rain: "Knew nV would play pug-style"

26-1-2017 04:52

We grabbed Håvard "rain" Nygaard for a quick interview about FaZe advancing to playoffs over EnVyUs and match-ups they'd like in the quarter-finals.

With a 16-11 victory on Nuke against Envy, FaZe clinched their place in the quarter-finals at a 3-2 record.

rain would like to face Na`Vi or Virtus.pro in the playoffs

One of our last interviews from the ELEAGUE Major group stage is with Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard, who talked about some of the important shifts in the Envy match as well as potential quarter-finals match-ups:

What were your expectations for EnVy's Nuke before the match?

We didn't really have a plan on how they play, kio and karrigan had some input, but we knew they were going to play like a pug-style game. They didn't really have any set strats that we felt like we needed to counter or anything.

Towards the end they somewhat started coming back into it, what did you have issues with in those rounds?

They just started hitting their shots more, we made some mistakes and our communication wasn't on point. Then we had this key round, when we won the eco round, or the forcebuy, and the momentum switched, we just won out straight after.

Was that forcebuy a set strategy you had prepared or was it improvized?

I think everyone that played Nuke against us knows that we have a push inside, in the lobby, we can do it in eco's or gunrounds, it worked out perfectly this time.

Going into playoffs, there are obviously quite a lot of hard match-ups, is there anyone you want to play?

We would like to face Na`Vi or VP first. At least I always had an easy time playing against VP. We think we can beat Na`Vi on a good day as well, so we're excited to play them.

What would be the keys to beat those teams?

We just have a playstyle that's needed to play them, we have the skillset, we have karrigan's mind, I think it's gonna be good.

Make sure to check out the other interviews we've conducted so far at the Major:

Day four

René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg: "k0nfig's knife helped our economy"

Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo: "We studied Astralis a lot"

Andreas "⁠znajder⁠" Lindberg: "I'd like to beat [...] Pimp"

Joakim "⁠disco doplan⁠" Gidetun: "We can beat everyone"

Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke: "We didn't expect much vs. G2"

Day three

William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba: "Our preparation was limited"

Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen: "allu's 1v2 was key"

Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács: "We came with only one goal"

Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen: "We had a great bootcamp"

Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer: "Didn't expect Dust2"

Day two

Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski: "I hope Gambit will be nervous"

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz: "It was important for us to start well"

Dennis "⁠dennis⁠" Edman: "[YOLO teams] will go far"

Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin: "It doesn't feel like we won"

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo: "Gonna fight as hard as we can"

Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong: "Confident about our map pool"

Day one

Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey: "Everyone's happy with their roles"

Markus "⁠pronax⁠" Wallsten: "I'm happy it went to Train"

Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire: "It was hard after jdm's 1v5"

Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev: "Hope to show beautiful CS"

Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski: "It's always close vs. OpTic"

Ricardo "⁠fox⁠" Pacheco: "We played 12-14 hours a day"

Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon: "FaZe can do pretty well here"

Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khassenov: "We prepared for everyone"

Rain the god

2017-01-26 04:53

yeah, teh french shuffle is coming boys!

Ez for rain

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Yes 11 rounds against Pug. Lul. Will get eliminated as possible as that faze

2017-01-26 20:24

2017-01-26 04:52

lol nt

We would like to face Na`Vi or VP first. At least I always had an easy time playing against VP. We think we can beat Na`Vi on a good day as well, so we're excited to play them. :D

2017-01-26 04:54

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I hope it was a joke by him! :DDD

2017-01-26 04:56

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He's having fun with it, sure. Not like it's not true though. Rain has been shitting on VP since he played in fucking London Conspiracy.

2017-01-26 10:40

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Even without karrigan Faze managed to win many times against VP

2017-01-26 14:10

AHAHAH +1 Spytt!

2017-01-27 09:26

+1 seems like a b8

2017-01-26 04:59

16-0 kinguin my friend.

2017-01-26 05:05

cache in that victory :D

2017-01-26 06:30

here's an example hltv.org/match/2305684-faze-virtuspro-ec..

2017-01-26 17:10

well... i cant even remember vp winning against rain since kinguin.. of course they won against him few times but most of the time kinguin/g2/faze won against vp :D

2017-01-26 19:47

still 11 rounds for a PUG team lul

Going into playoffs, there are obviously quite a lot of hard match-ups, is there anyone you want to play? "We would like to face Na`Vi or VP first. At least I always had an easy time playing against VP. We think we can beat Na`Vi on a good day as well, so we're excited to play them." Is he on drugs? He would like to face Na`Vi? Seriously?! And VP? LMAO, it seems even worse than Flusha's answers! xD

FaZe always beats VP, its their kryptonite, but idk why would u want to face NaVi

2017-01-26 09:21

Becausr k1o said in an interview that they practiced navi a lot and they don't seem too strong for them or at least for their playstyle

2017-01-26 14:11

Ez for faze

"would like to face Navi" HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH... gl dude, you will need it (you must be sick)

2017-01-26 04:55

rain would like to play against Navi and VP xdddddddddddd

stopped reading at "We would like to face Na`Vi.." xD

2017-01-26 04:57

Are you seriously would like to play against Na`Vi? I mean... Now? At this Major? You must be ill dude!!!

2017-01-26 04:58

inb4 navi got rekt by audistralis xddddddddd

2017-01-27 13:20

"We would like to face Na`Vi or VP first." :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2017-01-26 05:00

So he'd like to be raped at first? Facing Na`Vi... You know.

2017-01-26 05:02

We would like to face Na`Vi or VP first LUL

2017-01-26 05:03

rly.........

2017-01-26 05:04

so he likes to be raped in the ass if he really wants to face Navi or Vp imo.

i wouldn't be that overconfident dude.

2017-01-26 05:06

We would like to face Na`Vi wat?

2017-01-26 05:07

TAZ TRIGGERED BY FAZE AGAIN LUL

2017-01-26 05:08

:DDD gl dude

"We would like to face Na`Vi.." eleGiggle

2017-01-26 05:10

'We would like to face Na`Vi or VP first.' =DDDDDDDDD

2017-01-26 05:12

thorin was right youtu.be/7ft29W3mKPo?t=13m20s

he knows faze won't win so it's better to lose vs Navi/VP

+1 ROFL

2017-01-26 05:14

"We would like to face Na`Vi or VP first." Don't do this dude, the words can become the truth. And you gonna be raped too hard.

2017-01-26 05:13

i dream him to face Na`Vi from now... :D would be funny

2017-01-26 05:15

"We would like to face Na`Vi" ok. i hope you won't lose 0:16.

2017-01-26 05:17

lol

2017-01-26 05:18

VP vs faze finals elgiggle

2017-01-26 05:36

goodluck dude!

2017-01-26 05:41

want to see Taz take back his words when Faze beats the crap out of VP "I think he should look at where FaZe is in the rankings, he should look at where FaZe is at the tournaments and he should pour a huge bucket of cold water over his head."

2017-01-26 05:52

He said that about jkaem, trashcan player.... Faze was ultimate shit at that moment. Then they kicked the trash player called jkaem and added karrigan and added back kio

2017-01-26 16:33

Everyone is overhyping NaVi tbh. I know they played almost flawless group stage but that shouldn't give them 'granted' road to the final.

2017-01-26 06:32

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That phenomenal performance in the Group-stage by Na`Vi just proves that they are f*cking prepared to win this event. At least they have more chances than other teams who were weak in groups. This is not "overhyping", this is just pure logic.

2017-01-26 06:40

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You're giving BO1's way too much credit. EnVy and Mouz are pretty shit and SK on d2 have a 50% chance to play like total bots. remember when Astralis used to plow through groupstages only to get dicked in playoffs? Na'Vi will choke in semis or quarters probably

2017-01-26 10:34

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If Envyus are shit who are GODSent? CAUSE NV WON THEM PRETTY EZZZZZZ 16:3

2017-01-26 16:03

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yeah godsent are obviously more shit, what's your point except proving autism?

2017-01-26 16:05

So NV are cool And SHUT UP :DD

2017-01-26 16:06

ok :D

2017-01-26 16:09

sorry I'm stupid BUt VERY SMART(((

2017-01-26 16:10

Group stage: Na`Vi [16:3] SK @ Dust2 Na`Vi [16:6] EnVyUs @ Cobblestone Na`Vi [16:3] mousesports @ Cobblestone "overhyping" sure.. LUL

2017-01-26 06:47

Sk with stand-in. And frags are not everything. Addition of fox has screwed over their team play. Fallen isn't awping. Trash Trash So I'm not sure I'll read too much into it. And we haven't seen navis weak map yet. QF will be bo3 Astralis map pool is a good match with navis

2017-01-26 07:43