Astralis defeat fnatic; claim DH Masters grand final spot

Overpass, Astralis' map pick, saw fnatic going 2-0 up on the Terrorist side after winning the pistol. Astralis came into the third one with a saved force-buy and managed to snatch it away after overloading the right bombsite with players. Winning that round setup Astralis to go on and take the lead, cruising to 7-2 as Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz posted a 12K-1D scoreline.

Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist's double entry in the follow-up got fnatic their third round, but that would end up being all she wrote for the Swedes' Terrorist side - they didn't even manage a plant after that as Astralis locked down the map to make it 12-3 before the switch.

Two USP-S frags from Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell to start it off and two from Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson to close it out gave fnatic their second pistol of the game, but they were once again outclassed when the rifles rolled in. Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth added three frags to his tally as Astralis busted into B on the first gun round and his team then broke fnatic's bank by pulling off a last-second fake (14-5). With a massive advantage in rounds and economy, Astralis closed out the game easily, 16-5.

device didn't miss a beat on Overpass

JW's aggressive CT play on the Mirage pistol round played a pivotal part in fnatic taking the first round, as he caught the bomb carrier mid-rotation, but Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif punished some sloppiness by Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson and flusha to bounce straight back. fnatic then forced up again, using their utility perfectly to shut down an A execute, but no advantage was built, as Astralis once again replied with a force.

Force-buy rounds were traded one-for-one until the score reached 5-4, when fnatic finally managed to tie two rounds together. With that, they started building momentum, and with Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim claiming three key kills in round 12, built on to a 10-4 lead.

Astralis claimed the last round of the first half and added onto it by getting their first pistol of the series, shrinking the deficit to 10-7, and after a small burst of rounds going fnatic's way, 12-10. The ensuing rifle round saw Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander find an entry and Xyp9x locking down B, and with that, Astralis started edging towards the win.

As the Danes reached match point, Xyp9x pushed B apartments to neutralize KRIMZ and give his team the advantage, which Astralis capitalized on to take the 16-12 victory and advance to the grand final.

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Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	45 - 27	+18	93.4	79.6%	1.47
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	43 - 26	+17	102.6	77.6%	1.46
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	39 - 19	+20	77.3	73.5%	1.29
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	30 - 27	+3	74.2	77.6%	1.16
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	30 - 26	+4	57.9	71.4%	1.00

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	27 - 38	-11	67.8	61.2%	0.87
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	25 - 40	-15	74.0	51.0%	0.80
Maikil 'Golden' SelimGolden	29 - 33	-4	59.1	59.2%	0.78
Jonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonLekr0	24 - 39	-15	58.4	51.0%	0.74
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	20 - 37	-17	53.9	61.2%	0.69