After 4 gruelling and tiring days of gaming, the Apex Legends Global series Split 2 Playoffs ends with team Darkzero as your champions.

40 teams from all over the world came together at the Copper Box Arena in London to fight for the chance to get a share of the $1 million prize pool. The Split 2 Playoffs is the last LAN before the ALGS Championship and also one of the last chance for teams to qualify.

DarkZero who are currently the reigning ALGS champions and, TSM, the Split 1 winners, both became match point eligible in the third game. As the Finals went on, three other teams entered the race for the prized title after hitting the 50-point mark.

It was only in the seventh game that a winner was found. Rhys ‘Zer0’ Perry was the hero as DarkZero came out on top of a highly contested final ring to claim the trophy for his team, DarkZero to reclaim their throne and hold TSM off in second place. The North American teams really outshined all the other regions, as they held all top five spots in the finals (DarkZero, TSM, Oxygen Esports, XSET, and FaZe).

Darkzero had a rough Split 1, and the team almost didn’t make the Playoffs and placed 13th in London. Brody ‘Xynew’ Geissler, their newest member, could not have dreamed of a better LAN debut.

INTERESTING FACTS

TEAM COMPOSITION PICKRATES

The teams at the tournament seem to love Bangalore and Seer in 3-player compositions more than the rest of the team. While the latter character has received nerfs as of late, he is still picked due to his Tactical Ability.

INDIVIDUAL LEGEND PICKRATE

It comes off as no surprise that Seer has the highest pick rate. He received a couple of “nerfs” during the Dressed to Kill Event just recently. However, most pros have agreed that these nerfs are more of a buff towards him. Reworking Seer to be less scan-focused by severely nerfing his wallhack potential and making his tactical ability a menace for team fights, as it is almost undodgeable makes it frustrating to play against since there are no counters to it. And so, Seer stays on top.

You can watch a video here on TSM Imperial Hal and the TSM coach, ‘Raven’ on why they think Seer has been buffed.

TOP 5 WEAPONS

Prowler is the #1 kills (846),  and is more than double the Nemesis (390) – and the CAR (379). SMGs are likely statistically to be that high due to all the teams waiting to fight late game. Shotguns are also not as consistent as SMGs which is why you don’t see it used as often.

In a recent post made by a famous Apex content creator, HisAndHersLive, they mentioned for an SMG nerf. Some pro players have agreed calling for a nerf to SMGs as a whole.

ALL END ZONES

If you’re a little bit of a geek, here are all the end zones during the 4 days at ALGS.

Storm Point

World’s Edge

Special thanks to Apex Legends Status for all the statistics. If you’d like to see more statistics in detail, you can head over here: https://apexlegendsstatus.com/

We also managed to get a picture with DarkZero’s Noyan “Genburten” Ozkose’s mother and brother after the event!