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February 8, 2026 | Alexander Saraff

ZywOo after godlike IEM Krakow performance: “I don’t improve individually, but I’m always learning”

He talked about how he felt untouchable in this final.

He talked about how he felt untouchable in this final.

After winning a back-to-back IEM Winter trophy, his tenth in a calendar year, and bagging the MVP on the way with a historic performance, Mathieu ‘ZywOo’ Herbaut expressed awareness on how he’s grown as a teammate.

“In terms of my individual level, I don’t improve, I was good before joining Vitality,” ZywOo said. “But when it comes to communication and trading, I’m always learning.”

His best performace rating-wise ever at a big torunament with a 1.59, he talked about his feeling in this final.

“Everything I could do individually was working for me, […] everything in my mind was working” ZywOo said. “I was smiling and enjoying the moment because it’s really rare to play like this in a final against a good team.”

Listen to the full interview with ZywOo here.

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I'm an aspiring journalist in the world of esports. I first got into MOBAs watching SMITE in 2015, and got hooked on CS from the MLG Columbus Major.

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Besides that, I have a bachelor's in philosophy and have an interest in German thinkers from the 18th-19th century.

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