Natus Vincere ve Xtreme Gaming alt ızgaraya düşüyor The International 2022: Last Chance Qualifier

The playoff stage of The International 2022: Last Chance Qualifier has begun. Teams fight in bo3 matches for the coveted slots at The International. The day opens with NaVi versus T1 and Team Secret versus Xtreme Gaming . You can read about the results of the group stage of the qualifying tournament on our website. Below is a brief overview of the first matches of the final stage.

Natus Vincere vs T1

The NAVI team made the first kill in the 1st minute. In the 4th minute, T1 tried to get a kill in both the top and bottom lane, but failed. It is worth noting that in the mid lane Topson outplayed No[o]ne- in terms of farming. After 10 minutes of play, the score on the first map was 3:4 in favor of the Born to Win. Neither team took the lead in terms of total value, but ana on the Gyrocopter already outperformed V-Tune on the Drow Ranger. At the 19th minute, Gyrocopter was already 2,500 gold ahead of the NAVI carry. The teams held mutual fights, while T1 came out victorious more often. Representatives of Southeast Asia tried to kill Roshan in the 22nd minute, Natus VIncere players understood this and cleverly deceived the opponent, finishing off the biggest creep in the game. Although T1 took Roshan and led the way in kills, NAVI had a 4,000 gold advantage. At the 42nd minute, the Ukrainian team killed 4 opponent players and increased the gap from T1 by 14,000 gold. The Born to Win forced T1 to write “gg” in the chat at the 46th minute, and the score on the map was 27:22 in favor of NAVI.

On the second map, T1 seized the initiative from the very beginning. At the 7th minute the score was 3:1 in favor of Whitemon and the team. At the same time, ana, who played on Morphling, began to break away from the opponent's players in terms of farming. No[o]ne- kills Topson solo in the 9th minute in the mid lane, taking the haste rune. At the 17th minute, NAVI won an extremely profitable fight, V-Tune on Lina makes an ultrakill. The score on the map was 12:15 in favor of T1, but Topson did not have a significant advantage in terms of gold with teammates. 3 minutes later, ana comes back into the game after a lot of farming and wins the fight for her team. The team from South-East Asia played a little near the opponent's high ground and reduced its advantage, losing 3 heroes. This didn't stop T1 from finishing the second map in 34 minutes with a 35:21 lead. The confrontation moved to the decisive third map.

At the beginning of the game, T1 players decided to switch lanes, the team's carry went to the hard lane. On the 2nd minute of the third map, Solo draws the first blood, killing Pudge, which was played by ana. 3 minutes later, ana dies again, this time it's V-Tune who does the killing. On the 14th NAVI rehabilitated after a series of unsuccessful exchanges, killing three opponent's heroes. The Born to Win initiated a fight on Roshan and lost without killing any T1 heroes. Whitemon and team destroyed the T3 tower and mid lane barracks in the 29th minute. After getting the Aegis of Immortal T1, they fought two fights at the Natus Vincere high ground and won the match with a score of 28:15, with a 20,000 gold advantage.

Team Secret vs Xtreme Gaming

On the first map, Team Secret imposed a more aggressive game on the opponent. After 15 minutes of play, Puppey and his teammates were in the lead with a score of 8:4, successfully implementing the skills of their own heroes, in particular Hookshot from Clockwerk. In the 16th minute, the Chinese launched a successful counter-attack near T2 in the bottom lane and were able to even the situation by killing Puppey and Nisha. Xtreme Gaming demonstrated a cautious game, relying on the split-push of the opponent's lanes. At the 29th minute, the score on the map is 13:6 in favor of Team Secret. They also had a gold advantage of over 5,000. In the 49th minute, Xtreme Gaming were ahead of Secret in terms of farm by 17,000 and clearly seized the initiative in the match. At the same time, the score was 19:21 in favor of the European club. Lou rampages in the 60th minute. Xtreme Gaming win by 30:25 with over 41,000 gold in the lead.

The second map started rather passively. In the 12th minute, Xtreme Gaming were leading 3-2, having less than 1,000 gold advantage. Team Secret killed Roshan in the 18th minute, Aegis of Immortal went to Nisha on Shadow Fiend. 2 minutes later, the Chinese killed 4 Secret heroes, and Shadow Fiend died 2 times. This fight allowed XG to move up quite a bit in terms of overall value. The advantage was over 6,000. At the 27th minute, Team Secret kill 4 Xtreme Gaming heroes and run to break the opponent's base. The Europeans manage to destroy the central and top lane of the Xtreme Gaming team. The Chinese tried to stop Roshan from being killed, lost another fight and surrendered. Puppey and the team equalize the score in the series.

On the third map, the participants exchanged kills in the first 6 minutes. The Chinese tried to gank Nisha in the mid lane. In the 19th minute, the scoreboard was 7:17 in favor of Xtreme Gaming, with Dy and the team leading 5,000 gold. However, as a result, Team Secret made a comeback and won the series with a score of 28:25 in 39 minutes.

Recall that The International 2022: Last Chance Qualifier runs from October 8 to 12 this year in a LAN format. The venue was Singapore. The 12 teams that did not qualify for The International 2022 based on DPC points are fighting for the last 2 slots for the World Championship.

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