SKADE have become the champions of Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 by defeating HEET 2:0, 16:8 on Overpass and Dust II.
Skade drove past the opposition over the last three days after being immediately accepted to the quarter-finals, defeating Eternal Fire, Copenhagen Flames, and HEET without dropping a map in any of the three series.
The Bulgarians, who are now rated 27th in the world, were just the eighth-highest-ranked team in attendance, but they managed to beat the favorites, finishing ahead of Entropiq and ENCE.
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The triumph, which netted Bubble and company $50,000, came after the Bulgarian team had struggled in numerous earlier events, most notably in open qualifications for the PGL Major Antwerp European RMR event.
SKADE will seek to keep up their current form in their last attempt to qualify for the RMR event, which will select all European and CIS participants competing in the Major.
Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 standings:
1. SKADE – $50,000
2. HEET – $14,000
3-4. ENCE – $6,000
3-4. Copenhagen Flames – $6,000
5-8. Entropiq – $4,000
5-8. Eternal Fire – $4,000
5-8. Dignitas – $4,000
5-8. HAVU – $4,000
9-12. ex–AGF – $2,000
9-12. Savage – $2,000
9-12. ECSTATIC – $2,000
9-12. Sprout – $2,000