NRG have advanced to the grand final at StarSeries i-League Season 5 after beating North 2-1 in the semi-finals (16-5 on Overpass, 13-16 on Mirage, and 16-9 on Inferno).

The first semi-final at StarSeries i-League Season 5 was between North and NRG. The best-of-three game kicked off on Overpass where the T-sided North Americans grabbed the pistol round victory thanks to Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov's two opening kills.

North responded in the first gun round with Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså's triple kill to trail 3-1. The Danes had a 5vs3 advantage in the following round but Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte and CeRq managed to turn it around to extend NRG's lead to 4-1.

NRG are one best-of-three away from the trophy

Throughout the first half North couldn't win any consecutive rounds, leading to a broken CT-side economy. NRG capitalized on this weakness and finished the first half 11-4 ahead.

North started the second half by securing the pistol round but NRG got the better of them in the following round (12-5). Jacob "⁠FugLy⁠" Medina's team got four more rounds to close out the map 16-5.

Mirage started almost perfectly for NRG who won the first three rounds on the CT-side with a single player loss. They also had a 4vs2 advantage in the first gun round but Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen's triple kill gave North their first round (3-1).

North finish the tournament in 3-4th place

Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele & company recouped swiftly and won the next three rounds, making it 6-1. Then North went on their longest streak in the series, winning eight rounds in a row to lead 9-6 at halftime.

Brehze got three entry kills to win the second half pistol round and NRG tied the game at 9-9 after winning two anti-eco rounds. North survived NRG's first gun round push with three players who had less than 30 health points. The Danes went on to close out the map 16-13.

Inferno was the deciding map of the series and it kicked off with NRG on the CT-side. The first half was a close one as the deficit was always two or less rounds. NRG edged the 8-7 first half victory, winning the fifteenth round by running down the time.

Ethan "⁠Ethan⁠" Arnold and FugLy won a 2vs4 in the second half pistol round and the North Americans extended tehir lead to 11-7 after picking up two anti-eco rounds. FugLy's two entry kills were enough for the first gun round victory. NRG stayed composed on the T-side and went on to win the map 16-9, grabbing the 2-1 series victory to advance to the grand final at StarSeries i-League Season 5.