It's do-or-die day at BLAST Premier Fall Groups as we enter the last-chance playoff stage.
Our first match, Astralis vs NIP, was won in dramatic fashion by the Danes thanks to a 13-6 on Mirage and a 13-5 on Inferno.
Astralis may have won Mirage comfortably, but it was NIP who got the ball rolling thanks to an impressive maxster 4k in the opening round.
The Danes quickly took control of the game, however, limiting NIP to just four rounds as the half ended 8-4.
jabbi, stavn, and device were all in great form on map one, they drew the map to a close with 54 kills between them.
NIP kicked off Inferno with another pistol round win but once again it was Atralis who found themselves with the advantage just a few rounds later.
The Swedish organisation looked to have a route back into the game with a 2v1 situation in round nine but Staehr's big-brain play gave Astralis their seventh instead.
9-3 at the half, NIP won another pistol round, but once again Astralis were on top as the guns came out.
They secured map point thanks to another big-brain play, this time from jabbi.
And the game ended just one round later as Astralis secured their final spot thanks to 18 kills from Staehr.
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