NAVI beat Team Liquid in six-map thriller to become Marvel Rivals Mid-Season champion

Ahsan Kabir Published August 3, 2026

Natus Vincere (NAVI) are champions of the Marvel Rivals Ignite 2026: Mid-Season Finals after defeating Team Liquid Citadel (TLC) 4–2 in the grand final. Here’s how the final day played out.

Marvel Rivals Ignite 2026 Mid-Season Finals: Here’s what happened on the final day 

NAVI vs Team Liquid Citadel: Upper bracket finals

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NAVI defeated Team Liquid Citadel 3-1 across four maps. On Krakoa, NAVI took an early lead as TERRA scored 24 kills. Liquid Citadel responded on Yggdrasill Path to tie the series 1-1, led by ENERGY’s 30 kills and VESWA blocking 57,644 damage. However, NAVI took complete control on the final two maps. 

TERRA dominated Shin-Shibuya with 42 kills to put NAVI back ahead. NAVI then closed out the match in an intense overtime on Midtown where TERRA dropped a massive 66-kill streak and 49,467 damage. 

Team Liquid Citadel vs RAD: Lower bracket final

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Team Liquid Citadel whitewashed RAD with a perfect 3-0 score to win the series. They took control right away in the first game on Krakoa. Their star player ENERGY had a great start with 27 eliminations.

At the same time, his teammate VESWA put up amazing defense. He blocked over 45,000 damage, acting like a giant shield to protect his team from taking hits.

In the second match on Spider Islands, ENERGY played unbelievably well, securing an unstoppable 42 eliminations.

Both his teammates, Polly and Veswa, secured 33 eliminations each. This awesome combination of teamwork thrashed RAD and gave Liquid Citadel a comfortable 2-0 lead.

Team Liquid Citadel managed to close the series in the third game played on Hall of Djalia. ENERGY set the pace once again, achieving 21 eliminations.

RAD was unable to climb back as they couldn’t secure enough eliminations to create momentum. This made it easy for Team Liquid Citadel to rally to a 3-0 series victory.

NAVI vs Team Liquid Citadel: Grand Final

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NAVI opened strong, as was expected of them from the Marvel Rivals betting odds, with a Game 1 victory on Hell’s Heaven, driven by RAAJARO’s 24 eliminations and 19,522 blocked damage.

Team Liquid Citadel instantly punched back, taking the next two maps (Yggdrasill Path and Shin Shibuya) to lead the series 2–1. This push was spearheaded by TLC’s ENERGY, who dropped a spectacular 55 eliminations on map two, and VESWA, who pumped out 68,718 total damage.

With their back against the wall, NAVI staged a massive comeback. They equalized the score at 2–2 on Arakko behind 44 eliminations each from TERRA and TRQSTME, recaptured the lead on Hall of Djalia with a staggering 76-elimination performance from TERRA, and closed out the series 4–2 on Krakoa without giving TLC any chance to fight back.

In an incredibly tight final match that went down to the wire on Krakoa, NAVI’s Juerky executed what community members called one of the best ultimate ability placements in Marvel Rivals history to completely shut down TLC’s final push.

NAVI’s newly added star, TERRA, put on a standout performance throughout the bracket. In the final game alone, they logged 32 eliminations with just 3 deaths and 4 assists to lead the squad to victory. He was also awarded the MVP title for his consistent performance.

With this monumental victory, NAVI solidified the EMEA region’s absolute dominance on the global stage. By lifting the crown, the team secured $160,000 from the $500,000 total prize pool, alongside 8 crucial League Points toward the year-end global championship standings.

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