Na`Vi to StarSeries final over Titan

Natus Vincere are through to the grand final of the SLTV StarSeries XI finals after seing off Titan 2-0 (16-10 on de_dust2, 16-11 on de_mirage).

Having won the knife round on de_dust2, Titan pulled off a surprising move by choosing the lesser-favoured CT side to begin on. Na`Vi came out strongly in the first half and won the pistol round after getting two early peeks in the middle area.

The first gun round then went to Titan, who saw themselves in a 5-on-3 situation as both Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács and Ioann "⁠Edward⁠" Sukhariev were dropped down early in the round in the T spawn and in long, respectively.

Titan followed it up by stringing together five rounds to make it 6-3 in favour of them, but then Na`Vi pulled out all stops and broke the Frenchmen's momentum, even though they almost spurned a 5-on-2 situation with the bomb planted in A as Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez took down three opponents.

Na`Vi managed to equalise the match on six rounds but then they went back to old habits and began to lose players and the bomb early in the rounds, which allowed Titan to take a 9-6 lead into the second half.

Things went from bad to worse for Na`Vi as they lost the pistol round, but a double scout setup in the following round allowed the home side to end Titan's run. The Ukrainians never let go and remained in the driving seat until the end of the map as they ran out 16-10 winners.

seized is making up for his sub-par displays on Satuday

Next up was de_mirage, where Titan came out the brighter and won the pistol round following a quick A rush, with Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub getting three kills to his name. In order to avoid another eco setback, the Frenchmen pushed towards B in the following round, but they were once again caught off-guard by Na`Vi's strategy.

The Ukrainian team upped the pace and picked up the following four rounds to take a 5-1 lead, but then a 1-on-2 clutch from kennyS gave Titan some much-needed breathing room.

The French AWPer was almost single-handedly trying to counter Na`Vi's supremacy, but then he got the help of Kévin "⁠Ex6TenZ⁠" Droolans, who pulled off one of the most spectacular rounds of the year as he won a 1-on-5 situation. Still, that did not stop the home side from taking a commanding 10-5 lead into the second half.

Ex6TenZ won a 1-on-5 clutch

Na`Vi picked up where they had left off and won the pistol round following a textbook A rush, with Sergey "⁠starix⁠" Ischuk getting three kills, and the two anti-eco rounds. Titan gave a much better account of themselves in gun play and even managed to reduce the deficit to three rounds, but a 1-on-3 clutch from Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin powered his team to pick up a 16-11 victory.

SLTV StarSeries XI FinalsBest of 3 TitanMatchpage 0 2 19th October 2014 Natus Vincere 10Dust2 16 11Mirage 16

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	46 - 30	+16	-	1.28
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	45 - 37	+8	-	1.19
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	37 - 32	+5	-	1.01
Sergey 'starix' Ischukstarix	40 - 38	+2	-	0.98
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	31 - 34	-3	-	0.84

Titan	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	43 - 37	+6	-	1.15
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	37 - 37	0	-	1.07
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	34 - 42	-8	-	0.83
Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezManiac	30 - 41	-11	-	0.77
Hovik 'KQLY' TovmassianKQLY	25 - 43	-18	-	0.69

In the best-of-five grand final, scheduld for 19:00 , Na`Vi will take on LDLC, who have a one-map advantage as they come from the Upper Bracket of the tournament.

Denis 'seized' Kostin Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 288 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev Age: 26 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 312 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Age: 23 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 296 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.62 Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez Age: 24 Team: Titan Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 239 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.64 Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans Age: 24 Team: Titan Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 420 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.62 Sergey 'starix' Ischuk Age: 26 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 318 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.65 Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Age: 19 Team: Titan Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 385 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.62