FaZe secure Spring Finals spot over BIG

As the last match of the day at BLAST Premier Spring Groups we had FaZe versus BIG. Both teams have recently made one roster move to add in more firepower, FaZe adding "ropz" and BIG adding "faveN". Now, these two had to battle against one another for a spot in the Spring Finals.

With the first map pick BIG unsurprisingly chose to play their comfort pick of Dust2, but it was the CT-side of FaZe that got off to the best start taking a 3-0 lead. BIG then took two rounds for themselves, but that’s when “broky” started taking over, which led FaZe to take a five-round advantage. The Germans fought back hard and managed to erase a bit of the FaZe lead. At halftime, FaZe led 9-6.
The now T-side FaZe extended their lead after the break taking a commanding 12-6 lead, after “ropz” single-handedly won them the pistol round. “tabseN” and co. down six rounds, finally started showing why they picked Dust2, as they cleanly took six rounds in a row and equalized the score. Luckily for FaZe, they were able to stop the BIG-train and secure map point for themselves with two rounds to close it out. The Germans were almost able to push it into overtime but FaZe deny it and win the map 16-14.

FaZe had the second choice of map, and they decided to go with Overpass. A map on which they beat the new Vitality earlier in the tournament, where “ropz” had a superstar performance.
“syrsoN” had the highest rating of any player at the event coming into this match, and right from the get-go, he showed why, as he and his IGL “tabseN” carried BIG to a dominating 13-2 halftime score versus a stumbling FaZe.
The Germans didn’t waste any time, as they swiftly took another three rounds and dominantly closed out the map at 16-2.

Nuke was the map left over as the decider, and had BIG starting as the terrorists, while FaZe began as the CTs.
After the devastating loss on Overpass, you might think that FaZe were a little bit tilted, but that was definitely not the case as they came out scorching hot, taking the first seven rounds, while only giving up six deaths. BIG took back one round at this point, which was decisive and coordinated, but the rest of the half they simply looked lost. FaZe led 14-1 at halftime.
“karrigan” and co. closed it out in the fastest way possible by taking the two first rounds of the second half and thereby the game at 16-1.

The result sees FaZe secure their spot at BLAST Spring Finals, while BIG will have another chance tomorrow versus Astralis.

Highlight of the series:

FaZe – BIG 2-1 | BLAST Premier Spring Groups

16-14 (Dust2) | faveN – 1.39 Rating / 23-13 K-D / 75.6 ADR

2-16 (Overpass) | syrsoN – 2.22 Rating / 24-7 K-D / 134.4 ADR

x-x (Nuke) | broky – 2.21 Rating / 21-1 K-D / 103.4 ADR

MVP: Florian "syrsoN" Rische – 1.21 Rating / 46-34 K-D / 74.4 ADR