Natus Vincere defeated Heroic

Heroic took a chance in the veto by not banning Anubis in the first rotation, a decision that came back to hurt the Danish side, who last played the map in December. Andrii "npl" Kukharskyi discussed their choice in a post-match interview with HLTV. "Yeah, we didn't expect that, I don't know why they didn't prohibit Anubis.

The young guy also discussed his own performance, given that his best-ever EPL series versus the Danes had a 1.13 rating. With the semifinal match scheduled to take place on Saturday, Natus Vincere are now headed on a collision course with FaZe, who are pursuing a Grand Slam. Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev started the map with a 1vs3 pistol clutch, and Natus Vincere went on to win the next forcebuy battles and the first gun round to take a 6-1 lead.