Astralis repeat Major victory over ENCE; Liquid demolish NiP

Astralis have picked up their second victory at BLAST Pro Series São Paulo in a keenly-contested affair with ENCE, while Liquid have earned their first points after breezing past Ninjas in Pyjamas.

Viewers were treated to a rematch of the most recent Major grand final in the second round in São Paulo, this time in a best-of-one setting on Dust2, the same map where the Danes had just squeezed past Liquid.

The Danish giants, who began the game on the Terrorist side, came out the brighter of the two teams and strolled to a 5-0 lead. ENCE were unwilling to let the game spiral out of control, though, and tightened up their defence, twice bringing the deficit to a minimum. Up 6-5, Astralis somehow pulled off a 2v4 clutch, a round that pushed Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander's men to take control of proceedings and secure a 10-5 advantage.

Astralis end day one with a 2-0 record

Astralis picked up where they left off and secured the pistol round in convincing fashion to further add to their lead. It looked like the Danes had the game under control, but Jere "⁠sergej⁠" Salo rescued ENCE with a Desert Eagle quad kill, inspiring a massive comeback from the Finnish side.

ENCE gained control of the tempo and ran all over the Astralis defence, quickly rebounding from a 1v2 clutch by Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif in the 22nd round, and took the lead for the first time in the game. However, the Danes were unfazed by their opponents' comeback and, just like against Liquid, were the better side in the dying stages of the game to pick up their second victory at the tournament.

Matchpage
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14
23rd March 2019
16
Dust2
14
 Astralis K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
27 - 17 +10 103.2 73.3% 1.50
26 - 15 +11 82.3 76.7% 1.32
22 - 18 +4 77.8 70.0% 1.23
15 - 18 -3 56.0 70.0% 0.91
11 - 21 -10 60.3 53.3% 0.64
 ENCE K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
23 - 18 +5 82.7 66.7% 1.12
18 - 19 -1 72.4 63.3% 1.00
14 - 20 -6 67.4 70.0% 0.99
18 - 21 -3 61.8 66.7% 0.91
15 - 23 -8 56.7 66.7% 0.81

Meanwhile, Liquid bounced back from the defeat against Astralis with a demolition job of Ninjas in Pyjamas on Overpass. The early stages of the game were highly contested, but after that the North Americans ran away with the lead, closing out of the half with a commanding 12-3 lead with a strong individual display by Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski, who racked up 26 kills on the CT side.

EliGE dropped a 30-bomb in just 19 rounds

More misery was to come for Ninjas in Pyjamas, who could not get a grip on the game after the break. Liquid took four rounds in a row to seal a much-needed victory, one that puts them closer to the top of the group as day one comes to a close.

 Ninjas in Pyjamas K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
13 - 17 -4 71.7 57.9% 0.81
10 - 16 -6 46.2 57.9% 0.64
7 - 16 -9 59.1 36.8% 0.60
6 - 18 -12 54.6 47.4% 0.44
6 - 17 -11 44.2 47.4% 0.40
 Liquid K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
32 - 9 +23 173.4 89.5% 2.71
20 - 6 +14 102.2 84.2% 1.80
16 - 9 +7 90.0 78.9% 1.45
10 - 9 +1 72.4 84.2% 1.05
6 - 9 -3 18.7 73.7% 0.70

Below you can find the schedule for the second and final day of the event:

Round three
17:00 - Finland ENCE vs. Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas | Nuke
17:00 - United States Liquid vs. Europe FaZe | Cache
17:00 - Denmark Astralis vs. Brazil MIBR | Overpass

Round four
18:20 - Brazil MIBR vs. United States Liquid | Dust2
18:20 - Finland ENCE vs. Europe FaZe | Nuke
18:20 - Denmark Astralis vs. Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas | Dust2

Round five
19:40 - Finland ENCE vs. United States Liquid | Overpass
19:40 - Brazil MIBR vs. Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas | Train
19:40 - Denmark Astralis vs. Europe FaZe | Dust2

21:00 - BLAST Pro Series Stand-off | five 1vs1 aim duels

22:00 - Grand final | BO3

United States Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
1011
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.69
Denmark Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
879
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.63
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Finland Jere 'sergej' Salo
Jere 'sergej' Salo
Age:
17
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.14
Maps played:
433
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.63
Denmark Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
1142
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.66
#1
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United States Comethazine
EZ4ENCE
2019-03-23 01:45
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9 replies
#5
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Denmark BRCSLUL
EZ4GODSTRALIS
2019-03-23 01:46
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3 replies
#1 Astralis #2 Ence
2019-03-23 01:48
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1 reply
+1
2019-03-23 10:52
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EZ4ENCE as always, "top 1" team barely beats some noscene boys, astralis fangays cry is free
2019-03-23 11:22
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#8
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Poland Unluko
F5
2019-03-23 01:48
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4 replies
Frick thought I was gonna do it this time pepehands
2019-03-23 01:51
0
1 reply
Lol
2019-03-23 10:08
0
mad
2019-03-23 03:39
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1 reply
hahahahah
2019-03-23 04:21
0
KICK MIBR
2019-03-23 01:46
0
MIBR 0-5 TOMOROW IN BRASIL Keepo
2019-03-23 01:46
0
not surprising
2019-03-23 01:46
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#6
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Sweden de_cpl_mill
EZ4ENCE
2019-03-23 01:46
0
#7
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Asia LustBoi
astralis >ence>Liquid>other
2019-03-23 01:47
0
ENCE SUX DICK
2019-03-23 01:49
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2 replies
Fan of ZywOo lol
2019-03-23 02:45
0
ZYWHO?
2019-03-23 11:28
0
Again so lucky
2019-03-23 01:50
0
16 replies
#46
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Denmark Zaerdna
Cry is free ence tard
2019-03-23 02:56
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15 replies
#60
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ropz | 
Estonia VatusNincere
angery astralis fangay lul, where were all the digi, tsm and early astralis fangays when they were raped, absolutely fkn right, were being quiet
2019-03-23 06:24
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14 replies
they were fnatic fans back then
2019-03-23 07:26
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Angery? Chill dude, take some english class and stop those tears. Get a Friend maybe.
2019-03-23 08:39
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8 replies
#66
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India MihirX27
cue the "Stop It. Get Some Help" Gif for #60
2019-03-23 09:24
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Angry***
2019-03-23 10:05
0
#95
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ropz | 
Estonia VatusNincere
Lmfao this dude doesn't even know what getting memed is, get out of your cave and see some sunshine please.
2019-03-23 14:26
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5 replies
So mad :) Chill dude, its Nice Outside. I guess you took my advice, good for you man! Please dont be angery!
2019-03-23 14:30
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4 replies
#106
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ropz | 
Estonia VatusNincere
danes talking about being mad xd
2019-03-23 18:40
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3 replies
Smile my little angery Friend :)
2019-03-23 19:03
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2 replies
#108
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ropz | 
Estonia VatusNincere
I cut throats with anger and smile
2019-03-23 19:14
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1 reply
That is just awesome!
2019-03-23 20:00
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You're from Ukraine, so can't take you seriously ,,, what you write say it all, a loser.
2019-03-23 10:18
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3 replies
#75
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Poland juanoo
He is from the country of Simple so respec
2019-03-23 10:27
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2 replies
#96
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ropz | 
Estonia VatusNincere
im a fakeflagger
2019-03-23 14:26
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1 reply
lol and i tried to protect u
2019-03-24 17:22
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Very good try
2019-03-23 01:50
0
what happened to gla1ve ? 😎
2019-03-23 01:50
0
LUL ALLU BOT
2019-03-23 01:51
0
#16
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Brazil kaikatsuwa
Astralis vs Liquid or ENCE in finals
2019-03-23 01:51
0
astralis>liquid>ence>nip
2019-03-23 01:52
0
4 replies
Yeah. There's just 12 teams between ENCE and NiP there.
2019-03-23 09:57
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3 replies
its 3? you f*cking dumbass xD Just see when NiP overwhelm ence soon = )
2019-03-23 16:33
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2 replies
xD :-) :D
2019-03-23 16:40
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#123
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Italy Gio_bose
Yeah... That didn't happen did it?
2019-03-27 08:44
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Very good effort by ence btw. As fairly young team, They show that they can keep up with astralis. But of course against astralis anyway, just getting close game was pretty good at this point.
2019-03-23 01:54
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4 replies
#22
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Finland b0biskela
This is going to be an interesting year for ence. Apart from cologne they did not attend any tier 1 events in 2018. We’ll have to see how good they will be when they get more experience.
2019-03-23 01:57
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2 replies
#68
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Finland k6s
epicenter
2019-03-23 09:30
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1 reply
#86
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Finland b0biskela
Yeah forgot about that completely.
2019-03-23 11:54
0
Agreed boys! Astralis win the match,but ence won our heart <3 no homo
2019-03-23 01:59
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#19
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Denmark Pabuna
If gla1ve just played a bit better, it would had been 16-10 ez
2019-03-23 01:54
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15 replies
If magisk played a bit worse, it would had been 16-14 for ENCE
2019-03-23 01:56
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9 replies
#24
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Denmark Pabuna
Nah keep dreaming and keep your eyes closed LUL
2019-03-23 01:59
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5 replies
Nah you keep dreaming and keep your eyes closed when ENCE beats the living shit out of Kustralis
2019-03-23 02:00
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4 replies
#30
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Denmark Pabuna
Nah im not dreaming. You are sadly... Astralis just beat the shit out of Ence at the Major Final and again today. Ence is a good team to compete with astralis tho, but they just can't beat them LUL
2019-03-23 02:07
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3 replies
Could you please clearify to me at which point I was dreaming?
2019-03-23 02:16
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2 replies
"ence beats the living shit out of kustralis" <- keep dreaming fuckland's kiddo
2019-03-23 11:58
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1 reply
#110
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Denmark Pabuna
+1 That's why I didn't reply to him. That was just stupid. I think he is a dumb kiddo
2019-03-24 02:02
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if if if if if
2019-03-23 02:02
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2 replies
I was just mimicking and mocking the original comment by showing him how stupid it is to be if-ing
2019-03-23 02:03
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1 reply
dev1ce shooting his teammate was funny tho and sergey deagle shots were great
2019-03-23 02:34
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#35
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Finland ZoqFotPik
If canines were vegan I'd buy my dog some tofu
2019-03-23 02:21
0
if Gla1ve had fix his nvidia.exe, maybe then though
2019-03-23 02:47
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#58
NiKo | 
India Sishir
If your mom and dad didn't decide to have sex the world would've been a better place
2019-03-23 06:06
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2 replies
#77
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Denmark Pabuna
They are divorced. Soo they don't have sex. But life would be much better if you delete your life :-*
2019-03-23 10:40
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1 reply
#78
NiKo | 
India Sishir
Damn that sucks man. Why did they get divorce tho? Not compatible?
2019-03-23 10:43
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#20
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Russia Nikosimus
Every team can pass tbh, just 3 wins are needed, maybe 2 if you get lucky Except for MiBR LUL
2019-03-23 01:56
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#23
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South Africa @FyreCS
Stop making Twistzz play support roles! Look what it has down to him :(
2019-03-23 01:58
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3 replies
#33
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EliGE | 
United States mehrfth
yes but look what it's done to EliGE and Stewie
2019-03-23 02:14
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1 reply
#67
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India MihirX27
Twistzz is being Nice, I guess. If Liquid does falter in the near future, a Role Shuffle is Necessary, with either ELiGE or Nitro going into support roles, and give Stewie the AWP.
2019-03-23 09:26
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#91
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Italy Gio_bose
Have you seen elige's rating????
2019-03-23 14:18
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Tourney contenders Astralis, Ence and Liquid.
2019-03-23 02:04
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2 replies
i agree with this statement, unfortunately. i can take comfort in the fact that its EZ4ENCE, fortunately.
2019-03-23 04:18
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1 reply
Liquid all the way, but I wouldn't mind Ence winning either.
2019-03-23 05:51
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#31
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Finland Smoonah
NT4ENCE
2019-03-23 02:12
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#32
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Indonesia Scaramouzh
NT4ENCE
2019-03-23 02:14
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Feelsbad for twistzz
2019-03-23 02:26
0
1 reply
Stewie and Elige 52-15 though because of it
2019-03-23 17:43
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#37
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Serbia staN123
if anybody can defeat astralis its liquid without a doubt... their match up earlier proved that... Astralis was and I dont use this word often a bit lucky on dd2 against liquid... that device clutch with 1hp could made a huge difference if liquid won that... Liquid are top 5 team at the moment no question...
2019-03-23 02:29
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9 replies
lol lucky? liquid won both pistol round and were 6-0 up astralis made comeback and dust 2 is liquid's probably best map
2019-03-23 02:43
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1 reply
#92
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Italy Gio_bose
No lol u seen liquids overpass?
2019-03-23 14:19
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Only teams looking solid rn are Astralis Liquid and Ence.
2019-03-23 05:52
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6 replies
dunno if im overlooking teams but i feel like the top 6 are playing at this tournament right now except navi. 1. astralis 2. liquid 3. ENCE . . . 7.navi 8.nip 9.faze 10.mibr 11. the rest ITS a huge fucking gap between top 3 and the rest.
2019-03-23 06:06
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5 replies
#59
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Cyprus Panax36
renegades over nip for sure
2019-03-23 06:11
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1 reply
maybe maybe
2019-03-23 17:16
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Honestly though, looking at how Edward and Flanie were playing at Katowice, Navi don't look too bad either.
2019-03-23 12:23
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2 replies
yea well thats why i put them first of the non top 3 teams
2019-03-23 17:17
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1 reply
Ahh I see.
2019-03-23 18:09
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damn , both ence and liquid are so close to astralis, good match. sad for faze and mibr
2019-03-23 02:36
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#40
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Denmark Kon10R
Astralis with TWO victories against ANY TWO teams after TWO rounds on ANY TWO maps is no surprise: Only ONE TEAM with 6 points after day 1. The "Overlords" can be threatened, but not beaten. The battle against Liquid was some of the most exciting Counter Strike, I've seen, but the outcome was no surprise. The battle against ENCE was a BIG surprise! i thought ENCE was a one-night-stand, one-and-done, one-hit-wonder, but they turn out to be a SERIOUS opponent to ALL teams at the moment!
2019-03-23 02:39
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Mibr Lul
2019-03-23 02:47
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#45
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Sweden Kasidro
Ence won't be a fluke like gambit, this lineup have some proper team work and fire power. Damn they are nice to watch
2019-03-23 02:49
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2 replies
They do quite alot all kind of ballsy plays i like it
2019-03-23 09:19
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+1 yes, great team work
2019-03-23 10:24
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#47
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World Notb8ing
As some pointed out gla1ve had bad performance today but even with that astralis won both games, this is not looking good for other teams IMO, even with 4½v5 astralis wins.
2019-03-23 03:07
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2 replies
#76
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World madman112
Magisk was playing for two so it does not matter
2019-03-23 10:36
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1 reply
#93
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Italy Gio_bose
+1
2019-03-23 14:20
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#49
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Australia lepmis
Twistzz 69 lul
2019-03-23 04:08
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#52
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China ansoN
16-3 win 18.7 ADR What!?
2019-03-23 04:32
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1 reply
support
2019-03-23 04:45
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So close
2019-03-23 05:26
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Elige with aimlock on...
2019-03-23 07:33
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Nice try ENCE !
2019-03-23 08:36
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#69
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Finland JHdash77
NT4ENCE
2019-03-23 09:42
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#79
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Sweden hybbo
Am i the only one thinking that NiPs tactical game is subpar silver plays? As soon they have a setback of any kind, NiP starts throwing
2019-03-23 10:45
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#80
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Finland Goofyraider
astralis won by luck its now Luckstralis
2019-03-23 10:50
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3 replies
did u even watch a game?Ence got so many lucky rounds actually.Would've been 14-1 tside if not dupreeh.
2019-03-23 10:52
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2 replies
both teams had their share of luck, astralis winning really big gamble stacks 3 stack on b and then 1hp 1 guy on b, winning 2v4, ence lost both pistols etc and ence won with pistols forcebuy and device shot his teammate and got killed himself
2019-03-23 12:29
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1 reply
The Best team won. Nothing wrong with that, and ENCE played very well!
2019-03-23 14:36
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elige holy shit
2019-03-23 10:56
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1 reply
#94
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Italy Gio_bose
Ikr some S1mple level performance
2019-03-23 14:21
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#90
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Portugal Pfar
Brazil bro's, please whistle whenever Astralis enter the arena ... make all the arena against those piece of shit!
2019-03-23 12:40
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2 replies
Wow so mad? But i dont think there are lots of Astralis fans when they play mibr, obviously :)
2019-03-23 14:35
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#112
Faceit level 5  | 
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Finland Goofyraider
I am Ence-fan but whistling to other teams is arrogant and disrespectful shit. Brazil is shitty country though. PS. Don't play tournaments at underdeveloped countries
2019-03-25 11:08
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