NAVI grab hard-fought win at ESL Pro League Season 13
An overtime win and a decider on Nuke were needed for NAVI to take the victory against Cloud9.
The top team from CIS had to fight extremely hard to clinch their opening-round win in Group C, with Cloud9 playing some great Counter-Strike at the 13th season of ESL Pro League. However, the strong showing from C9 couldn’t prevent a close 2-1 defeat.
After both teams managed to grab each other’s map pick on the first two maps of Overpass and Dust2, a thrilling decider on Nuke was on the cards. A map, which has been NAVI’s playground for the last six months, with the Russians presenting an impressive 73.1% win rate.
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Something, which also should prove out to be Cloud9’s Achilles’ heel, as Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev and company cruised through the ‘Colossus’ by handing them a devastating 16-8 loss in the deciding map.
NAVI – Cloud9 (2-1) | ESL Pro League Season 13
19-16 (Overpass) | s1mple – 1.77 Rating / 34-17 K-D / 109.4 ADR
9-16 (Dust2) | es3tag – 1.38 Rating / 18-11 K-D / 87.3 ADR
16-8 (Nuke) | s1mple – 2.01 Rating / 30-11 K-D / 118.7 ADR
MVP
Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev | 1.70 Rating / 88-43 K-D / 106.4 ADR
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