Natus Vincere and GROND will face off in the first round of the EPIC CIS League Spring group stage. The confident Victoria of "born to win"?
Natus Vincere
After making a replacement in the lineup - instead of flamie B1T, "born to win" triumphed at the DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 tournament. In the group stage, mousesports (16-14) and Virtus.Pro (2-0), and in the match for the semifinals there was a 1-2 defeat by Gambit. However, the start in the playoffs from the 1/4 finals stage was not a problem for Natus Vincere, who defeated FURIA and Heroic 2-1, and in the grand final took revenge on Gambit, defeating them 3-0.
GROND
The Russian team very rarely appears on the professional stage, and when it does, it does not perform in the best way. Over the past three months, the percentage of wins has not even reached the mark of 40-39.1%. There are no high-profile achievements, and getting into the main draw of EPIC League CIS 2021 can already be considered a success. In the qualifying stage, they were beaten benched (16-14) and IN.GAME (2-0).
Forecast
The class of teams is not comparable, "born to win" are required to get a confident victory and enter the winning unit in the statistics, especially in the wake of success after winning the DreamHack Masters Spring 2021.