Titan have won the French battle over LDLC 2-0 (16-4 de_mirage, 19-15 de_cache) to win DreamHack Stockholm and $10,000.

Opening map de_mirage saw Titan jump to a quick 5-0 lead, before LDLC could get on the board. Kévin "⁠Ex6TenZ⁠" Droolans's troops quickly restored monetary control though.

Up 6-1, LDLC were forced to save after an ill-advised force buy attempt, and found themselves soon trailing 1-8 as Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey failed to conver a one-on-two attempt.

A round later he succeeded at that, but once again Titan quickly won the next round to force Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon's team on a save round. LDLC trailed 2-12 before finally winning round fifteen.

Second half saw LDLC win their pistol round to keep their hopes of a comeback alive, but Titan won round two, and cruised to a 4-1, 16-4 overall victory on the opening map.

The grand final was a battle of the French 

On de_cache it was LDLC's turn to jump to a 5-0 lead before Titan replied, but A quick hit towards the A bombsite gave Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt's side a commanding 7-1 lead to start map two.

Titan then got their defensive play together, and a double FAMAS kill boosted up in the A site by Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez led to him and Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub splitting the opposing team next round.

After a save round LDLC's once-commanding lead was cut to 5-7, but in-game leader shox's one-on-two heroics, and a good call on a mid-to-B split got it back up to 9-5.

Final round of the half saw Titan go for a desperation buy and mid-round aggression in middle led to two kills by in-game leader Ex6TenZ, and a round to make it 6-9.

Titan tied te game up at 9-9, thanks to Hovik "⁠KQLY⁠" Tovmassian's three Glock-18 kills in A. LDLC got a clear stop in the A site on round four, but Titan evened it up with a mid-to-B split.

kennyS had some huge plays in the grand final 

At 10-10 two AWP entry kills by kennyS gave Titan their first lead on de_cache. LDLC's saved AWP couldn't hurt Titan, and kennyS got two more AWP entries to make it 13-10.

LDLC's save made their once 7-1 lead a 10-14 deficit, but a desperate triple AWP setup got them the next round, before Titan forced game point with a successful A attack.

kioShiMa's team got a stop in A, and two aggressive B site pushes saw LDLC force the match into overtime, with momentum once again barely on their side.

Two B-splits got Titan the opening two rounds, and three kills by Maniac in a two-on-three made it 18-15. The game was then decided as Titan stopped LDLC's bombsite A hit for a 19-15 win. DreamHack Stockholm CS:GO Invitational 2014Best of 3 LDLCMatchpage 0 2 26th September 2014 Titan 4Mirage 16 15Cache 19

Titan	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	44 - 35	+9	-	1.21
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	44 - 34	+10	-	1.20
Hovik 'KQLY' TovmassianKQLY	41 - 29	+12	-	1.18
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	37 - 27	+10	-	1.14
Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezManiac	37 - 36	+1	-	0.97

LDLC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	37 - 38	-1	-	0.98
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	36 - 40	-4	-	0.93
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	30 - 41	-11	-	0.79
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	27 - 40	-13	-	0.71
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	31 - 44	-13	-	0.70

 

DreamHack Stockholm final standings:

1. Titan - $10,000
2. LDLC - $5,000
3-4. fnatic - $3,500
3-4. 3DMAX - $3,500
5-6. dignitas - $2,000
5-6. NiP - $2,000
7-8. Copenhagen Wolves - $2,000
7-8. ALTERNATE - $2,000

You can find our photos from DreamHack Stockholm here. We will be adding more highlights from the tournament in the coming days.

Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt Age: 20 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 390 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez Age: 24 Team: Titan Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 210 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.64 Hovik 'KQLY' Tovmassian Age: 24 Team: Titan Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 176 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 22 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 317 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.64 Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans Age: 24 Team: Titan Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 389 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.62 Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Age: 19 Team: Titan Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 354 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.62 Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Age: 20 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 194 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64