ENCE one step away from EPL playoffs after defeating Outsiders

18/3/2022 - 19:34

Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer and co. continue their great run of form and secure a 3-0 record in Group B.

ENCE are on the verge of securing a spot in the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 15 after defeating Outsiders 2-0. The Europeans gave us an entertaining game on Mirage (16-10) before securing the win on Dust2 (19-17) after a fantastic comeback on the T side.

Against all expectations, Snappi's squad continues their incredible run in Group B, building on previous victories over FaZe and Vitality. ENCE's 3-0 record could already net them a top-three spot in the group, especially after FURIA's victory against Vitality, but will need FaZe to defeat Sprout later on Friday to advance to the next stage.

This latest defeat does not remove Outsiders from playoffs contention, but definitely puts more pressure on the CIS squad with games against Vitality and Sprout ahead of them.

Newcomer Maden shined throughout the series

We were treated to a great start to the series, with ENCE running an exciting offensive half on Mirage, aggressively looking for opening frags, and always up for a fight. Evgenii "⁠FL1T⁠" Lebedev tried his best to make the Europeans' life difficult, going into halftime with a 21-9 K-D, limiting his team's deficit to 6-9. Olek "⁠hades⁠" Miskiewicz was also a force to be reckoned with, consistently finding impact for ENCE with his AWP, even converting a cracking 1v2 clutch on round 14.

Despite earning the second pistol and the following round, Outsiders were only able to claim a total of four in the second half after an uninspiring performance on the T side. to make things worse, Pavle "⁠Maden⁠" Bošković came alive for the defense, helping an already front running ENCE to close out the map 16-10.

Outsiders turned their form around for the second map, showing a much better offensive half, thanks in part to Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis's improved performance. Despite the CIS squad's turnaround, the game was still very competitive, with both teams clinging on until the very end, when Outsiders stole four consecutive rounds to take the T side 9-6.

The game had seemingly gone the way of Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali's squad after they converted the second pistol and four of the following five rounds, giving them a 14-7 advantage over ENCE. Despite this, Snappi and co. got to work, exploiting the weak defense of the A bombsite to come back all the way, locking the 15-15 and forcing overtime. Extra time saw ENCE go through their T side flawlessly before securing the 19-17 win on their last CT round, taking the series 2-0.

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Outsiders

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18th March 2022

ENCE

Mirage

Dust2

Outsiders	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev FL1T	53 - 42	+11	95.6	1.29
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis YEKINDAR	42 - 44	-2	70.7	0.99
Dzhami 'Jame' Ali Jame	34 - 36	-2	62.3	0.94
Alexey 'Qikert' Golubev Qikert	36 - 43	-7	65.6	0.93
Timur 'buster' Tulepov buster	31 - 43	-12	71.5	0.80

ENCE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Olek 'hades' Miskiewicz hades	54 - 28	+26	83.5	1.42
Pavle 'Maden' Bošković Maden	50 - 45	+5	93.7	1.21
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi Spinx	38 - 40	-2	73.3	1.00
Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer Snappi	32 - 42	-10	59.9	0.82
Paweł 'dycha' Dycha dycha	32 - 42	-10	62.9	0.82

Group B

TEAM

EZ4ENCE

2022-03-18 19:35

1 reply

-buster +Sanji ?

2022-03-18 23:07

What the fuck is going on

5 replies

ence era + ence major = EZ4ENCE

2022-03-18 19:37

3 replies

2022-03-18 19:38

Less gooo

2022-03-18 20:05

i see no other option

2022-03-18 21:51

snappi called a great game on mirage, but on d2, outsiders 100% choked it

2022-03-18 20:39

maden legit turning this into a top5 squad huh

hopullt he will stay with those stats and if dycha is strating to aim they are easily 5-0 in the groubs

2022-03-18 19:44

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i mean dycha isn't playing bad, his role is to kill or get traded, and it is easy to see that ence has REALLY good trading. ence play really good with info and because of that they win so many 4v5 situations. and if he isnt killed in first 30s of the round - he can deliver really crucial kills

2022-03-18 20:42

yes i know. Little bad comment from me but if you are just looking rating he is playing bad in some matches and if he keeps his 1.05 avg rating ence have chance for anything

2022-03-18 21:10

Had EZ

2022-03-18 19:36

EZ KATKA

This ENCE roster = what OG have been trying to achieve for 2.5 years with a lot more time & money LUL

2022-03-18 19:39

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Yep the best looking international roster for awhile

2022-03-18 19:56

They’ve won 3 bo3s in a group stage. Fair play but I wouldn’t overhype them too much, they’ve had flashes of promise before but not delivered.

+1 but still looks promising tho

2022-03-18 20:45

tbh I'm not sure if OG has spent that much money on their CS roster, besides Aleksib's buyout

2022-03-18 21:57

Finland was the problem

2022-03-18 19:40

Kekw

2022-03-19 12:53

Almost every player on Ence had - kd diff, that's easy i see, just stfu dude

2022-03-19 06:34

What would even need to happen for ence to not get into playoffs??

yeah, they managed to beat faze, vp and vitality and In theory, none of these teams cant be higher than ence anymore, right? They secured at least second place in the group.

2022-03-18 20:20

ENCE is in now, but if Sprout beat Faze today, there was a world in which ENCE could have ended up out of the playoffs

2022-03-18 23:11

hades starting to perform again it's good to see.

2022-03-18 19:49

2022-03-18 19:54

how does this dude flit drop 29 in a 10-16 game gat damn

fl1t is an animal

2022-03-19 05:14

MFW I leave pc at 14-7 and this happens

2022-03-18 19:58

"Newcomer Maden" He's been in the scene for a while now

New to ENCE

2022-03-18 21:52

Hello! Sorry to bother you all, but I’m new to the CS:GO competitive scene. I’m just very curious why it seems there’s nothing that could challenge the Finnish esports organization that goes by the name “ENCE Esports”? Everything just seems to be so easy for them!

2022-03-18 20:01