Natus Vincere eliminate Astralis; move on to semis

23-2-2018 22:21

Natus Vincere are the last semi-finalists of StarSeries i-League Season 4 after defeating Astralis 2-1 (Nuke 10-16, Inferno 16-14, Train 16-5).

The last quarter-final began on Nuke, a rather surprising pick from Astralis who beat HEROIC on the map 16-4 earlier on at StarSeries. The Danes won the pistol round as CT with Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen grabbing a triple, but a quick response with the following forcebuy saw Natus Vincere take the lead 2-1. They then lost to a halfbuy themselves, giving up a chance to gain a bigger edge while Astralis retook the lead with Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander putting in a lot of the work outside.

It was 7-3 in favor of the Danish squad when the tide turned, as Astralis made a mistake below heaven and gave up two picks against only pistols, with Natus Vincere taking full advantage of that, winning four out of the remaining five rounds in the half for seven in total.

electronic led the way in Na`Vi's triumph on Inferno

Na`Vi added a pistol round win on top of it, but this time Astralis replied with the pistols, forcing their opponents on two forcebuys in a row. Neither of them worked, but Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev's double and a 1v1 clutch in the 20th round gave his team their ninth. However, there was still little the crowd favorites could do to stop Astralis from that point onwards, as gla1ve & co. powered to a 16-10 win with a strong offense.

It was then time for Na`Vi's pick, Inferno, where Astralis got off to a good start again with a 3-0 lead as Terrorists. The first two gurnounds went back and forth, which put Na`Vi on low economy, but two saved weapons helped them even things out at 4-4. The two teams continued to go back and forth until the very last round, in which Astralis' successful forcebuy gave them the 8-7 edge.

Na`Vi then clinched the second pistol and survived a hairy anti-force thanks to Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov's ace in a 2v5 situation, but the lead was quickly back in Astralis' hands once they came out on top of the first few gunrounds with little resistance from their opponents.

Astralis finish 5th-8th in their debut with Magisk

It was 12-10 when Natus Vincere started turning things around, winning two in a row in part thanks to s1mple's 1v2 clutch, and breaking the Danes soon afterwards with a fast pace. The score was equal at 14-14 when Na`Vi delivered a big blow to Astralis by winning a close situation on B, forcing the decider shortly afterwards following a comfortable win on A for 16-14.

Train decided it all and it was Natus Vincere who put their stamp on it early on, getting up to 4-0 as CT after the pistol and first gunround, soon turned to 7-1 after converting two of the following three full buys on the back of triples from s1mple and Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev. Astralis found their footing with three rounds in a row, as Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz put up a key triple and Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif clutched a 1v1, but Na`Vi's defence stood strong at the end as they grabbed a 11-4 half.

Another trio of kills from s1mple helped Na`Vi extend their lead to 14-4, surviving the two anti-ecos. One round going the way of Astralis meant little, as they got reset at match point and the CIS-based squad advanced to the semi-finals at 16-5, 2-1.

StarSeries i-League Season 4Best of 3

Natus Vincere

Matchpage

23rd February 2018

Astralis

Nuke

Inferno

Train

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Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev s1mple	55 - 46	+9	78.8	74.0%	1.20
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov electroNic	57 - 41	+16	77.3	76.6%	1.17
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev flamie	49 - 47	+2	71.3	74.0%	1.10
Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev Edward	51 - 47	+4	67.6	68.8%	1.03
Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Zeus	41 - 55	-14	71.4	68.8%	0.90

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Emil 'Magisk' Reif Magisk	59 - 49	+10	81.5	66.2%	1.13
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	56 - 51	+5	73.4	68.8%	1.08
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	42 - 57	-15	68.6	68.8%	0.93
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	42 - 48	-6	57.4	63.6%	0.92
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	36 - 51	-15	62.8	71.4%	0.87

StarSeries i-League Season 4Best of 3

Natus Vincere

Matchpage

23rd February 2018

Astralis

Nuke

Inferno

Train

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev s1mple	55 - 46	+9	78.8	74.0%	1.20
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov electroNic	57 - 41	+16	77.3	76.6%	1.17
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev flamie	49 - 47	+2	71.3	74.0%	1.10
Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev Edward	51 - 47	+4	67.6	68.8%	1.03
Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Zeus	41 - 55	-14	71.4	68.8%	0.90

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Emil 'Magisk' Reif Magisk	59 - 49	+10	81.5	66.2%	1.13
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	56 - 51	+5	73.4	68.8%	1.08
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	42 - 57	-15	68.6	68.8%	0.93
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	42 - 48	-6	57.4	63.6%	0.92
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	36 - 51	-15	62.8	71.4%	0.87

ez messi

2018-02-23 22:21

6 replies

Faze champion

2018-02-23 22:22

2 replies

yes

#FaZeDown #NaviUp

2018-02-24 09:09

+1, ez messi (s1mple)

2018-02-23 22:47

1 reply

eletronic*

2018-02-23 23:23

why bully

2018-02-23 23:18

k edit: fml

Well played Na'Vi, wouldn't surprise me if they go all the way, with the crowd on their side, and FaZe seemingly having trouble closing out finals.

20 replies

they are playing semis vs faze tmrw

2018-02-23 22:23

Faze will destroy navi

2018-02-23 22:26

10 replies

FaZe can't beat anyone in front of their homecrowd

2018-02-24 06:49

8 replies

I think u are just a mad cloud9 fan Still salty after group stage elimination

2018-02-24 08:39

7 replies

I'm not mad. I just find it amusing how many faze bandwagoners there are who think that faze is a god tier team even though they have never beaten anyone in front of their home crowd.

2018-02-24 08:50

Still they perform consistently than clown9,

2018-02-24 09:07

5 replies

Why would you be fakeflagging the US?

2018-02-24 11:43

4 replies

Wow being American means should I support clown9 ,lul Nationality has nothing to do with CS ,I like watching Faze than c9 every day .Dhead

2018-02-24 14:25

3 replies

No, I thought because your sentence is bad

2018-02-24 14:29

hahahahhahahahaha +1

2018-02-24 14:32

2018-02-24 15:02

LUL

2018-02-24 21:17

There is no crowd what...

2018-02-23 22:29

hahahah, +1

2018-02-24 12:06

what crowd?

2018-02-23 22:51

Crowd? U watching other tournament bro

2018-02-23 23:30

Lol, 200 scholars crowd in cybersport “arena” lmao

2018-02-24 00:16

xDDDD

2018-02-24 10:36

you meant pupils not scholars

2018-02-24 12:14

8/8

2018-02-24 02:21

Rigged xD Astralis threw for skins.

I love the kinds of people like youXD Always finding excuses for a teams lose

2018-02-23 22:32

It's a shitpost most likely. Asstralis is horrible anyways lol

2018-02-23 22:35

Fnatic in 2k18 lol

2018-02-23 22:37

You dont have to be fan of "Best teams" typical brazil monkey being fan of best teams cuz so braindead (and yes i am faze fan, but i have been for 2 years so u cant talk shit)

2018-02-23 22:39

Lmao suck a dick.

2018-02-23 23:46

ok np ez

2018-02-24 11:25

astralis1mplelectronic

Rip

EZ AFFFF S1MPLECSGOD

OMG EZ 3RD MAP SO PROUD OF MY BOYS

SAME BRO!

2018-02-23 22:30

Haters be like : ez for astralis LUL

2018-02-24 03:03

GG Na'Vi. I'm sorry, but you will be playing a 3rd place decider.

You misspelled FaZe bro

GG FaZe. I'm sorry, but you will be playing a 3rd place decider

2018-02-25 04:39

WOOOOOOOOOO RUN MY BOYS

2010

expected

Nice

rigged cis

rigged nepal

2018-02-23 22:34

Rigged chinatown

2018-02-24 08:47

EZ 20

As expected, another rigged tournament.

Could you provide your evidence?

2018-02-24 02:20

ez s1mple sex master

Disapointment after Disapointment by Astralis

bot device bot gla1ve bot xyp9x ez for navi

Nothing against @denniscsgod - but I really believe that we would have won Blast Pro with Device because the event meant alot more to us than some others and therefore would have made our preparation better than for other events. Dennis was a big factor we came so far and he know

2018-02-23 22:24

GG [G]ood Job :)

2018-02-23 22:25

go home dane

ez for top1 team

2018-02-23 22:28

EZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Tomato man gone from team tier 2 to another team tier 2 LUL

suddenly the talk about "Na'vi not being a good" team and "s1mple having to play alone" is gone...xD

until tomorrow xD

+1 long time no see friendo :D

2018-02-24 01:41

cyka blayt

Inferno. 14-14. 1 vs 2. Edward. Molotov. 15-14. That was fkng cool

When I saw that live i knew that everyone on navi is on fire and they want to win the match

Ya uzhe dumal 4to on na4net nashivat' i umret ili vorvet'sya v smok no sygral gramotno

+, ya bi sam nashival v takoy situacii. Kak xorowo 4to y Edwarda molotov bil.

2018-02-24 16:33

Zeus Edward krasavi! )

Bible Thump

dOnT bE a LoSeR bUy A dEfUsEr

2018-02-23 22:33

Edward's molotov

2018-02-23 22:40

Yeah his molotov was great but it was a huge blunder on Astralis' part to not have defuse kits when they had tons of money.

2018-02-23 22:54

Even though they had defuse I'm not sure that they would have time to defuse

2018-02-23 22:55

they would have definitely had time because with a defuse kit, the molly wouldn't havee burned the defuse in time because they knew his position.

2018-02-23 22:56

Yeah probably , but in this kind of games little mistakes diside everything

2018-02-23 22:57

Yup, NaVi played really well all things considered. S1mple showed up for his team today.

lets make it to the final

Gg navi

Expected

xyp9x was not in the game, mean Astralis loose..

2018-02-23 22:36

Nothing against magisk - but I really believe that we would have won starserier S4 with kjearbye because the event meant alot more to us than some others and therefore would have made our preparation better than for other events. Magisk was a big factor we came so far and he know

2018-02-23 22:38

Cant blame it on Magisk and gg NaVi, not expected actually....

How did they lose so ez? Omg GL Navi

2018-02-23 22:43

Aaah it's a s1mple, yes?

2018-02-23 22:44

KriZZeN yes?

2018-02-24 06:51

2018-02-24 19:47

It hurts. We just fucked up. Nothing to say..

Magisk is not enough to save this team

2018-02-23 22:48

This couldn't be easier for FaZe now, wtf.

2018-02-23 23:07

FaZe has never beaten anyone in front of their home crowd and never will lmao

2018-02-24 06:52

REKT

2018-02-23 23:13

"Nothing against @denniscsgod - but I really believe that we would have won Blast Pro with Device because the event meant alot more to us than some others and therefore would have made our preparation better than for other events. Dennis was a big factor we came so far and he know!"

Rofl

Lmao

2018-02-24 00:42

I would like to see navi and mouze final

2018-02-23 23:17

whatup now danes WOOO

2018-02-23 23:19

It was a really nice game! Go Na`Vi

2018-02-23 23:28

100$ ;((

2018-02-23 23:42

Don't u know the golden betting rule?

2018-02-23 23:59

Hahah you will see how navi gonna play with no choker team they will lose 100%

2018-02-23 23:47

nice flag

2018-02-24 00:00

Oh but S1mple ruined NaVi right? Stfu haters

2018-02-24 00:19

9 replies

Going to semi finals once a year is a big accomplishment? Swedistan braindead..

2018-02-24 00:37

win at DH WInter against mous, major semi finals and right now sltv.

2018-02-24 00:52

Twice in a row already. Calm your tits, Astralis will get back soon :)

2018-02-24 00:56

2-0 vs QBF to get to semis XDDDD ACCOMPLISHMENT, We will see what NaVi will do in Katowice, OH WAIT... they lost to epsilon 0-2 sheaaat

2018-02-24 01:14

LOL,kane said that they don't care about Katowice at all,starseries is more important for them

2018-02-24 07:25

What you have to say when you cant qualify, loosing su epilepsilon 0-2 xD

2018-02-24 07:36

that was before qualifiers :) nice try tho

2018-02-24 07:37

NaVi was going to Semis Grandinfals won events all the time before S1mple and when GuardiaN did not have his injury , S1mple joins and it just goes down there ranked #16 or something losing almost every online game vs tier 2-3 teams group exits , now it have turned clearly because of zues but mostly electronic , S1mple have always been playing good but he was a superbad teammate really toxic , but he seem to have changed he is older now

2018-02-24 01:21

I was a big Navi fanboy until simple joined Completely ruined the team and they will never win a major with him

2018-02-24 02:27

unexpected as fuck

2018-02-24 00:54

Nice defuse kits... Fucking hell.

2018-02-24 01:11

What happened? :O

2018-02-24 02:00

Home crowd advantage is a real thing. I'm telling you

2018-02-24 01:45

ez for s1mple the best csgo player of all time

2018-02-24 02:06

nt s1mple

2018-02-24 04:21

"germans see you in hell germans"

2018-02-24 08:12

Poor magisk has to play with chokers and whiffers

so sad for astralis :(

Fak :(

be happy

2018-02-24 07:06

Cuz of mouz in semis?

2018-02-24 07:15

yes i am <3

2018-02-24 07:34

GG faze

2018-02-24 04:32

would be a big surprise if navi lost, in front of ukrainian crowd sucks that navi plays like this once per year

2018-02-24 06:10

true

2018-02-24 07:39

magisk > all

14 replies

Magisk > all (from Astralis)

2018-02-24 07:59

13 replies

and (from NaVi)

2018-02-24 08:34

12 replies

S1mple > Magisk Flamie > Magisk Electronic > Magisk Edward and Zeus are too veterans to aim better nowadays. Yes.

2018-02-24 08:55

11 replies

not by statistics man.

2018-02-24 09:03

not by statistics in this match? only flamie is out. the rest are better even in this Match.

he got most kills, that's the only stats i care about

2018-02-24 09:04

sad for you then

if you think so...

2018-02-24 09:05

Statistics: Electronic +16 K/D = better than Magisk Electronic 1.17 rating = better than Magisk S1mple +9 K/D = worse only by 1 point lol. but less deaths S1mple 1.20 rating = better than Magisk in general the best player of the match by the most important thing - rating is S1mple. rating is the most important since it counts everything in general.

it's my understanding of the game, i just feel like kills are the most important thing in game, and if the guy is on the loosing team and got most kills that means something

2018-02-24 09:08

so if the guy goes 60 kills and 60 deaths he is better than his teammate who goes 30 kills and 10 deaths? very weak logic my friend.

yes that is how i see it mate, and i truly believe that's how it works, low deaths count only gives you better economy while actual kills wins you rounds, but of course i got your point

2018-02-24 09:11