Dominant map three sends Vitality to BLAST.tv Austin Major final

Vitality are now just one step away from the Major to establish their era - they're through to the BLAST.tv Austin Major final after taking down MOUZ 2-1.

A series that involved a dominant map win for either team, let's take a look at the action.

Vitality steal MOUZ' pick of Mirage

Despite MOUZ starting their map pick with a 3-0 lead, it wasn't long before Vitality took control in the first half of Mirage.

Playing on their CT side, flameZ was an absolute rock in defence, he ended the first half with a 15-6 statline as Vitality took an 8-4 lead into the break.

Heading into the second half, Vitality quickly extended their lead to 10-4 with a win on their T side pistol round.

MOUZ did try to fight back, but Vitality's attack just kept chipping away at them, eventually closing the map with a 13-8 scoreline.

A solid team performance from Vitality, it was ropz who topped the server, his 21-12 performance left him with an impressive 1.81 rating for the map.

Photo: Michal Konkol

MOUZ respond well on Inferno

With their backs' against the wall, MOUZ responded phenomenally well on Inferno.

A dominant map win for them, their CT side was incredible, limiting Vitality to just one round in a half where torzsi racked up 16 kills.

12-1 down after a pistol round win by MOUZ, Vitality did try to keep themselves in the game, apEX gunned down four in Banana.

Gimmick plays wouldn't be enough, though, and MOUZ soon closed out Inferno 13-4 with torzsi topping the scoreboard on 18 kills.

Vitality dominant on Train to advance to grand final

With Vitality building up a nice early lead on Train, it didn't take for ZywOo to get himself in the highlight reels.

The Frenchman was incredible in the first half, recording a 2.16 rating as he ended the 10-2 half with 16 kills.

Just like Inferno, the gap in the first half proved to be too much for the disadvantaged team to claw back. MOUZ did get a few rounds thanks to xertioN and Spinx, but it just wasn't enough, and Vitality sealed the map and series at 13-6