The Atlanta FaZe cruised to a 4-1 victory over OpTic Texas on Sunday to win the Call of Duty League’s Stage 2 Major in Miami.
Atlanta and Texas split the first two maps before the FaZe rattled off three straight wins — 3-2 on Invasion Control, 250-227 on Skidrow Hardpoint and 6-4 on Rio Search & Destroy — to take home $150,000 and 100 CDL points.
Chris “Simp” Lehr of the United States piled up match bests in kills (111) and kill-death ratio (plus-1.29) to lead Atlanta. Countryman Kenneth “Kenny” Williams was the only OpTic player to finish with a positive K-D differential (plus-1.18), doing so by amassing 109 kills.
Thanks to his performance, Lehr was named MVP.
Before Sunday’s grand final, the teams met in the winners-bracket final, where the FaZe downed Texas 3-1.
Things played out just like they did in the grand final, as the squads were tied at 1 heading into the third map before Atlanta caught fire. This time the FaZe needed only a pair of wins, though, and they got them on Invasion Control (3-1) and Karachi Hardpoint (250-237).
With the loss, OpTic went down to the elimination-bracket final to face the New York Subliners.
OpTic opened with a 250-151 blowout on Sub Base Hardpoint before stumbling to a 6-4 setback on Karachi Search & Destroy. Texas took the next two maps to come out on top, 3-1.
New York punched its ticket to the elimination-bracket final with a 3-0 sweep of the Toronto Ultra earlier Sunday.
Next up for the Call of Duty League is the Stage 3 Major in Toronto. Qualifying action for the event begins April 12.
Stage 2 Major prize money and CDL points:
1st — $150,000, 100 points: Atlanta FaZe
2nd — $90,000, 75 points: OpTic Texas
3rd — $60,000, 60 points: New York Subliners
4th — $30,000, 45 points: Toronto Ultra
5th-6th — $15,000, 30 points: Carolina Royal Ravens, Los Angeles Guerrillas
7th-8th — $7,500, 15 points: Las Vegas Legion, Minnesota Rokkr
9th-12th — No money, no points: Miami Heretics, Seattle Surge, Boston Breach, Los Angeles Thieves
–Field Level Media
