Astralis and Natus Vincere draw on Nuke

Astralis and Natus Vincere ended up 15-15 on Nuke leaving both teams out of contention for a spot in the BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen grand final.

Doubles by Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander and Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen cleared the way for Astralis to win the first round on the defending side of Nuke. It was then Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif and Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth who got doubles against a pistol buy on the second round. gla1ve and dupreeh again got doubles against a pistol force to keep their team ahead 3-0 ahead of the first gun round. Natus Vincere scored their first point with a clean round. A 4vs2 retake on B worked out for Astralis, who kept their three round lead. A triple by Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev, including a 1vs1 afterplant clutch, and double by Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov secured another for Na`Vi, who were able to follow it up against a forcebuy and even it up against an eco.

Astralis were unable to win Nuke on the offense

Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev put his team ahead with a 1vs1 afterplant clutch on B, and then he and s1mple were able to stall Astralis long enough for the bomb to go off despite falling to gla1ve. Down 4-9, Xyp9x was finally able to win a 1vs1 clutch before getting a triple to go 6-9 before the switch.

Astralis played a B rush successfully to kick off the second half, following it up against a forcebuy and a pistol buy to bring it back even. They then took the lead on the first gun round before Natus Vincere took a crucial round to keep it near even. With s1mple at the helm, Natus Vincere were able to regain the lead on the defense, 14-12, but were unable to close it out as the Danes brought it to a tie with two rounds to be played. Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács got three kills in the 29th round with a saved AWP to get Natus Vincere on match point, but were unable to follow it up, ending 15-15.

BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2019Best of 1

Natus Vincere

Matchpage

15

15

2nd November 2019

Astralis

15

Nuke

15

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	32 - 23	+9	109.6	76.7%	1.49
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	27 - 20	+7	95.2	80.0%	1.33
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	21 - 22	-1	76.8	63.3%	0.97
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	15 - 20	-5	56.3	60.0%	0.82
Kirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovBoombl4	16 - 20	-4	59.7	63.3%	0.81

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	26 - 23	+3	102.2	66.7%	1.39
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	24 - 21	+3	87.2	76.7%	1.27
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	19 - 24	-5	75.3	70.0%	0.95
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	21 - 18	+3	62.4	66.7%	0.95
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	15 - 25	-10	48.8	60.0%	0.69

Group A

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FaZe

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12

Ninjas in Pyjamas

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9

Natus Vincere

4

5

Astralis

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4

Liquid

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3

Cloud9

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