What to expect from Imperial v. FaZe

Imperial are yet to find a second win in the Elimination Stage after opening it with a victory over Virtus.pro. Since then, the squad led by Vinicius "VINI" Figueiredo were tasked with facing Spirit and Vitality, two of the toughest teams in the whole tournament. Today, in their first do-or-die BO3 series, Imperial find their biggest challenge so far, FaZe in a BO3.

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Stayin' Alive

Imperial have still showed some good signs even despite the recent losses but one thing that may be worth remembering is that the players have been playing nonstop CS since March 17th and some exhaustion might start to show. In such a competitive environment, sometimes it comes down to who wants it more and, given the circumstances, it might be FaZe taking the win based on that.

decenty has gotten to another level
Incredible teamwork
Veto advantage

Saving FaCe

It's not been an amusing ride for Finn "karrigan" Andersen in his home country. FaZe's only win came against FURIA, falling to Heroic and being demolished by Eternal Fire. This is the moment to turn things around for the European squad, but are they too much into their heads now? A 1-3 exit from the Major after the GameSquare acquisition would not be the best start to the new ownership.

Very inconsistent
rain and frozen have gone missing
What does a 1-13 loss do to their minds?

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Previous Matchups

These two teams have never faced each other before.

Likely Vetoes

FaZe ban Vertigo
Imperial ban Ancient
FaZe pick Nuke
Imperial pick Overpass
Inferno is the decider

This is an interesting veto because Imperial's worst maps are Vertigo, FaZe's usual first ban, and Ancient, FaZe's second best map, which is also Imperial's usual first ban. This gives a lot of leeway to the Brazilians, who are good on Nuke, FaZe's usual first pick, and have showed very good signs on Overpass, where FaZe just lost 1-13 yesterday. I wouldn't be surprised if FaZe decide to pick Inferno and Imperial would go back to Mirage and either Nuke or Overpass would be left as the decider.

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Bo3

Imperial

1 - 2

FaZe

All maps

Imperial	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Henrique 'HEN1' Teles	45 - 39	+6	74.3	71.4%	1.08
Lucas 'decenty' Bacelar	39 - 39	+0	71.8	68.3%	0.97
Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo	38 - 44	-6	73.8	73.0%	0.96
João 'felps' Vasconcellos	41 - 45	-4	69.4	63.5%	0.92
Kaiky 'noway' Santos	36 - 46	-10	63.4	68.3%	0.79

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Helvijs 'broky' Saukants	56 - 38	+18	88.7	77.8%	1.36
David 'frozen' Čerňanský	45 - 44	+1	87.2	68.3%	1.07
Robin 'ropz' Kool	39 - 38	+1	66.3	81.0%	1.01
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen	38 - 40	-2	63.1	73.0%	0.96
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard	32 - 41	-9	65.0	76.2%	0.96