Team Vitality delivered a stunning finale to their dominant 2025 season, defeating FaZe Clan 3:1 in the Budapest Major grand final. The French squad became the first team since Astralis in 2019 to win back-to-back Majors. Follow the latest news and online broadcasts, download and place bets in the Linebet apk.
The series kicked off with a shock: FaZe took Nuke 13:6, as Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut struggled below his usual form and Vitality appeared unsteady. From there, control flipped entirely to the French side.
Captain Dan “apEX” Madesclaire’s tactical brilliance shone through. Vitality demolished Dust2 13:3, controlled Inferno 13:9, and crushed Overpass 13:2 — erasing all doubt in the first-ever Bo5 Major grand final. Learn more about sporting events, relax and get the most out of the Linebet
This victory followed a quieter fall, with Vitality’s only title being ESL Pro League Season 22. They still secured consistent top-four finishes and reached finals at IEM Chengdu and BLAST Open London. Even this pace feels “quiet” against their prior streak: seven straight tournament wins, 30 match victories, and 37 unbeaten series.
Budapest cements Vitality as CS2’s supreme force and etches the French club into global Counter-Strike history. Linebet is one of the largest bookmakers in the world.
Vitality Star ZywOo Breaks Records: Surpasses coldzera and dev1ce in MVPs
Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut made CS history with his third Major MVP award after Vitality’s Budapest Major win — their second straight.
This hat-trick crowns ZywOo as the only player with three Major MVP golds, ahead of Marcelo “coldzera” David and Nikolai “dev1ce” Reedtz (two each). He’s also the first since 2016 — and only the second ever — to claim two Major MVPs in one calendar year, matching coldzera.
ZywOo now has eight MVPs in 2025, tying s1mple’s 2021 record. All eight from Big Events make him the single-year MVP leader, topping dev1ce’s seven from 2018.
Intense MVP Showdown
This award was no cakewalk. Teammates Robin “ropz” Kool and William “mezii” Merriman pushed hard. Ropz came closest: masterful Mirage vs. Spirit in semis and a career-high 2.89 rating on Overpass (grand final map four vs. FaZe).
Post-Overpass stats were dead even:
- Overall rating: ZywOo 1.38 vs. ropz 1.37
- Playoffs: Both 1.40
- Winning maps: 1.46 vs. 1.47
Kills per round won (KPRW) tipped it. ZywOo averaged 1.17 (playoffs: 1.19; semis/finals: 1.08) vs. ropz’s 1.02 (0.96; 0.95) and mezii’s 0.92.
Ropz led pre-final but dipped on the first three maps (14-16, 10-9, 14-14 K-D), securing ZywOo’s deserved win. Learn more about sporting events, relax and have fun with a reliable partner Linebet.
