Vitality take down BIG to set up clash against Astralis in DH Open Fall

The French squad was in control of the series throughout Dust2 and Inferno, securing at worst a top-3 finish in the Regional Major Ranking event.

The match between the fourth and seventh-best teams in the world did not provide as much excitement as was expected thanks to strong performances from all five Vitality members, with the Frenchmen securing a confident 2-0 win over BIG.

Vitality continued their winning streak on Dust2, now reaching five consecutive map wins, and shrugged off BIG on Inferno after a near-perfect start to the offensive side to claim the series. BIG will have a chance to redeem themselves in the lower bracket of DreamHack Open Fall, where they will face the winner of HEROIC - Sprout, while Vitality go on to face Astralis for a grand final spot on Friday, and could prove to be a difficult challenge for the team currently ranked #1.

ZywOo had another stellar series and currently boasts a 1.46 event rating

With both teams having strong records on Dust2, 82% win rate for BIG and 73% for Vitality, the initial map was a toss-up on paper. After picking it, the German side did start 3-0 up on it as Terrorists, but Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy set up his team for a good CT half with an opening double in the first rifle round. Vitality brought out the double AWP on Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut and Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon, and went up 7-4 before Nils "⁠k1to⁠" Gruhne's 4K with the Deagle allowed BIG to recover.

From an 8-7 half, Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz's team equalized things with a pistol win, but lost the following force to Vitality's B push. The French team then took the reins of the match, reaching 14 rounds after RpK's eco ace, and closed out the map 16-11.

ZywOo's pistol quad-kill foreshadowed a great map from the wunderkind on Inferno, as he was sitting on a 16K-1D scoreline with Vitality 9-2 ahead as Terrorists. BIG stopped the bleeding there, locking down an A play to start their comeback to a 9-6 half scoreline.

That good work was canceled out by Vitality in the second half, as Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire's men looked comfortable marching towards match point, but were stopped at a bit earlier, at 14, thanks to BIG's eco victory and a 3v5 turnaround (14-9). The Germans managed to reach 11 rounds before Vitality tied it all up, with a shox - RpK B lockdown and ZywOo's double kill that made it 16-11.

DreamHack Open Fall 2020Best of 3 BIGMatchpage 0 2 22nd October 2020 Vitality 11Dust2 16 11Inferno 16

BIG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Florian 'syrsoN' RischesyrsoN	33 - 34	-1	58.8	0.97
Nils 'k1to' Gruhnek1to	33 - 41	-8	67.6	0.87
Tizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschtiziaN	27 - 37	-10	64.7	0.83
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES	30 - 38	-8	63.1	0.81
Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN	25 - 42	-17	69.1	0.71

Vitality	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautZywOo	40 - 25	+15	78.9	1.42
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	42 - 31	+11	83.2	1.31
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	37 - 34	+3	83.1	1.21
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	37 - 28	+9	64.6	1.12
Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabiermisutaaa	36 - 30	+6	67.4	1.12

Sprout #20 Timo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiJosef 'faveN' BaumannPaweł 'dycha' Dycha BIG #7 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşNils 'k1to' Gruhne Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Age: 31 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1411 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Age: 25 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1541 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.70 Vitality #4 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: 713 KPR: 0.86 DPR: 0.62 HEROIC #2 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupNikolaj 'niko' KristensenMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' Madsen Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 28 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1745 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Astralis #1 Peter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzPatrick 'es3tag' HansenEmil 'Magisk' Reif Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire Age: 27 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1700 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.70 Nils 'k1to' Gruhne Age: 21 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 855 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.69