NIP stun Vitality to book Fall Final spot
The Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) booked their spot in the Fall Final as they stunned Vitality 2-0 following a solid performance from hampus and co. NIP now are headed to the Royal Arena.
The Ninjas' pick of Mirage was up first and it was the Ninjas who built a three-round lead to kick things off on their T start before Vitality got their first round. After a strong start from hampus and co., Vitality pulled things back to tie the game at 5-5 before ending the half with a 8-7 lead.
Source: BLAST
ZywOo kicked off the second with an ace clutch but NIP responded back with a force buy to keep Vitality's lead to one. The Ninjas built on the force buy to go 13-9 up before Vitality got their second T round and a 1v2 on the B site from the French star saw Vitality bring it back to a one-round game. An apEX triple kill saw Vitality tie up the game but headtr1ck answered with a triple of his own to make sure the Ninjas kept the lead. A headtr1ck and k0nfig full house on the B site gave Ninjas map point and they closed it out at 16-13. For the Ninjas it was headtr1ck and Brollan on top of the scoreboard with 23 kills each while k0nfig had a strong map too with 22 kills.
The second map was Vitality's pick of Overpass with the recent Major champions starting on the T side. NIP took the pistol and were 3-0 up before Vitality got their first round on the back of upgraded pistols and two saved guns. Vitality tied the game at 4-4 before a k0nfig triple at Monster saw NIP secure their fifth round. Vitality made sure NIP didn't run away with the half as they pulled back to score to 8-7 in their favour.
Impactful pistol from k0nfig saw NIP tie the game at 8-8 and conversions against the eco and force buy saw them go 10-8 up. Back-to-back multi-kill rounds from ZywOo on the A site saw Vitality take the lead of the map at 11-10 but Ninjas kept it close as they kept trading rounds. Ninjas eventually were the first to get to 14. A REZ and k0nfig double put NIP on map and series point. A flameZ triple on a mixed buy from Vitality gave Vitality their 14th but it was NIP who closed the map at 16-14.
It was Brollan leading from the front on Overpass, with 27 kills as the Swede ended the series with 50 kills having an impactful series.
VitalityNinjas in Pyjamas| Vitality |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut |
50 - 33 | +17 | 82.3 | 71.2% | 1.30 |
 Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi |
40 - 39 | +1 | 80.6 | 66.1% | 1.08 |
| Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan |
29 - 38 | -9 | 61.4 | 64.4% | 0.85 |
 Emil 'Magisk' Reif |
34 - 40 | -6 | 59.4 | 66.1% | 0.85 |
| Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire |
26 - 44 | -18 | 60.9 | 49.2% | 0.68 |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin |
50 - 34 | +16 | 94.7 | 74.6% | 1.33 |
| Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke |
41 - 39 | +2 | 74.5 | 76.3% | 1.13 |
| Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner |
37 - 35 | +2 | 71.6 | 69.5% | 1.12 |
 Daniil 'headtr1ck' Valitov |
41 - 29 | +12 | 67.6 | 64.4% | 1.11 |
| Hampus 'hampus' Poser |
25 - 42 | -17 | 61.3 | 61.0% | 0.72 |
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