NertZ scores 1.64 on Anubis, keeps G2’s grand final hopes alive at FPG

NertZ just reminded everyone why G2 paid to bring him over from Liquid. The 27-year-old Israeli rifler posted a 1.64 rating on Anubis during G2’s semi-final clash at FISSURE Playground #3, the kind of stat line that makes you double-check the scoreboard. That performance helped propel G2 to a clean 2-0 sweep over FURIA on September 11, punching their ticket to the grand finals of the $1 million CS2 tournament being held in Suzhou, China. A dominant sweep with style The opening map, Ancient, was a knife fight. G2 scraped through with a 16-14 scoreline, the kind of margin where a single misread smoke or a whiffed AWP shot could flip the outcome. Then came Dust2, where G2 apparently decided suspense was overrated. They steamrolled FURIA 13-3, turning what could have been a tense decider scenario into a comfortable stroll toward the grand finals. Sandwiched between those maps was the Anubis performance from NertZ that has the CS2 community talking. A 1.64 rating on any map in a semi-final at a major tournament is exceptional. For context, a rating of 1.00 is considered average performance. Anything above 1.30 starts entering highlight-reel territory. NertZ’s rise at G2 NertZ transferre...