Team Spirit are one series away from lifting the BLAST Bounty Season 2 trophy after edging FaZe Clan 2-1 in Saturday's semifinal at the Malta Finals in Attard. The Russian squad's path to Sunday's grand final was anything but comfortable, requiring a dramatic decider on Anubis to shake off a determined FaZe side that came within reach of an upset.
Series Scoreline
- Map 1 - Dust II: Spirit 13-6 FaZe
- Map 2 - Cache: FaZe 13-9 Spirit
- Map 3 - Anubis: Spirit 13-11 FaZe
Spirit dictated the opening map from the outset, holding FaZe to just six rounds on Dust II. Cache flipped the momentum entirely: FaZe punched back with a 13-9 win headlined by a memorable Deagle round from Neityu, which multiple outlets have already called one of the plays of the tournament.
donk's Off-Day and sh1ro's Anchor Performance
The subplot of the series was Danil "donk" Kryshkovets having what analysts described as his quietest series in months, coming off a career-best 2.84 rating against 100 Thieves in group play. With their 20-year-old star muted, Spirit needed someone else to steer the ship - and Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov delivered. The AWPer topped the Spirit board with 49 kills and a 1.24 match rating across the three maps.
Anubis Decider Nearly Slipped Away
FaZe built a 10-5 CT-side lead on Anubis and looked poised for a stunning reverse, but the underdogs converted only one of the final nine rounds. Spirit clawed back through disciplined defaults and A-site retakes, closing out 13-11 to book their spot in the grand final.
What's Next
Spirit will meet MOUZ, who upset Astralis in the other semifinal, in Sunday's best-of-five grand final in Attard. A record $740,000 prize pool is on the line, with the winner also collecting BLAST Rising tokens toward end-of-year seeding.
