Finn “karrigan” Andersen, the captain of FaZe Clan’s Counter-Strike 2 team, has shared his thoughts on the team’s performance at the beginning of 2025. In an interview, karrigan discussed the team’s showing at IEM Katowice 2025, PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025, and the qualifiers for BLAST Bounty Spring 2025.
[Question: ‘How do you assess your results this year, especially at PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025? You were one of the favorites for the tournament, and everything started well’]. The initial results were very poor — especially at BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 — but at IEM Katowice 2025 we had a good chance. We were very close to defeating Team Vitality on the third map, leading 12:7 on Dust2, but couldn’t close it out. Ultimately, they won the tournament. In the lower bracket, we won against G2, and then lost to Eternal Fire on Nuke after several overtime rounds. Classic FaZe.
Before PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025, we had excellent preparation. We performed well in the group stage, taking first place, but then we had a terrible day where we lost to Team Falcons. I think this defeat affected the match against Astralis for third place in the tournament. So, the result was mixed. I see a lot of positives, but also notice problems that we need to solve as a team.
I understood that after the role changes that occurred due to the replacement, we would need more time [referring to EliGE replacing ropz – editor’s note]. On paper, our roster may not look the most logical, and it’s not obvious from the outside how it will work. But my task and the coaching staff’s task is to make it work, both at this tournament [BLAST Open Spring 2025] and in the future.
On March 19th, FaZe Clan will begin their participation in BLAST Open Lisbon 2025, where they will face Virtus.pro in their opening match.