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Avada Kedavra wins Cyclone (EU) 5v5 Tournament

by Gamer at February 4th, 2008 in Tournament | No Comments »

The first Cyclone (EU) 5v5 tournament has concluded with Avade Kedavra beating ShowTimed 3-2 in the finals. A total of eight teams competed to determine who is the best 5v5 team in Europe and Avade Kedavra came out on top. Interestingly enough, both Avade Kedavra and ShowTimed run the same combo (Rogue, Mage, Warlock, Priest, Druid), which includes a rogue, where the only difference is the specs of each rogue. AK’s rogue (Adrasill) plays as Assassination/Shadowowstep whereas ST’s rogue (Zom, formerly Xom) plays as Mutilate.

The first two games were won by Avade Kedavra; but after the second game, Zom decided to respec deep Combat to try and end their losing streak. Their warlock also respeced to SL/SL to try and increase his survivability. It helped at first as ShowTimed took the next two games to even the score up, however, they lost the fifth and final game. Furthermore, even if ST had been able to come back from behind and win the best of five, ST was coming from the losing bracket, which would have meant they would have had to play another best of five games to determine the winner.

Either way, these two teams’ successes is very good news for all Rogues out there who have been contemplating their viability in 5v5 and bad news for Paladins and Warriors who were not represented on either team. It also further cements the idea that Shadowstep is the best spec for 5v5 supplanting both Mutilate and Combat as shown in these matches. It will be really interesting to see how many copycats will emerge and what, if any, counter will develop to take it down.

The final standings for the first Cyclone (EU) 5v5 Tournament are as follows:

1. Avada Kedavra (Rogue, Mage, Warlock, Priest, Druid)

2. ShowTimed (Rogue, Mage, Warlock, Priest, Druid)

3. Nihilum (Warrior, Hunter, Warlock, Priest, Paladin)

4. Knockout (Warrior, Hunter, Warlock, Priest, Paladin)

5-6. Are you gonna eat that (Rogue, Mage, Shaman, Priest, Paladin)

5-6. CHICKEN FRIED RICE (Warrior, Hunter, Warlock, Priest, Paladin)

7-8. Nagas (Warrior, Hunter, Warlock, Priest, Paladin)

7-8. I AR TANKER (Warrior, Mage, Warlock, Priest, Paladin)


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