The defending Major champion is only one win away from reaching the Playoffs round.

NAVI advanced to bracket 2-2 after a victory over GamerLegion

Natus Vincere secured a spot in bracket 2-2 of the Shanghai Major Qualifiers thanks to a 2-0 win over GamerLegion. Even though the performance wasn't the best from the reigning Major champions, they were still able to regain their form after yesterday's loss to Spirit to win a series of matches where their T-side play style proved to be dominant. island.

Mihai "⁠iM⁠" Ivan, NAVI's best player in Shanghai, played a key role in the victory on map Nuke, while Valeriy "⁠b1t⁠" Vakhovskiy shined on Mirage. However, Justinas "⁠jL⁠" Lekavicius continues to struggle, with a 0.83 average at the Major, leading fans to question whether the Lithuanian player can regain his best form as the team prepares to enter the Major. on Sunday's important match.

Natus Vincere entered the series determined to prove itself, dominating the Nuke map from the start with a score of 7-2 on the CT side. Still, some gunfights were very close, and when GamerLegion won the 2v4 situation thanks to Henrich "⁠sl3nd⁠" Hevesi's three AWP kills, NAVI was immediately in trouble.

GamerLegion continued to apply pressure after the break and won the pistol round, reducing the gap to one round. However, NAVI immediately responded with a force-buy, and iM ensured their team kept control with a decisive 1v1 situation in the next round. The rest of the match was one-sided as NAVI easily broke through GamerLegion's defense to end the map with a score of 13-6.

Erik "⁠ztr⁠" Gustafsson's team seemed unaffected by defeat as they took a 6-1 lead on Mirage's T-side, with sl3nd once again catching the eye with a crucial 1v2 clutch in the area B. When the match started to get out of control, coach Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy called a timeout to stabilize the lineup, and this tactic immediately was immediately effective as NAVI controlled the rest of the match.