Natus Vincere start EPICENTER run with victory over Heroic

Natus Vincere won two maps against HEROIC on Inferno (16-8) and Nuke (16-5) and move on to the Group A winners’ match.

Natus Vincere come to EPICENTER as the hometown favorites despite two other CIS sides being in contention at the event in Moscow. Known for their shaky group stage starts, Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev and company were authoritative throughout their opening match, giving up just 13 rounds across the two maps played in the series.

HEROIC got off to a flying start with a clean pistol round on the CT side of Inferno, but they were quickly overrun by Natus Vincere who took a 3-2 lead with guns in play. Johannes "⁠b0RUP⁠" Borup was able to win a 1vs1 situation on B in the sixth round to tie it back up and prevent the half from snowballing out of control. A technical pause was called with 4-4 on the board, after which Natus Vincere took control of the half, not giving up a single round to an 11-4 half.

HEROIC once again managed to win the pistol round, gaining two more rounds after it. Up 13-8, Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács had a stellar four-kill round to ease his team to a 16-8 win and one map lead in the series.

Natus Vincere win their first series in Moscow

HEROIC made it three for three in pistol rounds, but were instantly on the back foot as Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov and Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov won a 2vs2 retake on B to tie it up. That second-round win propelled Na`Vi to a 5-1 start. Despite a mid-half push by the Danes, Natus Vincere took the half without much trouble even reaching double digits, 10-5.

Boombl4 and Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev got Natus Vincere their first pistol round of the series, the one HEROIC most needed, to inch closer to series point. Na`Vi dominated from there on out, not giving up a single round in the second half for a final 16-5 scoreline.

Matchpage
2
0
17th December 2019
16
Inferno
8
16
Nuke
5
 Natus Vincere K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
40 - 18 +22 102.4 86.7% 1.65
36 - 20 +16 89.3 86.7% 1.44
37 - 28 +9 85.9 80.0% 1.35
32 - 23 +9 65.8 71.1% 1.17
22 - 24 -2 54.0 71.1% 0.93
 HEROIC K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
32 - 31 +1 79.4 64.4% 1.09
28 - 34 -6 66.6 60.0% 0.81
19 - 33 -14 53.9 53.3% 0.73
17 - 36 -19 53.9 55.6% 0.60
17 - 33 -16 47.7 55.6% 0.59
Russia Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov
Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov
Age:
20
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
621
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.69
Slovakia Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács
Age:
28
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
1464
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.62
Russia Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov
Age:
21
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
821
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.66
Denmark Johannes 'b0RUP' Borup
Johannes 'b0RUP' Borup
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
907
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.68
Russia Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev
Age:
22
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
1253
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.67
Ukraine Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Age:
22
Rating 1.0:
1.23
Maps played:
1074
KPR:
0.85
DPR:
0.65
s1mple carried noob
2019-12-17 15:52
0
5 replies
Where are they running too??
2019-12-17 15:54
0
#32
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
??? | 
Ukraine B A R V I N O K
0/8 1.44 rating +16 carried?
2019-12-17 17:15
0
3 replies
#35
 | 
Reunion kolgab
+22 102.4 1.65 yeah carried
2019-12-17 19:02
0
2 replies
#36
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
??? | 
Ukraine B A R V I N O K
So 2nd best player statistically in a match with great numbers means he was carried, just because he was not the best.
2019-12-17 19:05
0
1 reply
#37
 | 
Reunion kolgab
its a miracle... finally i find a smart ruski kido :)
2019-12-17 19:06
0
HEROIC OMEGALUL
2019-12-17 15:52
0
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács 22-24 -2 54.0 71.1% 0.93 negative kd in a dominant game xD
2019-12-17 15:53
0
2 replies
#23
 | 
Poland Viefer
Bye bye Guardian
2019-12-17 16:28
0
Lmao but this is really sad
2019-12-17 19:29
0
Ez game
2019-12-17 15:53
0
#5
 | 
Ukraine d3adLY
nice s1mple>ZywOo
2019-12-17 15:53
0
elec > simple
2019-12-17 15:53
0
ok
2019-12-17 15:54
0
godelectronic
2019-12-17 15:53
0
#10
 | 
Russia ToughGuy
cya
2019-12-17 15:53
0
#11
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
Expected rektered
2019-12-17 15:53
0
Main AWP.
2019-12-17 15:55
0
ladislav cyka kovac WASHED UP SO BADLY marriage destroyed him. tier3 material
2019-12-17 15:56
0
GUARDIAN OMEGALUL
2019-12-17 15:57
0
Elec 40 bombs. 👍
2019-12-17 15:57
0
expected
2019-12-17 15:57
0
#19
Boo | 
France mbl4
GuardiaN 0.93 lmao
2019-12-17 16:01
0
#20
 | 
Estonia Leedk
Guardian 2 times -4 , not bad atall
2019-12-17 16:01
0
#22
 | 
Canada roylin
So fucking ez, let’s go guaridna
2019-12-17 16:08
0
Guardian sleeping again
2019-12-17 16:32
0
#25
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
MrFuckYou | 
United States lybrel
Wonder how much VP will get selling Jame to replace Guardian
2019-12-17 16:35
0
2 replies
#26
 | 
Ukraine NAVl
Wonder how much forze will get selling xsepower to replace GuardiaN
2019-12-17 16:36
0
1 reply
#28
AdreN | 
Russia F1Z1K
Wonder how much Gambit will get selling sh1ro to replace GuardiaN
2019-12-17 16:37
0
s1mpletronic one of the best duos in 2019, if not the best
2019-12-17 16:36
0
-guardian +shiro
2019-12-17 16:37
0
#30
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Finland Lucidbro
Waiting for a game where Guardian isn't bottom fragging.
2019-12-17 16:38
0
Kick Guardian pls
2019-12-17 16:41
0
#33
Faceit level 10  | 
Europe REVyAw
BOT Guardian.
2019-12-17 17:26
0
#34
 | 
Poland v1straliZZ
Guardian kills=22 Electronic kd +22 ???
2019-12-17 19:01
0
Cadian carrying team wtf is going on??
2019-12-17 21:46
0
ggss
2019-12-18 14:35
0
Login or register to add your comment to the discussion.

Back to comment

Now playing
Thumbnail for stream
Brazil
MADHOUSE TV
17891 viewers
Top streams
All(64)
Casters(45)
Streamers(12)
Organizers(7)
Brazil
MADHOUSE TV
(17891)
Brazil
gaules
(9964)
Other
PGL
(8165)
Brazil
gaules
(4778)
Other
Thunderpick
(3340)
Russia
Paragon
(2910)
Other
PGL 2
(2565)
Russia
watchfulTV
(2019)
Brazil
gaules
(1801)
Russia
watchfulTV B
(1445)
Argentina
forg1
(1212)
Brazil
boltz
(1099)
Russia
Paragon 3
(925)
Brazil
fer
(880)
Argentina
forg1
(877)
Russia
HappyChucky
(850)
Brazil
nak
(721)
Russia
poka
(697)
Ukraine
Maincast
(640)
Belgium
ScreaM
(588)
Poland
IzakOOO
(583)
United States
Trottah
(491)
United States
freakazoid
(479)
Russia
m4ga
(440)
Brazil
mch
(439)
United States
Stewie2k
(436)
Russia
Paragon 2
(421)
Romania
Werty
(421)
Russia
SBolt
(398)
Argentina
elmorocho7
(314)
Ukraine
Maincast 2
(273)
France
KRL
(235)
United Kingdom
ESL TV
(230)
United States
Trucklover86
(188)
Brazil
mch
(168)
Finland
pelaajat
(167)
Brazil
VitinhO
(156)
France
Croissant Strike
(146)
Mongolia
maaRaa
(139)
Brazil
kabrafps
(132)
Russia
jmqa
(128)
Brazil
XISTERA
(123)
Other
PGL
(118)
Mongolia
Zilkenberg
(107)
Brazil
coldzera
(89)
Brazil
Tris_Mara
(87)
Other
PGL 2
(69)
Russia
Paragon
(58)
Kazakhstan
Paragon
(58)
Brazil
gaules TV 2
(46)
Brazil
BTSBrasilTV
(38)
United States
Regent
(37)
Brazil
VilacaTTV
(35)
Brazil
Napa
(30)
France
KRL 2
(25)
Brazil
gaules TV
(25)
United States
Trottah
(25)
Finland
Elisa Esports
(13)
United States
iamfusiion
(12)
Ukraine
WOLF
(6)
Brazil
kabrafps
(5)
Ukraine
Maincast
(2)
Brazil
BTSBrasilFPS
(1)
Brazil
JokerBR (YouTube)
(1)