Vitality dismantle Astralis to secure first BLAST Premier Spring Showdown win

Following two consecutive ties, Vitality have earned their first win in Group A of BLAST Premier Spring Europe Showdown after besting Astralis 16-6 on Nuke.

The Danes failed to build on a commanding performance against SAW in their previous match, in which they recorded their first win with both Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer and Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen on the roster, as Vitality secured a dominant victory over the Danish side to achieve their first win of the tournament and increase their Group A points total to five.

RpK and ZywOo led Vitality to victory

The veto process saw the matchup head to Nuke, where Vitality locked down the CT pistol and the subsequent round to attain a 2-0 start. Astralis answered back in the next with guns in hand before the two teams traded two rounds apiece. A quick AWP double kill from Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut followed up by a clutch from the star player kicked off a string of six rounds, which was capped off with a 1vs3 by Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy.

With the half looking as it would conclude overwhelmingly in Vitality’s favour, a triple kill by Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen helped the Danes pick up two additional rounds and reach the break at a 5-10 deficit.

A Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon 1v2 clutch on the second half pistol put Vitality into the driver’s seat for the remainder of the match as the Frenchmen stormed to a 15-6 lead, with Astralis managing just one round as Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire’s men hit map point. Facing off against a poor buy from the Danes in the final round, Vitality convincingly locked down the map 16-6 to take the win.

BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Europe ShowdownBest of 1 AstralisMatchpage 6 16 3rd June 2020 Vitality 6Nuke 16

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	19 - 18	+1	83.6	1.07
Jakob 'JUGi' HansenJUGi	13 - 17	-4	65.2	1.01
Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi	10 - 18	-8	70.3	0.75
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	10 - 19	-9	68.1	0.63
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	9 - 19	-10	62.8	0.62

Vitality	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautZywOo	21 - 12	+9	104.7	1.61
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	22 - 11	+11	93.5	1.48
Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabiermisutaaa	17 - 15	+2	78.3	1.37
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	13 - 10	+3	67.0	1.21
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	18 - 14	+4	73.3	1.02

Group A TEAM M P Ninjas in Pyjamas 4 8 Vitality 3 5 ENCE 3 5 Astralis 3 3 SAW 3 0 Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Age: 30 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1320 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Astralis #2 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzJakob 'JUGi' HansenEmil 'Magisk' Reif Danny 'zonic' Sørensen Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen Age: 27 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1619 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 Vitality #10 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' Rabier Rémy 'XTQZZZ' Quoniam Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Simon 'twist' EliassonFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserTim 'nawwk' JonassonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Björn 'THREAT' Pers Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 28 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1654 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Astralis #2 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzJakob 'JUGi' HansenEmil 'Magisk' Reif Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen Age: 23 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 907 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.61 Vitality #10 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' Rabier Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Age: 19 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.29 Maps played: 622 KPR: 0.86 DPR: 0.62 ENCE #21 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaMiikka 'suNny' KemppiJere 'sergej' SaloElias 'Jamppi' Olkkonen Slaava 'Twista' Räsänen Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire Age: 27 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1609 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.70 Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 1190 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 SAW #61 Omar 'arki' ChakkorChristopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraRenato 'stadodo' Gonçalves Ricardo 'AIm' Almeida SAW #61 Omar 'arki' ChakkorChristopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraRenato 'stadodo' Gonçalves