Liquid beat FaZe for FPG2 playoffs and enter Major contention in the process

Twistzz was a key reason why Liquid beat his future employers despite conflict of interest concerns before the match.

Liquid have completed a run from 0-2 to 3-2 in FISSURE Playground 2's group stage to complete a monumental comeback with Major ramifications.

The Kamil "⁠siuhy⁠" Szkaradek-led squad were 31st in the VRS after day two in Serbia, but have climbed up to 16th with three hugely significant LAN victories (+89 points vs HEROIC, +100 points vs TYLOO, and +79 points vs FaZe).

That puts them 12th in the European prediction for the Major invites, a comfortable 171 points clear of BetBoom at the cutoff point in 17th.

Date	Matches
FISSURE Playground 2
15/09/2025	Liquid Finished 2:1 HEROIC	Match
16/09/2025	TYLOO Finished 1:2 Liquid	Match
17/09/2025	FaZe Finished 0:2 Liquid	Match

Doing so under heavy Major pressure and the cloud of Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken's impending return to FaZe, a transfer announced mid-event, makes the feat even more impressive.

"The whole thing was scripted," Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen joked to Anastasija "⁠Heccu⁠" Tolmačeva pre-game, with fate putting FaZe and Liquid together for a 2-2 match.

"The story couldn't get more exciting than this," siuhy said post-match. "These games were really important for us. We took a different approach to these games, there's a lot more energy. It's making a big impact."

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Twistzz makes shock FaZe return

Fears were raised pre-match around the conflict of interest present, with one interpretation of the Major rulebook meaning that FaZe might not be allowed to use Twistzz in Budapest while he is on Liquid's core roster.

But in the event, the Canadian was the model professional despite the situation he was put in, putting in a solid performance on Ancient and being Liquid's key man on Dust2 alongside Roland "⁠ultimate⁠" Tomkowiak.

Clip: NertZ lets FaZe know after ultimate 1v2

Twistzz's impending departure could have crushed Liquid, but the pressure relief has been a godsend for the team: Their quiet, subdued, team atmosphere has been a talking point throughout 2025 but they were practically jubilant in today's series.

Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz was in particularly good form, shouting 'Boom' five times after most of Liquid's round wins.

"NertZ has that energy inside of him," siuhy said. "He's not shown it with us, but you saw it in HEROIC, standing up and shouting. Seeing him do that is good for the team."

And NertZ had plenty to be cheery about. After being in the duldrums for so long, Liquid are back in an arena playoffs for the first time since April.

FaZe collapse from 2-0 to 2-3

After the honeymoon at BLAST London, this was a harsh clap back to reality for FaZe.

None of Falcons, The MongolZ, or an amped up Liquid were easy opponents but three losses in a row were still confirmation of why FaZe are in the market for Twistzz in the first place.

David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský, so good for most of 2025, had an Ancient to forget and there were no Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants highlights to speak of.

In the three series that led to elimination, only Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard — the player Aleksei "⁠OverDrive⁠" Birukov reported is set to be removed for Twistzz — was above a 1.00 rating. If this is the end, it is a sad way for ten years of service to come to a close.

More highlights from FaZe-Liquid:

• NAF 1v2 staves off Liquid throwing a 4v2 in first round of the series

• rain and Twistzz have an awkward MAG-7 duel in the smoke

• rain 4k bails FaZe out of perilous anti-ecok

• karrigan stands up to give NertZ some of his own back after frozen 3k

• frozen 1v2 completes FaZe 3v5