fnatic thump MIBR to stay alive in Bucharest

A weakened MIBR without star AWPer kl1m have been sent home.

MIBR's run at PGL Masters Bucharest has been brought to an end by a rampant fnatic.

Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson and Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer took full advantage of a chance to boost their confidence against the Brazilians, who were using Bruno "⁠brn$⁠" de Araújo instead of Klimentii "⁠kl1m⁠" Krivosheev, and ended on 1.71 and 2.08 ratings respectively.

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The result puts fnatic into a stacked 1-2 pool in Romania, as they look to prove that their ruthless decision to bench Cai "⁠CYPHER⁠" Watson ahead of the Major was the right one.

fnatic were battling jetlag after CAC in losses against Aurora and FlyQuest, meaning their backs were against the wall versus MIBR despite blameF averaging a 1.46 rating in those two losses.

But the Dane's individual prowess has not gone completely without reward, as fnatic staved off a last-place finish at the very least. And it was blameF who put them on that track, with a startling triple-kill with just a Five-SeveN to win a second-round eco on Inferno.

From there fnatic did not look back, and, on Mirage, KRIMZ — who fnatic said was the other player who may have been benched for Nikita "⁠jackasmo⁠" Skyba — rolled back the years with a 17-9 showing.

The event will go down as one to forget for MIBR, whose attempt to follow in FURIA's footsteps by signing a Russophone sniper went great online in Brazil before a poor result at CS Asia Championships.

After losing kl1m to visa issues, however, a chance to right the wrongs of Shanghai was denied and MIBR will have to wait for the Major for another chance against international competition.