FaZe turn it around against G2 to head into the final four in Dallas
FaZe have booked their spot in the semi-finals of IEM Dallas 2023 after taking down G2 in the quarter-finals. karrigan's men turned it around 2-1 to knock G2 out and now will face ENCE in the semi-finals.
The final quarter-final got underway on FaZe's pick of Ancient with FaZe starting on the T side. It was a flat out A hit from FaZe and it was a clinical from FaZe as they picked up the opening pistol and conversions against G2's force buy and eco saw karrigan's men take an early 3-0 lead before the guns came out on both sides. A broky double on a quick B hit saw FaZe pick up the first gun round. rain's triple had FaZe turn around a 3v5 to give themselves a quick 5-0 lead. A m0NESY and jks double saw G2 put up their first round in round eight. FaZe's strong start to the half helped them end the first half with a 9-6 lead as ropz closed out the half with 1v2 win against m0NESY and huNter-.
G2 picked up the second pistol and converted against the force buy but it was rain's deagle that gave FaZe their tenth round. Both teams kept trading rounds with huNter-'s mid control proving critical for G2. karrigan, rain and Twistzz's B hold on a low buy saw FaZe secure 14. G2 pulled it back late which saw them tie the game at 14-14 and also broke FaZe's economy. HooXi out calling karrigan eventually helped G2 win out their opponent's map pick at 16-14.
The second map was G2's pick of Inferno with FaZe getting things underway on the CT side. FaZe picked up the pistol, the force buy and eco to once again get an strong early start. FaZe took a 9-0 lead before G2 got their first round on the board thanks to a HooXi quad kill. A stellar defence from FaZe which saw karrigan and his men shut down every G2 attack, ended with a 13-2 lead for FaZe.
HooXi and jks' A hold saw G2 take the much needed second pistol and jks' 1v1 against rain saw G2 convert against the force buy as well. G2 started the second half with a 3-0 start before ropz clutched out a 1v3 on the A site to give FaZe their first T round. FaZe secured the map at 16-6 and took the series to a third map.
FaZe started Mirage on the defensive half and after taking the pistol, it was all FaZe in the first half as ropz and broky put up a stellar defensive hold to shut G2 out. G2 managed four offensive rounds, thanks to a couple of impactful rounds from HooXi but ended the half with a 4-11 deficit.
A broky multi-kill gave FaZe the second pistol and after converting against the force buys and upgraded pistols, it was a ropz quad kill including all three in a 3v3 post plant that put FaZe on the match and series point. G2 pulled together a couple of defensive rounds but FaZe managed to close out the map at 16-10 and proceed to the semi-finals.
G2FaZe| G2 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov |
62 - 57 | +5 | 82.4 | 73.1% | 1.16 |
 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač |
52 - 54 | -2 | 77.4 | 65.4% | 1.03 |
 Justin 'jks' Savage |
42 - 52 | -10 | 61.0 | 67.9% | 0.89 |
| Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač |
41 - 58 | -17 | 56.2 | 65.4% | 0.78 |
 Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen |
34 - 58 | -24 | 54.1 | 50.0% | 0.70 |
| FaZe |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Robin 'ropz' Kool |
64 - 43 | +21 | 93.1 | 76.9% | 1.37 |
 Helvijs 'broky' Saukants |
63 - 42 | +21 | 84.0 | 82.1% | 1.31 |
 Håvard 'rain' Nygaard |
62 - 45 | +17 | 85.5 | 75.6% | 1.30 |
 Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken |
51 - 50 | +1 | 65.7 | 70.5% | 1.00 |
| Finn 'karrigan' Andersen |
38 - 52 | -14 | 54.6 | 64.1% | 0.78 |
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