magic defeated PARIVISION 2:0 in the Group B lower bracket semi-final at FISSURE Playground 3 and advanced to the lower final. PARIVISION were eliminated after losing Inferno in overtime.
magic recovered from 6:12 on Inferno
- Ancient (magic pick) — magic 13:11 PARIVISION
- Inferno (PARIVISION pick) — magic 16:14 PARIVISION
magic took a 7:5 halftime lead on Ancient before the teams split the second half 6:6. Abdurakhim “mo0N” Issa secured the 13:11 win with a four-kill round that included a 1v3 clutch in the final round of regulation.
Inferno was tied 6:6 at the break before PARIVISION won six consecutive rounds to reach map point. magic saved six map points to force overtime at 12:12. PARIVISION then moved ahead 14:12, but magic won the next four rounds to close the map 16:14 and complete the sweep.
Player of the Match — Nikita “tenzy” Kochenyuk
- K–D: 45–33
- ADR: 89.4
- KAST: 75.9%
- Rating 3.0: 1.32
tenzy finished with the most kills and the highest rating in the series. Svyatoslav “MaSvAl” Masko followed for magic with 36 kills and a 1.19 rating.
Vladislav “xiELO” Lysov was the highest-rated PARIVISION player at 1.25, finishing with a 42–38 K–D and 83.4 ADR.
VRS results
- magic — +43 pt → 1,490 pt, #21 → #18
- PARIVISION — -16 pt → 1,490 pt, #15 → #17
magic moved into the top 20 with a three-place rise. PARIVISION lost two positions but remained one place above magic.
What’s next?
magic will face Alliance in the Group B lower bracket final on September 10 at 13:00 CET. The Bo3 winner will advance to the quarter-finals, while the losing team will be eliminated.
Alliance reached that match by defeating TYLOO 2:0 earlier in the day. PARIVISION finished FISSURE Playground 3 in 9th–12th place.
