Nemiga have taken a significant stride toward qualifying for the PGL Singapore Major by securing a spot in the grand final of Stake Ranked Episode 4, doing so by way of a hard-fought two-map victory over Luminosity.
The Russian team has yet to drop a map in a tournament run that includes wins over FaZe and Alliance, and they showed tenacity against Luminosity in the upper bracket final after nearly dropping a 7-1 lead on Cache by turning around a 7-10 deficit and denying another comeback on Dust2 to clinch the series in overtime.
The final will be Nemiga's chance to grab a second LAN trophy in one month after the team's title-winning campaign at MPKBK CIS LAN Season 7, and a shot at a third title in a month following the online win in NODWIN Clutch Series 12.
Luminosity's Major dreams took a hit with the loss, but their fate remains in their hands as they will face Astralis in the consolidation final to gain ground back.
The Danes had lost to Alliance in their opener and have clawed back through the lower bracket by eliminating FaZe, BIG, and fnatic, dispatching of the latter in resounding fashion after a superlative 2.50-rated Dust2 from Love "phzy" Smidebrant (31-9 K-D, 142.3 ADR in 19 rounds) and a 2.08-rated Ancient from Gytis "ryu" Glušauskas.
The schedule for the final day of play can be found below:
Gytis 'ryu' GlušauskasPast 3 months
Nemiga
Aleksandr 'KaiR0N-' Anashkin
Kirill 'Xant3r' Kononov
Nikita 'robo' Dushin
Beksultan 'khaN' Ospan
Daniel 'syph0' Ageyev
Anton 'boX' Burko
FaZe
David 'frozen' Čerňanský
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken
Ryan 'Neityu' Aubry
Jakub 'jcobbb' Pietruszewski
Jason 'JBOEN' Boe Nielsen
Niclas 'enkay J' Krumhorn
Love 'phzy' SmidebrantPast 3 months
BIG
Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz
Jon 'JDC' de Castro
Josef 'faveN' Baumann
Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer
Gleb 'gr1ks' Gazin
Sebastian 'xenn' Hoch
Luminosity
Aleks 'Rainwaker' Petrov
Aurélien 'afro' Drapier
Lucas 'lux' Meneghini
Simon 'yxngstxr' Boije
Oscar 'AZUWU' Bell
Alexander 'kakafu' Szymanczyk
Astralis
Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen
Love 'phzy' Smidebrant
Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaard
Victor 'Staehr' Staehr
Gytis 'ryu' Glušauskas
Filip 'NEO' Kubski
fnatic
Rodion 'fEAR' Smyk
Dmytro 'jambo' Semera
Nikita 'jackasmo' Skyba
Artem 'cairne' Mushynskyi
Volodymyr 'mazay' Iorhachov
Miks 'Independent' Siliņš
Alliance
Simon 'twist' Eliasson
Sean 'eraa' Knutsson
Jonatan 'bobeksde' Persson
Markus 'upE' Johansson
Arvid 'avid' Åberg
Simon 'Hawk' Vävinggren