Vitality demolish The MongolZ to make fourth consecutive grand final

apEX's troops are just one win away from the ESL Grand Slam.

Vitality have waltzed into the IEM Melbourne grand final after making light work of The MongolZ in a two-map series (Mirage 13-3, Nuke 13-3).

Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut and company will now meet Falcons in a best-of-five grand final for the trophy. Vitality will have the chance to win the Grand Slam and the accompanying $1,000,000 grand prize, while Falcons can pocket a further $100,000 if they play spoiler and deny Vitality.

"You never know, you have to be humble. CS is so competitive right now, and we have NiKo and m0NESY on the same time on the other side of the bracket," Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan told Mitch "⁠Conky⁠" Concanen in a post-match interview.

"We are in great form, it's best-of-five and we have a better map pool because we've been a team for longer. We have a great opportunity and we don't want to miss out on it."

Date	Matches
IEM Melbourne 2025
27/04/2025	Falcons 08:30 Vitality	Match

The MongolZ picked Mirage in the series in a bid to get their best map on the server, but the series opener didn't go according to their expectations. Vitality romped to an 11-0 lead, with ZywOo collecting his first death in the penultimate round of the half, and eventually closed out a statement 13-3 win.

Nuke followed a similar storyline. Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool was called upon to win a 1vs3 clutch in the early exchanges, but Vitality were comfortably the better team throughout and secured a 13-3 win to book their place in the final.

Vitality's reign of terror showing no sign of stopping

And just like that Vitality are in another grand final. The squad is now up to 20 wins in a row and their streak doesn't seem like stopping anytime soon, as they seem a cut above anyone they face off against at the moment.

"We know everything doesn't last forever, and we just want to make the most out of it," ropz said about their streak in a pre-match interview, and the Estonian now has a fantastic chance to win his second Grand Slam of his career.

Only Falcons stand between them and the $1,000,000 grand prize.