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Mlatic steals DM-Denounced in the final second duel

Four players crowded the 30-point limit, and Mlatic had the last word with only 3 HP left.

DM-Denounced produced the kind of match in which the scoreboard refused to stay calm. The target was 30 points, the lead changed ten times, and after 967 seconds the top four were squeezed into only two points: Mlatic 30, Jano 29, Ostrelovac 29 and Rachot 28. Jano actually recorded the most kills, 35, and dealt the most damage, but six suicides removed the points that mattered most. The win therefore went not to the biggest scorer, but to the player who handled the final two exchanges: Mlatic.

Rachot strikes first and Denounced accelerates

First blood came after only five seconds: Rachot killed Ostrelovac with the Rocket Launcher and repeated the job thirteen seconds later with the Flak Cannon. Jano joined the scoring at 53 seconds and between 63 and 86 seconds went through Rachot, Ostrelovac and Mlatic; rockets pushed him to four points, although he also killed himself in that same 86th second.

Ostrelovac answered with a Double Kill at 95 seconds. Rachot stayed close, added his own Double Kill on Jano at 164 and soon led Ostrelovac 8:7. The opening belonged to nobody for long; the advantage moved among Rachot, Ostrelovac and Jano. Vybusnina reached five points before leaving, while Ironguard's only kill came with an Impact Hammer from 0.8 metres.

Jano's six-kill spree tears open the first gap

The longest spree of the match arrived from 182 to 249 seconds. Jano collected six kills without dying, starting with Mlatic, hitting Ostrelovac twice, then adding hemeroid and Rachot to reach 11 points. He also produced a Double Kill at 207. The core of the run was simple: the Rocket Launcher accounted for 31 of his 35 kills.

hemeroid stopped the streak at 249 with the Stinger. Ostrelovac remained close and reached 12 at 289, while Jano matched him at 303. The oddity of this phase belonged to trajbalajko: at 267 seconds he killed Rachot with a Bio Rifle shot from 31.6 metres, the longest kill of the match.

Ostrelovac owns the middle, Mlatic keeps climbing

Jano regained the lead at 350 seconds and had 14 points thirteen seconds later. His suicide at 421 compressed the table again; at 429 Jano, Mlatic and Ostrelovac all sat on 14. Jano briefly moved to 16, but Ostrelovac put together the strongest middle stretch and used the Flak Cannon and Link Gun to reach 23 points by 634 seconds.

Mlatic did not need a huge multikill sequence. He collected points steadily with a varied arsenal, led by ten Link Gun kills, and scored with nine different causes including a Shock Combo. His 11 revenge kills were the most in the match and kept him attached to the leaders. Even the longest quiet spell lasted only 20 seconds, starting after 614.

A three-way tie at 25 sends Jano toward the finish

After ten minutes the race narrowed to Ostrelovac, Mlatic, Jano and Rachot. Ostrelovac reached 25 at 732 seconds, Mlatic at 761 and Jano at 796. At that exact moment three names showed 25:25:25, with Rachot on 22. Fourteen seconds later Jano led on 26, and at 833 he moved to 27 while Mlatic had 25.

The thirteenth minute was the busiest of the match with 14 kills. Rachot added another Double Kill, trajbalajko had one at 778, and the order shuffled again. Jano then killed Ostrelovac twice in a row and reached 29 at 890 seconds. It looked like the winning move, but he did not score another point.

Final 77 seconds: three on 29, one last kill

After Jano reached 29, trajbalajko, Rachot, Ostrelovac, hemeroid and Rachot again all killed him before he could finish. Mlatic worked back into range: at 948 he killed Jano with the Link Gun to reach 28. Ostrelovac moved to 29 at 950, leaving Jano and Ostrelovac on 29 and Mlatic and Rachot on 28.

At 957 Mlatic killed Ostrelovac with the Rocket Launcher and created a 29:29:29 tie. Ten seconds later he found Rachot with the Link Gun from 6.5 metres while surviving on just 3 HP. The score jumped to 30 and the match ended immediately. Rachot, who delivered first blood, became the victim of the final kill as well.

Match moments

• Rachot scored first blood at 5 seconds with a Rocket Launcher kill on Ostrelovac.
• Jano made the longest spree: six kills from 182 to 249 seconds, ended by hemeroid.
• trajbalajko recorded the longest kill, a 31.6 m Bio Rifle hit on Rachot.
• The thirteenth minute produced a match-high 14 kills.
• At 796 seconds Jano, Mlatic and Ostrelovac were all tied on 25.
• Jano reached 29 at 890 seconds but never found the final point.
• At 957 seconds Mlatic, Jano and Ostrelovac were tied 29:29:29.
• Mlatic won at 967 seconds with a Link Gun kill on Rachot while on 3 HP.

DM-Denounced ultimately rewarded neither the player with the most kills nor the one who controlled the middle of the match for the longest stretch. Mlatic stayed close enough throughout and took the two decisive points in the final nineteen seconds. Jano finished with 35 kills, Ostrelovac with 30 and Rachot with 30, but suicides turned those raw totals into a 30:29:29:28 result. After ten lead changes and a three-way tie on 29, a 6.5-metre Link Gun kill at 3 HP settled everything.