HellRaisers won the first match played at DreamHack Open ASTRO Austin beating Luminosity, 16-8, on Overpass.

The match started with Luminosity taking the first pistol round on the terrorist side after planting on A and eliminating all of HellRaisers' players. After winning the two anti-ecos, though, Luminosity were unable to make their attacks successful.

HellRaisers were able to tie the match, 3-3, after winning an anti-eco, and with the momentum built started to throw their weight around, not giving Luminosity a chance to play their game.

At the half, HellRaisers had a 10-5 lead as all players chipped in to get in a strong position before starting the attacking side. Particularly key was Vladyslav "⁠bondik⁠" Nechyporchuk, whose play around mid dismantled several of Luminosity’s plays.



bondik helped HellRaisers establish dominance early in the match

Two quick glock kills got HellRaisers off to a flying start in the second half, as the European side went on to win the pistol round. The anti-eco was a messy affair, though, and Vinicios "⁠PKL⁠" Coelho was able to win a 1vs1 against Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk to put a round on the board for Luminosity.

HellRaisers were able to force buy after losing the anti-eco, though, and were able to take control of the match once again as they forced Luminosity on a force buy with a 12-6 score on the board. Soon after, HellRaisers were able to close the map, 16-8.