NAVI get revenge against Liquid at BLAST

18-12-2021 22:07

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and co. failed to double down on their victory from the opening game of the tournament.

Natus Vincere have secured a top-three finish at BLAST Premier World Final 2021 after defeating Liquid 2-0. Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy's squad secured their map pick of Dust2 16-10 after a flawless CT side before completing their revenge on Inferno 16-11 despite an imperfect performance from the Major champions.

Natus Vincere's lower bracket run in Copenhagen continues with Vitality now standing as the last obstacle between the CIS squad and the grand finals. The consolidation match will take place on Sunday at 18:30 , and the winner will get the chance to challenge Gambit for the trophy.

s1mple gave us another stellar performance against Liquid

The two sides met on Dust2 to open up the series. Liquid controlled the pace throughout the first half, displaying some great holds on the A bombsite while Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski and Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic topped the scoreboard. An early 2v4 post-plant in favor of Natus Vincere was the team's offensive highlight in a slightly disappointing 6-9 half in favor of the North Americans.

Once Natus Vincere moved to the CT side, it was a completely different story. Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev and Valeriy "⁠b1t⁠" Vakhovskiy started to take over the game, powering the dynamic CIS defense to a ten-round winning streak to close the opening map 16-10. Liquid's forgettable T side was marked by poor decision-making as they succumbed to Natus Vincere's flawless defense.

Natus Vincere started off Inferno with their first pistol win of the series, gaining an early 3-0 advantage in the defense before being forced to save after the upgraded pistols of Liquid took the A site. Inconsistency from both squads would characterize the 9-6 half, which would go the way of Natus Vincere thanks to s1mple's consistent fragging.

Despite winning the second pistol round and converting the following anti eco, Natus Vincere were unable to run away with the second half as Liquid clinged on their CT side. s1mple continued to perform, delivering 13 more kills in the second half to give keep his team in the driver's seat. A 1v2 clutch from Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov sealed the deal on the A bombsite, closing the map 16-11, and the series 2-0.

BLAST Premier World Final 2021Best of 3

Natus Vincere

Matchpage

18th December 2021

Liquid

Dust2

Inferno

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev s1mple	55 - 29	+26	99.6	83.0%	1.65
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov electroNic	40 - 25	+15	79.0	75.5%	1.29
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy b1t	34 - 35	-1	69.4	67.9%	1.07
Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Boombl4	27 - 30	-3	60.8	56.6%	0.94
Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy Perfecto	26 - 32	-6	57.9	75.5%	0.90

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski EliGE	40 - 35	+5	85.2	67.9%	1.14
Keith 'NAF' Markovic NAF	36 - 34	+2	73.6	69.8%	0.98
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	26 - 36	-10	53.2	71.7%	0.86
Michael 'Grim' Wince Grim	21 - 34	-13	55.4	71.7%	0.80
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	28 - 43	-15	60.8	58.5%	0.77

cya STEW!

2021-12-18 22:08

26 replies

yeah yeah. Whatever fanboy

2021-12-18 22:14

15 replies

Copium

2021-12-18 22:15

3 replies

Liquid played better than all teams in this tournament, moral champions

2021-12-19 00:17

2 replies

better than gambit and vitality?

2021-12-19 00:33

Played better than everyone but got knocked out in lower bracket, cluepon

2021-12-19 02:37

People take Stewie's banter way too seriously 🤦🏻‍♂️

2021-12-18 22:24

8 replies

this 1+

2021-12-18 22:35

Noone is taking Stewie seriously - worst performer again Gambit and Navi. ApEx can talk - he can back it up. Stewie should shut up and play.

2021-12-19 01:10

4 replies

half of HLTV is taking Stewie seriously and cries when he says one thing

2021-12-19 01:44

1 reply

2021-12-19 04:56

He is living in all of your heads rent free lmao

2021-12-19 04:39

Are you dense? They have the same ratings.

2021-12-19 19:49

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2021-12-19 03:56

Lmao you guys don't realize we should've been out round 1 and everyone on the team and the fans know it. Shitposters make it top 4 at world final loooooool

2021-12-18 22:43

9 replies

top 4 Nice achievement

2021-12-18 23:01

It is, how come no1 gets this nowadays? Learn to respect the players. No wonder this shitty scene is dying

2021-12-18 23:40

2021-12-20 04:38

Still better than you will in your entire life

2021-12-19 02:13

For someone who I shall assume is a native english speaker, that is so poorly worded.

2021-12-20 02:34

Just abit annoyed at stewie talking all the behind scenes bullshit instead of actually practicing and finding form as a team, they had potential to make consistently deep playoff runs, they have individual skill for it as everyone can see clearly, but instead they got titled fast and just decided to play some defaults as a mix while getting paid 30k/month till the year end.

They tried all year and it didn't work, that's why they're making roster changes, no use in putting effort into a team that won't exist in a couple weeks. And trash talk is part of the game, always has been.

2021-12-19 14:53

seems they didnt tried enough

2021-12-20 04:39

"we", cringe lol

2021-12-19 19:44

ez4goatp1mple

As expected.

lets go final dance thank you liquid for always giving me depression, now rest easy

2021-12-18 22:09

Hahaha if you think the last dance will be any better I have bad news for you

2021-12-19 00:57

i mean last dance for navi and liquid

2021-12-19 17:18

Ah I see nvm then, would of been cool if we could of seen 2019 Liquid vs 2021 NaVi

2021-12-19 17:20

How does b1t have avg rating of 1.07 against liquid when he had 1.12 on dust and 1.10 on inferno?

Expected but oof

kinda sad

Y’all did great tho!

2021-12-18 22:11

Expected tbh

EZ4NAVI

That was ok. Not so many mistakes by NaVi today.

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say thanks to s1mple on 10-6 on dust 2

thanks

Idk man, Inferno was still uncomfortably close. They lost so many stupid rounds

2021-12-18 22:31

NaVi isn't in their perfect form on this tournament anyway. I agree that 2-0 wasn't perfectly convincing, but still better than previous matches with 16-14, OTs, 3rd map games etc

2021-12-18 22:34

Yeah, there's definitely been some progress, but they're still not back at their level. Even simple malds more than he's been doing it recently

2021-12-18 22:47

s1mple too good

xaxaxa

GG, now I want to see the NA and BR shuffle

expected, Navi now kinda turned up and pick up the pacr after shaky start of the event, once b1t find his form then they also might win this tournament.

Stew next IGL of EG confirmed

cap

2021-12-18 22:28

Stewe wtf

BoombI4's banana "hold" on Inferno is the most pathetic thing in CS

Says you mate

2021-12-18 22:12

Igl + fragging rarely works out....

2021-12-19 02:06

yoo chill

2021-12-19 05:42

Lol he really ran out banana nearly every round just to be killed without trade. And when that stopped, him and perfecto decided to just passively sit at B with no intention of getting control of banana or trying to get info on their opponents. That defence was really weak, Vita will probably choose Inferno against them and really punish Navi's B hold (although they may pick Overpass instead)

2021-12-19 06:10

EZ for the GOAT. NT liquid should've kept having fun till the end, probably would've won.

Stewie fucked the game and Elige says nothing. Run Fallen run!!!

This is their last tournament. What do you expect?

2021-12-19 00:11

It is your last day at your job and you start crashing your laptop..what your colleague/boss would say?

2021-12-19 00:19

I will use the job analogy too. If you already give your intentions to leave (in Canada, we call that two weeks notice), will you fight for cohesion, for the team spirit? No, you will finish your day and don't give a sh*t about anything else. It is not for the sake of the team, stew won't be there anyway.

2021-12-19 00:52

The project must be done until the end of the day even if I'm leaving or not. Elige did a butt face and the team drowned.

2021-12-19 01:54

Sure. They argued and Elige has to be the superman, cuz elige is controlling everything, he is the CEO of liquid, he owns share, around 1 %. When he is not controlling, he should be. Man, Adren try to calm down the situation. You are creating a drama for nothing. 0 t round except pistol, it is elige fault too ? Move on, Fallen was the perfect leader, he will rule the world of cs again. Stop trying to find excuse for this dead team.

2021-12-19 03:05

Amazing game from the dynamic duo! GGWP Liquid, it was close, even if the stats don't say it. All the best heading into the new year. Liquid's always gonna be one of my most favorite teams to watch, but man I'm gonna miss Stewie's banter :/

2021-12-18 22:13

Bye Jake ‘Stewie-15K’ Yip and Gabriel ‘Help I’ve FalleN and I Can’t Get Up’ Toledo

The consolidation match will take place on Sunday at 19:30 15:30, 19:30 is the scheduled start for the Grand Final.

did anyone really think liquid'd win again?

2021-12-18 23:29

No, the first game was the typical slow start from navi. With the same liquid roster, not dead, and a lot of preparations, they can upset teams like navi,. Without any proper gameplan, they had no much chance.

2021-12-19 00:16

Expected win, great work from navi and # 1 player s1mple

2021-12-18 22:17

Liquid fans comments on the last thread aged like fine milk

2021-12-18 22:19

Honestly, i will be absolutely shocked if anyone signs with stewie, dude isnt even toxic, he is straight up unbearable and brings nothing special to the team

2021-12-18 22:20

2021-12-18 22:26

B1t underperform :(

saving aim for finals Lul

2021-12-19 06:29

they need to play better if they want to beat gambots

2021-12-18 22:21

2021-12-18 22:41

-1

2021-12-18 22:49

Expected

2021-12-18 22:27

Congratz, gg!

2021-12-18 22:32

Ez against Na

Wavi

2021-12-18 22:44

oop

nice

LETS GOO

2021-12-18 23:14

BOT2k get rid of this guy

2021-12-18 23:24

That was a quick and clean sweep response from NAVI

2021-12-18 23:27

too ez when NaVi players turn their on monitors

2021-12-18 23:34

toxictwok

Well that sucked Sad for NAF Must be hard to carry 4 bots

2021-12-19 00:25

Idk bout 4 bots Elige is decent but yeah do feel for Naf

2021-12-19 01:05

Naf doesnt have anything on the best NA player aka Elige so stop with the "4 bots" nonsense

2021-12-19 04:45

NAF was way better than Elige this year.

2021-12-20 02:19

And past 4 years, it's been elige over naf. No disrespect to naf but Elige was the hard carry when liquid used to make deep runs in tournaments. This year, liquid didn't achieve anything so naf stats arent really impactful!!

2021-12-20 11:27

Sapd

Déjà vu

2021-12-19 00:38

ez clap for navi

2021-12-19 00:43

s1mple has as much of a positive KD as FalleN or Perfecto have kills in general. It's pretty insane the level this guy is at. Even tho there are still two more games to be played, s1mple HAS to be the MVP of this tournament unless ZywOo does something truly magical tomorrow.

2021-12-19 02:48

Hobbit is pretty good on that tournament

2021-12-19 10:15

Ah well, Liquid did better then expected tbh. Even dust2 could had gone their, way if not for that sick 3k scout from Simple and some clutches going their way. Inferno kind of the, same thing, they just ran out of time so much. But overall they really performed well this last 2 tournaments

2021-12-19 04:46

S1mple +26 GOAT

2021-12-19 05:08

NAV1 <3

2021-12-19 05:12

liquid owned ?

2021-12-19 06:52

Stew better be careful with his toxicity, don't think teams will wanna hire him after seeing this shit show, and even if they do, he'll bring nothing new to the table, only fear disguised as toxicity.

2021-12-19 08:41