BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Stage 2 Day 4: Recap
The final day of the BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Stage 2 saw the final three spots at Stage 2 being confirmed as we saw s1mple and FaZe make it through finally while Lynn Vision created history for the Asian region.
If you missed the action, here's a quick recap of the BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Stage 1 Day 4.
Nemiga stun sloppy HEROIC
HEROIC dropped an 8-4 lead on their pick of Mirage which saw khaN and riskyb0b lead a strong T side comeback for Nemiga which saw them steal a 13-11 win. Dust2 was a blowout at it was another strong T side from Nemiga that saw the Russian team take a 13-9 win without much hassle to eliminate HEROIC and make Stage 3.
NemigaHEROIC| Nemiga |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan 'zweih' Gogin |
41 - 31 | +10 | 97.7 | 73.9% | 1.54 |
| Maksim 'riskyb0b' Churikov |
32 - 30 | +2 | 70.4 | 67.4% | 1.23 |
 Beksultan 'khaN' Ospan |
31 - 32 | -1 | 72.7 | 67.4% | 1.12 |
 Aliaksandr '1eeR' Nahorny |
22 - 32 | -10 | 64.3 | 78.3% | 0.90 |
| Kirill 'Xant3r' Kononov |
21 - 31 | -10 | 48.2 | 60.9% | 0.74 |
| HEROIC |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç |
40 - 31 | +9 | 98.9 | 82.6% | 1.44 |
| Andrey 'tN1R' Tatarinovich |
32 - 28 | +4 | 79.9 | 76.1% | 1.05 |
 Álvaro 'SunPayus' García |
32 - 26 | +6 | 67.9 | 65.2% | 0.91 |
 Simon 'yxngstxr' Boije |
28 - 32 | -4 | 68.6 | 67.4% | 0.81 |
| Linus 'LNZ' Holtäng |
22 - 32 | -10 | 54.7 | 71.7% | 0.76 |
Chinese CS on top
Lynn Vision created history as they booked their slot in Stage 3 over B8, making sure there will be 2 Asian teams in the top 16 of a Major for the first time ever as they started their 2-2 match against B8 with a 13-2 drubbing on Dust2 before B8 answered back on Ancient. A solid CT half on Anubis saw Lynn Vision lock in a 13-7 win to take the series 2-1 and move ahead to the next stage.
B8Lynn Vision| B8 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dmytro 'esenthial' Tsvir |
53 - 41 | +12 | 99.5 | 73.7% | 1.37 |
| Alexey 'alex666' Yarmoshchuk |
37 - 37 | +0 | 60.8 | 71.9% | 0.95 |
| Andrii 'npl' Kukharskyi |
33 - 40 | -7 | 65.0 | 70.2% | 0.93 |
| Artem 'kensizor' Kapran |
35 - 45 | -10 | 69.1 | 64.9% | 0.83 |
| Daniil 'headtr1ck' Valitov |
25 - 41 | -16 | 58.1 | 73.7% | 0.72 |
| Lynn Vision |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sike 'z4kr' Zhang |
43 - 30 | +13 | 81.6 | 87.7% | 1.37 |
| Lizhi 'Starry' Ye |
45 - 38 | +7 | 93.1 | 77.2% | 1.33 |
| Junjie 'EmiliaQAQ' Tang |
46 - 38 | +8 | 76.7 | 71.9% | 1.17 |
| Qihao 'C4LLM3SU3' Su |
37 - 37 | +0 | 75.7 | 70.2% | 1.07 |
| Zhe 'Westmelon' Niu |
30 - 41 | -11 | 63.6 | 70.2% | 0.87 |
s1mple returns to the top stage
FaZe made sure they didn't drop the ball after starting Stage 2 with a 2-0 start as they took down MIBR 2-0 in the final game of Stage 2 with s1mple having quite a few impactful rounds with the AWP as FaZe booked their place in the top 16 of the Austin Major 2025.
FaZeMIBR| FaZe |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 David 'frozen' Čerňanský |
41 - 23 | +18 | 96.7 | 82.2% | 1.65 |
 Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski |
35 - 27 | +8 | 81.4 | 77.8% | 1.27 |
 Håvard 'rain' Nygaard |
31 - 30 | +1 | 86.1 | 75.6% | 1.22 |
| Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev |
35 - 27 | +8 | 74.4 | 75.6% | 1.16 |
 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen |
22 - 32 | -10 | 52.0 | 71.1% | 0.75 |
| MIBR |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lucas 'Lucaozy' Neves |
38 - 33 | +5 | 88.1 | 73.3% | 1.25 |
| Felipe 'insani' Yuji |
32 - 33 | -1 | 77.8 | 68.9% | 1.11 |
| Rafael 'saffee' Costa |
27 - 35 | -8 | 69.9 | 60.0% | 0.79 |
| Raphael 'exit' Lacerda |
24 - 30 | -6 | 54.3 | 62.2% | 0.70 |
| Breno 'brnz4n' Poletto |
17 - 35 | -18 | 44.6 | 71.1% | 0.59 |
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