...and unclench.

FaZe v MOUZ brought us two breathless maps of Counter-Strike full to the brim of big moments, wild sequences of play and drama.

"There was a lot of storylines with us playing with frozen. They wanted to beat us really bad", karrigan told BLAST.tv.

From Brollan nailing down the site with four to karrigan stealing away a massive round late in the day, this game had it all.

Except... a map for MOUZ.

Credit: Michal Konkol

The clutch gene

FaZe won five on the bounce to steal Mirage away from MOUZ.

MOUZ hit 11 first but failed to convert an excellent start to the half and paid the ultimate price.

rain and frozen started excellently, teaming up time and time again to lock down the A site. frozen hit a stunner onto torzsi as soon as he got the AWP to underline how tough it was going to be for MOUZ.

MOUZ fought their way back into the half though, as xertioN found his way into connector and torzsi patrolled mid, barrel-stuffing an unaware karrigan who crept through the smoke.

Round eight started with a stellar rain triple as he danced around the spaces between cover, but missed everything on round nine as MOUZ burst through the ramp smoke.

FaZe once more picked up the pistol in the second half, but MOUZ found five in a row as soon as the guns came out. FaZe found little joy towards B as Jimpphat got his one and moved into safety more than once, but eventually managed to give MOUZ a taste of their own medicine.

Connector was a weak point for both teams, and rain managed to creep up it to multikill. No matter how MOUZ adjusted they found little success defending A, as torzsi got swarmed and Brollan struggled to find multikills.

rain was so often the talisman for FaZe, and it was piercing of the site that allowed FaZe in so often, and got them the post-plant situations that ended the game.

Credit: Michal Konkol

karrigan saves the day

FaZe stole Overpass in dramatic fashion as MOUZ mounted a comeback.

It took a miraculous 1v3 from karrigan and a messy bomb plant situation in round 24 for FaZe to halt the slide, but it was enough after a strong start.

Again, FaZe took both pistols, moving into a 3-0 start on their T side before MOUZ answered back with a half-buy and strung four together straight after.

Brollan connected four kills to turn a tough situation into a montage clip, transferring a close range headshot 180 degrees away onto broky, who swung to trade from long.

The Swede had a superb game, but FaZe ran rampant. karrigan, fresh from an extremely slow first map in which he picked up just one kill in the first 17 rounds, called a beautiful T side and picked MOUZ apart.

FaZe ended on seven T rounds, and once they'd won and converted the pistol, thanks to a broky XM10 triple, things weren't looking great for MOUZ.

They were forced onto pistols after FaZe won the following round, despite broky's overeager AWP peek on top of the site, but MOUZ did manage to start finding kills around the map.

karrigan told BLAST.tv: "They played a very good T side on Overpass, and that's why it got so tight at the end".

siuhy railed two on the site as he entered from long, and found himself traded a few rounds later by another superb Brollan double.

However, it began to fall apart.

MOUZ handled the anti-eco well - ropz' jumping MP9 headshot aside - but karrigan stepped up from the dumpster to cut down two MOUZ players and leave torzsi in a 1v1.

"I read the situation well, about the guy in the bank and tried to isolate the fight."

torzsi stumbled on the initial shot, and found himself chased by a rabid pistol-wielding karrigan, who eventually killed the evacuating torzsi in less-than-perfect fashion.

karrigan told us: "It was a very awkward duel in the 1v1 in the end, a lot of bullets running out for both players!"

FaZe didn't care though, rightfully.

Even then, MOUZ hit back. Undeterred they continued to plow forwards onto A and collect the next two - but in round 24, disaster would strike again.

There was just enough time to plant, but Brollan was stopped by the flanking karrigan and was forced to adjust, but missed out on the plant by a hair.

FaZe survive, and move onto the grand final.