BLAST Premier World Final 2024m0NESY shines as G2 head to BLAST grand final over Vitality
After exiting IEM Rio in last place, G2 have bounced back to make a grand final.
G2 have booked themselves a grand final berth at BLAST Premier World Final thanks to a 2-1 victory over Vitality, securing wins on Dust2 (13-10) and Mirage (13-8) either side of a shock Inferno (7-13) defeat.
Coming into the game it was expected that G2 would seal the series win, as Vitality were playing with a stand-in. The series was perhaps closer than many would have predicted; Vitality stole away G2's usually consistent map of Inferno and contested the other two maps to at least some degree.
Part of the closeness of the series was down to some classic G2 blunders. They showed some poor macro decision-making at times, such as this round on Dust2 as described by Janko "YNk" Paunović, and threw a few significant man-advantages due to lackadaisical mid-round play.
Ultimately G2's individual prowess was too much for Vitality to handle, with Nikola "NiKo" Kovač and Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov taking advantage of an unusually flat Vitality. Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut was fairly quiet, Shahar "flameZ" Shushan had a poor Dust2, and Dan "apEX" Madesclaire struggled throughout the series. Audric "JACKZ" Jug was actually the man who top-fragged and had the most impact in their map win, a telling indicator of Vitality's individual struggles.
G2 now have a chance to bounce back from their shocking IEM Rio collapse in perfect fashion, as they have a grand final bout on the horizon. They will take on the winner of Spirit vs. Astralis in a BO5.
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| BLAST Premier World Final 2024 | ||
| 03/11/2024 |
10:00
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On Dust2, G2 floundered somewhat in the second half after racing out to a 9-3 lead off the back of their CT side. They made basic mistakes, missing smokes and not clearing angles, allowing Vitality to claw their way back into the map, but ultimately G2's lead was too much and they forced a 13-10 win over the line.
Inferno was perplexing, as G2 started in the imperious manner one would expect, only to disappear. With G2 at 6-1 on their T side, JACKZ stepped up with a huge 4k hold from Pit, and it completely changed the game. ZywOo produced the key moment of the second half, grabbing an ace when G2 could have given themselves a chance to make the comeback, and the series went to the decider.
Mirage was fairly comfortable for G2, all things told. G2 posted a solid first-half thanks to some excellent CT-side AWPing by m0NESY, and then ran away with the game on T side. Vitality's only defensive rounds came via some early-round top Middle pushes.
 G2 |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 - 36 | +4.32% | 100.7 | 85.9% | 1.55 | |
| 46 - 41 | -0.28% | 82.2 | 62.5% | 1.11 | |
| 38 - 41 | -1.74% | 65.7 | 64.1% | 0.96 | |
| 34 - 38 | +0.52% | 62.0 | 75.0% | 0.94 | |
| 31 - 43 | -3.90% | 60.3 | 68.8% | 0.80 |
  Vitality |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 - 41 | +1.63% | 78.1 | 81.2% | 1.19 | |
| 44 - 40 | +1.68% | 72.9 | 70.3% | 1.04 | |
| 40 - 48 | +0.11% | 79.4 | 62.5% | 0.98 | |
| 31 - 40 | -1.05% | 56.3 | 71.9% | 0.85 | |
| 33 - 44 | -1.30% | 57.9 | 68.8% | 0.78 |
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