RESULTS: SetToDestroyX Break The Points Record in Week Five of H1 Pro League

We’re at the mid-point of the H1 Pro League, and the table is starting to take shape. SetToDestroyX are running away at the top of the table with 97 points, while Epsilon are looking to close the 20 point gap from first to second as they sit on 77. Luminosity have impressed in recent weeks and are currently sat in third with 70, while Rogue and Counter Logic Gaming make up fourth and fifth with 57 and 55 points respectively.

Ahead of the first match tonight, Luminosity’s Justin ‘JP2’ Pate was named as the week four MVP, after picking up six kills and five assists. When asked about what it means going into today’s matches, JP2 said “I feel really good and confident coming in today.” He followed it up by explaining that it’s not just the JP2 show though: “If it wasn’t for my teammates I wouldn’t have done as well as I did.”

Round one’s first engagement came with Tempo Storm’s Zxch taking some shots at Alliance’s police car, but they managed to escape with little damage done. Epsilon and Alliance cemented their position in the centre of the first circle early, while Counter Logic opted for a late rotation. Rogue Riki suffered the first casualty of the game at the hands of Tempo Storm, while Ziki exchanged a lot of fire across a river on both Tempo Storm and Gankstars.

The circle closed in on Ruby Lake, and all teams opted to stay in the northern part of the circle, above the lake, which effectively made the playing area much smaller than it actually was. Kills came in a flurry as soon as players rotated in, with Cloud9 picking up two kills and a few others across the board. Tempo Storm dropped very quickly with just KandiVan surviving with a sliver of health, while Cloud9 picked up even more kills, showing their will to fight despite being at the bottom of the table.

In what could prove to be a crucial mistake, qtVenom accidentally teamkilled BloodInferno on Impact with a car explosion. Cloud9 were the second team to be eliminated, before Mig on Impact eliminated Noble as the third team to fall.SetToDestroyX showed just why they’re the current leaders, picking up an impressive seven rapid kills as both Gankstars and Obey Alliance fall.

Heading into the late game, SetToDestroyX were sat in the lead with all five players alive and eight kills, while Vitality were close behind with five alive and seven kills. Epsilon still had five players alive but zero kills and therefore no points, looking for the survival bonuses rather than racking up the kills. Vitality pushed to the top with 10 kills but were eliminated shortly after, while STDx still had all five players alive. Epsilon picked up two kills, and in a final battle of 5v5, STDx vs Epsilon, SetToDestroyX dominated and eliminated Epsilon without so much as a scratch.

With that win, SetToDestroyX beat the previous points record of 28 set by Epsilon in week one, earning 32 points for the one round overall. Vitality were in second with just 13 points, showing just how incredible STDx were during round one. Obey Alliance struggled once more, being unable to pick up a single point, while Gankstars only managed one. Check out the full points from round one of week five below.

Tune in now for round two, starting very shortly on the H1 Pro League official Facebook page.