Bulgarian SKADE won their first ever trophy at an international level competition by competing at the Elisa Invitational Winter with a new lineup. The team received a direct invitation to the quarterfinals and has defeated Eternal Fire, Copenhagen Flames, and HEET over the past three days without losing a single card in the series. Thus, the Bulgarian team will receive the main prize of 50 thousand dollars. Second place went to HEED, and third and fourth place were shared by Copenhagen Flames and ENCE. Also in the top ten were Entropig, Eternal Fire and Dignitas.
SKADE, ranked 27th in the world, was behind many other participants in the tournament in terms of ranking, but eventually managed to perform better at the Elisa Invitational Winter than other, more titled participants such as Entropiq and ENCE. Winning these events proved to be a great success for SKADE, especially against the backdrop of several defeats in the previous months, including an open qualification at PGL Major Antwerp.
The team has recently renewed its roster. It included former Fiend members Kamen «bubble» Kostadinov and Simeon «dream3r» Ganev. Now SKADE hopes that the team will be able to maintain the achieved form and successfully show themselves at the next tournaments.