The best-of-three series began on Train, where the T-sided FaZe picked up the pistol round victory with a 4vs4 post-plant win. Nikola "NiKo" Kovač sealed the following round with a quad kill while Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer's entry kill in the third round made it 3-0. Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan and Ricardo "Rickeh" Mulholland stepped up in the fourth round as both players got double kills to put their team on the scoreboard (3-1). FaZe responded by winning six rounds in a row, during the course of which Håvard "rain" Nygaard got ten kills (9-1). NiKo was unstoppable on Cache The European side finished the first half 11-4 ahead and kicked off the second half by winning the pistol round as NiKo got two opening kills to help the defense. FaZe extended their lead to 14-4 after winning the first weapon round but Complexity won a 3vs5 in the following round to stop the streak. Complexity slowly crept back in to the game but the potential of a comeback became apparent in the 25th round when Rory "dephh" Jackson and ShahZaM found themselves in a 2vs5 and won thanks to dephh's quad kill and 1vs1 clutch (14-11). NiKo & company remained unfazed and closed out the game with a 16-12 scoreline. coL have finished the tournament in last place Complexity had a good start on Cache as they found two entry kills in the pistol round on the T-side. However, NiKo showed up with a quad kill to steal the round. Complexity won their first in the seventh round but got reset after losing the following one (7-1). FaZe ended the half with a 13-2 lead as NiKo had more kills than the entire Complexity lineup, with the Bosnian player posting 26 kills and the North American squad getting 22. olofmeister made it 14-2 after picking up a quad kill in a 3vs5 in the second pistol. rain's quad kill in the following round gave FaZe 13 match points and the European side finished off the map 16-2, winning the series 2-0 and surviving at ELEAGUE CS:GO Invitational. ELEAGUE CS:GO Invitational 2019Best of 3 FaZe Matchpage 2 0 26th January 2019   Complexity 16Train 12 16Cache 2 Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo | 46 - 24 | +22 | 94.4 | 1.48 | Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain | 39 - 26 | +13 | 92.8 | 1.45 | Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN | 38 - 22 | +16 | 78.2 | 1.29 | Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister | 25 - 23 | +2 | 68.0 | 1.08 | Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN | 29 - 26 | +3 | 73.0 | 1.03 |
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing | 30 - 29 | +1 | 68.3 | 0.99 | Rory 'dephh' Jacksondephh | 29 - 36 | -7 | 71.1 | 0.92 | Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM | 26 - 37 | -11 | 67.0 | 0.77 | Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandRickeh | 21 - 37 | -16 | 56.8 | 0.70 | Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw | 15 - 38 | -23 | 40.7 | 0.50 |
  Complexity #32   Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan Rory 'dephh' Jackson Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz Ricardo 'Rickeh' Mulholland   Rory 'dephh' Jackson Age: 27 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 665 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.72   Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan Age: 25 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 853 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65  Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Age: 26 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1183 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65  Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Age: 24 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1019 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69   Ricardo 'Rickeh' Mulholland Age: 27 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 498 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.64  FaZe #5  Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Håvard 'rain' Nygaard  Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 21 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 993 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.67 |