SL i-League Invitational #1HR and VP win in Kiev
HellRaisers and Virtus.pro kicked off the SL i-League Invitational #1 with victories as the former beat SK 2-0 (16-5 on Cache and 16-5 on Overpass) and the latter defeated Worst Players 2-1 (16-5 on Mirage, 17-19 on Cache, 16-13 on Cobblestone).
One of the opening matches was between Virtus.pro and Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev's new team Worst Players. Mirage was a blowout as the Poles, led by Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas's 1.81 rating, secured map with a 16-5 score.
Cache started out better for the Ukrainians who finished their T-side with a 8-7 lead. They were also able to pick up the first five rounds of their CT-half but Virtus.pro went into plow mode and came back from a 9-14 deficit to take it to overtime as the regulation ended 15-15.
Virtus.pro struggled but were able to close it out
Virtus.pro grabbed the first round of overtime and they were in front 17-16 at the end of the first half in overtime. Things turned around for Worst Players though and they were able to win the map 19-17.
The squads met on Cobblestone to decide the winner of the series and Worst Players had the same lead at halftime as they did on Cache (8-7). Although they had a better start to the half, the Ukrainians could not retain their lead and Virtus.pro secured the map with a 16-13 score, winning the series 2-1.
 Virtus.pro |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 - 45 | +24 | 82.1 | 79.1% | 1.36 | |
| 73 - 54 | +19 | 88.3 | 76.7% | 1.29 | |
| 67 - 58 | +9 | 83.5 | 70.9% | 1.17 | |
| 63 - 53 | +10 | 72.3 | 70.9% | 1.15 | |
| 49 - 59 | -10 | 72.1 | 67.4% | 0.93 |
 Worst Players |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 - 63 | +7 | 85.2 | 68.6% | 1.14 | |
| 67 - 63 | +4 | 78.7 | 70.9% | 1.12 | |
| 55 - 65 | -10 | 72.5 | 64.0% | 0.95 | |
| 45 - 61 | -16 | 63.5 | 64.0% | 0.80 | |
| 32 - 69 | -37 | 52.3 | 57.0% | 0.68 |
The #12 team in the world, HellRaisers, faced SK who are number #19, in a best-of-three series. The maps for the match in Kiev were Cache, Overpass and Mirage.
The first map, Cache, kicked off with a dominating performance by HellRaisers as Martin "STYKO" Styk dominated the match. A 13-2 CT-side assured a map victory for Kyrylo "ANGE1" Karasiow & company and they capitalized on this advantage by taking the map 16-5.
oskar was unstoppable
The story of the second map was no different as Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný went berserk, finishing with a 29:8 score, a 123.2 ADR and a 2.21 rating. The final score on Overpass was the same as the first map as HellRaisers won it 16-5 and closed out the series 2-0.
 HellRaisers |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 - 16 | +32 | 99.1 | 88.1% | 1.78 | |
| 49 - 27 | +22 | 119.4 | 90.5% | 1.76 | |
| 29 - 21 | +8 | 76.5 | 88.1% | 1.25 | |
| 32 - 31 | +1 | 95.3 | 76.2% | 1.22 | |
| 26 - 20 | +6 | 59.9 | 85.7% | 1.09 |
  SK |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 - 38 | -15 | 81.0 | 66.7% | 0.86 | |
| 25 - 36 | -11 | 54.2 | 64.3% | 0.75 | |
| 25 - 37 | -12 | 59.2 | 64.3% | 0.74 | |
| 22 - 36 | -14 | 60.7 | 59.5% | 0.72 | |
| 20 - 37 | -17 | 59.2 | 57.1% | 0.65 |
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