GRAND FINAL! - G2 vs ENCE - HIGHLIGHTS - IEM Cologne 2023 l CSGO

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[@aramalki6675]

🚫SPOILER BLOCK🚫

[@K10_CSGO]

Fairytale ending for NiKo's CSGO journey. LET'S GO G2 🎉

[@shashanks7088]

Is he retiring?

[@vasyaPetrovichill]

@@shashanks7088cs go retiring

[@gennoxii5676]

@@shashanks7088 cs go got benched like Cs 1.6

[@yogawahyu56]

@@shashanks7088 End for CSGO, but begins for CS2

[@voidboi736]

Not really a fairytale tho, if he won the last csgo major it might have been....

[@demonised_5466]

Niko is the best rifler CSGO has ever witnessed, 1.49 rating, +38kd, 98.4ADR as a rilfer and mvp of the game. Hunter with his insane clutches the whole tournament, JKS with his anchoring and clutching, monesy hitting insane AWP shots supported by his talent and confidence, and finally Gigachad with his 200IQ calling, no more overpeeking, no more lack of discipline are what drove G2 to the champions

[@Pyxyty]

+38 +/- as a rifler in a grand finals is insane, that's the kind of statline an awper who likes to save would have. Insane ineane insane 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@demonised_5466]

@@Pyxyty people always put niko, zywoo, s1mple, dev1ce into the #1 debate but they never realize thats a rifler competing with 3 AWPers for #1, insane talent, insane player

[@lizehu9597]

​@@demonised_5466yeah thats true, he is the only one can be in the top like these 3 best players in the history of csgo and people in 2022 talking shit about him and comparing him with twitzz and rain wtf

[@haco31415]

and NiKo is doing all of those while playing entry

[@YaphetS6]

Not even in the top 5 lmao

[@Nickel_T]

No matter how good jks performed, he's ice cold in every situation. You never see him stressed, angry, happy or even excited. But the way he plays shows how committed and focused he is. He's truly a humble yet skillful player in G2.

[@farcry123x]

What a performance from G2. I hope this roster doesn't go into a big dip again, very interested to watch this lineup in CS2.

[@sentryion3106]

I’ll take a guess and say they are gonna disappear or play ok here and there and then win Katowice next year lol

[@Haywood-Jablomi]

@@sentryion3106it seems to be psychological for them at this point. I could see their winning energy earlier on in the tournament and knew they were going to take the trophy.

[@sentryion3106]

@@Haywood-Jablomi I saw it after the win against faze. The win against vitality even further reinforces it since they somehow came back after choking on inferno. At this point I wouldn’t mind g2 bombing out of majors if it mean they can win cologne and kato

[@Haywood-Jablomi]

@@sentryion3106 there’s something special about them going all in and keeping the same roster. There’s more to CS then just who has the best mechanics. These boys showed passion and played as brothers in arms.

[@sofarsogod]

They were the whole year in top 10, big dip my ass. Won 2 of the 3 biggest tournaments, the last cs go big tournament. I think they succeded more than any other team on the last 8 months.

[@forrest16]

Man, if G2 had this form 3 months back, they would have cruised through the Paris major

[@ShawnFX]

I wish :( hopefully they can win the next major

[@TopOnTops]

you could say the same about every Team who performeed good after a Major , G2 just trained alot during thee Player Break and this is the result

[@Pyxyty]

​​@@TopOnTopsthat training was def not on show for fall groups 😂 but im happy they bounced back after that bootcamp 🎉

[@visualisedmalik8167]

They got paid to not qualify,just watch their major qualifer matches and you will understand,the government wanted the french team to win in their homeland since the state of france is absolutely shit and filled with corruption,,not hating on vitality i think they surely have the ability to win the major,after the qualifer nothing was paid for its all vitality but before some teams got paid to not qualify

[@nosere1234]

@@visualisedmalik8167 Lol what the hell is this, more copium bro.

[@arma9150]

1.49 while being a dedicated entry fragger holy , some insane stats right there

[@93Beefcake]

haters in shambles

[@neurohistory]

It's nice and very cute that they trusted their coach to lift the cup. A guy with no coaching experience came to this place and achieved the result - quiet, calm, an underrated star of the team, in the future, it is likely, there will be a legendary coach, the potential is huge!

[@gennoxii5676]

People sometimes tend to forget him, but he is really so smart... For example, timeout on mirage (13-10) were G2 position to a strong A site that leads Ence exactly into a trap. He was the one who called it out after reading Ence like a book and that help to maintain that map under G2's control. Glad that more people starting to notice him even more!

[@matiasaraya5451]

@@gennoxii5676 He was G2's head analyst for years, it's clear he's really intelligent.

[@bubbles13244]

He's also German in his home country so it's special

[@jesusismylordandsavior3537]

The duo of Kovacs, the clutches from huNter, the AWP prowess of monesy, the unseen duo of jks and monesy in a 2v3 or 4 situation, the passive/agressive of jks, the call and in game leading from hooxi and the absolute monstrous rating of NiKo. Man this is the Perfect G2 I have ever seen and hopefully someday they can lift a major trophy together. Congratulation G2 forever

[@saltare5904]

Something about this csgo roster is that if they are playing their best no team in the history of the game (no not even astralis) could beat them

[@jesusismylordandsavior3537]

@@saltare5904 for real tho, they are like a juggernaut of a team same as prime Astralis but hopefully this win and a deserved rest won't affect them mentally to be drain again just like the last tourneys. Good luck to them and hopefully be consistent again next time.

[@rishabh9627]

​@@saltare5904and many people dont know this but when G2 played vs Faze in group stage of this event, there was a time when Karrigan got so frustrated he was caught by the cameraman saying to his team "Its impossible to play against these guys" imagine an experienced igl like karrigan saying this

[@Seanwantsr34]

what is prowessXD

[@milandjukic738]

@@jesusismylordandsavior3537 did u really compare g2 to a team that won like 4 majors

[@debadityabhattacharya1715]

An absolute treat for G2 fans. Niko wins both iem Kato n Col in the same year which is also the last year of csgo is poetic. Hunter switches to diff beast in front of an arena. Jks being usual og constantly supporting the team. Monesy being the absolute god in finals. And he is only 18. Great calling by hooxi n very decent fragging throughout the event. And lastly Swani getting the full home support. Love this team❤🔥

[@lizehu9597]

Im happy for these 2 big tornaments win but still feel like shit that they didnt make it to win the major😢

[@n3xt568]

Man if G2 made a comeback on Anubis, then it would be even crazier. So proud of them anyways!!

[@rishabh9627]

they unfortunately lost a lot of clutches on anubis otherwise their T side has been so dominant this whole event that even after being 5-10 down they would've won on anubis as well

[@ceoherohub2584]

If they played it simple instead of walking into nertz crosshair they could have kept going

[@Entropy__]

They really need to balance the map. Anubis is worse than Inferno for "lose a site, lose the round"....need to try hard to lose as Ts

[@topiastuomisto]

Maybe people will now realise 2 things. 1. you need to give new lineups time to get results 2. you dont rate igls based on their hltv rating. Congrats g2

[@Haywood-Jablomi]

Someone with a logical and mature take in the CS community? Mind blown

[@Carbine64]

Sick profile pic brother, respect

[@schleh5363]

I felt that even frag wise He provided this Event. Dude is a menace when Hes Feeling it

[@dask5687]

Hooxi had some big impact kills in this series. Definitely stepped up heavily

[@tomtothem3117]

@@dask5687I was gonna the same thing. He even did some sick entry fragging! Very cool.

[@Frogesh]

Super gameplay from G2. Niko unfortunately as the GREATEST rifler of Csgo was unable to win a major no matter how hard he carried, but now thanks to m0nesy, his cousin hunter and the explosiveness of Hooxis calling he won something thats equally as prestigious in my opinion and it was beautiful. Congratulations to G2 and of course Mr.Crymeariver(thankfully hes both ence and g2 supporter so he had no worries).

[@Haywood-Jablomi]

This was like Niko’s redemption arc where he was able to focus his raw power as well as his high emotions. Beautiful how they kept the same roster and showed how growing their bond was instrumental in taking the trophy.

[@LandTheMan629]

These past two colognes have had better games than the past 2 Majors.

[@salvificblood]

@@LandTheMan629 Easily.

[@raphaeldiniz6231]

i agree with all that u said, but u gotta remember that Niko, besides carrying for g2, he was the one that choked against navi, doesn't make him a bad player, but he doesn't have a major kinda because of him

[@Edy.10]

​@@raphaeldiniz6231That's a tough shot to hit

[@MrDiggaa]

its so crazy when u realize that in ALL 3 maps that they won, monesy was the one multifragging/clutching or closing/opening the last round with his frags. it really feels like he wanted to step up, but also give g2 and niko the trophy they deserve. makes me even like him and this roster more ❤

[@antonisjonathn8861]

Nah he’s just ass he got lucky ence weren’t in good form

[@haco31415]

NiKo is doing these stats while playing ENTRY. The man is a monster. 1.41 T Rating 0.19 T Opening kpr %61 opening success at the event

[@starvinq6174]

not really entry more like second entry the entrys on g2 are hooxi and jks niko is there to trade them and that makes sense cuz his aim is crazy to change midrounds

[@lylewarren4391]

@@starvinq6174 you are not watching. He literally is given support flashes to go in first because no one else on his team has better accuracy and crosshair placement like him. He has the highest T side rating while having high opening rates as a rifler. Especially in the last map where he went in first again and again on the A site to either get a kill or be traded.

[@starvinq6174]

@@lylewarren4391 yea sometimes he entries but not every round on nuke an mirage he often was the second player in cuz hes more valuable as that second man. As I already stated hes crazy good in mid round situations were he is just better with his crosshairplacement. PS: i watched the game

[@mihael1251]

He is not playing ENTRY, HooXi plays entry

[@lylewarren4391]

@@starvinq6174 you are still wrong. In nuke he had the highest amount of first kills and highest first kill difference. On mirage and anubis he was second on both statistics behind monesy the awper. seriously you are basing every thing on your eye test when literally even in nuke he goes in yard almost always first and is also left in yard all alone. Contrary to your opinion, the stats say otherwise. He literally entries because he has to, his team relies on him a lot doing the entries because he's the best at doing it.

[@MrBuurh]

Every Big/Major final should be a best of 5 imo! Look how easy G2 swept the first 2 maps, imagine that was the end, would of been cruel on Ence & anticlimatic! Then the fight back on Anubis just adds much more drama & skill into the final, you have to have a much wider map pool & makes it feel like a much bigger event!

[@rishabh9627]

and also the fact that final happens on sunday with a single match so if its a bo3 final can potentially end in just 90 mins time there are so many people who travel from diff. countries to watch the event so they would want to atleast enjoy the event for 3-4 hours imagine going to an event on sunday which ends in just 90 mins and then u go home

[@mrcoxa]

@@rishabh9627 any other sport event ;)

[@sethholstein1505]

This true. I hate those finals with just a best of 3, it feels not that big and grand. Just make all of em into a best of 5

[@rishabh9627]

@@sethholstein1505 not all of em as much as it is fun to watch a bo5 it is even more taxing on the players u ask any pro player they would mostly like to play bo3 in finals whenever a bo5 final goes to the 5th map there are chances of mental & physical fatigue which can lead to one sided result in the final map It happened in gambit v heroic final during covid era gambit won 4th map to take it to 5th but were so much fatigued that they literally were not able to win straight aim duels and mirage (5th map) turned out to be a blowout it was the same match when cadian got that insane 1v4 clutch on A site I feel only Major, Kato & Cologne should be bo5

[@AlrightThere]

Don’t get me wrong I love bo5 but it can be really taxing on the players

[@beeeeeej]

This is how the g2 lineup should’ve performed all the time. Finally, after such a rough tournament history together. Congrats to g2 and their fans!

[@KingNothing-zs2qm]

NiKo deserved so much of it. Its shame he didn't got major well what ever still GREATEST RIFLER OF ALL TIME. ROLE MODEL FOR EVERY RIFLERS.

[@mickomagallanes1185]

I'm so happy for Hooxi. He looks very sad at the Blast Premier and I thought they would disband.

[@Moonwired]

Man these players didn’t need a strategical mastermind, they needed a cheerleader as an igl.

[@cloke3076]

There's the true potential of this G2 roster. Decimating the best teams in the world! I believed in them even after their not so good attendance at spring groups. LET'S GO G2ARMY!

[@zzasserzz]

Can’t understate Hooxi’s contribution in impact and as an Igl. Mad love for this squad. JKs is a legendddd

[@victordiehl6613]

He's clearly a top tier igl, and humble enough to do whatever his team needs to perform. Whole G2 looked on point in this tournament

[@Mastergenius_]

​@@victordiehl6613 his fragging was terrible, I'm glad he's bounced back to live to fight for another day

[@zzasserzz]

@@Mastergenius_ I disagree hey, he had good impactful frags

[@veritasabsoluta4285]

@@Mastergenius_ You're on drugs, Hooxi was fucking insane and hit some ridiculous shots

[@lalruatkimarokhum5255]

@@Mastergenius_ keep crying

[@steveawes5069]

18:24 I have no words.

[@TROLGUY999]

"Though the majors may have eluded him, Niko's CSGO story ends in glory". Poetic from machine. Goosebumps.

[@tezzlacoilz]

JKS post match interview: "Rasmus called incredibly well the whole tournament, and of course Niko Hunter and Monesy carried both of us... i mean i think i did ok as well but its really easy to play when you have those 3 players doing what they are doing and Rasmus calling like he is ... i just have to do my job and *fill in* ... i mean for me it was pretty cruisy the whole way through so..." hehe what a legend. Hilarious and humble. Still calling himself a "fill in"/stand in lol

[@zertbrown4642]

11:41 oh right this OP spot on nuke

[@Jabby97]

Man, Niko and Monesy was just insane this final, especially niko since he is a rifler and he was still good on anubis where monesy struggled a little. JKS is just a solid beast as always, this guys consistancy is crazy, the amount of 1v1 duels he won was big. Niko was definitely the MVP but monesy wasn't too far behind at all for that race.

[@Pyxyty]

1:18:51 This scene looks so glorious ☺️☺️☺️

[@theunknownmaster2579]

woman ☕☕☕

[@Pyxyty]

@@theunknownmaster2579 you literally said "zypoo dogpoo fatpoo the fraud" 🤡🤢 you're embarrassing. Shoo 💅

[@dixonmathew7170]

g2 fan girl lol

[@poliktrew148]

Celebrate our champion 🎉🎉🎉

[@Pyxyty]

@@dixonmathew7170 and you said "I hope this shit talking Hooxi never wins. i hate him." LMAOOOOO, HOOXI ON TOP BABYYYYY 😂😂😂

[@sethholstein1505]

I'm not a G2 fan but let's face it, this is an exciting grand finale and Niko so much deserves it.

[@Ngaihawma420]

Niko and Monesy went crazy

[@prolongtrader7874]

jks 🔥 especially nuke , monesy, hunter, NIKO, hooxi damn every one done their best 👌

[@ShawnFX]

I was so damn happy to see our G2 boys win!!! I would LOVE if they can win a major in CS2 PLEASE!!

[@molehead2k7]

bet monsey loving life mans got skills!

[@weberswonderland]

so happy for hooxi. also snappi is 33 years old which makes him one of the oldest csgo players right now and hes at the top. So sad cs2 came out haha

[@levd7594]

ABSOLUTELY LEGENDS!!!!!

[@user-qq4ii3xl4k]

Brilliant perfomance from G2,so happy for them,also props to Ence for playing good on this tournament

[@blawhite24]

Niko is best Rifler of all time.. if He had major, I would say best player of all time... even he is not awper, he has almost better stats than awpers... I dont think someone else can do this... RESPECT KOVAC

[@paz1nec]

agree

[@idkreallyty]

Just because he doesn't have a major doesn't mean he's not the best player of all time

[@thevoiceofyourmind]

dupreeh is the best of all time no doubt

[@jesseoja1377]

Crazy tournament of ence final dallas and now this probpaly top1-2 team

[@pinefilms3141]

6:12 YOOO if M0nesy won this round, this play would've been in the hall of fame fr, with this awp shot to cover the drop sound and seconds before with the one way smoke

[@user-yi4sz1vz2o]

G2 are the best. Great performance from them, legends🎉

[@Echter-Berliner420]

13:12 what a Legend 🤣

[@yeungtt]

ENCE with no super crazy stars, but they can still be in the final. Snappi is 33 years old. ENCE did a very good job already. Comparing to my favorite team Cloud9 that has 5 super crazy stars😢but still no chance in this game...

[@rcadegaming9123]

If you swapped JK's and Dycha, it would be a much much closer game

[@itsatrap4986]

@@rcadegaming9123 Right. Dycha and Maden underperformed. They wanted G2 to win though. You can tell by how it was setup. Like the whole crowd was all of a sudden G2 fans??? I called BS. But of course G2 was the favorite. Of course G2 was the better team.

[@losieee6202]

C9 will be so good believe me Just they need some time they have best team on paper even stronger then g2 or vitality

[@swityfx6383]

@@itsatrap4986 It was in Germany, G2 has german Coach and G2 has a much larger fanbase than ENCE so yeah its normal that probably everyone in this Arena was a G2 fan

[@Strikelol]

13:12 what a legend

[@keshavnuwal7991]

The entry is phenomenal One by one, damn

[@fingerskateboarder08]

Also probs for the ESL production Team, Sound in the Lanxess Arena was insane, great atmosphere

[@ExoticPain96]

I was fuming so hard when Niko was carrying them alone ..now finally it pays off 🤗🤗👑

[@Haewonmak24]

Amount sunpayus’s shots missed today was crazy than against Vita yesterday

[@vexed2558]

How do you even have this kind of stats, 1.49 rating, 38+kd and 98+ADR as a rifler and an Entry fragger. Its like bro is playing different game than the rest of us 😅

[@losieee6202]

He said that he had never practiced in his career as much as he did now for this iem For me beat rifle of all time

[@mihael1251]

He is not playing entry, Hooxi plays entry most of the time

[@losieee6202]

@@mihael1251 yea this tournament 2022 niko best entry in world with most open frags

[@vexed2558]

@@mihael1251 his stats for opening frag said otherwise 🤷

[@Zaynnatalwala]

The way Hooxi jumped through the smoke and killed Maiden was crazyy @44:55

[@Aliraza-dj3wi]

Finally G2 played sensible and learned by there mistakes 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@efreemantle3619]

Proud and happy ❤️

[@mcjibbo6100]

Counter Strike and the individual players got crazy wild. Such nice to see that game is literally exploding before cs2 is out.

[@olly716]

first csgo games i watched were at cologne, now its the last

[@federigodelazion6738]

Congrats to G2 and thank you Matz

[@jazumzum1]

Well deserved! Congrats 🎉

[@marcobababooi7726]

'they say age is but a number' bruh what? 💀

[@manohar3626]

That anubis was the best of all the map so much excitement I was losing my head

[@DKLucifeeeR]

Rare smile from JKS. Kidding aside, happy for Niko! Fan since day 1!

[@losieee6202]

Me too I dont know why people say he is toxic Almost every player who played with him in team say he is best teammate they had He just tilt when he dont play good but he is so good to teammates not like simple haha

[@DKLucifeeeR]

@@losieee6202 That is his personality. Can't really please everyone. and people expecting him to smile. Lol.

[@losieee6202]

@@DKLucifeeeR he dont smile much because he have 100% focus in game not because he is toxic and u are right

[@nightmare.9652]

im sure he smiled cuz of that 7:57 😂

[@breakfingers]

G2's crosshair placement, reactive aiming, and communication are un-paralleled

[@NataTri]

What a monster g2 in this line up

[@channel_x_8]

GG ence back to back Finals🙌💯 congrats to G2🎉

[@Maria85018]

It was worth going from Mannheim to Cologne. Herzlichen glückwunsch, NiKo und mein kleiner junge m0nesy 💋😍

[@emreeee7651]

Great job from G2. Niko and monesy played insane. But also props to snappi who showed up big time as an igl.

[@csblucas]

I fucking love Niko man ggwp both teams what a finals , G2 we’re more desperate and hungry for this victory and after all of their performances they truly deserved it!!!!!!!!

[@imraduin]

Thanks for the upload

[@bed_room_gamer]

so happy for niko

[@aleksandarlitov3118]

Ence did plenty and deserved to be there, but seemed they didn't hit the ground running (maybe a Grand stage cold feet) and before they started playing they were 2 behind. G2 really shaped up from the team that lost to a new Na'VI (though they performed quite well for shaping synergy new team) 2 weeks ago

[@omerkadosh00]

Well deserved major i hoped for a navi v g2 or heroic but props to ence amazing run to the finals

[@NikhilSharma-ju3ey]

Am reliving this moment again !! :') G2

[@srtinamb3420]

Everyone is contributing very well. Well done G2!!! Please be consistent 😊

[@vanduykhangtran2478]

If you follow niko from his time in faze to now in g2, you can see that he doesn't need a major to still be great

[@losieee6202]

I follow Nikola from 1.6 days when he was 15 years old in local tournaments where he was destroying us Finally, 2023 came where he took 2 big trophies for end of cs go I think and more than deserved it's a pity for 3 lost major finals

[@fachheykun7434]

Damn! Congrats G2!!! Kovac cousins, the rising AWP superstar, the silent killer and the wacky captain.

[@ohmyoni-chan]

I remember when i visited my grandmother in our small town,she dropped some serious wisdom on me.She said,"grandson,one day some people will waste thier time reading your comment." Today is that day

[@SlowerOzgur]

Citu kenyden ve şox tan kurtulup niko ve monesiyi transfer edince geldi bu başarı, muhteşem bi kalibrasyon örneği,bence kendini yenileyen her oyuncu ve takim sonunda ekmeğini yiyor.Bakin koldziralar folinlar rainler nerelerde izi timi yok

[@Ohhelmno]

I was actually pretty impressed with the tactical ability of Ence. It was pretty clear they were going to lose in open combat but they had smart strategies especially on Anubis but also on Ancient to make it close, in the end though their entries needed work T side and a lot more aggression than necessary while defending as CT, but once they took a bomb site T they typically held up pretty well.

[@nacheina]

So happy for Niko! GGS WP!

[@bang-ao4391]

Very smart for ence not adding inferno on lineup, but not enough to dig out

[@kahda]

NIKO AND MONESY ARE MONSTERS!!!

[@aleksiii7085]

That was fast

[@aliamiri2841]

That kid monesy is gon b a superstar in counter strike history

[@frappy0]

what a great fucking time

[@timyang2996]

13:11 that was slick 😂

[@StenGilles]

Ence prepped so hard for vitality that they forgot g2

[@brixtergeronimo3352]

G2 deserved this❤❤❤

[@alexbazuka]

There was no team in the world who could’ve beaten g2 today ! Great performance!

[@csblucas]

^^^^^^^^

[@2Sage-7Poets]

what a game

[@HoangTran-bj8zz]

Whenever JKS comes, that team had some trophies

[@currybot52]

18:25 i find this absolutely outrageous

[@alberto557]

51:40 Best moments all tournament

[@fpmclovin2014]

The no skybox is going to make monesy OP in cs2 he’s one of the best at innovative utility use

[@ashutosh262]

Huge congratulations to the G2 for their amazing championship win.. 👏 🙌 💙 best team

[@imraduin]

Man both these awpers are on fucking point, insane shots damn bear every round

[@cloke3076]

МОНЕСИ! А ПАРЕНЬ-ТО НЕ ПРОМАХ!

[@tuantte]

Grat Niko ❤

[@sopi4835]

The powerful and teamwork of G2 team.. congratulations

[@thomasb4357]

It's mostly the same: Half finals are way more interesting, than the final ones.

[@keshavnuwal7991]

Monesy will be a legend Future legend

[@vultura98]

De lo mejor que e visto

[@phuocnguyen2416]

it's G2's one tournament era , congrats !