ESL Pro League S8: victory vs FaZe Clan
2 incredibly close maps, full of comebacks.
NAVI.GG.BET fought with FaZe Clan in a dual Bo1 series at ESL Pro League S8. The outcome of the battle was an incredibly close series, with NAVI snatching the victory away with 16:14 on the scoreboard both times.
Inferno - Natus Vincere [1:0] FaZe Clan
The first game started off with a 3k going the way of flamie, as the bomb got dropped in the middle of the site. The third round eluded us, as T side managed to take the first round for themselves. The 5th round saw Edward left in a 1v2 situation - he chose to save his weapon to make the economic situation better for NAVI, as FaZe take the lead. When terrorist side hit 5 rounds, CT suffered a rather heavy economic damage, and loss of all 5 players soon after didn't aid the cause. Still, we managed to buy some guns soon after, and get our first point in a while.
NAVI managed to secure 2 in a row, with no money going the way of FaZe due to their failure to plant the bomb. We finally caught up, score being 5:5. NAVI went all they way to 5 points straight, only running out of time to defuse the bomb once. However, this did little to discourage us, as FaZe didn't manage to turn the game around. We close the half with a 3k for Zeus and 9:6 on the board.
The first pistol round was a success for NAVI, as we eliminated all the opponents and planted the bomb, breaking into the double-digit territory. After another round, FaZe seized the initiative, taking their first round of the half - 11:7 on the board. The opponent started to string rounds together, getting 4 in a row before NAVI retaliated with a couple of our own. However, 24th round saw NAVI unable to plant the bomb, as Zeus decided to save.
FaZe managed to seize the momentum, as they tied the game 13:13. The next round spelled a disaster for our financial position, as the consequential force buys were not working out for us. However, with a few guns in our hands, we managed to strike back, breaking money on the side of FaZe and planting the bomb. We finally got to the match point at 15:14, and FaZe weren't sitting on the best economy. The round finished swiftly, with NAVI taking the map 16:14.
Player | Kill/Death | +/- | ADR | Rating |
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Edward | 30-17 | +13 | 109.1 | 1.69 |
s1mple | 26-17 | +9 | 78.9 | 1.37 |
electronic | 20-16 | +4 | 85.0 | 1.20 |
flamie | 17-21 | -4 | 70.3 | 1.02 |
Zeus | 17-21 | -4 | 52.7 | 0.92 |
Overpass - Natus Vincere [2:0] FaZe Clan
The pistol round on the Overpass went the way of FaZe. After dropping another round, NAVI managed to get the first full buy, but that wasn't enough to actually turn the game around. We had to force once again, and eventually, took the first round, and put FaZe in a rather tough position economically. Quad boost was quite effective, as we secured man advantage from the start. The T side continued to move forth, heavily disrupting the game of the opponent in terms of finances.
NAVI caught a rather significant streak, taking quite a few in a row. Despite FaZe claiming one round, it didn't upset NAVI, as we still had enough to get good guns and win the rounds. We tried to pull off the same boost to check the heavens, but FaZe were careful not to fall into that trap again. Unfortunately, towards the end of the half, NAVI seemed to not be able to plant timely, as a couple of rounds went the way of FaZe, tying the game 7:7. The end of the half saw NAVI run out of time again, as the first half ends with 7:8.
The second half started with another pistol victory for FaZe Clan. We dropped another point before the buy, but it was not enough to come online in the second half. Zeus was saving quite a lot of weapons, so that was helping our economy. Still, NAVI lost 5 rounds before getting the first one on the board, making the score 8:13. A clutch by flamie allowed us to make it to the 10th point; we didn't get far from that, unfortunately, as FaZe took a point thanks to GuardiaN drawing the attention away.
Still, NAVI held on to the momentum and caught up to FaZe, making the game an incredibly close one. The score hit 14:14, and both teams were looking to claim the match point. Still, NAVI were the first ones to claim the match point, as FaZe could only hope for an overtime. It was not meant to be, though, as we closed out the map with an incredibly close 16:14 score yet again.
Player | Kill/Death | +/- | ADR | Rating |
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flamie | 28-19 | +9 | 101.7 | 1.49 |
electronic | 23-17 | +6 | 70.8 | 1.17 |
Edward | 24-20 | +4 | 79.6 | 1.11 |
s1mple | 16-17 | -1 | 64.0 | 1.09 |
Zeus | 21-23 | -2 | 79.4 | 1.08 |