Astralis wins IEM Chicago 2018 CS:GO- Recap, Final Results and Placings Astralis defeated Team Liquid in the Grand Final of CS:GO’s IEM Chicago 2018 to take home the $100,000 prize. Team Liquid started off hot on their map choice, Mirage, taking a 9-6 lead into the break. Astralis would flip the tables, ending the second half on a 10-5 run to take Mirage by a score of 16-14. NAF paced the North American side with 28 overall kills, while Astralis was backed by the play of Dupreeh’s AWP – who racked up 11 AWP elims on map 1. The match shifted to Nuke and Astralis kept their second half momentum going. A particularity impressive stretch happened in rounds 17, 18 and 19, where Astralis held Liquid to just three kills total. Nitro stopped the bleeding with a nice 2K to help Liquid get a bomb off in round 21, bringing the score to 14-7 before Astralis quickly took the next to rounds to claim the map 16-7. Astralis would wrap up the Grand Final quickly to win the $100,000 prize and further establish their claim of being the best team in CS:GO.
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