IHC was eliminated from ESL Pro League Season 17 - the team lost to fnatic

IHC was eliminated from ESL Pro League Season 17 - the team lost to fnatic

IHC couldn't handle fnatic.

IHC left ESL Pro League Season 17 after losing to fnatic.

The Mongolian team lost the match with a score of 2-1 and finished their performance in 21-28th place. It is worth noting that yesterday the team defeated Evil Geniuses with a score of 2-1.

The main problem of IHC

After IHC's exit from EPL, it can be confidently said that the team now needs to solve exactly one problem. And that problem is a very narrow map pool. Currently, the Mongolians have exactly one map in which they are 100% confident. And that location is Inferno.

IHC chose this map in every match and, it must be said, looked good on it. The team fought against Outsiders, MIBR, and fnatic, as well as defeated EG on this map. However, the Mongolians had huge problems with other maps.

Defeat on Overpass against Evil Geniuses with a score of 16-6, elimination from the tournament after 16-5 on Nuke against fnatic and 16-7 on Overpass against Outsiders - this is an indicator of very poor preparation. Yes, IHC was able to win Overpass and Nuke against fnatic and EG, respectively, but this rather shows the weakness of their opponents on these locations.

IHC already has good tactics and individual performance, but they lack map play. The Mongolians need to expand their map pool to beat European teams. IHC needs a boot camp in Europe for these purposes.

IHC could beat fnatic

The Mongolian team showed a strong game on the second map against fnatic, winning Overpass in overtime with a score of 19-17. However, this was devalued with the transition to the third map - IHC lost Nuke 16-5. But the problem was not even in Nuke, but in the first map - Inferno.

The Mongolians should have won on their strongest location, but they lacked individual performance. 3 out of 5 players fell below a rating of 5.5, after the team led 6-0. And the main star of the team, Annihilation, finished the map with a rating of 4.9.

IHC stats on first map vs fnatic
IHC stats on first map vs fnatic

IHC still remains an extremely strong team from Asia, but they still need to work on their game.

What is going on in Group A at EPL?

Today the matches in Group A will come to an end. Right now, Cloud9 are playing vs Outsiders in the upper bracket final, and later there will be a match between fnatic and Eternal Fire for the last spot in the playoffs.

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