Nemiga Beats Vitality to Reach PGL Masters Bucharest Final

Nemiga reached the PGL Masters Bucharest final by beating Vitality 2:0 in the semifinal. The series ended 13:8 on Cache and 13:11 on Dust2. Nikita "robo" Dushin made his mark on the series with 46 kills, 101 ADR and a 1.52 rating.

Nemiga started fast on Cache and led 7:1 at halftime. Vitality won the remaining four rounds of the first half, but could not recover in the second half. robo scored 24 kills on this map. William "mezii" Merriman, who took over the IGL role in the absence of Dan "apEX" Madesclaire, had only three kills and posted 49.6 ADR.

On Dust2, mezii scored a four-kill round in the last round of the first half, putting his team up 8:4. Nemiga closed the gap in the second half and levelled at 10:10. Vitality took the lead again, but that round was the opponent's last. Nemiga then won three rounds in a row to take the map 13:11. mezii was the best performer on the map with 22 kills and a 1.60 rating. robo added another 22 kills and contributed to his team's run to the final.

Outside the tournament, the team's ranking is also climbing. According to the live VRS preview, Nemiga will earn 56 points for beating Vitality. The team, currently 12th with 1,589 points, will reach 1,645 points and 10th place in the world. Since their first match of the tournament, they will have gained a total of 153 points and moved up 13 places.

Nemiga will face the winner of the MOUZ vs FURIA match in the final.