Team Falcons Send Team Liquid Packing From ESL One Birmingham 2024
Team Falcons faced off against Team Liquid in the Lower Bracket of ESL One Birmingham 2024, and proved to be the stronger team after a 2-1 victory. With this victory, skiter and the gang have secured a top-four finish, while Team Liquid bow out of the event at 5-6th place.
The MENA-backed squad doubled down on early-game heroes, picking Huskar for Malr1ne to dominate the laning stage. Things were going according to plan, as the Falcons could build an early 5,000 net worth advantage. However, a string of mistakes and disastrous fights helped Liquid find their way back into the game. miCKe’s Luna went out of control, snowballing to a 34-minute victory.
The second game was not as action-packed as the first, as both teams spent most of the game farming. However, once the Falcons players hit their item timings, they began grouping up and picking off Liquid heroes to build a 10,000 net worth lead. Team Liquidmanaged to nullify the lead, but eventually ran out of steam, allowing Team Falcons to tie the series.
In the third game, Team Falcons reused their strat book from the first map, picking very similar heroes. This time, the execution was there, and ATF could set the tempo to take early fights and win the game and series convincingly.
Team Falcons will play against the winner of OG vs. G2.iG in an elimination match tomorrow.