Vigor end FaZe’s CS2 best-of-three win streak at 18 to raise BLAST Premier Fall Final prize

On Nov. 26, FaZe Clan’s perfect CS2 run ended at the hands of a remade Vitality lineup in the BLAST Premier Fall Final.

After an uninspired end to the Worldwide Offensive age, FaZe Clan took CS2‘s preliminary competitors by storm. They started their project by taking home the IEM Sydney title, their very first time raising a prize considering that they notched their IEM Grand Slam previously in 2023. They followed it up with victories at the Thunderpick World Championship and the CS Asia World Championship, 2 lower-tier competitions, acquiring an unbeaten streak of best-of-three wins along the method, which swelled to 18 successive wins by this grand last.

FaZe just handled to notch 3 rounds on Vertigo as Twistzz started with a 0-8 scoreline. By contrast, flameZ tallied 23 eliminates to simply 7 deaths. In spite of rattling off 7 straight rounds on Nuke T side to take a 7-5 lead into the half as they went for yet another return, a spotty CT side eventually cost FaZe as they fell 13-11 to end the series.

It’s not likely that we’ve seen the last of the FaZe gamers in podium surfaces, however they may not all be together under the exact same banner. Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken is supposedly heading home to bet Team Liquidand there are concerns about what takes place to the lineup when the merger with GameSquare, Complexity’s moms and dad business, goes through

When it comes to Vitality, they seem rising at the correct time. The addition of William “Mezii” Merriman, who changed the apparently Falcons-bound Emil “Magisk” Reif, seems operating in the short-term. Just the BLAST World Final stays before the very first Major in CS2 history, which will be kept in March next year in Copenhagen, arranged by PGL.

Both Vitality and FaZe (ought to the core of the lineup endure the shift duration) ought to be favorites being available in, and both late-2023 BLAST occasions will be excellent warmups for the Major. As 2023 wanes, do not be shocked if you see these 2 back in a grand last versus each other in a month.