Astralis and Fnatic survive Stake Ranked Episode 4 lower bracket
Astralis and Fnatic survive Stake Ranked Episode 4 lower bracket
Astralis 2:1 BIG
Fnatic 2:0 Alliance
Astralis and Fnatic survived their respective lower-bracket series at Stake Ranked Episode 4, eliminating BIG and Alliance from the $100,000 LAN event.
Astralis recovered from losing the opening map to defeat BIG 2–1.
BIG took Cache 13–5, but Astralis responded with a narrow 13–11 victory on Inferno to force Mirage.
The deciding map was completely one-sided.
Astralis raced to an 11–1 halftime lead before closing Mirage 13–1.
Gytis "ryu" Glušauskas led the final map with 16 kills, 107.8 ADR and a 2.22 rating.
Fnatic then eliminated Alliance with a 2–0 victory in the other lower-bracket semifinal.
The result sent Fnatic forward to face Astralis in the lower-bracket final later on October 3.
The winner will remain alive for the final day of Stake Ranked Episode 4, while the loser will be eliminated.
