Natus Vincere sweep fnatic to win StarSeries i-League Season 7

Natus Vincere beat fnatic 3-0, 16-13 on Mirage, 16-11 on Dust2, and 16-10 on Inferno, to lift the StarSeries i-League Season 7 trophy.

A pistol round triple by Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov and double by Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev on the attacking side of Mirage kicked the StarSeries i-League Season 7 grand final off. After losing the second, fnatic were able to strike back in the first gun round, but a 1vs3 clutch by electroNic put Na`Vi back in control of the proceedings. The map stayed even early on, going to 5-5 after ten round, with the Swedes eventually taking an 8-7 lead at the half.

On the CT side, Natus Vincere took the pistol round as s1mple took down three opponents, before going on to take complete control of the map as the CIS side shut fnatic down over and over again giving up only one round on their way to a 14-9 lead. The Swedes tried to make a comeback, finding several rounds of their own to make a game of it, but it was eventually Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko and company who were able to seal the deal, 16-13, to take the 1-0 lead.

Na`Vi swept fnatic in the final to win

fnatic took the first pistol round on Dust2 as Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson and Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström got a triple and a double on the attacking side, but a scout quad-kill on the forcebuy by s1mple tied it back up immediately. The early stages of the map were a back-and-forth, as the two teams traded rounds to keep it close all the way to a 7-7 tie before fnatic took the lead as the teams switched sides at the half.

Natus Vincere then won the second pistol round and retook the lead on their second round as Terrorists, after which they went on to gain full control of the half giving up only two rounds on their way to match point, 15-10. A hectic round which saw electroNic open with a double on a stacked Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell and KRIMZ ended up turning around as the Swedes picked the Na`Vi players off amidst the chaos, but it was eventually the CIS side who were able to close it out the following round, 16-11.

JW & co. struggled on the second halves of all maps

fnatic won the attacking pistol on Inferno with an A hit in a 4vs4 afterplant situation, but they then ran into a four man stack on B and lost against the forcebuy. Down 1-5, Simon "⁠twist⁠" Eliasson managed to win a 1vs2 on B to get fnatic back into it. The Swedes then went on a tear, winning seven rounds in a row for an 8-5 lead, but Natus Vincere were able to take the last two rounds to keep it close before going on the attack.

Natus Vincere were then able once again in the second half and take a close map into their domain, winning round after round on the attacking side to put a big cushion between themselves and their opponents. With Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev and s1mple at the helm, Na`Vi were able to get on match point giving up only one round, 15-9. fnatic then managed to make it to double digits, but it would prove to be not enough, as Natus Vincere went on to close it the following round, 16-10.

StarSeries i-League Season 7Best of 5

Natus Vincere

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7th April 2019

fnatic

16

Mirage

13

16

Dust2

11

16

Inferno

10

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	64 - 53	+11	81.5	75.6%	1.21
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	66 - 52	+14	87.2	72.0%	1.19
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	55 - 50	+5	74.8	72.0%	1.14
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	60 - 54	+6	81.6	67.1%	1.14
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	45 - 58	-13	69.3	63.4%	0.86

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	64 - 56	+8	92.6	69.5%	1.20
Ludvig 'Brollan' BrolinBrollan	55 - 56	-1	83.1	68.3%	1.06
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	58 - 61	-3	71.3	68.3%	0.99
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	44 - 60	-16	65.8	63.4%	0.83
Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist	46 - 57	-11	55.1	62.2%	0.80

The final standings are:

1. Natus Vincere - $250,000
2. fnatic - $80,000
3-4. NRG - $30,000
3-4. Renegades - $30,000
5-8. Ninjas in Pyjamas - $15,000
5-8. North - $15,000
5-8. ENCE - $15,000
5-8. Vitality - $15,000
9-11. Spirit - $8,500
9-11. BIG - $8,500
9-11. FaZe - $8,500
12-14. TYLOO - $5,500
12-14. ViCi - $5,500
12-14. MIBR - $5,500
15-16. paiN - $4,000
15-16. Panda - $4,000