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compLexity and Rogue are through to the ECS Season 5 North America after finishing top two in the Challenger Cup.

The tournament, featuring a double-elimination, best-of-three format, saw Complexity and Rogue battle it out against Rise Nation and Splyce, respectively, for a place in the main league after the likes of TeamOne and Ghost were sent to the lower bracket early.

FNS' compLexity have booked their place in ECS Season 5

The first squad to secure their place in ECS Season 5 was Pujan "⁠FNS⁠" Mehta's Complexity, who began their series with a comfortable win on Rise Nation's map pick, Inferno, 16-5. Next up was Cobblestone, and despite it not being as lopsided as the previous map, compLexity prevailed without breaking much of a sweat as they ran out 16-11 victors.

ECS Season 5 North America Challenger CupBest of 3 ComplexityMatchpage 2 0 4th March 2018 Rise Nation 16Inferno 5 16Cobblestone 11

Complexity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Rory 'dephh' Jacksondephh	50 - 30	+20	105.6	1.63
Bradley 'ANDROID' FodorANDROID	46 - 25	+21	101.2	1.54
Jaccob 'yay' Whiteakeryay	33 - 29	+4	72.4	1.19
Peter 'ptr' Gurneyptr	27 - 21	+6	65.1	1.14
Pujan 'FNS' MehtaFNS	29 - 29	0	68.8	0.99

Rise Nation	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Will 'dazzLe' LoafmandazzLe	35 - 39	-4	94.7	1.13
Brandon 'Ace' WinnAce	35 - 34	+1	75.6	1.00
Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverRelyks	28 - 35	-7	57.0	0.77
Michael 'dapr' Gulinodapr	20 - 40	-20	47.9	0.62
Kaleb 'moose' Jaynemoose	16 - 37	-21	46.6	0.55

The other Upper Bracket began with a team-leading performance by Anthony "⁠gMd⁠" Guimond on Overpass as the Canadian player inspired Rogue to overcome a 9-6 deficit with a 1.82 rating. The following map, Nuke, was a complete blowout, as Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin's side breezed past Splyce 16-2, with Daniel "⁠vice⁠" Kim finishing the game with a 2.01 rating.

ECS Season 5 North America Challenger CupBest of 3 RogueMatchpage 2 0 4th March 2018 Splyce 16Overpass 11 16Nuke 2

Rogue	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hunter 'SicK' MimsSicK	43 - 24	+19	101.7	1.54
Anthony 'gMd' GuimondgMd	37 - 28	+9	96.0	1.46
Daniel 'vice' Kimvice	36 - 27	+9	82.5	1.33
Casper 'cadiaN' MøllercadiaN	38 - 23	+15	77.6	1.33
Spencer 'Hiko' MartinHiko	30 - 25	+5	75.8	1.15

Splyce	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Zack 'XotiC' ElshaniXotiC	39 - 34	+5	83.6	1.15
David 'DAVEY' StaffordDAVEY	28 - 35	-7	73.1	0.86
Taylor 'Drone' JohnsonDrone	24 - 37	-13	58.1	0.70
Daniel 'roca' Gustaferriroca	19 - 38	-19	56.1	0.60
Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenSEMPHIS	17 - 41	-24	55.6	0.48

With Complexityand Rogue through to ECS, here is what the team list for the FACEIT-run league's North American division currently looks like: 

SK	Cloud9
Liquid	OpTic
NRG	Renegades
Luminosity	Complexity
Rogue	Challenger Cup #3

There is still one spot up for grabs in ECS as CLG have withdrawn from the competition. Splyce, TeamOne, Rise Nation and Ghost are the teams still in contention in the Challenger Cup, which will resume at 21:00 .