Astralis have won DreamHack Masters Marseille following a convincing 2-0 win over Natus Vincere in the final.

Astralis sent out a strong message on Nuke by wiping out the entire Na`Vi squad as they attempted to push the ramps in the pistol round. After taking both anti-ecos, Astralis secured the first full gun round as Na`Vi's lack of utility prevented them from raiding the upper site.

Down 0-5, Astralis finally managed to get a footing in the game as they won two of the following three rounds, leaving their opponents strapped for cash. However, Astralis replied immediately with nothing but CZs and retook control of proceedings. With Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth and Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif in great form, Na`Vi struggled to find spaces to create something, and as the half came to an end the Danish team found themselves up 13-2.

Now on the Terrorist side, Astralis further added to their lead by winning a messy pistol round, with Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander getting three kills to his name. What followed was a messy period of the game as rounds went back and forth, but it would not take long for the Danes to lock down the map, courtesy of a 1v3 clutch from Xyp9x.

Astralis win their first title of the year

The map that followed, Inferno, began with Natus Vincere winning their first pistol of the series after retaking the B site, with Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov - who had gone missing on Nuke - securing a trio of kills. Na`Vi lost the third round to a full buy from the Terrorists, but they bounced back immediately, setting themselves up for a 4-1 lead.

With no money in the bank, Astralis went for a very weak buy and were rewarded with a win off the back of a quad-kill from Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz. Then, it was gla1ve's time to shine as he clutched a 1v3 to prevent an economic reset for his team.

That was the start of a great run from the Danes, who won the next six rounds after breaching Na`Vi's A defence time and time again. The Ukrainian team then finally tightened up their defence to win the final two rounds of the half and cut the deficit to three. 

Natus Vincere came out of the break with all guns blazing and took the pistol round thanks to a quad kill from Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev. The Ukrainian team would go on to level the score at 9-9, but once Astralis had money in the bank the landscape of the game changed immediately. The Danish team set up a very tight defence and did not give Na`Vi the chance to build on the few rounds that were going their way, and hammered the final nail into their opponents' coffin in a decisive 1v1 from gla1ve.

DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018Best of 3 Natus VincereMatchpage 0 2 22nd April 2018 Astralis 4Nuke 16 11Inferno 16

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	41 - 33	+8	92.7	1.30
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	32 - 36	-4	81.1	1.12
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	25 - 36	-11	67.2	0.78
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	27 - 36	-9	61.6	0.74
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	21 - 36	-15	51.7	0.65

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	38 - 28	+10	88.0	1.31
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	40 - 29	+11	96.2	1.31
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	37 - 31	+6	85.0	1.17
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	30 - 23	+7	73.6	1.13
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	32 - 35	-3	67.4	0.92

DreamHack Masters Marseille final standings:

1. Astralis - $100,000
2. Natus Vincere - $50,000
3-4. Gambit - $22,000
3-4. fnatic - $22,000
5-8. MOUZ - $10,000
5-8. FaZe - $10,000
5-8. Cloud9 - $10,000
5-8. Ninjas in Pyjamas - $10,000
9-12. SK - $2,000
9-12. Envy - $2,000
9-12. Renegades - $2,000
9-12. Liquid - $2,000
13-16. G2 - $2,000
13-16. Valiance - $2,000
13-16. TYLOO - $2,000
13-16. Space Soldiers - $2,000

Astralis #5 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Gambit #17 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovDenis 'seized' KostinAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Natus Vincere #6 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 22 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 1086 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 Emil 'Magisk' Reif Age: 20 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 666 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 Ninjas in Pyjamas #10 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'REZ' Sterner TYLOO #25 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto Renegades #15 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis Liquid #7 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Envy #29 Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieyCédric 'RpK' GuipouyAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAli 'hAdji' Haïnouss Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Age: 22 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 929 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 MOUZ #2 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 534 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.68 Valiance #32 Anel 'NENO' CekovićLuka 'emi' VukovićNemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićAleksa 'Impulse' Stankić fnatic #3 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Age: 22 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1263 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.62 FaZe #1 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenRichard 'Xizt' LandströmLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Space Soldiers #12 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor SK #8 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David Cloud9 #4 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' Ta G2 #9 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireOscar 'mixwell' CañellasAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 782 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.68