BLAST Global Final Bahrain 2019 - Grand Final - Team Liquid vs Astralis Map 2 (Nuke)

ladies and gentlemen I welcome you back to what could be the very last map of 2019 s most iconic matchup Astralis and Team Liquid like that wouldn't you I would launders I would love to see the Danes just crush liquid into the dirt that's what they did at the start of inferno yes liquid brought it back somewhat but now they have a very real task ahead of them nuke yes a place that astralis have consistently found themselves winning hey they had the choice they had the choice they could pick nuke they could pick overpass and that's technically the gimme it's the map that Astralis know they win that being said there's only so many times at which you can practice against opponents before the opponent starts to learn starts to improve and starts to get better we don't know when that corner will be turned for liquid but with it being the last series of the entire year you'd hope it's now and there is a chance for it yeah the liquid did play versus phase on the same map it was a hard match but they ended up taking it over the line there you get perspective the last series they played against the straw is you get perspective when I was analyzing at ECS we saw that liquid just no just completely free you know as a map of clutches but great mid rounds by a straw has never really lost their stranglehold on the map but the last time they played here at this tournament it was a situation where a straw 'lest were down 10 to the 18 opening kills of liquid so that initiation from liquid to be able to crack open the beginning of the round is a good first step now meeting that halfway by closing out rounds that should be rounds you win 80% of the time is the next step so you'd assume that be easier if they can do that again then maybe there's a road to victory for liquid they're getting into the double digits more than a couple of times especially in recent memory and that's something that you looked at that liquid had that astrology like the maps they played I think it was on nuke was so high for even sorry even in maps they lost it was like above 15 rounds that they'd get right on average astrologer pushing this map to the distance over and over and that's something that liquid actually managing their opening game earlier this weekend we saw them push it to 12 rounds you know not quite ot and not we'll win everybody get your goddamn seats were going to nope let's go they'll have the advantage of the CT side utility near non-existent smoke for Nath and Stewie already going to be challenged this is not an impossibility but rather an improbability Astralis first one gets what they give them all that distance down the ramp into the site and staying Stalin word I mean maybe a leash took two steps in that round didn't half the repossession didn't have to flick too hard just clean shots you could see those clean white teeth of nitro very happy that he doesn't have to come in for the road tape pull off some crazy retake is just like sighs how'd you do it tell me about it I didn't get to see it there you go Stewie badges as if it's all waiting for the same stall as - he's like man just don't talk to me right now have the lad last map I do not want to see your face oh man look at the tenacity on the vent drop here this is something that was so consistently an issue versus Team Liquid again and they're opening bo3 that's that's really our last sample of this matchup but a bomb plant for near free Stewie met close by majus takes him down leaves the next target but that's a target that bites back at cippec's see set for one glaive again adding to the tally but they're cleared still all things considered two kills Stewie and twists barely standing and a bomb plant in what was just an eco important to highlight that the venn drop is always a consistent threat the real issue for teams going up against the straws thing knows they're gonna abuse out squeaky all the time the real problem is they don't know how to stop them they don't know how to throw the correct renamed sometimes when people open a if they get spam back and killed from within sneaky behind the smoke that's how good a straw is are running those kills don't liquids first that may be final boss is stopping that squeaky aggression denying the vent drops do not let glaive get down there but yet we have yet to see a team do that to a straw list and there's no reason to think that liquid a figure will figure it out now the only thing we know is that they expect it new no man's land outdoors Dupree wins the duel to lose versus m4 but there's more bodies here at rate train begins but then it starts to end this affects rears his head and pushes this one to the 42 nitro and twists but hey it gets the job the drive fight with a C's ed the reset this is where a stroll is shine the mid rounds when he goes CAK but no kill connects second target up to bat but he's gonna take heat of that fall back into mini chill for a second and it's a reset with his again where it gets scary for liquid-liquid know that astrologer constantly thinking that they're moving one piece of the puzzle separately from another they're hard to predict so one of the spots they choose to congeal into MP nines upgraded into the recently buff rifles still some utility for both of them to play with kits in the mix is a vexing way of doing a good job of at least clearing the corpses making sure these CT still aren't s-- outside and they know they know they've gotten off to somewhere else currently it's gonna be twists up on the a-site nitro in control concede nitros the one in danger but he's far enough away right now that twenty seconds might play to his advantage they start running he's gotta go ill in the corner he can't be cleared that easily he'll also potentially be able to stop the men holy the one who capitalizes now 1v2 per twist the door gets slammed in his face again he's gonna try to fight through it has to get the fresh mag in all three players in less than 100 health just the Molotov but knowing the windows busted open means he has a route to exit with glaive stuck in the back of the site he's gonna try to burn him into the open his feet move forward and down he's dropped twist to 26 health and what would be a great way to get onto the board early as smoke bounces but not to where he wants it now he looks like a fool left in the open of sight with no time left this is a straw Louis on the board bad read on the plant still might even died on the bomb the 1v1 one bias tallest it's almost twist doing it to himself but even if the smoke goes down properly on the site you expect zip explained in down so no harm no foul in that sense maybe he leaves it more than he would have hit the smoke landed in the fresh spot this is the kill though nitro opportunity there to get a kill the bomb going down in that specific position was so unfortunate for him that his it was glazed head tucked under an angle that he doesn't expect nitro be anywhere close to seeing so it's not like he read it perfectly he just picked up a proper plant spot that just ended up working out beautifully of course if ik is gonna capitalize punish mistakes is a storyline that we keep hearing about a straw is the important one to hammer home we've heard it from other pros talking about least this team and we see it ring true round after round match after match and the mistake obviously getting a little too excited to try and stop plant his aims offset as he fumbles over the controls wall of smoke thrown out but there is a chance for the Pecan secret that's a leash pressured he goes for it ain't no stuff between two but he's also better equipped than the man in secret - case got the highroad through by device glaive gets the assist thanks to his presence outside yet ilish still resides down on this be site a straw last a will double back they flow like the ocean in these moments they know as soon as they get those first couple of kills is liquid who are scared it's them who stay confident stay composed and this is when they can really be creative you know in the 5 e 5 things are a bit more predictable they want a couple of people to die on each side twists he smokes off heaven knowing there is the possibility of a t to be up here device still down in hell but 15 seconds left in the straw ceramic a desperation rotate a leash caught jumping in ramp room 10 seconds as they sprint down to the bomb site if only there was a CT here to stop plant they're gonna try to scramble into it sit backs you've got a commitment you will Dork an obvious one white bomb can not be stopped retake could be played but you know they're coming in off the back foot a two versus three device going for the peak and taking damage offering what could be an opening here to a liquid they do have a kids that they don't have needs at least it's a 2v2 20 HP for nitro 47 on twists that puts zip X with the most help out of all four remaining members so far what is that what happened there was a moment there were Elise jumps up the ramp to rotate upper he's the only man downstairs it's 3 B 3 why are they so confident that it was upstairs mistakes bohon we just said mistake will be punished but was he given information was there a fake thrown upstairs why would he rotate as a solo man and lower that's something we don't know that's something that we'll have to take a look at after the match if somebody hasn't caught that just now I I wish to see it but that was incredible you know to pull a solo man out of the sight that's something you can't often get instant vent drop versus the Eco Astralis this is a gimme just gonna come down said like do they lose anything late hurt he's got the ak10 so we'll see how far back he plays with it palm goes down for free no CTS to stop them they have ranked as has everyone for Team Liquid so far whoa couple kills four twists alright he's pumped up ready to ramp up this game but he's gonna need more than a season yeah that counts for something but again mid round the mid round wins that's what defines nuke just nuke more than anything else some people have to tally up over the course of the map talk more about on the desk afterwards liquid into the next round full guns this time Astralis haven't even abused events that often or so far on their full rifle rounds have only started out with outside got the numbers down and then gone for something upstairs or downstairs like we do a good job helping them abstain there's no movement now into the upper site this was definitely a Strauses first move they concentrate a fair bit of utility almost $1,000 of utility to try to get Dupree into a favorable situation there so that's a big win for a straw Louis or sorry liquid it's like device gets pegged by some sort of utility there his movement comes to applying he calls but a straw Lass's won't they keep moving forward at least slightly using that incendiary towards secret stairs with device with pristine precision blows a hole between Alicia's eyes and a fly has him by surprise tracked device gets rocked four before back into the even ground fire at his feet as he has to now jump over and he gets by relatively unscathed see how much coverage that Molotov has pushes a player who's a mini back into line of vision of squeaky and the only option out is that combination smoke + jump across tight timing there liquid doing a good job of covering their options dodging flash more damage but doesn't get a kill twists in the flames just like that of 4v4 crumbles they draw less these mid rounds Mohan yeah this is you know a bit more clean-cut they've relied on Stewie to just at least get his one kill deny a little bit for time the rotation could have come in a bit sooner but there's a failure across the board from anybody to trade a series of issues now as a straws press further into their lead playing T side nuke is something that sometimes it's safe for later for them here we get to see it right away it's something that you can expect to get something like ten rounds on but for liquid they get 70% of their rounds on the nuke on CT side so the gap widens silver lining no matter how thin right now nitro holds on to the Krieg they cannot let this half get too far away from them that's exactly what costs them on inferno we saw liquid starting to ramp back into the second side but an 11-4 start to the match was not nearly enough you just had to become if you're as strong as you're doing everything correctly right now just wait for liquid to take you to the next level they want to do very important rounds to establish their confidence and there was some good there was a good moment there they stopped the Dupree pushing out just weak you can see the trade as twist is able to get a position sooner if Stewie can delay a little longer then they both can get kills or potentially a fool on RAM hold we're in a different slightly different version of the universe that we just witnessed now we move into this round with twists on a nova player to spent money but not all of their money they have a decent chance to get some kills but a low chance of winning let's see if they can even accomplish the kill part where is ye ol Nova this on top of hut perhaps inside of it thank you sleep still astralis they're gonna get so many bodies downstairs so he could just be zipped to lurk he does such a good job at ensuring nobody comes behind his teammates still nitro gets his feet inside of the palm site and finds clay with a head turn to preseason and Matt just clears it p250 at this distance at such a disadvantage even the deagle at bat chipping away at the HP but not stopping a straw 'lest with what would be crucial kills the plant is theirs and so should be this fifth round it's tougher natural to do more than that in that situation it's so easy for a stall to move into the site they know it's a low buy so it best to deal with nitro if he makes accurate play he gets to rest of liquid players go down they can't move at that pace when they know there's better guns around nitro so Metro could have done more if there was more fear from astralis but we'd see the door opening on both sides not worried about an off that ramp to shut them down and offer decon anything like that they know they can just crunch get in there trade out effectively and that comes with the confidence of understanding that by that you're going up against the straw is now on fire as we got attack pause called by liquid well needed they've gotten a fly on the OP right now he actually had so much impact on the CP side of inferno I'm excited to see what he can do with this off here on the seedy side of nuke sometimes playing it inside of garage sometimes floating back by that CT spawn box constantly trying to hold them outdoors but the thing is we've been seeing this consistent four or five utility piece set up from a straw 'less outdoors their wall of smokes to gets to back mini or even to cross towards secret nobody seems to be able to disrupt this so I wonder how much he's really gonna get to see the first step is securing around cleanly so you can recover aughh small car sorry s geez multiple at a time is he far from that goal we can get a little bit closer here they've got you dedicated on the site no upstairs burst we know that they try that sometimes glaive has not decided to call anything out of squeaky turning into upstairs just yet but the are poison position to think about it but at the same time it could be lower once again now if it's already in position down there waiting but he's whipping off he can only play so aggressively grenade no misses the mark trajectory he's gonna have the dual focus towards nitro just leave there's paw thrown into the open these two defenders on the back of the slate doing everything two versus five liquid seems to have arrived at least here on the a site but it's not over Dupree skims one off and now Stewart use flicker this ramp is red Dupree calling these numbers back to just a single man advantage all thrown twice also in Lobby he's put device into the clutch one on three this is getting into the territory where he's gonna think about saving I know blades mind is working right now he made so much ground by getting out of speed he by himself to the point of contact on a dry peak you know it comes down to timing potentially if nitros leaving a peep that maybe he can run out but since he just peeks into him this mark from nitro don't get me wrong but there's a chance there he gets the kill so does he see an opportunity does he think that maybe liquid if they play a similar setup do they come up with a flash oh yeah I think device is trying to pretend like delaying around so that he doesn't get pushed too early yeah pulls the pin on the flash and switches back and then he will just creep his way back into garage listen this is a pretty rough start for Team Liquid but they've just added at least one more round to the board I know there's some liquid fans in here [Applause] rally behind the troops finally a hold but a whole but also could mean II have not been Mohan there was a route down then if they wanted to take it but true but he tried to force the flight on site and they got turned back around no that's true strong point we've got it nitro he's on patrolman feet two angles checking on petty convent but not holding it and we know that astrology scouts all the time they dive on a moment's notice that might not be enough for the future here we're back to outside presents fast crosses a bit of chip damage done by the a cheese and a lot more damage done by allegiance on this free fake he's got some demons with the straw is his performance in general for the team is the highest of verses a stroll as kind of flatlines a little bit still stays above positive and rating but doesn't go above and beyond like you would expect him to do normally doesn't look nearly like the Wonder child and he has been praised to be Nath's going to finish the job at an excellent angle held there by elite a gift that Krieg he rocks astralis back and it seems like Team Liquid are gonna close that gap to just a one-round deficit with this is how they start to accumulate cash cultivate a mini comeback just a pixel peak as Elise powers of a bit rate spree tons of damage on the last player as well and they all take turns just dying to this map this is what maniac theorized was the reason that Elise could not shine he's so good at multi kills but astral is really give them the opportunity there's the opportunity that we see basically two degrees between a window and a wall and about a hundred feet of distance and that's what a leash has to try to exploit to be able to get that shine against the three kills he puts a liquid back and maybe a happier position not necessarily dominant because there's still so much more already that we've seen from the Strasse that's working way too well if i'm glaive you know I had so many options in the world there's still so much they can still do is squeaky there's a lot that I can do with outside I broke out the right that last round off it's not being able to trade a kill that's not tactically commanding it's just simply what couldn't hit that shot I mean I've seen the solutions the ground previous when they lose on the a site they could have gone for the vent drop this time when they try and find the kill versus a leash there's a wall of smoke there and they had secret if there's a wall of smoke there and they even cross garage it's not going to be nearly as easy for a leash all signs point to lower let's see I'm gonna NATO that sweetie many damage goes back versus a leash he is softened to a quarter HP have a great star from both sides depends if they try to work their way out nitro deeper angle now with the SG yep will he increase the amount of angle he has the Fed drop is going down on his watch so blind new players lower how much can he do for Nath Bose he eventually capitalizes before he's off cycle and nitro sees a third get into the floorboards gets to e pick up the slack Majesty's door wide debris not even needed but both bodies are on the bomb site of four versus three advantage in the post plant a leash excellent grade zip exfil works outdoors and that excuse me was device catching nitro a crucial kill so how many guns will Team Liquid get away with that's all they hope for insult to injury rocks first nearly snaps the second for the leave now sprints and towers for cover and he will find nothing other than another frag given through a straw last three of them stay standing tall as they abused the vent another round to the scoreboard yeah huge that they went around they get the creek down as well those are jobs perhaps they have to worry about moving into round 11 a situation that could have been even worse that's why he recuperates what was initially miss Dawes still able to get one a second would have walked down that route and pushed matches out of decon alone but an alternate reality not seeing this is the five piece we're talking about using their own Molotov in their smoke they weed it on this to a full rifle round there's absolutely nothing outside to stop no manpower for them Alicia getting up throwing them ollie down moving into a position too early to move into this position but he has no choice let's trust me way too much ground to quickly he throws a very important incendiary grenade this early into the round a minute 20 and they were at control stairs and twist who's now on top of hut could very well get caught off by any kind of a mini push if they hit this direction a straw let's find the entirety of outside for free and nitro just goes down the ladder is replaced by Dupree now twists naff they're all susceptible to this heaven hit this is so beautiful from Astralis they're gonna start questioning this but the timing could very well play against them I mean it wasn't long ago that nitro was just in this position twist though now he watches it they didn't act fast enough a smoke will block off too but the majority of Astral is still on the ground floor outdoors listen they could throw that smoke but twist is doing it from just a subservient position you know standing underneath heaven he's not comfortable at all Naf is not helping him because he knows that twist can't help him either this is him by himself realizing they're gonna have to make a low percentage play and hope it works here comes a flurry of utility flashbangs dodge liquid keeping it close unbelievable rotation there from Nitro the only thing that saves them no twist even getting one kill is big he knows that he's in a tough spot he's likely to die might not even get one the real value there is because they put that lower pressure on so early enough pressure on Talisa he might have made a bad call because he was scared they could have gotten away with all over they want to but instead they pulled people from the ceiling from the rafters and into bad spots on the upper sight if it came through mini then that's one thing but a stroll is new that decided to wrap through heaven that's a round that's gonna work out for them more often than not but again a hero play from Nitro pulls it back questioned what it could find at least topples believe zip tucked into the squeaky corner they're gonna boost that singular a.k they're working with the trajectory of the need gives the leaves away but still he's able to slap down matches in terms of protocols this is what Allegiant wants more than anything else to be able to at least get one kill before he falls back sure if not more there it is a second one and he is joining in the action third kill there for Ally's it is just the pistols but this is the round that helps liquid to tie if four kills in fantastic pulled by him six rounds apiece ilish is pulling ahead the heaviest hitter for liquid thus far and you know who's right behind him somebody who's had what was quite a rough event nitro second on the scoreboard but good job there by naff finding a gap in spokes just before it's lose these great repositioning here along the rafters at nitro also a player with middling performances but is the igl you know he's not expected with the amount of talent or you to tape a start play a role but talking to sean gares at at pcs he sets flat-out nitro is a star when he first joined the roster like that he was not meant to be the ideal he's the Hamer so it's not a surprise to see him do so well and it is great and it is necessary Astro let's make their way in to lower a new way this time through ramp no pills in sight just yet and a lot to do he gets stuck by the clock how is zipping so good with bursts on that gun like not I can't do that Glade he's even got the mac-10 here just kind of keeping nitro off of the retake attempt the rest of liquid all coming in from secret stairs now that's a crucial kill effectively questions the backline of what's left of a straw let's remember there's a Krieg in the mix zip X wants to gun down the man on duels on top of doors nitro throws the molotov meant to disrupt this after planting there he has it another kill is his 13 frags - in the round already got the smoke he's got the flash he even has the kid really stick business the shank strollers with starts with the block burst what is this the clock burst from zip Xterra spire there it's so nuts why is the time left on that deep you point three three is [Applause] wrenching for liquid just as you tie things up at six you're gonna let us draw us back into the game up around like that listen you know you give up you give up a ram again they punish mistakes an evacuated part of the map it puts so much pressure on a leash he's playing so well right now he's doing a great job and lower he just needs a little bit of help a bit of communication something to let him know you've got to watch your back you can't stay on control stairs looking at secret with no audibles not have any information from your team or somebody to actually physically be there to help you frag he's going to be put to the test is gonna die in that situation it's not his fault if this game ends 1614 for his straw list and that's the round that's gonna sting them oh we're gonna shave your head not again made that mistake here we go back in with a full fledge biased Rolla already losing a member this is nap getting these opening picks but matches he slips eating through me behind the dumbest thing about it in the trade [Applause] Wow a drone sitting down he knew that would happen not too bad oh my god that was very clean I mean it was just a fast kind of wrap to mini standard fast play split there's only only thing you have to worry about in the situation if somebody is back silo hopping heaven are sorry hopping from silo fighter is that they didn't think you'd be the case they're doing a great job on the conditional front of reading what's open they're taking a lot of mass control for free again but liquid still they're able to keep up they it's not their first rodeo that's a big 3k round for now there it is that same plate denied this time a straw lowest in the last round of the first half on pistols man considering the fact that nap lets one slip in too many twists was so susceptible to the hit but just crouches keeps his head and cover fast enough to respond nitros gonna be playing inside of this double smoke navdeep flash for a leash to peek but he sees nothing second servings however glaive removed but that's not the heaviest hitter that's not who's meant to rip them limb from limb it should fall onto device last round of this half and information being pops not to hold off on the trigger over towards ramp is challenged by just the deagle so he leaves that tool the device doing more heavy lifting he's gonna Allen to question Stewie trying to lock down rappers but there it is three kills for device a one-man army for Astralis in this fifteenth round thumbs down forty seconds can he do it all to us tonight from shoulder to shoulder no not like this he now knows information is his shows the bomb launders he's ready as we all of a sudden have to find ourselves switching over to the second half how many eight seven halves are liquid gonna give up this weekend well at least one more ladies and gentlemen it could be the very last half of this matchup in 2019 we will see you after the break [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] glenda slang pencil Levon Cheadle a half that ends as close as can be a matchup of 2019 astralis versus Team Liquid and what a way to send us into the second half Quist running through a Molotov after he watches device destroy his team member after member a single aka in that round they'd already given up rounds versus Glocks and they almost let him ace but it stopped now the second pistol the maple nut Mamba twist van del Caen that's actually names that's actually a play I saw forest strike to teach his viewers on a stream yeah run through fire yeah to run he's like watch this in the 1v1 they don't clear they don't hold the flames he ran into the mall table and died incredible risk took an incredible risk there and it's it's amazing to see that he's willing to do that on the just off of the reach you know he playing on pure intuition and that defines confidence teamliquid who were at one point trailing 5-2 to win six of the last eight rounds and they will have the slightest of edges coming into the second pistol bit naff opens up shop early he's been given that to 250 on top of the Kevlar and the entirety of outside is offered to team liquid nitro to follow up kill this map has been their kryptonite in the series this is the gimme another man they had five surviving the first pistol this time maybe just for her even less a 1v5 clutch attempt from zip ex in the pistol when g5 just don't happen anymore Connor on Leno unless unless he saves Kevlar just yeah it's a hard thing to do in this situation why is this brain so big I don't know genetic good genetics alright so here we have it liquid starting that T side with a little bit of economic momentum yeah they even uh won the first pistol only go decode right they got the second round and then they lost the third oh okay alright second round came with costs remember a straw as they didn't buy up because they didn't plant in the pistol they still lost like two and a half bodies so this one they will take with open arms make that now seven of the last nine rounds for team likely I mean that's one where you just posterized you have the same odds of hitting it yeah okay two rounds of difference but not out of the think of it here we are versus 8 by they know that astral is going to invest they've got good guns these aren't money-making guns these are guns that are prepared for guns like Scouts and pistols with a little bit of utility peppered in on the side not money makers death dealers one goal for Astralis in this round and that's not kills it's to win stop like we did in the early tracks derail the Train or impedes the station spotted another back in spawn that's device-width probably his second favorite gun time another follow-up kill that's cippec's down for the count one of two Scouts removed device cannot find anything to shoot at yeah and then as long as he stays alive out there devices kept busy so that's all the lead really cares about and just hopes his teammates don't fluff the rest of the round for him because he's already done so much oh there's the rotation coming in beside I'm device in and out at Oh through the oh my god through through secrets the wide wall of secret and that's the bulb on the ground twist have to try to recover once again Stewie to K is low an event is just unthinkable they have already been down at a two-man disadvantage of 3v5 with a single scout is what they were playing with Dupree is inside of that smoke twist notes there's somebody here but you also has to be wary of turning his head cuz he's all on his own this is incredible how cop they turn that upside down they can't believe they can't believe it no one that those deagles I mean first of all Mike insane and boring just splattered on the secret wall on overpass the last time the maddest I mean he's not you've never get used to it right a ridiculous kill that you never see anybody yet and device gets it in a few little moment a great wall bang you know maybe the king of visualization I don't know but he is just he is clairvoyant oh it's unfair they are not playing the same day that was beautiful wave so impactful for all is just crazy but as you mentioned like Nath Lila I don't know he's got teammates kind of on all sides of him trying to cover him if he's on the top of silo here thing blades gonna get gonna get hit you'd think oh yeah I mean he has a teammate up on top of silos blame just takes him out to back on blocks 9 to 9 but more importantly anything else liquid already have lost around where they have a significant advantage that goes up [Applause] absolute slaughter I blinked and missed the last two rounds when it bought rains at forest water you see the way that debris slides into hut he's not even stopping to aim the confidence boils over but I mean okay technicalities in terms of rounds now we've got liquid back equip if they're gonna do anything about this if they're gonna stop us trawl us from embarrassing them in this finals it's gonna be off the gun round so let's all take a breath yeah I feel like they might have just taken a tilt if I move quickly and just they probably shouldn't have right sure a better team would have just taken attack time out stress pause take a break a breather sure you know get him get a get a hug breath a back rub or something but instead they decided to just throw caution on the wind get it over with fine if that's what they want that's what they need to do that's cool we're into a full gun they're taking it slow now they're moving methodically this is when they know that they can execute their plan to its full potential I say full potential they are low on grenades even coming into this but they also know that there's a not everything that astral is need because they didn't have to upgrade many guns it's their game point here they're just waiting for a straw Louis to make this time move offering up mini capris on the other side of this not just just has to hold that hunt they do have to leave up in the rafters with them now it's up to clave to try and strike a man disadvantage and they forego heaven control uh-huh that's it they even give up the round yeah that's it that's it they've they've completely D sanitized that option of going for the retake looking at the money I mean a straw is playing extremely carefully could have tried to whittle down numbers a little bit more but didn't have an easy opening for maybe one kill already been thinking about trying to hold four exits though it's not an easy map to do that on you have to have somebody in Lobby it's not like Inferno on the a site where you can just cover arch and cover Lane here on the a side on nuke you pretty much got a forfeit forfeit it's not likely anyone's dying to the bombs it's here you see liquid retreating back to their spawn totally clear of course they say for guns that's huge for liquid they could come back as well 10 to 10 now both teams and double digits yep this is it [Music] ten potential rounds to go I love the fact that both teams just kind of walk away from that one you know oh yeah it's good good couple enter I mean it was really twist entry that was the most critical and he takes out Dupree who has been fantastic in those positions with a Galil no less barging in through squeaky like he owns the place another buy up but it's with recovered guns Astros are in a position where they didn't spend much money to get back into this so their bank still looks all that very smart economic choices by them coming out of round 20 good grenade bounces that one off the fence hurts a five versus three and also cut down so be it they've gotten their feet down secret they're closer to this be site maybe a desperation plant because they still have the timing no rotation fast enough to stop them but twist tries to take a fight easy pickings I survived for Astralis a little bit of a weak go at it they're like yes it was two amazing shots that got them through the smoke device I think even wallbang secret again that made me get that second kill crazy stuff but they had the audibles there were so many footsteps why with that much time left over in the 55 when you just won the last round and have a lot of utility why is it that you're running to cross secret you're never gonna see astralis run to cross secret you don't necessarily have to compare yourselves to them but they are playing the best nuke right now you're never ever gonna see a straw let's run across their smokes because it means that when it comes time to fake or use the smokes that those are gonna be less impactful when you know that a team could be potentially making noise behind them there was time for them to walk there was lots of time on the clock in general there's lots of health lots of utility and it's the portables that got them mauled and that just bleeds over into more momentum here as a straw less put together another two free easy opening kills dude you're not even given a chance to finish your point before liquid fee frags to Astralis just straight up the gate casualties stack up with another crisp edge shot it's not even like Team Liquid are contesting these last couple of rounds an amazing rant player for sure the only time they found themselves into this other than the pistol was when they were given outer control and then waited for thirty seconds trying to split in through mini even taking one down until now nitro 1v5 turned four he's gonna empty the utility belt but these CTS will not shy away they want to challenge the feeling themselves in the jewels fetching away of this help thirty-two a solar flare of a flashbang as the tallest add another to the board of course even when it's 41 you just throw the perfect pass from CT spawn just that make sure you ice them out cleanly and just for that one one last thing about that outside takes you bled so fast in the next round you're only gonna see a straw let's run across outside if they get the kills quickly or if it's a low number situation special search for circumstance but in the v e5 they really are just kind of throwing caution to the wind for almost no reason it's hard to justify teas to help them out USP blindly tapping through smoke another round where liquid are essentially ground to pieces they can't get out of Lobby they can't get out of squeaky they can't even challenge the ramp they get mowed down by red box they find no footing here on you know it's a t side they'll definitely be testing the part is the sides are gonna be much to less well-versed on these eCos don't seem close and when two straws through our eager taking their time it felt like there was always a chance of not you're not getting that same vibe from liquid right now and that's natural it's not their map thick you know it's hard to criticize them when they feel like they need to prepare it but they're never going to be able to consistently be this draws until they strengthen overpass and knew these off maps maybe even take on train if they want to in 2000 2020 but they've come close so recently you think maybe they figured some stuff out but here they're just giving up too much stuff for free it'll take heroics luck clutches for them to take it over the line but as always there's still hope there in the double digits there's a three round differential they have a biome right now so they've got a bit of a buffer and they've got nothing else to do so why not think it take your time well if smokes thrown up at a Molotov that delays things now they may cross but with a gap in it this could spell disaster they're gonna see the shadows cross no shots fired glaive opts not to give chase so we do have some of team liquid with footing on this lower site the rest of the team over here towards ramp attempting to split the B site from two directions leave now potential here for him to stop nap that bomb not get picked up so slow down entirely is this B split his teammates waiting calling for him beckoning him downwards Oh age comes - how about just to try and get us down to the site he will make it as Stewie calls the numbers to the even 3v3 yeah potentially safe territory actually as they have bent control and they know that somebody else might come down won't we'll see a device might be the first point of contact kind of understands where his jewels coming from but Stewie best sim Dupree answers back in a timely fashion as well debris makes it to Ally's left alone they had so much control they had a lot of options there way too many outs to lose the round that easily fantastic retake from the Dupree even losing the vise to d3 for just a moment they're critical player Dupree versus naff y is really the duel that ends that because Alicia she's just stuck in the middle of that ramp yeah I mean he's so ready to hold back the ramp push but having decontamination given over look how look he looks like a simpleton ya know and it's it doesn't it's exactly like you're saying it's a spot that he's playing on the premise that his teammate is covering another angle for him a setup that he needed another man in 1410 Astralis not giving any room for Team Liquid to even breathe shots fired inside of Lobby vast majority of liquid creeping past these smokes last time it was two bodies down secret and everybody else on a ramp but seeing is house if X was able to cut them all off they decided to put majority forces in this direction instead but there's a big clash for clave a chance for him to rack up multiple kills he gets none twists takes him out Molotov to try and control the fool nothing more he's tonight's - he's had enough magic in with the response stir all this off the back foot yet again they holding on to the top of vent and naff just walks right by Duprey there's so much time for them to play magic sees the head can't pop it but he gets the second another two versus two another even drowned slow down Nath spots what madness gets killed flanked like he was so good at doing two liquid Duprey he's got line of sight on the cross the end zone it's in vision but they've got an opponent in an unknown position do free how does he react he's actually stuck in this spot they can make the hasty rotate back twenty seconds it'll fee a free bomb plan on the upstairs sight has got a long way to go they're able to dodge him at this point I'm sure he plays for the clutch single flash bang and the defuse kit and right on time Elise tries to spam a little bit of the metal wall he knows there's one back there and he anticipates Nath speak has the adjustment in the crosshair but it is liquid to at least get one more round a little bit of damage there just at the end the tube you want doesn't go their way obviously the clutches are going to come close every round will be difficult so far we've seen such amazing stuff back and forth a stroll is definitely the better team at this moment an absolute behemoth and yes we're just taking a pause as we try to get sound back for you guys no worries everybody take a chance wipe the sweat from your brow things heating up here on new oh I'm not even worried are you kidding me great good vibin listen liquid fans gonna let them chant like that where's the response guys where's that energy from yesterday where's this noise there's so much to think about so much for liquor to overcome we did see on that round they did walk across at least for most of the smoke and my apologies if that's the same thing they did where they ran at the tail end of it and still got caught but it felt like straws had more of an audible was able to kill them before they got the secret here this time around they kind of just do it their regular run-of-the-mill but safe way and they get down secret safely so it's looking a lot better from that perspective at the very least a bit low on money nav only has a mac-10 but I mean listen if astrology and ooh it why can't he back into the action the waning few rounds left here on new the final five Blaine's gonna get a bit of positioning over towards the red box but at least very patiently put back twist tries to soften him good thing blade just moved a single point of damage is all that nate does they hold the leash here potentially making outside presence what just a Molotov working by himself though not in tandem with anybody the now the smokes will start to get lined up outside as they move ahead with this plan standard state of affairs as he's the one to lead and it seems like he's on a mercenary mission trying not to get killed looking for an opening if it's free but most importantly trying not to get killed how do his teammates support they want to crunch on rap one more time as well zip mix is able to fall back to safety get the kill know it snap just as you mentioned with a mac-10 playing the Smackdown and now they can go for the plant in lowering all control of heat thankfully Astralis to come out ahead leaving just Nitro now he tries to charge him and his teammate in sight fumbling the ball and pushing nitro into an unobtainable clutch Australis have secured 15 Astrology have very well secured another 200 victory over liquid unless the North Americans can piece together four consecutive rounds they fought for ot on Inferno and they made a near convincing argument Mohan but they've got a lot of work to do if they're gonna make this happen three for a pause Ali's getting caught outside that's something we've just got a review there's no time for the postgame as well him spending that much time out there with the smokes going up is something that could have been avoided it's an avoidable mistake you know device being in secret that's something that that's a place that he plays a lot you know a leave maybe not in tune with that strategy in the way that he thought we've got the OT chance here the liquid fans out in droves PS draws fans have been amazing to this place almost turned into a football stadium I'm telling you now right it is three guys this first event this crowd has popped off chair for the CS an absolute treat this year has been these teams blocking horns over and over but a straw Louis looked to rub liquid into the dirt a second time this weekend same exact setup from the CTS Glee supporting device as he lurks around inside of secret what is the response to us liquid know that a straws are gonna try the same thing this time we've got a bit of support they capitalized on device a great read countering device it or claves mine directly at a second a clean kill from Stu three man advantage unsuspected position gets nothing for it flash high himself a second and that minimal loss on the health a one before clutch attempt for map in match point if he wants to play it he's got an SG a very valuable is gonna take that and run a tail flick we're saying no rounds come easy that was really fantastic adjustment outside its pragmatic if they know they know what happened last time they want to try something similar they can dedicate a portion of that round to trying to call it that plate if that's the setup that glaive called without jeopardizing the rest of the strategy they can go and do something else afterwards so they just do something simple it makes a lot of sense that now they might be in glaives head not slow back mini control is how they got on the board in the first place with these T side gun rounds device called out on his smoke creep and once he went down Team Liquid just flourish yeah it wasn't just the five before turned into the even 4v4 and then kind of burned out launders know from that first kill to the round win Team Liquid rapidly take it three more to go yep as we look the opening kills once again conversions were one of the main obstacles for Team Liquid there they comfort that demon the points need to do it three more times just for the chance at ot more smokes outdoors could grenade and stew in a leash then once again played in danger down all the way to 17 HP nice and early cross comes out man to turn from the flash' device to support it's gonna take some fragmentation to the head but so be it he still stands tall Stu he's gonna try to slip it to me he finds a factor down goes debris he's got the cover of the small box anticipates devices peek but he's not moving a muscle and this comes down to a game of chicken because gleams coming to clear any season matches trying to find some kind of impact in the round the conifer but first one dies nitro he's able to clot back and we've got another 2v2 device looking to spam through mini but it's too late bombs already crossed over to the site and nitros got it in with the safety of the backside plant Nath why it's gonna hold on to squeaky zip ex working up the ladder and device already it's all ice in his veins can he handle this heat bomb his tap he's got it down to the wannabe one-zip ex kaberi well clutch this if he sticks it [Applause] sixty-two studying fashion to win

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Id: mjntn9fXYjU

Length: 58min 34sec (3514 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 08 2020