FaZe finally make it through, after almost fumbling a 2-0 start.
The series began on Anubis, MIBR’s map pick.
It started out close on FaZe’s T-side, as they couldn’t string rounds together, and insani was having impactful rounds.
The pendulum of the game swung in FaZe’s favor, when frozen and s1mple won a 2v5, after which MIBR did not post another round.
Lucaozy and insani both fragged, but the scoreboard did not reflect it at all, only managing 4 rounds.
Ancient was back-and-forth
Ancient had a number of close rounds at the start which all seemed to go FaZe’s way.
One of them was a 3v4 round that FaZe won on A-site with a frozen one tap.
Later in the half, MIBR managed to string together rounds with saffee’s AWPing finding picks.
MIBR started their comeback on the T-side, where they strung together 5 rounds. FaZe replied after with strong A-holds from frozen.
It took a 3v4 retake on B-site to bring FaZe to overtime, with EliGE getting a defuse with little time to spare.
S1mple took over in overtime with the AWP, stifling MIBR’s attack. FaZe closed out to get to the final stage of the Major.
Match Statistics
FaZe Clan vs MIBR 2-0 | BLAST.tv Austin Major Stage 2 – Round 5
13-4 (Anubis) – frozen | 1.93 rating
16-12 (Ancient) – EliGE | 1.39 rating
Stage 3, Round 1 Matches
These are the matches that will open Stage 3:
- Vitality vs Legacy
- MOUZ vs Virtus.pro
- Team Spirit vs paiN Gaming
- G2 Esports vs 3DMAX
- TheMongolz vs FURIA
- Aurora Gaming vs FaZe Clan
- Natus Vincere vs Nemiga Gaming
- Team Liquid vs Lynn Vision
