Team Yandex is the first team into the BLAST Slam VIII upper-bracket final after a 2-1 reverse sweep of PARIVISION on October 8.
That locks at least a top-three finish, $135,000, and a rest day.
The event is 16 teams, $750,000, at BLAST Arena Studios in Malta, running September 29 to October 11.
Playoffs are double elimination, best-of-three until a best-of-five grand final on October 11.
The winner takes $270,000.
Yandex opened playoffs by beating LGD Gaming 2-1 in the upper quarters.
Aurora swept 1w Team 2-0 in the other quarter.
PARIVISION had seeded straight into the upper semis.
The PARIVISION series was a marathon. Every game ran at least 51 minutes.
PARIVISION took game one in about 55 minutes.
Yandex leveled it just before 52 minutes, then closed the decider in about 63 minutes.
Yandex opened on Lone Druid for Watson.
PARIVISION answered with a mobile tri-core: Satanic on Io, No[o]ne on Storm Spirit, and Noticed on Timbersaw.
Watson finished the decider 21-2-15.
CHIRA_JUNIOR added 12 kills and 27 assists.
ATF had 11 kills and 23 assists.
PARIVISION, LGD, and 1w dropped to the lower bracket.
The other upper semi, Team Spirit vs Aurora, was the October 9 match.
The upper final is October 10.
Yandex waits for the winner.
