BLAST Premier World Final 2023Live updates from BLAST World Final grand final
The best-of-three series between FaZe and Vitality will decide the final champion of the year.
Rémy "XTQZZZ" Quoniam has made his opinion clear, taking the time to sing Dan "apEX" Madesclaire's praises after securing another trophy.
Vitality have won the BLAST Premier World Final and they have done so with ease! They cement themselves as the clear best team of 2023.
The mistakes piled up towards the end of Nuke for FaZe, they flubbed a 5v3 advantage to let Vitality get to map point.
Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut was the clear star of that final, but Vitality were just better as a team.
 FaZe |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 - 24 | +2.20% | 80.0 | 76.3% | 1.13 | |
| 26 - 29 | -1.95% | 82.8 | 73.7% | 1.06 | |
| 20 - 30 | -7.61% | 65.2 | 73.7% | 0.87 | |
| 16 - 30 | -4.30% | 56.4 | 65.8% | 0.76 | |
| 19 - 30 | -4.64% | 50.5 | 57.9% | 0.70 |
  Vitality |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 - 19 | +11.44% | 108.9 | 81.6% | 1.69 | |
| 30 - 21 | +4.61% | 76.1 | 78.9% | 1.29 | |
| 26 - 23 | +2.45% | 80.3 | 84.2% | 1.18 | |
| 26 - 27 | -1.99% | 75.2 | 71.1% | 0.99 | |
| 21 - 24 | -0.67% | 54.8 | 78.9% | 0.98 |
A couple of key mistakes have cost FaZe on Nuke, the second coming from Robin "ropz" Kool once again.
It seems too late for FaZe now.
Is that the beginning of the end? FaZe won their pistol only to lose in the following round.
Robin "ropz" Kool made the initial mistake earlier in the half with his overly-risky hut play, and it allowed Vitality to get their foot in the door and make a comeback. The Estonian has played well overall, but that mistake may prove crucial.
Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut is still doing ZywOo things, upping his cultural impact with one highlight-reel play after another.
Robin "ropz" Kool just took a real risk against a low buy, sneaking out through hut early in the round, but it backfired and FaZe eventually lost the round.
Will that come back to haunt FaZe?
Once again the start of the map was close, with Vitality just getting the edge, but FaZe have answered back thanks to some crispy shooting by Robin "ropz" Kool.
The next round is important, a potential swing round in the half.
It was close at the start, but Vitality started to pull away as the map wore on, finding the right adjustments to prevent FaZe ever getting into it.
Shahar "flameZ" Shushan did some good work, but Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut stole the show with some outstanding highlights.
Will FaZe recover on their own map pick? Håvard "rain" Nygaard will need to pick things up if so, as will Robin "ropz" Kool
He opened up the half with a big brain clutch, and he's continued to find openings and impact. Shout out Shahar "flameZ" Shushan one time, he's put Vitality close to a 1-0 advantage.
FaZe's T side probably deserved more than four rounds, but it's all about what you make happen on the server.
Some strong holds across the board helped Vitality to their lead, but a highlight was this clean sequence from Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut:
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