Carnival Gaming outclass Frag Theory to secure Gladiator's League Season 4 title

After being pushed back by a day due to technical difficulties, the Grand Final of the Gladiator's League Season 4 kicked off between Carnival Gaming and Frag Theory as the teams prepared for a BO5 encounter after 15 days of non-stop action. Frag Theory had PaiNNNNN substituting for eL in the Grand Final.

Anubis was the series opener as Frag Theory ran away to a 6-0 start on their T side and looked like they would run away with the map. Carnival Gaming managed to end the half spectacularly with six in a row to tie the half before picking up 11 consecutive rounds before Frag Theory finally managed another round. It was Carnival Gaming closing things out, pulling off an incredible comeback to go 13-7 to get things started.

Ancient saw a back-and-forth trade of rounds as the teams went 5-5 before Carnival Gaming stole a away a sloppy round from Frag Theory with nothing but pistols. Carnival ended with a two-round lead on their defensive half before romping to a 13-7 win to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

Dust2 started with another two-round lead for Carnival Gaming, on their CT side but Frag Theory didn't cave in as they fought back on their own CT side, tying up the score at 11-11 after being 5-10 down. EmbeR's 1v2 in the final round of regulation made sure Carnival Gaming didn't drop a 3v2 to push the map to overtime. Rider, who was having a stellar game on Dust2 with the AWP, denied kaneki a 1v2 in the final round of overtime to take the map to second overtime.

It was Rider himself, closing things out for Carnival Gaming, securing a 19-16 win, as the AWP-er himself ended with 34 kills on Dust2 to lock in a clean 3-0 series win.

The triumph sees Carnival Gaming win the Gladiator's League Season 4, securing their second CS2 tournament win after the Skyesports Showdown 2024. For SpawN, it is his third CS2 title win and back-to-back Gladiator's League wins after having won with Enigma Gaming last season.

Carnival Gaming will take home the prize money of INR 30,000 while Frag Theory will net a prize money of INR 15,000.