"2022-10-01T10:43:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T14:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=24176"},"modified":"2022-10-01T10:43:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T14:43:52","slug":"cloud9-rampages-through-faze-clan-at-esl-pro-league-season-16-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/cloud9-rampages-through-faze-clan-at-esl-pro-league-season-16-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud9 rampages through FaZe Clan at ESL Pro League Season 16 quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nCloud9 became the second <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"CS:GO betting guide\" >Counter-strike: Global Offensive<\/a> franchise in the ESL Pro League Season 16 to secure a spot in the semifinals after defeating FaZe Clan. Owing to the 2-1 loss, Finn &#8220;\u2060karrigan\u2060&#8221; Andersen and the rest of the team were robbed of their Intel Grand Slam dreams.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C9CSGO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@C9CSGO<\/a> advance to the semi-finals over <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaZeClan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FaZeClan<\/a> 2-1!<\/p>\n<p>13-16 on Inferno<br \/>16-8 on Ancient<br \/>16-11 on Mirage<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESLProLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESLProLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8T0vworID2\">pic.twitter.com\/8T0vworID2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLCS\/status\/1575585325874675712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Cloud9 will once again face off against Team Liquid on Saturday in their semifinal match. The NA squad emerged from Group D in third place and went on to defeat both Fnatic and MOUZ in the event\u2019s playoffs. Cloud9 are heavy favorites to win the game, with odds set at $1.52 on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sites\/ggbet\/ title=\"GG.BET bookmaker review\" >GG.BET<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/esl-pro-league\/\" title=\"ESL Pro League Betting Guide\" >ESL Pro League Season 16<\/a> has seen a number of upsets among teams, and now with FaZe. The tournament has so far lived up to the billing of being one of the stiffest competitions.<\/p>\n<p>The series between Cloud9 and FaZe started with a narrow 13-16 win for FaZe on Inferno. Cloud9 went on to reverse sweep,winning Ancient with a 16-9 scoreline and then 16-11 on Mirage. The match was a repeat performance of the FaZe and Cloud9 face off at the IEM Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the loss, FaZe will be unable to participate in the Intel Grand Slam. FaZe emerged from the B group with a 4-1 record and advanced to the quarterfinals after a hard-fought win against Complexity.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian squad started Inferno by winning the opening pistol round, earning them a 4-0 lead. FaZe quickly caught up to Cloud9 after three impressive holds of the A bombsite, which served to prepare the CT economy for the rest of the half.<\/p>\n<p>FaZe\u2019s Helvijs &#8220;\u2060broky\u2060&#8221; Saukants performed notably well and helped the team reach an 8-7 score by map\u2019s half. The player recorded a 1.59 rating and a 100% KAST.<\/p>\n<p>After both squads switched sides, neither were in the lead for long, and the scores remained as close as before. Sergey &#8220;\u2060Ax1Le\u2060&#8221; Rykhtorov kept up his impressive play from the first half, and FaZe\u2019s Dmitry &#8220;\u2060sh1ro\u2060&#8221; Sokolov held it down on the CT side. Cloud9 were able to reach a 13-12 advantage, but FaZe produced four wins in a row on the B site, pushing them to win the map 16-13.<\/p>\n<p>The next map, Ancient, saw Cloud9 in top form, and while they could not build up on their pistol victory, the team reached an eight-round winning streak after exploiting FaZe\u2019s B site defense. FaZe\u2019s broky was unable to do much in the first half of the map and produced only one frag and a rating of 0.46 CT. The half ended with a 6-9 scoreline.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A few vital rounds in the end at the half for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaZeClan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FaZeClan<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>9:6 lead for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C9CSGO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@C9CSGO<\/a> at halftime \ud83d\udcab<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESLProLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESLProLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xq3tYPy11t\">pic.twitter.com\/xq3tYPy11t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLCS\/status\/1575578715270119425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The European team won the second pistol round, but they could not find solid footing in the second half. In the seventeenth round, their opponents managed to execute a force buy and put an end to the European team\u2019s B-site offense.<\/p>\n<p>FaZe won only one round before Cloud9 rushed forward with a 16-9 win. The victory was notably the Russian squad\u2019s seventh consecutive LAN-Ancient win.<\/p>\n<p>The deciding map was Mirage, and Cloud9 started with some aggressive rounds on the T side. FaZe were put at a 4-9 disadvantage after their opponents\u2019 offense placed a number of hits on the A bombsite. The first half of the map ended 6-9 with Cloud9 in the lead.<\/p>\n<p>After FaZe moved to the CT side, sh1ro seemed to make a play for his team, but Ax1Le was there to foil his plans. The player recorded a 1.99 rating during the second half and led his team to a 16-11 finish, moving Cloud9 up to the semifinals.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The man who denied the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IntelGrandSlam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IntelGrandSlam<\/a> \ud83d\ude31<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ax1LeGOD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ax1LeGOD<\/a> was in GODMODE against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaZeClan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FaZeClan<\/a> with 75 kills and 106 ADR across 3 maps. \ud83d\udc4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESLProLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESLProLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FZqUqhrg4I\">pic.twitter.com\/FZqUqhrg4I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLCS\/status\/1575587614085640192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u2028<a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud9 became the second Counter-strike: Global Offensive franchise in the ESL Pro League Season 16 to secure a spot in the semifinals after defeating FaZe Clan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":13575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[172,508,626,430,127,4],"class_list":["post-24176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cloud9","tag-counter-strike","tag-cs-go","tag-esl-pro-league","tag-faze-clan","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24177,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24176\/revisions\/24177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}