Renegades have been crowned champions of the FACEIT Major Asia Minor after defeating TYLOO 2-0 (16-12 on Train, 16-8 on Inferno).

The title decider kicked off on Train, Renegades' map pick, with Ke "⁠captainMo⁠" Liu and HaoWen "⁠somebody⁠" Xu finding a double and a triple-kill, respectively, to win the CT pistol for their team. After building up their economy, Renegades won the first gun round, which they followed up with another thanks to a 1v2 clutch from Noah "⁠Nifty⁠" Francis.

The Australian side went on to take the lead at 5-3, but TYLOO then equalized the score with two successful rounds, the first of which on the back of an ace from Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand. Both teams then won two rounds each, and Renegades picked up the 15th round to lead 8-7 by half-time.

In the second half, Renegades further added to their lead, 11-8, despite losing an anti-eco in the process. TYLOO responded well, losing a single round of the next five to level up the score, but then the Australian squad strung four rounds together fairly easily, taking the lead in the series with a 16-12 scoreline.

Renegades win the Asia Minor for the third time in a row

Inferno, TYLOO's pick, was the map that followed, and it began with Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad clutching an impressive 1v3 post-plant situation. In a third-round buy, TYLOO could not get through their opponents' defence, who then saw Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage come up huge with back-to-back quad-kills to lead his team to a 5-0 score.

In the seventh round, TYLOO were finally able to win their first round of the map with BnTeT and Hui "⁠DD⁠" Wu turning a 2v4 situation around, in part thanks to a triple-kill from the Indonesian. Still, Renegades immediately countered the Asian team, who were only able to win two more rounds until half-time.

Now playing as Terrorists, Renegades won their third pistol of the series with a double and a triple-kill from Nifty and jkaem, respectively, to go up 13-3. TYLOO simply could not stop their opponents from hitting match-point, but they still tried to accomplish a comeback. by reaching their seventh round.

That was when Renegades called for a tactical pause, however, and sealed the deal after building up their economy, 16-8.

Asia Minor - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 3 TYLOOMatchpage 0 2 20th July 2018 Renegades 12Train 16 8Inferno 16

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kevin 'xccurate' Susantoxccurate	45 - 32	+13	83.2	1.28
Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandBnTeT	42 - 33	+9	88.3	1.24
Hui 'DD' WuDD	26 - 40	-14	62.8	0.78
HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody	24 - 40	-16	58.2	0.72
Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo	20 - 39	-19	50.0	0.65

Renegades	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostadjkaem	43 - 33	+10	84.8	1.38
Justin 'jks' Savagejks	38 - 32	+6	87.2	1.23
Noah 'Nifty' FrancisNifty	40 - 32	+8	76.3	1.18
Karlo 'USTILO' PivacUSTILO	37 - 31	+6	70.7	1.15
Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR	26 - 30	-4	57.3	0.97

Asia Minor - FACEIT Major 2018 final standings:

1. Renegades - $30,000 + New Challengers Stage
2. TYLOO - $15,000 + New Challengers Stage
3. Tainted Minds - $5,000
4. SCARZ Absolute
5-6. BOOT-d[S]
5-6. Uniquestars
7-8. 5POWER
7-8. VG.Flash

Ke 'captainMo' Liu Age: 29 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 609 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Justin 'jks' Savage Age: 22 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 628 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 5POWER #86 Gan-Erdene 'dobu' BatboldBat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarZhiHai 'QKA' FuPeng 'xiaosaGe' SongWei 'shuadapai' Wang Noah 'Nifty' Francis Age: 20 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 615 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Renegades #13 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis Hui 'DD' Wu Age: 23 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 643 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Uniquestars Lidor 'LaNrefNi' AlmasiGuy 'NertZ' IluzBarak 'shp3x' SchneiderGuy 'anarkez' TrachtmanAnton 'hydra' Sviridon SCARZ Absolute #97 Koji 'Laz' UshidaTomoaki 'crow' MaruokaRyo 'barce' TakebayashiShibasaki 'poem' YumekiTakemori 'takej' Shogo Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Age: 24 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 667 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.69 BOOT-d[S] #46 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' RamaniAlikhan 'w1nt3r' Kopzhanov Tainted Minds #69 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonRyan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonJoshua 'INS' Potter VG.Flash #65 YuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongKunHua 'LOVEYY' BaiWingHei 'Freeman' Cheung Hansel 'BnTeT' Ferdinand Age: 22 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.26 Maps played: 415 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.61 HaoWen 'somebody' Xu Age: 23 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 655 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.66 TYLOO #16 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto