Na'Vi wins ESL One New York 'CS:GO' finals
After a CS:GO-packed weekend, ESL One New York came down to two teams Sunday night fighting for the biggest piece of the $250,000 prize pool: Na'Vi and Virtus.pro.
Na'Vi defeated Virtus.pro to become the ESL One champions and take home $125,000 after a close 2-1 win, complete with overtime in the final map.
SEE ALSO:Na'Vi and Virtus.pro head to the ESL One New York 'CS:GO' finalsNa'Vi came into the match undefeated, already beating Virtus.pro earlier in the tournament. Meanwhile Virtus.pro made it to the finals after one of the closest, longest CS:GOmatches against SK Gaming.
Here is how the finals match went down.
Map 1: Cobblestone
Na'Vi kicked off the finals match on the inferior counter-terrorist side of Cobblestone, but Virtus.pro took the first pistol round by the skin of their teeth, gaining an early economy advantage.
With better weapons, VP easily took the next couple rounds and kept the streak going to a 5-0 lead. In the sixth round, VP's Neo found himself in a 1v2 situation, but he took out one Na'Vi defender and was left in a tense 1v1 against Edward, ultimately getting a flick kill with a picked-up AWP.
Na'Vi grabbed the next round to make it 6-1, putting a small dent in VP's economy but VP wasn't going to back down. Snax was caught in a 1v3 against Guardian, Edward and Seized, but tapped into his legendary AWP skills to take down all three while peaking out from behind cover.
Virtus.pro was unstoppable, stunting Na'Vi's economy over and over, steamrolling through rounds with superior weapons, utilities and strategies. Round 11 finished in 30 seconds, putting VP up 10-1.
The rest of the half was all Virtus.pro, living up to their LAN nickname Virtus.plow as they plowed through Na'Vi, only giving up the last round to head into the second half with a 13-2 lead.
With Na'Vi on the advantageous terrorist side but Snax shut down their dreams with a mind-blowing quad kill in the pistol round.
VP took the next few rounds with ease, winning Cobblestone 16-3.
Map 2: Train
Starting off on map two, Na'Vi were looking like a different team. They took the pistol round and won the next two rounds easily, going up 3-0. When weapon buys were even in round four, it was a little tougher for Na'Vi and Virtus.pro took their first Train round.
Na'Vi didn't let them get a streak going, pulling the momentum back to their favor. All of Na'Vi was playing well, nearly shutting out VP in multiple rounds, racking up a 10-1 lead.
Between S1mple, Flamie and Guardian, Na'Vi couldn't be stopped. They were attacking efficiently and effectively, shutting down every defensive strategy that VP threw at them.
One of the few rounds VP managed to win was the second-to-last of the half, taking out Na'Vi with not much more than pistols.
Na'Vi took the half 12-3, putting them in a solid lead to take Train from VP and tying the series 1-1.
After winning the pistol round in the second half, Na'Vi was going to take Train easily. Except they didn't, because Virtus.pro won round two with pistols and went on a streak, moving the score up to 13-6 before losing another round to Na'Vi. S1mple pulled out all the stops, pulling off a jaw-dropping quad-kill clutch with a Desert Eagle against rifles.
After that round, VP regrouped and pulled off an aggressive, fast win to keep Na'Vi away from the victory, putting the score at 14-7. They kept that momentum going in the next round but lost the next two rounds as Na'Vi tied up the series and pushed the game into map three.
Map 3: Mirage
Starting just after midnight, the first pistol round of Mirage went to Na'Vi, giving them the advantage to take the next couple rounds, but VP stopped their streak in round four.
From there, it was a tight game with wins going back and forth between the teams, VP staying taking one- or two-point leads occasionally.
Virtus.pro pulled out of the first half with a tight 8-7 lead.
In the second half, Na'Vi won the pistol round again, giving them an advantage that PashaBiceps nearly shut down alone with a triple pistol kill.
Na'Vi continued to win rounds, beating back VP left and right, although the rounds stayed relatively close. In the 20th round with Na'Vi up 11-8, both teams played some amazing CSwith a mind-boggling wallbang from Neo and perfect shots from S1mple.
Na'Vi continued its win streak against the LAN legends, and VP found themselves in a difficult place with a drained economy and a widening score gap. VP nearly pulled out a win while down 13-8 but Guardian was unstoppable.
Virtus.pro finally managed to win their first round of the second half after Na'Vi's devastating seven-round streak. With two AWPs, VP was looking to use that win get a streak going. It worked, with a couple of great shots from Papa on the AWP and Snax cleaning it up.
After those two wins, Na'Vi's economy was disrupted and VP ran out, with Snax getting an impressive double to bring the team to victory.
With an economy advantage, chants of "Virtus.pro" from the crowd and a couple wins under their belt, VP was looking hot late in the second half, making great plays and closing in on Na'Vi. VP tied it up 14-14.
Both teams had money going into the 29th round on Mirage, and both teams picked off a single player to start the round. Na'Vi managed to plant the bomb and defend, putting them up 15-14 at match point.
With a slight economy disadvantage, VP came in with AKs and managed to take it with aggressive, tactical plays, sending the map into overtime thanks to a clutch kill from Pasha.
In the best-of-six overtime, Na'Vi pulled off a close win in the first round, keeping VP's economy slightly stunted. VP pulled off an even closer win in the second overtime round, with an impressive three-kill play from Taz.
The score moved up to 17-17 as the teams traded wins. Na'Vi took the next round, putting them in a match point position and putting VP in an economy disadvantage.
Teams traded kills but Na'Vi managed to pull it out, defeating Virtus.pro and becoming ESL One New York champions.
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