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The battles in PGL Bucharest 2025 are heating up. And this is only the group stage, where 16 teams are fighting for 8 places in the championship play-offs.
Among the contenders for the play-offs are Rare Atom and FaZe. It's surprising to see just such a pair in the 1-1 basket, but it's already there.
Let's see who from the pair FaZe - Rare Atom will be stronger and will pass to the next round, i.e. the basket 2-1, and who will have to continue the game in the basket 1-2.
Let's go.
FaZe Form.
Let's open the analysis of the match FaZe - Atom Rare with the analysis of FaZe's game form. In this match they play in the status of favourite with odds to win around 1.1.
From the main achievements of the last season - getting into the top three at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and winning at ESL Pro League Season 17. Also this year FaZe got the award for the 4th season of Intel Grand Slam, enriched by $1,000,000.
Speaking of award tournaments, there was less luck here. Top-12 at IEM Rio 2023, and also Top-4 at IEM Dallas 2023. At the only Major e in the season FaZe did not cope with the tension, but made it to TOP-8.
Before the Long Conference IEM Cologne 2023 they attended two tournaments of BLAST series: Spring Final 2023 and Fall Groups 2023. At the Finals they were ranked Top 6, and at the Fall Groups 2023 they were in the top three, earning themselves a slot at the Autumn Finals.
- FaZe Clan: karrigan, rain, Frozen, EliGE, broky.
Despite the ubiquitous Reshuffle and rather "average" results for the year, FaZe didn't change the main roster. However, there were some substitutions: FaZe presented a new coach, who became the legendary Pole NEO. On his post he replaced the legendary RobbaN and it affected FaZe's gameplay in IEM Cologne 2023, where FaZe took the top-12.
The setbacks continued from there onwards. At Gamers8 2023 FaZe Clan took a similar place (9-12), Ledgeiv at the Long Segment of the Vp tournament with the score 2-0.
Things didn't go too well at ESL Pro League Season 18. FaZe made it to the play-offs on the top grid of Group C, beating 9Z Team and Fnatic, but in the match for seeding in the main stage they lost to NaVi with the score 0-2. However, FaZe didn't manage to play long at ESL Pro League Season 18: in the first play-offs match, which for FaZe started from the second stage, the team met MOUZ. The future EPL champions sent FaZe Clan home. As a result FaZe found themselves on the 9-12th place of the top tournament.
FaZe rehabilitated quite quickly. Already at IEM Sydney 2023 they triumphed with the victory over CoL in the grand final.
Thunderpick World Championship 2023 FaZe Clan have a great time. The titular European club passed the group stage without problems becoming the best team of the quartet B, and then took part in the play-offs of the championship.
The first opponent for FaZe in the play-offs of Thunderpick World Championship 2023 was MOUZ. A serious opponent, but FaZe coped with it: 2-1 in favour of the champions of IEM Sydney 2023.
At CS Asia Championship 2023 FaZe confidently made it to the play-offs through Group B. Having taken the unquestionable TOP-1 position the team went directly to the semi-finals of the tournament. FaZe then went head-to-head: first they defeated ENCE 2-1 and in the grand final they defeated MOUZ 2-0.
One of the most stable teams of the season has a pretty extensive record in the first half of the year. However, it predominantly consists of "near" top results.
From the main achievements - getting into the top three at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and winning at ESL Pro League Season 17. Also this year FaZe got the award for the 4th season of Intel Grand Slam, enriched by $1,000,000.
Speaking of award tournaments, there was less luck here. Top-12 at IEM Rio 2023, and also Top-4 at IEM Dallas 2023. At the only Major e in the season FaZe failed to cope with the tension, but made it to the TOP-8.
At CS Asia Championship 2024 FaZe confidently made it to the play-offs through Group B. Having taken unquestionable TOP-1 the team went directly to the semi-finals of the tournament. Then FaZe went head-to-head: first they defeated ENCE with the score 2-1 and in the grand final they won MOUZ with the score 2-0.
Next, FaZe had a series of "failures". They finished TOP-8 at EPL Season 19, TOP-6 at IEM Dallas 2024 and BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024, TOP-8 at Esports World Cup 2024 and TOP-12 at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024.
At IEM Cologne 2024, FaZe Long Sogpeg started off with a win over Team Liquid, but went on to Ledge or Vitality in the play-offs. After falling into the bottom set of IEM Cologne 2024, FaZe outscored Falcons 2-0, and then won their best match of the tournament in a bye, comingback against Liquid from a 3-12 deficit. However, the momentum was not enough: FaZe lost to sAw and left the tournament on top-6.
Later FaZe played at BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2024, where they took TOP-1-2.
At ESL Pro League S20 FaZe failed in the first round of Group A, losing to Sangal Esports, and then cameback through the middle set, beating FlyQuest, NiP. However, the comeback lasted for a long time, because after the meeting with CoL FaZe Clan left the championship on 12-18 lines.
After the failure at ESL Pro League S20, FaZe took the top 4 at BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2024, and then - Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024 with the final top 8.
BLAST Premier: World Final 2024 met in Group A, where they played to a 1-1 score. They first lost to MOUZ, but then snatched a win from NaVi in a match for life at the tournament. However, in the play-offs Ledge and Team Spirit finished in the top 6.
At PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A, FaZe Clan beat C9 and Falcons, and then Fnatic, which put them in the Major. At the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, FaZe Clan beat Wildcard and Heroic, but lost to Heroic. Then Ledge and G2, but made it to the play-offs by shutting out FURIA in the deciding match. Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 playoffs started with a rather unexpected victory over Vitality in a difficult match. However, it got better as FaZe knocked out one of the main tournament favourites - G2 Esports - in a very tense 2-0 series. The grand final was a little short: 1-2 against Spirit.
In the 2025 season they debuted with an appearance at BLAST Bounty Season 1. They finished in the top 16.
Directly at IEM Katowice 2025 FaZe Clan Long Sogpeg with matches of the top grid of Group A, where they defeated BIG, but lost to Vitality. After getting to the second round of the lower grid they defeated G2 Esports, but the play-offs were prevented by Eternal Fire, who defeated FaZe in the last round of the lower grid.
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Long Sogpeg started the tournament with a 2-0 win over sAw. Next, defeating Eternal Fire and MOUZ and qualifying for the play-offs with a 3-0 win. The main stage of Long Sogpeggo started for FaZe with a confident victory over sAw with the score 2-0. And then there was an unforeseen loss against Falcons, which led FaZe to the top 4.
FaZe visited BLAST Open Lisbon 2025, where they were ranked TOP-12. PGL Bucharest 2025 Long started with a defeat against Astralis. Then beat paiN, levelling the situation.
Mapple FaZe Clan
FaZe's best team is Mirage. They played 12 matches and won 9 of them.
Next were Overpass with 8 matches and 5 wins. Nuke (7 matches, 4 wins), Inferno (9 matches, 5 wins). Worse is Ancient with 3 wins in 6 matches, and worst of all was Anubis. His FaZe was picked 7 times, but played with a winrate of 42%.
Not played on Vertigo.
Rare Atom Form.
We continue the analysis of the match Rare Atom - FaZe with the analysis of Rare Atom's playing form. The Chinese club will play as an outsider with odds to win at around 5.
Rare Atom is one of the most famous representatives of the Asian Counter-Strike 2 scene, but not the top one. They can be called a "strong middle man", which is constantly looking for opportunities to break through to the top tournaments like IEM Rio and so on.
They do get to the top tournaments occasionally. So, the team was seen at ESL Pro League Season 17 in 2023, where the game failed to show: TOP-28 and ignominious departure from the championship. Then they tried to make it to BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 via BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: Asia-Pacific RMR, but The MongolZ intervened, knocking out Rare Atom at the Top-3 stage.
- Rare Atom line-up: somebody, Summer, L1haNg, ChildKing, kaze.
Rare Atom spent the 2024 season mostly in all kinds of qualifications and TIR-C, TIR-B tournaments. Some of their most successful performances include winning the 5E Arena Asia Cup Spring 2024, Asian Super League Season 3, and 5E Arena Asia Cup Fall 2024.
In August 2024, Rare Atom managed to qualify for IEM Rio 2024 and won the Perfect World Shanghai Majo 2024: Chinese Qualifier. Towards the end of the 2024 season, Rare Atom played at BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2024, where they finished in the Top 16.
In the 2025 season, they continued to play on the local scene. The most successful tournament was XSE Pro League Season 3, where they finished in the top 1, winning about $13,000.
At PGL Bucharest 2025, one of the most prestigious tournaments of the season for Rare Atom, Chinese Long Club started with a surprise win over Vp. Then lost at G2 with a score of 0-2.
Rare Atom Mappool
The best map RA - Mirage. Played 12 matches and won 9 of them.
Next was Overpass with 8 matches and 5 wins. Nuke (7 matches, 4 wins), Inferno (9 matches, 5 wins). Worse is Ancient with 3 wins in 6 matches, and worst of all was Anubis. Played 7 times, and the winrate is 42%.
They do not play on Vertigo.
History of head-to-head meetings between FaZe and Rare Atom
Last year the teams played each other 1 time. Then FaZe won cleanly.
Predicted result of the match Rare Atom - FaZe at PGL Bucharest 2025.
In this match my bet is on FaZe Clan. I don't think that Rare Atom can give a fight to FaZe, even not in the best conditions.
Result: FaZe win with the score 2-0.
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