Azure Ray Advance To The Elite League Playoffs At The Cost Of OG
Faith_bian was forced to eliminate his good friend Ceb from the Elite League tournament. The Chinese squad only needed a draw in their final match of the Group Stage, which was what happened.
The first map of the Bo2 confrontation ended in favor of OG. Azure Ray let Chen slip through the draft, which was immediately picked by Ceb. The Frenchman’s Chen ended the game 2/1/18 and had more net worth than Ori in the game.
The following map started even. However, Azure Ray made great moves to pick off OG’s heroes and slowly build up a net worth lead. Despite building a significant 14,000 net worth lead, the Chinese team knew how important the game was and took the game slow and steady. Eventually, Lou's Aghanim’s Scepter on Lifestealer became an impactful purchase that helped Azure Ray win the game and tie the series.
With this 1-1 result, OG is only one point shy from making it to the Playoffs, having 7 points while the remaining top teams have 8. Despite how close they were, Timado and company still exited the tournament. There is now a three-way tiebreaker situation between G2.iG, Azure Ray, and PSG Quest.
All three teams have secured their Playoffs positions, but will battle to decide which of them will get to begin in the Upper Bracket. These matches will be played tomorrow.