Coming into YaLLa Compass Spring 2025 as last-minute replacements for Ardour UA, the younger weapons at NAVI Junior have managed to go all the way in which to win the event. A powerful closing day noticed them beat Dynamo ECLOT and ENCE, having way more hassle getting over the road within the Semi-Last in opposition to the previous than the Grand Last in opposition to the latter. Right here’s how they did it.
NAVI Junior overcame adversity to make the Last
Credit score: NAVI
NAVI Junior’s Playoff run started within the Semi-Finals, the place they required a reverse-sweep to take down a Dynamo ECLOT staff which have surpassed all expectations at YaLLa Compass Spring 2025. It isn’t straightforward to thrive in these circumstances, so to see them maintain their nerves to safe a spot within the Last within the first place is a good signal that these gamers are the true deal.
In that first sequence, NAVI Junior needed to depend on makazze to hold them over the road with 58 kills throughout all three maps. We’ve highlighted makazze as a future star in our earlier YaLLa Compass protection, and he has solely continued to say that notion along with his efforts on this Semi-Last.
ENCE powerless in opposition to NAVI Junior as they win YaLLa Compass Spring 2025
Then, we come to the Last. There was a lot much less resistance right here, with NAVI Junior taking the Last in a fairly swift 2:0 sequence. It is a staff that has gained on-line tournaments earlier than, however nothing on the dimensions of YaLLa Compass Spring 2025, the place they’ve managed to win an enormous $150,000 money prize. For context, that is greater than the primary NAVI lineup have gained at any CS2 event this yr, so it’s an enormous deal.
They only dominated ENCE from begin to end, in what was a surprisingly easy Grand Last. It is going to be one to overlook for ENCE, however for NAVI Junior, there’s no higher argument that this roster may deserve to remain collectively underneath one other group, the place they’ll have the ability to get invited to Tier 1 occasions as they climb the VRS. Because it stands, any invitations for NAVI Junior that battle with the primary roster must be declined, which feels unfair given their efficiency at YaLLa Compass Spring 2025.
.png?width=1200&height=630&fit=crop&enable=upscale&auto=webp&w=350&resize=350,250&ssl=1 "Bungie CEO Pete Parsons steps down, following years of criticism, layoffs, and that infamous classic car collection")
