biguzera: "FaZe would be a good team for us to play"
paiN come into the Major after putting up some impressive results in recent events. Multiple wins over Liquid and taking FURIA to three maps in the RMR, shows the level the Brazilian squad has reached.
The catalyst for the upturn in results has been the transition of Rodrigo "biguzera" Bittencourt into the team's IGL and the re-addition of Gabriel "NEKIZ" Schenato to the team.
Since those roster moves, paiN have been one of the most in-form teams in the world and they showed no sign of their momentum stopping as they ran over Fluxo in map one 16-2.
paiN faced Fluxo on Mirage in the opening map of their BO3 at the RMR, with paiN winning comfortably 16-1. This time around Fluxo managed just a single round more, and biguzera was surprised that Fluxo let the game go to Mirage.
Yes, I am surprised. Actually, I think they are not expecting to ban Mirage, and we are so prepared to play against them. The first map against them in the RMR, I have to say it was easy for us to beat them on CT side so I was a little bit surprised they wanted to play Mirage again.
The change in leadership also led to a big change in the system, and interestingly biguzera says the team's tactics change weekly. Maybe this is part of the dynamic that has allowed the team to have back-to-back wins over Liquid, with a change in tactics not allowing the NA side to get a healthy read on the game.
I changed a lot of stuff in the system, to be honest I think the most impactful thing was the dedication. I start to watch a lot of things every day, and bring a lot of things every day. Every week we change a lot, we have no same tactics, we change every time and I think this helps a lot in the team.
biguzera also explained how he feels taking over the IGL reign allowed the team to have space for another star player. NEKIZ showed this in the match against Fluxo as he posted a 1.98 rating, dominating the server.
PKL was a very good IGL but everyone knows that the skill level was not the same as NEKIZ or me. When I put myself on IGL, I kind of open the door for another player who has skill level so high. I think we have a lot of firepower right now.
When asked if there was a team he would like to play next, biguzera set his sights on one of the best teams in the last eighteen months.
I think FaZe would be a good team for us to play against.
This excitingly just so happens to be their next round match-up, with the two teams set to face each other regardless of other results due to their respective seeding following paiN and FaZe's opening round wins.
