FaZe take down BIG, set to face NAVI for first place in Group C

30-8-2021 22:25

With NAVI the only team confirmed to advance to the playoffs, four teams will play for the other two spots in the final round.

FaZe have clinched their third victory in Group C at ESL Pro League Season 14, taking down BIG in a convincing 2-0 series. The final day of play of the group will see the Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen-led side take on Natus Vincere in a match that will determine first place in the group.

Although very much favored to advance already, FaZe are still not out of the woods as far as their playoff hopes are concerned, as they need to avoid a three-way tie with MOUZ and fnatic for second place.

FaZe relied on massive CT side performances from olof and broky

BIG got off to a poor start to the series on Dust2 after having picked the map, with FaZe clinching a comfortable victory on the opener on the back of a large early lead. The German side had trouble dealing with Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants in the opening half as the Latvian scored 21 kills on the CT side, helping his team lock it down 10-5, and FaZe went on to close out the map with ease after the second pistol went their way.

FaZe looked to make it a quick 2-0 when the opening stages of Inferno saw karrigan and company string five rounds together unanswered, but it proved a more difficult affair than Dust2, in the end. Multikills in key situations from Florian "⁠syrsoN⁠" Rische and Nicklas "⁠gade⁠" Gade got BIG on their feet, and an eco win later on made it only a one-round deficit by the end of the half.

But just when it looked like BIG could stay in contention for the series, Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer proved key to FaZe closing the second map comfortably, with the Swede ending Inferno with a 30-bomb thanks to massive effort on the CT side.

ESL Pro League Season 14Best of 3

BIG

Matchpage

30th August 2021

FaZe

Dust2

Inferno

BIG	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Florian 'syrsoN' Rische syrsoN	25 - 32	-7	57.7	52.1%	0.82
Tizian 'tiziaN' Feldbusch tiziaN	23 - 37	-14	62.8	66.7%	0.81
Nicklas 'gade' Gade gade	25 - 34	-9	60.4	58.3%	0.77
Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz tabseN	25 - 39	-14	61.8	47.9%	0.68
Nils 'k1to' Gruhne k1to	18 - 38	-20	47.9	66.7%	0.62

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Twistzz	36 - 23	+13	84.6	85.4%	1.38
Helvijs 'broky' Saukants broky	38 - 24	+14	84.4	85.4%	1.38
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer olofmeister	39 - 21	+18	72.2	81.2%	1.34
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard rain	30 - 22	+8	68.5	85.4%	1.28
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen karrigan	37 - 27	+10	87.6	75.0%	1.26

With just one round of matches left to be played in Group C, only Natus Vincere are confirmed to advance to the playoffs. FaZe are big favorites to join them on Tuesday, while MOUZ have their own fate in their hands, requiring a win over BIG to secure their place.

BIG, on the other hand, could still be eliminated even if they win the match against MOUZ in case they enter a three-way tie with FaZe and fnatic. Meanwhile, the Swedish-British squad rely on a win over Evil Geniuses as well as on Natus Vincere to beat FaZe to guarantee themselves a place in the knockout stage.

Here are the current standings of the group ahead of day five:

Group C

TEAM

MEISTER IS GOD

2021-08-30 22:25

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FAZE FLUKE?

2021-08-30 22:26

3 replies

more like BIGs win yesterday = fluke

2021-08-30 22:57

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2021-08-31 04:46

2021-08-31 08:43

Nt apEX

2021-08-30 23:10

+1 he really is.

2021-08-30 23:46

2021-08-31 03:03

edit: 2nd Also POV: You leave faze for a fresh new organization which initially struggles, then swaps a frenchman off the team with another frenchman, then finds a bit of success before hitting rock bottom while watching your former teammates climb higher and higher

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POV part2: u spent player break partying instead of bootcamping because you arent hungry for #1 in the world anymore

2021-08-30 22:29

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That is so sad...

2021-08-31 09:21

you forgot the part where g2 played like 3-4 semi finals and 1 grand final when faze was going out 13-16th in every tournament

2021-08-30 22:53

+1 :D

2021-08-30 22:56

Because it was all online But now that Faze has performed good in LAN, they're comfortable online as well, which G2 aren't anymore

2021-08-31 10:03

Faze so good!

expected from olof god top 1

FaZe UP

Bug clan

2021-08-30 22:27

Your comment made me laugh so hard xD.

2021-08-31 07:36

nice win from FaZe

yes, but bad game from BIG.

2021-08-30 22:43

EZ4GOAT S1MPLE

Cringe

2021-08-31 11:28

cringiest name on hltv

2021-08-31 12:54

Most competitive and balanced group until now, good to watch

yeah every match tomorrow is still important

This is by far the most surprising and fun group to watch +11

2021-08-30 22:32

2021-08-30 22:41

2021-08-31 00:16

I agree! But as a Fnatic fan Im just suffering lol How could we even lose to mouz? Goddamit! A win today secured a spot to the playoffs!

2021-08-31 01:40

Yea it would ve secured a spot for FaZe as well ffs, i hope BIG wins tomorrow vs mouz

2021-08-31 02:48

2021-08-31 07:41

ez for faze

#FaZeUP 🐐

2021-08-30 22:28

Expected from olof

WHERE ARE YOU NIKO AND HUNTER HAHAHHAA

I feel like it's much more likely for fnc to advance than faze; eg is a free win and navi beating faze seems p likely ngl

2021-08-30 22:35

10 replies

If big take out mouz, faze surely go through

2021-08-30 22:42

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What is the tiebreaker? Faze won against mouz and big so should they be in the playoffs already? I mean if fnatic and mouz won and faze lose, these 3 Will have 9points meanwhile big Will have 6

2021-08-30 22:51

RD will decide, so if faze lose badly vs navi they likely won't make it through

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Round difference doesn't come into play in any of the remaining scenarios. Everything comes down to head-to-head results or at worst head-to-head map difference now twitter.com/StrikerHLTVorg/status/143244..

2021-08-30 23:40

I see, thanks mr striker love you

2021-08-30 23:47

Thanks striker

2021-08-31 01:33

So FaZe has literally 1 scenario in which they do not qualify, like 12% chance, but somehow it will happen.

2021-08-31 09:51

It is the three most likely results, to be fair

2021-08-31 10:20

Yeah but it's pretty likely atleast 1 of the favourites fails/chokes

2021-08-31 13:09

Occasionally teams who are eliminated tend to overperform because they are playing without any pressure, I've seen it so many times. Fingers crossed that happens tomorrow

2021-08-30 22:54

Somewhere in the world, only Anthony is crying.

If FNC / BIG want to qualify for the playoff, first of all, they have to win the match tomorrow, then pray on BIG / FNC defeat to their opponent if mouz wants to qualify for the playoff, they just need to win tomorrow

kkkkkkkk

2021-08-30 22:49

"Meanwhile, the Swedish-British squad rely on a win over Evil Geniuses as well as on Natus Vincere to beat FaZe to guarantee themselves a place in the knockout stage." This is not correct though? Since its a h2h, fnatic just needs to win and BIG to win. then they both will be tied in 9 points, but since its h2h fnatic will win

2021-08-30 22:52

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If Faze wins against Navi, and BIG beats mouz, then Navi and BIG beat fnatic in a 3 way tie

fnatic won against BIG though, h2h wouldn't really work in this case? or am I thinking wrong that it would lead to round difference. edit: too late to even think about it, I will let the desk explain it to me like im five

2021-08-30 23:01

If fnatic was in a h2h only against BIG, then yes, it would have worked like that. But in this case, fnatic would be in a 3 way tie with BIG and Navi. Fnatic won 2 maps and lost 3 maps against these 2 teams, so they would place 4th if the scenario at #29 were to happen.

2021-08-30 23:11

yeah you are right. its going to be very interesting tomorrow

2021-08-30 23:28

k1to bot and racist

he is racist? never heard that before...

Ez Game?

2021-08-30 22:59

Coldzera was the problem as a player. But he did good by geting a an igl and other stuffs.

2021-08-30 23:08

For last round If fnatic lose: Fnatic out; BIG vs Mouz winner qualify, Faze vs Navi winner tops the group If fnatic win: -BIG vs Mouz loser out -If Mouz win, BIG out --If navi win, navi tops group; Faze, Mouz, Fnatic 3 way ties, Mouz win 3 maps so Mouz second, Faze lose fnatic so faze out. --If navi lose, Faze tops group, Navi beats mouz and fnatic so navi second, mouz beats fnatic so fnatic out. -If BIG win, Mouz out --If navi win, navi tops group; BIG loses to Faze and Fnatic so BIG out, Fnatic beats Faze so they are second --If navi lose, Faze tops group; Navi, BIG, Fnatic 3 way tie, BIG win 3 maps so BIG is second, Navi beats Fnatic so Navi 3rd, fnatic out. ============================================= Looks like Navi is safe now

2021-08-30 23:15

Tomorrow gonna be so nerveracking.....

2021-08-30 23:26

It is weird that if Navi and Fnatic both win, then BIG is out no matter the result of their match....

2021-08-30 23:30

And if faze lose to Navi, and EG and mouz win their matches (all 3 scenarios are quite likely), then faze is out. Feels bad for faze man 😐

2021-08-30 23:37

If fnatic lose to EG they both out, BIG and Mouz are both 2-2 now so at least one of them will go 2-3 tomorrow and out. Faze will be safe if EG wins.

2021-08-30 23:38

Sorry my bad. I meant if fnatic and mouz win their bo3s and if navi beat faze, then faze is out.

2021-08-30 23:43

Yeah but that's the only case that faze gets eliminated. If they can win their fate is still in their own hand.

This was the comment I was looking for

2021-08-30 23:50

+rep

2021-08-31 04:50

EZ for GOATMEISTER

2021-08-30 23:16

Great team performance!

2021-08-30 23:39

after all these years olof is still the best player.

2021-08-30 23:45

olof young talent

2021-08-31 00:43

Can someone help me understand what must happen for BIG to advance? Obv they need a win, and EG has to beat fnatic right?

2021-08-31 03:01

Yes

2021-08-31 03:31

goatmeister so fucking good.

2021-08-31 04:54

Big only next round if they win vs mouz and fnatic lose vs EG. puhh

2021-08-31 07:47

Big goes through if faze and big wins though, anything can happen

2021-08-31 09:15

fnatic win direct comparing vs BIG and both have same point then. oh when Faze wins, BIG wins direct comparing vs Navi but Navi won vs fnatic. So if BIG wins and Faze wins they are through Or Fnatic los vs EG and BIG wins they are through.

2021-08-31 09:59

Big got schooled big time on Inferno by Goatmeister. That was a joy to watch. I dont know whats with this guy that when he delivers you feel like its something else.

2021-08-31 08:23

Olof top 1 2021

2021-08-31 08:25

b0g clan kekw olof still got it

2021-08-31 08:32

first pllace and online) very nice

2021-08-31 12:05

ffs if u cant win a map against faze then whats your purpose

2021-08-31 12:25

FaZe overall is a good team, but idk., it feels like in some matches they lack chemistry, like really, sometimes it just lacks like one good flash from teammate instead of peeking without it, I swear I saw that like 100 times when someone has flash that he could throw for his teammate to peek, but instead they peek without it, it's weird, but I feel like that loses them a lot of more rounds. BIG is a new team, it's seenable, but honestly they looked lost vs FaZe, maybe that's brilliant karrigan calling, idk., but they look outplayed every round almost. I don't see FaZe winning vs NaVi tbh., I feel like NaVi is way better when it comes to this micro-plays like just checking an angles with flashes instead of dry peeking them, those micro things make them much better team, so they are big favourites for me here.

2021-08-31 21:40