The first match of the playoffs was kickstarted by True Rippers winning 2-0 over Aster Army. While the predictions were done in the favor of Aster Army, True Rippers seemed prepared for the matchup.
True Rippers Roster and Lineup
The roster of True Rippers consists of Saaransh “Whimp” Dang as the IGL, Shravana “Techno” Sahoo, Chogyal “Kaizen” Bhutia, Philip “Aryu” Vergara, Nereus “d1srupt” Lico and Aditya “Pixelzz” Gulhane.
Aster Army Roster and Lineup
The Aster Army roster consists of Hrishikesh “DominiK” Khedkar as IGL, Soumyadeep “DOXZ3R” Dey, Ngô “Kishi” Huy, Pranav “Kohliii” Kohli, Lee “Wink” Zhen Yong and Sami “SSSami” Ar Rahman (Sub).
Map Veto and Selection
True Rippers banned Icebox and Aster Army banned Pearl. True Rippers went on to select Haven and Aster Army selected Lotus. Split and Fracture were banned from making the final map Ascent.
Map Recap
On Haven, AA won the pistol round and the anti-eco round. TR got their full buy round, making the score 2-1. In Round 7, Techno almost got a 1 vs 4 clutch but AA managed to win the round, making the score 4-3. Round 8 was won by AA, as Wink got a quad kill. In round 9, TR got the round closed as Techno got a triple kill. The half finished with a score of 6-6.
The second pistol was won by AA with Kishi getting a triple kill. But TR managed to win the anti-eco round as a thrifty win. TR got 4 rounds consecutively in which Aryu got a triple kill in round 16 and a 1 vs 2 clutch by Techno in round 17. Round 19 saw Disrupt getting a 4k, making the score 11-8. Round 20 was won by AA as Wink got a 4k thrifty win where Kishi stole his ace.
Round 22 was won by TR as Whimp got a triple kill, getting the score at 12-10. TR managed to close the map at 13-10 as Kaizen got a collateral kill with his operator and got a triple kill.
On Lotus, TR got good momentum as they won the pistol round and anti-eco. They even managed to win their bonus round, leading 4-0. Round 5 was won by AA as Dominik managed to get a triple kill. TR led the match at 8-2, where the AA got two rounds and managed to finish the half at 8-4 with Kishi getting a quad kill.
TR won the pistol again as Disrupt got a triple kill and won the anti-eco round again. They lost the bonus round as Kohli got a 3k. In Round 17, Techno secured a quad kill, winning the round for TR. With this, TR managed to close the map at 13-5, dropping only one round on the defensive side.
Techno was the MVP on both the maps as he had an impressive overall KDA of 43/23/9 on Sova and Skye.
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