Complexity upset NAVI to secure opening victory in Copenhagen

20-8-2022 14:35

Håkon "⁠hallzerk⁠" Fjærli celebrated a win in his LAN debut with Complexity.

Complexity started off their Group B campaign at BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022 with a 16-9 victory over Natus Vincere. The North American squad played a fantastic defensive half to secure their spot in the upper bracket final, where they will face the winner of Liquid vs. G2 later on Saturday.

The Ukrainian squad felt Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev's absence, but substitute Daniil "⁠headtr1ck⁠" Valitov held his own, especially on the CT side. Natus Vincere still have options to claim the No.1 seed from the group despite the opening loss, but will have to ride the lower bracket all the way to the group stage final.

Grim topped the board with an impressive 1.38 rating

headtr1ck downed three in the opening pistol round for Natus Vincere while attempting to retake the A site on Overpass. The youngster had a solid defensive half and played a crucial role in his team's early 6-2 advantage while wielding the AWP. Complexity eased into the attacking side when Michael "⁠Grim⁠" Wince and Justin "⁠FaNg⁠" Coakley started to perform, taking the upper hand to close the half with a slight 8-7 advantage.

hallzerk immediately got the ball rolling after switching sides, making back for a quiet first half as Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou's squad extended their advantage. Ricky "⁠floppy⁠" Kemery also began to play with more confidence on the defense and Complexity fired on all cylinders, only dropping two rounds in the second half to complete the upset with a 16-9 scoreline.

BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022Best of 1

Natus Vincere

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20th August 2022

Complexity

Overpass

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Daniil 'headtr1ck' Valitov headtr1ck	21 - 16	+5	76.1	76.0%	1.18
Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy Perfecto	15 - 17	-2	86.4	68.0%	1.05
Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev sdy	14 - 18	-4	76.0	64.0%	0.87
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy b1t	13 - 19	-6	61.8	52.0%	0.69
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov electroNic	10 - 22	-12	48.5	56.0%	0.53

Complexity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Michael 'Grim' Wince Grim	21 - 14	+7	89.2	72.0%	1.38
Ricky 'floppy' Kemery floppy	19 - 15	+4	91.5	80.0%	1.31
Justin 'FaNg' Coakley FaNg	22 - 15	+7	87.9	80.0%	1.30
Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli hallzerk	18 - 16	+2	77.8	68.0%	1.20
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou JT	12 - 14	-2	45.2	68.0%	0.87

hooxi better than aleksib

2022-08-20 14:36

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just lost against luliquid lmaoo

2022-08-20 15:18

hltv.org/forums/threads/2669123/g2-16-0-..

2022-08-20 18:30

nice for col

nice

Headtrick did well after all

6 replies

I think navi were off

2022-08-20 14:38

1 reply

didnt watch the game but stats say headtr1ck played well, perfecto meh, and the rest played with their feet

2022-08-20 16:13

They should keep headtrick and s1mple switch to rifle. They won't win with sdy.

2022-08-20 14:43

not a bad idea actually, but imo headtr1ck is too young and too inexperienced

2022-08-20 14:47

Agree, sdy always been average or even worse, he is not the solution

2022-08-20 16:01

baited well like s0mple

2022-08-21 19:13

sure no S1mple but this is still a great feat achieved by Complexity , congratulations!

2022-08-20 14:37

7th. I'm a legend.

4 replies

9th

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10th.

11th

2022-08-20 15:33

42nd

2022-08-20 16:15

god hallzerk

2022-08-22 09:08

Complexity era incoming?? This roster could be next prime astralis

2022-08-20 14:40

Hallo S1mple this is Navi calling can u please come back from Valorant we suck without you

Not an upset, complexity has always been better

2022-08-20 14:42

Juni0r was the problem

NaVi without s1mple, did anyone actually expect anything else?

2022-08-20 14:45

lets see if JT can implement some real strats from now on

2022-08-20 15:01

why the fuck isn't s1Mple here?

2022-08-20 15:11

got tired of carrying these bots jk personal break from fossabot in twitch chat

2022-08-20 15:23

For na'vi sake, lets hope s1mple gets tired of valorant sooner rather than later

2022-08-20 15:30

Not an upset

2022-08-20 15:31

WTF

2022-08-20 15:57

-headtrick +Junior Ez top 1 again

2022-08-20 16:00

Is anyone surprised?? No s1mple, no Na'Vi

2022-08-20 16:57

No simple no win

2022-08-20 17:05

Navi are done. Now everyone can see that their run was a fluke after they finally face a good team. S1mple already retired, now it's time for disband.

2022-08-20 17:07