FaZe Clan Storm ESL One New York

After recruiting some new faces, FaZe Clan have successfully claimed their second CS:GO championship of the year in the form of ESL One New York. They had something to prove and they did so astonishingly. Such a performance built up to a grand final which ended as quickly as it started.

The minor $125,000 and major reputation was won after maps across Inferno, Overpass and Mirage. Team Liquid would be blown out of the water. Starting with the Inferno match, it was horrifically ugly. FaZe absolutely pummelled them into a 15 round deficit at the end of the first round. Numbers like those of “karrigan”, being 22-6, explain how this happened. The match closed with a 16-3 scoreline and Team Liquid demoralised.

Things got better for Team Liquid, but not enough to steal a map. Overpass was next and the first round flew by to settle at a 11-4 score in favour of FaZe.  However, Team Liquid were determined to jump back into this, as they stringed together many rounds to reach round 30. Yet, a 3k from “NiKo” ended everything while also getting a quad kill in the first map. At that moment, Team Liquid was deflated after giving it all they had. Everyone knew who was to lift that trophy soon enough.

As stated, Mirage went as expected. A familiar first round scoreline of 11-4 again greeted FaZe Clan at the end of the first half. Winning all five rounds of the second half, Team Liquid packed their bags for the flight home.

It’s safe to say, that FaZe’ investments into “olofmeister” and “GuardiaN” have paid off considerably. Let’s see who’ll be able to take them down.