Na`Vi take down North; to playoffs

With a 16-11 win on Inferno against North, Natus Vincere secured their place in StarSeries Season 3 playoffs with a flawless record.

Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup kicked off what turned out to be a mouth-watering start to the first half of Inferno with three kills from pit, which shut down the apps-short split onto the A bombsite.

Na`Vi quickly replied with a forcebuy win on the back of doubles from Ioann "⁠Edward⁠" Sukhariev and Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács. The back-and-forth continued in the next two rounds, as René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg and Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif put in most of the work, but it was the CIS-based squad who finally controlled the situation after yet another double from Edward on the B bombsite.

In the first real gunround at 4-2, Magisk put up three crucial kills, but their economy was in shambles after Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev and Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin turned a 2v3 situation around with slow play.

GuardiaN led the way in the high-octane Inferno against North

That gave Na`Vi a 6-3 lead before Magisk retook the A bombsite with two kills in a 2v2, yet it was all for naught as GuardiaN destroyed North's economy with a quad-kill in a 3v5 situation thanks to a boost on short. The money advantage helped Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev and company build up a dominant 11-4 half before the madness started all over again after the sides switched.

Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke's 1v3 clutch in the second pistol was negated by Na`Vi winning the forcebuy afterwards thanks to doubles from flamie and GuardiaN on each site. The following two rounds were exchanged as well when Na`Vi saved four weapons after flamie was left alone in B, using them to defend another attack towards the same bombsite with seized joining in with the individual plays.

GuardiaN's six kills over the next two rounds pushed his squad to match point at 15-6, although there was still life left in North who strung three rounds together. When it looked like Na`Vi would close things out after getting a read on North's B play, Magisk fought against the odds and came out on top of a 1v2 clutch.

Natus Vincere still finished match in a fairly comfortable manner after retaking the B bombsite again for 16-11, grabbing a spot in the playoffs with a 3-0 record.

PotM: After putting up a fantastic performance yesterday against fnatic, Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács repeated that feat versus North with a 27-13 score (100 ADR, 1.65 rating) and seven multi-kills, which included a quad-kill at 6-4 that broke North's economy.

SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 FinalsBest of 1 Natus VincereMatchpage 16 11 6th April 2017 North 16Inferno 11 News tags:

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	27 - 13	+14	100.0	1.63
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	27 - 14	+13	93.4	1.49
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	19 - 17	+2	86.7	1.21
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	13 - 16	-3	57.1	0.99
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	15 - 16	-1	64.6	0.91

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	18 - 17	+1	68.2	1.04
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	15 - 20	-5	58.3	0.92
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	15 - 20	-5	69.1	0.89
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	16 - 22	-6	70.0	0.81
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	12 - 22	-10	59.3	0.66

SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 FinalsBest of 1 Natus VincereMatchpage 16 11 6th April 2017 North 16Inferno 11

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	27 - 13	+14	100.0	1.63
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	27 - 14	+13	93.4	1.49
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	19 - 17	+2	86.7	1.21
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	13 - 16	-3	57.1	0.99
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	15 - 16	-1	64.6	0.91

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	18 - 17	+1	68.2	1.04
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	15 - 20	-5	58.3	0.92
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	15 - 20	-5	69.1	0.89
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	16 - 22	-6	70.0	0.81
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	12 - 22	-10	59.3	0.66

After five matches of the third round, the Swiss group stage's standings are the following:

3W-0L	2W-0L	2W-1L	1W-1L	1W-2L	0W-3L
Natus Vincere	SK	FaZe	Astralis	MVP Project	TYLOO
	G2	HellRaisers	fnatic	Immortals	UYA
		North	Ninjas in Pyjamas	Gambit
			Virtus.pro	CLG

HellRaisers #15 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Natus Vincere #6 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' Vasilyev Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev Age: 29 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 904 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 René 'cajunb' Borg Age: 27 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 945 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Age: 25 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 889 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.63 Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergWilliam 'draken' Sundin SK #3 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos Gambit #9 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov UYA #82 Lei 'forget' LiHongGuang 'Stevie' LiZhenDong 'Not7' MoZhiHai 'QKA' FuWei 'shuadapai' Wang G2 #16 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Emil 'Magisk' Reif Age: 19 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 452 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.63 Immortals #7 Lincoln 'fnx' LauLucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' Prass FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliNikola 'NiKo' KovačFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 715 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 CLG #24 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' Arnold MVP Project #98 Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' KimJung-Hyeon 'rindA' JeonSoon-Woo 'Argency' KwonSoo-Yong 'kAyle' Jung TYLOO #33 Ke 'captainMo' LiuZhen 'HZ' HuangHui 'DD' WuWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongHaoWen 'somebody' Xu North #5 Philip 'aizy' AistrupRené 'cajunb' BorgEmil 'Magisk' ReifMathias 'MSL' LauridsenKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Denis 'seized' Kostin Age: 22 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 901 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Age: 19 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 550 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 fnatic #11 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 541 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.70 Philip 'aizy' Aistrup Age: 20 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 753 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68