At Arbalet Asia things have gone as planned for Arbalet as the team named after him waits in the final of his tournament, having just beaten TyLoo in the third map of their series in the upper bracket finals. Natus Vincere lost the first map but came back to win two maps in a row 16:8 to book their Grand Final spot.

TyLoo 16:11 Natus Vincere (dust2 - 9:6 7:5)

First half
An early lead for Arbalet was whittled away at by TyLoo as the Ukranian's went from 5:2 to 5:8. On the 10th round three kills from GoodRifle's AWP and two from karl forced Arbalet to save the next round. On that eco they managed to get into the favourable position of being 2v1 with the bomb planted, karl came to the rescue though and won the round. He followed that up on the 12 round with three kills.

Four markeloff kills got Arbalet their last round of the half to make it 8:6 to TyLoo. GoodRifle continued to AWP well as he sat on 20-8 stats, or there abouts. tb and alex won a 2v2 on the last round of the half to put TyLoo up 9:6.


Second half

On the pistol round TyLoo planted in B and despite markeloff pushing in and killing everyone tb had crucially delayed him long enough to make it impossible for him to attempt a defuse. TyLoo went up 3:0 and 12:-6 overall. Two markeloff AWP kills gave the Ukranians the 4th but the next three went right back to the Chinese.

Facing map point Arbalet got it together for a stretch and won four consecutive rounds, including a three kills zeus display on the 10th. When the 12th round arrived three kills from GoodRifle sealed the map for TyLoo and put him on 17-8 scoreboard stats on the terrorist side.


TyLoo 8:16 Natus Vincere (inferno - 5:10 2:6)

First half

TyLoo again moved over to inferno as their second map where despite their favour of the map it has not been kind to them results-wise recently. The early lead was theirs as two kills from GoodRifle and alex each won them the pistol round on an aggressive push down middle as CT. Arbalet bought AKs on the 3rd round and two ceh9 kills led the way to a round win, quickly followed by the enemy eco.

GoodRifle won a 1v1 just as the terrorist had planted the bomb in the 5th round to put TyLoo ahead but that would be their last lead of the half. Three rounds were torn off by Arbalet, with the 8th round seeing four TyLoo players save guns in B. Two kills from alex and GoodRifle each got the Chinese side to within a round but that would also be the last time they were within a round in the game. On the 14th round a 3v3 for Arbalet with the bomb planted was turned into a 2v3 by GoodRifle, who again was playing very well at 24-9 stats, and tb even made it a 1v3 for ceh9. Nevertheless the Ukranian got it to a 1v1 and then won the round with a defuse. 10:5 Arbalet at the half.


Second half
TyLoo kept alive their hopes of ending the upper finals in two maps as they won the pistol round, getting into B and planting 5v4. Three kills from tb ensured there would be no retake. Despite losing the next two to the Chinese also Arbalet's Edward did plenty of damage as he racked up deagle kills.

When Arbalet got their first round they didn't look back and put together a streak to end the half and tie up the series. On the 4th round it was three kills from starix to stop a mid push which put Arbalet in a good spot and then two markeloff kills at B which sealed the deal. markeloff and starix would continue to be the men getting it done as markeloff killed two in the 5th and 7th rounds also. In the 8th starix killed two and Arbalet sat at map point.

Despite alex getting a 2v4 to a 2v3 the round went to the Ukranian team and now TyLoo had to head to train for the decider. TyLoo had won some big games on train but they'd also lost to Arbalet UA in the group stage on it, so their confidence would likely not be unwavering.


TyLoo 10:16 Natus Vincere (train - 6:9 2:7)

First half

Arbalet started out strong as terrorists and took the first six. Two kills from starix and two from zeus winning the pistol round as they went from the outside to the inside bombsite. TyLoo snatched back two from the 7th to the 8th as karl killed the last two Arbalet players with a pop dog train ladder flank on the former and alex won a 1v2 during the latter.

A save and an eco saw Arbalet go up 8:2 but TyLoo made the game interesting by taking four of the last five. The 12th saw TyLoo having won the previous round but econimically hurting. Four USP kills from GoodRifle onto a saving Arbalet team ensured they couldn't take advantage of TyLoo's predicament. Three kills from GoodRifle on the 15th round sent the game into the half at 9:6 for Arbalet UA.


Second half

Things began terribly for TyLoo as two Edward and two markeloff kills sent the pistol Arbalet's way. After running up the next three to reach 13:6 overall Arbalet were firmly in the driving seat.

The 6th round was defined by two Edward and two markeloff kills, again, as the latter reached 11-1 on the scoreboard. Two ceh9 and three zeus kills in the 7th put Arbalet at map and series point. A valient effort on the 8th round gave TyLoo a stay of execution as they turned a desparate scenario involving an AK and deagles into a win thanks to tb going 1v3 on and around the 5 train. Two kills from starix and ceh9 each would secure Arbalet UA a spot in the Grand Final though.