FaZe embarrass 3DMAX in elimination series

karrigan's men are one series away from reaching the arena.

FaZe have cast a deflated 3DMAX out of IEM Melbourne after scoring a dominant win in the Group A lower bracket semi-final, holding the Frenchmen to a total of eight rounds across Dust2 (13-1) and Nuke (13-7).

It is the second one-sided series in as many weeks between the two teams after FaZe ravaged 3DMAX in the quarter-finals of PGL Bucharest with 13-0 and 13-5 scorelines on Anubis and Nuke, and earns FaZe a shot at reaching the Rod Laver Arena if they can beat the winner of Complexity vs. GamerLegion.

Date	Matches
IEM Melbourne 2025
23/04/2025	Complexity 03:30 GamerLegion	Match
23/04/2025	FaZe 08:30 GamerLegion	Match

A match against Complexity would mark the third time Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski would take on his former team after they traded wins in Bucharest, with Complexity getting the better of Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's side in the group stage before FaZe got revenge in the third-place decider.

3DMAX bow out of Melbourne after looking a shell of themselves against a FaZe firing on all cylinders from the outset, with karrigan leading by example and nearly topping the series scoreboard with a 1.55 rating.

FaZe outclassed 3DMAX with a nigh-impenetrable defense on Dust2, the unlikely trio of Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard, karrigan, and EliGE dominating to the tune of an 11-1 half before closing the map after the swap.

Clip: karrigan and broky convert the 2v5

3DMAX got no breathing room on Nuke, either, managing no consecutive round wins in the first half as FaZe drummed up an 8-4 lead.

karrigan and Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants won a 2v5 during that stint to pile on the misery, and FaZe quickly reached series point in the second half, 12-5, before 3DMAX won two more to make the scoreline look marginally less embarrassing before making their exit.