H1Z1 Pro League Week 9 Recap & Highlights: TSM & Gankstars Climb While Epsilon Fall

Since just the second week, SetToDestroyX have dominated the H1Z1 Pro League, while Epsilon had cemented their place in second. All the other teams were duking it out below them week after week, slowly catching up. Last week saw Rogue overtake them in the battle for second, and this week sees Epsilon fall even further.

Unlucky for @GS_beast pic.twitter.com/1UlLrVTXQ7

— H1Z1 Pro League (@H1Z1ProLeague) June 14, 2018

Round One

Round one for week nine started off as any other. Teams scattered across the map, looting as quickly as possible before being caught by the incoming gas. Rogue picked up the first kill of the evening, with Vago completely stealing a kill on Vitality’s Liam from Epsilon’s Melander. Vitality failed to escape from trouble, as Haraw went down to Luminosity’s Yogi, followed by MakeZ being taken out by Alliance’s Shades.

Heading into the final five teams and Rogue were sat atop the table with eight kills, but by that point they’d been completely eliminated. This opened the way for TSM to take control and equal their total, followed by Alliance with seven. They were swiftly taken out along with Echo Fox however, meaning TSM, with just three players standing, were against Gankstars and LG with just two and one players respectively.

Dropped landed a molotov cocktail right on top of Casper’s head, taking GS down to one player standing. Ogtriv from TSM rushed Chipzy in his police car and took him out from behind his rock, while Geesh put shots into Nasticle to eliminate him and win the game with 12 kills and 24 points overall.

Week 9 Round 1 goes to @TSM! #H1Z1Pro pic.twitter.com/S5dskMWIok

— H1Z1 Pro League (@H1Z1ProLeague) June 14, 2018

Round Two

In a fascinating turn of events, SetToDestroyX were the first team to lose a man in round two, with Luminosity’s Chipzy taking out BennyBoy. That didn’t stop them though, as they engaged in a fight with Counter-Logic Gaming soon after, and managed to take down dafps, Flamehopper, and Grimmybear. Callzy and Nightwalker were the last two standing and as two members of StDx rotated round, they both got pinched and were eliminated from the game without a single point.

Straight after, StDx crossed paths with LG once again, but weren’t able to take any of them down. Tempo Storm jumped in on the action though, taking out three players from LG before being completely eliminated by Echo Fox. Alliance were the third team to go down, being taken out by Obey Alliance.

As the gas closed in, five teams remained; Echo Fox, Rogue, LG, Cloud9, and GS. Echo Fox were sat in the lead with eight kills and three players standing. Rogue were first to fall, followed by LG, then Echo Fox as they were pinched between C9 and GS. GS dealt the final blows to C9, finishing with 16 points, with Echo Fox hot on their heels with 15.

And @gankstars are your Week 9 Round 2 winners! #H1Z1Pro pic.twitter.com/dfILA72LIC

— H1Z1 Pro League (@H1Z1ProLeague) June 14, 2018

Nobody was able to knock SetToDestroyX off their top spot, but Epsilon were pushed all the way down to fifth place. Rogue and TSM are tied for points in second going into the final week of split one, while Echo Fox are only two points behind. As long as SetToDestroyX pick up a few points next week, there’s little chance they’ll concede their top spot. Tune in at 6:45pm PDT next Wednesday on the official H1Z1 Facebook page to catch all the action.

The winner of Match 9 is @TSM with 31 points for the night! With one week left for Split 1, the #H1Z1Pro current standings are: pic.twitter.com/VsJVJ4SAhQ

— H1Z1 Pro League (@H1Z1ProLeague) June 14, 2018