LDLC have advanced to the grand final at DreamHack Winter 2014 by defeating Natus Vincere 2-0 (16-11 de_inferno, 16-11 de_dust2).

Na`Vi won the opening pistol round on de_inferno, but LDLC quickly replied by taking round two. The force buys kept coming though, and the first eight rounds of the half were traded.

With LDLC up 4-3 on the terrorist side, Na`Vi started climbing back into the game. In the end, the mostly-Ukrainian side were able to score nine rounds on the defensive half.

LDLC won the second half pistol round, but Na`Vi's early buy saw them gain a new lead at 10-9. However, then LDLC seized control, and cruised to a convincing 16-11 win.

On de_dust2 Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt's CZ-75 propelled LDLC to a defensive pistol round win again. From that point on his team reigned supreme, as Na`Vi had no answers to their play.

shox & company advance to the grand final 

Na`Vi's struggles reminded an old school fan of the disastrous SEC 2011 grand final against the Poles of AGAiN, when Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko and company couldn't figure out their aggressive play.

LDLC played aggressive and completely shut down Na`Vi in the half, allowing only two round wins in fifteen rounds of supposedly terrorist sided play to gain a dominant 13-2 lead.

Natus Vincere did their best to come back in the second half, but LDLC's CZ-75 play once again confused the ex-CIS team's defense, scoring them an early save round win.

LDLC's lead was cut to four rounds at 14-10, but a risky push by Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin into B tunnels cost Na`Vi a around, and two rounds later they were finished with a 16-11 score. DreamHack Winter 2014Best of 3 Natus VincereMatchpage 0 2 29th November 2014 LDLC 11Inferno 16 11Dust2 16

LDLC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	49 - 33	+16	-	1.29
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	45 - 33	+12	-	1.22
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	41 - 36	+5	-	1.07
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	35 - 33	+2	-	1.02
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	23 - 36	-13	-	0.69

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	40 - 35	+5	-	1.08
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	35 - 39	-4	-	0.96
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	34 - 41	-7	-	0.83
Sergey 'starix' Ischukstarix	27 - 35	-8	-	0.82
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	34 - 43	-9	-	0.82

LDLC will take on Ninjas in Pyjamas in the DreamHack Winter 2014 grand final, scheduled to begin at 21:00 , with $100,000 and a major championship on the line.

Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt Age: 20 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 467 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Denis 'seized' Kostin Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 321 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Age: 27 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 344 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.69 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone