fnatic breeze past dignitas, top group

fnatic win their remaining two round robin Group D matches at ELEAGUE against dignitas (16-9 on Cobblestone and 16-6 on Dust2) and top the group thanks to a better head-to-head against FaZe.

The second set of matches on the second day of ELEAGUE's Group D was between fnatic and Dignitas with the Swedish team looking to secure two wins in order to tie FaZe at the top of the group while the Danish-Norwegian dignitas were looking to desperately secure their first win in the group. 

The first map was Cobblestone and Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer continued displaying post-injury recovery form with a bizarre quad kill on fnatic's CT pistolround that saw dignitas' players unable to kill him on the A site of the map.

fnatic immediately jumped into tour de force mode and began to shut down subsequent dignitas takes, including on the sixth round where a triple kill from olofmeister allowed his partner-in-crime Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson to win a masterful one-versus-two.

olofmeister was a formidable force on Cobblestone

After a pause in the first half, dignitas were finally able to secure their first T-side round win on the ninth round via a force buy, with Jesper "⁠TENZKI⁠" Plougmann picking up two kills in an afterplant situation. The Danish-Norwegian team's economy was reset however on the next round thanks to a one-versus-two from Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell.

This fact did not faze Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel, who secured some Tec-9 kills to win the force buy for dignitas, but fnatic continued to look relatively carefree, with JW buying a R8 revolver in the next round. Eventually, KRIMZ won another one-versus-two on the final round of the half, with fnatic finishing 11-4 up.

The Swedish superteam started to lose some steam coming into the second half as a disciplined dignitas pistolround suddenly turned the one-sided momentum of the match. A triple kill from JW as the fnatic player came down drop gave fnatic the first gunround however.

Despite dignitas managing to rally two more rounds on the second half which briefly dented fnatic's economy, it was the Swedish team who blithely plowed onwards and took the map 16-9 in the end.

ELEAGUE Season 1Best of 1 DignitasMatchpage 9 16 15th June 2016 fnatic 9Cobblestone 16

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	27 - 18	+9	115.7	1.63
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	20 - 18	+2	82.7	1.22
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	17 - 13	+4	74.7	1.20
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	19 - 13	+6	81.5	1.16
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	14 - 15	-1	58.8	0.86

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	19 - 19	0	85.6	1.08
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	20 - 20	0	68.6	0.96
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	14 - 17	-3	72.0	0.82
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	15 - 21	-6	75.6	0.82
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	8 - 20	-12	48.3	0.62

Dust2 was the second map of play and the first pistolround saw dignitas patiently dismantle fnatic's players as they tried to come out mid at first and then failed to execute in general. After the anti-ecos however, a fourth round ace from Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist got the ball rolling for fnatic and began a mostly one-sided half.

Up until the fourteenth round, fnatic looked completely unstoppable on their T-side and continued accumulating economy and rounds, but Norwegian RUBINO finally chipped in for his team with a double kill that slowed fnatic down and the next round RUBINO won a one-versus-three to end the half 10-5 for fnatic.

A number of clutches from RUBINO were not enough to save dignitas on Dust2 

fnatic won the CT pistolround but a pistolround plant by dignitas allowed the team to buy after one save round and despite a fnatic retake that looked as if it were working, RUBINO again stepped up with a one-versus-three victory from long pit while defending the bomb.

fnatic promptly said "Not on our watch" and KRIMZ picked up two CZ75 kills to open the nineteenth round and the Swedes cleared out the rest of dignitas to reset their economy afterwards.

Deflated and unable to answer back, dignitas were shut down on the rest of their T-side and the map closed 16-6 in fnatic's favour.

ELEAGUE Season 1Best of 1 fnaticMatchpage 16 6 15th June 2016 Dignitas 16Dust2 6

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	25 - 9	+16	128.5	2.02
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	21 - 8	+13	105.7	1.81
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	22 - 11	+11	105.0	1.63
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	14 - 10	+4	51.9	1.11
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	12 - 10	+2	52.5	1.06

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	15 - 17	-2	66.5	0.90
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	10 - 20	-10	72.9	0.70
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	11 - 18	-7	69.0	0.66
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	8 - 19	-11	63.5	0.47
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	4 - 20	-16	25.0	0.23

The final match-up today will therefore be a battle for third and fourth seed in the group as Dignitas will take on TSM, with both teams desperately seeking to avoid fnatic in the semifinals.

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Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 675 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.64 Jesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann Age: 21 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 425 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Age: 22 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 692 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.61 Dignitas #13 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannMathias 'MSL' LauridsenKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Jesper 'JW' Wecksell Age: 21 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 863 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.68 fnatic #4 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson FaZe #15 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' NygaardJoakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel Age: 22 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 454 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 TSM #26 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenPujan 'FNS' MehtaTimothy 'autimatic' TaHunter 'SicK' MimsCasper 'cadiaN' Møller Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist Age: 22 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 865 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64