HellRaisers edge NiP for playoffs spot

HellRaisers edged NiP 16-13 on Overpass to clinch their place in the quarter-finals with a 3-1 record.

In the Overpass match for a spot in the playoffs, Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow's triple kicked off HellRaisers' CT side with a 3-0 lead before Ninjas in Pyjamas equalized the score, winning two gunrounds in a row on the back of Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg's six kills on B overall.

Opening kills from Bence "⁠DeadFox⁠" Böröcz helped his squad start racking up rounds, with ANGE1 pitching in as well for a 7-3 lead.

The following round saw Ninjas in Pyjamas killing two HR players on A with the rest deciding to save guns, which HellRaisers put to good use in the following round as DeadFox added three kills to his name.

ANGE1 and DeadFox reigned on Overpass

The Hungarian AWPer and ANGE1 continued to do most of the work in the fragging department on their way to a comfortable 10-5 half as CT. HellRaisers' in-game leader put up another triple in the second pistol, allowing his team to climb to an eight-round lead. 

Ninjas in Pyjamas then came alive, defending several attacks in a row with William "⁠draken⁠" Sundin getting a quad-kill and a triple along the way, lowering their deficit to just one when HellRaisers took a timeout. The following round saw the CIS-based squad nearly turning an eco into a round win, but Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg stepped up to the plate and retook the A bombsite in a 1v2 with one spray.

Only then could HR figure out a way past Ninjas in Pyjamas's formidable defense with Patrik "⁠Zero⁠" Žúdel and DeadFox each contributing with two key kills. The 18-year-old Slovakian added a 1v1 clutch for match point and HellRaisers finished off the Swedes with three in a row at 16-13.

PotM: Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow was not only on top of the scoreboard with 26-20 (93 ADR, 1.28 rating), he also had several multi-kills in crucial rounds, including triples in both pistol rounds that each gave HellRaisers a three-round lead.

SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 FinalsBest of 1 HellRaisersMatchpage 16 13 7th April 2017 Ninjas in Pyjamas 16Overpass 13

HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	26 - 20	+6	93.2	1.31
Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelZero	22 - 19	+3	79.1	1.24
Bence 'DeadFox' BöröczDeadFox	22 - 18	+4	76.6	1.14
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	15 - 18	-3	63.6	0.92
Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO	16 - 21	-5	63.9	0.80

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
William 'draken' Sundindraken	22 - 16	+6	73.3	1.24
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	25 - 21	+4	85.8	1.19
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	19 - 20	-1	81.9	1.01
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	18 - 22	-4	65.6	0.90
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	11 - 22	-11	58.3	0.72

With only one match of the fourth round left, the standings of the Swiss group are as follows:

Qualified	2W-1L	2W-2L	Eliminated
Natus Vincere (3-0)	Astralis	Immortals	TYLOO (0-3)
G2 (3-0)	SK	CLG	UYA (0-3)
North (3-1)		fnatic	MVP Project (1-3)
HellRaisers (3-1)		FaZe	Gambit (1-3)
		Ninjas in Pyjamas	Virtus.pro (1-3)

Natus Vincere #6 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev HellRaisers #15 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergWilliam 'draken' Sundin SK #3 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos William 'draken' Sundin Age: 21 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 386 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Gambit #9 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov UYA #82 Lei 'forget' LiHongGuang 'Stevie' LiZhenDong 'Not7' MoZhiHai 'QKA' FuWei 'shuadapai' Wang G2 #16 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliNikola 'NiKo' KovačFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Immortals #7 Lincoln 'fnx' LauLucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' Prass CLG #24 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' Arnold Bence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Age: 22 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 376 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.66 Adam 'friberg' Friberg Age: 25 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1075 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 MVP Project #98 Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' KimJung-Hyeon 'rindA' JeonSoon-Woo 'Argency' KwonSoo-Yong 'kAyle' Jung North #5 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke TYLOO #33 Ke 'captainMo' LiuZhen 'HZ' HuangHui 'DD' WuWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Age: 27 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1098 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 fnatic #11 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Patrik 'Zero' Žúdel Age: 18 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 397 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.63 Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Age: 28 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 1077 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.64