Fall Final champions!
Vitality win 2-0 to halt FaZe CS2 dominance
FaZe may have come into the grand final of BLAST Premier Fall Final as the dominant force in CS2, but it was BLAST.tv Paris Major winners Vitality, who left the Royal Arena the victors as they put an end to FaZe's winning streak in the new game.
Photo: Stephanie LindgrenBody bag FaZe on Vertigo
FaZe started brightly by winning their CT pistol round. They failed to convert the next round, however, and that sparked a four-round winning streak from their opponents.
FaZe fought back through ropz, the Estonian cranked open Mid with an early-round push to put a hole in Vitality's attack.
FaZe also picked up the following round after they defused the bomb, but that was the last round they won in the first half as Vitality responded with a five-round winning streak.
ropz did almost limit that streak to four rounds as he nearly picked up an incredible 1v4, but Spinx saved Vitality in the 1v1.
The second half was even less of a competition as Vitality secured the four rounds required in order for them to take the map 13-3. A torrid four rounds for FaZe, they managed to pick up just two kills in that time.
flameZ was the star of map one, his 23-7 statline was far above anyone else.
Photo: Michal KonkolSecured first CS2 trophy on Nuke
With their map pick now in their pocket, Vitality would have to steal Nuke from FaZe in order to wrap up the series 2-0.
They started strong, mezii won a 1v1 on their CT pistol to put himself in an excellent position to win his first-ever big event trophy.
FaZe came back strong, they closed out the first half with a 7-5 scoreline after a seven-round winning streak.
broky and rain were the heroes of their T side. They picked up 10 and 12 kills respectively, to give FaZe a foothold in the game.
Photo: Michal KonkolSwitching to the second half, Vitality would need the full 12 rounds in order to convert their deficit into a win.
Spinx and flameZ continued their strong final to help them do this, the Israeli duo picked up 19 kills between them to put the hurt to FaZe.
As the map was closed out 13-11 in favour of the Major champions, ZywOo topped their charts with a 21-13 statline.
Fall Final standings
- 1st: Team Vitality - $200,000
- 2nd: FaZe Clan - $85,000
- 3rd-4th: Complexity & Cloud9 -$40,000
- 5th-6th: NAVI & Heroic - $20,000
- 7th-8th: Ninjas in Pyjamas & Astralis - $10,000
Photo: Michal Konkol