OpTic secure winners finals at HCS NA Super with a decisive sweep over Cloud9

Unwavering in the face of a long-term rival at this weekend’s online Halo Super, OpTic Gaming made its intentions clear in the winners semi-finals matchup against back-to-back tournament winners Cloud9. The OpTic roster was firing on all cylinders as they sent C9 to the losers bracket in a dominant 3-0 sweep and secured the top three at the tournament.

The series didn’t initially look to be in OpTic’s favor, with Strongholds in game one going down to the wire between the two teams. After exchanging the lead back and forth throughout, what looked to be C9’s victory lap at the 246-point mark, with two Strongholds in their possession, proved instead to be a momentum shift in OpTic’s favor. Equipped with the rockets in hand, aPG made an aggressive push toward the B Stronghold as his teammates pressed toward the other two. OpTic’s resounding success in the ensuing teamfight had the Greenwall stealing away a last-minute triple cap and shutting C9 out until the comeback was complete, and OpTic had won with only a four-point margin.