Official: mezii joins Vitality

8-11-2023 18:02

The British player is linking up with the reigning Major champions and will make his debut for the team later this month.

mezii joins Vitality as a replacement for Magisk

Vitality have confirmed the signing of British player William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman from fnatic. The 25-year-old will make his first appearance for the team later this month, having been included in the lineup submitted by the French organisation for the BLAST Premier Fall Final.

His signing marks the second change to Vitality's team since the release of Counter-Strike 2, following the return of Rémy "⁠XTQZZZ⁠" Quoniam as head coach last month.

"Super excited to announce that I'll be joining Vitality," mezii wrote on X. "I'm so pumped to begin this new journey with these guys and spend countless hours grinding CS2 together."

mezii will step into the shoes of Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif, who is close to joining Falcons, HLTV.org reported on October 27. During his time with the French organization, the Danish rifler helped the team win a number of international titles, including the BLAST Paris Major trophy, and stay at No.1 in the world rankings for 18 weeks.

Vitality bid farewell to Magisk

Vitality are preparing for the BLAST Premier Fall Final, which will take place from November 22-26 in Copenhagen. The team has also already locked up a spot at the BLAST Premier World Final, scheduled for December 13-17 in Abu Dhabi.

With mezii's addition, Vitality now have:

Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire
Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut
Lotan "⁠Spinx⁠" Giladi
Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan
William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman

Rémy "⁠XTQZZZ⁠" Quoniam (coach)

disaster, rip vitality

2023-11-08 18:03

39 replies

-1

2023-11-08 18:07

11 replies

So no vitality s1mple?

2023-11-08 18:32

10 replies

s0mple = lose, that nerd is constantly malding, no good team wants him

2023-11-08 20:45

9 replies

2023-11-08 21:30

1 reply

who play Magisk's role

2023-11-09 03:00

2023-11-09 05:27

"no team wants him" prolly the richest pro there is rn with the most mvps & awards n shit yet rent free in yo's heads 👀

2023-11-09 09:06

5 replies

#1 glazer

2023-11-09 12:33

no one whants that ukranian prick

2023-11-09 14:13

Agreed he is too toxic

2023-11-09 18:59

he is the next shroud. good at pugs, but average or worse on officials. plus he is the most whiniest pro in the scene by far

2023-11-09 16:06

People kept saying he is the best, fueled his ego and forced him to play for kd instead of victory. Now his inflated ego can't comprehend why he isn't winning every tournament. He was much better back when he played for liquid.

2023-11-09 20:26

2023-11-08 18:09

-1 mezii top 20 next year

2023-11-08 18:11

0/8

2023-11-08 18:12

4 replies

what that means pls?

2023-11-08 18:23

3 replies

complete disagreement

2023-11-08 18:26

Comes from "gr8 b8 m8 i r8 8/8" -> 8/8 0/8 is the opposite of 8/8

2023-11-08 22:39

8/8

2023-11-09 08:05

2023-11-08 18:15

best fit to the team they can get right now, that's a good move. Vitalitys scout on point

2023-11-08 18:18

2 replies

I wouldn't say that getting known player is scouting

2023-11-08 18:21

true

2023-11-08 19:32

wtf mens? messi is good guy and good player he is willing to go 1st and take the duels, willing to play anchor, he can even igl , at this point i would actually marry him ITS COMING HOME!!!

2023-11-08 18:25

Merry the man

2023-11-09 01:11

You don't watch cs, much less fnatic and mezii. Incredibly versatile player, can IGL, entry. Plays anchor positions on CT. Can really do it all. I think people will be surprised and replacing magisk isn't easy but mezii is a very capable player.

2023-11-08 18:40

I’m less worried about mezii, moreso worried about flamez. If mezii gets his positions, that means flamez needs to play magisk’s (ct side). Time will tell if it works out

2023-11-08 18:51

flamez in cs 2 will have buff as T at least cause of his role and way of playing / great mechanics and peek avantage. as ct i m not sure he can be really solid, he might need more time or different postion on some maps.

2023-11-08 19:51

mezii was one of the best parts in the fnatic in the current time, tf you talking about?

2023-11-08 19:04

2023-11-08 19:05

2023-11-08 19:35

Mezii has been disrespected enough, finally he has a roster he deserves. UK CS is back baby!!! ITS COMING HOME!

2023-11-08 19:54

itb in paris playoff=first light of ukcs LETSGOOO

2023-11-09 16:45

What you talking about? He's insane, If he was Russian you would be calling him a beast.

2023-11-08 20:32

+1 he is t2 lvl player

2023-11-08 20:51

-10000 this guy is insane

2023-11-08 23:07

Ronaldo Better

2023-11-08 23:45

pog

good

GREAT MOVE

Finally, hope he does well

Feel sorry for zywoo

He doesn't need your feelings to win majors with his most loyal comrade Lionel Mezii

2023-11-08 19:21

+1 2 goats in 1 team

2023-11-08 19:44

Flag+flair

2023-11-08 19:34

afrikaaaaaaaa

2023-11-09 00:41

alright

Vitality TOP 2

whos top1?

2023-11-09 11:11

FALCONS

2023-11-16 21:02

gonna be hard with a roster of 2 xD

2023-11-16 23:22

I was here

where?

2023-11-08 20:59

here, he just told you, pay attention

2023-11-08 21:20

where's here? if it's the chat... I am surprised by how weird internet is

2023-11-08 22:03

I guess you weren't here

2023-11-09 15:03

Who would have thought all 3 Danes would be gone already

Vitality will be fine. They got ZywOo.

2023-11-08 18:06

You are right, but like they win the major and 3/6 guys are already replaced.

2023-11-08 18:08

1 guy got replaced. The rest just chose to follow.

2023-11-08 18:10

1 guy got replaced by one of the others...

2023-11-08 19:14

and then they all replaced themselves

2023-11-16 21:03

Wack

god save the king!

2023-11-08 18:04

i can only laugh looking at this

Same here mate i got a good laugh here aswell

2023-11-08 19:30

Great sinning, best option they could reasonably get to replace magisk

upgrade

2023-11-08 18:05

Lmao, mezzzi from the COLOSSUS?

Welcome mezii

Praying for Vitality Downfall

so g2 can win more than 3 events in 6 years

2023-11-08 19:55

noooooo infiltrated by the anglos

Mezzi is here

2023-11-08 19:02

Wasn’t vitality’s previous IGL British (Alex)?

2023-11-08 23:37

Ankara mezziii

what a hype :|

Well deserving. Now get rid of APEX

he actually said multiple times that he should be replaced by someone who plays better and gives better calls. It made sense when the team was french and there was no better french-speaking IGL but now i guess its more a social and emotional thing for the team. Also i really hoped it would be Vita where Alex joined, and not the disaster NIP.

2023-11-08 21:23

Good luck.

yikes

Huge for meezi wish him all the best

huge for meezi, meeeehhhh for vitality

closest replacement they could get I guess?

cheapest*

-zywoo +smooya next and vitality will have an era please neo

REBRANDING INTO BRITISH EMPIRE

Best joke ever :D

2023-11-09 10:08

Good luck FAM we believe in you !

deserved

Pog

nooooooooo dont put pea mash on baguette mezii aaaaaaaaaaaah

Good for them!

Good player and plays smartly. GL

2023-11-08 18:14

LETS FRICKING GO

lets goooooooooooooo! meziii!!

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

very odd move

The Englishmen return to Vitality!!!

gg dexter burry another team

2023-11-08 18:20

next year rip vitality.Press F

UK cs is back

HARUMI GIVE APEX 100k AS U SAID U WILL!!!

2023-11-08 18:24

2023-11-08 18:27

real

2023-11-08 18:47

That announcement video was jokes ahahaha

Craziest keybord binds in top 1 team now

2023-11-08 18:29

ANKARA MEZII

2023-11-08 18:30

Downgrade but not a big one, and I guess role wise it is very good + he could be the next igl in the future

2023-11-08 18:33

you kidding? the communication will be way better with mezii who is native english person (that will create consistency for team) than with magisk, the only thing that will be lacking is secondary calling and anchoring efficiency meaning that potential will be overall similiar to the one with magisk for firepower but strategic wise the holdout timings for anchored positions which will delay the round will be way shorter meaning that vitality responses have to be quicker and more decisive

2023-11-08 18:36

mezii was igl for some time, so I think he can be a voice of ideas too as a secondary caller.

2023-11-08 18:41

most likely he will be good enough of a caller but magisk had insane experience he also is flexible like magisk.

2023-11-08 18:45

You are being a bit selective in your analysis, Magisk won multiple majors, tons of experience and has a great firepower. It remains a slight downgrade, atm at least

It will be downgrade in terms of experience & secondary calling & role efficiency for anchor. Magisk spray was one of the best obviously have to add up to the later, we still don't know if he will have the same in CS2 as it was very much nerfed upgrade in terms of communication & slight firepower add as i and few others always considered mezii quite mechanically gifted player That + zonic as a coach is gone which also losses a lot of experience and certain defaults will be different but i think its gonna be way better since i do believe CS2 will require huge defaults changes you can't pause anymore for minute you have to be more aggresive but later maintain posturing on the map with less resources meaning higher likeliness of 1lurk - 4riflers concentration (which is why FaZe is doing well atm)

2023-11-08 19:18

Congrats UK cs!

2023-11-08 18:35

This will be Mezzive!

2023-11-08 18:44

so happy for mezzi

after mezi gets dropped "oh mezi is overrated omg" gets picked up by vitality "oh mezi is a god omg" my opinion: mezi was good in csgo, not sure if that will transfer to cs2, but he is a really good player, surprised he got dropped by fnatic in the first place

2023-11-08 18:46

he didn't get dropped u prick

2023-11-08 18:50

What is there not to be transferred? It’s basically the same game? Only awper are arguably “worse”, because they made peeking angles so op

2023-11-08 18:52

he didnt get dropped, he got bought out.

2023-11-08 19:38

you're the perfect example of someone speaking without even knowing

2023-11-09 08:28

ankara messi

2023-11-08 18:49

Mezii and the Merry Men

MOM WE WANT MESSI!!!! MESSI AT HOME:

Imagine citing a cringe meme and not even doing it right

2023-11-09 09:16

Good move. I can't wait to see what it looks like on the server.

MESSI

2023-11-08 18:57

people forget that mezii used to igl while putting insane numbers this vitality roster keeps getting better

2023-11-08 18:58

Messi left for this

2023-11-08 18:59

Nice #VforVictory

Hate to say it but huge downgrade

2023-11-08 19:10

Don't think so.

"huge" bro noway, indeed magisk is an insane player but its not like its zywoo

2023-11-08 19:22

+11111111111

2023-11-09 09:07

So strong now

2023-11-08 19:13

Nice signing! Now, get a better igl than apEX and this is a sick team. Looking forward to see them play :)

Nice

Why mezzi didn’t join Messi team?

2023-11-08 19:26

why not jks and then play non EU???

2023-11-08 19:27

Good player Good guy I like him, but still, he’s highly overrated

nice move he deserve a real chance

2023-11-08 19:37

I'd say this is a sidegrade at best, but mezii is still very good

Vitality ZyWoo meZii flameZ spinX apeX XtQZZZ All the high score scrabble letter

2023-11-08 20:03

lmao

2023-11-08 20:20

replacing 4x majorwinner with a 25yo who has never won anything ? gg

2023-11-08 20:05

no magisk no major

2023-11-08 20:18

Fnatic falling apart rn

2023-11-08 20:06

Weird signing tbh. I have my doubts.

2023-11-08 20:07

Welcome

Honestly, bruh.

2023-11-08 20:10

What? He's insane

2023-11-08 20:33

I thought he was joining KRÜ

2023-11-08 20:12

To be fair, there is now a possibility for the future that vitality would eventually bench apEX and let mezii IGL. Im still sceptical about this exact roster though

2023-11-08 20:23

Great pick up

25yo mf from england, it's obvious gonna fail

2023-11-08 20:36

Weird signing ngl but very exciting

2023-11-08 20:37

roster looks sick but everyone said same on clown9, lets how this gonna works with so much firepower

2023-11-08 20:40

French and British???

2023-11-08 20:42

this looks like a real superteam, if they get a capable IGL they should win 80% of events

2023-11-08 20:52

He deserves his chance in a real team

2023-11-08 21:09

LLLLL

2023-11-08 21:18

Nice move.

2023-11-08 21:21

"The British player" you just ruined my day

2023-11-08 21:29

I think this is a good damage control from losing magisk but vitality will be worse now, mostle due to losing zonic

2023-11-08 22:10

deserved for mezii. also could be nice if later he replaces apex as igl

2023-11-08 22:15

very interesting. im happy for ukcs and players like this getting a shot in t1 but this is probably not good for vitality. losing magisk and zonic i cant see them competing in the top5 for much longer.

2023-11-08 22:18

XTQZZZ made them top1 with a worst line up (much worse). There's hope.

2023-11-08 23:43

Zywoo made them #1

2023-11-09 00:12

With the help of XTQZZZ.

2023-11-09 09:47

🤣🤣🤣 sure

2023-11-09 15:33

vita stays on top

2023-11-08 22:44

The lineup is giving me c9 vibes, hopefully they can find a balance between all the star players

2023-11-08 23:00

they just switched one player and mezzi is less a star than magisk

This guy was willing to join Cloud 9's joke mix squad to get better, he was willing to take on IGL despite being his teams best player. Insane grind and total selflessness. So happy to see him make it here. Dude deserves this

2023-11-08 23:06

+1. he took his chances and finally ended up in an actual t1 team. was pretty sad watching him in fnatic, hope he delivers in vita too.

2023-11-09 03:28

All players under apex have been better ..even dupreeh and magisk went black to form , even shox was decent so mezzi could maybe become a very good player

2023-11-09 12:19

2023-11-09 14:23

Deserved!! Hope to see great things

2023-11-08 23:17

the Suez canal crisis lineup

2023-11-08 23:39

Nob

2023-11-09 00:09

huge

Well that's one way to get worse... GL to him tho.

2023-11-09 00:17

Good for all!

2023-11-09 00:25

disaster

2023-11-09 01:20

For nip yeah

2023-11-09 09:19

magisk got pranked by prank patrol thinking hes gonna have niko twistz m0nesy

2023-11-09 01:37

They will get sh1ro or s1mple

2023-11-09 02:12

Both xdxd

2023-11-09 17:47

Great addition, but would’ve preferred Jackz.

2023-11-09 02:11

Vita out of top10 in notime After colossus fail mezzi had to be forgotten to tier3 teams in UK. Instead he gets big paychecks Overrated like sm00 LUL ya

so what maldpex gonna do when Mezii come and take his bottom position xD

2023-11-09 02:15

xdddd for real

2023-11-09 05:15

Messi Pog

2023-11-09 02:28

They need a better igl whi can control his tempur and lead the team.

2023-11-09 02:35

gg messi

2023-11-09 03:05

goodluck king

2023-11-09 04:03

This roster looks stacked on paper except for apex of course.

2023-11-09 04:48

mezii and XTQZ, what a downgrade from Magisk and zonic.

2023-11-09 06:03

Huge downgrade, but almost every player replacing Magisk would be. With all due respect to mezzi they should look for a stronger player if they want to be #1

2023-11-09 08:59

Mezii is a super underrated rifler vitality are OP af with him not IGLing

2023-11-09 09:38

Fnatic is in shambles as always

2023-11-09 10:22

he is good player great addition

2023-11-09 12:03

Mezzi will be the best addition vitality has after spinx. He will shine.

UK CS lul

2023-11-09 14:17

Nice!! good replacements!

2023-11-09 14:44

apeks need to warm the bench

2023-11-09 15:45

ankara mezii

Wow

2023-11-09 17:25

i was worried about it, but actually, with apex igl, he can show his power as rifler

2023-11-09 17:48

lets go messi

2023-11-09 18:32

source?

2023-11-09 19:34

Should've been jks

2023-11-09 20:17

The disaster for vitality isn''t because of mezii but because they bring back that bald coach who bring nothing to every team he goes. Don't know which one is worse between this bald coach or NIP coach

2023-11-10 06:32