FaZe turn it around against Complexity in the Grand Final

The first tier-1 CS2 LAN event, IEM Sydney 2023's Grand Final saw FaZe take on Complexity, with both teams comprising of players who have previously lifted the trophy in Sydney.

The Grand Final's first map was Complexity's pick of Overpass with FaZe starting on the CT side. It was a 7-5 lead for FaZe. While FaZe held it early advantage in the second half, it was Complexity who bounced back to take the map at 13-11.

Source: ESL

FaZe started their pick of Nuke strongly, going on to take a 8-4 lead at the end of the first half. Complexity started the second half strong after taking the pistol but FaZe made sure they weren't going down 0-2 as they secured Nuke at 13-10.

The series decided was Ancient with FaZe starting things off with a CT side pistol win. Unlike the first two maps, FaZe weren't going to give Complexity any ground as they started with a 9-3 lead on Ancient.

FaZe started with the second pistol but Complexity answered back with the force that saw them bring it to a one round game. rain's 1v2 put FaZe on championship point but Complexity saw off three map points to take it to overtime.

It was FaZe who managed to hang on to close out the map at 19-16 and secure the series 2-0 to become the first Tier-1 CS2 champions.

IEM Sydney 2023

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Complexity

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Complexity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski	70 - 55	+15	95.6	74.4%	1.32
Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli	64 - 57	+7	74.2	76.8%	1.14
Ricky 'floppy' Kemery	53 - 56	-3	73.8	74.4%	1.07
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou	52 - 56	-4	65.2	69.5%	1.00
Michael 'Grim' Wince	50 - 59	-9	67.8	72.0%	0.96

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Helvijs 'broky' Saukants	65 - 57	+8	80.7	74.4%	1.21
Robin 'ropz' Kool	63 - 53	+10	78.1	69.5%	1.14
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard	62 - 61	+1	78.2	69.5%	1.05
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen	49 - 60	-11	63.5	67.1%	0.85
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken	39 - 61	-22	62.6	65.9%	0.74