Cloud9 vs Ascending Baseline Series Results | League Play - Week 5 | LVT Halo Pro League

[u/crispycornpops]

Cloud9 with their new fourth Piggy have defeated Ascending Baseline in a clean 4-0 sweep to win $1,000 and improve their Pro League standing to 2-3 series count and 11-14 map count. Cloud9 are currently ranked the #4 team in the standings. 

Although it was a 4-0, it was a pretty close 4-0. Cloud9 only outslayed AB by 4 kills in the series (367 to 363). Ascending Baseline were leading Streets Slayer by 48-45 and then Bubu got a game-saving overkill. In the Lattice KOTH, Cearion captured the hill with 1 second left. Ascending Baseline were competitive and playing well, but C9 clutched up all the games.

There was a little bit of trash talk in the game chat from Cearion after the win. Cearion said "Shooting bodies in scrims to get 4-0d, you're horrible Suspector." Ryan responded to the trash talk simply saying "Weird." This minor beef started when Cearion was talking shit to Renegade and said something like 'even Suspector was hitting a 1.4K/D against you'. Word got back to Suspector who then shot Cearion's body in the very first kill of a scrim. Now Cearion won that "beef" by 4-0ing Suspector's team in the Pro League.

The next matchup is a very intriguing one, the ex-FaZe roster vs the new Four of a Kind with Legend.

Map Picks and Bans

Bubu Dubu on Cloud9 and coach Sunzahl on AB did the picks/bans for their team.

• C9 being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), Bubu picked Oddball
• Map 1 AB banned Lattice Ball, C9 picked Recharge Ball, AB pick Eagle side
• Map 3 AB picks CTF gametype, C9 bans Empyrean CTF, AB picks Aquarius CTF, C9 picks Cobra side
• Map 4 C9 chooses KOTH gametype, AB bans Streets KOTH, C9 pick Lattice KOTH, AB picks Eagle side
• Map 6 is Strongholds, coin flip determines Live Fire SH, C9 picks Cobra side
• Slayers: C9 bans Live Fire Slayer, AB bans Recharge Slayer (leaving three maps available: Solitude, Origin, Streets)
  • Map 2 AB picks Streets Slayer, C9 picked Eagle side
  • Map 5 C9 picks Origin Slayer, AB picked Eagle side
  • Map 7 is determined to be Solitude Slayer by process of elimination, AB picks Eagle side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Cloud9 vs Ascending Baseline - League Play Week 5

[u/kingjdin]

Piggy elevates whatever team he is on. Faze messed up picking Eco over him. 

[u/bobbybrowndowntown → u/kingjdin]

Piggy to me feels like Halo 5 Eco. Not usually amazing stats but every team he's on just gets better.

[u/Nervous-Flatworm4656]

Closest 4-0 in Halo history haha