Astralis move past fnatic

Astralis have picked up their second victory at the SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 finals after edging past fnatic 16-13 in a hectic game on Mirage.

Starting out on the Terrorist side, Astralis took the pistol round while losing just one player, with fnatic hitting back in the following round. After a highly-contested period, fnatic won four rounds in a row and immediately put the Danes in danger of getting blown out.

Following a tactical pause, Astralis looked much livelier and won five rounds straight thanks to a series of strong A executes, with fnatic taking the final round courtesy of a timely kill from Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist onto the bomb planter in the nick of time.

gla1ve's triple with the p250 turned the game around 

Down 7-8, fnatic won the pistol round as Terrorist without losing a single man to restore parity at 8 rounds. They followed it up with both anti-ecos and also with the first gun round despite Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz getting three kills with the AWP.

Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander then single-handedly rescued Astralis with three quick p250 kills in an eco round, which sparked a great run from the Danish lineup. fnatic would still muster the strength to get two more rounds, but Astralis regained control of proceedings and bagged three in a row en-route to a 16-13 finish.

PotM: Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen's contribution was unparalleled, getting at least one frag in all but one of the 16 rounds Astralis won and picking up 7 opening kills.

SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 FinalsBest of 1 fnaticMatchpage 13 16 6th April 2017 Astralis 13Mirage 16

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	24 - 18	+6	92.0	1.32
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	22 - 14	+8	69.3	1.23
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	20 - 16	+4	74.6	1.17
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	21 - 18	+3	75.4	1.06
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	14 - 16	-2	65.7	0.91

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	20 - 19	+1	89.6	1.17
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	23 - 22	+1	81.7	1.16
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	16 - 19	-3	66.3	0.85
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	10 - 21	-11	47.1	0.62
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	12 - 20	-8	48.1	0.62

With day three in Kiev now behind us, here is how the Swiss stage is looking at the moment:

3W-0L	2W-1L	1W-2L	0W-3L
Natus Vincere	FaZe	MVP Project	TYLOO
G2	HellRaisers	Immortals	UYA
	North	Gambit
	Ninjas in Pyjamas	CLG
	SK	Virtus.pro
	Astralis	fnatic

HellRaisers #15 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Natus Vincere #6 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Astralis #1 Nicolai 'device' ReedtzLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergWilliam 'draken' Sundin Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen Age: 24 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 968 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65 SK #3 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos Gambit #9 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov UYA #82 Lei 'forget' LiHongGuang 'Stevie' LiZhenDong 'Not7' MoZhiHai 'QKA' FuWei 'shuadapai' Wang G2 #16 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 21 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 872 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 Immortals #7 Lincoln 'fnx' LauLucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' Prass FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliNikola 'NiKo' KovačFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyHåvard 'rain' Nygaard CLG #24 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' Arnold Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist Age: 23 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1057 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 MVP Project #98 Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' KimJung-Hyeon 'rindA' JeonSoon-Woo 'Argency' KwonSoo-Yong 'kAyle' Jung North #5 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke TYLOO #33 Ke 'captainMo' LiuZhen 'HZ' HuangHui 'DD' WuWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Age: 21 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 692 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.67 fnatic #11 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński