rain: "Knew nV would play pug

We grabbed Håvard "rain" Nygaard for a quick interview about FaZe advancing to playoffs over EnVyUs and match-ups they'd like in the quarter-finals.

With a 16-11 victory on Nuke against Envy, FaZe clinched their place in the quarter-finals at a 3-2 record.

rain would like to face Na`Vi or Virtus.pro in the playoffs 

One of our last interviews from the ELEAGUE Major group stage is with Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard, who talked about some of the important shifts in the Envy match as well as potential quarter-finals match-ups:

What were your expectations for EnVy's Nuke before the match?

We didn't really have a plan on how they play, kio and karrigan had some input, but we knew they were going to play like a pug-style game. They didn't really have any set strats that we felt like we needed to counter or anything.

Towards the end they somewhat started coming back into it, what did you have issues with in those rounds?

They just started hitting their shots more, we made some mistakes and our communication wasn't on point. Then we had this key round, when we won the eco round, or the forcebuy, and the momentum switched, we just won out straight after.

Was that forcebuy a set strategy you had prepared or was it improvized?

I think everyone that played Nuke against us knows that we have a push inside, in the lobby, we can do it in eco's or gunrounds, it worked out perfectly this time.

Going into playoffs, there are obviously quite a lot of hard match-ups, is there anyone you want to play?

We would like to face Na`Vi or VP first. At least I always had an easy time playing against VP. We think we can beat Na`Vi on a good day as well, so we're excited to play them.

What would be the keys to beat those teams?

We just have a playstyle that's needed to play them, we have the skillset, we have karrigan's mind, I think it's gonna be good.

Make sure to check out the other interviews we've conducted so far at the Major:

Day four

René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg: "k0nfig's knife helped our economy"

Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo: "We studied Astralis a lot"

Andreas "⁠znajder⁠" Lindberg: "I'd like to beat [...] Pimp"

Joakim "⁠disco doplan⁠" Gidetun: "We can beat everyone"

Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke: "We didn't expect much vs. G2"

Day three

William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba: "Our preparation was limited"

Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen: "allu's 1v2 was key"

Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács: "We came with only one goal"

Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen: "We had a great bootcamp"

Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer: "Didn't expect Dust2"

Day two

Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski: "I hope Gambit will be nervous"

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz: "It was important for us to start well"

Dennis "⁠dennis⁠" Edman: "[YOLO teams] will go far"

Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin: "It doesn't feel like we won"

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo: "Gonna fight as hard as we can"

Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong: "Confident about our map pool"

Day one

Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey: "Everyone's happy with their roles"

Markus "⁠pronax⁠" Wallsten: "I'm happy it went to Train"

Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire: "It was hard after jdm's 1v5"

Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev: "Hope to show beautiful CS"

Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski: "It's always close vs. OpTic"

Ricardo "⁠fox⁠" Pacheco: "We played 12-14 hours a day"

Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon: "FaZe can do pretty well here"

Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khassenov: "We prepared for everyone"

Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo Age: 22 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 338 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.65 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Age: 25 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 849 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62 Andreas 'znajder' Lindberg Age: 23 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 738 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Envy #8 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1011 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov Age: 22 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 140 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 FaZe #7 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Age: 26 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 575 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.61 Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire Age: 23 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 910 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.71 Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 865 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.64 René 'cajunb' Borg Age: 27 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 889 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63 Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Age: 25 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 475 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.60 Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 21 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 827 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 Joakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun Age: 21 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 287 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 Markus 'pronax' Wallsten Age: 25 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 940 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.66 Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong Age: 26 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 814 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Age: 26 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 890 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.68 Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 990 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.72 Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 503 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 771 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Age: 19 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 494 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69 Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 528 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.70 Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Age: 23 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 967 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 Dennis 'dennis' Edman Age: 26 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 520 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski Age: 28 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1099 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 William 'RUSH' Wierzba Age: 22 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 439 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 501 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.70