The Vitality-FaZe pre-departure scrim block ran July 12 evening at the Antwerp bootcamp facility — the last scrim block before both teams travel to Lisbon. Bo3 finished Vitality 2-1 across the three-map format. Vitality close their 13-day Antwerp bootcamp with a 5-2 Bo3 record.
Map results
- Ancient 13-9 Vitality — Vitality established their standard T-side default execute + CT-side B-cave anchor identity. apEX 11-of-12 CT-side kill contribution. Close 13-9 with a ZywOo 4K in the final round.
- Nuke 13-11 FaZe — FaZe reunion-era Nuke identity holds. karrigan's post-Cologne rebuild of the CT-side rotation stack (referenced in the July 10 karrigan press event) closed the gap that MongolZ exploited at Cologne QF. Nuke close-out with a broky 1v2 clutch in round 22.
- Dust2 13-10 Vitality — ZywOo AWP dominance opened the map. Vitality T-side pistol won, and the post-pistol economy management converted to a 5-round T-side streak. Close-out 13-10.
The 13-day Antwerp bootcamp Bo3 record
Vitality's complete bootcamp scrim record:
- vs NAVI (fnatic_v1 trial) — Jul 1: Vitality 2-1
- vs Spirit — Jul 2: Spirit 2-1 (Vitality's coaching-loss on Nuke close-out)
- vs NAVI (sjr Madsen trial) — Jul 4: Vitality 2-0
- vs MOUZ — Jul 8: Vitality 2-1
- vs NAVI (kingfisher trial) — Jul 8-9: NAVI 2-1 + NAVI 3-2 Bo5
- vs GamerLegion — Jul 10: Vitality 2-0
- vs Spirit second block — Jul 11: Vitality 2-1
- vs FaZe pre-departure — Jul 12: Vitality 2-1
Aggregate Bo3 record: Vitality 5-3 (wins vs NAVI×2, MOUZ, GamerLegion, Spirit, FaZe. Losses vs Spirit, NAVI×2 with kingfisher). Bo5 record: 0-1 (Bo5 loss vs NAVI/kingfisher).
Coach XTQZZZ's Antwerp closing statement
XTQZZZ (translated from French, post-scrim closing statement):
"Antwerp bootcamp closes. 13 days of work. 5-3 Bo3 record. Two losses stand out — the Nuke close-out coaching loss vs Spirit July 2 (I own that), and the kingfisher trial Bo5 loss (kingfisher outperformed our defensive read). Both losses are documented tactical footprints we address at Spring Finals. Our target isn't a scrim record — our target is Spring Finals title. Cologne was runner-up. Spring Finals is win. We travel Monday. We media day Tuesday. We play QF4 vs GamerLegion Wednesday. Then we do the work."
ZywOo bootcamp individual summary
- Bootcamp Bo3 aggregate rating: 1.34
- Best individual map: Mirage (rating 1.48, 6 opening picks in the FaZe Bo3 alone)
- Personal Spring Finals target: 1.30+ tournament rating (this would be his 3rd consecutive tier-1 tournament with 1.30+ — the sustained-elite pattern that separates ZywOo from tier-1-baseline star riflers)
- ZywOo comment (Twitter, July 12 evening): "Antwerp closes. Lisbon opens Monday. Now the work becomes matter of trust — trust the reps, trust the preparation, trust the tactical layer. Coach XTQZZZ has us ready. Now we play."
FaZe response scrim + bootcamp close
karrigan (post-scrim, on FaZe close of Berlin bootcamp): "Vitality tested us on the maps we're weakest on — same as Spirit did to Falcons in their bootcamp. That's the value of the Antwerp scrim block. broky's Nuke 1v2 clutch was the individual highlight — that's the level of individual carry we need at QF1 vs MongolZ. Now travel to Lisbon Monday. Media day Tuesday. QF1 Wednesday. Same cadence as Vitality — same 4 days ahead, same last tactical review Sunday."
