G2 Gozen mounts comeback to defeat KRÜ Blaze

G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #252 amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Nelo Mathilde Beltoise Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup defeated KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #2 dods Caue Fernandes conir Constanza Reyes micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi in a nailbiter three-map series to set up a match with MIBR GC MIBR GC Game Changers Rank #3 srN Nicolas Niederauer sayuri Camila Obam Jelly Julia Iris Mel Melissa Souza jubs Juliana Oliveira .

G2 Gozen came into the tournament as the top team from EMEA after winning Game Changers EMEA Stage 3. G2 are led by veterans mimi and Petra who won the 2022 Game Changers Championship over Shopify Rebellion GC Shopify Rebellion GC Inactive .

KRÜ Blaze have once again returned to the Game Changers Championship after beating out Akave Esports GC Akave Esports GC Latin America North Rank #6 mmonch Ivy Andrehs LiNLiN Heather Aileen Aguilar at the GC Latin America: Regional Final. Despite having attended every iteration of the event they had picked up just a single win over Chao Hui EDward Gaming Chao Hui EDward Gaming Inactive Blue before their win over ZETA DIVISION GC ZETA DIVISION GC Inactive yesterday.

The series opened on KRÜ's pick, Haven, with both teams opting to run Neon Breach comps. After narrowly winning KRÜ's bonus G2 picked up five of the next six rounds before back-to-back KRÜ rounds forced a timeout from G2 coach Leader . Strong entrying from dods provided seemingly infinite space for KRÜ to work with as they edged out the lead 7-5 going into halftime.

An excellent retake from KRÜ secured their second pistol to take a 9-5 lead. G2 managed to come back slightly by winning two straight gun grounds before KRÜ took a low buy win thanks to high impact from biazik 's Sova and dods' Bucky. KRÜ looked dominant for the rest of the map as they cruised to a 13-7 map win to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

dods' Neon took control of the first map with 360 ACS and 214 ADR. 82 ACS ahead of the runner-up, biazik.

KRÜ picked up their third pistol to kick off Sunset, G2's pick. KRÜ looked much more contained compared to Haven as dods was unable to run freely throughout the map. G2 went up 7-2 before KRÜ could respond with strong early-round gameplans to keep the game close at 7-5.

G2 picked up their first pistol of the series thanks to a 1v3 from IGL mimi that put the Europeans in prime position to take the map at 9-5 up. Although the set plays from KRÜ continued to find value a 1v3 from Vania to secure a thrifty locked in the map for G2 at 13-9.

Petra dominated on the second map with 26 kills, 204 ADR, and an ace in the ninth round. G2 succeeded in neutralizing dods' Neon with the Brazilian receiving the lowest rating for their team with a 0.62 on Sunset.

The third map, Abyss, had yet to be played by KRÜ Blaze in 2024 while G2 had a 75% win rate on the new map. Both teams were off the Neon and chose to play a mirror matchup of the standard double initiator “Ascent comp”.

KRÜ sped to a 5-1 lead off the back of repeated B executes before a timeout was called by G2. The constant B pressure created by KRÜ was near unbeatable for G2 as the LATAM team picked up an 8-4 first half. KRÜ went B in 90% of rounds following the pistol and G2 were unable to find any answers for it.

Another pistol round for KRÜ ended the series pistol record at 5-1 although this time around G2 managed to pick up the following eco after a 1v2 ace from Vania. Back-and-forth rounds followed before a heroic 4K from rezq gave G2 the opportunity to start a streak. Six rounds in a row secured the series win for G2 2-1 with a 13-11 on Abyss.

rezq's attack Operator was pivotal for G2's comeback as the slower pace caught off the aggressive positions KRÜ tried to force. The Turkish duelist topped the server with 24 kills and 285 ACS.

G2 Gozen will play MIBR GC on Wednesday, November 13 for a spot in the upper bracket final.

KRÜ Blaze will face off in an elimination match against the winner of GIANTX GC vs ALG GC on Monday, November 11.