Astralis through to playoffs!

The Danes from Astralis have already secured themselves a spot in the playoffs at ESL Pro League Season 13 after a 2-0 victory over Endpoint, who with fnatic, are out of the running for the next stage of play. Astralis were in control throughout the entire series with the clutch minister stepping up huge on the second map to take the top spot on the scoreboard. Astralis will lock in the first place in the group if they manage to beat fnatic on Monday.

Inferno: 16-10 | dupreeh – 1.39 Rating – 77.7 ADR – 19-13 K/D
Dust2: 16-8 | Xyp9x – 1.49 Rating – 82.0 ADR – 21-7 K/D

The series started on Overpass where Endpoint came out good looking in the beginning, grabbing five rounds in a row to take an early 5-0 lead. But as soon as Astralis started to find their footing, they quickly took control and shut Endpoint’s offense down. The Danes went to halftime with a one round lead, before storming through Endpoint’s defense to close out the map 16-10.

Endpoint once again took an early lead on the second map but it didn’t take long before Astralis changed the game as they went on to finish off first half with a 11-4 lead. In the second half, Astralis quickly made it to match point, 15-4. Endpoint fought to keep themselves in the game, but ended up losing 16-8 as robin was denied a 1v3 clutch before the Danes wrapped up the series 2-0.

MVP: Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth – 1.34 Rating – 79.0 ADR – 39-18 K/D