Alliance Stun FaZe at FISSURE Playground 3

Alliance made a surprising start to FISSURE Playground 3 with a convincing victory over FaZe. The Swedish side won their opening group-stage series 2:0, taking Ancient 13:9 and Nuke 13:11.

For Alliance, this match marked their first official appearance in almost two months. The team had last competed at BLAST Bounty, where they exited the tournament early after losing to Wildcard.

Ancient was not an easy match for FaZe even though they had a good contribution from Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken, who posted 1.62 rating, 26 kills, and 100 ADR at the end of the map. However, FaZe did not get enough support from their teammates to be able to win. Alliance capitalized on that and won the first map 13-9.

Nuke turned out to be a close map. Alliance started well and gained a 7-1 lead. However, FaZe did not let Alliance score easily and managed to come back in the game, although not enough to make it to a decider. In the final round, Jonatan “bobeksde” Persson secured four kills to help his team seal the 13:11 victory.

Following the win, Alliance will face Legacy for a place in the FISSURE Playground 3 playoffs. FaZe, meanwhile, drop into the lower bracket, where they will meet magic in an elimination match.

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The strong start also helped Alliance climb to 18th place in the VRS ranking and improve their chances in the race to qualify for the Singapore Major.