Vitality and NAVI played each other first time in 2024 including too in IEM COLOGNE 2024 Grand Finals. It was a thrilling 5 match finale. Vitality struck Navi like thunder in a stunning 3:1 series win. It was one of Vitality’s best maps throughout the season as well.
Here are all the key points and highlights from the Vitality vs NAVI grand finals at IEM COLOGNE 2024.
apEX gives a crazy performance from Vitality
Vitality vs NAVI was apEX’s career’s one of the biggest matches. apEX has faced heartbreak in the COLOGNE series twice before. Firstly, it was in 2015 with EnVyUS and secondly, it was in 2019 with Vitality. However, this time in IEM COLOGNE 2024 apEX proved his worth and he worked like a charm the third time. It was one of his biggest prizes as well.
NAVI was looking quite disarrayed in front of apEX’s performance in the grand finals. He’s one of the greatest players in CS. He carried his team to victory in the finals.
ZywOo claims his place at the top of the CS throne
In our community players claim m0NESY as the top CS2 player in the whole world. ZywOo proved his worth in the IEM COLOGNE 2024 grand final, claiming his stake in the trophy. He performed like a demon in Counter-Strike’s biggest stage. With all the pressure going against the other best team in the whole game, ZywOo and Vitality proved and kept their calm and showed everyone why they were one of the best teams in the world against NAVI.
So, the first map was quite according to ZywOo’s standard gameplay as we have seen through his career, he was very quiet in his first game. After that first game, he was on fire as Vitality fought against NAVI every round. We saw the world-class AWPer in action as ZywOo scored 100 kills in total in the grand finals of IEM COLOGNE 2024 which was just insane for just four matches. We’re happy that players like ZywOo have reached to the end and got their hands on the CS trophy.
NAVI choking another Best-of-five
Throughout the year 2024, we believe NAVI will be crowned winners as they have been able to win games and had a successful start to 2024. They scored victories at the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 and EWC 2024 last already. Their losses were mainly at the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024, which was a classic NAVI choke. But now on one of the biggest stages of CS IEM COLOGNE 2024, they are having a rough season. NAVI’s IGL Aleksib is notorious for losing Best-of-fives, so it continues as NAVI loses in the longer format.
Now let’s talk about the greatest map in the grand finale, Mirage. NAVI was surely out of stamina and energy in that overtime Mirage match. It was 22:20, whooping triple overtime, and what a game to watch, it was so strategic and stunning from both teams. The smallest margins of error being so thin makes CS much more entertaining. After that loss from NAVI, the final and fourth map was just a formality for Vitality. They played so aggressively having an early lead against NAVI leaving no room for comebacks. NAVI will be having a great experience in overcoming their flaws this season and we know for sure they will be competing again and again with this lineup in more Grand Finals to come.
IEM COLOGNE stays a heated arena as always
IEM COLOGNE is famous for bringing liveliness and excitement to the Counter-Strike universe. This year was no less. It was IEM COLOGNE 2022 where we saw the extraordinary FaZe vs NAVI Grand Finals, which is said to be the greatest match in the history of CS ever played. However, in this year’s COLOGNE we had a chance to see two greats NAVI vs Vitality, which will also be a classic in CS history. With all the first three maps on closed edges and minimal errors, it was a breathtaking match-up. Mirage is the standout map in the series.
IEM COLOGNE 2024 was amazing. The final map felt like everyone knew what was gonna happen but it was all filled with action in those matches. This season of IEM COLOGNE 2024 has left fans more excited for the upcoming CS2 schedule of 2024.