HellRaisers are through to the upper bracket final at EPICENTER Wild Card Qualifier after beating Swole Patrol 2-0.

The second upper bracket semi-final at EPICENTER Wild Card Qualifier featured Swole Patrol and HellRaisers. The series kicked off on Inferno with the CT-sided North Americans claiming the pistol victory thanks to Edgar "⁠MarKE⁠" Maldonado's 1vs2 clutch.

HellRaisers hit back in the following round as Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker and Vladyslav "⁠bondik⁠" Nechyporchuk got double kills to make it 1-1. Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow & company opened up Swole Patrol's defense with ease until the eleventh round when they needed woxic to clutch a 1vs2 (10-1).

HR were comfortable against Swole Patrol

HellRaisers finished the first half with a 12-3 lead and made it 14-3 by winning the first two rounds in the second half. Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad clutched a 1vs2 to give HellRaisers twelve match points but they only needed one of them as they closed out the map 16-3.

HellRaisers got off to a blazing start on Cache as CTs, securing the first eight rounds. Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir’s opening kill in the ninth round gave Swole Patrol their first round but HellRaisers went on to end the half 12-3 ahead.

Bence "⁠DeadFox⁠" Böröcz’s ace in the second pistol extended HellRaisers's lead to 13-3 and they went on to win the map 16-7. With the 2-0 series victory, HellRaisers have moved on to the upper bracket final where they will face Virtus.pro for a spot at the main event. Swole Patrol, on the other hand, will take on 5POWER with their tournament lives on the line.

EPICENTER 2018 Wild Card QualifierBest of 3 Swole PatrolMatchpage 0 2 22nd October 2018 HellRaisers 3Inferno 16 7Cache 16

Swole Patrol	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoMarKE	28 - 33	-5	70.5	0.82
Braxton 'swag' Pierceswag	20 - 31	-11	67.6	0.75
Austin 'Cooper' AbadirCooper	22 - 37	-15	58.1	0.63
Jordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroZellsis	19 - 35	-16	54.7	0.60
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadirfreakazoid	19 - 38	-19	55.4	0.59

HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	47 - 18	+29	93.6	1.79
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	36 - 28	+8	100.9	1.44
Issa 'ISSAA' MuradISSAA	34 - 19	+15	76.8	1.37
Bence 'DeadFox' BöröczDeadFox	30 - 24	+6	82.4	1.24
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	27 - 19	+8	75.2	1.17

Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir Age: 25 Team: Swole Patrol Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 651 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70 Swole Patrol #41 Braxton 'swag' PierceRyan 'freakazoid' AbadirEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoJordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroAustin 'Cooper' Abadir Issa 'ISSAA' Murad Age: 21 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 389 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Age: 29 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1472 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.71 Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk Age: 25 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 998 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Virtus.pro #30 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaMichał 'snatchie' Rudzki 5POWER #64 Gan-Erdene 'dobu' BatboldBat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarZhiHai 'QKA' FuPeng 'xiaosaGe' SongWei 'shuadapai' Wang Bence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Age: 23 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 742 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.66 Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado Age: 20 Team: Swole Patrol Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 290 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 Özgür 'woxic' Eker Age: 20 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 535 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.62 HellRaisers #12 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad