geni showcased a Lotus master class on attack world class strats perfect lurks in crazy shots but fanatic somehow conquered it all how did they do it welcome to fanatic versus geni from BCT Master Shanghai playoffs this is map one of the best of three series to determine who will proceed to the upper semis and who will be kicked down to the lower bracket this is the first step towards a master Shanghai trophy neither team can afford to lose and it all begins with the upcoming explosive pistol round do you feel like you have consistency issues in valerant one game you're a God the next you're a bot well there's a huge factor that affects consistency that doesn't get mentioned a lot and that's your sleep getting your sleep right will Skyrocket your performance and allow you to play to your full potential and the first step to getting good sleep is getting a good mattress this is where our sponsor Helix sleep comes into help Helix sleep makes premium mattresses embeddings that are 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help with this they put down this Viper wall this wall will help jeni safely take this close aim main space while denying info from fanatic more importantly by showing that they can use this swall to take a main control and execute a it'll condition fnatic to respect this wall which could lead to fnatic having a weaker Seaside more effective a fakes or scarier aim main lurks but it looks like fnatic have a read on Jeni's game plan fnatic open with a 203 spread two players contesting C long control retak set up b and a triple post stairs this is a f in Squad Ready to Mow down gen G who will win the machine gun of fanatic or the full force of gen g j as well how do you match Firepower with Firepower in a way that keeps things competitive and attempts to stifle the explosive prowess that is texture and that is a rough way for things to start for fanatic and fanatic's machine gun gets dismantled jeni up 4v2 loia plants a spike munchkin who is playing close stairs hears both fanatic players rotating through spawn good this year they've just been a a complete unit munchkin slips away and with the info he got jeni stto into the postplant setup two a main two tree what can fanatic even do against this I mean there's not really much fnatic can do there's infinite utility still from the side of gen I mean they didn't really have to use much because everyone just dropped like flies in that fight all they had to use were the bullets they had and it's I mean it gets it maybe gets messy locky and munchkin are both we but they don't really have any room to breathe on the side Boer Falls Leo will join him and meteor gets the final two kills to close out the round pistol round goes to jengi jeni opened with a 221 default they know fnatic are on a save and that they might make an Eco push so jeni want to start off slow to punish any aggression but fnatic know this and they don't plan on digging their own grave so they open with a 230 spread this is a strat fanatic prepared just for this round the barriers drop fanatic oneway SE long into the next we go the buy for geni feels conservative both team spot each other shoot a few warning shots alaer crosses to Mound fanatic are locking down SE long but the rest of the team are actually stacked B so fanatic's game plan is to make noise and control seong to bait Jenji into their B stack but Jenji stay calm and instead munchkin starts taking space a in response to the noise C but because because jeni aren't rushing B yet fanatic are now aware of a potential lurk timing a so Chronicle shifts towards B while durka and Boer double up a link to hold for a potential AER ftic seong smoke is about to fade so alfha your backs off from Mound and begins passively jump peeking for deep info they're kind of sticking back to the tried and true yeah I think meteor actually purchased Alpha gets pushed back laka fade I see long the IE scans nothing and off the SE long contact munchkin towards a advance es forward I mean this has been J's win condition and this is why I praise munchkin IG Ying so much because he just knows how to set up texture and munchkin is lurked so far up while this was happening meteor also walked up sea long since lakia SPI cleared sea with all this map control jeni make their call everyone groups up C while meteor makes noise a but will this fake work against fanatic setup there's a lot to be said about a leader who puts his his star in the right position it's stuff that goes underappreciated too and unnoticed J creeping forward towards C alha is going to be the first Chronicle over the top in Fanatics squash Jeni's contact play jeni are forced out of C so munchkin knows he must find an equalizing pick a but fnatic are one step ahead and our triple posted a link they're going to want to go back and this contact style I feel like fnatic are kind of ahead of it Leo and fnatic run down munchkin one for one trade but while that was happening jeni are already up being main but fanatic are once again aware of this possibility and jeni are met with a Viper wall and a double post on site what will jeni do yeah the massive amount of the vast majority of the firor and Firepower that's waiting on the other side still exists and jeni commit B and mow down fanatic with their Superior weapons B site is Jeni's it's a 2v2 now I mean this could get really dicey for Gen this nade could create the pandemonium need it to get a free kill but it hurts oh that's a that's a nice shot down to one V one texure not able to settle the shots D Al a year with only two sheriffs win The 2v2 Fanatic upset Jeni's antio round meaning jeni are now broke fanatic are on a full bu but jeni who should be broke after they lost their anti Eco buys two rifles in a marshall this is because last round munchin and meteor actually did an upgrade and instead stuck with their pistols so geni are suddenly surprisingly powerful this round Jenji could definitely win but only if the weapons find early value Jenji opened with a 104 spread four players a main jeni want a main control ftic open with a 212 spread both their stall agents Viper and killjoy are anchoring a will jeni be able to breach this Fortress the barriers drob ji spring out a they're met with Alpha Year's Odin spam at the same time ftic prowers friend B and one way smoke SE long the prowler B spots nothing and derko walks up SE long to post up in an off angle since fnatic's a players don't actually have any info into a main Leo wants to help from B he fade eyes a yep it gets instantly broken so Leo begins shifting to a but at this moment Jen opens the tree door Odin in play the Odin could be so oppressive on a map like this where these walls are just wall bangable if you try to grab the orb you're going to die o if you try to swing into texture you're going to die too but there's that spam that you're mentioning trying to settle into the alpha Ur in chronicle Falls asight is open that was a battle of timings fanatic knew jeni were heavy a so Boer from C begins lining up a one-way smoke for doors but jeni opens it right before the smoke comes out why did Jenji open this door even though fanatic's Viper wall was still up it's because Alpha was spamming with his Odin and if someone is spamming they eventually have to reload so off Alpha Year's reload sound J kicked down the doors Chronicle is Swift to respond with his Viper Molly though the Viper Molly and wall should stall for enough time for bosa's oneway smoke to arrive so Chronicle then Peaks to hold the oneway but then gets caught off guard by texture who's already out tree since he ran through the Viper Molly Chronicle dies and so Alpha who is doubling up with Chronicle finds himself out in the open about to get pinched from tree and a main despite that he manages to find a kill before getting traded are up in numbers and asight is theirs it's just Leo aone stairs settle into the second but no texture claims another with the numbers Advantage Leo three massive kills Leo goes Super Saiyan to bring fnatic back into the round it's just Locka now in a 1v2 but while all that fighting was happening durka pushed through seong and is on the flank so laa is about to get sandwiched on site what can lakia do no armor but a rifle in hand he's trying to get high ground no fight given if he plants he will get that fade ultimate online yeah but does he have enough space I mean he obviously is concerned about being pressed in oh he's going to get wall banged right here the bullets don't connect he has the info oh he's got it down to one and there's that Al online paranoia traded for it Boer going forward the captain of the ship trying to find call wers and see if he can spot him lakia clutches the 1v2 a Thrifty round win for geneng what is going on it's just Thrifty after Thrifty surely this round will be different right jeni on a full bu fnatic on a half bu speaking of fanatic they are two off both Ray and fedal so fnatic want to farm an all orb this round so they're guaranteed that alt power Spike next round and since durka has a hero rifle on the team if he eats a orb and gets a kill of that rifle his razol will come online in this round becomes very winnable so fnatic open with a 221 spread durka and alaer want that se long orb and this call from fnatic is correct because geneng are not contesting C jeni opened with four players a texture has his Ral Jenji want to keep it simple and execute a with it barriers drop jeni scale up a they fade eye up high it scans nothing Karen has his Omen blind out prepared to Blind left meanwhile toward toward C fnatic oneway heong and durka instantly Sprints out he Farms the or bz Alpha here post up for him then durka crosses over and opens the B main door he spots nothing close be main is cleared towards a since both Viper walls are up jeni want to clear the left cubby area whatever that's called so lck of fade prowers left tox screen down the prowler detects Boer ji followed up with a season a combo but it misses its Mark but this gives munchkin the opening to steal the all overway he through here to potentially meet geni face to face but here comes the showstopper out of texture he hears the footsteps SP at the ankle not able to land shots meanwhile dur on the other side another Jenji gets deleted in the blink of an eye texture popped his Raz Al to entry onto a Boer counter Omen blind to slow down the followup munchkin responds by mauling a link but durka navigates his chaos and finds two kills on-site texture razal as demons Chronicle slips away but not before rep peaking and one tapping texture and in an instant I up 5v2 derer has his result now so he gives his rifle to Alpha year is it even possible for Jenji to come back from this not only did geni have full guns they had textures Al too I would love to see that back after this round because derka found such a crazy timing and he even is so aware he he drops his rifle to his teammate knowing that he's 5 HP now he's got the rocket in his back pocket yeah last player standing what a side step from Chronicle there that was so clean not able to side step K but more to go oh this is 30 seconds I mean this Series has told me already that nothing is safe that nothing is secure nothing is sound Shadows tring yeah you really don't know which way this is going to go quite yet I mean Durk has got 5 HP Boer doesn't have any and fanatic take the round what a wild match so far a aside from pistol every single round has been a Thrifty so regardless of the match result we know that the real winner here is Master Card bananatic on a full Buy jeni on a save but munchkin is on a hero rifle oh God I swear if we see another Thrifty geni opened with their usual 104 spread a has been free so far and aiming control is important to geneng but fnatic open with a 113 spread for the first time to match fanatic call to aggress aain barriers job fnatic rais nade oneway fedi aain ji see all this util they instantly Sprint away to rotate sea Boer TPS to insert himself Rubble then the rest of fanatic also immediately rotates C both teams are mirroring each other and the rotates it's a race to the other side of the map first Leo fade PA front B it clears be main fanatic no ji aren't pivoting B so fanatic leans towards C but when jeni arrives seong they call to silently contact up and then they put together that Gauntlet in the last two days to come in as a number one seed the silence is making fanatic a bit paranoid so Leo goes back to B but Fanatics still keep two players C such a crazy run they have a chance to do the same here was it 10 maps played in two days yeah that's just ridiculous experience could be the best teacher munchin's going to learn today potentially he does Dodge those killjoy mollies he's the only one with the rifle though he's got to find Value and they all crumble every single brick will fall meteor just forced to sit back and watch and wait as a barrage of bullets surround him fanatic mow down jeni to flawlessly take round five but now jeni are back on a full by so we finally arrive at the first gun round of the game Ji open with 2 B and 3 a this is different than usual are they going to split B through a link fnatic open with the exact same spread as last round a 113 they want to take a main control again so this 3v3 at a could be explosive man they have guns they have full armor they have a lot of ults online and more on the way texture gets spammed down durka razal but ji aren't a it was just a fake jeni are running up b a rocket to follow up just in case as well no one's there it doesn't matter munchkin have something to say about it though but Leo Leo's louder fnatic's response to Jeni's fake was lightning fast and they shut down Jeni's be hit Karen and lck walk back towards a but Boer is Jump spotting there I mean the last three matches he's played he's had like 30 bombs back to back to back he was a big reason why the reverse sweep happened he and Chronicle both have just been outrages Boer jump spots one last time before his smoke blooms and spots both gen players with this info Alpha year Sprints forward to Devour the space c long but geni also know they've been spotted a and they don't want to challenge the oneway smoke so they both begin walking C right into Alpha a quite a bit of recency bias but you cannot forget about the star power and the veteran experience that this fanatic team has yeah they didn't make these events one for one trade it's just Karen in a 1v3 with no info no map control and no money in the bank he decides to save fnatic wins the first gun of the game jeni call a timeout fanatic on a fby they have three huge ultimate abilities ji on a save but texture buys a hero rifle surely this won't be another Thrifty right jeni open with four a main kill Joy holding flank jeni really likeed their a main control fanatic open with the 113 spread the same Strat as the past few rounds a main control is the name of the game the barriers drop fanatic bombard main with util ji see that and immediately rotate out Boer pushes up the rest of fanatic all rotate towards C I'm getting a sense of deja vu here but wait jeni cut noise and walk back a they were just faking The Runaway Leo on B prows Beam in for info the prowler detects nothing but meteor sees this he knows fnatic think B main is cleared so he walks up for a timing meanwhile jeni is sitting a main waiting for the one way to fade but Bower is pushed so far up and he's playing on an off angle on top of roof an aggressive spot by Boer here gives up a little bit of that space Boer REM smokes a m ji are like nah this is cringe and start running away but it's actually just fake footsteps again jeni quietly regroup aain as meteor Works a b there's such a heavy lean from fnatic towards the western side of the map right now yeah this is really difficult this is the weak spot if they were to hit booster draws First Blood and Slips Away Ginger keep calm though and clear a m that he normally does but fanatic aren't giving jeni anything so jeni walk away while they insert Karen as a lurker a but to conceal this rotate out Karen starts getting active he smokes stairs then Sprints up and opens the tree door boser responds by blinding tree Chronicle rotates off sea durka is glued to aain what a fake Seas site is now fanatic's weakest sight but all of alfa's kill util is still up how will jeni deal with this it's lock down to flush out the pit in case that's what invested there's the contact oh they countering on this really early or at least trying to Leo will fall no more pit munchkin is traded the spam not connecting not settling and meteor punishes on it but while all this is happening the bomb is being planted at a yeah Karen walked into a while jeni were committing C but the moment jeni saw Leo's Fade Out lakia ran away and dropped the spike for caring to swipe it with his Zen Al now Jenji got the spike taking but they're still at a numbers and guns disadvantage how does jeni plan on winning this with the omen players right here a perfect pump fake rotation through car holding on to heaven right now with the sheriff in hand lakia not much better off as far as Weaponry goes Spike has been ticking for a few seconds now as the wall goes up locky understands there's a really good chance they've lost contain they've lost the shot but Kon does not miss a 1 V2 now durka with so much on his shoulders and again time is the main factor here he does not have the luxury of being patient with this of being selective with his approach he's got to take the fight to their doorstep one will be found but time will be the Difference Maker and geneng G take the round with a brilliant pivot to a and the crazy shots from Karen jengi engineered yet another Thrifty round win geni are just one round behind now but fnatic oh they've had enough enough both tees are on full buys geni again starting with a 014 opening but fanatic open with a 203 spread durka is oping C long kill Dre tur passively holding b and a three stack a and of the three players a Chronicle and Alpha year both have their ultimate abilities how will jeni deal with this the berries drop jeni explod out a main honestly he probably hits the shots anyway wa how crisy that look very true the Odin is online again alaer gets pushed back at the same time meteor quietly walks a bee but Boer also smells Something Fishy but all of the pressure headed the way of a b presence shown no kills found towards a ji are intri but are stalled by Chronicles Viper orb and right before the orb goes down Chronicle Viper Al Tree jengi thinking that this room is starting to smell funny opens the door for some air but now meteor the lurker is grouped a with his team he drops his lock down this counters fanatic's Viper pit jeni and tree are waiting to pounce but Alpha counters meteor's lock down with a lockdown of his own so jeni immediately rotated away while leaving meteor a to lurk but despite all the chaos and noise towards a durka is still anchoring C with his up the discipline is insane will Jenji expect this to not only negate meteor's Al but then to also keep the pit preserved and an OP that was Su at the beginning of the round finally gets its opportunity jerk not able to land the shots a lot of the pressure headed his way see the utility in full force this derka has to get out manages to do so now without taking some damage along the way and now another pit used texture finds an opening to draw first blood for jengi with fnatic at a numers disadvantage and Jeni's Viper pit covering half the sight this is looking like an impossible retake playing this tight angle as the smoke goes down he tucks finding a little bit more safety in the pit they don't really have much more to get through to this this post plan is so hard but Chronicle gets texture that's an opening the paranoia now invested lock trying to hold the line Chronicle gets a second if it's not Leo it's Chronicle car on falling down with 30 HP to try to hold him back cannot land the shots and now it's a weapon traded munchkin left in one V2 One spotted the second snap will not connect and fnatic take the round it was looking dicey for fnatic but Chronicle found a Spam kill and another kill right after to open up the retake and with the numbers flipping in fanatic's favor the trades go even meaning Alpha year became the last one standing to close out the round for fanatic fnatic opened with a 203 spread op kill Joy util C turret holding B and three players a as for Gen G they open with 2 B and 3A once again both teams are focused on a main the round begins that was going to be all she wrote okay a lot just happened geni put up their Viper wall Omen tpday made to fake a TP across to Rubble threw a fedi aain then broke fnatic's fedi fnatic fade tethered in one we aain then broke Genji's fade ey both teams are showing presence a main while denying the other team info while all that was happening texture and meteor quietly walk up B toward C durka is holding SE long with his op alaer crosses to play behind the stack but then changes his mind after all the noise a and begins rotating b instead towards a Boer jump Peaks past Jeni's vibr and sees nothing so alfier commits to his b rotate and Leo shifts to B Heaven fanatic are ready for a b hit but gen G instead of rushing B actually transition into a 131 spread fanatic by all up to slow down a potential beit so jji C to First Clear SE long but that's where Fanatics op is Karen Smoky then texture opens the door so right Fanatics op gets pushed back this time texture two away from his mhm seon cleared jeni then transitioned to a 221 spread gathered here on SE so already gen looking forward geni break fnatic's B turret but will they expect Alpha year to be so close off this B pressure though fanatic respond by slowly taking space a maybe sniff out a lurker Leo wants more info so he decides to fade IB main but he missed times to throw on his jump Peak and it misses its Mark jeni see this and they're like wait this is great for us n you call a strat they call to make noise B to Bap a fanatic push C or to create a timing for munchkin to lur up a so munchkin begins walking up they're playing this so slow munchkin takes down Boer pause at this exact time Jeni's smoke be and fedi close alfha breaks the fedi his position is exposed alfha is forced out of the cubby but he catches lock while dodging the tether munchkin Sprints forward to take space a but Chronicles tucked and he has no idea that there a little bit messy but it doesn't have to be pretty it doesn't have to be clean yeah with no space ANC and less than 40 seconds left meteor and Karen pick up the spike and call to just take the 2v2 B the hero rifle Town meteor and car on the two that remain seconds left I mean the sheriffs have been filthy this map so far Leo's going to be flushed into the angle he's not able to land the shots down to a nice set of HP Landing onto the first landing onto the second and ftic take round nine durka is two off his razal texture is one off his Raz so this round fnatic C to prioritize control of the all orbs they open with the exact same setup as last round a 203 but jeni are changing it up they open with a 131 spread they have fadal so they want to keep it simple and hit B with it the barriers drop ji begin walking up B at the same time fanatic push-up C long lakia prowers B Main B main is Gen so durka responds by inching forward C in a map that has been historically ridiculous for them yeah they're 11 and three on it this year you wouldn't believe it given how this has gone and it doesn't look like it's getting any better I thought for a moment texture was going to have a timing because derka didn't spot him at the beginning but more was found and now sashing forward hunting munchkins lur breaks open the a site geni are all sprinting a but fanatic are right on their tail for mun in this round Chronicle had contained there but he falls Leo filling in on the space behind it the walls the only thing that's keeping him back he hears the cross he hears the footsteps they're trampling forward but Boer has stayed is he aware too many targets you choose from or excuse me his car in there was there planted and now the dog going forward a Nightfall oh my gosh in exchange and a Prowler to follow up 3v2 but the just PL can they hold on lock that's a big kill looking for a second tempted into the swing and baited for it now munchkin 45 HP forced to play the hero forced to be the Savior for geneng in this round in this half almost lands a second but Alpha the closer was lightning in his trade to win fnatic the round 7 to3 for fnatic even though Jenji lost last round they're able to squeeze out a full bu with half armor ji see that fanatic have raised and kill Joy Alt they have a read that fanatic are going to leave B open and play full retake with those alts with that in mind jengi open with the 032 spread their plan is to have two players make a bit of noise a cashing in on a conditioning so far then immediately take the free sight B and it looks like Jeni's read is perfect fanatic open with a 203 spread a focus on the extremities and no one on B how will this round go alir is just become a corner for this team through the pretty and the Ugly the kids good man yeah gen pushing forward b a little bit of noise was made off that early TPA to suggest that that's where they were headed but they have fully sent look at how far a texture is PKA trading a rocket dropping the first and the second and now looking for more but not connecting lck on the swing in the face of the lock down texture and fnatic on their fast retake run over gen G Leo diffuses the Spike meaning his fatal is online right in time for the final round of the half fanatic up 8 to3 jeni realized that even though they had this great plan to work B and C by capitalizing off their a conditioning it's just not working what's worked for them so far going a off the bat so in this final round of the half jeni go back to starting four players a the fanatic are one step ahead they open with a 113 spread three players a ready to contest a main from fanatic this year I mean the with how this map started too The Fanatic disperse and rotate off a then their Viper wall drops jengi dial in ji roomba's left and smoke stairs the Roomba clears that love space with that aiming control is now gen's the fanatic are coming back a Leo has his fatal equipped in tree Boer and durka start inching up this is a trap set up into this series because so far I mean not only are they getting out shot but they're getting out macro but gen slip away from the trap they put up the Viper wall Omen smoke Deep Bay then they come back in main to punish any over aggression from fanatic Leo prowers out for info it gets shot down but while all this noise was happening meteor lurks up SE long ji confirms that fnatic aren't pushing up so they call to rotate C since meteor is so far up and leave munchkin to lurk a and with fnatic still act a this is actually a perfect read from gen G but to conceal their rotate munchkin starts getting active here with no reason to have to rotate they know that there's four ones and you see Alpha playing all the way back in spawn mhm because he knows that he he doesn't even want to give the One V one to anybody from the side of geni what ooh fanatic responded to the noise with counter aggression and they pick off munchkin with that kill fnatic realized it was just a fake The Jig Is up so jeni speed up their sea head but fnatic po their Viper orb to to delay their kill Jo utila still up and Boer om out onto C but you're right alfier is the weak side and he knows it he's not playing too far up and you've got Boer who can TP to the opposite side of the map that's exactly what he does alpha here plucking texture out of the sky and the defense of fanatic will stand strong once more meteor has been surrounded you've got pings on the mini map what a Slaughter the first half ends fnatic are up 9 to three [Music]