The final matches of round 1 in the Majors Swiss Stage ended with FaZe and fnatic coming out on top. This sets up the round two matchups that you can see here:
Round 2 matchups
1-0 bracket
- FaZe – NRG
- fnatic – Fluxo
- PARIVISION – M80
- Imperial – FlyQuest
0-1 bracket
- Legacy – Rare Atom
- B8 – The Huns
- GamerLegion – Red Canids
- NIP – Lynn Vision
FaZe vs Lynn Vision (Nuke)
Lynn Vision opened the map by winning the pistol round, but FaZe immediately answered with a force buy to tie the score 1-1 and take control on the CT-side. FaZe moved ahead 3-1 comfortably, and from that point the stream briefly died, leaving part of the action unclear. When the broadcast returned, Lynn Vision had taken a round to make it 3-2.
FaZe won the first round after the long break to go up 4-2 and followed it with a string of clean rounds to extend their lead to 6-2. The teams traded rounds as FaZe reached 7 and Lynn Vision’s Deagles gave them their third.
FaZe closed the half with a strong 9-3 lead, but Lynn Vision won the second-half pistol and the follow-up to reduce the gap to 9-5. From there, FaZe stabilized, taking three solid rounds to reach match point at 12-5 and closing out the map 13-5 in dominant fashion.
RED Canids vs fnatic (Ancient)
fnatic started Ancient well by winning the pistol, but a force buy from RED Canids immediately punished them and forced a four-man save. Fired up after the force buy win, the Brazilians raced ahead to a 4-1 lead.
RED Canids continued to press their advantage and extended the score to 7-1 with little resistance from fnatic. A strong round from fear, who found four kills, gave fnatic their second. fnatic then mounted a small comeback, winning five rounds in a row, including the second-half pistol, but RED Canids responded by winning the force. fnatic answered right back to nearly close the gap, making it 8-7.
RED Canids took the next two rounds to push the pressure to 10-7, but fnatic kept their composure and reduced it again to 10-9. A chaotic series of rounds followed, ending with RED Canids reaching match point at 12-11, though only after a heroic 1v4 attempt from KRIMZ that came down to a 1v1.
In the very next round, still at 12-11, KRIMZ delivered an ace to secure overtime for fnatic after the round started as a 3v5.
In overtime, fnatic surged, taking two of three rounds on the T-side. They reached match point on CT, but RED Canids pushed back and nearly forced a second overtime at 15-14. The final round ended with fnatic winning cleanly as RED Canids attempted a B-rush that collapsed instantly, giving fnatic the win.
