ESL Pro League S8: a draw with HellRaisers
Teams split the maps
NAVI.GG.BET played against 
HellRaisers in a Bo2 series at ESL Pro League Season 8. The first map, Mirage, ended the way of HellRaisers, while Overpass goes the way of NAVI.
Mirage - Natus Vincere [14:16] Overpass
The first game took place on Inferno. NAVI dropped the pistol round, and HellRaisers converted that into a pretty good lead. We were 3:0 down and didn't seem to be able to come online just yet. HellRaisers got all the way to 0:5 before NAVI did manage to take the first point, avoiding the reset in the next round. We started climbing back, catching up to the opponent.
The plants were helping us a lot, as the economy of ours was getting stronger. HellRaisers managed to get 1 more, still maintaining some distance, but NAVI were swift with a reset. From there onwards, it was NAVI show, as HellRaisers weren't able to claim a single point, with the half ending 9:6.
The second half had HellRaisers pull off a pistol round victory. This round set up the foundation for the T side, as they converted int an extremely convincing series. NAVI were coming close a few times, but still not picking much. HellRaisers climbed all the way to 12 rounds before we could actually respond with a round of our own. HellRaisers traded back one, but NAVI had a 3-round streak right after, setting themselves up quite well for the half. Unfortunately, after that round, we only got 1.
The 28th round saw Zeus spraying down enemies on the B bombsite, allowing us to tie the game. HellRaisers went for a pretty big gamble with 3 AK's, and it paid off great for them, as they reset us, with the scoreboard showing 14:15. With the broken economy, we went for as good of a buy as we could muster, but that wasn't enough - NAVI drop Inferno
| Player | Kill/Death | +/- | ADR | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s1mple |
18-17 | +1 | 68.8 | 1.10 |
 electronic |
22-21 | +1 | 83.7 | 1.05 |
| flamie |
20-21 | -1 | 71.5 | 1.03 |
| Edward |
20-18 | +2 | 57.4 | 0.96 |
| Zeus |
15-22 | -7 | 71.4 | 0.83 |
Natus VincereOVERPASS - Natus Vincere [14:16] Overpass
The second game started off with a 1v2 clutch featuring Edward - he came close to defusing, but the opponents were already waiting. HellRaisersconverted the victory into 2 more rounds before NAVI had a chance to come online, taking a round their way. HellRaisers claimed the 4th with a plant, and 3 remaining players on NAVI decided to save. As teams started trading rounds, HellRaisers got the better end of it, claiming 5 points and forcing NAVI to eco, only with AK saved by Zeus.
We waited for a little to get enough money for the double AWP setup, which gave us our third round. We kept using the same setup, and NAVI got to 6 points pretty fast, which drove HellRaisers economy into a rather bad shape. We finally took the lead with 7:6, and 2 more rounds sealed the half, as NAVI move to the second half with a 9:6 score.
The second half kicked off with a domination by NAVI. After picking up the pistol round, we converted the round into a very solid series. HellRaisers attempted to trade the rounds - the picked up a couple, but NAVI maintained the advantage till the very end, taking the match point. It didn't take us long to close the game, as we had good guns and everything else - Overpass is taken by NAVI.
| Player | Kill/Death | +/- | ADR | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s1mple |
22-8 | +14 | 89.8 | 1.69 |
| electronic |
22-12 | +10 | 96.7 | 1.56 |
| Edward |
17-14 | +3 | 83.6 | 1.19 |
| Zeus |
18-12 | +6 | 72.9 | 1.17 |
| flamie |
15-15 | 0 | 71.5 | 1.16 |
