Complexity secured a spot in the playoffs of DreamHack Open Anaheim by eliminating MIBR with a convincing 2-0 (16-2 Nuke, 16-9 Dust2).

The two sides met for a BO3 rematch of their opening series in Anaheim, which Complexity won 16-11 on Dust2. After the loss, MIBR bounced back with a 2-1 over ENCE, a series victory which included a surprise Nuke win by the Brazilians. Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo decided to pick that map into Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer's team, but it didn't work out, seeing Complexity take a straightforward victory.

Complexity put down their foot early on Nuke, starting on the CT side and picking up the pistol and then the first rifle round as well - the latter coming off of a Owen "⁠oBo⁠" Schlatter quad kill. The momentum snowballed and MIBR were already 8-0 down before they could get their first thanks to a Ignacio "⁠meyern⁠" Meyer double, but that success didn't lead to anything more for FalleN and co. who weren't able to challenge their opposition.

blameF, Valentin "⁠poizon⁠" Vasilev and William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba were all on point as Complexity battened down the hatches and took round after round on the defense. The European squad closed the half 14-1, not giving away a single opening kill throughout the half, and finished the map after a T-side force buy, 16-2.

k0nfig's 30 bomb on Dust2 sealed the series

On Dust2, MIBR picked up two opening kills in the pistol, but were unable to close out the round as Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke clutched out the afterplant on B. Unlike on Nuke, MIBR were definitely contesting for rounds and getting close, but Complexity was still pulling ahead on the offense, going up 8-3 after two low-buy victories on B. Another low-buy found success in round 13, following a poizon clutch.

FalleN's men were unable to tie together two rounds for the whole defensive half, finishing it 10-5 down, and the trend continued after the switch. Winning the pistol was followed up by a fumbled 5v4 anti-force and any chance of a comeback was lost by MIBR. Complexity edged out a couple of retakes on A to swiftly reach match point, 15-7, with k0nfig putting in an impressive performance. MIBR hung in for a bit, but the game as closed out, 16-9, after their B split was dismantled by oBo and poizon.