Natus Vincere dominates the IEM Katowice Playoffs

By: Bob Tagulob

Na’Vi impressed the world with their skills during the playoffs with perfect execution and fantastic individual performances as they did not lose a map during the playoffs of IEM Katowice 2020 Playoffs.  

During their match against #3 ranked in the world Team Liquid, s1mple had a duel against EliGE during the whole match as they both top fragged their respective teams. s1mple had an 86 ADR while EliGE had 101.8 ADR. Although EliGE technically won his duel against s1mple, s1mple got the nod in this duel as Na’Vi winning the match in 2-0 fashion as they won Dust2(16-11) and Mirage (16-13).

After winning against Team Liquid, they have a bigger task at hand because waiting in the semi-finals is Astralis, the team that dominated the CS:GO scene in 2018 and 2019. They have to be in their best shape and make sure that they bring the known firepower that their lineup has, and they surely brought that firepower during this match as they defeated the #1 team in the world in a dominating way winning Dust 2 (16-5) and finishing them off in Nuke (16-5). s1mple led the way again as he had an ADR of 111.6.

Na’Vi proceeds in playing the finals with their confidence and aims at the highest level. They faced a raging G2 Esports that defeated higher-ranked teams like mousesports and Team Liquid during their group stage that enabled them to proceed directly to the playoffs’ semifinals and defeating Fnatic in an intense semi-finals match. 

With the thought that they defeated the best CS:GO team during the semi-finals. Na’Vi demolished G2’s first map pick which is Nuke (16-4) then followed it up with an intense win in map 2 which is considered the best map of G2, Dust 2 (16-13). Na’Vi finished the series off with an unstoppable performance in Mirage (16-2). In-game leader  Boombl4 led the way in this finals series with an ADR of 106.9 for the whole match. 

Na’Vi really demonstrated their whole arsenal during this tournament as the roster that they assembled finally worked with the tactics of in-game leader Boombl4, the explosive entry fragging of electronic, the consistent showing of flamie, the explosiveness of their newly acquired player, Perfecto. And the masterful showing of the IEM Katowice 2020 MVP, s1mple.