Raising Hell in Red Bull Battle Grounds, HR emerge victors
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Raising Hell in Red Bull Battle Grounds, HR emerge victors

April 16th, 2015 Tournaments 0 comments

Hell Raisers emerge from the Lower Brackets and claim their ticket to the Red Bull Battle Grounds 2015. The underdogs of the series bested Na’Vi, 2:1, in the grand finals to represent the CIS region in California, this May.

The four invited teams, Team Empire, Virtus.Pro, Na’Vi and HellRaisers slugged it out in the “CIS CARANGEROO”. The series was sure to be an exciting one with Na’Vi playing from bootcamp, Team Empire the newly crowned champions of MLG Pro League, Virtus.Pro having secured three LAN spots in recent qualifiers, and HellRaisers showing some strong performances.

Highlights

Upper Brackets Game 1

Team Empire with an Ultra kill. Sent HellRaisers to Lower Brackets:

Upper Brackets Game 2

Na’Vi sets the game with First Blood, Deny and Double Kill combo. Sent Virtus.Pro to the Lower Brackets:

Upper Brackets Game 3

Na’Vi’s XBOCT on a rampage. Sent Team Empire to the Lower Brackets:

Lower Brackets

Hell Raisers plowed their way through both Virtus.Pro and then Team Empire to land in the grand finals and face Na’Vi. The team came into the series as the underdog, yet has managed to best their CIS counterparts and compete for the chance to represent their region at the Californian playoffs.

Grand Finals

Hell Raisers’ long road to the grand finals started after falling to the Lower Brackets in the first round, after only 31 minutes. Next facing Virtus.Pro, who has been showing considerable strength and qualified for various LAN events, Hell Raisers entered the match with strong conviction, maintaining control the entire game. Eliminating their first opponents, Hell Raisers went on to seek revenge against Team Empire and redeem themselves. After another 31-minute game versus Team Empire, it was the recent MLG Champions who would call GG, giving way for Hell Raisers’ grand finals opportunity. Although they dropped the first round to Na’Vi, Hell Raisers impressed everyone and fought hard the next two games, eventually taking the victory.

Hell Raisers roster

Ukraine Artyom “Artes” Gorobey
Russian Federation Andrey “Afoninje” Afonin
Russian Federation Ivan “Gorec” Kartankov
Kazakhstan Dulat “goddam” Seidimomyn
Russian Federation Andrey “Dread”Golubev

European Qualifiers – April 17

Cloud 9 G2A
Ninjas in Pyjamas
The Alliance
Team Secret

American Qualifiers – April 28

Team Tinker
Champions of Summer’s Rift
Not Today
TBD

In the SEA region, Team Malaysia (MY) have qualified for the single spot to represent the region, after defeating Rave, 2-0, on April 7. Invictus Gaming bested LGD, 2-1, on April 13, and grabbed the solo spot for their region.

One team from each of the four regions will compete for a $75,000 base prize pool during the main event held at the Warfield theatre, in San Francisco, California, on May 10. Red Bull Battle Ground 2015tickets are available at prices starting from $5.39.

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