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Four of a Kind have defeated Inconceivable in a clean 4-0 clean sweep to win $1,000 and secure the 2nd seed at the Pro League LAN in November.

Taulek was MVP with a 1.22K/D. Taulek dealt the most damage and had the most assists too. Snakebite had a 1.14 K/D and Legend a 1.10. Despite the series score, the games were competitive for the most part, with the Slayer being decided by only one kill and the KOTH by one hill.

That's all for the league play / online matches portion of the Pro League. Below are the six qualified Pro League teams:

1. Shopify Rebellion 7-0 (28-7 map count)
2. Four of a Kind 6-1 (25-9 map count)
3. Inconceivable 4-3 (18-13 map count)
4. Fatal Ambition 3-4 (21-19 map count)
5. Cloud9 3-4 (16-19 map count)
6. Incognito 3-4 (16-20 map count)

Congrats to all the teams that qualified. The two teams that didn't qualify are Ascending Baseline at 7th (1-6 with 6-24 map count) and Splyce (1-6 with 7-26 map count).

The $100,000 Halo Pro League LAN takes place November 13-15th at Shopify Rebellion HQ in Los Angeles. Tickets are available for a limited number of spectators.

Next weekend is Global Grassroots Cup #3 and the week after that is the Cloud9 $2,000 open tournament. So there's not going to be much downtime until the November LAN.

Map Picks and Bans

Legend on Four of a Kind and Kuhlect on Inconceivable did the picks/bans for their team.

• 4OAK being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), 4OAK picked Oddball
• Map 1 Inc banned Live Fire Ball, 4OAK picked Streets Ball, Inconceivable pick Eagle side
• Map 3 Inc picks KOTH gametype, 4OAK bans Recharge KOTH, Inconceivable picks Live Fire KOTH, 4OAK picks Cobra side
• Map 4 4OAK chooses CTF gametype, Inconceivable bans Origin CTF, 4OAK picks Empyrean CTF, Inconceivable picks Cobra side
• Map 6 is Strongholds, coin flip determines Live Fire SH, 4OAK picks Cobra side
• Slayers: 4OAK bans Recharge Slayer, Inconceivable bans Streets Slayer (leaving three maps available: Origin, Solitude, Live Fire)
  • Map 2 Inconceivable picks Live Fire Slayer, 4OAK picked Cobra side
  • Map 5 4OAK picks Solitude Slayer, Inconceivable picked Cobra side
  • Map 7 is determined to be Origin Slayer by process of elimination, Inconceivable picks Cobra side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Four of a Kind vs Inconceivable - League Play Week 7

Shopify have defeated Splyce in a clean 4-0 sweep to win $1,000. Shopify finishes league play with a perfect 7-0 series count and a 28-7 map count. They'll be going into the November LAN as first seed.

Splyce were already eliminated before this matchup, they were only playing for pride and the chance to win $1,000. Splyce end league play in dead last with a 1-6 series count and a 7-26 map count. That performance is on par with OMiT last year going 5-28 in Pro League.

Shopify heavily outslayed with everyone on their roster going positive. Cykul had a 1.58K/D, Frosty 1.31, Royal 2 1.19, and LastShot 1.10 K/D. Cykul dealt the most damage, LastShot had the most assists. Everyone on Splyce went negative with Eco and Stellur both being under 0.7 K/D.

The final matchup is Four of a Kind vs Inconceivable coming up next. Both teams are already qualified for the LAN and are competing for the 2nd seed on LAN.

Map Picks and Bans

Bound on Splyce and LastShot of Shopify did the picks/bans for their team.

• SR being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), SR picked Oddball
• Map 1 Splyce banned Lattice Ball, SR picked Streets Ball, Splyce pick Cobra side
• Map 3 Splyce picks KOTH gametype, SR bans Live Fire KOTH, Splyce picks Recharge KOTH, SR picks Eagle side
• Map 4 SR chooses CTF gametype, Splyce bans Empyrean CTF, SR picks Origin CTF, Splyce picks Eagle side
• Map 6 is Strongholds, coin flip determines Live Fire SH, SR picks Eagle side
• Slayers: SR bans Solitude Slayer, Splyce bans Origin Slayer (leaving three maps available: Streets, Recharge, Live Fire)
  • Map 2 Splyce picks Live Fire Slayer, SR picked Eagle side
  • Map 5 SR picks Recharge Slayer, Splyce picked Cobra side
  • Map 7 is determined to be Streets Slayer by process of elimination, Splyce picks Eagle side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Splyce vs Shopify Rebellion - League Play Week 7

Fatal Ambition have defeated Cloud9 4-1 to win $1,000 and have qualified for the Pro League LAN in November.

This also means Splyce are officially eliminated (Splyce needed C9 to win this series to have a chance at qualifying). Even if Splyce somehow manages to beat Shopify Rebellion in the next series, they still won't make the LAN.

Sab had the highest K/D at 1.20, followed by Soul Snipe at 1.15 and Suppressed at 1.14. Cearion was the only one positive on C9 but they kept every map very close. Cloud9 was already qualified before this matchup so this loss is no big deal for them.

Fatal Ambition finishes league play with a 3-4 series count and 21-19 map count. Cloud9 finishes with a 3-4 series count and 16-19 map count. Both are going to the LAN on November 13th.

The next matchup is Shopify Rebellion vs Splyce.

Map Picks and Bans

Druk on Fatal Ambition and Bubu Dubu of Cloud9 did the picks/bans for their team.

• C9 being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), C9 picked Oddball
• Map 1 Fatal Ambition banned Lattice Ball, C9 picked Recharge Ball, FA pick Cobra side
• Map 3 Fatal Ambition picks CTF gametype, C9 bans Origin CTF, Fatal Ambition picks Aqua CTF, C9 picks Cobra side
• Map 4 C9 chooses KOTH gametype, Fatal Ambition bans Lattice KOTH, C9 picks Streets KOTH, FA picks Cobra side
• Map 6 is Strongholds, coin flip determines Recharge SH, C9 picks Cobra side
• Slayers: C9 bans Solitude Slayer, Fatal Ambition bans Live Fire Slayer (leaving three maps available: Origin, Recharge, Streets)
  • Map 2 Fatal Ambition picks Origin Slayer, C9 picked Cobra side
  • Map 5 C9 picks Recharge Slayer, Fatal Ambition picked Cobra side
  • Map 7 is determined to be Streets Slayer by process of elimination, Fatal Ambition picks Eagle side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Fatal Ambition vs Cloud9 - League Play Week 7

Incognito have defeated Ascending Baseline in a clean 4-0 sweep to win $1,000 and qualify for the Pro League LAN in November. Incognito finishes league play with a 3-4 series count and 16-20 map count.

Acid was the MVP today with an impressive 1.50 K/D. His teammates were all positive too - Precision had a 1.24 K/D, Yakzn a 1.10 K/D, and Descendant a 1.09 K/D. Incognito heavily outslayed.

Ascending Baseline are now officially the first team eliminated from the Pro League. AB had four potential paths to qualify today, but every single one of them required them to beat Incognito in this series.

Although we won't be seeing Ascending Baseline at the Pro League LAN in November, hopefully it's not the last we see of that team. There's the Grassroots Cup #3 next weekend, and they would be deserving of a Halo Fest invite in December.

The next matchup is Cloud9 vs Fatal Ambition which will likely determine the next team eliminated. If Fatal Ambition wins that matchup they're in and Splyce is out. If Cloud9 wins that matchup, Splyce still has a chance of qualifying if they somehow manage to beat Shopify.

Map Picks and Bans

Thug Nasty coach of Incognito and Saint Nick(?) of Ascending Baseline did the picks/bans for their team.

• AB being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), AB picked KOTH
• Map 1 Incognito banned Recharge KOTH, AB picked Lattice KOTH, Incognito pick Cobra side
• Map 3 Incognito picks Oddball gametype, AB bans Lattice Ball, Incognito picks Live Fire Ball, AB picks Cobra side
• Map 4 AB chooses CTF gametype, Incognito bans Aqua CTF, AB picks Empyrean CTF, Incognito picks Cobra side
• Map 6 is Strongholds, coin flip determines Recharge SH, AB picks Cobra side
• Slayers: AB bans Streets Slayer, Incognito bans Solitude Slayer (leaving three maps available: Live Fire, Origin, Recharge)
  • Map 2 Incognito picks Live Fire Slayer, AB picked Eagle side
  • Map 5 AB picks Recharge Slayer, Incognito picked Eagle side
  • Map 7 is determined to be Origin Slayer by process of elimination, Incognito picks Cobra side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Incognito vs Ascending Baseline - League Play Week 7

When someone said Toolez was their favorite caster, Frosty had the sus clip ready.

Shopify have defeated Four of a Kind 3-1 in the Grand Finals of Global Grassroots Cup #2. They win $1,000 while 4OAK win $600 for coming in 2nd.

Royal 2 was the MVP with a 1.45K/D, far above anyone else in the lobby (the next highest was LastShot at 1.05K/D). LastShot had the most damage and assists. Legend had the best stats on 4OAK and started off map 1 hot with 45 kills.

In the game 3 Origin CTF, both teams agreed to play 5 flags (the Pro League ruleset) instead of the 3 flags HCS ruleset this tournament was supposed to be. That ended up being beneficial to Shopify as 4OAK were the first to get 3 caps. That match went overtime and SR got the fourth flag to win.

Congrats to Shopify. It was a competitive series and these teams have a rematch coming up next Sunday in the Pro League. That one will be best of 7 and with picks/bans, so it'll be interesting.

Here are all of the Halo Pro League Week 6 matchups airing next Sunday October 4th:

1. Splyce (ex-FaZe) vs Ascending Baseline (1pm ET / 10am PT / 12pm CT)
2. Incognito vs Cloud9 (3pm ET / 12pm PT / 2pm CT)
3. Inconceivable vs Fatal Ambition (5pm ET / 2pm PT / 4pm CT)
4. Shopify vs Four of a Kind (7pm ET / 4pm PT / 6pm CT)

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Four of a Kind vs Shopify Grand Finals - Global Grassroots Cup #2
• Bracket

Four of a Kind (with new fourth Legend) have defeated Fatal Ambition 3-1 in the elimination final and will now move on to the Grand Finals against Shopify Rebellion. The new 4OAK and SR played earlier today for the very first time in winners finals and SR won that 3-1. Now they get another shot. This is going to be important practice since those teams play in the Pro League next Sunday.

Fatal Ambition has been on an incredible run this weekend with their only losses being from 4OAK. Fatal Ambition beat Cloud9 3-1, Inconceivable (Lucid's team) 3-1, and Incognito (Precision's team) 3-1. What makes those wins especially interesting is that two of those are Fatal Ambition's remaining Pro League matchups. If Fatal Ambition are able to repeat those two wins in the Pro League, it would prevent Splyce (ex-FaZe) from qualifying for the LAN.

Wasn't able to do the results posts earlier today but Splyce (ex-FaZe) and Lag Comp were eliminated top 8, Cloud9 and Inconceivable went out top 6, Incognito top 4, and Fatal Ambition top 3. Just the Grand Finals matchup of Shopify vs 4OAK left for this weekend.

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Four of a Kind vs Fatal Ambition - Global Grassroots Cup #2
• Bracket

Yakzn wasted no time in trolling his opponents and talking shit after his series against Splyce today, setting up some fun storylines for this weekend and the remainder of the year.

Recap

• Yakzn says he expected more out of Bound. He says he calls Bound by his first name Adam now "because I just run his shit." He says "Bound is just breaking all of a sudden in year 5. Not really sure what's going on over there, but hopefully he figures it out."
• He says "Honestly, expected more out of Renegade too, just being the demon and all. You beat Renegade JW any place, any time, and you're feeling pretty good because the guy's the MVP of Infinite."
• Yak enjoyed teaming with Eco on Incognito the last few weeks before Eco left for Splyce. Yak says he feels bad the players on Splyce costed his former teammate Eco.
• He says Splyce had an advantageous series layout and should've won easily on those maps, but they're breakers. "They kinda just broke. I’m not really used to seeing those players break, it’s just so weird. The truth hurts to be honest, but they low key just broke. Couldn’t believe it.”
• Yak says he took over that game 5 and iced up, and will continue icing up in future series.
• Yakzn says Cloud9 were lucky to get Piggy on their team due to LVT and DSA not approving the roster they wanted to make (the Pro League rulebook says a team change must retain 3/4 of the original qualifying team).
  • Yak says “I think C9 is very grateful for DSA Group blocking our move. They’d be kind of up a creek without a paddle if that didn’t happen. But I mean, I’m happy Piggy gets to play still.”
  • Incognito and Cloud9 play next Sunday October 4th in the Pro League. That matchup was already important, but this trash talk gives it even bigger stakes. Yakzn is doing a good job selling these matchups and creating interest.
• Yakzn also claims Incognito could’ve/should’ve 4-0’d Shopify in their Pro League series two weeks ago. Although SR beat them 4-2 it was a close series where the Slayers could've gone either way. Yak says “We scammed the Slayers. I’ll be honest, should have 4-0’d them. I don’t care if that sounds crazy. Both Slayers, we were up by 5 kills in the 30’s and we literally just troll. I don’t think people even noticed that we should’ve 4-0’d them, not gonna lie.” 
  • Yakzn's team plays Shopify first thing tomorrow in the Winners Semifinals of Grassroots Cup #2 although this time they don't have Piggy.

Incognito have defeated Splyce 3-2 in the winner quarterfinals on the first day of Global Grassroots Cup #2. Yakzn was the difference maker in the game 5 with a 1.78K/D, he made some game-winning plays.

Incognito face Shopify Rebellion tomorrow in the winners semifinals. Splyce fall to lower bracket and are likely to be on a collision course with Inconceivable tomorrow.

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Splyce vs Incognito - Global Grassroots Cup #2

Shopify have defeated Inconceivable in a 3-2 reverse sweep in the first day of Global Grassroots Cup #2.

Inconceivable took the first two games and had a great comeback on the Streets KOTH to tie it 3-3 in hills with just four seconds left on the clock. But Shopify won that map and also the next two to reverse sweep. Aside from the Origin CTF, it was an extremely close series with Inconceivable coming up just short due to a few small mistakes with camos.

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Shopify vs Inconceivable - Global Grassroots Cup #2

The Global Grassroots Cup #2 is this weekend and all 8 Halo Pro League teams are competing in it.

Since this is a two day tournament, there's a good chance we'll get to see an early preview of some of the upcoming Pro League matchups like Shopify vs the new Four of a Kind roster with Legend for example.

Here are some of the notable teams competing this weekend:

1. Shopify Rebellion - Cykul, Frosty, LastShot, Royal 2
2. Four of a Kind - Legend, Snakebite, Trippy, Taulek
3. Inconceivable - Lucid, Kuhlect, Pznguin, Falcated
4. Splyce - Stellur, Eco, Bound, Renegade
5. Incognito - Precision, Descendant, Acid, Yakzn
6. Cloud9 - Cearion, Avucy, Bubu Dubu, Piggy
7. Fatal Ambition - Druk, Sab, Soul Snipe, Suppressed
8. Ascending Baseline - RyaNoob, Suspector, SuperCC, Tapping Buttons
9. Lag Comp - SLG, Mightys, Xuzey, Euzey
10. Tenrai - Envore, Breakingshot, Ezho, KingJay
11. Insight - Noblc, Leuor, Rorzch, Strikeyy
12. 6 7 - Morgan, Lydoe, Little Gatorz, Common
13. Max Passion - Barcode, Scoobmeistr, Swayz, Wryce

Not a final list, more time to register. Full list of teams here.

Shoutout to LVT Halo and the Halo community for increasing the prize pool from $200 to $2,050 with their generous donations. Top donations were from 0xSoulReaperx0 ($1,000), RelentlessJ ($500), Barbossa ($100), LaSinity ($100), RangerCali ($100), and Darth Django ($50).

The two day tournament starts Saturday 12 EDT and will be broadcasted on both LVT Halo Twitch and European Halo Twitch.

Shopify coach Bestman revealed the funny story behind why Tusk was dropped as OpTic coach last year. Tusk attended a local Smash Bros tournament and then overslept the Halo tournament he was supposed to be coaching for, not calling out camos or anything.

Bound and the other players on OpTic watched the VOD back after their loss and realized coach Tusk was silent. He was quickly fired and replaced by coach Lunchbox, whom Bestman credited for "rejuvenating" their team and possibly being the reason they won the first few events last year.

Tusk says he was alerted by a player on OpTic that they might drop him, then wrote a bunch of paragraphs and got ghosted the entire night, so he kind of knew it was coming.

Tashi's first communication since the big layoffs. He doesn't confirm the competitive tournaments are still happening, but this is promising news.

Piggy has joined the Cloud9 roster in place of King Nick, and this change was officially approved by LVT.

Recap

• Incognito fought to keep Piggy on their roster (they didn't want to drop Piggy) and submitted an appeal to LVT / DSA, but it was denied. Tournament admins are sticking firm to the rule that teams must have 3/4 of their original qualifying players.
• The new C9 (with Piggy) and the new 4OAK (with Legend) are having their first scrim at 4pm EST. Hopefully someone streams it.
• Piggy originally attempted to get on C9 at the start of the Pro League but they didn't want to make a team change at the time. They qualified as #3 seed and upset FaZe in their first matchup, but have struggled since and not won any more matches. Yesterday C9 had a rough scrim going 0-10 against Incognito.
• C9 plays Ascending Baseline tomorrow in the Pro League.

According to the former FaZe coach Skeptical (who was fired his first day on the job), Kaysan is looking into picking up the Inconceivable roster which is Lucid, Kuhlect, Falcated, and Pznguin. Kaysan has allegedly reached out to Falcated in hopes of recruiting the team.

Skeptical broke the news on aPG's stream ahead of the matchup today. Although Skeptical delivers messages in a trolly way, he's been correct with all of his intel so far and was the one to break the news of Bound getting dropped among other things. If you rewatch the series you'll notice that none of the FaZe players were using the FaZe skins or emblems today unlike last week.

Inconceivable are currently #1 in the Pro League standings with a perfect 4-0 series count and 16-1 map count. Inconceivable dominated the current FaZe roster in a 4-0 sweep today, and the current FaZe roster are in danger of not even qualifying for the LAN.

This may or may not happen, but it makes sense. 3/4 of the players on Inconceivable have played under the FaZe Halo banner before as recently as last year. Falcated and Pznguin were in the Grand Finals of HCS Dreamhack Dallas 2025 under FaZe, Lucid and Pznguin were in the Grand Finals of HCS Charlotte 2025 under FaZe.

Four of a Kind have defeated Cloud9 in a dominant 4-1 fashion to earn $1,000 and improve their Pro League standing to a perfect 4-0 series count and a 16-5 map count. Taulek was once again the MVP with the most kills and least deaths giving him and impressive 1.64 K/D. Taulek also dealt the most damage, had the highest accuracy, and most oddball time. Taulek has been on fire this year.

C9 had a rough series with only Cearion playing well consistently throughout. King Nick picked up towards the end, but it was too little too late. C9 need to start scrimming more, they've essentially missed out on an entire month of practice due to Avucy moving and some other things.

The Pro League standings are getting pretty interesting. There's now 3 teams tied at 4-0 series count (Inconceivable, Shopify, Four of a Kind). 4OAK and SR have an identical map count of 16-5 currently. There's also 4 teams tied at 1-3 series count (Incognito, Cloud9, FaZe, Fatal Ambition). This shows the importance of every single map, the head-to-head tiebreakers and map counts are going to become crucial with all these ties.

Next weeks matchups - Sunday September 20 - League Play Week 5

1. Cloud9 vs Ascending Baseline (1pm ET / 10am PT / 12pm CT)
2. FaZe vs Four of a Kind (3pm ET / 12pm PT / 2pm CT)
3. Incognito (Piggy team) vs Fatal Ambition (formerly Mercenaries) (5pm ET / 2pm PT / 4pm CT)
4. Shopify Rebellion vs Inconceivable (Lucid team) (7pm ET / 4pm PT / 6pm CT)

Map Picks and Bans

Precision on 4OAK and Bubu Dubu on C9 did the picks/bans for their team.

• 4OAK being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), Precision picked Oddball
• Map 1 C9 banned Lattice Ball, 4OAK picked Live Fire Ball, C9 pick Cobra side
• Map 3 C9 picks Strongholds gametype, coin flip determines Recharge SH, 4OAK picks Cobra side
• Map 4 4OAK chooses KOTH gametype, C9 bans Lattice KOTH, 4OAK pick Recharge KOTH, C9 picks Cobra side
• Map 6 is CTF gametype (last remaining), 4OAK bans Empyrean CTF, C9 picks Aqua CTF, 4OAK picks Cobra side
• Slayers: 4OAK bans Solitude Slayer, C9 bans Streets Slayer (leaving three maps available: Live Fire, Origin, Recharge)
  • Map 2 C9 picks Origin Slayer, 4OAK picked Cobra side
  • Map 5 4OAK picks Live Fire Slayer, C9 picked Cobra side
  • Map 7 is determined to be Recharge Slayer by process of elimination, C9 picks Cobra side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Four of a Kind vs Cloud9 - League Play Week 4

Shopify have defeated Incognito 4-2 to win $1,000 and improve their Pro League standing to a perfect 4-0 series count and a 16-5 map count. The young guns on Shopify showed up in this series - LastShot had a 1.35K/D and Cykul just behind at 1.34K/D. Frosty and Royal2 had the most assists at 52 and 51.

This was Piggy's return to Incognito and it's clear that he makes a big difference and elevates this team. Incognito's teamwork was looking good, and they were very competitive against the champs in 4 of the 6 maps. They're 1-3 in series count with a 7-13 map count and their final three matchups are against Fatal Ambition (formerly Mercenaries), Cloud9, and Ascending Baseline. Based on how Incognito performed today they should probably be considered the favorites in those final three matchups.

Today's last matchup is Four of a Kind vs Cloud9 - it's the very first time these two teams have ever played each other (they've never even scrimmed) so it should be interesting.

Map Picks and Bans

Bestman (coach of Shopify) and Thug Nasty (coach of Incognito) did the picks/bans for their team.

• Shopify being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), Bestman picked Strongholds which is a coin flip since there's only two
• Map 1 is Recharge Strongholds, Incognito pick Cobra side
• Map 3 Incognito picks KOTH gametype, Shopify bans Lattice KOTH, Incognito picks Live Fire KOTH, Shopify picks Eagke side.
• Map 4 Shopify chooses CTF gametype, Incognito bans Origin CTF, Shopify pick Aqua CTF, Incognito picks Cobra side.
• Map 6 is Oddball gametype (last remaining), Shopify bans Lattice Ball, Incognito picks Recharge Ball, Shopify picks Eagle side
• Slayers: Shopify bans Streets Slayer, Incognito bans Origin Slayer (leaving three maps available: Live Fire, Solitude, Recharge)
  • Map 2 Incognito picks Recharge Slayer, Shopify picked Eagle side
  • Map 5 Shopify picks Live Fire Slayer, Incognito picked Cobra side
  • Map 7 is determined to be Solitude Slayer by process of elimination, Incognito picks Cobra side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Shopify vs Incognito - League Play Week 4

Fatal Ambition (formerly Mercenaries) have defeated Ascending Baseline 4-1 to win $1,000. They've got an organization and now have secured their first Pro League victory. Ascending Baseline played with a substitute player today (IceKid) as RyaNoob is attending a wedding this weekend.

Suppressed was the MVP of the team - he had the most kills and least deaths with a 1.52 K/D and also dealt the most damage.

Fatal Ambition continue to look good despite their current standing. They remain at 7th place despite having a better map count than FaZe, because FaZe won the head-to-head matchup against them. Fatal Ambition play Incognito (Piggy's team), Inconceivable (Lucid's team), and Cloud9 next.

For Ascending Baseline it’s almost at the point where it’s becoming mathematically impossible to qualify. Because they’re so far behind on wins, they would essentially need to sweep two of their final three matchups (which are Cloud9, FaZe, Incognito) in order to catch up. And even then, it would rely on some other teams becoming stagnant. Just doesn’t seem likely.

Next matchup if Shopify Rebellion vs Incognito (now with Piggy).

Map Picks and Bans

Druk on Fatal Ambition and coach Sunzahl on AB did the picks/bans for their teams.

• AB being higher seed chose Team A (gets to pick first OBJ gametype), Sunzahl chose CTF
• Map 1 Fatal Ambition picks Empyrean CTF, AB picks Origin CTF, Fatal Ambition picks Cobra side
• Map 3 Fatal Ambition picks Oddball gametype, AB bans Lattice Ball, Fatal Ambition picks Live Fire Ball, AB picks Cobra side.
• Map 4 AB chooses KOTH gametype, Fatal Ambition bans Streets KOTH, AB pick Recharge KOTH, Fatal Ambition picks Cobra side.
• Map 6 is Strongholds coin flip picks Live Fire SH, AB picks Cobra side
• Slayers: AB bans Solitude Slayer, Fatal Ambition bans Origin Slayer (leaving three maps available: Streets, Solitude, Origin)
  • Map 2 Fatal Ambition picks Recharge Slayer, AB picked Eagle side
  • Map 5 AB picks Live Fire Slayer, Fatal Ambition picked Cobra side
  • Map 7 is determined to be Streets Slayer by process of elimination, Fatal Ambition picks Eagle side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - Fatal Ambition vs Ascending Baseline - League Play Week 4

Inconceivable have dominated FaZe in a clean 4-0 sweep to win $1,000 and improve their Pro League standing to a perfect 4-0 series count and 16-1 map count. This means that Inconceivable will continue to remain the #1 team in the Pro League for now.

The fired FaZe coach Skeptical dropped some intriguing intel in aPG's chat just ahead of the series. He claimed that Kaysan is trying to pick up Inconceivable as the new FaZe roster. And interestingly, none of the players on FaZe were using the FaZe emblems today.

Lucid was the top slayer with 95 kills and a 1.30 K/D. Kuhlect had the second most kills and most assists at 53. Inconceivable's teamwork is looking really strong and this was a huge win for them. FaZe are in danger of not qualifying for the LAN - they remain in sixth place (only the top 6 teams qualify) and have to face Four of a Kind and Shopify as two of their final three matchups.

The next matchup is Fatal Ambition (formerly Mercenaries) vs Ascending Baseline (with IceKid substituting for RyaNoob who's at a wedding this weekend).

Map Picks and Bans

Legend and Stellur on FaZe and Kuhlect on Inconceivable did the picks/bans for their team.

• FaZe being higher seed chose Team B (gets to ban first OBJ gametype), Legend banned Recharge Ball
• Map 1 Inconceivable picks Streets Ball, FaZe pick Eagle side
• Map 3 FaZe picks CTF gametype, Inconceivable bans Origin CTF, FaZe picks Empyrean CTF, Inconceivable picks Cobra side.
• Map 4 Inconceivable chooses KOTH gametype, FaZe bans Recharge KOTH, Inconceivable pick Live Fire KOTH, FaZe picks Cobra side.
• Map 6 is Strongholds coin flip picks Live Fire SH, Inconceivable picks Cobra side
• Slayers: Inconceivable bans Live Fire Slayer, FaZe bans Recharge Slayer (leaving three maps available: Streets, Solitude, Origin)
  • Map 2 FaZe picks Solitude Slayer, Inconceivable picked Cobra side
  • Map 5 Inconceivable picks Origin Slayer, FaZe picked Cobra side
  • Map 7 is determined to be Streets Slayer by process of elimination, FaZe picks Eagle side

Links

• Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
• Halo Data Hive Stats - FaZe vs Inconceivable - League Play Week 4