FaZe make Major finals over NAVI — StarLadder Budapest Major 2025

FaZe Clan have done it! After being a single round from elimination in Stage 1, Karrigan and co. have made it all the way to the Grand Finals of the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025. A thrilling series against NAVI ended with a series of magical clutches going FaZe’s way. Here’s how the story unfolded for FaZe.

Team Rosters – NAVI vs. FaZe Clan

NAVI	FaZe Clan
Valerii “b1t” Vakhovskyi	Helvijs “broky” Saukants
Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen	Finn “karrigan” Andersen
Mihai “iM” Ivan	David “frozen” Čerňanský
Ihor “w0nderful” Zhdanov	Jakub “jcobbb” Pietruszewski
Drin “makazze” Shaqiri	Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken
Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi (C)	Filip “NEO” Kubski (C)

Map Veto

1. Natus Vincere removed Overpass
2. FaZe removed Train
3. Natus Vincere picked Ancient
4. FaZe picked Nuke
5. FaZe removed Mirage
6. Natus Vincere removed Dust2
7. Inferno was left over

Frozen lit the arena up. Image via Starladder

Match Recap – NAVI vs. FaZe Clan – StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 semifinals

Ancient – Major debutant makazze steals the show – 13-5

FaZe found a smattering of pistol headshots to kick start their CT side. NAVI force-bought in round two and their Galils allowed them to break into the B site in back to back rounds. jL had classically been an Ancient specialist, but NAVI would hardly feel his absence on the map. makazze was stepping up with entry kills across the map, forcing FaZe to invest their resources into shutting him down. And even against all the utility, he consistently found multi kills, giving NAVI a massive lead on the T side.