mezii proved himself as the top performer of the grand final ahead of ZywOo, ropz and frozen.
Vitality cement 2025 with a 37-series long streak, 9 trophies including two majors, and a Grand Slam title.
Now the only question for them is if they are greater than peak Astralis from 2018.
“Astralis won 10 trophies with one major in one year and we won 9, but two were majors,” apEX said in his post-match interview. “I don’t know who is better, but we accomplished something incredible this year.”
Karrigan: “I’m gonna fight until they put me on the bench”
FaZe came out swinging in the first map of this final, winning Nuke 13-6. However, they were unable to replicate the same form on the following maps.
Vitality destroyed FaZe on Dust2 with William ‘mezii’ Merriman and Mathieu ‘ZywOo’ Herbaut stealing the show, allowing FaZe only three rounds total.
“Hopefully no changes, that’s what I wish for in Christmas,” Finn ‘karrigan’ Andersen said after the match. “Vitality was too much for us today, but next year we will be better”
“People have told me to retire for 7 years, they probably do now as well,” karrigan said. “But I’m gonna fight until they put me on the bench.”
Things heat up on Inferno
On Inferno, FaZe looked truly threatening, as they looked to bring the form they showed against NAVI. Luckily for Vitality, they had mezii. He was a nightmare on CT-side, and closed the half with a brutal trigger discipline moment under the highest of pressure.
Vitality managed to close out on T side, as they made great reads and executed admirably, considering the pressure.
Vitality ropz demonizes FaZe
Robin ‘ropz’ Kool finalized his MVP candidacy at this event by going 22-7 in K/D in the final map. Alongside ZywOo and Daniil ‘donk’ Kryshkovets, he was one of the highest rated players of the event.
Vitality close their Major playoffs with only a single map loss, that being their opening map in the final on Nuke. Besides that, they had close maps, but looked like the Vitality from the first season that would always find a way.
Match Statistics
Team Vitality vs FaZe Clan | Starladder Budapest Grand Final
6-13 (Nuke) – karrigan | 1.56 rating
13-3 (Dust2) – mezii | 1.70 rating
13-9 (Inferno) – mezii | 2.00 rating
13-2 (Overpass) – ropz | 2.89 rating
