FaZe have qualified for the semi-final of the Roobet Cup 2022 after their 2-0 sweep of ENCE. The international squad played a great CT side on their opponents’ pick of Ancient (16-10) before closing the series with another massive defensive effort in a comeback on Overpass (16-12), avenging their loss at IEM Dallas.
The Finn “karrigan” Andersen-led squad now waits for the result of the match between forZe and Astralis, facing the winner on Wednesday at 19:00 .
After topping Group C with victories over Eternal Fire and MOUZ, ENCE‘s run at the online event came to an end in the quarter-finals. Despite having a good record against FaZe in recent months, the European mix was unable to take down the giants on this occasion.
broky’s great performance elevated FaZe to a 2-0 victory
ENCE decided to bring the series to Ancient, their most successful map in recent times, but they did not get off to a tremendous offensive half. Snappi took the opening pistol with four frags, gifting his team an early 3-0 lead, but they quickly ran out of steam. karrigan made a change to the CT of FaZe, swapping positions with Håvard “rain” Nygaard, and it worked a treat. The two veterans locked down the B site from their new positions alongside Helvijs “broky” Saukants as FaZe cruised to an 11-4 scoreline ahead of the break.
The Major champions then took a minute to find their footing on the T side, and ENCE were happy to take advantage of their temporary weakness, reducing their deficit to 9-11. After their initial struggles, FaZe eventually found their first offensive round on the A site and they followed it up with a good streak, closing the map 16-10.
Facing elimination, ENCE needed to get something out of Overpass if they wanted to have a fighting chance to take the series home. Following the loss in the first pistol round, ENCE played out a solid CT half once the rifles came into play and stole nine consecutive rounds on the back of a few moments of brilliance from Paweł “dycha” Dycha and Pavle “Maden” Bošković. After a fantastic defensive half, Snappi‘s men switched to the offense with a solid 11-4 advantage, hoping to replicate’s FaZe closure from the first map.
Unfortunately for them, karrigan‘s CT side proved a tough nut to crack once again, and broky and Robin “ropz” Kool made it all the more difficult. FaZe only dropped one more round after halftime on their way to a 16-12 victory on their map pick, closing the series with a swift 2-0.
