Falcons beat Legacy 2-0 in the lower bracket of Group A at BLAST Rivals Hong Kong and secured a playoff spot. The wins were convincing: 13-8 on Dust2 and 13-6 on Mirage.
Before the match, Nikola "NiKo" Kovač said that after the results of the past three events, in which Falcons lost most of their games, there are no comfortable wins anymore. He pointed to pressure and mistakes, and said the team needs to improve both individually and collectively.
On Dust2, Falcons raced to a 5-0 lead behind Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov and Finn "karrigan" Andersen on the attack. Legacy cut the deficit to two rounds by the half but failed to capitalise on a pistol round win. René "TeSeS" Madsen and Maksim "kyousuke" Lukin repelled early attacks on B, and m0NESY and NiKo closed out the map.
On Mirage, kyousuke set the tone with four kills in the pistol round. He went 6-0 in opening duels as Falcons took the half 9-3 and finished 13-6. kyousuke was the best player of the series with a 1.67 rating and 40 kills.
It is the second straight tournament in which Legacy finished last, following an early exit at IEM Beijing.