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MegaFon Winter Clash qualifiers: to the finals!
NAVI take 2:1 victory in the series, advancing forth
NAVI.GG.BET fought 
NoPangolier in a Bo3 in upper bracket finals at MegaFon Winter Clash qualifiers. The series had a lot of action, and NAVI secure the victory, making it to the qualification finals!
Game 1 - Natus Vincere [0:1] NoPangolier
NAVI.GG.BET
Crystallize
MagicaL
Blizzy
Chuvash
SoNNeikO
NoPangolier
Naive-
Ceyler
Ghostik
Zayac
CemaTheSlayer
The first game for was off to a very bad start for NAVI. The laning stage didn't go our way at all, as we could hardly find anything on the map. On the contrary, NoPango felt themselves at ease - in fact, so much they were knocking on our base doors as early as 16 minutes. It took them only a minute to take it down - by that point, we were 14k gold behind.
The decisive fight unraveled around 23 minutes. NAVI tried to fight NoPango back, but the resources were too unevenly distributed. The fight was a walk in the park for the opponent, as the first game ends sub-25 minutes, with NoPango getting the first point on board.
Game 2 - Natus Vincere [1:1] NoPangolier
NAVI.GG.BET
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Crystallize
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MagicaL
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Blizzy
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Chuvash
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SoNNeikO
NoPangolier
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Naive-
-
Ceyler
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Ghostik
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Zayac
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CemaTheSlayer
The second game started off rather evenly - both teams got a few kills at the beginning. Midlane initially was going well for Monkey King, but as TA got to her level 6 instead, the balance of power shifted towards MagicaL. By 10 minutes, NAVI had 2-4 places in the net worth chart, so overall, we had a nice even start. The game slowed down significantly, with occasional fights, but mostly, the teams were farming their items. As some items came online for NAVI, we went for some offensive moves.
NoPango weren't always able to respond effectively - as a couple of fights broke out close to mid, NAVI forced out an Elder Titan buyback and subsequent dieback - by 19 minutes NAVI got 10k gold advantage. A couple of minutes later, NAVI went for the first Roshan of the game - Aegis for MagicaL. NoPango weren't able to find any openings since their last kill around 14 minutes ago. We tried to push high ground the first time, but were only able to force out the buybacks on 2 cores and decided to retreat. It was just a matter of minutes before NAVI re-engaged, and this time there were no buybacks to save the Dire - NAVI take map 2!
Game 3 - Natus Vincere [2:1] NoPangolier
NAVI.GG.BET
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Crystallize
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MagicaL
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Blizzy
Chuvash
SoNNeikO
NoPangolier
Naive-
Ceyler
Ghostik
Zayac-
CemaTheSlayer
The final game kicked off with 3 runes going the way of NAVI. NoPango chose to go mid Dazzle against Invoker, and while the said Dazzle was a minor inconvenience early on thanks to Poison Touch, the Quas-Wex Invoker build nullified that soon. A few rotations from the supports of both teams gave both teams a decent kill counter. By 10 minutes, the teams were pretty much dead even. Phantom Lancer was leading the net worth charts, with our Morphling and Invoker close by.
As NAVI got a kill on core Dazzle in mid after a smoke, we went for the first Roshan of the game. We got it with no interference from NoPango, and with that, became a lot more aggressive. A fight broke out in midlane soon after, and NAVI cleared up 4 heroes of the Dire. 26 minutes in, NAVI went for their second high ground push - it seemed the fight would be very bad for NAVI as the majority of our team got caught up in Overgrowth, but a good execution of NAVI turned the tides around - 4 heroes dead on the side of NoPango as we take the series 2:1!
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