Team Spirit has taken down FaZe Clan to win the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024. This cements donk as the youngest player to win a Major. MVP performance at the mere age of 17, donk dismantled a supremely experienced FaZe Clan.
VETO
- FaZe removed Vertigo
- Spirit removed Inferno
- FaZe picked Nuke
- Spirit picked Ancient
- Spirit removed Anubis
- FaZe removed Mirage
- Dust2 was left over
Map 1: Nuke; Picked: FaZe; Winner: Spirit
FaZe Clan’s pistol round win was quickly countered by a stellar donk double kill with the Deagle. This loss put FaZe on the back as Spirit went on to take the lead. FaZe kept fighting back, winning four more rounds in the first half, and getting closer to the scoreline as the first half concluded.
Spirit accelerated further with their lead winning the pistol round but the first gun round going the way of FaZe kept hopes for a comeback alive as FaZe Clan’s individuals failed to deliver impact, Spirit cruised their way to victory. Spirit did not let FaZe have the room to mount a comeback and closed the map with a 13-8 scoreline. magixx with a rating of 1.80 delivered to give Spirit the lead in the series.
Map 2: Ancient; Picked: Spirit; Winner: FaZe
FaZe having been able to brush off their earlier loss, got off to a stellar start on Ancient. Spirit managed to get back with a few rounds as magixx and donk were finding form late into the game but the FaZe Clan machine was able to tame the beast before things got out of hand.
Despite losing the pistol round, FaZe stabilized before Spirit could mount a comeback. Starting from the first gun round, the FaZe Clan put up a stellar T side as Spirit failed to find a single round as the Karrigan and co. cruised their way to victory. Ropz was by far the best player on the server, overshadowing Donk with 25 kills and a 1.89 IR.
Map 3: Dust 2; Picked: Decider; Winner: Spirit
donk’s 3K opened the map for Spirit and with that momentum, they sailed through FaZe Clan in the first half. karrigan failed to find a way through a Spirit defense firing on all cylinders as the CIS side went 8-1 up at one point. FaZe managed to bring a few rounds their way to close the half but Spirit looked formidable walking into the second half.
Spirit opened the second half with a pistol-round win and crushed any hopes for FaZe Clan expecting a comeback. Spirit’s T side bulldozed through the FaZe Clan’s defense. Spearheading the TS attack, donk replicated his performance from the previous half to completely stonewall FaZe Clan. FaZe started mounting a comeback as soon as Spirit hit series point. Round after round, ropz found a way to keep FaZe alive, along with the supporting cast of rain and frozen. FaZe almost pulled it off as they reached the final round of the map, as it where FaZe almost pushed it to the comeback but sh1ro beat broky in a 1v1 in the B site to close the deal. With an MVP performance along with magixx, donk reigned supreme with 30 kills which can be argued as the best individual performance of a Major.
FaZe Clan’s Cinderella run ends at the grand finals as they walk away with their heads held high. Team Spirit having come close previously, makes it to the final.
