Team Liquid downs TYLOO to stay alive at Champions Shanghai

Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #7 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin GSR Ognjen Bondžić kamo Kamil Frąckowiak trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Kicks Kimmie Laasner won't go down that easily. With a 2-1 win over TYLOO TYLOO China Rank #1 splash Moses Christophe Jonathan Scales Zhang Zhen (张震) Erv Shen Zhiwei slowly Kelun Sun (孙科伦) SiuFatBB Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) xihe Peng Wenbo (彭文博) , the EMEA squad extended its stay in Shanghai by at least another match.

The series was played out on TL's Split, TYL's Summit, and the decider map of Lotus. In the map ban veto, Liquid banned Sunset and Ascent, while TYLOO banned Haven and Abyss. Liquid won Split 13-8, TYLOO won Summit 13-7, and Liquid won Lotus 13-2.

Liquid's pick of Split seemed to highlight its most recent roster changes best. With GSR on Yoru and kamo on Raze, the team was able to implement a double-Duelist look that played into its strengths. However, it wasn't all easy all the time. After getting out to a 4-0 lead, TYLOO snatched seven straight rounds with its own double-Duelist, Jett-Raze comp, but that momentum wasn't held up.