Virtus.pro kick off Group F of ELEAGUE with two convincing wins over compLexity (16-7 on Overpass and 16-11 on Cobblestone).

The sixth week of ELEAGUE kicked off with a true David and Goliath match-up as top ten team Virtus.pro squared off against the offline untested and unproven Complexity lineup.

The Poles kicked off Overpass on their T-side and with both Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas and Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski picking up two frags apiece on the first pistolround, VP were soon off to a roaring start.



Snax was in fine form on both maps for VP

With Snax back in a fine form in terms getting entry frags and round-crushing multikills, Virtus.pro generally proceeded uncontested in the first half and ended it with a domineering 14-1 score.

The second half saw compLexity finally awaken from their thrashing as Bradley "⁠ANDROID⁠" Fodor and Shawn "⁠witmer⁠" Taylor both picked up double kills while attacking on the pistolround. Ultimately however, all VP required was two rounds to close out the map and patient defending rewarded Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski & co. as they closed out the first map 16-7.

ELEAGUE Season 1 Best of 1 Virtus.pro Matchpage 16 7 Complexity 16 Overpass 7

Virtus.pro K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax 23 - 11 +12 99.2 1.70 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ 23 - 13 +10 97.0 1.57 Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali 21 - 15 +6 101.7 1.56 Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps 16 - 15 +1 77.0 1.11 Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO 14 - 15 -1 64.9 0.99 Complexity K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Shawn 'witmer' Taylorwitmer 16 - 20 -4 84.9 1.03 Joshua 'sancz' Ballengersancz 15 - 18 -3 71.3 0.86 Rory 'dephh' Jacksondephh 16 - 18 -2 63.5 0.80 Bradley 'ANDROID' FodorANDROID 13 - 21 -8 71.2 0.74 Kia 'Surreal' ManSurreal 9 - 20 -11 63.0 0.52

With Cobblestone being the second map, Virtus.pro quickly claimed the first pistolround as Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski picked up two USP kills for his team and compLexity were unable to plant the bomb. A risky decision from the Canadian-British-American team to force buy on the next round however paid its dividends with Kia "⁠Surreal⁠" Man snagging two TEC-9 kills and compLexity managed to equalise the score.

Virtus.pro successfully defended on the fifth round but compLexity continued buying and a double entry from Rory "⁠dephh⁠" Jackson gave compLexity another round and the North American team went ahead to a 6-2 score on their T-side.



sancz's one-versus-two clutch on Cobblestone almost gave coL the momentum advantage

However, VP began to claw their way back in characteristic fashion, with the likes of NEO pulling off a triple kill spray while defending drop, and the first half score ultimately finished with a narrow 8-7 lead for compLexity.

A bizarre moment in the second pistolround saw Canadian ANDROID pick up two early USP kills despite both Virtus.pro players having a drop on him and, with a secured pistolround, the North American team climbed as far as 10-7 before Virtus.pro began to fight back.

With Virtus.pro displaying confident executes and a cohesive gameplan, the Polish team continued to roll over compLexity's defenses and, despite a well-played one-versus-two from Joshua "⁠sancz⁠" Ballenger, it was Virtus.pro who marched ahead to a 16-11 win on Cobblestone.

ELEAGUE Season 1 Best of 1 Complexity Matchpage 11 16 Virtus.pro 11 Cobblestone 16

Virtus.pro K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali 24 - 16 +8 101.0 1.54 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax 23 - 14 +9 91.1 1.37 Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps 19 - 16 +3 77.7 1.32 Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO 22 - 15 +7 78.6 1.31 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ 16 - 15 +1 63.2 1.05 Complexity K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Joshua 'sancz' Ballengersancz 20 - 19 +1 81.0 1.01 Kia 'Surreal' ManSurreal 18 - 20 -2 71.1 0.90 Rory 'dephh' Jacksondephh 13 - 20 -7 70.9 0.87 Shawn 'witmer' Taylorwitmer 15 - 22 -7 49.4 0.72 Bradley 'ANDROID' FodorANDROID 10 - 23 -13 49.7 0.56

The next set of matches from ELEAGUE Group F are between Envy and Gambit; the first goes live at 20:20 .

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