Workforce Spirit avenged their loss to Workforce Yandex within the grand finals of BLAST SLAM VIII to assert the championship of PARI Universe.
Reigning The International (TI) champions 
Team Spirit have been topped because the champions of PARI Universe after they accomplished an unimaginable decrease bracket run with a 3-0 sweep over 
Team Yandex within the grand finals on Monday (2 November).
With their victory, Spirit claimed the lion’s share of US$125,000 out of the event’s US$250,000. This additionally marks Spirit’s first event win since they claimed their historic third Aegis of Champions at TI 2026 then overhauled their roster during the offseason, as 
Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov and coach Yaroslav “Miposhka” Naidenov each took a break from skilled play with 
Bohdan “Batyuk” Batiuk and Ilya “IllidanSTR” Pevcaev coming in as their replacements. Spirit have now additionally avenged their previous loss to Yandex in the grand finals of BLAST SLAM VIII in early October.
In the meantime, Yandex accept second place and US$50,000 in comfort.
Whereas Yandex’s streak of consecutive event wins has now been ended, they continue to be the dominant energy within the scene. Thanks largely to their signing of star offlaner 
Ammar “ATF” Assaf in September, Yandex have completed within the Prime 2 of the primary three large occasions of the 2026-2027 aggressive season. They gained back-to-back titles at PGL Wallachia Season 9 and BLAST SLAM VIII, and now add a second place end at PARI Universe.
Workforce Spirit go on unimaginable decrease bracket run to win PARI Universe
The eventual grand finalists of PARI Universe each began the event robust with dominant runs by the Group Stage, as Yandex completed first in Group A and Spirit claimed the highest seed of Group B, with each squads having a 8-1 file.
Within the Playoffs, Yandex and Spirit took very completely different paths to achieve the grand finals. Yandex dominated the higher bracket, taking down 
Astra Invicta and 
PARIVISION in three video games within the first two rounds earlier than sweeping 
GamerLegion within the higher bracket finals.
In the meantime, Spirit stumbled to start out the Playoffs and had been knocked right down to the decrease bracket after getting upset by 
OG in a 2-1 reverse sweep. Regardless of being below risk of elimination, Spirit showcased the identical profitable kind that allowed them to win TI 2026 and went on a rampage by the decrease bracket.
The reigning TI champions first swept 
LEGION within the first spherical of the decrease bracket, pulled off a 2-1 reverse sweep over PARIVISION within the decrease bracket quarterfinals, then defeated 
Team Liquid in three video games within the decrease bracket semifinals. Spirit then kicked off the ultimate day of the event by sweeping GamerLegion to power a rematch of the BLAST SLAM VIII grand finals in opposition to Yandex, with the championship of PARI Universe at stake.
Whereas Yandex routed Spirit, 3-1, within the BLAST SLAM VIII grand finals, the PARI Universe grand finals had a really completely different consequence.
With all of the momentum on the planet from their fiery run by the decrease bracket, Spirit dominated Yandex in 34 minutes to kick off the grand finals. Illya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk led the way in which with Anti-Mage, placing up 16 kills and 4 assists in opposition to two deaths to tempo his staff’s 35-15 kill lead within the collection opener.
Sport two was a a lot nearer affair, with each groups going blow for blow for a lot of the recreation earlier than Spirit’s teamfight prowess allowed them to take the lead within the late recreation. Batyuk on Enigma notably secured the 72-minute win for Spirit by catching a number of Yandex heroes with back-to-back Black Holes within the decisive conflict.
Yatoro as soon as once more topped the kill board for Spirit, this time racking up a whopping 30 kills and 14 assists in opposition to 4 deaths on Outworld Devourer. Denis “Larl” Sigitov on Sand King additionally pitched in with 17 kills and 32 assists on eight deaths.
Spirit then secured the PARI Universe championship in 51 minutes in recreation three behind a stellar efficiency from Batyuk on Timbersaw. Batyuk completed with 15 kills and 19 assists on six deaths out of Spirit’s 44-37 kill result in shut out the grand finals.
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