FURIA won BLAST Rivals Hong Kong after dismantling Spirit, a showing that saw KSCERATO record the highest-rated CT side at a tier one CS2 event, and both molodoy and yuuirh come alive in the grand final after difficult years
FURIA have lifted yet another trophy this season, having beaten Spirit 3-0 in the grand final of BLAST Rivals Hong Kong.
A dominant performance from the Brazilians that saw Spirit win just 13 rounds in the final two maps of the series, this serves as a statement of intent ahead of the Major and FalleN's impending retirement.
The champion's performance we wanted to see
The BLAST Rivals trophy is the third FURIA have lifted in recent months, with their defeat at the hands of BETBOOM at IEM Beijing being the only blight on their otherwise impeccable record.
However, those trophies haven't come without their difficulties.
We were keen to not get carried away and quick to criticse FURIA after their wins in the Thunderpick World Championship and PGL Masters Bucharest. Their two grand final opponents, BETBOOM and Nemiga, should have been brushed aside far easier, but they weren't - both games resulted in 3-2 scorelines that could have easily gone the other way.
This, though, this is the type of performance we want to see from FURIA.
KSCERATO was proving why he's the best Brazilian in CS history, molodoy was reminding us why he's so exciting, even yuurih, after a torrid year otherwise, was firing on all cylinders. Get a little bit more out of YEKINDAR - who still had positive round swing on the T side throughout the final - and this is a team who actually can win the Major.
That's not something we would have said with confidence even after their two previous trophies.
Given that MOUZ and Vitality both stumbled, Spirit still have massive holes, and Falcons are, well, just not very good right now, we're actually starting to see the world where FalleN does get to go out in the dream way.
Bring on Singapore.
