Liquid crushed Falcons and secured victory at 1win Essence II
Team Liquid became champions of 1win Essence II, defeating Team Falcons in the grand final 3-0. For first place, the team earned 100 thousand dollars.
Ahead of The International 2026, Team Liquid are rapidly gaining form. Nisha especially stands out, finishing the tournament with a yearly record KDA of 7.74.
The first map was extremely interesting thanks to the even play of both teams and the purchase of Divine Rapier. The teams could not gain a decisive advantage for a long time, but at a turning point, thanks to a stronger draft and better execution, Team Liquid managed to close out the game. Nisha finished the map with a score of 13/3/22.
The second map ended in a complete rout by Team Liquid — the team closed out the map in 26 minutes. miCKe had perfect stats of 13/0/9 by the end of the game.
The third map should have gone to Team Falcons, but a weaker draft with little control did not allow them to put up anything against Nisha on Storm Spirit and miCKe on Windranger. Because of this, the game went deep into the late game, where Team Liquid heroes became much stronger, and the team was able to fully erase the gold deficit and secure a clean sweep over the favorite of the match.
Interestingly, at the end of the game, miCKe started trolling ATF for his Necrophos play and wrote in all chat: «Atf necro. XD».
1win Essence II was held from July 30 to August 5 in an online format with a prize fund of 200 thousand dollars. Follow all the latest news in our Telegram channel.