Apeks, one of the tier-two teams that qualified for BLAST Paris Major, entered CS:GO‘s history books on May 8. The international team became the second squad to ever win by 16-0 at a Major after facing Grayhound and matched what only the prime version of Astralis pulled off before, first at the FACEIT London Major in 2018 versus MIBR, and later versus Cloud9 at the IEM Katowice Major in 2019.
Apeks’ 16-0 in the Challengers Stage happened thanks to their stronghold on the CT side. They shut down Grayhound every round on Mirage, and four of their five players died less than five times in the 16 rounds played. Justinas “jL” Lekavicius was the big name of the series, finishing with 23 kills in total and a 2.01 rating. This is Apeks’ first Major ever as an organization and three of its players—jL, Damjan “kyxsan” Stoilkovski, and Tim “nawwk” Jonasson—are also playing the first Major of their lives.
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