The Ukrainian organization, Natus Vincere won the StarSeries & i-League Season 7 last night. They were victorious against Fnatic and completely dominated them since they won 3-0: Mirage (16-13), Dust2 (16-11) and Inferno (16-10). Na’Vi not only won the title but also took home $ 250,000.
We are the champions of #StarSeriesS7! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/9nD90tYuKz
— NAVI (@natusvincere) April 7, 2019
The Brazilian side, MIBR also participated in the competition. Before the start of the competition, they were tipped by some analysts to reach the final. Yet, their efforts went in vain as they were demolished in the group phase of the competition. Let’s have a look at the comprehensive details of the Na’Vi victory.
Game 1
ON the first map, Mirage, Natus Vincere came out all guns blazing. Yet, they had a fair share of troubles during the game. The team started on the terrorist side and couldn’t maintain their lead. The Na’Vi side went into the break trailing 7-8. The team found its way in the first map after the break. Playing as CT’s, they started the half with a pistol round when soon they established a solid lead by winning six round in a row. The map ended 16-13 in favor of Na’Vi.
Starting with a 16:13 win on Mirage over @FNATIC. Playing Dust2 after a break. #NAVINATION #StarSeriesS7 pic.twitter.com/Emzj0z9seb
— NAVI (@natusvincere) April 7, 2019
Game 2
The second map of the series, Dust2 was evenly contested by both teams. The sides could hardly be separated at the break as Na’Vi bearly led 8-7. In the next half, Na’Vi exhibited why they are considered one of the best teams in the world. They comprehensively won the map 16-11 by dropping just four round after the break. Denis “electronic” Sharipov was exceptional in this map as his rating was 1.46. He got 22 kills, 6 assists to just 16 deaths.
With a 16:11 win on Dust2 we are moving to Inferno! #NAVINATION #StarSeriesS7 pic.twitter.com/IWopj1B67N
— NAVI (@natusvincere) April 7, 2019
Game 3
Inferno, the third map, was quite difficult for Fnatic from the beginning, where they were 1-5 on the terrorist side. However, the Swedish team knew how to react and managed to win seven rounds in a row to lead 8-5 on the scoreboard. Yet, Na’Vi won the last two rounds heading into the break. However, the scored line was 8-7 in favor of Fnatic. Just like in the previous map, Na’Vi was completely ruthless after the break they won 16-10 and proclaimed title of the StarSeries i-League. Na’Vi gets its first title of 2019 and pockets 250,000 dollars for the victory.
S1mple Wins MVP
Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev was awarded the championship MVP. The Ukrainian player, who is 21 years old, has already won nine MVP awards in his professional career. The star of Na’Vi was exceptional in the entire competition has his K/D ratio was 1.61.
Oh, that's a new MVP medal for @s1mpleO 🔥#EZ4S1MPLE pic.twitter.com/pLVlTBYZLK
— NAVI (@natusvincere) April 7, 2019
No love for MIBR
We mentioned before that, the Brazilian side MIBR was also competing in the StarSeries. The side got early exit from the event. MIBR played four games in the competition, from which they won one. North, RNG, and Renegades defeated them. Let’s wait and see if MIBR makes any changes to its roster since they won only one of their last ten games.
