SK comfortably take down Na`Vi; to playoffs
The final game of the night in Kiev saw Na`Vi take on SK, with the victor taking a spot in the playoffs. The maps the teams were to compete on were Cobblestone, Inferno and Train.
Cobblestone began with Na`Vi taking the pistol round and following anti-ecos, before moving onto the first full buy round. SK did collect a forcebuy win, but Na`Vi pushed back to collect the next two rounds to remain in the lead. Then some shenanigans occurred, as Marcelo "coldzera" David collected a 4k when some Na`Vi players attempted, and failed, to knife him in chicken coup.
From there SK went seven rounds unbeaten as they secured the lead in the first half, as Gabriel "FalleN" Toldeo's looked to control the game in their favor. Although Na`Vi secured the final round in the half, it was SK who were narrowly 8-7 ahead at the break.
Na`Vi started the second half with the first buy round and two anti-ecos on their CT-side, as Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko and co. looked to get back into the match. But that was not to be as SK claimed the buy round.
Although Na`Vi claimed a forcebuy, SK performed the exact same to them to start a run of their own. Round after round fell SK's way, as Fernando "fer" Alvarenga claimed an ace to secure their 14th round. FalleN then secured the same in a round loss, but from there SK just walked onto the final score at a 16-12 result.
Inferno started off with a SK pistol round, but Na`Vi secured the immediate eco-round to take the lead. But from the delayed full buy it was SK's half, as the Brazilians pushed on to take the majority of the rounds.
Na`Vi secured two rounds thanks to Denis "electronic" Sharipov collecting a double 3k, but it was mostly Na`Vi's half as Epitacio "TACO" de Melo had kicked up a gear. The Brazilian side only dropped one more round in the half, but collected a 9-6 lead in the final round.
The second half began with SK's CT-side starting strongly with the pistol and anti-ecos before pushing onto the first buy round, and rolling on to map, match and series point. Although Na`Vi collected one further round, FalleN collected a 4k with a Scout to end the game in his team's favor for a 16-7 win.
Natus VincereSK| Natus Vincere |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov |
35 - 40 | -5 | 80.8 | 56.9% | 0.98 |
 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev |
31 - 35 | -4 | 71.4 | 56.9% | 0.93 |
| Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev |
28 - 36 | -8 | 62.0 | 64.7% | 0.82 |
| Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko |
32 - 46 | -14 | 75.4 | 52.9% | 0.78 |
| Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev |
21 - 35 | -14 | 51.4 | 64.7% | 0.70 |
| SK |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo |
42 - 20 | +22 | 82.1 | 84.3% | 1.46 |
| Marcelo 'coldzera' David |
40 - 28 | +12 | 85.4 | 80.4% | 1.30 |
| Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo |
39 - 31 | +8 | 86.0 | 78.4% | 1.26 |
| Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga |
38 - 32 | +6 | 74.7 | 68.6% | 1.15 |
| Ricardo 'boltz' Prass |
33 - 36 | -3 | 73.6 | 64.7% | 0.96 |
This result sends SK to the playoffs this weekend, while Na`Vi move to the 2-2 bracket tomorrow.
