In another match of the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe tournament, Natus Vincere broke Heroic's winning streak and advanced to the grand finals. Although the Danish team had previously progressed well in the playoffs with wins over Astralis and BIG, the clash with NAVI proved to be much more challenging for them. Heroic will now face the winner of the Astralis – mousesports match, which will take place on October 3.
NAVI set a high pace from the first rounds, largely due to the successful actions of Denis «electronic» Sharipov. Soon Heroic were already losing with the score 1 : 10, and they could not get back. After taking only a few rounds, they ended up losing to Inferno with a score of 5 : 16. On the second map, Natus Vincere were no less effective, In the first rounds on the map Mirage Heroic managed to win a few victories, but soon NAVI retook the initiative. After the change of sides, the balance of power remained virtually unchanged, and Heroic were unable to do anything against the well-coordinated actions of Natus Vincere. As a result, the CIS team won a convincing victory, winning eight rounds in a row at the end of the match and leaving the map behind them with a score of 16 : 8.
The Grand Final of ESL Pro League Season 12 will take place on October 4, and the team that will be the opponent of NAVI will be determined soon.
