Streamer Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov shared his impressions of the playoff match between Aurora Gaming and Tundra Esports at ESL One Birmingham 2026. On his personal Telegram channel he highly praised the way Neta “33” Shapira’s squad grasped the strength of their heroes.
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«Sand King is broken, like Largo, and together they are completely broken. Tundra gets the meta, I advise others to start getting it too or there won’t be a show» — this was NS’s short assessment of what he saw.
Tundra faced Aurora in the winners’ semifinal at ESL One Birmingham 2026 and won the series 2:1. On the decisive third map the team picked Sand King in the mid lane and Largo in the offlane. Sand King finished with a 9/2/11 KDA and 29.5k damage, while Largo ended with a 5/1/16 KDA and 18.9k damage; by those metrics they were the top-performing heroes for Tundra in the match.
Match-by-match details: Game 1 — 35:58, Tundra defeated Aurora (16:26), Tundra listed figure 25401. Game 2 — 54:39, Aurora won (42:36), Tundra listed figure 891. Game 3 — 44:08, Tundra won (18:30), Tundra listed figure 32585. The overall result of the semifinal was a 2:1 victory for Tundra.