Vitality got their first Major counterattack when the video game competition was first held in Paris. In front of their fans who turned out in great numbers, the French e-sports structure shone at Bercy this weekend. But who are the five players that make up the winning team?
• apEX, the captain
“Last year was very difficult for us, but we set ourselves the goal of winning this Major at home as soon as it was announced. We believed in it until the end,” Dan “apEX Madesclaire” assured AFP. From the height of his 30s, the captain of the team counterattack of Vitality was able to lead his teammates to the title.
A professional player since 2009, he quickly caused a sensation by becoming the French revelation of the year in 2010. In 2015, he won his first major tournament with Team EnVyUs, another French team. ApEX has never played for a foreign structure.
After the semifinal, Dan Madesclaire said The team: “I’ve had this dream for eight years of winning a new Major.” A dream now fulfilled as team captain.
• ZywOo, the chosen one
As a symbol: the decisive round of the Paris Major was won thanks to the performances of apEX and Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut, who eliminated three of the five opposing players. It is therefore the French duo that has made it possible to crown Vitality in their land.
But the weekend was certainly a bit more memorable for the Lensois. Nicknamed “The Chosen One” due to his birth on the day the original game was released. counterattack (November 9, 2000), he was the only one on his team who had never won a major tournament. ZywOo does it with style as he ends up as the best player in the Paris Major.
Voted already as the best player of 2019 and 2020, the youngest of the Vitality team is already part of the best players counterattack. Shortly after the final, he wanted to greet the “Golden Hornets”, the army of fans who came to support them.
• dupreeh and Magisk, the Danish rookies
At the beginning of 2022, Vitality stole two players from the Danish structure Astralis, as well as their coach Danny “zonic” Sørensen. With the arrival of Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen and Emil “Magisk” Reif, the French team has been strengthened.
It is also on the experience of this trio, which has managed to win several important titles, that Vitality has bet to reach the heights in the gaming esports scene. counterattack. The two players had three and four major tournaments to their credit, respectively. Above all, dupreeh became the first professional player to counterattack to win a fifth Major.
• Spinx, the newcomer
To complete their team, Vitality recruited Lotan “Spinx” Giladi in the summer of 2022. The Israeli player has only been on the professional scene since 2019, but he has already won a Major with the Finnish structure ENCE.
22 years old, like ZywOo, he is one of the rising stars of counterattack. During an interview with the YouTube channel aAa gaming, he also admitted that the presence of the young French prodigy within the team was one of the reasons that pushed him to join Vitality.
The Paris Major was the last major tournament to be played in the game. counterattack: Global offensive. From now on, the competitions will be held in the new version of the shooter: counter attack 2. The title thus benefits from a new and more recent game engine, developed directly by its publisher Valve.
If Vitality won their first major title on counterattack, the French structure had already reached the top of the esports scene in other games. Founded ten years ago, it was notably crowned world champion in rocket league. Vitality is also present in games. League of Legends, valorant EITHER fifa. In April, Tech&Co followed the French Bees, Vitality’s women’s team, in League of Legends.
Source: BFM TV
