Deadspin | Liquid, Yandex cost into BLAST Slam VI semifinals – Imperial Wire

Staff Liquid pulled out a marathon 3-2 win over Staff Falcons on Friday to achieve the semifinals of the BLAST Slam VI occasion in Attard, Malta.

Within the different quarterfinal match, Staff Yandex took down HEROIC 3-1.

The Saturday semifinals will characteristic Staff Liquid vs. OG after which Natus Vincere vs. Staff Yandex.

BLAST Slam VI is a 12-team Dota 2 occasion that pays $300,000 to the winner and $1 million total. The occasion opened with three days of group play — a round-robin, best-of-1 format wherein every workforce performed one another workforce as soon as. The highest two groups within the standings, Natus Vincere and OG, moved on to the semifinals of the playoffs.

The groups ending third by means of eighth within the standings superior to the play-in spherical — 4 best-of-3 matches wherein the winners advance to the playoffs and the losers have been eradicated. The groups ending ninth by means of twelfth in group play competed within the last-chance playoff, one other best-of-3 format the place the winners superior to the play-in spherical and the losers went house.

All playoff matches are best-of-5. The championship squad will obtain $300,000 plus $100,000 in workforce earnings, whereas the runner-up will get $150,000 and $50,000 in workforce earnings.

On Friday, Staff Falcons opened with a 45-minute win on purple earlier than Staff Liquid posted a 33-minute victory on purple and a 35-minute win on inexperienced. Staff Falcons despatched the match to the restrict with a 43-minute victory on inexperienced earlier than Staff Liquid took the decisive fifth map in 38 minutes on purple.

Poland’s Michal “Nisha” Jankowski recorded a 46/13/54 kill-death-assist ratio for Staff Liquid. Slovakia’s Oliver “skiter” Lepko wound up at 40/17/28 for Staff Falcons.

After HEROIC earned a 34-minute win on purple, Staff Yandex captured three consecutive maps, in 46 minutes on purple, 46 minutes on inexperienced and 47 minutes on inexperienced.

Kazakhstan’s Alimzhan “watson” Islambekov produced a 43/12/43 Ok/D/A ratio for Staff Yandex. Nicaragua’s Yuma “Yuma” Langlet completed at 38/13/30 for HEROIC.

BLAST Slam VI prize pool

1. $300,000 (plus $100,000 in workforce earnings)

2. $150,000 (plus $50,000)

3-4. $60,000 (plus $29,000)

5-6. $35,000 (plus $15,000) — Staff Falcons, HEROIC

7-10. $22,500 (plus $6.250) — Staff Spirit, Xtreme Gaming, Tundra Esports, GamerLegion

11-12. $10,000 (plus $2,500) — REKONIX, MOUZ

–Discipline Stage Media