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KST turns Agony2 around with an eight-kill run, wins 30:26

Liandrik exploded out of the gate, but KST shifted gears in the middle and rewrote the standings with an eight-kill run.

DM-Agony2 needed no warm-up. Eight seconds in, Liandrik dropped KST with the Stinger for first blood; at 32 seconds he hit him again with the Shock Rifle, and at 39 a Bio Rifle kill on Rikoset made it 3:0. KST did not score until 66 seconds. The opening belonged to Liandrik, but a race to 30 still had a long way to go. Across 868 seconds the match produced 91 regular kills, three suicides and three lead changes. KST did not panic: he closed the gap piece by piece, survived Liandrik's next surge and eventually built a lead that lasted to the final frag.

Liandrik starts fast, then pays for two mistakes

Liandrik kept pressing after first blood. He hit KST again and then used the Bio Rifle on Rikoset to lead 3:0 after 39 seconds. KST was still scoreless while Zabijak began pushing with rockets. Liandrik reached five points, but then punished himself: at 125 seconds he died to his own Bio Rifle, and 11 seconds later to his Rocket Launcher. Five points became three.

KST started answering more often. At 178 seconds he replied almost immediately with a rocket after Liandrik had killed him with the Link Gun; at 195 he added a Shock Combo, followed by more Rocket Launcher kills. Liandrik still led at 300 seconds with nine points, ahead of KST on six, Zabijak on four and Rikoset on two. The early runaway had become an open race.

The first lead change gets an immediate reply

In the fifth and sixth minutes the pace rose sharply. KST mixed Shock Rifle shots with Shock Combos, Zabijak leaned on the Flak Cannon, and Liandrik protected his advantage with Stinger, Flak and rockets. At 342 seconds KST landed a Shock Combo on Zabijak and reached ten points to Liandrik's nine. It was the first of three lead changes.

Liandrik answered quickly. At 367 seconds he tied it 10:10 with a Stinger kill on Rikoset, and at 381 his Flak Cannon took Zabijak down for an 11:10 lead. The seventh minute was the busiest with nine kills. Earlier came the longest quiet stretch: after KST's rocket at 219 seconds, no kill was recorded for 50 seconds. From 269 onward, the arena returned to constant exchanges.

The Bio Rifle rewrites the match

Liandrik still led after halfway and reached 20 points at 547 seconds while KST had 14. Then came the decisive sequence. At 559 KST killed Zabijak with the Bio Rifle, one second later Rikoset for a Double Kill, then Liandrik and Zabijak. At 595 he removed Rikoset and Zabijak for another Double Kill. At 602 KST's Bio Rifle caught Liandrik and flipped the score to 21:20. A kill at 610 completed eight straight.

The run lasted until Rikoset stopped KST at 626 seconds with the Flak Cannon. KST scored 11 Bio Rifle kills in the match, more than with any other weapon. He also recorded 15 immediate revenge kills, ahead of Liandrik's nine, Rikoset's eight and Zabijak's five. His ability to answer deaths quickly helped keep the comeback alive even before the decisive streak.

A tense finish without one more reversal

Liandrik stayed close. At 670 and 674 seconds he scored twice with the Shock Rifle and reached 22 points, level with KST. Rikoset stopped that momentum at 679 with a 37.8-meter Bio Rifle kill on Liandrik, the longest kill of the match. KST then used a Shock Combo on Zabijak for point 23, although Zabijak answered with a rocket one second later.

Over the final two minutes KST moved out to 28. Liandrik cut the gap with a Shock Rifle kill at 813 seconds, and Rikoset stopped KST again 11 seconds later. KST still found Zabijak at 836 for point 29. Liandrik reached 26 with two late kills, but KST had the last word: at 868 seconds his Stinger killed Liandrik and closed the match 30:26.

Average kill distance was 11.9 m for KST, 11.5 for Rikoset, 10.5 for Liandrik and 9.1 for Zabijak; Liandrik averaged 37 seconds per life, the others 34.

Match moments

• Liandrik took first blood at eight seconds with the Stinger on KST and led 3:0 after 39 seconds.
• Liandrik's suicides at 125 and 136 seconds dragged his score from five points back to three.
• KST first took the lead at 342 seconds with a Shock Combo on Zabijak, but Liandrik reclaimed it at 381.
• The seventh minute produced nine kills, the busiest minute of the match.
• KST scored eight kills without dying from 559 to 610 seconds and flipped the lead to 21:20 at 602.
• Rikoset ended KST's eight-kill spree at 626 seconds with the Flak Cannon.
• Rikoset's 37.8-meter Bio Rifle kill on Liandrik at 679 seconds was the longest kill of the match.
• KST ended the duel at 868 seconds with a Stinger kill on Liandrik to win 30:26.

KST won a match that began 0:3 for him. He did not erase the deficit with one miracle; he answered steadily until the Bio Rifle changed the scoreboard in the decisive phase. Liandrik remained the main threat for a long time and still reached 26 late, but he could not reverse the swing at 602 seconds. Zabijak and Rikoset repeatedly interrupted both leaders, and Rikoset even ended the longest spree. The final 30:26, 17 and 15 fits a Deathmatch that remained alive until the final second.