Envy take down Luminosity in NA Masters lower bracket

The second lower-bracket match of the night in North America had ENVY squaring off against Luminosity Gaming. Most would have tipped Envy as the favourites, and they did indeed take it 2-0. But Luminosity made it interesting, and we also got one of the best plays of the year in the form of a crazy ace from Jake "kaboose" McDonald. Envy will face Gen.G Esports in further lower bracket action tomorrow.

The teams went on to Haven first, with Diondre "YaBoiDre" Bond playing the Jett that had been so successful against Immortals, and while LG started out quickly, Envy soon found themselves right back in it. Victor "Victor" Wong was a monster all half, ruining LG’s early setups with his pressure. Alex "aproto" Protopapas had a nice few rounds himself, but Envy seemed to figure out LG’s play early on and never looked back. The half ended 8-4.

The second half would go about the same. While LG had some good rounds, it was ultimately Envy that came out on top. Some carefully crafted B strategies, with a one-way smoke to hold one Link and a boombot to hold another, gave them several rounds, and ultimately a ridiculous ace from kaboose closed it out at 13-8.