[LIVE] Complexity fall to 500 at Elisa Masters

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11:10 : Complexity fall to 500, gxx- drags BNE across the finish line over SAW

We didn’t have to wait long for the first upset to happen, as 500 beat Complexity in the opening round of Group B. Aleks “⁠Rainwaker⁠” Petrov ruined the North American side with a 2v5 quad-kill to help the Bulgarian side turn it around from 10-13.

In the other match Genc “⁠gxx-⁠” Kolgeci dragged Bad News Eagles across the finish line in their narrow win over SAW, stepping up with 1v2 clutches at 12-12 and 14-12 on the Terrorist side of Ancient:

fnatic and the Nicolai “⁠device⁠” Reedtz-less Astralis play their first matches next:

10:00 : Complexity vs. 500, Bad News Eagles vs. SAW kick off the round robin group

09:55 : Group B begins

On the first day of the $200,000 competition, Sprout secured a semi-finals berth after coming out on top of Group A. ENCE and the Florian “⁠syrsoN⁠” Rische-less BIG made it to the quarter-finals after placing second and third, leaving HEET, GamerLegion, and HAVU behind as the trio were eliminated from the competition.

The second group is now starting featuring a couple of teams coming off of impressive performances at the IEM Rio Major — fnatic, who made it to the playoffs in Brazil before bowing out of the quarter-finals at the hands of champions Outsiders, and Bad News Eagles, who went 3-0 in the Challengers Stage and went on to eliminate FaZe in Legends.

Astralis are the third-highest ranked team in Group B, but will play without device, instead fielding a second academy member in Kristoffer “⁠Kristou⁠” Aamand. Complexity will also be making their first appearance since their unsuccessful campaign in the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown, fighting for their last chance to make their mark before the year closes.

SAW and 500 round out the group as by far the lowest-ranked teams, sitting at #37 and #50, respectively, hoping to upset the much more established competition in the round robin.

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