Natus Vincere have locked in a top-four finish at IEM Rio

James "BanKs" Banks and Andrey "B1ad3" Gorodenskiy discussed the achievement of Natus Vincere, who have already won 12 of the past 13 games played and will start the IEM Rio playoffs from the semi-finals. "I believe the answer is rather straightforward: it's progress. Progress is inevitable when mistakes are attempted to be fixed, B1ad3 said. If you don't destroy everything, everything will eventually be ruined.

Nevertheless, following the series against the Germans, Natus Vincere will undoubtedly examine their Mirage T-side; Denis "electroNic" Sharipov's team had a 10-5 advantage at the side switch but was nevertheless pushed into a taxing double-overtime match. In the end, NAVI resorted to Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev, their always excellent superstar, to help them win. The 25-year-old added 38 kills over 42 rounds to make sure his side entered their map choice with a 1-0 lead.