eSports Clutch Plays of the Week: June 24, 2016 Edition

It was a jam-packed weekend for eSports followed by a hectic week. With ELEAGUE delivering Counter Strike action, the EU League Champion Series underway, the Dota 2 TI6 qualifiers taking place as this piece is written and DreamHack delivering the goods across the board...there was a whole lot to choose from!

So which plays stood out above all others? Check 'em out!

EternaLEnVy Deals the Killing Blow to Danish Bears

For a brief time, things were competitive in the Dota 2 EU Open Qualifier matchup between Team Secret and the Danish Bears. Secret had the lead for essentially the entire game, but DB was keeping things uncomfortably close for the European supergroup. When Secret's Artour "Arteezy" Babaev and Same "BuLba" Sosale failed to burst down a farming sniper, it looked like the momentum was about to take a massive swing.

Jacky "EternaLEnVy" Mao was having none of that. Playing as Terrorblade, he popped his brand-new BKB and negated every spell in the DB arsenal and maintained his damage output for an absurdly long time. When it finally seemed like he was about to fall, though, he surprised everyone by sundering his own teammate, instantly healing back to full health and keeping the fireballs coming.

The team fight helped Secret cement a lead over their crafty opponents and set them up with a spot in the regionals.

Fnatic's Flusha Flushes Floundering FaZe

FaZe was being handled by fnatic badly in Week 4 of ELEAGUE, and that forced them into making some unwise plays. The best example of this was when they set up Robin "flusha" Ronnquist with a nice ace.

A bumrush by FaZe turned into a standoff after one man dropped, and became a serious deficit when another walked onto an active grenade. The remaining members of FaZe tried to flush him out with a pincer attack, but alas, it merely provided the second half of the highlight. One got picked off. Then another. Then another.

It was the best moment in an exceptionally strong overall performance by fnatic, and one that makes them look incredibly strong going forward.

Tokido Scores a Perfect On Haitani

Tatsuya Haitani is one of Japan's best Street Fighter players, and he seemed to have all the momentum necessary to make a run to the top when he knocked the legendary Daigo Umehara out of the proceedings at the DreamHack Summer 2016 Street Fighter V tournament. But nobody, and I mean nobody, runs through Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi.

After some back-and-forth action, Tokido found himself at match point with Haitani and brought the proverbial hammer down on him. Two crush counter combos quickly had Haitani playing from a massive deficit before a throw stunned him in place. A beautiful EX Tatsumaki into Shin Shoryuken combination sealed it, and with that, Tokido pulled off a rare Perfect. It doesn't get much better than that.

How to Win a Game in One Fight

H2k-Gaming was largely in control of their first game against Splyce in the Summer EU LCS. They had the kills, they had the gold advantage and they were slaying dragons. They seemed to be an anaconda, slowly choking the life, and the win, out of Splyce.

Things can swing on one engagement in League of Legends, though, and Mihael "Mikyx" Mehle swung things into Splyce's favor with some excellent Bard play. After initiating on Ales "Freeze" Knezinek with a Tempered Fate, he Journeyed through the cliff and bound the remaining members of H2k in place. The result was a four-for-nil trade that set Splyce on the path to victory.