Astralis dismantle North in DreamHack Masters

20-5-2020 20:16

Astralis dismantled North in their second match in DreamHack Masters Spring - Europe to take the lead in Group A.

Astralis won the second all-Danish derby in the group stage, this time in much more convincing fashion after their opening series of the tournament against HEROIC in Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen's rather unimpressive debut saw the heavyweights sweat as they got off to a slow start.

North, who are still missing a key player in Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye as Kristoffer "⁠Kristou⁠" Aamand continues his stand-in stint for the illness-struck star, were no match for their domestic rivals in the two teams' first encounter of 2020.

JUGi made a better account of himself the second time around

They chose Vertigo to start the series but quickly found themselves with their backs against the wall when Astralis got off to a dominant start, with their newest addition, JUGi, spearheading the defense. Key plays from René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg in 2v5 and 1v2 clutches gave Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen's men a chance as they entered the second half down 4-11, but their domestic rivals shut the door on any potential comeback with a pistol round victory, rallying to a 16-4 win.

As the series switched to Inferno, Astralis went on to pick up a good early lead as Terrorists on the back of a second-round forcebuy victory. This time, North managed a response earlier with a Deagle win and a couple of great reads coming from MSL's calls for aggression in middle, but a 1v3 clutch from JUGi stopped them in their tracks.

Astralis ended up clinching a comfortable 10-5 half and topped it off with a pistol round win, quickly reaching match point and closing out the series before it ever got dangerous at 16-8, 2-0.

DreamHack Masters Spring 2020 - EuropeBest of 3

Astralis

Matchpage

20th May 2020

North

Vertigo

Inferno

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Emil 'Magisk' Reif Magisk	38 - 19	+19	106.4	90.9%	1.67
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	37 - 23	+14	89.0	81.8%	1.44
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	38 - 20	+18	82.5	86.4%	1.38
Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen JUGi	30 - 19	+11	56.9	77.3%	1.17
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	32 - 29	+3	83.3	68.2%	1.15

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nicklas 'gade' Gade gade	26 - 34	-8	73.9	68.2%	0.85
Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen MSL	26 - 34	-8	59.5	56.8%	0.85
René 'cajunb' Borg cajunb	25 - 33	-8	58.7	63.6%	0.84
Philip 'aizy' Aistrup aizy	16 - 37	-21	54.5	54.5%	0.58
Kristoffer 'Kristou' Aamand Kristou	17 - 37	-20	53.3	43.2%	0.52

DreamHack Masters Spring's Group A standings look as follows ahead of tomorrow's last round of matches, in which North will take on HEROIC and G2 will face Astralis:

Group A

TEAM

Astralis

North

HEROIC

GG WP!

2020-05-20 20:16

40 replies

Tactical loss by mastermind MSL, this way Astralis will keep Jugi and sell GLA1VE and then MSL will tactically dismantle Astralis at the major. 9000iq by MSL once again

2020-05-20 20:18

39 replies

MAGISK 100% WINRATE AS IGL MAGISK >>>>>>>>>>>>> MSL

2020-05-20 20:19

25 replies

MSL_1_Dreamhack_Stockholm_MVP_Magisk_0_Dreamhack_Stockholm_MVP

2020-05-20 20:33

19 replies

Magisk > 3 x Major winner + 1 x Major MVP MSL > 100% Bald

2020-05-20 20:46

11 replies

MSL bald cuz using too much brain, no energy left for his hair

2020-05-20 20:56

4 replies

2020-05-20 21:14

Have Sense

2020-05-20 21:50

2020-05-20 23:40

2020-05-21 07:33

This made me laugh way too hard

2020-05-20 21:15

1 reply

same hahhahahahaha

2020-05-20 21:41

lolll

2020-05-20 21:42

lmfaooooooooo9

2020-05-20 22:04

2020-05-20 22:17

rofl

2020-05-20 23:46

Who is MSL??? This guy is kidding

2020-05-20 21:05

MSL doesn't even have hair

2 replies

#59

2020-05-21 00:18

so MSL is only bald, for being a genius ??? wooooow

2020-05-21 00:53

MSL 0 MAJOR

2020-05-21 03:08

North 1 Stockholm Astralis 0

2020-05-21 08:03

2020-05-21 11:00

Is magisk IGL now? That is kind of cool

3 replies

yeah, they were practicing with him IGling way before gla1ve announced his break

2020-05-20 21:44

Didn't know, but seems like a nice solution.

2020-05-20 22:23

Sok sabay ourn.

2020-05-20 23:44

+1 +1 soooiiooo true

2020-05-20 22:48

0/8.

5 replies

2 other people don’t realise lmao

2020-05-20 20:32

#18 might be braindamaged

2020-05-20 20:59

“Might” omegalul

2020-05-20 23:41

yeah good point, might be is a bit of an understatement

2020-05-20 23:42

Tbf, his flag does check out

2020-05-20 23:56

Lul astralis is 2-0 every son of a bitch in major playoff in last 3 majors with GLA1VE U think they will sell him bcz of online event 😂😂😂😂😂

2020-05-20 20:20

he was baiting but ok

2020-05-21 06:37

Makes sense to me.

MSL MASTERMIND

2020-05-20 21:13

A man of culture I see

2020-05-20 23:39

Sell co-owner? I don't think that how it works lol

2020-05-21 09:57

Ez Astralis

AstRaliS ChiTTer

2020-05-20 21:34

North upset G2 hltv: nothing North losing against top 1 team hltv: NORTH GET DISMANTLED!!!

14 replies

hahaha

2020-05-20 20:21

This website belongs to Astralis' organization.

Incorrect, hltv.org is owned by Better Collective. They have no affiliation with Astralis Group. Different stock, different company.

2020-05-20 21:25

Lmaooooo that's true, answer Jonathan u astralis fanboy

2020-05-20 20:34

ikr lmao, was about to comment that there were no news about G2 beating Heroic lol HLTV is biased towards Astralis confirmed

2020-05-20 20:50

+1 lol

It's funny because it's true.

2020-05-20 20:58

Your mom gave me a fluffernuffer. Its funny cuz its true

2020-05-20 21:20

Jeg elsker Albani, god øl.

2020-05-20 21:35

Oranjeboom 8.5% ftw. Screw all of these terrible energy drinks

2020-05-20 21:46

lmao

2020-05-20 21:37

well, this top1 team is playing without their igl. And it's the top1 team. The clown fiesta deserves an article tho tbh

2020-05-21 06:38

2020-05-20 20:17

N♿RTH N♿RTH

keep jugi -dupreeh

15 replies

0/8

2020-05-20 20:31

wat

replace the best entry fragger with an AWPer... expected from NA education

yeah jugi for mvp.

2020-05-21 01:33

imagine trying to fix best team ever gahahah

7 replies

was joke mens lmao

2020-05-20 20:35

6 replies

Not very good one tho.

2020-05-20 21:28

true am dumb american

I'm also dumb so no worries.

2020-05-20 21:36

I get it. 10 days ago everybody was saying -Dupreeh

2020-05-20 22:07

the only entry fraggers better than dupreeh rn are brollan and hunter. if u see the matches he plays like shit in its mostly against the two of them

2020-05-21 06:39

Jugi has the least kills in the 2 BO3s they’ve played. But nt

2020-05-21 03:20

for his first two matches its actually amazing to see that a player they thought was washed up starting to come alive after training for only a week or twi

2020-05-21 06:40

rez

bruh moment

Expected

expected

Expected even with JUGi

POG jugi

What about G2 - Heroic?

2020-05-20 20:24

Good close match. Both teams needs confidence boost

2020-05-21 07:30

GO G2

2020-05-20 20:25

Nobody can be a part of North, most of them became an important part of the other team after they left North, that a funny

2020-05-20 20:26

north saving strats

2020-05-20 20:29

For 2030

looks like Jugi is an ethnic Chinese as per the interview, hope he is good luck after all Astrails is top 1 team of the world, it would be lot of pressure to him

Jugi and Magisk both "not good enough for north" destroying north... you love to see it

2020-05-20 21:29

Its going The way i thought could go, Astralis keeps winning without Glaive, cause hes really not that important as igl. Astralis is the only team that Glave had succes with, he is great player fitting team no doubt, but is he as good igl as people present him to be? I think of him more like a Pronax kinda guy.

2020-05-20 20:38

17 replies

He is the player, that saved Astralis and dont forget that the only way that astralis won those matches is him cuz he has made Magisk learn to be IGL.

2020-05-20 20:40

ahhhhhhh i undestand,,,polski kid..

2020-05-20 20:44

Wait what? I DEFENDED gla1ve? he is one of my fav players. Im just saying that without him Astralis is losing valuable member its like Astralis without device.

2020-05-20 20:45

Magisk is great player and he is considered atleast by me since he joined north a top 10player

Astralis kept choking with Glaive for almost a year, its not just him who helped them, its many things like finding a player that fits team(Magisk), letting Dupreeh play entry again, Device stoped choking in inportant series, their psychologist who obviously helped them.

2020-05-20 20:52

What i said Gla1ve was turning point for astralis he is reason why Astralis grown so far behind all those years he know's how to setup , read other player defences u dont need quite huge philosophy to be IGL but to be the one of the greatest u need to have talent thats what Gla1ve has.

2020-05-20 20:53

There is no possible way for you to know this after one succesfull stint with one team. As i counted, many changes helped Astralis to become best, its just shortsited to say its only Glaive addition.

2020-05-20 21:00

really not that important as igl....omg he is the best igl in the world,,,the reason you write it is because you are not an astralis fan and nothing about counter strike ,,, he make the strats ,,, whit zonic ,,, and the plat is there to magic ,,, uhmmm you must be a kid ,,

Mate most Astralis strats are rehash of Zonic former teams in 1,6, its not Glaive addition. I know he is best igl cause of 4 majors, well i want to se him perform in diffrent team. Then maybe he is best igl for now only succes he found is with one team and this is fact.

2020-05-20 20:49

Even though I think gla1ve is the best IGL and I kind of disagree with you I still find your reasoning very good.

2020-05-20 21:33

Delete this

2020-05-20 20:48

he wins 4 Majors... Is He EvEn GoOd?

You won't be able to tell the importance and impact of Gla1ve until a LAN tournament. Zonic is also in teamspeak who is as talented as Gla1ve maybe more in strategic perspective. Gla1ve is master of rotations and push calls. Open some Astralis demo and just focus on rotations on the minimap. Calling these under high pressure requires highly deep knowledge and experience.

2020-05-20 21:52

Even Karrigan said that mid round calling was easy in Astralis cause of Device, Xyp and Dupreeh.

2020-05-20 22:30

Sorry for the late response. Please also read other answers he gave about Karrigan. reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/5o.. "It's a tough reality, but we gave up on Karrigan's way of calling. It's not mainly his fault, it's also ours. We stopped believing in his calls, we hesitated and always felt we wouldn't win, and we couldn't overcome that obstacle, so we had to make a change. Gla1ve is a great caller, and he brings a lot of variation to our game, which we needed. But the key thing he brought, was faith. We started believing in each other again and we started to believe in victories."

2020-06-03 23:24

the good thing about gla1ve isn't about his rotations, it's the fact that he actually puts effort into analyzing enemy no matter how high their ranking is. unlike flukus

2020-05-21 06:43

You've never had a job have you. You don't understand training and transition.

2020-05-20 22:18

North never had a chance! to be fair, no team has against astralis

2020-05-20 20:41

JUGi is so fucking good

2020-05-20 20:42

JUGi LOL

I dont understand how North continue to pay these idiots... none of them are good enough

G2 lost this North lmao 13-7 choke

aizy should get kicked I don't know why you would keep such disappointing player.

2020-05-20 20:54

Astralis is like OG they win even with stand-ins. It's just the magic of the brand

Why do only some matches at Dreamhack get coverage? You couldn't even mention the result of G2 - Heroic, is HLTV running out of server space?

2020-05-20 21:02

ez hope of north korea

2020-05-20 21:30

JUGI actually did something lol

"But Magisk can't IGL" Top frags while calling. nt haters

2020-05-20 22:10

NiKo does but does anyone call him a good IGL

2020-05-21 00:23

I think Jugi (and Magisk) will have a honeymoon period with succes. Astralis is the most studied team, and now opposition will use a little time to adjust to "New Astralis". Once they do that, the honeymoon is over. The routine and skill of Xyp, Device and Dupreeh can´t carry Jugi and Magisk in their new roles, so they will need a steep learning curve. Magisk and Zonic will need to adjust between games and in mid game. Jugi will have to overcome players, who know how he plays with Astralis. Anyway I´m pretty sure Glaive will be back in form in time for Major

2020-05-20 22:13

When honeymoon period is over and teams understand how this Astralis play, gla1ve return with new 200iq strats and teams once again scramble to find a solution.. Results? Ez 5th major for Astralis lmaooo...

2020-05-21 15:57

Yup :o)

2020-05-21 18:29

How does Magisk IGL'ing suddenly lead to him getting new positions and not being able to frag somehow? Why would he decline in form just because he is calling ? It's not like he's gonna sit in pit on Inferno and go "I'm the IGL now so I better not frag too much". I don't understand why it should make Magisk any worse of a player just because he is calling strats to be honest?

2020-05-21 20:01

Nerves? Multitasking is hard? New positions? I only saw the Astralis CT-side on Nuke. Glaive usually plays a crucial role in Yard. Jugi can´t play that, so Astralis swapped positions and it went badly.

2020-05-21 20:31

Astralis has recently released Voice Comms videos. Seems mpst times they don't need their IGL to micro-manage them and they all do pretty well calling out plays or giving input to what to do. So I'm not sure how stressful it as being an IGL besides calling the play at the beginning of the round, pick(ban maps and working with zonic to develop new strats or anti-stratting someone. I'm just not sure how much it impacts a guy's aim in the server. And yeah, JUGi will ofcourse take some time to adapt and find out what position he's best at.

2020-05-21 21:09

That must hurt. Props to North for doing the post game interview. Best Danish team, IGL on leave, former teammate you dropped just wreck you. Fucking ouch

2020-05-20 22:15