NAVI beat FaZe to secure semi-finals in London

FaZe will begin their playoff road in the quarters.

w0nderful took over the game on Mirage

Natus Vincere have defeated FaZe in the Group A upper-bracket final to secure a semi-final spot at the BLAST Premier Spring Final in London.

"The preparation for this tournament was what we needed," said an upbeat Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen after the match. "We put in the hours and had some much-needed discussions. We weren't ourselves in Dallas, and now we are playing CS you haven't seen from us since the Major."

FaZe are not eliminated after the loss and will start their playoff campaign in the quarter-final, where they will face off against the winner of Vitality vs. G2.

The series began with Natus Vincere's second appearance on Dust2, and they quickly justified their pick. Justinas "⁠jL⁠" Lekavicius led the way for their T-side, on which they put up seven rounds, before Valeriy "⁠b1t⁠" Vakhovskiy took over the mantle and spearheaded a 6-0 streak on the CT side that gave Natus Vincere a comfortable 13-5 win.

FaZe's map pick of Nuke was equally one-sided. Despite Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard previously saying he feels the team is getting countered on the map, FaZe put together a rampant T side, which proved more than enough for the map victory. Natus Vincere made a bit of a cosmetic comeback on their offense but couldn't prevent the series from going to the decider of Mirage.

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rain: "We feel countered, especially on Nuke"

FaZe seemed to keep up their Nuke momentum on the decider as well, as they ran away to a 7-0 lead early on. This time, however, Natus Vincere reduced the deficit to just two as Ihor "⁠w0nderful⁠" Zhdanov and Mihai "⁠iM⁠" Ivan led the charge for their team and found several openers.

Natus Vincere began the second half fighting from behind after David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský's 1vs2 clutch in the pistol, but a spirited CT side meant they were the first to reach match point, which they converted at the first time of asking.

Matchpage
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13th June 2024
5
Dust2
13
13
Nuke
9
10
Mirage
13
 FaZe K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.0
42 - 40 +1.57% 84.5 73.0% 1.11
49 - 43 +0.71% 77.0 65.1% 1.11
41 - 47 -0.12% 69.3 63.5% 0.91
39 - 45 -3.16% 64.2 60.3% 0.89
22 - 50 -4.02% 47.9 55.6% 0.59
 Natus Vincere K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.0
51 - 41 +1.94% 81.4 73.0% 1.21
44 - 33 +2.74% 71.3 79.4% 1.21
50 - 43 +1.82% 83.6 71.4% 1.13
38 - 40 -1.35% 73.9 69.8% 1.09
41 - 39 -0.45% 72.8 71.4% 1.04
Lithuania Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius
Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius
Age:
24
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
734
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.67
Romania Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Age:
24
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
1067
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.69
Norway Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Age:
29
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
1935
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.69
Slovakia David 'frozen' Čerňanský
David 'frozen' Čerňanský
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
1503
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.64
Finland Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Age:
27
Rating 1.0:
0.94
Maps played:
1285
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.65
Ukraine Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy
Age:
21
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
712
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.63
Ukraine Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov
Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov
Age:
19
Rating 1.0:
1.17
Maps played:
492
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.58
NaVi best roster since 2021
2024-06-13 18:11
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5 replies
#5
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Poland Krejzolek_
2021 roster is better
2024-06-13 18:14
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4 replies
#11
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Romania bLaZe_420
He didn't say it's better
2024-06-13 18:19
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1 reply
kick karrigan ffs
2024-06-13 19:39
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#20
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Canada kingboo
I am a writer, not a reader
2024-06-13 18:33
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1 reply
#26
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Poland Krejzolek_
So?
2024-06-13 18:46
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good
2024-06-13 18:12
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2 replies
karrigan another fragmovie inc?
2024-06-14 01:28
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1 reply
he got better tho by 2k lmao
2024-06-14 02:12
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in order to reach grand finals, FaZe have to run the gauntlet of beating Vitality/G2 and Spirit lmao
2024-06-13 18:12
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5 replies
Imagine they beat both and then lose to navi in grand finals with iM putting up a 0.89, would be the funniest shit in the world
2024-06-13 18:29
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2 replies
50/50 cause both teams are shit right now, and its gonna be BO5
2024-06-13 18:30
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1 reply
that goes in navi's favor as faze have a serious weakness on dust2 and questionable records on some other maps. navi don't really have a BAD map. they can be shaky on most but there isn't one map that stands out as a problem.
2024-06-14 04:21
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Feels like it's their path every tournament now xd, their own fault for trolling before playoffs
2024-06-13 19:32
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1 reply
would make for good content tbh
2024-06-13 19:34
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JL and w0derful once again carry. IM is just hard to watch... I wonder when they look back at games wtf iM is saying, his game sense is very weird sometimes. Just gives out positions 80% of the time
2024-06-13 18:13
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4 replies
#13
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Afghanistan Domiaris
IM is much better than JL IM and B1t looking good , JL major mvp looking so bad.
2024-06-13 18:21
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3 replies
did you not watch dust2? jL is coming back.
2024-06-14 04:27
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2 replies
#50
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Afghanistan Domiaris
Yes , but after major JL looking bad
2024-06-14 16:22
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1 reply
he fell into a slump, already talked about and he's already COMING BACK. don't worry about jL.
2024-06-14 18:11
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-karrigan, threw the major and threw this match as well.
2024-06-13 18:15
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#7
Fors | 
Bermuda Kyrmy
Navi is so fucking weird team to watch. They can look like complete shit and then proceed to win. One day they look completely dysfunctional and the next their teamplay is absolutely god-tier. Also their players have no consistency which is infuriating.
2024-06-13 18:16
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It has been like that since the beginning. Maybe they finally figured out a remedy by having bootcamp-like online prep before events.
2024-06-13 18:18
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You just don’t have any clue in this game
2024-06-13 18:19
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2 replies
but you do? flag checks out
2024-06-13 18:25
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1 reply
Yes, I do, and what does exactly my flag check out?
2024-06-13 18:31
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#23
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
Infuriating for who? I find their play quite entertaining.
2024-06-13 18:39
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2 replies
#25
Fors | 
Bermuda Kyrmy
Infuriating for me. I just like when there's a player who you can count on putting a big performance like >85% of maps. But as long as it works for Navi good for them.
2024-06-13 18:42
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it's arguably better when your whole team doesn't depend on one player putting up big numbers every match. with this navi roster the ceiling is high on EVERY player, even the IGL. aleksib was a god tier b anchor on mirage today. iM is doing well lately. jL is finding his form again. things are looking up for navi. semifinals is already a respectable result and with their next opponent being astralis or VP they have a good shot at the final.
2024-06-14 04:29
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Aleksib is Faze clan father.
2024-06-13 18:16
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navi haters? where are? *ear cupping*
2024-06-13 18:18
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3 replies
#15
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Russia veloxman
me i am big navi hater
2024-06-13 18:23
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1 reply
#41
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United Kingdom CricGuru
flag checks out
2024-06-14 01:06
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what a performance from take_meds, 1 ear cupping.
2024-06-14 18:22
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#21
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Sweden Vrede
2x 50 bombs Pog
2024-06-13 18:36
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#22
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Czech Republic beowhulf
they butchered my bois :(
2024-06-13 18:38
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1 reply
#24
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
That was a badass comeback in the last map. Good luck in the quarters.
2024-06-13 18:40
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#27
Faceit level 7  | 
Czech Republic thezipp3r
karrigan done for
2024-06-13 18:57
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actually impressed that Major NaVi is back
2024-06-13 20:26
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#38
meli | 
Romania Naiad
Ez grand final for NAVI now
2024-06-13 21:27
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Fck nice mirage faze (
2024-06-13 23:34
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AleksiB had 1.21 vs Faze... OK...
2024-06-14 01:44
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#45
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Russia KopHuLLloH
Hell yeah, always a good day when faze loses
2024-06-14 04:06
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