With a 2-0 victory over pro100 (16-14 Dust2, 16-11 Inferno), HellRaisers secured a place in the CIS Minor grand final and a spot at the FACEIT Major New Challengers Stage.

With Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker hitting his stride early, getting nine kills in the first four rounds, HellRaisers were off to a great start on the CT side of Dust2. They went on to grab a 7-0 lead before pro100 recovered from a 3v5 to add their first, building on that to make the score 7-4. A back-and-forth round then went HellRaisers' way, but it would end up being their last of the half as pro100 made the score decent for the half, 8-7.

By winning the second pistol as well, the international team was able to take back the lead and go up 11-7, but pro100 didn't falter and put up a strong defense with rifles, with Ivan "⁠AiyvaN⁠" Semenets and Leonard "⁠kenzor⁠" Volodarchuk leading the way as they tied five together. The match came down to the wire, 14-14, when Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad stepped up with a quad kill and set up his side for a 16-14 win.

woxic's impressive play on both maps helped HellRaisers advance to the New Challengers Stage

AiyvaN's swift USP-S hat trick marked the start of Inferno, giving them the pistol round on their map pick, but a clumsy A site defense against the force buy saw HellRaisers reply quickly. Off the back of it, Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow's men bagged a 3-1¸lead, but pro100 took over the control on the CT side after that, showing better play in full buy rounds. Dima "⁠def⁠" Lemeshchuk's banana flank in round 13 netted him four kills in total, allowing pro100 to finish 9-6 up.

Adding another pistol round to their name, and with the followups going their way as well, HellRaisers made back the ground and tied up the score in the second half. After a tight B site afterplant went pro100's way, HellRaisers struck back and reset the Ukrainian side, with woxic's 1v2 clutch in round 23 practically sealing the deal. (13-10) Vadim "⁠Flarich⁠" Karetin and co. added another round to their name, but were ultimately shut out by HellRaisers who secured a spot at the first stage of the FACEIT Major with a 16-11 victory.

CIS Minor - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 3 pro100Matchpage 0 2 12th July 2018 HellRaisers 14Dust2 16 11Inferno 16

pro100	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ivan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsAiyvaN	44 - 40	+4	80.2	1.16
Leonard 'kenzor' Volodarchukkenzor	47 - 40	+7	81.0	1.16
Dima 'def' Lemeshchukdef	38 - 42	-4	71.7	0.99
Svyatoslav 'svyat' Dovbakhsvyat	31 - 38	-7	65.1	0.87
Vadim 'Flarich' KaretinFlarich	24 - 42	-18	58.0	0.72

HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	51 - 32	+19	86.9	1.43
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	42 - 32	+10	81.4	1.24
Issa 'ISSAA' MuradISSAA	45 - 37	+8	74.8	1.16
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	37 - 43	-6	80.2	1.08
Bence 'DeadFox' BöröczDeadFox	26 - 40	-14	54.1	0.78

The FACEIT Major New Challenger stage team list now looks as follows:

Gambit
Space Soldiers
Astralis
North
Rogue
HellRaisers
EU Minor #1
Asia Minor #1Vega Squadron
BIG
Liquid
Virtus.pro
Complexity
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EU Minor #2
Asia Minor #2BIG #7 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetOwen 'smooya' Butterfield Gambit #15 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovNikolay 'mir' Bityukov Ivan 'AiyvaN' Semenets Age: 22 Team: pro100 Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 368 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 Dima 'def' Lemeshchuk Age: 23 Team: pro100 Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 375 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.69 Vega Squadron #57 Anton 'tonyblack' KolesnikovLeonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakPavel 'hutji' LashkovIgor 'crush' Shevchenko Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Rogue #29 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandHunter 'SicK' MimsDaniel 'vice' Kim Space Soldiers #20 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor pro100 #72 Ivan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsDima 'def' LemeshchukVadim 'Flarich' KaretinLeonard 'kenzor' VolodarchukSvyatoslav 'svyat' Dovbakh Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Complexity #31 Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanRory 'dephh' JacksonPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor Issa 'ISSAA' Murad Age: 21 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 338 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Vadim 'Flarich' Karetin Age: 21 Team: pro100 Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 319 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Age: 28 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1421 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.71 Leonard 'kenzor' Volodarchuk Age: 21 Team: pro100 Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 323 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 Virtus.pro #22 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiPaweł 'byali' BielińskiMichał 'MICHU' Müller Özgür 'woxic' Eker Age: 19 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 494 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.62 HellRaisers #17 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad North #10 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupOscar 'mixwell' CañellasMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså