H1Z1 Pro League Week 8 Recap & Highlights: Obey Alliance Win But SetToDestroyX Remain On Top

We’re almost at the halfway point for the H1Z1 Pro League, and for the most part, it’s been the tale of two teams; Epsilon eSports and SetToDestroyX. Epsi led for the first two weeks, before StDx overtook them and have had a firm handle on the reins ever since. Meanwhile, the rest of the top five has been shifting and sliding, with Luminosity looking strong at first before falling slightly and being outshone by teams like Rogue, Echo Fox and Team SoloMid.

Week eight kicked off with a replay of week seven round one, after some technical issues last week meant the round became void. It kicked off with an almost instant kill: Gankstars have recently been engaging very rarely but it hasn’t paid off yet, and once again they took an early fight with Alliance but ultimately fell short, going down to four men straight away.

The rest of this first of three rounds for the night carried on fairly slowly, but when the kills picked up, almost everyone managed to grab some of the action in their favour. Gankstars, still reeling from their early loss, were the only team to be eliminated without a single point in this game, while Tempo Storm were only slightly above them on one.

Going into the final duel between Noble and SetToDestroyX, there was a very satisfying trickle of points down the scoreboard. Noble were top with nine, followed by StDx with eight, and it continued to descend point by point all the way to zero. After the final battle however, Noble emerged as clear winners in the first game, with 24 points overall.

After Round 1 of Week 7, @NobleGG comes out on top! #H1Z1Pro pic.twitter.com/NxkgA5RQkj

— H1Z1 Pro League (@H1Z1ProLeague) June 7, 2018

Into the week eight games, and Epsilon had one objective in mind: perform better than SetToDestroyX. Much easier said than done, but if they were to reclaim their spot at the top of the league, it was a necessity. They picked up one fairly early kill on Cloud9, with apexshay taking out Chappie, but that was all they wrote as they were eventually eliminated with just the one point.

Nobody could’ve predicted the final four teams for week eight round one. Noble, Tempo Storm, Obey Alliance and Gankstars were the survivors, with Noble looking to pick up their second victory on the bounce. Gankstars are Tempo Storm fell fairly quickly, and in a 4v3 situation, Obey Alliance took out Noble in a tiny safe zone without losing a man.

.@ObeyAlliance racks up 22 points for Round 1 of Week 8! Round 2 is coming up! #H1Z1Pro pic.twitter.com/HXMYEaRMiv

— H1Z1 Pro League (@H1Z1ProLeague) June 7, 2018

With one match left for the night, could Noble keep up their performance? Early on it didn’t seem like, with Chance taking some very early damage, but they managed to earn themselves three kills before being taken out by Counter-Logic Gaming.

Echo Fox took a very early lead with eight kills, but they swiftly depleted down to just two players left standing, which didn’t give them a good footing for the final showdown. They made it to the final four, but were eventually taken out by Obey Alliance without managing to pick up any extra frags.

TSM vs OA vs GS was the scenario for the final battle of the night, with TSM and OA on three players apiece while GS were sitting pretty with all five. It wasn’t to be though, as the three TSM boys took on GS 3v5, and GS only came out with one player left unscathed. This put OA in prime position to survive to the end and they managed it, with CrozzoveR picking up the final kill on Nasticle with a grenade.That earned them the 2x multiplier for the round, but TSM were the point leaders for week eight round two.

.@ObeyAlliance may have survived Round 2 but it's @TSM who is your Round 2 winner with 20 points! #H1Z1Pro pic.twitter.com/jOqGojLu9J

— H1Z1 Pro League (@H1Z1ProLeague) June 7, 2018

At the end of week eight, despite SetToDestroyX’s poor performances, Epsilon failed to capitalise and the gap between first and second has now increased to 46 points. On the other hand, the difference between second and seventh is just 20 points, so those spots in the top five are truly anyone’s to take. Check out the full scoreboard below and tune in next week on Facebook.com/H1Z1ProLeague at 6:45pm PDT on Wednesday June 13 to catch all the action live.

The current standings for the #H1Z1Pro after Week 8 are:@SetToDestroyX @Epsilon_eSports @GoingRogueGG @echofoxgg @TSM pic.twitter.com/tm3YxEVqsz

— H1Z1 Pro League (@H1Z1ProLeague) June 7, 2018