Top 5 best comebacks in CS GO History

Kane Dane March 2, 2020 CS GO

March 1 Natus vincere won the cup IEM Katowice 2023 by CS: GOreplaying in the finals G2 esports with a score of 3: 0. But the starting point in this NAVI IEM Katowice triumph is outside Poland – in the group stage BLAST Premier Spring Series 2023on the Inferno map in the match against Astralis. That comeback changed the mental attitude of the players and transformed their playlist. We decided to recall four more bright comebacks that resulted in something big – a won trophy, career take-off, or a large-scale scandal.

NAVI – Astralis. Rebooting the “new era”

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A comeback against Astralis in the relegation match for BLAST Premier was not only one of the highlights of the tournament, but also a kind of “restart” of NAVI. If the “new era” of CS: GO roster really came in triumph at IEM Katowice 2023, then the comeback on Inferno laid the foundation for it.

The team from the CIS approached BLAST Premier in a bad shape. For several months, she unsuccessfully performed with Ladislav GuardiaN Kovacsthen replaced the Slovak with a young Ilya Perfecto Zalutsky, with whom she didn’t even have time to really train. At Alexandra s1mple Kostyleva at that moment, the transition period also began – for the second time in a season he had to change his position, returning to the role of a sniper. The day before the fight with Astralis, the NAVI team lost Team vitality with a score of 0: 2.

The CIS team started the series against Astralis horribly, giving its peak with a score of 6:16, but then unexpectedly for many it was able to pick up the strongest Astralis card – Nuke. Inferno became decisive, and there again NAVI had problems – they lost both pistol rounds, and Astralis reached a comfortable score for itself 13: 6. To play this with the best team in the world is an almost impossible task, but the team of Alexander Kostylev was able to turn the tide.

NAVI began to win completely crazy rounds. With a score of 13: 8, they were able to recapture point A, which the Astralis players held five of them. And in the very end, s1mple saved NAVI by issuing a flick shot on the Danish ranbust. Completed the meeting Denis electronic Sharipov – He alone killed three on A and stopped the Astralis attack.

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After this victory, a full-fledged “return” of NAVI began – the team took first place in the group at BLAST Premier and won a total of eight out of nine subsequent matches. The s1mple team not only won the IEM Katowice, it was an order of magnitude superior to everyone else – Astralis took only ten rounds for two cards against NAVI, and G2 – 19 rounds for three.

Fnatic – LDLC. The most scandalous comeback

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DreamHack Winter 2014 I remember many fans of CS: GO just comeback Fnaticor rather, how the team was able to achieve it. The decisive card for the quarterfinal match was Overpass. Fnatic with a crushing score of 12: 3 lost for the attack, after which she lost the second “pistol”. In the 17th round Olof olofmeister kaybier I bought SSG 08, and teammates hooked him at an unusual point right on the basis of protection. From it opened a review of almost the entire map. So Kaibiere from a safe position controlled the approach to B, and also could provide information about the movement of rivals in the mid in front of the “toilets”. Such a significant tactical advantage allowed Fnatic to return to the game. Members Team LDLC.com they just didn’t understand where and how they were killed.

Fnatic won 13 consecutive rounds and ended the match in their favor. However, a scandal broke out on the Internet right away. At first, the tournament organizers said that Fnatic played by the rules, but the community was on the side of the French. Professionals and spectators accused the Swedes of playing dishonestly and using bugs. Under public pressure, the judges decided to annul the result of the third card and set a replay, but Fnatic refused and gave the victory to the French. As a result, LDLC won DreamHack Winter 2014, but the Fnatic comeback still remained in history.

Team Liquid – Luminosity. Brazilian will to win

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On major MLG Major Championship: Columbus the Brazilian team Luminosity made two comebacks in one episode. It happened in the semifinals against Team liquidwhich s1mple was then playing for. On the first map – Mirage – Luminosity gaming conceded with a score of 15: 9. In the 25th round, Liquid tried to launch a quick attack on B, but Marcelo coldzera david saved his team, managing to defend the point alone. He stopped four Liquid players, two of whom he killed in a jump from AWP with one shot. After this moment, Luminosity perked up and took nine rounds in a row taking into account overtime, and the developers marked the episode with special graffiti.

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On the second map – Cache – the Liquid team started again extremely confidently and was on the verge of victory, bringing the score to 15: 6 in their favor. The first mappoint, the Brazilians again played thanks to coldzera, which together with Epitasio Taco de Melo won the 2v2 clutch. After that, the scenario of the first card was repeated – the Brazilians issued a series of eight rounds won and completed Cache in their favor in overtime.

In the major final, Luminosity met with NAVI. The Brazilians lost the first half to Mirage with a score of 11: 4, and then continued the tradition of comebacks, transferring the card to overtime. In extra time, they won with a score of 19:17. On the second map, Luminosity destroyed NAVI, giving the rivals only two rounds. So the Brazilians won their first major, and coldzera got the title of MVP.

QB.Fire – mousesports. Boombl4: The Beginning

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Performance Quantum bellator fire – one of the most striking stories of ELEAGUE Boston Major 2018. Once in the top 16, the team has already exceeded the expectations of all fans, but did not stop there. In the second stage, English-speaking analysts predicted QB.Fire last place and statistics 0-3. Commentator Vince Vince Hill even promised to eat a boot if the CIS squad won at least one meeting. However QB.Fire in which Cyril Boombl4 Mikhailov first declared itself, dealt with Virtus.pro and then overpowered Gambit esports. The last hurdle to the playoffs for the roster was mousesports. The European team began to justify its status as a favorite almost immediately, taking eight unanswered rounds in a row. The first half ended with a crushing score – 13: 2.

But after the side switch, QB.Fire took the pistol round and began to return to the game. The Boombl4 team won the next 13 out of 14 rounds, filling out, as commentators said, a “historic victory.” This comeback and access to the playoffs of the major drew a lot of attention to QB.Fire, which was signed a few months later Winstrike team, and, of course, to Mikhailov. A year and a half after that victory over mousesports, he – already in the NAVI – will reach the final part of the major in Berlin, and after leaving Zeus will become a full-time captain. And not only the leader and coordinator, but also one of the main striking forces – the first map of the IEM finals, Katowice Boombl4 finished with statistics 32-11, almost twice as fast as the closest pursuer.

Astralis – Virtus.pro. Sunset of the polish legend

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ELEAGUE Major 2017 has become a landmark tournament for both finalists. For Astralis, this was the first major victory and preparation for an almost two-year domination in CS: GO. Virtus.pro, on the contrary, by that time was a legendary team, the game form of which was slowly declining. Astralis won the final with a score of 2: 1. The most dramatic, of course, was the third map – Train.

Virtus.pro started for the attack with a score of 7: 0, but by the end of half, Astralis was able to correct the situation and reduce the situation to 9: 6. After the side switching, the Polish team again began to go ahead, gaining a rather comfortable advantage – 13: 7. The Danes did not have money, so they with Tec-9 alone reached point A against the complete purchase of the Poles. Suddenly, the attack worked, and at the end of the round they were left Andreas Xyp9x Hoislet and Janusz Snax Pogorzelski. The Danish “clutch minister”, as fans will call him later, won the duel, being with a gun against the AK-47. After that, Astralis got inspired and started picking up round after round. The final score is 16:14 in favor of the Danes. After that final, Virtus.pro never again got so close to the major trophy.

The Polish squad had successful episodes afterwards – victory on DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 or exit to the finals Epicenter. However, it became apparent that the level of play of the Poles, including their individual indicators, began to deteriorate. At a major in London in 2018, Virtus.pro for the first time in its history did not enter the top 16 at all. Then an active series of replacements continued, and at the end of 2019 the Polish squad finally left the organization.