Vitality continue their amazing year by winning IEM Melbourne 2025 after beating Falcons with a 3:2 score in the grand final. This victory marks Vitality's fourth title of the year. After ropz joined the team, they have won:
- IEM Katowice 2025
- ESL Pro League Season 21
- BLAST Open Spring 2025
- IEM Melbourne 2025
Besides these victories, Vitality also claimed the ESL Grand Slam Season 5, earning a huge $1,000,000 prize in gold bars.
At IEM Melbourne 2025, Vitality earned $285,000 for their first-place finish, while Falcons took home $150,000 for second place.
The next big event for both Vitality and Falcons will be BLAST Rivals Spring 2025, running from April 30 to May 4, with a prize pool of $350,000.
MVP: Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut
Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut has been crowned the MVP of IEM Melbourne 2025. This is his fourth MVP award this year, he earned all of them where his team won.
ZywOo started the tournament a bit slow but finished like a true beast. His final performance was nothing short of legendary. Across the entire event, he stayed very consistent, with his worst rating being 6.8, which is still amazing.
- Rating 7.1 vs FlyQuest
- Rating 6.8 vs Liquid
- Rating 7.0 vs Falcons (Group Stage)
- Rating 8.9 vs The MongolZ (Semifinal)
- Rating 7.4 vs Falcons (Final)
- Kills per round: 0.84
- ADR (Average Damage per Round): 90.84
- Overall Rating: 7.3
An amazing event from the Frenchman who proved again why many call him the best in the world.
EVPs (Exceptionally Valuable Players)
Shahar "flameZ" Shushan
- Rating: 6.3
Another great tournament for flameZ. He keeps proving how good he can be in many different roles. Whether it’s taking early fights or creating space, flameZ is always very useful for the team.
Nikola "NiKo" Kovač
- Rating: 6.4
Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov
- Rating: 6.7
First event with Falcons and already carrying the team to the grand final. Compared to his old team G2, m0NESY now has more support, and it shows. Falcons look like a very promising team thanks to his incredible AWP skills.
Robin "ropz" Kool
- Rating: 7.0
Another almost-MVP performance from ropz. Since joining Vitality, he has been an absolute rock. Reliable, calm, and smart – ropz helped push Vitality to win the ESL Grand Slam Season 5. Without him, these victories would have been much harder.
Final Thoughts
Vitality’s incredible run in 2025 continues with another big trophy. ZywOo again showed he is the heart of the team, and with players like ropz and flameZ stepping up, Vitality look unstoppable. Falcons also showed a lot of potential with their new roster, especially with m0NESY making a strong debut.
All eyes will now be on BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 to see if Vitality can continue their dominance or if Falcons will take revenge.
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