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Last Monday, the Cevo-A finals took place between 22d and Knockout Gaming. The match was a best of format. The two picked maps were Badlands and Yukon.

Badlands was… A quick match. 22d came out strong, wiping K0 gaming at mid. They easily captured spire and moved on to last. Knockout gaming seemed to wake up with a clutch last defence, but in the end it faded.
This pattern seemed to be the story of the game. 22d came out fighting and mid and Knockout was forced to retreat several times into choke, not even being ABLE to fight for mid. Goldy forced several early ubers, proving his worth on the new 22d roster.

It wasn’t all 22d, though. After losing 4 rounds straight, Knockout finally pulled something together. They won two rounds in a row, making the score 4-2 in favor of 22d. The rally was largely due to Novice’s great soldier skills. He played a very good match, even with 22d was steamrolling.

In round 7,  22d went back to basics and played to win. They wiped Knockout at mid, and made quick work of last, winning 5-2 in only 17 minutes.

Next the two teams moved to Yukon. Goldy for 22d came out with some MAJOR work as sniper. He got several kills during this match, and for most of the first half, was leading the team in points.

Knockout wasn’t done, though. They threw together a very good defense on last, in which Novice forced Tragic to drop an uber with some fancy rocket jumps. Knockout made a good push, but in the end, it wasn’t enough.

Yukon was sloppy for both teams though, and this primarily showed in the second half. 22d was leading 4-0 going into half, just needing one more win to secure the championship. Both teams dropped several players to sticky traps and the round became a standstill. Neither team could seem to get up uber, but when they did, they weren’t able to do much with it. After 11 minutes, knockout gaming squeezed out a win.

After the loss, Tragic pulled the team together and reconsidered their strategies. They played like a much better team going into round 6 and Knockout gaming was forced into submission. 22d are the new Cevo-A champions, winning Yukon 5-1.

Though Knockout gaming got beat, I’d like to say they did have several good moments and pushes as a team, often times coming back from a last defense to get at least mid. They took 3 rounds away from a team that has only lost 8 all season.

But 22d did prove why they were undefeated this season. They were a force to be reckoned with, and ALL of their players looked consistently strong. Especially Green with his sick-nasty Yukon jumps.

It was a great match, and I’m looking forward to seeing these two teams in the future!

Knockout Gaming is:

Noobina
Defiance
Broses
Bastard
DooG
Novice

22d is:

Tragic
Terminator
Green
Pt_
Flappy
Goldy