It was day two of VCT Masters Toronto, and the first match of the day would be Wolves Esports vs Sentinels.
Wolves Esports would make their VCT Masters debut against Sentinels, who were looking for redemption after being eliminated in the Swiss stage of VCT Masters Bangkok.
With Sentinels returning, that would mean the return of their “Buy the SEN Bundle” banner and the return of Zellsis’s shenanigans, though Wolves Siufat from across the stage would match his energy as they head into the first map, which was Split, a Wolves Esports pick.
As Sentinels started on the defensive side, they struggled, losing the first four rounds to the Wolves due to better positioning, aggressive play, and a more effective economy.
Wolves would force Sentinels to use two timeouts as they lost many gunfights against each member of the wolves.
Wolves Esports would end the first half with a great lead of 8-4 and earn some much-deserved confidence heading into the second half.
With both teams switching sides, sentinels would go on an absolute tear, winning 7 rounds in a row and creating a successful comeback.
That comeback would be the deciding factor as they would run away with a map one win.
Map MVP is Sentinels N4RRATE with 18 Kills, 14 Deaths and 12 Assists.
Going into map two, Lotus, a Sentinel's pick, would give them the advantage as their defence would prove to be strong at first for the Wolves.
Wolves would be able to get some round wins in the first half, but the Sentinels' side controlled and post plant plays.
Like in round 7, Wolves would be able to plant on C site, but on the post plant, Sentinels would push onto the site, forcing all the Wolves to retreat as Zellsis’s Vyse utility was given Sentinels site control, and Zekken was able to defuse, giving them the round win.
Going into the half, the score would be 9-3, and the Wolves would answer back to show some life.
During the pistol round, they would be able to surround and hound Sentinels.
The anti-eco round would give Wolves better equipment and utility as they battled for that round win.
Though on Sentinel's first rifle round of the second half, they would reinforce their lead by getting a round win and stretching the score to 10-5.
Sentinels would reach match point at round 20, and sentinels would plant on the C site, but it would be hard as they would lose Zekken before planting on the site.
N4rrate would be the one to get the kills as he used Viper’s Viper pit to cut off any clear access to the site and picked off anyone who entered his pit.
Going into match point, Sentinels would look to go for the final blow with an aggressive push, but Wolves would prevent them from getting onto A and C sites.
With time running down, Sentinels would have to rotate into B site, and as they do, they pick one Wolf off and draw the rest of the Wolves onto B Site.
As they reached the site, the wolves would immediately gain the advantage, as they had picked off four out of the five Sentinels, but were able to take out three Wolves, leaving JohnQT in a 1v2 situation against Wolves Spring and Lysoar.
Spring would try to defuse the spike in the smoke, and Lysoar would be the one protecting him, but it just wasn’t enough as JohnQT sprays into the smoke and gets Spring, Lysoar would turn the corner and meet JohnQT’s phantom.
Sentinels won the match 2-0 with N4rrate getting match MVP with 37 Kills, 26 Deaths, and 19 Assists.