FaZe have eliminated Complexity after defeating the North American side 2-0 in the lower bracket final at the ELEAGUE CS:GO Invitational (16-12 on Train and 16-2 on Cache).

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 FaZeMatchpage 2 0 26th January 2019 Complexity 16Train 12 16Cache 2

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
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

Complexity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
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' GilbertShahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanRory 'dephh' JacksonPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzRicardo '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' KystaubayevOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 21 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 993 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.67