Vitality breeze past Complexity in BLAST Premier Global Final

The French team had no weak links today.

The first match of the BLAST Premier Global Final today saw Vitality advance to the upper bracket semi-final stage of the competition over Complexity. Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer's men did the best they could without Valentin "⁠poizon⁠" Vasilev, but the French team had no difficulties whatsoever to take them down on both maps, Mirage and Dust2.

With this victory, Vitality will wait for the winner of Natus Vincere and Liquid, while Complexity will have to play an elimination series in the first round of the lower bracket.

ZywOo was a beast in Dust2

Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon had a great start in Mirage as he pushed Vitality to win a force-buy in the third round with four M4A4 kills. The teams had a bit of a back-and-forth battle until Complexity won almost five in a row to lead by 7-4. The French side, however, fixed their CT side in time to win the first half by 8-7.

After losing the pistol and the following round, Complexity had a glimpse of hope as William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba hit four difficult Desert Eagle headshots to steal the round for his team.

The play didn't tilt Vitality and they won four in a row, dismantling the double-AWP setup that Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke and Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen were using. The expensive tactic only granted one round for Complexity and the French didn't sweat to comfortably close the game 16-9, with Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy topping the scoreboard with 23 frags.

Vitality made their classic substitution for Dust2, swapping Kévin "⁠misutaaa⁠" Rabier for Nabil "⁠Nivera⁠" Benrlitom, which added more aggressiveness to their playbook. The French side conceded five rounds in a row after starting with a 3-0 lead but won the first half by 8-7 much due to some well-executed splits on both bombsites.

Vitality developed early CT momentum off the back of a great read in their CT pistol. Complexity were able to win only one round in the half as Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut reigned supreme with his AWP on A long and the French team easily took the map by 16-8.

BLAST Premier Global Final 2020Best of 3 VitalityMatchpage 2 0 20th January 2021 Complexity 16Mirage 9 16Dust2 8

Vitality	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautZywOo	46 - 27	+19	85.5	1.49
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	36 - 33	+3	89.4	1.25
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	38 - 27	+11	71.0	1.20
Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabiermisutaaa	14 - 12	+2	60.9	1.10
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	33 - 35	-2	88.3	1.09
Nabil 'Nivera' BenrlitomNivera	15 - 14	+1	55.2	1.02

Complexity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	35 - 38	-3	82.1	1.11
Benjamin 'blameF' BremerblameF	29 - 35	-6	71.5	0.90
Jakob 'JUGi' HansenJUGi	29 - 34	-5	57.6	0.81
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	28 - 38	-10	69.4	0.81
Justin 'jks' Savagejks	26 - 37	-11	57.1	0.75

Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabier Age: 18 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 210 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.66 Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Age: 31 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1463 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 28 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1787 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen Age: 23 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 919 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.61 Liquid #8 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipMichael 'Grim' Wince Natus Vincere #3 Egor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovIlya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy Vitality #2 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' Rabier Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Age: 20 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.28 Maps played: 765 KPR: 0.86 DPR: 0.62 Complexity #12 Justin 'jks' SavageWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeValentin 'poizon' VasilevBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Age: 23 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1304 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 Nabil 'Nivera' Benrlitom Age: 19 Team: VitalityS Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 181 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.62 William 'RUSH' Wierzba Age: 26 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 1246 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer Age: 23 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 588 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.60 Valentin 'poizon' Vasilev Age: 22 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 920 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.63