G2 Gozen routs Nova Esports GC in 2-0 fashion

Day three of the Game Changers 2025 Championship began with G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #4 Akita Esllene Xu amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup comfortably defeating Nova Esports GC Nova Esports GC Game Changers Rank #103 alyssa Annitta Peerwantanagul icebox Clem 7er shirazi Kelly Jaudian 2-0 in their tournament debut.

The series kicked off on Corrode, which was both Nova's map pick and their first time ever playing the map in an official match as they opted for a slower-paced double-Controller composition versus G2's double-Duelist one.

The first half was the closest of the series. G2 took an initial lead off of a pistol win and a full eco in round 5, but Nova equalized to 4-4 after alyssa and shirazi won out an unlikely 2v5 situation in round 7. Both sides traded blows from there as G2 shut down Nova's fast hits and Nova responded with slower defaults, culminating in a narrow 7-5 lead for G2 at halftime.

While the first half was close, G2 clearly pulled ahead in the second half after dropping the pistol but winning the eco, bringing the score to 9-6. shirazi secured a 1v2 clutch to get Nova to seven, but seven rounds was all that Nova would get as G2 won out to a 13-7 win through controlled midrounding and an impressive 4K from Petra .

Individually, Vania excelled on the map on a unique agent pick of Brimstone in terms of both fragging and utility with a 19/9/12 KDA, 260 ACS, and a 1.61 rating. The veterans in Petra and mimi followed close behind with respective KDAs of 16/10/11 and 18/11/7.

The next map was G2's pick of Split. Despite Nova's information-heavy Skye and Tejo composition, they found themselves getting picked apart early on by G2's methodical attacking side as the EMEA squad took a 6-2 lead, with Nova's second round win only coming in thanks to a heroic Omen ultimate 3K play from 7er . Nova managed to rally back a couple rounds through hard shutdowns in Mid, but G2 leveraged the bank of ultimates they had saved up with an aggressive Dimensional Drift into Showstopper set play to end the half 8-4.

Individuals continued to show up for Nova as all of their remaining rounds in the match stemmed from multikills, including a second round eco win of their own in round 14. However, G2 ultimately proved their caliber as the inaugural GCC champions and the top seed from EMEA as they steadily widened the gap to a 13-8 victory.

Akita wreaked havoc on the frontline on Raze, scoring an impressive 354 ACS, 225 ADR, and 22 kills, eight of which were first kills. Meanwhile, amy collected 21 kills and 245 ACS for herself with crafty lurks on Viper.

With this win, G2 moves on to the upper bracket semifinals and will next play another heavy hitter in the form of Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #2 Jelly Julia Iris Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela , who they last faced in the lower final of GCC 2023, on Nov. 26. Nova, down to the lower bracket, will battle for their tournament lives in the lower bracket against the winners of KRÜ BLAZE versus GIANTX GC on Nov. 24.