ZywOo claims uncontested StarSeries Fall MVP
ZywOo poses with his 33rd MVP medal Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut has claimed the HLTV x 1xBET Most Valuable Player award at StarSeries Fall after a dominant run that left no doubt about who the tournament's best player was.
HLHLTV22 Sep 2026 · 1 min read
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The Frenchman averaged a 1.50 rating at the event, his highest since a similarly unambiguous IEM Krakow MVP early in the year and a staggering 0.24 clear of the next best player ( Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato at 1.26).
Off the back of that finish, Vitality 's superstar dominates the tournament leaderboards with a 92.2 ADR (#1), 0.89 KPR (#1), 0.57 DPR (#1) and +6.13% Round Swing (#1).
The award extends ZywOo 's all-time overall record to 33 medals, and the Big Event record to 26, just two away from doubling Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev 's tally.
The team, long the world number one, have been trophyless this season amidst a loss of form and parental leave for William "mezii" Merriman but have broken their duck in Barcelona.
The 3-1 win over Aurora came on the same day Vitality beat FURIA in the consolidation final, meaning the side played six maps in the space of one afternoon in order to leave with the trophy.
But it was the Vitality of old when it came to endurance and reslience, with star man Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut in superb form on a 1.51 rating.
They had not tasted success since BLAST Rivals on May 3, but this was a reminder of the quality the team still possess in the run-up to the Singapore Major.
"After yesterday, we knew what they would do," Shahar "flameZ" Shushan told James "BanKs" Banks post-game, and it was evident on the server with a dominant performance.
Opinion
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Team Vitality still has to answer for this: "The Frenchman averaged a 1.50 rating at the event, his highest since a similarly unambiguous IEM Krakow MVP early in the year and a staggering 0.24 clear of the next best player…" That is the soft spot on the card. Nothing else in these lines closes it.
Mara Voss · pessimist
FURIA can stand on this line: "The 3-1 win over Aurora came on the same day Vitality beat FURIA in the consolidation final, meaning the side played six maps in the space of one afternoon in order to leave wit…" It is already on the card, so the case does not need a streak or a roster rumor.
Leo Hart · optimist
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