Akuma did it again! The Ukrainian underdogs proved themselves against another CIS giant taking down Virtus.pro in two maps.

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The Ukrainians managed to win after two very convincing maps on Mirage and Dust2. They established a good lead in the first halves, and never really looked back. Again it was SENSEi and DemQQ who were leading the show putting in some very impressive numbers. 

On the other side of the server, YEKINDAR had an off-day, which did not help a struggling Virtus.pro roster, who was constantly trailing their Ukrainian counterparts. It ended in a bit of a humiliation with a 16-6 win on Dust2 for Akuma. Another huge surprise gives Akuma access to the Upper final against Gambit, while Virtus.pro needs to make a run in the lower bracket.

Akuma - Virtus.pro 2-0 | EPIC CIS League 2021

16-9 (Mirage) |  SENSEi – 1.40 Rating / 20-15 K-D / 95.2 ADR

16-6 (Dust2) |  DemQQ – 1.74 Rating / 28-12 K-D / 117.1 ADR

MVP:  Sergiy 'DemQQ' Demchenko – 1.50 Rating / 48-21 K-D / 87.9 ADR

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In one of the biggest upsets of the year, Natus Vincere lost their opening match in the playoffs at EPIC CIS League to Akuma, a team ranked 47th in the world.

The show started on Mirage with Akuma accumulating a gigantic 12-0 lead before Perfecto clutched to put Natus Vincere on the scoreboard. It ended 16-2 with s1mple putting in his worst performance in history since joining NAVI with a 0.20 score! The Ukrainian superstar went 5-16 against his countrymen.

The shock result on Mirage had barely sunken in before NAVI found themselves 13-5 down on their own map pick Dust2. An insane scoreline given the fact, that s1mple had actually found himself again and was putting in the usual top-tier performance. But on a day where nothing seemed to pan out the way of NAVI, it was Akuma who could take home an impressive victory, after they managed to stop a Natus Vincere comeback in the end.

Akuma will now face Virtus.pro in the next stage of EPIC CIS League, while NAVI drops down to the lower bracket.

16-2 (Mirage) | {cflag:UA} DemQQ – 1.93 Rating / 19-4 K-D / 109.9 ADR

16-10 (Dust2) | {cflag:UA} SENSEi – 1.45 Rating / 25-18 K-D / 92.4 ADR

{cflag:UA} Dmitriy 'SENSEi' Shvorak – 1.49 Rating / 40-27 K-D / 87.0 ADR

	30 days	90 days
Fixture count	27	55
Maps count	59	116

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