Team Spirit crushed Team Yandex and advanced to the FISSURE Dota 2 Grand Final.

In the lower bracket final of the FISSURE Universe: Episode 8 tournament for Dota 2, the Serbian organization Team Spirit secured a confident victory over the Russian team Team Yandex. The match ended with a score of 2:0, allowing "The Dragons" to advance to the grand final.

Team Spirit Roster

• Yatoro
• Mirele
• Collapse
• rue
• Pantomem

Map 1: No Chance for Yandex

The first game was dictated entirely by Team Spirit and ended with a crushing score of 13:3.

• Impenetrable Defense
• Team Yandex managed only 3 kills for the entire map. The team's carry, watson, on Templar Assassin finished the game with a stat line of 0/1/0.
• The Leaders
• Ilya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk on Medusa (6/0/4) and stand-in Mirele on Dragon Knight (3/0/6) played flawlessly, not dying a single time.

Map 2: The Stand-in's Showcase

The second map was more action-packed with a score of 37:26, but victory once again belonged to Team Spirit.

• Fiery Mirele
• The player substituting for Larl delivered the best performance of the match. Playing Ember Spirit, Mirele secured 13 kills and dealt colossal damage.
• Offlane Support
• Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov on Batrider was also unstoppable, finishing the map with a stat line of 12/5/14.
• watson's Attempt
• The Team Yandex carry on Queen of Pain tried to turn the game around (10/7/13), but the team's efforts were not enough.

Match Outcome:

• Team Yandex finishes their run in a respectable 3rd place.
• Team Spirit advances to the grand final, where today at 19:30 MSK they will face Aurora Gaming. This will be a chance for "The Dragons" to get revenge for their loss in the upper bracket final.