{"id":130262,"date":"2025-02-10T17:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T17:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skin.club\/community?p=130262"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:53:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T11:53:24","slug":"how-close-is-zywoo-to-the-goat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/how-close-is-zywoo-to-the-goat","title":{"rendered":"How Close is ZywOo to the GOAT? (By Mauisnake)"},"content":{"rendered":"

IEM Katowice has come to an end.<\/a> According to <\/span>ESL<\/b>\u2019s own publishing regarding its 2026 calendar, the legendary event is notably <\/span>missing<\/b>. Instead, ESL has posted simply that there will be a Polish event that occupies a similar date and time slot. There is a sinking suspicion that IEM will be moving out of the<\/span> Spodek<\/b> to another Polish venue in the coming season.<\/span> Krakow<\/b> seems to be the most likely suspect.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is why it is incredibly important that a <\/span>GOAT<\/b> candidate was able to etch his name into the championship cup of one of the most prestigious events in Counter-Strike history. <\/span>s1mple <\/b>would have always held Katowice over <\/span>ZywO<\/b>o\u2019s head had the French superstar never captured a trophy in the legendary esports venue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not only did ZywOo win it, but he also caught up with s1mple\u2019s<\/span> total HLTV MVP medal count <\/b>in his leading performance in <\/span>Vitality\u2019<\/b>s win at the event, with 21 apiece. Six of ZywOo\u2019s MVP medals are from online events (<\/span>BLAST Spring 2020 EU<\/b>, <\/span>cs_summit 6 online EU<\/b>, <\/span>ESL One Cologne 2020 EU<\/b>, <\/span>DreamHack Open Fall 2020 EU<\/b>,<\/span> IEM Masters Beijing 2020<\/b>, <\/span>BLAST Fall 2020 EU<\/b>). Five of s1mple\u2019s MVP medals are from online events (<\/span>EPL S12 EU<\/b>, <\/span>BLAST Global Final 2020<\/b>, <\/span>DreamHack Masters Spring 2021<\/b>, <\/span>StarLadder CIS RMR 2021<\/b>,<\/span> EPL S14<\/b>).<\/span><\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

So, ZywOo can still catch up by winning one more offline MVP medal, but he is awfully close. With how Vitality has positioned itself with the <\/span>ropz-<\/b>for<\/span>-Spinx<\/b> roster move, ZywOo will pass s1mple sooner rather than later. I would claim that Vitality are the<\/span> favorites<\/b> for any event they choose in the upcoming season, as teams like <\/span>Spirit <\/b>have shown their reliance on <\/span>donk<\/b>, <\/span>G2<\/b>\u2019s tactical distance from the other elite teams,<\/span> Navi<\/b>\u2019s need for a perfect gameplan, and <\/span>FaZe <\/b>are still working out the kinks of integrating <\/span>EliGE<\/b>. Don\u2019t get me started on how badly <\/span>MOUZ<\/b> has hamstrung themselves by benching their in-game leader.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the numbers:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ZywOo:<\/b><\/p>\n