EPICENTER Major 2019 Qualifier: victory over Virtus.pro
The games start at 17:30 CEST
In the final of the upper bracket, 
NAVI.GG.BET will play against 
Virtus.pro. Format of the match — best of 3.
Previously, the “yellow-blacks” beat Empire , albeit not without difficulty , but the “bears” experienced rather serious problems in the match with Winstrike Team, but still snatched the victory - 2: 1.
Yesterday, our guys played against Virtus.pro twice, winning both games. For this reason, it is safe to say that the "bears" will be pumped up for the games and will certainly do everything to take revenge.
NAVI.GG.BET
Crystallize
MagicaL
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Zayac
SoNNeikO
Virtus.pro
RAMZES666
No[o]ne-
9pasha
RodjER
Solo
Broadcast
Game 1 — Natus Vincere [0:1] Virtus.pro
NAVI.GG.BET
Crystallize
MagicaL
Blizzy
Zayac
SoNNeikO
Virtus.pro
RAMZES666
No[o]ne-
9pasha
RodjER
Solo
The start of the game had NAVI put up a very confident show — we had a very good early stage, shutting down Virtus.pro. However, the opponent managed to bounce back later in the game, finding their ground. As a result, the bears farmed their items a bit quicker than NAVI.
The game went on for quite a while — both teams had farm-heavy cores that demanded space. However, the opponents were better at realizing their push potential than we were. Slowly but surely, the Radiant took control over the map. The fights were going either way, but it was mostly Virtus.pro that benefitted.
Eventually, NAVI started losing the lanes and T3 towers. Finally, after a big fight in the bottom lane that forced our Doom to buy back, we realized defending the Mega Creeps would be an impossible challenge. The first game goes the way of the opponent.
Game 2 — Natus Vincere [1:1] Virtus.pro
NAVI.GG.BET
Crystallize
MagicaL
Blizzy
Zayac
SoNNeikO
Virtus.pro
-
RAMZES666
No[o]ne-
9pasha
RodjER
Solo
The second game kicked off well for us yet again — we were able to score more kills than the opponent and gained a slight advantage. This worked well for NAVI, as it gave us valuable space for Spectre.
After several fights in a row, we solidified our position on the map, as the opponent could do virtually nothing to Spectre. By 34 minutes we took down the top and the mid lane of the opponent. Shortly after, a fight took place: Virtus.pro lost too much and GG-ed out.
Game 3 — Natus Vincere [2 : 1] Virtus.pro
NAVI.GG.BET
-
Crystallize
-
MagicaL
Blizzy-
Zayac
-
SoNNeikO
Virtus.pro
-
RAMZES666
No[o]ne--
9pasha
RodjER
Solo
The yellow-blacks started the final game very well — our laning stage worked out nicely. Nonetheless, our advantage wasn't too overwhelming — 2k gold by 12 minutes.
The game finished 24 minutes in, after a series of fights, which were taken by Natus Vincere. 2:1 — we made it to qualifier finals!
