SK creep past Astralis in OT

25-1-2017 22:23

SK advances to the playoffs in Atlanta with a 19-17 victory on Dust2 over Astralis. They have one more shot to clear the groups in the coming 2-2 round.

The Danish favorites managed to stabilize early enough in the first gun round after being grinded out by SK's glocks in the pistol, as they asserted map control aggresively to crunch the Brazilian offense for a 5-3 lead. The slow tempo that the defending Major champions were not working in their favor as Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander and co. extended the lead on CT.

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's troops did consistently get both kills and bomb plants in and managing the economy well they kept the pressure up, with Ricardo "⁠fox⁠" Pacheco being succesful in his own rifle duels among other things, securing a solid triple on long in the 14th round and clawed back the half for a respectable 7-8 scoreline at first.

SK are Legends once again

SK rolled onwards with the momentum as Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David took charge of dismantling the lower dark play early with three quick USP kills in the second pistol and regained the lead for his team 12-8, forcing a tactical timeout out of Astralis, but Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga made any adjustments null with a cheeky position behind the scaffold near B window to crush the setup before it began.

Little panic was to be seen in the Danish camp though as they composed themselves and got the picks needed to force the CT's out of position and clawed back to 13-14 before another full buy from SK in which they went all-in with three AWP, but as it came down to a 3v2 after plant on the B-site the odds were slim and "⁠⁠" came out of the clutch versus fox in the end.

FalleN's team is not a team that ever backs out and they scraped into overtime with a solid A-defense and the sides were not switched, but Astralis revved back into fifth gear and Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz almost secured back to back 1v2 clutches to secure a perfect first OT half. fer was not going to stand for such shenanigans as he basically recreated such a scenario in the B-site to eventually close out the map 19-17.

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25th January 2017

Astralis

Dust2

SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' David coldzera	35 - 22	+13	100.5	77.8%	1.45
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga fer	29 - 28	+1	78.1	69.4%	1.13
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	23 - 24	-1	79.0	66.7%	1.05
Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco fox	22 - 24	-2	72.9	75.0%	1.05
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo TACO	21 - 24	-3	61.8	69.4%	0.83

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	30 - 25	+5	90.1	69.4%	1.23
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	28 - 25	+3	72.4	69.4%	1.15
Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Kjaerbye	20 - 22	-2	68.5	72.2%	0.99
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	24 - 31	-7	80.8	61.1%	0.86
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	20 - 27	-7	61.2	66.7%	0.82

Current standings:

2W-1L	2W-2L
Gambit	North
FaZe	Envy
	Liquid
	GODSENT
	Astralis
3W-0L	3W-1L
Virtus.pro	fnatic
Natus Vincere	SK
1W-3L	0W-3L
G2	HellRaisers
MOUZ	FlipSid3
OpTic

In the last duel of round 4 Gambit will duke it out with FaZe for a spot in the quarter finals.

Damn that randomizer not picking train but instead dust2 and still splendid match. SK managed to go playoffs but this also showing us how much firepower Na`Vi actually was having compared to Astralis or SK on their CT side holds, ofcourse timeluck was on Na`Vi's side too yesterday. So far fox is doing his job as stand-in and to be honest most people didn't even expect him to do this well. Interestingly SK never lost on overtimes since columbus too, I believe. If Astralis matches with North, it will be one of the rollercoaster matches for danish fans, I know they want both team to reach playoffs at least but it will be hella funny match to watch.

2017-01-25 22:23

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meh

SK has some balls leaving D2 open while they got stomped by Navi on it, i was almost sure that Astralis was goin to win it, props to SK tho.

2017-01-25 22:24

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I said, they lost there cause they wanted!

2017-01-25 22:39

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They lost because Navi played amazing CT, the teamplay from Navi is amazing,it looks so hard to get on sides.

2017-01-25 23:06

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I dont think their CT setups are that strong, they just gamble almost every time, if they gamble wrong they will pay the price and btw SK played like shit that map

2017-01-25 23:54

This might be true but I still can't see them winming vs NaVi on a BO3

2017-01-26 09:50

foxxxxx

lol

WTF

They haven't lost on overtimes on Valve-sponsored majors only. Remember that 2-1 against VP?

2017-01-25 22:27

SK lost overtime in NY agaist VP. I was there.

2017-01-25 22:47

GZ SK! #RUNSKG

idk how astralis managed to lose from the good comeback they did

Awesome from SK, comebacking from lost matches every single game. GG astralis played so well, hoping they can get to the quarter finals.

Yeah but they chocked too, from 14-8 to 15-15

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Of course, but from 8-3 to 14-8 was a hella comeback on the match also they won the last round that was basically lost. but props to astralis they comebacked too

2017-01-25 22:26

Yes a great match

2017-01-25 22:28

Don't really see them going to playoffs unless they start finding some structure and solid teamplay. Major or not idc about pressure is above normal ground, stupid peaks, bad reads of fallen's location, and dupreeh turning into a silver in a 1v2 tells me they have serious problems. 2-3 Inc. =(

2017-01-25 22:37

SK king of close games. Falador passa mal

youtube.com/watch?v=B3nAXARhMLg aeeeee

2017-01-25 22:56

EZ FOR THORIN Kappa

2017-01-25 22:25

so ez

nice!!!!!

Deserved

rekt

Not deserved

FACK YEAH SK!!!!!!!!

Lucky

ez 4 fox

Astralis choke issues again...

Thank you for saving me my money GODZERA, I really appreciate that!

nicely done fox

ferGOD&GODZERA too strong

Great game, Astralis deserved too, but they still have a chance.

expected astralis choke

good game omg <3 astralis played very well nt

Successful tournament for SK imo. They have no chance of winning the major so they should be happy with securing the legend spot. Even if Astralis make playoffs, they might have to play Navi or VP in the quarter finals. Dust 2 is so boring to watch.

SK should've lost the game against FaZe as well as this one (they obviously wouldn't play Astralis if they would've lost against FaZe, but still).

ay lmao XD

First a free game from FaZe, now a free game from Chokestralis... NotLikeThis

2017-01-25 22:29

GGWP Astralis! #RUNSK

man that hardwork.exe toggle messed up astralis and if your IGL top frags, Astralis you have to take the map

2017-01-25 22:30

CRLLLLLL!!!!!!! I can't handle this major, I have an hearth disease, SK will be the death of me xD Such a back and forth game, SK could've could have spared me the pain. Fox is such a love-hate player. He did so good at the start of the game, but at the end he made some mistakes that almost cost them the game. Glaive is a truly magnificent IGL, so much impact in every game, and overall amazing calls.

Well said. Fox played really well, I sincerely hope that he will improve and adjust with SK as time follows. As with Gla1ve, he sure was. I hope he will bring that stunning performance back vs the team later!

2017-01-25 23:38

#RUNSK

Gla1ve is one of the best fraggin IGL's

2017-01-25 22:31

Nice attempt to win the game but the major choke is stronger ;D

2017-01-25 22:32

great game, so intense

I cried a bit

2017-01-25 22:33

i know how you feel :(

2017-01-25 22:35

R.I.P THORIN.

GG EZ !!

That's not luck, that Astralis shows how much they're top 1 and gonna win the major against team, who playing most terrible d2 on the major and had to be 16-3 again. Astralis pls don't try to win the major u don't deserve it

2017-01-25 22:34

N1 Engrish

2017-01-26 00:02

nice game from sk

sk best ever, with stand in will make top4, THE CRY IS FREE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH xd

top 8*

2017-01-25 22:36

nah they will get top4, only trust my friend xD

2017-01-25 22:40

Astralis vs North in round 5 :>

good job SK!!

SK unconvincing with two OT wins and a massive loss to NaVi. They will not make it past the first playoff round

HLTV community is just so toxic. Lol. Either someone choked or the other one toggled. SK almost threw the game when it was 14-8, coming back from a 8-3, and then got his sh#t back together to secure the spot in the quarter-finals. It was an insane and epic game. I don't feel this nervous since MIBR.

2017-01-25 22:42