FaZe to ECS S3 grand final over Cloud9

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FaZe are the first team to advance to the grand final at the ECS Season 3 Finals after defeating Cloud9 2-0 (16-5 on Overpass and 19-15 on Mirage).

The first semi-final of the day started out on FaZe's map pick, Overpass, with Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač opening it up with two kills before his team grabbed the CT pistol round with a retake play in B. Given the bomb plant, Cloud9 were able to buy in the third round, which they won with an A execution.

The European team picked up the following round with another retake in B and continued to control the map as the North Americans kept trying to break their adversaries' round streak. When they finally did, for a 2-7 scoreline, Cloud9 managed to win one more to reset their opponents' economy and reach their fourth on the board.

A triple-kill from Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen in B opened the way for his team to build up another round streak, setting them up for an 11-4 half-time lead. When it came to the second half, FaZe secured the pistol round once again, now as Terrorists and with an A execution.

With a 16-5 scoreline on Overpass, FaZe got off to a great start

After losing the following round, Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta managed to save an AK-47, leading Cloud9 to force-buy. However, the North Americans could not prevent FaZe from reaching map point. Until the end of Overpass, Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey's team would lose one more round prior to the French player finishing it off with an impressive quad-kill in a semi-buy for a dominant 16-5 victory.

Mirage was Cloud9's pick, and despite losing the pistol round as Terrorists, the North American squad managed to win the subsequent force-buy. FaZe then also pulled off a force-buy of their own for a 2-1 lead. Nevertheless, a quad-kill from Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek, including an important 1v1, meant another round in favour of his team.

The back-to-back moment stopped with Cloud9 eventually grabbing a 4-2 lead, but yet another quad-kill, this time from NiKo, helped FaZe reach their third round as CTs. However, the North Americans kept surging through their adversaries' defence, paving the way for a comfortable 9-3 score.

shroud had some important plays on Mirage

In the following round, both teams had a double-AWP setup, but it were Cloud9 who easily succeeded. From that point, Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert and co. effortlessly grabbed a stunning 12-3 lead until the end of the first half.

As for the second half, FaZe picked up their fourth pistol of the series in a back and forth round. By winning the gun round and the following two, Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip's squad reached map point. Still, FaZe continued to overwhelm Cloud9's CT-side and reset their economy, although the North Americans nearly-closed out the game with pistols in the 26th round, and took the game to overtime with a triple-kill from NiKo.

In the first round of overtime, FaZe picked up their tenth round in a row as Terrorists with an A execution. After winning the following two, karrigan's men were ready to take Cloud9 out of the equation, which they did as they accomplished the comeback with a 19-15 scoreline to close out the series 2-0.

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