FaZe defeat EnVy to secure playoffs

FaZe take down EnVyUs on Nuke, closing out the match 16-11 after a strong Terrorist half.

After both Envy and FaZe won their force buys at the start of the match on Nuke it was Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's team that took the initial lead from the Terrorist side. 

The French team replied with a couple of rounds of their own, getting a 5-4 lead thanks to good play from Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt and Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub with the AWP. The first half was a success for FaZe after all thanks to successful lower site splits in which Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey played a pivotal role.

kio defeated his ex-teammates to get to the quarterfinals

Moving into the second half and onto the CT side with a 9-6 lead, FaZe shut down the A site push in the pistol round and closed out the anti-eco's to go to 12-6 up. 

Envy took the first gun round and went on to string together five rounds with kennyS clutching a 1v1 against Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup to make it 11-12. A series of Terrorist side rounds was stopped by a FaZe pistol-armor buy and lobby aggression that caught Envy off guard and made it 11-13.

From that point onwards the European mixture closed out the match 16-11, in great thanks to Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli who was influential on both the rifle and the AWP.

ELEAGUE Major 2017Best of 1 FaZeMatchpage 16 11 26th January 2017 Envy 16Nuke 11

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	30 - 15	+15	103.5	1.63
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	18 - 16	+2	82.7	1.23
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	16 - 17	-1	88.0	1.17
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	20 - 16	+4	69.9	1.12
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	19 - 16	+3	67.8	1.08

Envy	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	28 - 15	+13	91.2	1.43
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	14 - 22	-8	63.3	0.75
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	17 - 20	-3	56.1	0.74
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	12 - 24	-12	61.0	0.71
Christophe 'SIXER' XiaSIXER	9 - 23	-14	59.4	0.68

Current standings:

2W-2L
Liquid	Astralis
Liquid
3W-0L	3W-1L	3W-2L
Virtus.pro	fnatic	North
Natus Vincere	SK	FaZe
	Gambit
0W-3L	1W-3L	2W-3L
FlipSid3	OpTic	GODSENT
HellRaisers	MOUZ	Envy
	G2

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Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt Age: 22 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1077 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 HellRaisers #18 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Natus Vincere #9 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Liquid #17 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski MOUZ #12 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell G2 #11 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Envy #8 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Gambit #16 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov FlipSid3 #19 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Age: 26 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 890 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.68 FaZe #7 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' Nygaard North #6 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Aleksi 'allu' Jalli Age: 24 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 827 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 GODSENT #14 Markus 'pronax' WallstenRobin 'flusha' RönnquistAndreas 'znajder' LindbergJesper 'JW' WecksellJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson OpTic #2 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik SK #3 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Virtus.pro #4 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński fnatic #20 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJoakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun Philip 'aizy' Aistrup Age: 20 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 697 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68 Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 865 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.64 Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Age: 21 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 968 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63