FaZe finished at the bottom of Group B at FISSURE Playground 3 with zero wins, losing back-to-back overtime series.
Results
- Alliance 2-0 FaZe (Sep 8) — first upset in the opener
- magic 2-1 FaZe (Sep 9): Ancient 14-16 (OT), Dust2 13-10 (OT), Cache 19-16 (OT) — all three maps went overtime
Key underperformers
- jcobbb (Jakub Pietruszewski) — sub-0.8 rating on both Alliance maps, ongoing questions about his tier-1 ceiling
- Neityu (Ryan Aubry) — -4.59% swing rating vs magic
Context
Before Suzhou, the current JBOEN-era FaZe had only dropped series to PARIVISION (XSE Pro League), Spirit (BLAST Bounty), and Vitality (EWC). Two consecutive losses to lower-tier opponents put the recent climb to VRS #10 (1598 pts) under pressure ahead of PGL Major Singapore qualification.
Source: HLTV.org — /news/45486/faze-out-in-last-place-at-fpg
