Karmine Corp rallied for a 4-2 win over FaZe Clan on Sunday to say the Rocket League Championship Series Winter Split Major championship in San Diego.
FaZe Clan jumped out to a 2-1 lead earlier than Karmine Corp took the ultimate three rounds to earn $100,000 of the occasion’s $310,000 prize pool. The title additionally was value 40 Rocket League Championship Series factors. FaZe Clan acquired $60,000 and 32 RLCS factors as runner-up.
After Karmine took Mannfield (Night) 2-0, FaZe prevailed 2-0 on Forbidden Temple and 2-0 on DFH Stadium. Karmine then claimed Utopia Coliseum (Dusk) 7-0, Wasteland (Night) 3-2 and Neo Tokyo 2-1 to wrap up the championship.
Morocco’s Amine “itachi” Benayachi and France’s Brice “ExoTiiK” Bigeard every averaged 0.83 objectives for Karmine, whereas teammate Axel “Vatira” Touret of France averaged 0.67 objectives.
Jason “Firstkiller” Corral and Nick “mist” Costello each averaged 0.50 objectives for FaZe Clan’s all-U.S. squad, with teammate Caden “Sypical” Pellegrin averaging 0.17 objectives.
In the semifinals earlier Sunday, Karmine Corp eradicated Team Liquid 4-2 and FaZe Clan ousted Complexity Gaming 4-3.
Rocket League Championship Series Winter Split Major prize pool and level distribution:
1. $100,000, 40 RLCS factors — Karmine Corp
2. $60,000, 32 RLCS factors — FaZe Clan
3-4. $27,000, 24 RLCS factors — Complexity Gaming, Team Liquid
5-8. $12,000, 16 RLCS factors — Gen.G Mobil1 Racing, KRU Esports, G2 Esports, Team Vitality
9-12. $9,000, 10 RLCS factors — Team Falcons, Team Secret, Ground Zero Gaming, Oxygen Esports
13-16. $3,000, 6 RLCS factors — G1, Dignitas, Gaimin Gladiators, Pioneers
–Field Level Media