ZywOo wins cs_summit 4 MVP award

18-year-old prodigy Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut has won his first Most Valuable Player award by HLTV.org and betway after leading Vitality in their title-winning run at cs_summit 4.

The young Frenchman was stellar every step of the way for his team, capping off the event with a tournament-leading 1.33, with 1.00+ ratings on 14 out of 15 maps Vitality played en route to the title.

ZywOo put up some of his best performances up against the two favorites of the event, ENCE and Liquid, both in the group stage and in the playoffs, where he was the by far highest-rated player of the semi-final against the Finns (1.38) and of the grand final versus the North American side (1.44).

The 18-year-old topped the charts in several other ways apart from overall rating, mainly in damage dealing (86.6 ADR) and fragging ability (0.86 KPR), while also appearing towards the top of multiple more leaderboards with well-above-average numbers in deaths per round (0.60, third best), KAST (74.5%, third best), clutches (7, third most), and opening kills (0.15 per round, tied most).

This is the first MVP by HLTV and betway medal going the way of ZywOo, who also led the team's title-winning campaigns at two smaller tournaments which weren't eligible for the award, DreamHack Open Atlanta 2018 and Charleroi Esports.