Vitality’s StarLadder Budapest Major victory provided the ultimate proof of their superiority in what has been an era-defining 2025 for the roster.
Yet, every tournament victory is built on a pyramid of ever more desolate failure, and the Budapest Major was no exception.
Vitality left with their second Major of the year, and 31 teams left defeated and vanquished.
The bitter taste of failure is no more painful than for those who reached the playoffs, who walked past the trophy, but who could not touch it.