Complexity breeze past Vitality to advance to BLAST Premier Spring Finals

8-2-2020 22:59

Complexity pulled off another upset against Vitality with a convincing series victory, completing an undefeated run to the BLAST Premier Spring Finals.

With confidence sky-high off their triumph against Astralis in the opening round, Complexity stunned Vitality looking even more convincing as they clinched a spot at the BLAST Premier Spring Finals — with the group's final still ahead of them — undefeated.

The so-called juggernaut surprised everyone after having been far from impressive in their online efforts in the first month of the year, breaking a 0-5 losing streak on Inferno with a dominant showing on the map in the series victory against the Frenchmen.

The loss puts Vitality into the lower bracket final, where they will play for the second Spring Finals spot up against Natus Vincere — a matchup they had already won once in the group in a convincing manner in the opening round.

Complexity clinch the first Finals spot in the group of death

Mirage was the first map of the series and it was the team who picked it, Complexity, who got off the line first as they were leading 4-0 on the back of a couple of A splits. Vitality quickly equalized things after defending the next two A attacks, but individual performances from William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba and Valentin "⁠poizon⁠" Vasilev saw the European-American mixture pull away again and eventually come away with the better half at 9-6.

A messy pistol round went the way of the underdogs, as well, and Vitality were soon in trouble despite picking up three in a row with guns in hand. Two saved weapons were enough to swing the tide again in favor of Complexity, who then came out on top of a couple of close retakes en route to a 16-10 victory.

The onslaught continued on Inferno, where Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer's side lost the opening pistol as CT but quickly turned things around thanks to Owen "⁠oBo⁠" Schlatter's Deagle play in the second-round forcebuy. Complexity put together a dominant defense from that point on with everyone chipping in, while Vitality struggled to break through, winning just three more rounds — two of which were 1v3 and 1v4 clutches from Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy and Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon, respectively.

The French side clinched the second pistol round, but yet again lost the following antiforcebuy, with Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke finding a key timing and a triple-kill there to make sure Complexity seal the deal without any trouble at 16-5, 2-0.

BLAST Premier Spring Series 2020Best of 3

Vitality

Matchpage

8th February 2020

Complexity

Mirage

Inferno

Vitality	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut ZywOo	33 - 34	-1	68.8	68.1%	1.03
Richard 'shox' Papillon shox	28 - 35	-7	61.6	63.8%	0.82
Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy RpK	23 - 39	-16	49.9	59.6%	0.76
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire apEX	20 - 36	-16	67.7	55.3%	0.70
Alex 'ALEX' McMeekin ALEX	21 - 38	-17	59.1	59.6%	0.67

Complexity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Valentin 'poizon' Vasilev poizon	41 - 28	+13	91.7	80.9%	1.48
William 'RUSH' Wierzba RUSH	43 - 22	+21	83.1	76.6%	1.40
Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer blameF	33 - 20	+13	81.4	76.6%	1.29
Owen 'oBo' Schlatter oBo	35 - 28	+7	77.2	87.2%	1.19
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke k0nfig	30 - 28	+2	69.7	78.7%	1.13

With Complexity clinching one of two spots on offer in Group B, three teams are now through to the BLAST Premier Spring Finals:

FaZe

Complexity

Liquid

Juggernaut

2020-02-08 23:00

expected

Poizon > cerq

2020-02-08 22:59

11 replies

Both are godlike, Bulgaria makes top tier awpers

2020-02-08 23:02

4 replies

astralis atm looks terrible, botality is zywho team,dont think that other teams will not be able to prepare for col, but glad to see new teams that are competing

2020-02-09 11:33

We have another good awper, his name is dennyslaw, he is an upcoming new great talent as well

2020-02-09 12:01

2 replies

What about coleslaw I heard he’s pretty good too

2020-02-09 13:43

+1 dennyslaw and rafftu carry skade

2020-02-09 16:07

2020-02-08 23:05

Eh both have their strengths, CeRq still has better overall performances and has proven to be a fantastic AWPer. Excited about poizon though.

2020-02-08 23:32

Way superior, I'm really happy he finally got to play for an inter team where he will be able to shine as much as he deserves. He'll be top 15 this year and a top 5 awper

2020-02-09 01:38

Good german awpers

2020-02-09 02:27

1 reply

Lol good one

2020-02-09 10:09

They just play better on LAN

col going crazy

top1 btw xaxaxaxax

We will see tomorow

EZ 4 RUSH MAJOR WINNER GET WRECKED FRENCH NOOBS

+11

2020-02-08 23:24

RUSH is underrated af

2020-02-09 02:34

Wp to complexity

ezzzzzzzzzzzzzz

2020-02-08 23:01

Again Great Game GG both WAITING FOR TOMMOROW games Damn coL looking So fucking good

Especially poizon. He rarely misses.

2020-02-08 23:25

K0NFIG #1

Starting to believe this mixed juggernaut has a chance to go big. So little time together and already smashing Astralis and Vitality. Doubt somebody ever thought these guys would be topping their group instead of being at the bottom. Nice to see new strong teams showing up

3 replies

It's not to take anything away from complexity's performance at all but I think it's fair to add to the equation here that neither Astralis or Vitality brought their A game.

2020-02-09 00:22

+1 It's definitely a mix of Astralis/Vitality playing poor and Complexity playing good, neither completely one or the other

2020-02-09 15:41

I predicted them to contend in 2020 and people were disagreeing. Well the juggernaut just put everybody on notice. The raw skill in that team is insane.

2020-02-09 01:40

pog

EZ FOR JUGGERNAUTS

great to see a nice NA lineup again!

NA organisation, EU lineup

2020-02-09 08:29

So great to see rush doing well on lan. He's such a good player when he isn't in his own head. Young talent in obo and poizon just doesn't fucking miss. Decent fragging and sound igl. Imagine if k0nfig regains confidence and the level he once had Complexity is looking promising!

2020-02-08 23:03

5 replies

I think Rush was stagnating a lot in the old CoL lineup. The shakeup seems to have really revitalised him and he's putting up some incredible performances. k0nfig is showing some glimmers of greatness and if he regains his old form he'll be unstoppable. Very cool to see this team doing well.

2020-02-08 23:04

k0nfig has already had some moments where it looked like his old self. I don't think it will take too much albeit it requires coL to keep it up and not fall off completely. They also need to keep the momentum to online officials.. you don't get to join the big events if you can't win any online qualifiers.

2020-02-08 23:13

The increase in international projects is certainly creating some fearsome teams (Col, mouz and Faze) with 3-4 potential superstars and 1 IGL to pull the strings.... Certainly challenging the Single-nation team logic that's dominated CS for years. Interesting to see whether Col can keep it up and join the top team battle for the no.1 spot

2020-02-08 23:43

I think people sometimes overstate the importance of speaking the same native language. Most european players (perhaps except the CIS region) can communicate in English pretty well. I think what matters more is like fitting different cultures together and keep the players socially engaged in eachother.

2020-02-09 00:27

Don't sleep on OG either

2020-02-09 01:41

Byebye S2mple, ez again for z1woo

s1mple is real top1 zywho is just a bot. he can't win even vs compLexity LUL jk. they both are GODS!

2020-02-08 23:17

Reasons to still keep apEX ?

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Who else would entry and bait himself then??

2020-02-08 23:26

apEX performance is not consecuence of his role/ possition. Check the crucial moments, decisions, plays, movements and the way he thinks. It’s all wrong, and from that u cant go back, imo.

2020-02-08 23:48

I kinda agree with u. He sometimes doesnt seem like he is playing with his team like that 1 round on mirage A bombsite post plant he pushes jungle when his teammates are in palace and A ramp. He is so far apart and just gives away his life.

2020-02-08 23:57

another one: Inferno, poizon holded the angle and killed ALEX, and theeere it goes, apEX with low health walking towards poizon's scope without any flashbang or utility to clear the site...

2020-02-09 01:14

Yeah remember that

2020-02-09 04:27

He is just a joke at this point tbh. Subpar aim and can't stay disciplined, he just can't resist taking useless duels and getting owned for free. He'll need to go soon

2020-02-09 01:43

I think jeyN is a pretty promising talent. They should try that like they got Zywoo.

2020-02-08 23:31

I read a lot about him. Also I think more about jaCkz if he still struggle with the language issue

2020-02-08 23:51

Yeah, jaCkz is the same kind of overaggresive entry but less stupid, and most importantly with a much better aim than apEX atm

2020-02-09 01:45

JUGGERNAUT also poizon is godlike

Unexpected

If they keep a form even close like this, they have formed a true juggernaut team... certainly top 3 if they keep it up!!!

The future of french cs will be great with xqqqqtttzzt, Alex and zywoo

And without apEX

J U G G E R N A U T

expected from fluketality

guys ,what does showdown means ? Astralis eliminated for forever?

Showdown is the name of BLAST's relegation tournament

2020-02-08 23:14

They have a chance, but they have fight through a closed qualifier, and if this performance from them was just because it was their first tournament after the break, then they could easily make it back to the finals.

2020-02-08 23:20

thanks dude for info :)

2020-02-09 00:04

Np :)

2020-02-09 02:55

blast premier = 12 invited teams in 3 groups top 6 go to finals directly, bottom 6 go to showdown showdown = bottom 6 + 2 teams from qualifier top 2 from showdown go to finals.

2020-02-09 08:19

fluke top 1

+1 #NotMyTop1 #s1mpleRealTop1

2020-02-08 23:07

2020-02-08 23:10

+1 Goat of csgo is real top1 aka S1mple

2020-02-08 23:27

zywh0 cant even carry against rush lmao

hltv.org/matches/2339098/natus-vincere-v..

2020-02-08 23:15

It’s just about RPK’s random shots

2020-02-09 11:25

lol, if NaVi will 2-0 Vitality tommorow CSGO doesnt make sense anymore at all

ya nadeus navi obossyt vitality tomorrow

2020-02-08 23:11

budet totalniy rofl esli navi 2-0 win prosto lol 4to

2020-02-08 23:12

blya kak ya kaifoval ot igri COL na 2 karte prosto zalil na nih i cidel ohueval ot ih fragov vse chto vzyali vitality 2 pistoletki and 1 vs 3 1 vs 4 xD

it could happen because of the confidence boost from NaVi after beating Astralis, while Vitality experienced a demoralizing loss.

2020-02-08 23:19

2020-02-08 23:28

vitality = zywoo no surprise

NA + EU = BESTEST

2020-02-08 23:08

Bulgari abound in top sniper like cerq

2020-02-08 23:09

nice rekrt gj coL

Good to see you on the top again poizon :)

Wtf Complexity So good or what is happening.

The salt from Alex after getting rekt. Well played again from CoL, still unexpected.

Did he say something ?

2020-02-09 01:46

He said that Complexity won't last, soon they won't be able to beat top teams. Personally, CoL won't have convinced me until they're still doing this in a couple of months, but still, talking shit about a team that just dominated you is not a good look. It's akin to saying 'they just got lucky', news flash Alex, you just got facerolled by the world #44 team. GG lol

2020-02-09 03:32

LOL what a sore loser. How would he know they won't last ? Does he have a crystal ball ? Pathetic. If anything I think they'll last, I've been saying it since they announced the players they picked up. BlameF is probably a top 3 fragging IGL with Gla1ve and nexa atm, and surely a top 5 IGL. He is a very hardworker per sources and kinda " lives for CS " . We all know k0nfig is superstar material when in top form, even stronger than magisk imo. poizon from what I have seen from him in Windigo is one of the most consistent awpers atm, a top 5 one soon if not already, will be in the top 20 imho. oBo = new youngest and most promising NA player. Finally the only one I wasn't sold on is RUSH but he has been showing C9 form and delivering despite being the role player.. So maybe mr ALEX should just focus on performing and not having his whole team rely on ZywOo posting 1.50 ratings to win games instead of being an ass and acting like a brat when he just got steamrolled..?

2020-02-09 13:28

They really have looked impressive at Blast. As I said, I'll believe it when they're still playing at this level in a couple of months, they are definitely some incredibly skilled players. But yep, sore af loser Alex is, which is weird because it's not like he usually has anything to do with it when they win anyway. He's put me right off Vitality with his shit talking in the last few months.

2020-02-09 16:39

Zywho?

2020-02-08 23:16

Complexity played too good for Vitality.

Have a common problem with Vitality: If Zywoo doesn't have a stellar game, the rest of the team is bunch of regulars on par of TOP 15. Surprisingly Le Tank has the best moments outside Zywoo there.

2020-02-08 23:18

that 1v4 from shox tho

I mean, sure, Shox was always one of the best clutchers in CS GO, he can make plays that turn heads, but that is nothing consistent. Don't think you can rely on that every clutch.

BOT zywho

EZ 4 JUGGERNAUT All jokes aside, this result was expected tbh, considering the game yesterday against Astralis. If ZywOo doesn't go god-mode, VitaLULity look like a tier3 team - compLexity are far & beyond on a skill level. Even RUSH completely destroyed them this BO3, which is great to see him getting back to his 2017/2018 form. On the other hand, poizon doesn't fuckin' miss... He's easily on the same level as CeRq. Maybe even better, given more time. Anyway this is so nice to see, hopefully coL can keep it up. Must feel amazing for Jason Lake. GGs boys.

2020-02-08 23:21

Agreed +1

2020-02-08 23:29

He is much better.and.he will prove it in 2020

2020-02-09 01:48

From watching poizon in Windigo, I knew that one day he would step up to the plate and demolish some of the best in the world. He’s beaten the #1 and #3, let’s see if he can take out #2.

2020-02-08 23:23

Would be a good match for sure. But #2 needs to beat #1 first in order to face poizon

2020-02-08 23:30

That’s true.

2020-02-09 02:54

Poizon is actually best awp mans.

Where's those people that were saying Complexity was going to be stopped against ZywOo like really underrating them?

People who thought that are probably either newfags or randoms casu or both, who don't know who konfig or poizon are.

2020-02-09 01:50

Gotta admit, I didnt even think they could take a map in 2 matches they were supposed to lose... ...but they lost none, insane, congrats!

PogU Real Juggernaut

I dont wanna hear anyone say fluke. Team looks well prepared and fragging is equally distributed across the roster. Poizon is impressive. Good to see complexity thrive.

pretty scary thing is that this did not even look like a fluke. Col convincingly destroyed everyone last 4 maps.

yes

Wowza who would've thought! Astralis thought it was either navi or vitality who would make it to the finals with them but instead they're going to the showdown lmao

Stop calling something fluke. Any team can win against any other. The losing team was not good enough, and the winning team was better. Thats it, not some stupid fluke excuse. Once you could appreciate the success of a team instead of downgrading this great performance.

2020-02-08 23:52