(ESEAnews) - We land here in Lower Bracket Round 3, where the winner moves into Lower Bracket Finals against HRG, and then on to Finals with Wolth Pack
ESEA-IM SEASON 9 PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS - LOWER ROUND 3
Leviathan Gaming vs Sinners Truck Problems · cp_badlands · Wed, Sep 21st at 1:00pm
It all comes down to this in the lower bracket semi finals, Juanetic Gaming and Leviathan Gaming duke it out to see who plays HRG in Lower bracket Finals. Both Leviathan and Juanetic had a 10-6 record in the normal season, and both sport a 2-1 record in playoffs (although both of Juanetic’s wins are FFWs). Normally I would consider this match up to be a roll in favor of Leviathan Gaming, they have been scrimming, playing together, and overtook Stay Classy on a very team oriented map in gravel pit, although classy didn’t have Kermit to do massive damage there are enough star players on classy to prevent Leviathan from winning- but they pulled through. The reason this match will probably not be a roll is because badlands is just one of those maps everyone has so much experience on, and pulling crazy strats and new things generally will not work as well on such a stock map, compared to a custom one. As we all know, one of the most important things to badlands is the mid fights, and in particular, the team’s rollout and speed. Juanetic will have the upper hand here as an experienced Kaidus will easily put pressure on Leviathan’s demo and combo, weeble and chambs will be able to follow up damage, and Gravegun’s well timed jumps makes Juanetic’s mids very strong. But it seems that mids are their only strong suit. Levitathan plays slow and organized, and will punish Juanetic for leaving their flank open, and strong ubers through st patrick and sash will overpower Juanetic, leaving them disorganized and vulnerable. The mid fights may fall in favor of Juanetic, and they may take few rounds because of it, but I can’t see Leviathan taking this loss, they are extremely experienced and will not mess up as often as Juanetic will.
Leviathan Gaming 5 > 3 Juanetic Gaming
Originally published on ESEA on 9/21/2011, 6:19 AM by rick___.
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