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Trajbalajka breaks Korumi with rockets and eleven spree

Korumi opened as a close fight, then Trajbalajka found his rhythm and turned the Rocket Launcher into a metronome of victory.

Nineteen seconds were enough for DM-1on1-Korumi to sound its first warning. Trajbalajka took first blood on Jano with the Link Gun and opened a score that would eventually stop at thirty. The start, however, looked nothing like a one-sided ride. Jano answered with rockets, killed Trajbalajka at 77 seconds and moved ahead 2:1, so the lead genuinely changed hands early. Twenty seconds later Trajbalajka tied it 2:2 with the Bio Rifle. From 97 seconds onward he then launched a run that would reach eleven kills and last until the 341-second mark.

No respect at the start and an early swing in front

The opening was noisy. Bourak self-killed at 32 seconds, Jano soon hit moralizator with the Rocket Launcher, and Kegger's brief appearance produced a Flak Cannon kill on Jano. Jano then blew himself up with rockets at 144 seconds, while Trajbalajka shifted from the Link Gun to rockets and Bio Rifle.

At 125 seconds Trajbalajka killed becool and went 3:2 up, never losing the lead again. His quick pair at 202 and 206 seconds ended in a Bio Rifle Double Kill. Jano answered later by killing becool three times with rockets between 283 and 308 seconds, with his own Double Kill on the last two.

Eleven kills that changed the shape of the match

The key phase started at 2:2 in the 97th second. Trajbalajka then collected eleven uninterrupted kills, mostly against Jano and becool with Bio Rifle and Rocket Launcher, reaching 12:7 by 336 seconds. Jano finally stopped the spree at 341 with a 24.7-metre rocket.

Average life was 62 seconds for Trajbalajka, 29 for Jano, 30 for becool, 11 for Kegger, 38 for moralizator and 16 for Bourak. Kill distance averaged 13.7 m for Trajbalajka, 9.3 for Jano, 11.1 for becool and 6.6 for Kegger. The longest kill came at 274 seconds, when Trajbalajka hit becool with a rocket from 26.5 metres.

Rockets ruled, but becool kept disturbing the order

After halfway, Trajbalajka led, Jano chased and becool disrupted both. The Rocket Launcher dominated with 39 kills: Jano scored 21 of his 23 with it, Trajbalajka 15 and becool three. Trajbalajka also had nine Bio Rifle kills, three Stinger kills, three Flak Cannon kills and the first blood with Link Gun.

becool spread twelve kills across more weapons, including a Bio Rifle kill on Trajbalajka at 588 seconds and a 24.1-metre Shock Combo on Jano at 800. Minute-by-minute pace was 2-3-3-4-5-7-3-4-5-6-7-3-4-6-5 kills; computed marks minute six, with seven, as the first busiest minute.

Jano threatens a comeback, then Korumi goes quiet

Trajbalajka reached 25 at 681 seconds, but Jano killed becool at 702 and Trajbalajka at 707. A match-long 44-second silence followed. Once action returned, Jano climbed to 20:25 at 762 seconds, then lost a point one second later through a self-inflicted Flak Cannon death.

Trajbalajka recorded 16 revenge kills, Jano nine and becool six. Those quick replies stopped Jano's good spells becoming a turnaround. Trajbalajka and Jano exchanged 26 direct kills, and Jano was the player who ended the leader's longest spree.

The final fifty seconds belonged to the leader

becool had a late burst from 800 to 841 seconds, killing Jano with Shock Combo, Trajbalajka with Bio Rifle, then Jano with Flak Cannon and Link Gun. Trajbalajka interrupted it with Stinger at 829 seconds.

After Jano hit Trajbalajka at 834, the leader closed hard: becool fell at 849, Jano at 854 and 859, all to rockets. At exactly 880 seconds Trajbalajka hit becool from 25.6 metres with the Rocket Launcher for 30:21. All four of his final frags were rockets.

Match moments

• Trajbalajka took first blood on Jano with the Link Gun at 19 seconds.
• Jano led 2:1 at 77 seconds, but Trajbalajka tied at 97 and took a permanent lead from 125 seconds.
• Trajbalajka built the match's longest spree, 11 kills from 97 to 341 seconds, before Jano ended it.
• The longest kill was 26.5 metres: Trajbalajka hit becool with a Rocket Launcher at 274 seconds.
• The Rocket Launcher produced 39 kills and was clearly the deadliest weapon of the match.
• The longest quiet spell lasted 44 seconds after the 707-second mark.
• Jano closed to 20:25 at 762 seconds, then lost a point to a self-kill one second later.
• Trajbalajka ended the match at 880 seconds with a rocket on becool for the final 30:21.

Korumi did not get a dramatic reversal, but it did get a clean demonstration of how a close opening can become controlled separation. Trajbalajka survived on average more than twice as long as Jano, mixed rockets with the Bio Rifle and answered comeback attempts with both sprees and sixteen revenge kills. Jano ended the leader's eleven-kill run and later pulled within five, but his two suicides hurt. becool kept disturbing the duel with a varied arsenal without reaching the top. The last rocket at 880 seconds simply confirmed who had controlled the match.