Nigma Galaxy are imperious.
This was supposed to be the passing of the torch. This was supposed to be the one they finally fell at. This was supposed to be NAVI Javelins’ ascension.
NAVI Javelins won the Gamers Without Borders event and came in as the team who could finally dethrone the de jure queens of Counter-Strike, but it was not to be. They, like all who had fell before them, were to kneel before greatness.
After the Poles eviscerated hometown heroines FlyQuest in the semi-finals, they were to meet four-time champions Nigma Galaxy who smacked B4 in an intriguing, but eventually predictable game.
Nigma raced ahead on Inferno, streaming into bombsites with pinpoint trading and winning some, frankly, unfair duels, before moving to map point after round 21. 15-6.
But NAVI Javelins were the team supposed to dethrone them for a reason; hitting back with seven back-to-back-to-back-to-you-get-the-idea rounds of their own. They had awoken, and even though Nigma did what they did best and closed it out eventually, it seemed like the final had begun.
Instead, that was the beginning of the end.
Nigma ran over NAVI on Ancient in a manner befitting of a group stage game. ANa died well under once every two rounds, tory and Vilga had the run of the map and Nigma put up ten CT rounds of their own.
This time, though, NAVI were out of juice. The comeback was stunted before it even began, and Nigma were crowned queens for an unprecedented fifth time.
Five Impact LANs. Five unbeaten wins.
Incredible.
Final standings:
1st: 🇷🇺 Nigma Galaxy - $50.000
2nd: 🇵🇱 NAVI Javelins - $25.000
3-4th: 🇺🇸 FlyQuest Red - $13.000
3-4th: 🇧🇷 B4 fe - $13.000
5-6th: 🇧🇷 Black Dragons - $7.000
5-6th: 🇷🇺 9 Pandas Fearless - $7.000
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