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Red Bull Wololo: Londinium Day 3 Recap

by Astinox 4 months ago
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The final day of the group phase is over and it was a day of one-sided matches. After a nailbiting amount of series' yesterday, the majority of matches played out as we all expected. It is now time for the playoffs in the Odeon Luxe and we got you covered! In case you are interested in the full matches, including drafts, picks & more check out our Red Bull Wololo: Londinium coverage page!

Game 1 was extremely one-sided between Sebastian and ACCM. Unfortunately, ACCM had barely any chances against Sebastian. On map 1 they both managed to transition into a 3 town center boom, leaving ACCM without any options after an aggressive play. On Glacis Sebastian managed to turn around the game with a perfect castle age timing and a huge demolition ship play. He nailed the coffin by mass-producing eagle warriors, leaving ACCM with no options. ACCM is now eliminated and Sebastian confirmed a slot in the RO6 playoffs.

The start in Game 2 between Hearttt and MbL unfortunately looked the same. A pretty one-sided 3-0 for Hearttt, eliminating MbL from the playoffs. On map 1, after some initial trade-offs, an aggressive move by Hearttt sealed the deal. Map 2 was a back and forth, until MbL failed to deploy 2 aggro castles, which led to a 40 villager difference. On the last map, Hearttt kept up the speed and kept the pressure up to force MbL into the final early GG.

Game 3 was the same storyline as the previous matches. Even though the other 2 sets were extremely fast, the Liereyy vs. Viper match was by far the fastest. All matches were finished within the first 20 minutes of the game, map 1 even close to the fastest match of the main event. Viper felt off, Liereyy managed to counter every approach he had - no matter if on land or on water.

As the final series of the day, we had the titans Hera vs. Yo. Yo opened up map 1 with a defensive play trying to delay Hera, did not manage to fight against the fast-imperial booming hero though. Tried the same for map 2 by walling off the middle and both players going for a fast castle, then transitioning into an aggressive cavalary archer play, denying Hera all opportunities. Map 3 was one of the most amazing matches of the group stage and the first game which was won by score after a time limit hit. Map 4 was extremely one-sided, Hera keeping the pressure up, leading to a quick 3-1 at the end. Hera is now confirmed in the semifinals as well.

Qualified for playoffs

Qualified for round of 6 (Saturday)
Ørjan 'TheViper' Larsen
Sebstian 'Sebastian' Gastelumendi
Hernan 'Hearttt' Boluarte
Gan 'Yo' Yangfan
Qualified for semifinals (Sunday)
Kai 'Liereyy' Kallinger
Hamzah 'Hera' El-Baher

Playoffs day 4 schedule

The Age of Empires II semifinals will start at 14:30 UTC tomorrow, the second set will start right after the first one played. Age of Empires IV semifinals start at 12:30 in case you are interested in the Age of Empires franchise!

From now on its all elimination matches - every win counts, including a live crowd! More information can be found on our Red Bull Wololo: Londinium coverage page!