NiKo's 40 bomb powers FaZe past Liquid

15-12-2017 22:42

FaZe have progressed to the Group B winners' match at the ECS Season 4 Finals after beating Liquid 16-12 on Mirage.

The second opening match in Group B began with a great B hold from Liquid, with Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski picking up three kills on the site. A third-round buy from FaZe put the Europeans on the scoreboard at last and sparked a great run from the Terrorists, who eventually took the lead despite a significant setback in the fourth round - an eco win for Liquid off of three kills from Josh "⁠jdm64⁠" Marzano with a p250.

The rest of the half was all about Liquid's near-impenetrable defence: the North Americans won five rounds in a row, bringing the scoreline to 8-4. With their backs against the wall, FaZe picked up the pace and won two of the final three rounds to bring the deficit to 6-9.

NiKo drops a 40 bomb to help FaZe win a tough match

Liquid added to their lead by picking up the second pistol round of the game with a clean A execution. FaZe then hit back on a force-buy and kept their defense very tight, eventually taking the lead without dropping any more rounds, with Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač doing a huge chunk of the work for the team.

Down 10-12, Liquid were finally able to break FaZe's streak, but they could not find the equaliser as they got shut down by NiKo, who by now had 37 kills to his name. The North Americans still tried to get back in the game, but the Europeans remained in control and locked down the map, 16-12.

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FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač NiKo	40 - 16	+24	136.3	75.0%	2.07
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard rain	18 - 18	0	75.2	78.6%	1.11
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács GuardiaN	19 - 19	0	71.6	67.9%	1.06
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer olofmeister	17 - 18	-1	71.1	71.4%	0.98
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen karrigan	13 - 18	-5	51.9	67.9%	0.76

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski EliGE	23 - 20	+3	87.1	67.9%	1.20
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Twistzz	18 - 20	-2	83.4	67.9%	0.97
Lucas 'steel' Lopes steel	19 - 21	-2	72.2	64.3%	0.86
Josh 'jdm64' Marzano jdm64	16 - 24	-8	71.1	64.3%	0.83
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella nitr0	12 - 22	-10	44.9	60.7%	0.62

WOW Niko #1 for sure! At this point we know for sure that Niko will win best player 2017! GG WP Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-15 22:48

65 replies

not from this world

2017-12-15 22:42

33 replies

hes insane! Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-15 22:47

32 replies

1-14 was very insane vs sk.

2017-12-15 22:58

31 replies

source pls! Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-15 22:59

30 replies

1-14 was very insane vs sk. Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-15 23:06

22 replies

still waiting for source or didnt happen! Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-15 23:08

21 replies

Esl pro league final...

2017-12-15 23:29

20 replies

Niko vs Tier 59592616 team, 40k Niko vs Sk, 1/14

2017-12-15 23:32

4 replies

Liquid beated SK twice this year in lan 4Head

2017-12-16 11:30

3 replies

2017-12-16 12:09

And what they won? Or even faze if you compare to sk. 2 or 3 titles in a year is nothing.

2017-12-16 17:10

1 reply

He said that liquid is a tier 59272947 team, so liquid beated SK twice this year (One of the times on a BO3) so in his logics saying that liquid is a tear 593738 team , it makes SK a tier 3 team lul

2017-12-16 20:07

I dont see him 1/14 in any of the maps? Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-15 23:33

14 replies

He was 1/14 at the end of first half. Ended game on 11 kills or smth

2017-12-15 23:55

13 replies

Why does his halftime stats matter? Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

12 replies

best b8

2017-12-16 00:12

11 replies

best explanation so far ty Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-16 00:14

10 replies

expected from racist german, why u even talk to him?

2017-12-16 01:42

8 replies

Where exactly am i racist? I love all people so your point is a bit...weird? Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-16 01:43

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germans are all racist in my point of view, racists, arrogants and dumbs. and again and again i keep finding dumbass ppl like you which maybe are not racist but are dumbs and idiots af who only say shit, niko is definitely not top1 everyone know that so what u re saying is just pure bait, as i said expected from germans

2017-12-16 01:49

6 replies

so baiting = racism? I even cheered for Portugal at the EURO...lost all respect....sad Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-16 01:51

some germans are racist maybe u re not but u re baiting just like a retard, and i know that all of germans hate portugal so u might cheered for portugal but probably one in thousand. well at least all the portugueses i know hate germany

2017-12-16 01:56

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I never met a german who hated portugal lmao we dont like italy or france but we have no issues with portuguese people. 90% of us cheered for Portugal btw france was way to cocky. Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-16 01:57

yeah maybe i was not sure about it i just thought if portuguese hate germans, germans hate portugueses, thats good to know i guess. earned some respect

2017-12-16 02:01

that makes u racist u dumb fuck :D

2017-12-16 04:42

+1...the amount of hypocrisy in his statement is too damn high..xD

2017-12-16 14:43

i love how u always end ur posts with have a nice day lmao

2017-12-16 15:02

man I wish this site had a time active. I'm curious how much you are on this website. no offense, research purpose only...

first day in 3 days! Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-15 23:07

Haven't caught you online myself in a while. Have a VERY nice day! -Batteries

2017-12-16 04:23

Was banned for 3 days cause i posted a locker boy picture :D Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-16 04:48

pbs.twimg.com/media/DQtIUBdWAAAyn_S.jpg -have a nice day xD

2017-12-16 00:34

2017-12-16 07:52

source=mirage 1st half vs sk in epl s6 final

2017-12-16 13:04

Oh yeah now edit

2017-12-15 22:43

Mad cause #2? :D Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-15 22:44

Yep, since that second letter of mine caused my comment to be #2

2017-12-15 22:46

Hey who is Second ? Can you tell me pls faze noob c:

Austria OmegaLUL

2017-12-15 23:53

Finnland refugees XDDDDDDDDDD

2017-12-16 00:37

Hitler is from Austria ! :)

2017-12-16 09:00

I dont care I am not Austrian stupid German pls isis come to Germany and bomb them again thx

2017-12-16 11:41

rapeorted for offensive language

Have a terrible day

Yeah. Right after Coldzera retires or dies.

cant wait for that

I know. That's because rain can win something after that happens.

2017-12-15 22:51

fer and FalleN might also be considerable Players if Cold dies

2017-12-15 23:51

And fallen is better than both rain and niko. Can't say the same about fer, though.

2017-12-16 00:01

Why the fuck do you just spam a and then edit like nothing happened?

2017-12-15 22:45

Why you write "Ez"? :> Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

Because it was ez (since niko is a God)

2017-12-15 22:50

hate people like you who think 1 games says that one is the best simply put cold>>> niko

Hltv is kindergarten dude....

2017-12-17 11:39

i can see that

2017-12-17 13:45

Coldzera top 1 2017 Altough today Niko reported for rape. 40 bomb insane......

2017-12-15 23:00

twitter.com/elisamariadelf4/status/94052..

2017-12-15 23:40

ferGOD top1

2017-12-16 01:15

Rain > Niko

2017-12-16 04:01

He played very well!

2017-12-16 09:08

There is competition between Coldzera and Niko but Cold is way ahead right now. His skills are mind blowing. Be realistic mate ..

2017-12-16 09:31

Almost certain he won’t. There is a guy named coldzerz who happens to play on the best team in the world and is as insane as Niko. He will get his second place dough, no doubt

2017-12-16 09:37

Thank you !

2017-12-16 09:47

youtube.com/watch?v=C-vPGFvBl_w 0:17 kkk eae man

2017-12-16 14:42

1-14 vs SK. Very nice.

2017-12-16 14:47

wtfff

ez 40 katka

EZ KATKAAA!

nicela

eZaF

ez katka

> wins both pistols > loses 16-12 NA CS FeelsBadMan

same happened to c9 lol but against a stand-in

2017-12-15 23:54

O_o

what the fuck

INSANE

WOW, after 1/14 against SK? =D

13-20*

"fan of 100 Thieves" Clearly a troll.

fakeflagger

hltv.org/matches/2316775/sk-vs-faze-blas..

2017-12-15 22:52

ez for nikoGOD

G O D

and the only one over 20 kills

That match was CrAzY by NiKo. GG wp!

EZ KATKA

ez katka babes

O_o tre-bomb, quad-bomb

cold<niko

Trying to compensate for his 1/14 against SK. Good job against NITRO, though. Way to have good stats.

+1 Niko = Budget Coldzera

2017-12-15 22:54

For sure.

2017-12-15 22:55

watch out Niko fans gay attack

2017-12-15 22:56

2017-12-16 00:30

Dropping a 40 bomb doesn't make you #1. Niko fans are forcing it

9 replies

«fan of » checks out

That's was great game from him though. Don't get me wrong :D

Great game. Yeah ok buddy

5 replies

Wtf do you want me to say lmao. He played really good

All i want you to say TBT To mouz 2016. Cmon say it.

I don't get it.

Throwback to his mouz days where he would carry everyone. Honestly 40 frags in 28 rounds is fucking unreal.

2017-12-15 22:57

Yeah I never denied that '-'

+999 Trash niko = Budget Coldzera

40-16 jesus lol next player on his team with 19 that's so insane

NiKo > Cold

Yeah now that SK isnt there he isnt scared anymore haha stupid pussy

24 replies

When did cold drop 40 bomb against a "low tier" team?

23 replies

he needs to play against lower teams...

Ehm ok. So sk havent met anyone ever on lan who is less good?

If i recall liquid raped sk several times on lan. Niko > cold

lol cold won most duels against NiKo in any past tournament

2017-12-15 23:16

cold can't do this. He needs a team around him to win. He is a different type of player.

2017-12-15 22:49

He did carry SK in SK vs Astralis at the major on Inferno (PGL) Other than that i have no recent memory of him carrying hard, most of the times is Cold and someone else. (Or TACO and nobody else, cuz TACO n1 2017)

2017-12-15 23:02

Hard to have this sort of frag when you've got fallen, fer and boltz by your side, and not a bunch of washed up no namers.

2017-12-15 22:53

the 2 best players of 2015 plus a top 5 player alongside niko =no namers? nt

2017-12-15 23:01

Keyword here is “2015”. Where was Olof last year? Yep that is right, #8. And GuardiaN? At #17 ayy, yeah they both got injured but still, what about NiKo? #11 XDDDDD Coldzera was a beast since he joined LG at mid 2015, and because he missed half of that year he didn’t is at top 20, and his FIRST TIME AT TOP 20 he got number 1. You see the difference? if you wanna talk about the past we can talk about 2016 where LG dominated too. You know what else is past? EPL season 6 Finals AYY XDDDDD

2017-12-15 23:23

You know what else is in the past, your HLTV Comment xD

2017-12-16 02:08

Sad.

2017-12-16 14:39

GuardiaN = Best 2015’s AWP player. Olofmeister = Best 2015’ player. Rain = One of the most consistent players ever. Brazilian logic: Washed up no namers. Come on buddy, get your shit together.

LUL. Colderza dropped a 100 Kill in 3 maps at the last Major.

Still not a 40 bomb.

2017-12-15 23:09

Ok. 40 in one match is better than 100 in 3 matches, even with one of the matches being 35-10 against Astralis. Sorry, to tell you, but you are an incurable fanboy. My condolences.

2017-12-15 23:18

Still not 40 bomb.

2017-12-15 23:24

Can any fanboy be cured? Can you be cured for being a brazilian and a fanboy of sk and cold? Can a justin bieber fan be cured? Can a cr7 fanboy be cured? Still not a 40 bomb.....

2017-12-15 23:28

1/14...

STILL NOT MAJOR WINNER LUL

2017-12-16 00:22

IMO 100 kills in 3 maps is better than 40 bombs dropped; coldzera is the best player in the world because he is 100% consistent. Niko picked 40 kills now, and 1/14 in his last Mirage.

Just give up, bro. This guy is well beyond salvation.

2017-12-15 23:37

Big chock that all the favelakids get triggerd.

2017-12-16 00:44

16-0 vs renegrades cold didnt pass 15 frags :D

2017-12-16 19:49

Holy shitballs NiKo is a god

They talk about my teammates And they think for me carry is so ez

lelel

EZ KATKAAAAA NiKo #1

hltv.org/stats/matches/mapstatsid/27678/.. Almost NiKo... just five more to reach HEN1's 45 bomb.

Lul torqued

vs torqued hahahahha

loool vs torqued dude xD

Nice title. GJ FaZe and NiKo.

Holy fuck NiKo!!!!!!! You're gonna be number 1 next year man.

Theres a big IF... SK cant win 8 tournaments and coldzera cant win 5 MVPs or this will be hard (even for NiKoKoKo)

nice cheat nikontol

Pls go kys u stupid fakeflagger

2017-12-15 23:35

lel im indonesian, dont google kontol, its indo

2017-12-15 23:41

40-16.. holy!...

now wait for niko and faze fangays post how hes so called nr 1 cause of 1 game

1 game? OmegaLUL

1 niko fangay more to come

100 Thieves... Lmao

did you even watch them play to lough comment is 100% irrelevant

2017-12-15 23:36

wp but he can't be as consistent as s1mple

back to hack after sucking ass last event?

1.15 rating in EPL finals, only sucked ass during the final

Expected from this beast. Lets enjoy great CS before it dies folks.

well I guess Niko likes Mexico...

fazEZ

My fucking Christ Niko He's just making up for his shitty finals last week I think I'm still positive that faze lost due to his underperforming on overpass and inferno, and I think he knows that too so hopefully he comes back stronger than ever

jesus christ, 40 bombs in 28 rounds?

This author must Be Niko Fan G

he got tilted after esl XDD

carry of the year, quite impressive. singlehandedly won the match for his bot team.

Deag God>baitzera

holy shit, how many antecedents are there of 40+ regular time kills on LAN events?

kick_nitr0_ffs

2017-12-15 23:04

Niko smurfing against Liquid

40 bomb and everyone else in faze not even positive kd rofl

rain and guardian? blind?

2017-12-15 23:25

Ur blind? 18-18 and 19-19 isnt positive?

1 k/d = positive

2017-12-16 00:40

NIKO CLAN

For real ppl coldzera is so 2016 ... like he had 2 months in the beg of 2017 where he was still good. Niko have been insane for 2x years now.... How can this 2x players even be compared. This price should go to niko and you all know it....

nice bait

2017-12-16 00:24

+1 SKzilians mad af.

2017-12-16 10:43

niko at groupstage : 40bomb niko against SK on finals: 1 14 #neverforget #thecryisfree #nikoLUL

2017-12-15 23:15

Aren't you the guy that says " XANTARES THE TURKISHFER" LMFAO

+1 well remembered not only cold > niko but GODTARES > niko too

2017-12-15 23:43

Xantares sucks ass

2017-12-16 08:18

Very well said my friend.

2017-12-16 06:41

where are u niko haters? LOL LETS GO

FAZE X SK = NIKO 0/14 1/13 xD

ez niko god

2017-12-15 23:17

prnt.sc/ho39nw

top 1 fk cold

2017-12-15 23:19

COLDZERA>>>>>>>NIKO #COLDZERATOP1

NIKO TOP1

2017-12-15 23:31

play without fear... SK on holiday ;)

2017-12-15 23:34

2017-12-15 23:39

NiKo top1

and Niko vs SK, lul 1-14

2017-12-15 23:48

XANTARES > NIKO

2017-12-15 23:38

Eat my dick

2017-12-16 08:19

Reported to Erdogan for israel collaboration. Enjoy your jail.

2017-12-16 10:41

lol niko smurfing

Can’t really blame Liquid. Hard to win if you have someone like NiKo busting 40 bombs like that.

HLTV used to be a serious publication that would never stoop to using such informal and vulgar terms in a title. Used to. I am very disappointed.

2017-12-15 23:42

Whatever grandpa

2017-12-16 02:39

not like this bro

2017-12-16 03:48

I Remember 2015 when xantares has 40 bomb /

2017-12-15 23:44

Against a tier 958594748 team?

Niko threw 40 bombs that game?

He is obvious good but too much overrated ! Just a good game and it were Liqbots !

Against SK 1/14 Against Liquid 40/16

2017-12-16 00:05

2017-12-16 00:08

4 Bombs since 10 people can die max. Stop being a cod kid miraa

2017-12-16 00:09

Holy crap that carry!!! NiKo went god-mode in this game and I suspect it's because it's on his mind that he lost to SK in the Grand-Finals of the last tournament. If NiKo is this fired up, fnatic beware...

2017-12-16 00:32

Damn, let's see if he holds up

2017-12-16 00:35

hueheueheu

overhyped, everyone can 40 bomb against american mix teams lol

2017-12-16 01:13

Expected, 40 bomb vs tier 2 team, 1/16 in final inc

2017-12-16 01:24

That was his peak. IMO not more impressive than what cold did on the major group stage vs Astralis. Still insane, obviously

Link me that game?

2017-12-16 05:48

Trust me as an Astralis fan i still have flashbacks about that inferno in Krakow...

2017-12-16 13:12

hltv.org/matches/2312374/sk-vs-astralis-..

2017-12-16 14:25

I'm pretty sure astralis were playing like bots that day or in that particular game, it was good game from him but NiKo still better. Cold did only 2 frags more in quarters tho(in 2 maps) so that shows that astralis were bots that day and let the luckiest player(I mean coldzera if you didn't understand)in the world play his game

2017-12-17 03:34

How jealous?

2017-12-16 10:39

good againt tier 3 teams only LUL he is simple's bro, can shine only in tier 3 events or matches against tier 3 teams

2017-12-16 02:15

Is 40 the highest kills in a lan match without going into OT?

2017-12-16 02:32

Yes, second highest is flamie with 39 at ESL One New York 2016

2017-12-16 03:17

"It was fucking ez game man" -Niko

2017-12-16 02:36

Niko 40k vs liquid is good but when fazer play vs tier 1 team Niko don't do It. Coldzera top 1 of the year easy.

2017-12-16 02:43

It's a 4-bomb, not a 40 bomb, you freakin' newbies. Always has been. Has the entire CS scene been taken over by source-scrubs and their kin or are you all just mentally challenged?

2017-12-16 03:05

You're right, this became misused as fuck and sounds stupid... 30 bomb = 30 frags like wtf, saying bomb just to sound cooler.

2017-12-16 11:00

niko smurfing

2017-12-16 03:06

Hahahaha this brazilians are so jealous holy shit

2017-12-16 06:05

GO GO NIKOO, SMURFING ON THEM TIER100 TEAMS

2017-12-16 09:49

1.6 neo??

niko needs new rank on cs:go...

2017-12-16 13:15

gj top1-1-11 NiKo

2017-12-16 13:57

11 in the end of the game you slow or wut

2017-12-16 16:43

y but still he did 1-11, even 1-14 :D

2017-12-16 17:06

40 vs Liquid, 5 vs SK

2017-12-16 13:58

The one match I don't watch, this happens!

2017-12-16 14:45

niko clan

2017-12-16 15:05

niko the best

and next game he absolutely drops the ball vs Astralis with Rubino? Where is the consistency? I would rather he dropped 27 kills in both games and won them both

2017-12-16 16:45