Natus Vincere made a sensation by defeating Team Spirit by a wide margin for gold

Natus Vincere defeated Team Spirit on the second map of the first stage of the Clavision Snow Ruyi Invitational despite a 15,000 gold advantage.

A live stream of the match is available on Twitch.

The duration of the game on the second map of the series between Natus Vincere and Team Spirit was exactly 55 minutes. NaVi finally seized the initiative on the battlefield in the 45th minute of the battle.

Since the first map of the match was won by Team Spirit, Natus Vincere equalised the score on the second map. The outcome of the series was decided during the third game, which was won by Team Spirit. On the final map, Natus Vincere dominated the first half of the battle with an advantage of more than 14 thousand gold, but at 49 minutes the team finally lost the initiative in this battle.

Recall that before the match Team Spirit's mid Denis ‘Larl’ Sigitov assessed the level of preparation of Natus Vincere.