Karmine Corp Dispatch MVK and Wait for Play-In’s Last Survivor

Karmine Corp turned a close call into a tidy 3-0

Karmine Corp took five games to get past Cloud9 in its first series. Its next match went very differently. The European team beat MVK 3-0 and stayed out of the drawn-out, messy fights that had made its debut hard to steer.

A clean sweep also buys time. Karmine Corp can scout both of its possible opponents without grinding through another elimination series. The coaching staff now has new draft ideas from the MVK-FURIA rematch, and whoever wins the lower bracket has to bounce back before the final.

FURIA bounced back from its opening loss

FURIA went into its elimination match after falling 0-3 to MVK. It then beat Cloud9 3-1, keeping its run alive and knocking Cloud9 out of Worlds. That win gave FURIA a quick opportunity to prove the first clash with MVK was not the final word on the matchup.

The rematch will show how much FURIA can adjust while keeping the approach that worked against Cloud9. MVK hold the stronger head-to-head record, yet they need an answer to a one-sided defeat by Karmine Corp. Both sides now have fresh data on each other’s favored lanes and objective setups.

Two series left for a single Swiss Stage spot

MVK and FURIA meet in the lower final on 17 October. The winner faces Karmine Corp in the Play-In final on 18 October. Only one team can advance from there, so a strong result earlier in the bracket matters only if it helps the roster make sharper calls in its next best-of-five.

Karmine Corp has the shortest path. MVK have already shown they can beat FURIA, and FURIA come in off a winning elimination match. The final two series will reveal which team can use new information without drifting away from the plan that got it this far.