Vega Squadron stun FaZe at Major Qualifier

Vega Squadron picked up the pistol round to start off the CT side of Inferno on the right foot, with Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov's 1v1 clutch in the first buy round playing a key part in the Russian side establishing an economic advantage in the match.

It was 4-0 when Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács got a fast entry with the AWP, but chopper got the advantage back for his side with two kills, and added two more on the B site retake to advance the lead. FaZe finally got a round on the board with a mixed buy push on B, with Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard doing the majority of the heavy lifting as he secured a quad kill.

The European mixture lost the following round due to running out of time and got locked out of B on the follow-up, which resulted in their bank being broken (9-1). After struggling to take banana and B, FaZe decided to switch it up and hit A, with the semi-fast wrap tacting yielding three unanswered kills and their second round of the half.

chopper's play in the early rounds set the tone of the match

Dmytro "⁠jR⁠" Chervak's side finished the half with a 12-3 lead after a sloppy 5v3 retake in the final round of the half, and FaZe took that opening to get to five rounds by winning the CT pistol and the followup. In a round where a loss would force them on an eco, Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer stepped up with three massive kills from pit, allowing his teammates to come in for a 2v2 retake. However, the reset would happen in the next round, as Vega Squadron's Mac-10 B site rush worked out (14-6).

With a heavy advantage in terms of money and utility, Vega Squadron managed to close out the game against the European side, shocking FaZe to pick up their second win at the tournament.

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FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	14 - 18	-4	61.6	72.7%	1.03
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	16 - 19	-3	79.8	59.1%	0.99
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	12 - 17	-5	57.2	72.7%	0.82
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	10 - 18	-8	50.9	81.8%	0.79
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	11 - 17	-6	65.0	50.0%	0.70

Vega Squadron	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakovchopper	22 - 12	+10	93.5	90.9%	1.57
Dmytro 'jR' ChervakjR	20 - 10	+10	97.6	86.4%	1.44
Nikolay 'mir' Bityukovmir	19 - 13	+6	97.8	90.9%	1.43
Sergey 'keshandr' Nikishinkeshandr	16 - 13	+3	78.0	72.7%	1.05
Pavel 'hutji' Lashkovhutji	12 - 16	-4	71.2	72.7%	0.97

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MOUZ	Cloud9
Vega Squadron
1-0
Misfits	G2
1-1	0-2
Liquid	FlipSid3
Natus Vincere	AVANGAR
Space Soldiers	Envy
Renegades	Flash
Quantum Bellator Fire
Sprout
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