posted by Malystryx.GDS,
us compLexity Gaming made history today by claiming a win over NA rivals us Evil Geniuses. It is their first EVER LAN victory over their NA rival.


us Kyle 'Kyle' Freedman reaction live on camera as the game ended said it all. Complexity had secured a historic victory against Evil Geniuses after living in their shadow for so long in the NA scene. It was a terribly convincing 2-0 victory, and in both games Evil Geniuses was never in control.

Evil Geniuses out of their depth against compLexity
us compLexity Gaming were in the lead for the entirety of the first game, securing a 29 minute victory with a final score of 16 on the board. CoL drafted Mirana and Oracle as bodyguards for se Linus 'Limmp' Blomdin's Dragon Knight mid, and thanks to the support he was able to win mid lane against pk Sumail 'SumaiL' Syed Hassan's Puck.

Evil Geniuses' draft in game 1 was almost identical to the one from their third game victory against ru Virtus.Pro* in the groupstage. The only difference was us Sam 'Bulba' Sosale was on the Nightstalker instead of us Clinton 'Fear' Loomis, and they opted for a support Earth Spirit instead of Abaddon. Without the defensive capabilities Abaddon offers, ca Kurtis 'Aui_2000' Ling's Morphling was continiously under fire, and never got room to come online and pose a major threat. A comfortable first game for compLexity.

Look familiar? EG tried to tweak a game winning draft from earlier in the competition


CompLexity dance circles around Evil Geniuses' draft
us Peter 'ppd' Dager then brought back the Abaddon for game 2 and AUi_2000 was drafted a Lifestealer. However, once again complexity had the answer for EG's carry and se Simon 'Handsken' Haag's Fiends Grip kept catching him out.

Evil Geniuses were powerless against the might of Limmp's Alchemist, who had over 800 GPM in the 34 minute game. se Rasmus 'Chessie' Blomdin's Juggernaut was also on the front lines and the draft of EG simply didn't cut it, especially with their only damage coming out of the Lifestealer who was disabled by Bane.

Evil Geniuses who have had the edge over the second-strongest NA team were outplayed, and us Zakari 'ZfreeK' Freedman in particular continues to get better and better after such a long period in the shadows. A 2-0 victory for compLexity in a series Evil Geniuses never looked like they could win.



First-ever victory against Evil Geniuses on LAN
Historically this is only the second time us compLexity Gaming as an organisation have defeated us Evil Geniuses since joining the Dota 2 scene in 2014. In fact the last tme compLexity managed to beat Evil Geniuses was as far back as July 2014, in a 2-0 win during the groupstage of the second season of DotaPit. This also means that this is compLexity's first-ever victory on LAN against Evil Geniuses, a testament to just how far us compLexity Gaming have come.

Prior to today the two organisations have met a total of 8 times, with Evil Geniuses coming out the victor in six and compLexity forcing a draw once. us Evil Geniuses delivered compLexity two defeats at the Shanghai Major, the first a 2-1 loss in the groupstage, and the second a 2-0 defeat in the lower-bracket which eliminated coL from the tournament.



  • Malystryx.GDS
    Malystryx.GDS

    Malystryx.GDS

    Lawrence Phillips
    Editor
    • Contact:
    • Location:
      Bristol, United Kingdom

Comments