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He was one of the major story lines going into the SeatStory Cup, as he brought a glimpse of the Korean meta game to the North American and European spectators - Lucifer. Now his run in the tournament came to an end after just two games, losing to Savjz and monk.
After ek0p already went out 0-8, Lucifer was in danger of suffering the same fate after the devastating loss to DogeHouse's Savjz on Friday. Gladly for the former Warcraft 3 undead he could avoid that humiliation, while still getting eliminated from contention for the title. Against LiquidValue's captain monk he at least could get two wins with his Druid and his Warrior - one heavily assisted by monk's greediness.
It was Game 5 with monk leading 3-1 and having less than 15 life but a stellar board with a [card]Flametongue Totem[/card], a [card]Argent Commander[/card] and a [card]Fire Elemental[/card], only starring into the eyes of a lonely [card]Acolyte of Pain[/card] on the board of Lucifer. The question was whether monk goes for the face or rather overkills the Acolyte by seven damage - the way he ultimately chose. That play in itself might have been a very safe one and wasn't that big of a misplay, but the following definitely was. Lucifer brought out the [card]Ysera[/card], a card that usually has to be adressed. Monk didn't feel like doing that, he decided to rather have the 4/12 Legendary on the board, while he felt the urge of clearing a 1/3 just one turn earlier. That greedy decision turned the game into a gamble and the top deck of [card]Grommash Hellscream[/card] in combination with the dream card Nightmare finished off the leader of LiquidValue.
Before that incident a very alarming trend became apparent for Lucifer. The former world class Undead overplayed some of his turns immensely, investing a lot of resources to keep the board of his opponent clear. That ended up costing him once the game went into the later stages in pretty much every match, giving monk enough wiggle-room to go for safe plays and make the best out of his full hand, while Lucifer relied on top decks. In almost all of the matches it was a factor and so monk overall deserved the victory more.
The Token Druid of the American retired two decks of Lucifer, his Shaman got rid of the "secret" Druid deck of the Korean and in a long and exhausting Warrior mirror he sealed the deal and won the entire match. With that he advances to play his team mate Trump in the second round of the Lower Bracket, while Lucifer's tournament ends right here. The only consolation point for the living legend in eSports is the fact, that he at least won two more games than ek0p - not a lot of solace, but better than nothing.
