ESL One Malaysia 2022: Thunder Awaken sensationally advance to lower bracket quarter-finals

The next match in the lower bracket of ESL One Malaysia 2022 was the confrontation between Nigma Galaxy and Thunder Awaken. Earlier we wrote that Entity outplayed TSM. In this news, you will be able to find out how the bo3 match between representatives of Europe and South America went.

At the very beginning of the first map, Thunder Awaken managed to get a starting advantage in gold, taking 3 runes of wealth. For the first 10 minutes, there was a fairly equal fight, as a result of which the teams exchanged T1 towers. The score on the map was 5:5. In the 17th minute, the South Americans have 3 kills and lead in gold by 3,000. In 22 minutes of play, Thunder Awaken lead the map 16:8, their lead in total cost increased by another 3,000 gold. At the 26th minute, the Peruvians kill Roshan, who takes Pakazs on Monkey King. Throughout the map, Pandaboo and the team systematically outplayed Nigma Galaxy, which forced KuroKy to write “gg” at the 37th minute. Thunder won with a score of 36:9.

The teams continued the series on the second map slowly. For 10 minutes, the audience witnessed only 3 murders. Neither team can win the farm advantage either. The only thing worth noting is Sven under the control of Pakazs, who pulled ahead in terms of farming compared to the rest of the players on the map. His total value was 6,800 at 12 minutes, while the closest enemy hero was Queen of Pain, who had 4,600. Thunder Awaken teammates contributed to this gap with the help of creep stacks. Significantly dipped in the game GH, which on Elder Titan had the 4th level at the 15th minute. The score on the map was 6:2. Kerry of the team from South America continued to increase the lead in gold from their rivals. He was 4,500 gold ahead of his opponent's carry in the 19th minute, with a total value of 12,800. At the 25th minute, the Peruvians killed Roshan, and Aegis got Sven. At the 38th minute, Thunder Awaken, after a series of ransoms, took another Aegis and demolished all the barracks based on Nigma. The game continued with mega creeps. At the end of the map, Pakazs does a double rampage. In general, the trend of the first map has been preserved. Thunder Awaken also confidently outplayed Nigma Galaxy both in terms of individual performance and as a team. The Peruvians defeated Nigma Galaxy with a score of 35:18 in 41 minutes and ended the series.

Nigma Galaxy 0:2 Thunder Awaken

Thunder Awaken knock out Nigma Galaxy from ESL One Malaysia 2022. KuroKy and the team take 7-8th place and earn $10,000. The next opponent for Thunder Awaken will be the two-time champions of The International, the OG team.

Recall that ESL One Malaysia 2022 runs from August 23rd to 28th this year. The venue is the Arena of Stars located in Genting Highland, Malaysia. 12 teams compete for a $400,000 prize pool. The winner of the tournament will receive the main prize of $175,000.

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