OpTic have completed another upset to triumph at ELEAGUE Season 2 following a 2-1 win over Astralis (Train 9-16, Cobblestone 16-6, Overpass 16-11).

On their own pick, Train, Astralis began wreaking havoc from the get-go, picking up the pistol round and the first gunround as Terrorists on their way to a 5-0 lead. The domination continued despite a few close rounds, as the Danes went on to go up 9-0 before OpTic responded.

Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz's clutch double and Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic's quad-kill on ivy gave them two rounds in a row, before a close retake on the B bombsite went the other way. In the end, Astralis switched over at a decisive 11-4 and topped it off with another pistol round victory for 13-4.

A low buy worked out for OpTic, who got four rounds in a row on the back of it, but they were too far behind on the less favored side and Astralis closed it out at 16-9, with a low buy of their own.



Astralis took Train on the back of a fantastic Terrorist side

The second map was Cobblestone, where it was OpTic who got a great start that time around, getting seven rounds in a row. Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz then stepped up to the plate with a 1v3 clutch, but a powerful takeover on the B bombsite crushed their economy, as the North American team picked up where they left off and got to 11-1.

Astralis's defence on B finally started working, which earned them the last three rounds, but Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik's triple in the second pistol meant they'd have little chance to come back.

OpTic got to map point without too much trouble and the first two gunrounds went the Danes' way, but stanislaw's team secured the map on the back of two opening kills from tarik for 16-6.



OpTic secured another upset to get their first big international trophy

The decider, Overpass, started with the teams trading rounds until it was 2-1 for OpTic, who stabilized the situation and won the next two half-buy rounds. Winning a 2v2 situation on the B bombsite, they forced Astralis on an eco and another successful attack ended with the Danes saving two weapons.

Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen's quad-kill with one of the saved guns gave his team the next round, but that was traded once again by their opponents. Astralis opted for a forcebuy and finally strung more rounds together, as Null element and Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye combined for five kills. Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth then won a fabulous 1v3 clutch thanks to great play in a smoke in a retake on A, and dupreeh clutched a 1v1 on the same bombsite to climb back to seven rounds as CT.

With NAF's quad-kill in the pistol and stanislaw's double opening in the first gunround, OpTic pushed the score to 12-7. device then turned up after a poor showing up to that point, winning a very quick 1v4 at the B bombsite. Astralis's economy got reset right after and they decided to forcebuy anyway, but to no avail, as OpTic got to match point at 15-8.

Another poor buy towards the B bombsite worked out, however, as the Northern Arena champions saved two weapons, and Xyp9x's quad lowered the deficit to 15-11. The climb back ended there though, as OpTic secured the map and the series to clinch the trophy and $400,000 in prizemoney.

ELEAGUE Season 2 Best of 3 Astralis Matchpage 1 2 OpTic 16 Train 9 6 Cobblestone 16 11 Overpass 16

Astralis K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice 60 - 49 +11 76.9 1.13 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x 43 - 57 -14 80.7 0.98 Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye 46 - 55 -9 73.7 0.97 Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh 50 - 54 -4 68.9 0.95 Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve 33 - 61 -28 57.7 0.68 OpTic K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF 78 - 45 +33 104.1 1.50 William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH 50 - 44 +6 80.0 1.18 Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellasmixwell 49 - 45 +4 76.1 1.13 Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw 52 - 48 +4 76.4 1.13 Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik 47 - 50 -3 70.1 1.01

ELEAGUE Season 2 final standings: