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The Kuala Lumpur Major CIS Closed Qualifiers: loss vs Team Spirit
NAVI.GG.BET will start the run from the lower bracket
The decider match was between 
NAVI.GG.BET and 
Team Spirit. The drawn-out series resulted in 1:2 score, as NAVI would be starting their journey from the lower bracket.
Game 1 - Natus Vincere [0:1] Team Spirit
Team Spirit
fng
HesteJoe-Rotten
Biver
oliver
Nine
NAVI.GG.BET
Chuvash
Crystallize
SoNNeikO
MagicaL
Blizzy
The first game didn't see much action initially - the first blood happened quite late, almost 5 minutes in, as SoNNeikO died in the bottom lane. Kunkka had it very bad in the midlane - enemy Lina was very good at zoning him. A few ganks towards him put Kunkka on the 6th place in terms of net worth. Other lanes were going reasonably well, though. There were a few skirmishes around the map - NAVI enjoyed the minimal advantage in terms of net worth, most of it coming from Weaver and Bristleback.
Teams kept trading kills. MagicaL was doing a bit better, but still not fully recuperated from the laning stage. Bounties were split equally between the teams. In terms of towers, NAVI managed to take 1 tower in the enemy safelane without losing any. Slowly but surely, the teams kept farming up, with occasional kills happening on the map. It was quite obvious both wanted to get some items. 21 minutes in Team Spirit tried to take down the first Roshan, but NAVI engaged and prevented the attempt, even forcing a buyback.
A little later Team Spirit returned into the Roshpit, but NAVI stole the Aegis, stripping the Radiant of the possible advantage. A following fight in the midlane saw several heroes dead on both sides, but NAVI benefitted more from the trade. Team Spirit stopped their aggression while NAVI were taking control over the map - the Radiant only had 1 outer tower left. By 30 minutes, both teams scored 18 kills, and NAVI enjoyed 2k net worth advantage.
36 minutes in, Team Spirit gathered around the Roshpit - NAVI tried to re-engage again, but the fight went the way of the enemy; after a good fight, the Radiant took down the Roshan. Lina has gotten a lot of items and became a real nuisance for NAVI. Kunkka still hasn't fully recovered, as he was still just a tad bit above the bottom part of the net worth chart. By 41 minutes, Team Spirit decided to take a fight in the midlane, which would enable them to take mid T3 of ours. Initially, the fight wasn't too good for us, but 2 buybacks from our team turned the game around - 4 heroes dead, as well as the Aegis used.
NAVI played very cautiously, sticking close to their base. Lina had a massive net worth lead, which secured Team Spirit 8k net worth advantage. A few scarce fights going the way of the opponent enabled them to take another Aegis. The game was becoming incredibly hard for us. 50 minutes in, NAVI were 10k gold behind, but kept all T3 towers. Team Spirit attempted another siege, and this time they destroyed T3 in mid, being the first T3 tower. A spontaneous fight in the bottom lane saw Lina dead, but we decided to not pursue the opponents. By 58 minutes, Team Spirit managed to take down another Roshan.
The Aegis and Refresher Shard were used right in the next minute, so Spirit didn't quite want to fight without those. NAVI, on the other hand, tried to find a few pickoffs. Lina had pretty much hit the ceiling, as she had almost nothing to buy, while our heroes kept getting stronger. Teams were still reluctant to fight, trying to dodge as much as possible. NAVI were slowly catching up - Kunkka started building towards Divine Rapier. 68 minutes in we engaged Roshan - Double Damage on Kunkka made a short work of it. MagicaL got the Aegis and the Rapier and rushed forth into the fight. However, Team Spirit used the buybacks.
As Lina kept trying to take down the barracks in the midlane, we found Tiny and killed him - 120+ seconds with no buyback. A fight in the bottom lane saw 4 heroes of NAVI dead and the Rapier dropped by Kunkka - fortunately, he had enough to buyback and buy another Rapier. Those 2 buybacks didn't prevent the opponent from getting Mega Creeps. The teams parted ways yet again. 79 minutes in Team Spirit took yet another Roshan. 2 minutes later they started the decisive fight - we used all we had, but couldn't defend - Game 1 goes the way of the opponent.
Game 2 - Natus Vincere [1:1] Team Spirit
NAVI.GG.BET
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Blizzy
SoNNeikO
Chuvash
MagicaL
Crystallize
Team Spirit
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Biver
oliver
fng
HesteJoe-Rotten
Nine
The second game of the series kicked off with the first blood going the way of NAVI, and a kill on enemy Clinkz. However, MagicaL, playing Broodmother, was forced to go into the jungle very early, as the Legion Commander felt extremely comfortable, nuking down the spiderlings. Of course, MagicaL was still able to find his farm, but enemy LC snowballed early on. However, NAVI players weren't shy to rotate around the map, so by 10 minutes, we held on to a small lead and a bit more kills our way.
As the game moved to the 15-minute mark, we held on to our lead, and took the top tower. All the while Brood kept farming and getting the items. Ursa got a hold of Roshan, claiming the first Aegis of the game. NAVI kept gathering in the enemy forest, finding the pickoffs. Legion Commander, despite an uncontested early game, still had 10 damage 20 minutes in. Roshan appeared right on time, as we were close by - another Aegis for us.
By 25 minutes Legion Commander initiated into NAVI but didn't get much done - mega kill for Ursa, T3 tower in the bottom lane down. Unfortunately, instead of retreating, we chose to stay and fight again - 4 heroes dead on our side, yet no major comeback for the opponent. By 30 minutes, we were 14k gold ahead, and only leaving 1 lane intact. The game could still go either way, as Team Spirit were ready to defend. Yet another Roshan for us - Refresher Shard, Aegis and Cheese.
A good fight in enemy base had us take down Spectre first, while Treant Protector prevented the entire team from hitting the Supernova. From there onwards, the game was secured, as NAVI took down the top lane, getting Mega Creeps, and T4 towers. Team Spirit didn't GG out just yet, and continued to fight. However, there wasn't much they had left, as we started on the Ancient. The teams move to the deciding third map.
Game 3 - Natus Vincere [1:2] Team Spirit
Team Spirit
fng-
oliver
-
Biver
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HesteJoe-Rotten
Nine
NAVI.GG.BET
SoNNeikO-
Blizzy
Chuvash
Crystallize
MagicaL
The third game started not too well for NAVI. First, a rotation towards the bottom lane from the opponent secured a kill on Crystallize, and a move towards the middle lane by Earthshaker secure a kill on Storm Spirit. The supports did a lot of work around the map, while we struggled to get anything done around the map. Regardless, a triple kill by MagicaL in the top lane pushed him right back into the game. By 10 minutes, enemy Invoker was top 1 on the map, followed by 3 our heroes.
The teams traded kills for a while. A little after the fight for the runes, Team Spirit managed to get a very good skirmish, killing 4 NAVI heroes just for 1. However, the lack of mass ultimates on the Radiant side allowed Ursa to take the first Roshan of the game, giving the Aegis to Storm Spirit. The opponents didn't want to fight into the second life just yet. They initiated right when Aegis was getting reclaimed, and the fight was a little bit away from turning into the total disaster.
Slowly but surely, Team Spirit solidified their lead. They had 10 kills advantage, but only 2k net worth ahead. A rune fight at 25 minutes had teams trade 1-1, with Rosha being the next point of the contest. The massive fight broke out - we have almost caught up to the opponent in terms of net worth. A few more pickoffs pushed us to the next round of items. NAVI smoked up, and had a very good fight in the middle lane - 2 dead and a buyback used by Team Spirit.
The Roshan appeared very soon, but NAVI lost Ursa and Vengeful Spirit, leading to Aegis for Spectre. This allowed the Radiant to approach our highground and destroy the midlane completely. A double Cataclysm in the bottom lane fight dealt insane damage, as Storm Spirit was the sole survivor of the encounter. The smoke used by NAVI didn't yield much, as Weaver bought back while we lost several heroes. However, a follow-up fight in the top lane allowed us to kill off 3 heroes of Team Spirit, yet it cost us some buybacks.
The lack of the buybacks was the fatal event - as we engaged the opponent near the ancient camp, we lost first Storm Spirit, and then all the rest of the heroes. It would have been quite easy for the opponent to take down the base, as there was nobody to defend. NAVI.GG.BET lost 1:2, and would start the journey from the lower bracket.
