Astralis beat FaZe to top Group B in Cancun

16-12-2017 00:52

Astralis have booked their spot in the semi-final stage of the ECS Season 4 Finals after defeating FaZe 16-13 on Overpass.

The final match of the day in Cancun, featuring two teams in the top three in the world ranking, saw FaZe get out to a quick 3-0 lead after winning the pistol round and the subsequent anti-ecos. The European mixture was then caught off-guard by Astralis' aggression in the first full gun round, with Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye getting two kills on a retake to give his team the round.

Astralis followed that up with two more rounds, restoring parity at 3-3, but they could not take the lead as Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač opened up the B site with two great entry frags. The Danes would reply immediately, however, courtesy of a quad-kill from Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel, and they kept their defense very tight, not letting their opponents build up their bank.

RUBINO was Astralis' top performer against FaZe in a messy game

Down 5-7, FaZe found their way back into the game on an extremely shoddy buy, eventually tying up the game 7-7 before Astralis secured the final round of the half.

Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen came up huge in the second pistol round, pulling off a 1v2 clutch with the bomb planted to equalise the score. FaZe took the next round, but they could do nothing against the Terrorists' third-round buy.

The game then entered a scrappy period of play as rounds went back and forth, with neither side able to find a breakthrough. But then Astralis' offence came out firing on all cylinders as the Danes won five out of six rounds to seal a surprising victory

ECS Season 4 FinalsBest of 1

Astralis

Matchpage

15th December 2017

FaZe

Overpass

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel RUBINO	32 - 15	+17	116.6	82.8%	1.78
Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Kjaerbye	20 - 14	+6	73.5	82.8%	1.30
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	21 - 13	+8	75.2	75.9%	1.21
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	19 - 18	+1	80.1	79.3%	1.15
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	13 - 18	-5	51.0	65.5%	0.80

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač NiKo	21 - 20	+1	71.7	55.2%	0.99
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács GuardiaN	16 - 20	-4	65.2	65.5%	0.86
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard rain	14 - 21	-7	74.2	51.7%	0.85
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen karrigan	14 - 21	-7	50.5	58.6%	0.76
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer olofmeister	13 - 23	-10	55.0	58.6%	0.67

GG! Rubino played very well, sadly Niko couldnt carry this time! Still #1 tho! Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-16 00:53

29 replies

How did FaZe manage to lose to Astralis after winning both pistols and 3 eco rounds...

12 replies

They did their best C9 impression! Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2017-12-16 00:54

11 replies

LOL

2017-12-16 00:56

LOL 10/10

2017-12-16 00:58

LMAO

2017-12-16 01:02

Savage

2017-12-16 01:09

Glorious :D

2017-12-16 01:52

+HLTV gold

2017-12-16 02:16

Hahah :D

2017-12-16 05:34

dat burn :D

2017-12-16 08:08

give this man a medal plz

2017-12-16 09:27

AYY LMAOO I AM SO DONE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

2017-12-16 15:36

VeryNiceGuy haha you're not even funny and you act so retarded. Cold is better than NiKo. He already proved that. #FAX

2017-12-16 16:28

wrrr

"Still #1" ntnt, they wont even win ecs finals without sk participating xd

2017-12-16 00:55

Cause SK is to bad to gualify cry is free hating on other teams

2017-12-16 01:07

10 replies

felps with 160ms is hard to qualify Sorry for my bad english

2017-12-16 01:13

5 replies

he don't even played, this is the worst. It's impossible to play with the manager of the team kkkkk

2017-12-16 01:43

4 replies

Sorry for your bad english.

2017-12-16 03:39

Yep boltz manager

2017-12-16 23:52

2 replies

THEY PLAYED SOME ECS MATCHES WITH DEAD, THE MANAGER OF THE TEAM

2017-12-20 01:33

1 reply

Yes, almost looked like it was boltz playing ))

2017-12-20 02:53

Too bad to qualify and still too god to rekt Faze on a Bo5 ;)

2017-12-16 14:02

3 replies

Still lost to Ghost online hahaa worst then Faze losing to top 1 team br = -200 IQ

2017-12-16 14:17

The cry is free ma friend.

2017-12-16 14:32

Ofcourse you cry is free, sk didn't qualify haha noobs. Go steal a bit cause thats the only thing you learn in favela's poor kid

2017-12-16 16:32

WITH A FUCKING STAND IN. Suck on that dick clan

2017-12-16 02:44

device sucks ofc they better with stand in

2017-12-16 10:16

FaZe no. 1 , lmao Astralis getting carried by their stand-in again which is quite embarrissing..

2017-12-16 12:01

rubino beast

sad

rubino top1

give rubino a real team pls

he's in dignitas. but you know what I'm thinking? -MODDII +RUBINO Heroic ez.

2017-12-16 10:03

Dignitas released the whole team like a month ago

2017-12-16 11:50

they still have rubino, fox and cromen on their official page.

2017-12-16 14:09

why not

2017-12-16 12:58

Lets go!!!

Wtf

This game goes to show how good astralis's structure is and how overrated device is. Rubino was a true star player even tho he is normally a support player. Hope he gets a good team soon. Luck was the mvp of this game, both teams won retarded amount of rounds without knowing how the fuck it happned LUL

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device is not overrated lol.

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Opinions.

2017-12-16 01:01

ve-se logo que és pt lol.

Yeah, having 2 flags was not enough right? LUL

+1 ahaha Poiting out the obvious cuz he wont accept your opinion rofl

2017-12-16 07:28

fake pt you should huehue and not ahaha busted

2017-12-16 11:47

"huehue" is from brazil

2017-12-16 12:11

Binge-watch all of Thorin's videos and you'll disagree.

2017-12-16 01:03

? stop baiting me.

Doing well one map doesn't make you a star player...

That's not what I said was it?.. He was a star player this map.

2017-12-16 01:00

7 replies

"Rubino was a true star player"

'was', in past tense, referring to the game. If he said 'is' he would've been referring to Rubino's performance as a whole. Come on dude.

Good that someone got what I tried to say. It's funny cuz they are both brits xD

2017-12-16 01:08

Not that just the previous game but also the games in the past. Be more specific next time.

2017-12-16 11:53

context? retard trying to be a smartass lul

2017-12-16 18:06

Wasn't he? He was given room to shine, and he was bright af

You cannot be a star player for one map, it's called having a good game. A star player is consistently the best on the team over a period of time, that period of time being (much) more than one map.

2017-12-17 13:02

Astralis plays so good with stand ins, maybe dev1ce was the problem after all :D

No, their 'problem' is their playstyle. To predictable. Standins changes it to individual strengths

2017-12-16 01:14

'Australis is the easiest team to play against' guardian -I'm a guardian fan btw

This just proves him right. Stand in = not predictable = not easiest

2017-12-16 03:08

Unexpected. GJ Astralis

Lul faze

Wp Astralis. RUBINO top 1

n0thing too tipsy. Get that ego out of Cancun.

2017-12-16 00:57

The most pathetic thing about faze is that Astralis lost both pistols AND! lost 2 full anti-eco rounds yet Astralis still rekt them.

WOW. 32 FRAGS? BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD. #1 CONFIRMED.

I appreciated this NiKo fangirl impression, thank you

2017-12-16 14:33

Ok Rubino.

2017-12-16 00:59

rubino and dennis carries astrabots xD

dupreeh awping for a month still looking more impressive than snatchie and snax combined xD

2017-12-16 02:53

yes dupreeeh's awping is underrated

2017-12-16 08:27

what a performance by rubino, beautiful game dude. FaZe gave some hesitations that cost the game. WP Astralis

rubino? wow, great one

Niko top1 they said

2017-12-16 01:04

rubino carry WTF?

Well done Astralis <3 #FazeDown

2017-12-16 01:19

Astralis vs faze in the final, rubino amd niko 100 kills each

2017-12-16 01:22

wow what an impressive show by Rubino, he stepped up big time here! Go, go rubino, i always had faith in u bro... U can be so sick playaH <3

2017-12-16 01:24

Device xD

2017-12-16 01:33

what a disgrace making LULBINO look good, hes trash not impressive faze is just retarded making bad kids look good

2017-12-16 01:34

Rubino was always like this. He would have insane games and then terrible games. He has awful confidence unfortunately. I think he needs a good coach or a team that keeps his confidence high. People are gonna call me crazy but I would -HS +Rubino on Optic, he's an excellent support and Magisk and Mixwell are plenty fragging power.

2017-12-16 01:38

6 replies

-Allu +Rubino

2017-12-16 02:13

He needs a psychologist.

2017-12-16 02:41

why would anyone visit a psychologist?

2017-12-16 03:07

Why wouldn't someone visit one? Give me a good reason, i'd like to hear it x)

2017-12-16 09:38

But mixwell is inconsistent as fuck too.He has games where he can compete with the best awpers in the world, and then next map tilt himself to oblivion.

2017-12-16 02:47