Natus Vincere defeat Spirit 2-0 to win WePlay! Clutch Island

28-6-2020 22:15

Shaky form throughout the event didn't stop Natus Vincere from showing up big in the grand final of the WePlay! Clutch Island as they took a convincing 2-0 win over Spirit (16-9 Mirage, 16-9 Dust2).

The WePlay! Clutch Island grand final was the first match between the two highest-ranked CIS sides at the moment, with the four highest-rated players in the event facing off: Nikolay "⁠mir⁠" Bityukov and Artem "⁠iDISBALANCE⁠" Egorov for Spirit and Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev and Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov for Natus Vincere.

The underdogs on the rise, Spirit, weren't able to repeat their ESL One: Road to Rio - CIS result by claiming the first place today, as their individuals fell flat against the regional powerhouse. In the end, Natus Vincere secured a comfortable 2-0 win to claim the victory and 2000 RMR points despite some unconvincing play throughout the event, which they kicked off with a loss to Gambit Youngsters.

Spirit started 2-0 on the CT side of Mirage, but Natus Vincere quickly showed why they picked the map as they edged out a couple of close rounds to start their streak. Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov, s1mple, and Ilya "⁠Perfecto⁠" Zalutskiy were causing a lot of issues for Spirit, who were unable to secure a rifle round until round 14.

Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov's men won the last two of the half and brought the score from 14-4 to 14-9 with some good offensive play, but key frags from Boombl4 and Perfecto closed out the Mirage, 16-9.

NAVI secured much-needed RMR points by winning WePlay! Clutch Island

On Dust2, Spirit started off their offensive side with a five-round streak, before the double AWP came out for Natus Vincere and they went on to win seven out of the next nine rounds.

After an 8-7 half in favor of mir and co., Boombl4's men pulled into the lead with a 4-0 run, and at 13-9, Perfecto unlocked the A bombsite with three kills to break the back of Spirit. Natus Vincere reached 15 quickly, and just when it seemed like their opponents were going to put one on the board, s1mple came out big with a 1v2 clutch to finish the match, 16-9.

WePlay! Clutch IslandBest of 3

Natus Vincere

Matchpage

28th June 2020

Spirit

Mirage

Dust2

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev s1mple	38 - 24	+14	85.3	78.0%	1.35
Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Boombl4	41 - 32	+9	84.6	72.0%	1.23
Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy Perfecto	38 - 28	+10	80.2	82.0%	1.22
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev flamie	31 - 32	-1	66.8	78.0%	1.06
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov electroNic	28 - 31	-3	68.2	72.0%	1.00

Spirit	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Artem 'iDISBALANCE' Egorov iDISBALANCE	30 - 27	+3	59.8	74.0%	1.09
Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev sdy	30 - 36	-6	77.4	68.0%	1.02
Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev magixx	33 - 38	-5	77.5	72.0%	0.98
Nikolay 'mir' Bityukov mir	31 - 37	-6	75.9	58.0%	0.90
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov chopper	23 - 39	-16	51.4	62.0%	0.75

After a group stage exit in the first Major-qualifying event, ESL One: Road to Rio - CIS, Natus Vincere were in desperate need for a good placing in WePlay! Clutch Island, while Spirit and Virtus.pro have further bolstered their chances for a spot at the Major with a second and third-place finish, respectively.

WePlay! Clutch Island final standings:

1. Natus Vincere - $15,000 + 2000 RMR Points
2. Spirit - $10,000 + 1875 RMR Points
3. Virtus.pro - $6,000 + 1750 RMR Points
4. Nemiga - $5,000 + 1625 RMR Points
5. Espada - $4,500 + 1500 RMR Points
6. Gambit Youngsters - $3,500 + 1375 RMR Points
7. Winstrike - $3,000 + 1250 RMR Points
8. Hard Legion - $3,000 + 1125 RMR Points

So ez

2020-06-28 22:16

1 reply

+1 <3

2020-06-29 04:19

EZ final for best CIS and one of the best teams in the world, great teamwork today. Not much to say about s1mple, guy is just above anyone rn.

7 replies

imagine saying ez when all Na'Vi had to do was to win against some t3 teams lmao.

2020-06-28 22:18

5 replies

Navi hater malding KEKW

2020-06-28 22:24

4 replies

NaVi haters are so funny) Everyone who said that Spirit will ez win 2:0, now saying that Spirit is T3 trash. OMEGALUL

2020-06-28 22:52

3 replies

Navi haters are retarded. Even s1mple ping 70 was not the problem for Navi

2020-06-28 23:18

1.33 Rating with ping 70 against ping 5 players.... NaVi haters feel bad today

2020-06-28 23:23

I never said Spirit will ez win 2:0 lmao, what are you on?

2020-06-28 23:32

From 0-1 and almost lose in groups to win the RMR tournament POG

EZ 4 NAVI LET'S GO RIO MAJOR

2020-06-29 04:17

EZ4S1MPLE TOP 1 OF 2020

NAVI 5 WINS IN A ROW WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

2020-06-29 04:18

best team in csgo history as far as potential go

so ezz

2020-06-28 22:17

agreed bro

Spirit at top of the Major points now , ez

16 replies

At 3rd rmr it will be changed

2020-06-28 22:19

9 replies

no 3 day yet mens ?

2020-06-28 22:23

8 replies

No mens, no))) but you disappointed me tbh

Y tho

2020-06-28 22:54

6 replies

Today when we were talking about spirit and vp (not right now tho)

2020-06-28 22:56

What got you disappointed

2020-06-28 23:28

You overrated mir by some word , you know

2020-06-28 23:45

That was just a joke mens, I obviously didn't meant that. Game got me excited.

2020-06-29 04:58

2 replies

Ok mens)))

2020-06-29 05:00

Mens))

2020-06-29 05:06

who cares m8,navi proved that they are N1 in CIS

good for them

+1,good that navi find out how to play online

OMEGALUL

2020-06-29 09:40

And? At this time its mine nothing, because of 99% Na'vi, Spirit and VP will go to major, last 2 spots will be determined at last qualifying.

2020-06-28 22:27

It's just not about qualifying , its also about qualifying for what stage, top 2 get the Legend while 3 don't and end up in inferior stages.

2020-06-28 23:36

Spirit better than navi they said

Ez4natusimplere

+1 ez 4 goat team and goat player :)

expected tbh

2020-06-29 04:16

Go go navi

2020-06-28 22:22

+1 #NAVINATION #NAVIDAVI

expected

2020-06-29 04:20

congrats on beating the #18 team, good job !

2020-06-28 22:28

Thanks!

2020-06-28 22:31

Thanks Hope to see a team from your country break into top 30 one day.

2020-06-29 04:15

Rekt lmao

2020-06-29 07:38

2020-06-29 08:26

spirit was on another level from past few matches

2020-06-29 07:03

Wp Happy perfecto is going godfecto lately

2020-06-28 22:29

+1 Godfecto playing insane

2020-06-29 04:14

such struggle against cis scene

Korea scene lul

2020-06-29 01:56

korea scene kekw

Rekt again +1

Like they should, anyways wp wp

2020-06-28 22:34

2020-06-28 22:35

OMG this resuilt is never expected man how they could win this tournament xD wow btw; cs summit - top teams and winner 2000 RMR points we play - low tier teams and winner 2000 RMR points

2020-06-28 22:38

top teams aka 1st and 3rd place in ranking are eliminated from tourney where teams like norph botsent and other tier 3 teams in playoffs :) Oh also bug clan and yeah its points for each region and not overall but since u are xantares fan its expected tbh

2020-06-28 22:40

sorry man I wanted to be funny

2020-06-28 22:45

wtf? you cant do that on hltv

2020-06-28 22:57

D E S T R O Y E D

2020-06-29 04:13

turkish scene lul

2020-06-29 09:42

Ez for godfecto

2020-06-28 22:53

2020-06-28 23:24

Good to see NaVi back where they belong, at the top of CIS

2020-06-28 23:33

2020-06-29 04:12

I have no idea how this team works, like when I watch them play I feel like they are really bad. Maybe it's because of the teams that they have played against here, the only relevant one was Spirit, other pretty irrelevant. Idk., I just feel like they are really bad. Spirit is a reallly good team I feel like, good job to get to the final.

2020-06-28 23:47