Vitality's streak comes to an end: BLAST.tv Austin Major Stage 3 round one recap
Stage 3 of the BLAST.tv Austin Major has now begun and just like the previous two stages, the first matches have provided some huge upsets.
An absolute bloodbath, everyone's Pick'Ems are now looking entirely destroyed once more.
Let's take a look at what happened.
Legacy end Vitality's streak on Inferno
We still can't believe this happened.
Unbeaten since IEM Katowice, Vitality have lost their opening game at the BLAST.tv Austin Major with a defeat at the hands of Brazilian team, Legacy.
A 13-3 win for Legacy, latto's 14-kill top frag performance was all it took for his team to get the win as Vitality just never got the ball rolling in their opening game.
VP hang on to take down MOUZ
Say goodbye to another 3-0 pick, Virtus.pro continued their strong Stage 2 form as they took down MOUZ in their Stage 3 opener.
8-4 in favour of VP at the half, MOUZ clawed their way back to a 10-10 scoreline, but VP managed to hold their composure to take Mirage at 13-11.
FL4MUS topfragged with 20 kills, showing the kind of level that prompted VP to spend so much money on him at the end of 2024.
Spirit get off to a flying start against paiN
Not every favourite fell in their opener, however, Spirit picked up a dominant win against paiN on Dust2.
A game that ended 13-3, paiN opened the game with a 2-0 lead after a pistol round win on their T side, but they were no match for the reigning Major champions as soon as the guns came out and won just one more round for the remainder of the game.
As he so often does, donk topfragged, he kicked off his Major with 19 kills and a 1.91 rating.
Photo: Michal Konkol3DMAX body G2 on Nuke
We already know G2 will be making some changes after the Major, so the team is looking for a positive last dance here in Austin.
Sadly, that last dance got off to a rough start, they were taken down with ease by 3DMAX on Nuke.
A 13-5 scoreline, bodyy and Maka combined for 34 kills to send the Frenchmen through to the 1-0 bracket.
Aurora start strong on Anubis against FaZe
FaZe looked to be heating up as they showed some composure to take down MIBR on the final day of Stage 2, but their momentum was ground to a halt as Aurora took them down on Anubis.
Another 13-5 win, the Turks came into their first game hot, XANTARES and Wicadia ended their 10-2 T half with 17 and 12 kills respectively.
A tough day for FaZe, they will now face MOUZ in their 0-1 game.
molodoy fires FURIA to a win over The MongolZ
The upsets kept on coming in the first round, FURIA took down The MongolZ 13-11 on Inferno.
FURIA's young gun molodoy was the difference maker, he picked upa whopping 22 kills with 13 of them coming on the T side.
Both teams now face tough games in the next round, FURIA will face Aurora for a chance to go 2-0 while The MongolZ will take on Liquid to avoid the 0-2 bracket.
NAVI look back to their best against Nemiga
NAVI have been out of sorts in recent months but you wouldn't know it looking at how they played against Nemiga.
A match fought on Train, NAVI took the map 13-7 after pikcing up a strong 9-3 advantage from their CT side.
jL, b1t, and w0nderful all put in impressive displays, they combined for 60 kills to send NAVI to the 1-0 bracket.
Photo: Michal KonkolLynn Vision keep pushing on with win over Liquid
Lynn Vision just keep winning, they took down Liquid in their opening game on Dust2.
A 13-5 scoreline, Liquid never really got into the game, they found themselves 9-3 down at the half after a rough T side.
Westmelon continued to star, he picked up 17 kills and a 1.50 rating in the win.
