Fnatic take over Entity at ESL One Malaysia 2022
Maksym ShylovThe final match of today's gaming day ESL One Malaysia has ended. In the quarterfinals of the lower bracket, Fnatic played against Entity, who had already managed to defeat TSM today. In this news, we will tell you how this bo3 confrontation ended.
On the first map, Fnatic had problems at the draft stage. Pick Sniper for Palos in the first position looked clearly weaker than the heroes of the Entity team. It's about Lycan and Faceless Void. The first 10 minutes of the fight was relatively equal, sometimes Fnatic even outperformed their rival in gold. But then the European club's draft mobility began to take its toll. At 18 minutes, Pure puts a great Chronosphere on three Fnatic heroes. Despite the desperate resistance of the representatives of Southeast Asia, Entity defeated Jaunuel and the team in 36 minutes with a score of 24:17.
Fnatic clearly worked on the bugs andtook a strong combination of heroes for the second map. In the 4th minute, Stormstormer on Invoker uses Tornado unsuccessfully and is killed by Armel on Batrider. In just a minute, Fnatic managed to kill 4 of the opponent's heroes, which ensured a good start for themselves at the laning stage. At the 12th minute, Entity made a number of successful battles, and the result on the map was 8:5 in favor of Fnatic. At the same time, the advantage in gold was with the Asian team due to the presence of Alchemist in the team. In 22 minutes of play, the score was 16:12, Fnatic was also in the lead in terms of total value (over 12,000 gold). A minute later, Palos on Alchemist took the Aegis of Immortal, killing Roshan. At the 32nd minute, Fnatic confidently won the fight and forced Entity to submit, which turned the confrontation into a decisive third map.
Entity opened up the scoring on thethird map, killing the Alchemist carry and Fnatic's support Undying in the bot lane. At the 7th minute, Stormstormer realized the first duel on Legion Commander, killing Armel. Until the 10th minute, the mid Entity already had 30 additional damage. The score on the map was 3:6. After a successful fight, Entity killed Roshan in the 17th minute. Buying Radiance and Heaven's Halberd, bought by Alchemist, allowed to neutralize the damage from Pure, which played on Ursa. In the 28th minute, Fnatic was in the lead with a score of 19:17 and 14,000 gold in total value. In 30 minutes, the European team was left without the middle and top lines. Fnatic outplayed Entity with a score of 32:22. The Asian club advances to the semi-finals of the lower bracket following an extremely tense series.
Fnatic 2:1
Entity are leaving ESL One Malaysia 2022 finishing in 5th-6th place with $15,000 in prize money. Fnatic are showing a great game. Tomorrow they will play against the winner of the OG match against Thunder Awaken.
Matches history: ESL One Malaysia 2022
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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Maksym has been working at EGamersWorld since 2017. Joining the company during his first year at university, he worked as a translator until 2022. After that, Maksym began working as an editor. His main discipline is Dota 2, and over time, Maksym's responsibilities expanded to include CS:GO, CS2 and Valorant. Additionally, as an editor, he publishes various materials on gaming topics.