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Oct 3, 2018
Oct 3, 2018

A recap of the BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul 2018

What were the odds for BLAST Pro Series: 2018?

What happened in the Group Stage?

What happened in the Pro Standoff?

What happened in the Grand Final?

A recap of the BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul 2018

The BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul flew by and already people will be thinking ahead to Copenhagen. However, analysing past events can help a lot when thinking ahead to the future. Which teams performed well at the most recent BLAST Pro Series? Read on to find out.

On September 29, the best teams from around the world competed at the Ülker Sports Arena in Istanbul. The tournament was split into three stages: Groups, PRO Standoff, and Grand Finals.

The Group Stage was in the best of one format (Bo1), and the Grand Finals were best of three (Bo3). The PRO Standoff was a series of 1 vs. 1’s on the BLAST Aim Map, with $20,000 up for grabs for the winner - the total prize pool for the event was $250,000.

What were the odds for BLAST Pro Series: 2018?

Astralis, the eventual tournament winners, were the outright favourites heading into the BLAST Pro Series in Istanbul (priced at 1.574) while the other finalists, MiBR, were second favourites at 4.589.

What happened in the Group Stage?

Unsurprisingly, Astralis dominated the Group Stage with a 100% record (5-0-0). MiBR’s third round win against Space Soldiers proved to be crucial as they secured a 3-1-1 record to join Astralis in the Grand Final. NiP beat Space Soldiers to third place but both teams progressed to the Pro Standoff as NiP chose to nominate the fourth placed team as their opponents.

Below is a stat breakdown from all the games from the Group Stage at BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul 2018 - this includes kills, deaths, K/D ratio, headshot, percentage headshot and objective (planting or defusing the bomb).

Round one

Space Soldiers vs. NiP round one stats

Mirage
Space Soldiers - 16:13 - NiP

SS

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

NiP

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

XANTARES

36

16

2.25

16

44.44

2

1

GeT_RiGhT

17

17

1

13

76.47

0

2

paz

17

18

0.94

10

58.82

0

0

Lekr0

12

20

0.6

9

75

4

0

Calyx

17

18

0.94

13

76.47

0

1

f0rest

21

20

1.05

12

57.14

0

0

ngiN

19

18

1.06

8

42.11

4

0

REZ

19

21

0.9

10

52.63

0

0

MAJ3R

13

20

0.65

3

23.08

0

0

dennis

21

24

0.88

13

61.9

1

0

MiBR vs. Cloud9 round one stats

Dust2
MiBR - 16:9 - Cloud9

MIBR

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

C9

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

fer

21

10

2.1

12

57.14

1

2

Skadoodle

13

18

0.72

7

53.85

1

1

coldzera

27

13

2.08

15

55.56

1

2

flusha

19

19

1

5

26.32

2

1

tarik

16

13

1.23

6

37.5

2

1

RUSH

15

20

0.75

8

53.33

1

0

FalleN

18

15

1.2

7

38.89

2

0

Golden

7

21

0.33

2

28.57

2

0

Stewie2K

17

15

1.13

5

29.41

1

0

autimatic

11

22

0.5

6

54.55

1

0

Astralis vs. Virtus.Pro - round one stats

Inferno
Astralis - 16:3 - Virtus.Pro

AST

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

VP

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

dupreeh

13

4

3.25

4

30.77

0

0

pashaBiceps

8

15

0.53

4

50

0

0

device

16

5

3.2

6

37.5

2

0

morelz

4

15

0.27

3

75

1

0

Xyp9x

16

5

3.2

4

25

0

2

snatchie

7

16

0.44

2

28.57

3

0

Magisk

18

8

2.25

10

55.56

1

0

NEO

6

17

0.35

5

83.33

0

0

gla1ve

18

9

2

5

27.78

0

0

MICHU

6

18

0.33

6

100

0

0

Round two 

Cloud9 vs Virtus.Pro - Round two stats

Mirage
Cloud9 - 13:16 - Virtus.Pro 

C9

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

VP

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

flusha

17

20

0.85

3

17.65

0

0

NEO

19

16

1.19

9

47.37

4

0

Skadoodle

11

20

0.55

1

9.09

3

0

MICHU

23

17

1.35

8

34.78

2

1

autimatic

22

21

1.05

12

54.55

2

0

pashaBiceps

22

18

1.22

11

50

0

0

Golden

20

21

0.95

13

65

2

1

morelz

23

18

1.28

9

39.13

1

1

RUSH

21

23

0.91

9

42.86

0

1

snatchie

18

22

0.82

3

16.67

0

0

NiP vs. MiBR - round two stats

Mirage
NiP - 15:15 - MiBR

NIP

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

MIBR

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

f0rest

23

15

1.53

13

56.52

1

2

FalleN

15

17

0.88

3

20

7

1

REZ

24

18

1.33

12

50

4

1

tarik

19

18

1.06

9

47.37

1

1

Lekr0

23

18

1.28

9

39.13

5

0

coldzera

22

18

1.22

9

40.91

0

1

dennis

22

20

1.1

14

63.64

0

0

fer

20

24

0.83

11

55

0

2

GeT_RiGhT

11

23

0.48

5

45.45

2

0

Stewie2K

18

26

0.69

10

55.56

1

0

Astralis vs. Space Soldiers - round two stats

Inferno
Astralis - 16:6 - Space Soldiers

AST

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

SS

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

gla1ve

17

8

2.12

10

58.82

4

0

MAJ3R

13

16

0.81

3

23.08

0

1

Magisk

19

9

2.11

7

36.84

0

0

Calyx

16

16

1

13

81.25

1

0

dupreeh

22

10

2.2

14

63.64

3

0

paz

11

17

0.65

3

27.27

1

0

Xyp9x

13

12

1.08

5

38.46

2

0

XANTARES

5

18

0.28

2

40

1

0

device

14

14

1

7

50

4

0

ngiN

8

18

0.44

5

62.5

1

0

Round three 

Astralis vs. Cloud9 - Round three stats

Inferno
Astralis - 16:7 - Cloud9

AST

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

C9

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

Xyp9x

23

6

3.83

9

39.13

0

0

Skadoodle

13

15

0.87

4

30.77

5

0

dupreeh

20

9

2.22

10

50

0

0

flusha

12

18

0.67

8

66.67

0

0

gla1ve

13

9

1.44

5

38.46

4

0

RUSH

6

18

0.33

2

33.33

1

0

device

15

12

1.25

5

33.33

1

0

Golden

11

18

0.61

3

27.27

0

0

Magisk

19

14

1.36

11

57.89

0

0

autimatic

8

21

0.38

4

50

0

0

MiBR vs Space Soldiers - Round three stats

Mirage
MiBR - 16:8 - Space Soldiers

MIBR

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

SS

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

tarik

16

10

1.6

7

43.75

1

0

ngiN

17

17

1

7

41.18

0

0

coldzera

24

10

2.4

11

45.83

0

1

MAJ3R

7

18

0.39

2

28.57

0

0

FalleN

15

11

1.36

6

40

3

0

paz

13

18

0.72

6

46.15

0

1

fer

22

14

1.57

12

54.55

1

0

Calyx

11

20

0.55

8

72.73

1

0

Stewie2K

16

15

1.07

12

75

2

0

XANTARES

11

21

0.52

3

27.27

1

0

NiP vs. Virtus Pro - round three stats

Cache
NiP - 16:13 - Virtus.Pro

NIP

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

VP

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

f0rest

23

16

1.44

13

56.52

1

2

morelz

20

19

1.05

10

50

0

1

Lekr0

18

18

1

9

50

2

0

NEO

17

20

0.85

11

64.71

4

0

GeT_RiGhT

28

19

1.47

14

50

2

0

snatchie

25

20

1.25

4

16

4

0

REZ

19

20

0.95

10

52.63

2

0

pashaBiceps

18

22

0.82

8

44.44

1

0

dennis

16

21

0.76

8

50

0

1

MICHU

14

23

0.61

9

64.29

0

0

Round four 

Cloud9 vs. Space Soldiers - round four stats

Mirage
Cloud 9 - 16:11 - Space Soldiers

C9

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

SS

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

flusha

18

14

1.29

12

66.67

1

0

paz

24

19

1.26

14

58.33

0

0

Golden

22

15

1.47

8

36.36

2

0

MAJ3R

16

19

0.84

5

31.25

1

0

Skadoodle

19

16

1.19

4

21.05

1

0

Calyx

14

20

0.7

12

85.71

1

1

RUSH

26

18

1.44

8

30.77

1

0

XANTARES

22

20

1.1

11

50

0

0

flusha

18

14

1.29

12

66.67

1

0

ngiN

7

21

0.33

5

71.43

1

0

MiBR vs Virtus.Pro - Round four stats

Cache
MiBR - 16:11 - Virtus.Pro

MIBR

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

VP

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

FalleN

22

16

1.38

5

22.73

1

1

snatchie

18

17

1.06

7

38.89

1

1

tarik

16

19

0.84

4

25

1

0

NEO

22

19

1.16

8

36.36

5

0

coldzera

17

19

0.89

6

35.29

0

1

MICHU

31

20

1.55

15

48.39

2

0

fer

17

21

0.81

7

41.18

0

2

pashaBiceps

14

21

0.67

6

42.86

0

1

Stewie2K

26

22

1.18

12

46.15

2

0

morelz

12

21

0.57

8

66.67

0

0

Astralis vs. NiP - Round four stats

Nuke
Astralis - 16:11 - NiP

AST

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

NIP

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

device

20

14

1.43

9

45

2

0

Lekr0

19

18

1.06

10

52.63

1

0

gla1ve

17

14

1.21

9

52.94

0

0

REZ

15

19

0.79

9

60

1

0

Xyp9x

27

15

1.8

10

37.04

1

0

GeT_RiGhT

12

19

0.63

5

41.67

2

1

dupreeh

20

17

1.18

8

40

3

0

f0rest

13

20

0.65

7

53.85

0

0

device

20

14

1.43

9

45

2

0

dennis

19

21

0.9

17

89.47

0

2

Round five 

Astralis vs. MiBR - round 5 stats

Dust2
Astralis - 16:7 - MiBR

AST

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

MIBR

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

Xyp9x

16

10

1.6

3

18.75

3

0

tarik

18

17

1.06

6

33.33

0

2

device

24

11

2.18

9

37.5

1

0

Stewie2K

13

19

0.68

10

76.92

0

0

dupreeh

25

12

2.08

15

60

0

0

coldzera

14

19

0.74

9

64.29

0

0

gla1ve

14

13

1.08

6

42.86

2

0

FalleN

7

20

0.35

6

85.71

0

0

Magisk

15

13

1.15

1

6.67

0

0

fer

6

20

0.3

4

66.67

0

0

NiP vs. Cloud9 - Round five stats

Mirage
NiP - 16:8 - Cloud9

NIP

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

C9

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

dennis

29

14

2.07

20

68.97

2

0

Golden

21

20

1.05

11

52.38

0

0

Lekr0

8

14

0.57

4

50

3

0

Skadoodle

14

20

0.7

1

7.14

1

0

f0rest

25

15

1.67

18

72

0

1

flusha

13

21

0.62

3

23.08

1

1

REZ

23

15

1.53

12

52.17

0

1

autimatic

20

21

0.95

8

40

1

1

GeT_RiGhT

18

19

0.95

6

33.33

7

1

RUSH

8

22

0.36

2

25

2

1

Space Soldiers vs Virtus.Pro - round five stats

Dust2
Space Soldiers - 16:10 - Virtus.Pro

SS

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

VP

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

paz

23

12

1.92

12

52.17

1

1

NEO

21

17

1.24

8

38.1

1

0

MAJ3R

16

16

1

3

18.75

0

0

snatchie

20

18

1.11

6

30

0

1

ngiN

15

17

0.88

10

66.67

4

0

pashaBiceps

11

20

0.55

2

18.18

0

0

Calyx

14

17

0.82

6

42.86

2

0

morelz

13

21

0.62

7

53.85

2

0

XANTARES

29

18

1.61

20

68.97

0

0

MICHU

15

21

0.71

9

60

2

0

What happened in the Pro Standoff? 

Space Soldiers impressed in the Group Stage and they gave it their all in Pro Standoff but NiP were too strong in the 1 vs. 1 format and defeated them on all of the maps except for AK47. 

NiP vs. Space Soldiers - Pro Standoff stats

Weapon

NiP

Space Soldiers

M4

Rez (7)

Paz (5)

Deagle

Lekr0 (7)

Calyx (5)

AK47

Dennis (2)

XANTARIES (7)

CZ75

GeT_RiGhT(7)

ngiN (3)

AWP

f0rest (7)

MAJ3R (5)

The final score for the BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul 2018 Pro Standoff ended NiP 30-25 Space Soldiers. 

What happened in the Grand Final?

Train 

Astralis started off incredibly strong against MiBR on Train, winning all but two rounds on CT’s, Dev1ce powered through MiBR with an amazing 34 kill spree, with dupreeh and gla1ve sharing second place at 18 kills each. 

During the second half MiBR tried to make a comeback by winning the pistol round but it was all in vain as Astralis still went on to win the map.

Below is the stat breakdown of the first game of the Grand Final:

Astralis vs. MiBR - map one stats

Train
Astralis - 16:3 - MiBR

AST

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

MiBR

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

device

34

7

4.86

10

29.41

0

0

tarik

10

15

0.67

4

40

1

0

dupreeh

18

7

2.57

6

33.33

1

3

fer

13

17

0.76

9

69.23

1

0

Xyp9x

8

8

1

3

37.5

1

0

Stewie2K

4

17

0.24

3

75

0

0

gla1ve

18

8

2.25

12

66.67

0

0

coldzera

5

17

0.29

4

80

1

0

Magisk

6

9

0.67

2

33.33

0

1

FalleN

7

18

0.39

3

42.86

3

0

Overpass

Overpass felt like the map where it was going to be the last, Astralis, again starting out strong winning ten rounds on T’s. MiBR made a comeback when it was their turn on T’s, they managed to catch Astralis rushing to different locations in an effort to close out the series but it backfired as MiBR pushed it to game three. 

Here’s how the stats looked for the second game of the Grand Final at BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul 2018:

Astralis vs MiBR - map two stats

Overpass
Astralis - 14:16 - MiBR

AST

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

MiBR

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

Xyp9x

16

16

1

6

37.5

2

0

coldzera

20

14

1.43

10

50

3

0

gla1ve

10

19

0.53

6

60

4

0

fer

19

14

1.36

10

52.63

0

0

Magisk

18

20

0.9

6

33.33

2

0

FalleN

13

15

0.87

0

0

5

0

device

26

20

1.3

12

46.15

1

1

tarik

23

18

1.28

9

39.13

1

0

dupreeh

12

24

0.5

7

58.33

0

0

Stewie2K

24

21

1.14

16

66.67

2

0

Inferno

Inferno was the tipping point for the Grand Final, both teams knew the map incredibly well and it began in Astralis’ favour to begin with at the start of the first and second half. However, there was plenty of back and forth as MiBR always had chance.

Eventually, Astralis managed to snap the win away from MiBR. Astralis pushed through to the A site, planting the bomb they managed to flash through but Astralis were too on point, leaving FalleN who missed the AWP on Magisk and got taken down by device. 

Below is a breakdown from the third and final game in the Grand Final of the BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul 2018.

Astralis vs. MiBR - map 3 stats

Inferno
Astralis - 16:14 - MiBR

Ast

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

MiBR

K

D

K/D

HS

HS%

Plant

Defuse

gla1ve

18

15

1.2

7

38.89

1

0

coldzera

22

12

1.83

17

77.27

3

1

Magisk

20

16

1.25

16

80

3

0

FalleN

14

20

0.7

4

28.57

2

0

Xyp9x

18

17

1.06

7

38.89

5

0

tarik

11

21

0.52

3

27.27

1

0

dupreeh

21

19

1.11

10

47.62

2

0

fer

21

21

1

11

52.38

0

1

device

19

21

0.9

10

52.63

0

0

Stewie2K

19

23

0.83

7

36.84

1

1

 

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Stuart Bridges

Stuart has been actively involved in competitive gaming and the evolution of esports for the last 10 years. Along the way, he’s had the opportunity to work on many different projects, such as organising online tournaments and offline events. He now shares his expert insight by writing articles for Pinnacle.

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