FaZe to ECS playoffs over G2

FaZe have secured their place at the ECS Season 5 Finals playoffs after defeating G2 2-0 in the Group B decider match (16-9 on Inferno and 16-10 on Mirage).

The best-of-three Group B decider game between FaZe and G2 kicked off on Inferno where the CT-sided French team won the pistol round. FaZe won the following round by bomb detonation despite Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub's ace (1-1).

Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač's team were leading 3-1 when kennyS showed up once again, this time winning the round with a triple kill (3-2). However, FaZe picked up six of the following seven rounds to lead 9-3. kennyS got a quad kill in a 2vs4 in the 14th round as his team trailed 9-5. FaZe won the first half 10-5 after Jorgen "⁠cromen⁠" Robertsen's opening kill brought them the last round victory.

FaZe are through to the playoffs

Over on the T-side G2 secured the first four rounds to come within one round of FaZe (10-9). Kévin "⁠Ex6TenZ⁠" Droolans & co. were unable to tie up the game as FaZe won six rounds in a row to close out the map 16-9.

On Mirage, G2 started on the T-side and won the first three rounds. Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen got triple kills in two consecutive rounds to give FaZe two rounds but G2 didn't let them tie up the game, winning the sixth round and leading 4-2. FaZe responded by winning seven rounds in a row and managed to win the half 10-5.

FaZe continued their dominance on the T-side to pick up the pistol round victory. Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács & co. won four more rounds to acquire ten match and series points (15-5). They closed out the game 16-10 and advanced to the playoffs at ECS Season 5 Finals.

ECS Season 5 FinalsBest of 3 FaZeMatchpage 2 0 9th June 2018 G2 16Inferno 9 16Mirage 10

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	51 - 31	+20	96.0	1.43
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	39 - 33	+6	82.7	1.30
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	35 - 32	+3	74.9	1.20
Jorgen 'cromen' Robertsencromen	37 - 29	+8	66.9	1.12
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	34 - 35	-1	86.8	1.10

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	42 - 38	+4	77.1	1.06
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	39 - 38	+1	82.5	1.06
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy	28 - 41	-13	76.7	0.82
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	27 - 38	-11	60.1	0.80
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	24 - 41	-17	61.5	0.79

G2 #25 Richard 'shox' PapillonKévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansKenny 'kennyS' SchrubEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Age: 26 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 1187 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.62 FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Age: 28 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 1252 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.68 Jorgen 'cromen' Robertsen Age: 23 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 230 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 21 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 865 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.68 Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans Age: 28 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 1198 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.65 Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Age: 23 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 1260 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.63