Vitality march past MOUZ to make BLAST Open London grand final

Vitality are one win away from netting mezii a trophy hoist on home soil.

Vitality have secured a place in the grand finals of BLAST Open London, besting MOUZ in a comfortable 2-0 to earn Vitality their first grand final berth since the BLAST.tv Austin Major.

"I think you can never take your foot off the pedal," shared William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman when asked about the straightforward nature of the game. "But I think today we had really good plans. We tried to stick to them, and props to the whole team for sticking to the plan and communicating well; this is the result."

MOUZ started off nicely on their pick of Mirage with some decisive executes after faltering in the pistol round, but the half rapidly slipped from their grasp after Ludvig "⁠Brollan⁠" Brolin's men fumbled to a full eco from Vitality.

A 1v2 clutch from Lotan "⁠Spinx⁠" Giladi was the sole remaining bright spot of MOUZ's first half, as Vitality scooped up five of the six remaining rounds to head into their T-side with a comfortable 8-4 lead.

MOUZ narrowed the deficit with a pistol round victory, but a loss to another weak buy from Vitality crushed their momentum. Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire's men spent the remainder of their T-side repeatedly hitting the A site, with MOUZ unable to put up an adequate response before Vitality locked down the map 13-7.

MOUZ nearly had a solid start to Inferno, losing out to the bomb timer in the pistol round and during a subsequent 1v3 attempt from Dorian "⁠xertioN⁠" Berman.

A Spinx 4k finally got MOUZ online, but the international side struggled to string together a solid lead after faltering to yet another weak buy from Vitality.

Once on the defense, Vitality wrested full control of Inferno, snatching the pistol round off of a Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut triple kill, dropping just two of the nine rounds played in the second half to lock down their pick 13-8