Munkushi~ Showed a Yatoro Prime level game
Eastern European casters have expressed admiration for Nikita 'Munkushi~' Chepurnykh's performance in the upper bracket final of Elite League Season 2 against Team Liquid. Comments on his carry play were shared on Telegram.
Rustam 'Adekvat' Mavlyutov from Russia was particularly impressed with the games on the second day of the playoffs, highlighting Munkushi~'s performance separately.
According to Mavlyutov, the games at the tournament continued to impress, and he praised Munkushi~ as a standout player, noting that 1win was heading to the grand final.
Aleksey 'Lex' Filippov from Belarus had expected 1win to perform well but felt that Munkushi~'s play was reminiscent of Yatoro at his peak.
Filippov mentioned that it was clear from the start of the tournament that Klim Sanych's team would be top-3 at minimum. He observed that Munkushi~'s play on that day was comparable to Yatoro's prime form at TI10, describing it as extraordinary.
Arseniy 'ArsZeeqq' Usov from Russia couldn't contain his excitement and compared Munkushi~'s performance not only to Yatoro but also to Pure.
Usov remarked that Munkushi~ displayed an exceptional level of play rarely seen from Eastern European carries, comparing him to Yatoro and Pure.
1win defeated Team Liquid decisively in the upper bracket final of Elite League Season 2. Munkushi~ played Morphling with an 11-0-7 score and Troll Warlord with a 14-1-11 score.
05 August 2024, 22:00