Astralis walk over NiP

19-2-2017 02:45

After two quick maps against NiP (Inferno 16-6, Mirage 16-7), Astralis moved on to the DreamHack Masters Las Vegas semi-finals.

Ninjas in Pyjamas decided to throw a wrench in things from the get-go, vetoing Overpass instead of their usual Mirage ban and picking Inferno.

However, Astralis took off early on on the newly introduced map, controlling afterplant situations in the first pistol as well as the first gunround, which gave them a 6-0 lead on the CT side.

Ninjas in Pyjamas winning the next round didn't come to much fruition, as their economy got reset once Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth aced them on the B bombsite thanks to a smart boost. The Swedes were unable to string rounds together for the remainder of their Terrorist side, which allowed Astralis to pick up a dominant 12-3 half.

Astralis continue their dominating run in Vegas

Despite falling short in the second pistol round, it didn't take Astralis very long to close the first map out comfortably at 16-6.

Mirage followed in similar fashion after Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander's squad started the match with a 3-1 lead with the pistol round and second gunround in the bag. Barely leaving Ninjas in Pyjamas any room to breathe, Astralis went up 7-1 before the two teams traded the next four rounds.

At that point, Ninjas in Pyjamas's economy was in shambles while the Danish side finished the half off with ease and put up another 12-3 scoreline.

With the second pistol round going their way, the ELEAGUE Major champions pushed the match to 14-3 and picked up another confident victory at 16-7 despite Ninjas in Pyjamas putting up a fight in the first gunrounds.

Key Moment: Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth's ace in the eighth round on Inferno, where he was boosted over the smoke towards CT spawn to pick off players attempting to get into the site, broke Ninjas in Pyjamas's economy and set the tone for the remainder of map one.

PotM: While the entire Astralis played well, Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth also picked up the Player of the Match award due to being his team's best player on the CT side, where the Danes dominated, with a 31:11 score and 100.2 ADR.

DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017Best of 3

Astralis

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19th February 2017

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Inferno

Mirage

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Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	44 - 23	+21	99.3	86.7%	1.60
Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Kjaerbye	36 - 21	+15	89.0	86.7%	1.40
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	39 - 23	+16	91.5	77.8%	1.40
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	31 - 22	+9	74.2	84.4%	1.22
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	34 - 24	+10	78.5	73.3%	1.18

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund GeT_RiGhT	23 - 34	-11	61.5	57.8%	0.78
Richard 'Xizt' Landström Xizt	22 - 37	-15	71.0	60.0%	0.75
Adam 'friberg' Friberg friberg	22 - 36	-14	64.0	55.6%	0.74
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg f0rest	24 - 37	-13	57.6	62.2%	0.71
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi pyth	22 - 40	-18	45.6	48.9%	0.60

DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017Best of 3

Astralis

Matchpage

19th February 2017

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Inferno

Mirage

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	44 - 23	+21	99.3	86.7%	1.60
Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Kjaerbye	36 - 21	+15	89.0	86.7%	1.40
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	39 - 23	+16	91.5	77.8%	1.40
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	31 - 22	+9	74.2	84.4%	1.22
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	34 - 24	+10	78.5	73.3%	1.18

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund GeT_RiGhT	23 - 34	-11	61.5	57.8%	0.78
Richard 'Xizt' Landström Xizt	22 - 37	-15	71.0	60.0%	0.75
Adam 'friberg' Friberg friberg	22 - 36	-14	64.0	55.6%	0.74
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg f0rest	24 - 37	-13	57.6	62.2%	0.71
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi pyth	22 - 40	-18	45.6	48.9%	0.60

RIP this NiP roster

2017-02-19 02:45

12 replies

NiP needs new player like XANTARES because nobody mad-fragger in NiP atm.

2017-02-19 02:47

10 replies

LAST GAME WITH THIS LINEUP F

2017-02-19 02:46

Yeah sure, XANTARES is gonna make tier1 players look like bots. That's why he's in a top team such as SS.

2017-02-19 02:49

7 replies

XANTARES is the best rifler for sure. His AK-47 - M4A4 and Deagle performance amazing. so many pros agreed with that.

2017-02-19 02:51

6 replies

pls, fox destroyed him and his little team

2017-02-19 03:05

3 replies

that was an online game and fox is onliner

2017-02-19 03:06

2 replies

xantares is an onliner, as he doesnt win lans

1 reply

you are wrong check his hltv profile

2017-02-19 05:58

Thats what they said about roca as well...

2017-02-19 09:23

Yeah of course, the best rifler in the world is in the tier3 team. He's gonna make MagiskB0Y and Kjaerbye look like novas.

2017-02-19 13:04

Meme is getting old, stop it.

2017-02-19 09:51

ez for the most overrated choker in the world device kappa

Nip so mediocre atm

If that is nip's mediocre lvl then it is really looking bad going forward

2017-02-19 05:10

Close Game!

bad for nip

nice from astralis, they played really well, nip is just shit atm

2 ez

ez for dem

Ez pz

fml

NICE

what a title, i lost all respect for Striker

Ikr

"walk" LOL

SWEDEN CS LULLLLL what a joke

Rip

RIP

nip needs Delpan,dennis and pronax

pronax? lul

No, nip needs a strong awper and maybe some new strats

-Xizt +draken

2017-02-19 12:54

RiP

Xyp just dominated NiP on Inferno. Pyth just needs to actually show some form soon otherwise I can't see NiP doing anything more.

NiP 113 kills altogether in 2 maps LOL what a joker

Rip sweden scene, disband lul

What a joke NIP.. . time to retire get right

2017-02-19 02:48

RIP NIP

youtube.com/watch?v=TXh1sKkcYb8

NiP Invited to IEM Katowice. EleGiggle

2017-02-19 02:50

I mean, they did get out of groups, and lose to the best team in the world in quarters. This performance isn't 'that' terrible.

2017-02-19 07:44

But it is. I believe a team like NiP isnt gonna to tourny with a goal to just get into the playoffs. On top of that, even if they play the best team in the world they still should put a decent fight. Also they have beaten TyLoo and barerly won vs c9 to get there. That speaks for itself tbh.

2017-02-19 11:36

they were on an 8 loss streak with Online/Offline games and only beat Tayloo who really weren't a challenge. Barely beat C9 with some luck on Cache with that round being restarted because of rules. They didn't even get double digits vs Astralis. (oh and they were bootcamping while the other teams were at the Eleague Major).

2017-02-19 13:16

While NiP may be dead, I'd like to remind you all... they beat C9 in a Bo3. FeelsNAMan

Just steal.not beat

2017-02-19 03:01

wow, I saw astralis win this but why so much bad bias towards nip? (Striker)

What bias? It's exactly what happened. NiP were never in either map

2017-02-19 12:55

NiP needs to get better as Ence once again!

2017-02-19 02:54

cloud9 would of been better duck freamhack

Bro NA suck in cs go

2017-02-19 11:54

none of Nip has over 30 kills in two maps which is pretty sad

2017-02-19 02:57

WALKED OVER LUL

2017-02-19 02:58

Sad to see NiP this bad

disband inc?

2017-02-19 03:00

stomps*

NiP waste of spot also not Fairplay vs C9 dont invite NiP anymore

2017-02-19 03:04

5 replies

Stop being ignorant.

2017-02-19 05:05

4 replies

Nice fakeflag

2017-02-19 13:14

How the hell is it NiP's fault what the admins decided? "Not fair play"

2017-02-19 16:32

NiP paid for admins rigged

2017-02-19 21:20

Sure they did. Just like V.P is hacking? You have 0 proof that they did. You're being ignorant and making assumptions about a team just because you're upset the way the match went.

2017-02-19 21:24

ez pz NIP , would have been eliminated earlier if they met fnatic/faze

NiP with Maikelele would have pushed it to 3 maps and perhaps even won

2017-02-19 03:07

*Run over NiP

2017-02-19 03:09

roll over*

Justice has been served.

2017-02-19 03:31

i remember when this matchup was actually close

2017-02-19 03:38

no wonder. it's like a year and a half ago, haha :D

2017-02-19 03:50

i remember when this wasn't even close :D but in nip's favor

2017-02-19 12:51

kick pyth and take some good awper ffs

2017-02-19 05:19

Nip is so shite nowadays...

2017-02-19 06:41

need maikelele back

2017-02-19 08:49

well at least nip got almost the same K/D. that speaks for them right?

2017-02-19 10:16

NiP got trashed. GTR picking up the AWP is just another example of their muddled thinking atm, just after a round where he ran through a smoke with an AK and got 3 headshots. I don't have any hope for them being competitive this year.

2017-02-19 10:21