ZywOo put a bow on the tournament with an MVP-caliber performance in the final.
Robin ‘ropz’ Kool managed to win a record sixth ESL Pro League title, this time in a straightforward 3-0 grand final against MOUZ. Vitality continue their historic dominance over MOUZ and win their second title in a row this season.
Vitality dominate gun rounds on Cache
Vitality’s Cache is quickly becoming like their Dust2 – a map their individuals can go off and enemies seem stunned at their impotence.
Such was the case of MOUZ, who had a dream start by winning the pistol and going on a 5-1 run. It looked all in their favor, until Mathieu ‘ZywOo’ Herbaut helped win a 3v5 to bring Vitality back.
From there, Vitality didn’t look back, flawlessly winning the half 7-5. They lost the pistol again, but on the CT-side, ZywOo truly hit his stride. He was everywhere as Vitality won the map 13-8.
Vitality punish MOUZ’s Inferno pick
Vitality kept up their momentum going into Inferno.
The opening half saw shutdown after shutdown from Shahar ‘flameZ’ Shushan, who dropped a 2.02 rating on the CT-side. Vitality got to a 7-1 half before MOUZ got a foothold on their map pick.
The second half started with a 9-3 advantage for Vitality, and playing with the lead, MOUZ had no chance. MOUZ got some rounds before the end of the map, but once again ZywOo showed up in the late stages to send it to Dust2.
Vitality won Inferno 13-8 and only needed one more map to win the series.
Vitality still pull through again after losing both pistols
The final map of Dust2 saw MOUZ with a 12-9 lead they failed to close out. However, they won both pistols on the map – 5 of them in the series so far without winning a map yet.
MOUZ managed to get a good start again on Dust2, but as soon as Vitality had economic control and a read of the defense, they shut down MOUZ.
The second half saw MOUZ come back with a strong performance from Lotan ‘Spinx’ Giladi, managing to reach match point with a chance to send it to Mirage.
However, the dormant ZywOo was waking, and ropz made a critical move to bring out the secondary AWP on the CT-side. Together, they picked apart MOUZ’s attack to win the map in overtime 16-12.
Vitality won their fourth ESL Pro League title as an organization, surpassing MOUZ as the team with the most. ZywOo won the event MVP, with a 1.65-rated grand final.
