NAVI, Complexity make EPL S19 Playoffs
While FlyQuest managed to keep their ESL Pro League Season 19 dreams alive after a 2-0 win over BOSS, we had a couple of other matches taking place which saw teams book their Playoffs spot and also drop to the Last Chance Stage.
Reigning Major champions Natus Vincere (NAVI) took on BIG in the Group D upper bracket semi-final with BIG starting the series with a shock 13-9 win over NAVI on their own pick of Anubis. The trio of iM, w0nderful and b1t powered NAVI to a 13-3 win on their pick of Nuke before closing out the series at 13-7 on Ancient to book their Playoffs spot.
Natus VincereBIG| Natus Vincere |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mihai 'iM' Ivan |
45 - 39 | +6 | 95.8 | 74.1% | 1.28 |
 Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov |
46 - 34 | +12 | 79.4 | 72.4% | 1.25 |
| Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy |
47 - 31 | +16 | 76.9 | 74.1% | 1.23 |
 Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius |
37 - 37 | +0 | 80.4 | 74.1% | 1.11 |
 Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen |
32 - 41 | -9 | 71.4 | 72.4% | 1.02 |
| BIG |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Florian 'syrsoN' Rische |
43 - 41 | +2 | 82.2 | 63.8% | 1.02 |
| Jon 'JDC' de Castro |
38 - 39 | -1 | 68.6 | 74.1% | 0.91 |
| David 'prosus' Hesse |
36 - 43 | -7 | 67.0 | 67.2% | 0.91 |
| Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz |
31 - 44 | -13 | 71.7 | 67.2% | 0.86 |
| Karim 'Krimbo' Moussa |
32 - 42 | -10 | 69.0 | 65.5% | 0.82 |
HEROIC took on Complexity in the other Group D upper bracket semi-final and the Danes started with a big 13-5 win on their pick of Nuke before Complexity hung on for a 13-11 win on Vertigo to keep the series alive. Complexity bolstered by strong performances from EliGE and hallzerk completed the full turn around, closing things out on Anubis at 13-7 to secure a Playoffs spot.
ComplexityHEROIC| Complexity |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski |
53 - 35 | +18 | 85.3 | 83.9% | 1.32 |
 Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli |
54 - 36 | +18 | 80.5 | 74.2% | 1.29 |
 Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou |
34 - 46 | -12 | 70.1 | 82.3% | 1.01 |
| Michael 'Grim' Wince |
39 - 39 | +0 | 71.7 | 77.4% | 0.96 |
| Ricky 'floppy' Kemery |
32 - 40 | -8 | 60.8 | 71.0% | 0.86 |
| HEROIC |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Guy 'NertZ' Iluz |
42 - 34 | +8 | 80.6 | 74.2% | 1.14 |
 René 'TeSeS' Madsen |
46 - 47 | -1 | 79.6 | 69.4% | 1.08 |
| Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck |
42 - 43 | -1 | 65.7 | 66.1% | 0.99 |
| Nico 'nicoodoz' Tamjidi |
36 - 43 | -7 | 60.8 | 69.4% | 0.87 |
 Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski |
30 - 45 | -15 | 67.1 | 62.9% | 0.81 |
A struggling Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) faced PERA in the Group D lower bracket round and PERA started the series with a dominating 13-5 win on their pick of Anubis. NIP fought back on Vertigo, taking a 13-8 win before PERA dropped NIP to the Last Chance Stage after a 19-17 win on Ancient, adding to NIP's woes.
PERANinjas in Pyjamas| PERA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Danil 'Porya' Poryadin |
62 - 47 | +15 | 91.9 | 78.7% | 1.28 |
 Brajan 'DGL' Lemecha |
62 - 50 | +12 | 77.3 | 82.7% | 1.26 |
 Áron 'Aaron' Homoki |
57 - 54 | +3 | 81.9 | 68.0% | 1.11 |
 Bebu 'Bibu' Aadil |
50 - 53 | -3 | 66.5 | 78.7% | 0.97 |
| Daniel-Cătălin 'Ciocardau' Purice |
40 - 48 | -8 | 70.9 | 66.7% | 0.90 |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Max 'maxster' Jansson |
58 - 56 | +2 | 77.2 | 72.0% | 1.10 |
 Alejandro 'alex' Masanet |
51 - 53 | -2 | 72.4 | 78.7% | 1.07 |
| Maoz 'BluePho3nix' Paz |
50 - 51 | -1 | 76.4 | 73.3% | 1.02 |
| Artem 'r1nkle' Moroz |
47 - 53 | -6 | 65.9 | 70.7% | 0.96 |
| Kacper 'xKacpersky' Gabara |
43 - 59 | -16 | 77.9 | 68.0% | 0.93 |
The final two games of the day saw ENCE drop a sloppy Monte to the Last Chance Stage, securing a 2-0 after turning around a 3-9 deficit on Vertigo to steal a 13-10 win to close out the series. GamerLegion meanwhile sent FORZE also to the Last Chance Stage, picking up a 2-1 series win.
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