Gambit move past fnatic in Vegas

16-2-2017 00:04

Gambit Gaming have moved on to Group B's winners' match at DreamHack Masters Las Vegas after defeating fnatic 16-8 on Inferno.

Group B resumed with a mouth-watering clash between the new fnatic lineup and Gambit on Inferno, a map on which the Swedes used to be one of the best in the world. However, it was Gambit who looked the livelier of the two sides for the most of the first half as they cruised to a 7-1 lead, even after losing the pistol round.

fnatic called a timeout in a bid to improve their defence, and the move paid off right away as they immediately won a round thanks to Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell's great work in the pit. Gambit hit back in the following round after overturning a 2v4 situation, only to be caught off-guard by fnatic's force-buy win. The Swedes continued amassing rounds, with the half end ending in a surprisingly close 9-6 scoreline.

Gambit were simply too hot for fnatic

The second half began at a frantic pace as neither side could get anything going. Rounds kept going back and forth, but then Gambit's defence flourished as the Kazakhstani side kept their opponents in disarray, winning five rounds in a row to lock down the map, 16-8.

Key Moment: fnatic's force-buy win in the 10th round, when they were trailing their opponents by six rounds. It was the start of a good run that saw them reduce the deficit to three rounds by the end of the half.

PotM: Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko was the PotM with a stunning 105.9 ADR, taking the award over teammate Mihail "⁠Dosia⁠" Stolyarov due to having a bigger impact (had a kill in 12 of the 16 rounds won by Gambit and contributed in some way in 23 of the 24 rounds).

DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017Best of 1

fnatic

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15th February 2017

Gambit

Inferno

Gambit	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Zeus	22 - 14	+8	105.9	95.8%	1.67
Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Dosia	22 - 13	+9	100.1	83.3%	1.53
Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov HObbit	15 - 16	-1	73.9	79.2%	1.15
Rustem 'mou' Telepov mou	19 - 17	+2	73.4	79.2%	1.09
Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev AdreN	16 - 15	+1	58.8	79.2%	1.04

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist flusha	18 - 20	-2	84.8	66.7%	0.99
Jesper 'JW' Wecksell JW	17 - 19	-2	90.3	58.3%	0.96
Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson KRIMZ	14 - 17	-3	73.5	70.8%	0.89
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer olofmeister	16 - 18	-2	63.4	58.3%	0.81
Dennis 'dennis' Edman dennis	10 - 20	-10	41.7	66.7%	0.62

We all know Zeus "didn't even have to call" again. Besides that fnatic looks like not ready for competition yet, even thou they reunited seems they can't manage to be like "old fnatic" lets see what time brings. Gambit still doing impressive stuff hope they can keep up this.

2017-02-16 00:04

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well, moe just made a crap ton of money lol

2017-02-16 00:05

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Yeah he betted 150 on gambit first then another 1500 again on gambit. Crazy motherfucker

2017-02-16 07:29

Dosia X GOD!

2017-02-16 08:06

yep

2017-02-16 00:06

Zeus bottom fragger? WOW Thats new

2017-02-16 00:12

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Zeus didn't bottom frag though...

2017-02-16 10:59

Old fnatic will lose and it's better for them to ditch that approach. That run and gun style no longer works. They need to chalk up good executes.

2017-02-16 07:33

They need to let krimz be a the second star player. dennis is kind of hit or miss.

2017-02-16 07:51

Agreed. He's also a far better clutch player than Dennis.

2017-02-16 08:00

woow

HAHHAH YES! RIP FNATIC <3 <3 <3 their level is horrible! retire now flusha and jw

Zeus on fnatic: "I didn't even have to call" Kappa #RUNGAMBIT

X god 2 stronk

GOOD JOB!

too ez

<3 Zeus

expected Kappa

#GOD ZEUS

Zeus is f*cking LEGEND!!!!!!!!!

expected, I don't think fnatic will win any big event with this line up without completely changing their style I hope they go out in groups

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Now they'll have to play decider against VP or Gambit again - chances are they will go home soon.

2017-02-16 01:05

Yeah, they need new good coach as well IMHO.

2017-02-16 01:12

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yes and they need to develop proper strats together with that coach, so that they can fall back to some good executes and fakes if out-aiming the enemy team doesn't work

2017-02-16 01:16

It doesn't work anymore for almost a year. :)

2017-02-16 01:25

true

2017-02-16 01:26

"Gambit were simply too hot for fnatic" ahahhaahahah n1

X God showed up, btw zeus did a massive work with those Gambit players

+1 Zeus' impact in terms of Strategy and Frags is just insane...

2017-02-16 00:14

2017-02-16 00:25

To all the people who thought fnatic would be top1 after getting back to old lineup IN YOUR FACE

2017-02-16 00:07

Zeus = the best IGL ever.

Well, that was one map. A must veto map for fnatic tho. Kinda frustrating watching them lose in that fashion but meh.

Atm fnatic can only play dust2 and cache...

2017-02-16 01:07

indeed... but well, we all know they can improve

2017-02-16 01:27

*only cache

2017-02-16 02:06

Zeus is true legend of CS!

wp gambit

2017-02-16 00:08

GOD Zeus and XGOD Dosia just ate those swedes.

-dennis +pronax? No. I just hope not to see another godsent type: "We will be better next time!" And that time never came.

Rip Fnatic

legendary Zeus in action...

god ZEUS!!!

2017-02-16 00:09

Thank you Zeus! Thank you Danya for this victory. And thank you for your huge impact for Gambit!

2017-02-16 00:10

I have only 2 words after this game: God Zeus

Zeus and Dosia are top! :) GG Gambit!

2017-02-16 00:11

Flusha: i didn't even have to call

Zeus "didn't even have to call" btw.

GODOSIA!!! awesome game!

2017-02-16 00:13

Old fnatic not so powerful after all.

Straight to Pound Town, flusha you fat fuck.

ZEUS the father of Counter-Strike. good game

I would say that Gambit winning a force buy after losing second pistol round was a key moment.

2017-02-16 07:38

god zeus pls go to greece

Danya + Misha = ez for Gambit!

So good its unreal :) gg

Zeus... amazing player.

2017-02-16 00:15

Zeus did a massive work with this team. So happy to see him in Gambit. GG, WP!

2017-02-16 00:17

Flusha and JW brought HOMESENT to fnatic

2017-02-16 00:18

Yeah

2017-02-16 01:14

Hobbit is stilll nervous hope that goes away sooner than later

i think that Zeus will teach him properly. he has big potential as a player. and under such IGL he must show-up soon.

2017-02-16 00:19

Hltv it is the only place where russians talk among themselves in English :D

2017-02-16 00:52

ha ha so true

2017-02-16 01:09

-Dennis +Pronax

papa Zeus done his job 5+

Expected lol

sad.......... but Zeus was unstoppable. one of the best IGLs ever...

2017-02-16 00:20

Ofc

Zeus the legend! He was so impressive. And his job as an IGL is just beautiful. One of the best In-Game Leaders ever indeed!

2017-02-16 00:28

+1 one of the best, been since 2009. I remember when i watched first Na'Vi performances back then, all the pop flashes and tactis he brought to cs was something new and unbelievable even back then.

2017-02-16 00:48

Agree with you here! :)

2017-02-16 00:49

Won't be the same for a bo3

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fnatic has no map pool. Nuke and mirage will be banned. Cbble, overpass, train, inferno = ez Gambit Cache = fnatic can win

2017-02-16 01:20

Eleague Major

They played dust2 and cache, 2 best maps for fnatic at that moment + twist heavily carried, and where he is right now???

2017-02-16 02:04

+1 Owned, Albania

2017-02-16 10:16

Fnatic go

2017-02-16 00:43

"I didnt even need to call"

2017-02-16 00:53

expected, FNATIC OVERRATED

2017-02-16 02:47

Fnatic kick Pronax to bring Dennis.... Because they decided more fire powers.... a year ago. But what is happening now? I would rather see Pronax, a guy who has a brain.

2017-02-16 02:49