FaZe beat Renegades, qualify for IEM

FaZe managed to close out the series against Renegades 2-1 (Nuke 16-7, Mirage 19-22, Train 16-10) to grab the second spot in group B and qualify for IEM Oakland.

The series to decide the last spot at IEM Oakland started on Nuke, Renegades pick. The Australians lost the pistol round, but Aaron "⁠AZR⁠" Ward quickly replied with four Deagle kills in the following one to win the force buy for his team.

Unfortunately for Renegades, Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli showed some of his own Deagle skills in the next round and got three quick kills on the B site to put FaZe back in the driver's seat.

Yaman "⁠yam⁠" Ergenekon was denied a 1v2 clutch by allu in round 7, but his team managed an eco round win in the following one—only to lose to another force buy in the next round, making it 6-4 for FaZe.

The European team got to a 9-4 lead before a silent walk behind the outside smoke wall allowed Renegades to take the B site courtesy of three kills from Ricardo "⁠Rickeh⁠" Mulholland, and they followed it up with another round to make it 9-6 for the first half.

kioShiMa was looking good after his stint on the bench

Even though they were only three rounds down moving onto the favored side, Renegades couldn't get the ball rolling on CT as they lost the first three rounds, won the first gun round but a loss in the following round left their economy shattered.

Their second and very limited CT buy round came at a 14-7 lead for FaZe, but Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's troops dealt with it successfully and closed out their opponents map pick 16-7.

Renegades got the much needed good start on Mirage, but a reckless anti-eco proved costly as they lost round 5—allowing FaZe to slowly take over the momentum.

karrigan's team focused on mid control and utilized their map control by going for site splits that Renegades struggled to deal with. In the end of the half, Karlo "⁠USTILO⁠" Pivac made the most of the saved AK-47—getting three entry kills and setting his team up for an 8-7 halftime finish.

A five-man A rush got Renegades the pistol round as they ran away with the lead in a similar fashion to what FaZe did on Nuke. After the first three, the Australian team lost one round—only to reset Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup and co. in the following one.

To get their 14th round on the board, Renegades did a fast A hit with USTILO and AZR leading the charge out of palace. The play caught FaZe off guard and Renegades followed it up with another round win to get to match point at 15-8.

USTILO had a number of high-impact plays on Mirage

FaZe didn't let go however, as they squeezed out tight rounds to fight against 7 map points and force overtime. In the added rounds, Renegades once again reached map point but Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey continued with strong plays to tie it up and extend the map even more.

yam's team was in the lead once again in the second overtime, with AZR's double-kill on the lurk finally sealing the deal for Renegades, making it 22-19 in the end.

On Train, Renegades had a great start on the CT side, controlling the economy early on, but FaZe recovered by focusing on the outer site and utilizing their utility to negate the effect of the double AWP setup the Australians were concentrating on.

At 6-5, the CT's decided to push up more aggresively towards pop-dog and T main, stopping the A pushes early and grabbing an 8-7 half because of it.

Another pistol round went Renegades way, but FaZe bounced straight back with a B site force-buy lockdown and powered on towards victory with a strong CT side on Train. In the end it was 16-10, and 2-1 for FaZe for them to take the second spot in group B and qualify for IEM Oakland.

iBUYPOWER Masters 2016Best of 3 FaZeMatchpage 2 1 13th November 2016 Renegades 16Nuke 7 19Mirage 22 16Train 10

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	75 - 52	+23	86.6	1.32
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	68 - 57	+11	84.9	1.23
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	74 - 60	+14	81.7	1.22
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	58 - 61	-3	67.5	1.00
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	52 - 64	-12	66.6	0.86

Renegades	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Karlo 'USTILO' PivacUSTILO	65 - 70	-5	86.2	1.08
Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR	63 - 70	-7	75.6	0.97
Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandRickeh	53 - 62	-9	72.1	0.97
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam	61 - 64	-3	73.4	0.96
Justin 'jks' Savagejks	50 - 62	-12	56.5	0.84

After this match, IEM Oakland's groups will look like this:

Group A	Group B
Liquid	HEROIC
Natus Vincere	SK
G2	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Astralis	MOUZ
Immortals	Cloud9
TYLOO	FaZe

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Natus Vincere #4 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Renegades #24 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonJustin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKarlo 'USTILO' Pivac Karlo 'USTILO' Pivac Age: 23 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 192 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.70 Liquid #10 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski MOUZ #8 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell Ninjas in Pyjamas #7 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi G2 #6 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro TYLOO #19 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuYuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' Xu SK #1 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Ricardo 'Rickeh' Mulholland Age: 24 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 161 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.61 Astralis #15 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Age: 26 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 853 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 FaZe #13 Aleksi 'allu' JalliFinn 'karrigan' AndersenFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Aaron 'AZR' Ward Age: 24 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 221 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.70 Cloud9 #5 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip HEROIC #21 Michael 'Friis' JørgensenAndreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Aleksi 'allu' Jalli Age: 24 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 790 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 Yaman 'yam' Ergenekon Age: 27 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 209 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Immortals #14 Lucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 828 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.64 Philip 'aizy' Aistrup Age: 20 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 660 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68