Astralis and Natus Vincere draw on Nuke

Astralis and Natus Vincere ended up 15-15 on Nuke leaving both teams out of contention for a spot in the BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen grand final.

Doubles by Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander and Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen cleared the way for Astralis to win the first round on the defending side of Nuke. It was then Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif and Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth who got doubles against a pistol buy on the second round. gla1ve and dupreeh again got doubles against a pistol force to keep their team ahead 3-0 ahead of the first gun round. Natus Vincere scored their first point with a clean round. A 4vs2 retake on B worked out for Astralis, who kept their three round lead. A triple by Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev, including a 1vs1 afterplant clutch, and double by Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov secured another for Na`Vi, who were able to follow it up against a forcebuy and even it up against an eco.

Astralis were unable to win Nuke on the offense

Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev put his team ahead with a 1vs1 afterplant clutch on B, and then he and s1mple were able to stall Astralis long enough for the bomb to go off despite falling to gla1ve. Down 4-9, Xyp9x was finally able to win a 1vs1 clutch before getting a triple to go 6-9 before the switch.

Astralis played a B rush successfully to kick off the second half, following it up against a forcebuy and a pistol buy to bring it back even. They then took the lead on the first gun round before Natus Vincere took a crucial round to keep it near even. With s1mple at the helm, Natus Vincere were able to regain the lead on the defense, 14-12, but were unable to close it out as the Danes brought it to a tie with two rounds to be played. Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács got three kills in the 29th round with a saved AWP to get Natus Vincere on match point, but were unable to follow it up, ending 15-15.

BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2019Best of 1 Natus VincereMatchpage 15 15 2nd November 2019 Astralis 15Nuke 15

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	32 - 23	+9	109.6	1.49
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	27 - 20	+7	95.2	1.33
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	21 - 22	-1	76.8	0.97
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	15 - 20	-5	56.3	0.82
Kirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovBoombl4	16 - 20	-4	59.7	0.81

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	26 - 23	+3	102.2	1.39
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	24 - 21	+3	87.2	1.27
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	19 - 24	-5	75.3	0.95
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	21 - 18	+3	62.4	0.95
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	15 - 25	-10	48.8	0.69

Group A TEAM M P FaZe 4 12 Ninjas in Pyjamas 4 9 Natus Vincere 4 5 Astralis 4 4 Liquid 4 3 Cloud9 4 1 Natus Vincere #10 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Age: 28 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 1450 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.62 Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen Age: 26 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1512 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 Emil 'Magisk' Reif Age: 21 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 972 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.63 Astralis #2 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev Age: 22 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1239 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 FaZe #21 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Janko 'YNk' Paunović Natus Vincere #10 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Eric 'adreN' Hoag Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' SternerNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Faruk 'pita' Pita Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Age: 24 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1235 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov Age: 21 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 807 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Astralis #2 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Danny 'zonic' Sørensen Cloud9 #37 Oscar 'mixwell' CañellasDamian 'daps' SteeleTimothy 'autimatic' TaKenneth 'koosta' SuenYassine 'Subroza' Taoufik James 'JamezIRL' Macaulay Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Age: 24 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1569 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.61 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 22 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.23 Maps played: 1060 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.66