Crashies time at FNATIC hasn’t been something to write home about. After being one of the best initiator players in the world 2 years ago, his poor year on NRG in 2024 led fans to believe the OpTic core was finished.

This series reignited the fire and passion in Crashies fans with the American Initiator player going beyond expectations in this series against NAVI.

Whilst Leo is sick, FNATIC needed a stand in for their Kick-Off and Stage 1 games at the minimum, and they chose for the reliable Crashies from NRG.

On FNATIC, usually it is Alfajer or kaajak to take the number 1 spot on the leaderboard, however in this series they were at the bottom and crashies took the top spot with 46 kills across the 42 rounds, averaging more than 1 kill per round.

On Split his KDA was 20/5/11, which some fans were calling ‘vintage crashies’ throwing back to his time on OpTic which earned him the winner of Masters Reykjavik in 2022.

In his post match interview, he gives credit to his routine that got him to this position as he was unhappy with his performance in Kick-Off as he knows that he is better than what he showed the FNATIC fans at the start of this year.

2-0 vs @natusvincere

Long season ahead, proud of how we are looking. Thanks for the support today 🧡

— FNATIC crashies (@Crashies) March 28, 2025

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NAVI took their first loss of Stage 1 against ‘the fallen Kings of EMEA’, FNATIC. Whilst they had a rough time at Kick-Off, it looks like they are going to look to reinvent themselves against Apeks next week, with their new roster including Governor.

FNATIC will look to carry on their winning form into next week against their toughest opponent yet, Team Vitality, who managed a top 3 finish at Masters Bangkok.