fnatic over Astralis to IEM final

5-3-2016 03:30

fnatic are the second team to make the grand final of IEM X Katowice after defeating Astralis 2-1 (16-6 on de_overpass, 12-16 on de_cache, and 16-7 on de_inferno).

The second semifinal match in Katowice was a showdown between two erstwhile rivals (although the Swedes have had the dominant upper hand in 2016), fnatic and Astralis.

The first map of de_overpass gave all indications that the entire tournament was once again fnatic's to win as Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist was part of a brigade of Swedes that incessantly battered on the Danes' doors, with an 11-4 CT half for fnatic converting into a 16-6 map win.

The highlight of this map was no doubt Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer winning a one-versus-two to bring the score to 15-6 while possessing red digit health.

fnatic continue to shut down Astralis in offline games, although the Danes took map two

With the second map moving over to de_cache, things continued to look as if they were playing into fnatic's hands as the Swedish team veered towards a 10-5 first half and olofmeister picked up a second half pistolround ace to continue pressing forward.

However, the Danes, led by Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen, rallied and claimed the second map after a solid set of execution strategies, winning 16-12.

Xyp9x and co. could not convert their cache win into momentum on de_inferno

de_inferno was however the fnatic show and saw the Swedish team advance to tomorrow's grand final with a 16-7 scoreline.

In particular, olofmeister continued upon a dominant tournament performance on the third and final map, finishing with a 28-12 score and a 1.84 rating overall.

IEM Katowice 2016Best of 3

Astralis

Matchpage

4th March 2016

fnatic

Overpass

Cache

Inferno

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist flusha	64 - 43	+21	102.1	78.1%	1.40
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer olofmeister	63 - 49	+14	97.6	65.8%	1.31
Dennis 'dennis' Edman dennis	51 - 49	+2	69.0	72.6%	1.06
Jesper 'JW' Wecksell JW	47 - 44	+3	69.4	72.6%	1.03
Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson KRIMZ	47 - 43	+4	70.9	72.6%	1.02

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	49 - 51	-2	67.6	65.8%	1.03
René 'cajunb' Borg cajunb	49 - 52	-3	75.7	65.8%	0.96
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	45 - 55	-10	76.0	65.8%	0.95
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen karrigan	43 - 57	-14	70.7	61.6%	0.90
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	42 - 57	-15	66.0	63.0%	0.87

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daayuuuum almost

2016-03-05 03:31

ez fnatic ez life

2016-03-05 03:30

nahui

ez god olaf

fnatic will beat LG

RIP

expected

GL LG

Nice game!

nice

olof like 10 mvps last map. :)

Fnatic nr1 4ever

Great comeback on map 2 but WP to Fnatic, kept their composure from start to finish

gg hope lg win the final

2 replies

uk no scene.....

2016-03-05 14:16

1 reply

whats your point?

2016-03-05 17:33

lets go lg!

2016-03-05 03:32

fnatic 3-0 LG

2016-03-05 03:33

Let's goo fnatic!!

fnatic 3-2 LG ez

2016-03-05 03:34

gg wp

2016-03-05 03:35

Astralis wanted to try black magic on fnatic by giving them ct side on inferno. WHYY DA FAK you would wanna give ct side to anyone on inferno? especially fnatic wtf!!!! Astralis needs a new coach. Somebody who can teach them how to win semi final matches. Somebody who can make calls standing behind them. I would go for dsn as their coach.

PLEASE LG PLEASE GOD

2016-03-05 03:36

olof is something else

2016-03-05 03:37

AHAHAH SH1T Cu NTS CAN MAKE THERE OWN ORG BUT CANT WIN A MAJOR lol

2016-03-05 03:44

10 replies

Doesnt make sense

2016-03-05 03:51

9 replies

astralis the shit cunts can make there own org but cant win a major

2016-03-05 06:11

8 replies

It is not major you retarded aussie, get your shit together mate

2016-03-05 06:35

6 replies

im not aussie u retard and im saying they wont win one dumb spastic

2016-03-05 06:54

5 replies

i can`t see any NZ teams winning something or at least appearing on champs.

2016-03-05 09:02

4 replies

we dont have any CS scene u fukn sped of course ur not gona see any NZ team do shit all we do is play rugby

2016-03-05 15:53

3 replies

i can`t see any nz in any kind of sport either

2016-03-05 20:17

we are rugby world champs mate

2016-03-05 20:54

ok mate xD my bad)

2016-03-08 18:03

It doesnt make sense. How are those 2 related

2016-03-05 14:49

I think astralis need change -cajunb -karrigan . Device is inconstant but he is device. + ... + ... Discuss

2016-03-05 05:28

Cajun is playing really good last 3 months and e is getting into form and Karrigan is the low-skilled player on Astralis but makes amazing calls and sometimes makes unbelievable clutches, I think the problem is Astralis are not playing the same game in semis like the should be, thats what they need to change, some kind of mentality not team.

2016-03-05 06:38

I agree, its the confidence problems that kills astralis. I mean when the match is non important they destroy any T2 team, and are favored to win against any team (except fnatic).

2016-03-05 08:51

Yeah, same opinion. They just need to sort it out and I think they could be on the Fnatic level.

2016-03-05 17:52

Karrigan is the same that Fetish in old times of dignitas, he makes amazing calls and win sometimes any clutches but his skill make the team lose in the important games against top teams

2016-03-08 21:48

+1 mate, but I still love him :D nohomo :)

2016-03-08 22:11

fnatic so gud

2016-03-05 06:23

eznatic

2016-03-05 09:13

How on Earth does Fnatic get to play de_inferno so often? Everybody knows it's their strongest map.

2016-03-05 10:28

Damn..

2016-03-05 11:29

lets see some magic by u losing some weight flusha

2016-03-05 12:07

I don't know why ppl are just keep talking about kenny as the best sniper. He is not even half good as JW or fallen

2016-03-05 12:28

Congratulations to Fnatic. Well played. Sad to see Astralis under performing half the match, they gave fnatic too much respect and didn't play their own game. I'm still not sure about the dedicated awp role of device, taken into consideration that he's one of the best riflers in the world. Seems to be a huge loss to suffer just achieve something quite mediocre. I would rather have Karrigan back on awp role which he by the way was one of the best at in 1.6. He can surely adapt and become as good again. Looking forward to Columbus now

2016-03-05 13:43