NaVi earned a tough victory over HellRaisers in TI qualifiers
ІлляThe last qualifiers before the main event for all fans of The International 2022 discipline have just begun, and have already brought us many interesting matches. Today we are talking about Eastern Europe, where Natus Vincere met HellRaisers in the quarterfinals of the upper bracket. The match dragged on for three maps, and we will tell you below how they ended.
The first map started with a FB for HellRaisers at the 5th minute, to which the Born to Win responded almost immediately. Then the teams hit the farm, occasionally holding skirmishes in favor of HellRaisers. At 15 minutes, watson and the team, thanks to Chen's summons, took Roshan easy and took the lead in gold. The decisive fight took place on the 20th minute, thanks to a successful exit in smokes, HellRaisers killed 4 opponents, which allowed them to finish the game on the 27th minute, with a score of 26-4.
The second map started with an exchange of kills at 4 minutes, HR players made a FB, to which NaVi immediately responded. The initial stage of the game was quite passive, the teams hardly fought, focusing on farming. At the 16th minute, Solo and the team took Roshan quietly, but did not have time to convert him. The decisive skirmish took place at 26 minutes, and it ended with the victory of the Born to Win, this moment became a turning point in the game, and allowed them to almost take 2 sides. After another Roshan at the 30th minute, the black-and-yellows won the fight and ended the match at the 32nd minute, with a score of 20-9.
The last map started with FB from NaVi at 5 minutes on the bottom lane, and then the previous maps were repeated, the early stage of the game went almost without fights, with rare kill exchanges. At 15 minutes, HR players took Aegis thanks to Death Prophet's ultimate, which allowed them to get a couple of kills with impunity. The next major skirmish took place at 30 minutes near Roshan's lair, it ended again with a victory for HR, as a result of which they gained an advantage. The turning point came at the 46th minute, despite Aegis, HellRaisers players couldn't win the fight, as a result of which NaVi cameback and broke all t2 towers. The last fight at 62 minutes was completely controlled by the Born to Win, which allowed them to finish the game at 66 minutes, with a losing score of 27-36.
As a result of the match, HellRaisers are relegated to the lower bracket, where tomorrow they will fight against cybercats in the second round. In turn, Natus Vincere advance to the semi-finals of the upper bracket, where on September 5 they will face the winner of the BetBoom Team/One Move pair.
Recall that The International 2022: Eastern Europe qualifiers are held from September 3rd to 7th. 14 of the best teams in Eastern Europe are fighting for the only direct invite to The International, as well as two tickets to the Last Chance Qualifier.