Mouseports came into the game as underdogs having lost their star player to FaZe Clan while on the other hand, FaZe came in with steller form from their last games, and with frozen hitting the ground running, they look to get back to winning silverware. Mouz having beaten C9 and Heroic looked like a roster that could go toe to with FaZe on a good day and it almost happened.
Map Veto
- MOUZ removed Anubis
- FaZe removed Vertigo
- MOUZ picked Mirage
- FaZe picked Overpass
- MOUZ removed Inferno
- FaZe removed Ancient
- Nuke was left over
Map 1: Mirage (Pick: Mouz, Win: FaZe, Final Score: 13-11)
FaZe Clan started strong on their defense on their opponent’s pick of Mirage. FaZe put together a string of 4 rounds when Mouz could detonate their first bomb. Soon, the freshly minted Mouz side could cut the lead down to a single round. FaZe got two more rounds on the board before closing the half with a 6-6 scoreline.
Mouz, lost the pistol on their defense but followed up with a very dynamic CT side that saw them get to an 11-8 lead. karrigan who was having arguably his worst game as an individual, was called to turn up the pace instead of defaults that say them land the first round on their offense. Now with Karrigan identifying Brollan as a weakness, they pressured onto the same A site to win the rest of the remaining rounds without dropping a single round on the way. rain dropped a highlight performance, dropping 21 frags and beating Mouz with a 13-11 scoreline.
Map 2: Overpass (Pick: FaZe, Win FaZe: Final Score: 13-11)
FaZe started off their map pick with a crazy fast-paced pistol round toward the B-site and followed up with 2 more subsequent hits toward the same site before switching back to their default. Mouz were able to quickly the play and adjustments across the map forced FaZe to end the half with an even 7-5 scoreline.
Yet another pistol-round loss for Mouz meant that they were down 9-5 and FaZe doubled down on it to stretch the lead to 11-5 before Mouz could get going on their T-side. Mouz were able to narrow down the lead to two rounds going 9-11 down but FaZe hit back, pulling their lead to the match and series point. They let Mouz take two more rounds before closing out the game despite Brollan picking up 24 frags at a rating of 1.45.
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