MOUZ cruised past an intermittent G2 team to set up a semi-final berth and pick up their first win ever in the LANXESS.

It was quite a simple 2-0 affair on Dust 2 and Mirage, with G2 dominating the highlight reel including eye-catching clips from NiKo, m0NESY, malbs, and Snax. But they found themselves broken and penniless at every turn, thanks to MOUZ’ total team domination.

G2 had all the big moments on Dust 2 but to no avail.

Snax’ Five-Seven triple felt like a moment that should have mattered — three MOUZ players came out B and Snax was on an island, but he mowed down three, with the third being a ridiculous one-tap.

But it didn’t matter, at all.

MOUZ ran away with the next round and waltzed out B a few rounds later, naded huNter- to death, and stole a 4v5 without doing anything impressive.

That was kind of the story of Dust 2. MOUZ did the basics, G2 did the flashy stuff, and not a lot else. As they say, steady wins the race, and MOUZ walked away with the win.

The story was similar on Mirage — once more, Snax put up a highlight that showed why G2 signed him over HooXi. But then he called a T-side that showed why people weren’t so hot on the move. Far too many times G2 walked into crosshairs, dry, one by one, and died.

MOUZ held their nerve on stage to take this one 2-0—that is true, and that is worth celebrating, but we did not see a cohesive G2 unit at any point. They had individual moments but nothing as a team, and MOUZ was coasting to the finish line on both maps.

Perhaps this is a catalyst moment for MOUZ, but it feels like it has to be a moment of self-reflection for a lackluster G2 team as well.