MidwaySai's relentless pressure on Mo & Krill neutralized hoot's Celeste as Leviathan finally cracked the Night Shift EU dynasty.
After 14 straight #28 finals wins and six consecutive victories over Leviathan, Abrahams has finally been knocked off. The 2-0 loss in the Deadlock Night Shift EU Stage #28 finals ends the longest winning streak Night Shift has ever seen.
Leviathan came into this one with plenty of motivation after Abrahams spent last week experimenting with new hero meta picks. Going back to late November, Leviathan had lost every finals meeting with Abrahams, seven in a row.
Sai's Mo & Krill Sets the Tone
Game 1 was a 42-minute slugfest, and sai made sure it tilted Leviathan's way. His 
Mo & Krill performance was dominant from start to finish: 5 kills, 1 death, and 20 assists for a 25.00 KDA, good enough for MVP honors.
But the bigger story was the pressure he put on hoot. hoot's 
Celeste has been one of Abrahams' most reliable threats, and sai made shutting that down a top priority hard countering him. He picked up two direct kills on hoot in Game 1, and the constant pressure never let up. By the end, hoot finished 5/8/6 with only 47k souls in a 42-minute game.
At the same time, oses quietly scaled into a huge damage threat on 
Mina, racking up 15 kills and repeatedly punishing Abrahams' backline whenever sai opened the door.
Game 2: Different Hero, Same Result
With the Celeste plan clearly not working, Abrahams moved hoot onto 
Silver for Game 2. sai answered by switching to 
Haze.
It didn't change much. sai found hoot four more times in the second game, finishing 13/5/16, while hoot ended at 5/11/4—a 0.82 KDA on a hero built to survive longer fights.
overseas earned MVP in Game 2 with a ridiculous 32.00 KDA on 
Billy (8/1/24), but by then Leviathan was already in full control. The whole lineup was firing: oses ended the series with 30 total kills, 1R374M1 piled up 51 assists across both games in the support role, and Freemok rounded out the draft by flexing between Silver and 
Apollo.
A fresh new start to EU Night Shift
Abrahams ruled Night Shift EU for 14 straight weeks. They beat Leviathan, Lowkey W (who disbanded right before this week's event), and everyone else who made it to the finals. For a while, it started to feel like the streak might never end.
Leviathan's formula this time was straightforward: don't let hoot get comfortable. sai was at the center of that plan which his hard counter. Sai directly killed hoot six times in the series and forced Abrahams into constant defensive rotations. Without their main carry threat able to get going, Abrahams couldn't match Leviathan's pace or coordination.
The streak is over. Now the question is whether Abrahams can adapt or whether Leviathan has finally found the blueprint to start its own streak.