FaZe has been struggling throughout 2025. The highly decorated squad, known for deep playoff runs and competing for major titles, has yet to find its stride this year.
So far, it’s been a lacklustre experience for karrigan and company — and head coach Filip “NEO” Kubski doesn’t shy away from admitting it.
In an interview with BLAST, NEO acknowledged the team is not where they want to be, just one month out from the Austin Major.
– It’s a disappointing place where we are right now. Obviously, we knew that the beginning might be rough, but we felt at some points that we would pick up and find our consistency. We know we can play some good CS, but we can’t find it there always. Something is off a lot of the time, the FaZe head coach said.
“Maybe it’s something we can’t overcome right now”
Heading into this season, FaZe lost their strong rifler Robin ”ropz” Kool to Vitality. Instead, they brought in the North American star Jonathan ”EliGE” Jablonowski from Complexity.
After a few months, it’s fair to say that – at least for now – ropz appears to be the winner of that swap.
In the same interview, NEO shared his thoughts on why the team has struggled to click, pointing to personality differences and chemistry issues that might run deeper than expected.
– It’s never easy when you change a player, the whole dynamics change and people have to adjust here and there. It took us a while to understand each other better, but maybe we just discovered some differences between characters and personalities. Maybe it’s something we can’t overcome right now.
– It’s really hard to say, if we knew what it was then we’d probably work on that and get rid of it, but for now it just seems to be there all the time. We just play really good CS against 3DMAX and then on the same day against GamerLegion, something happens and we start losing and we can’t stop them from coming back. It’s a mix of many things. After some time of struggling, your head isn’t where you want it to be. So, if you start losing in the game, all the bad memories start coming back and it gets even more difficult. But I guess it’s just part of the Counter-Strike pro life, NEO stated to BLAST.
FaZe will be in action later today when they play their second match at BLAST Rivals Season 1. After losing to Falcons yesterday, NEO and his team are set to take on FlyQuest in an elimination match at 16:00 (CET).
Read the entire interview with NEO below.
