Team Yandex survives two marathon games against OG to reach PARI Universe playoffs

Team Yandex survives two marathon games against OG to reach PARI Universe playoffs

Team Yandex defeated OG 2–0 on October 24 to secure its place in the PARI Universe playoffs, extending its unbeaten start to two series.

The scoreline concealed a lengthy contest: both games exceeded an hour, with the teams spending a combined 132 minutes and one second in game.

Yandex takes an hour-long opener

The first game lasted 61:00 and ended with Yandex ahead 51–27 in kills.

Watson played Lone Druid alongside CHIRA_JUNIOR’s Earth Spirit and ATF’s Doom. OG answered with Natsumi- on Clinkz, Topson on Invoker and SSS on Timbersaw, but could not prevent Yandex from taking the series lead.

A 107-kill second game settles the series

Game 2 ran even longer at 71:01, producing 107 kills before Yandex completed the sweep.

Yandex finished ahead 72–35, with Watson switching to Ursa, CHIRA_JUNIOR to Pangolier and ATF to Magnus. Saksa played Windranger, while Malady selected Death Prophet.

OG retained Invoker for Topson and Timbersaw for SSS, pairing them with Natsumi-’s Terrorblade. Despite extending the game beyond 70 minutes, OG could not force a decider.

Yandex remains unbeaten

The result moved Yandex to 2–0 in series and 4–0 in games, following its opening victory against GamerLegion. OG dropped to 1–1 after previously defeating 1w Team.

Yandex still has group-stage matches against 1w and Team Liquid remaining, while OG continues its campaign against Liquid and GamerLegion.