Vitality wins 3rd Major trophy at StarLadder Budapest 2025

Vitality has beaten FaZe Clan and claimed the trophy of StarLadder Budapest 2025. The first-ever Bo5 grand final in the history of Majors ended up with a 3:1 score.

Vitality has claimed its third Major trophy, catching up on Fnatic, who were the only org with three titles behind Astralis with four. Dan “apEX” Madesclaire won the battle of veteran IGLs against karrigan and lifted the trophy for the fourth time in his career. He’s the only player to achieve this with three different cores and playing different roles. Ropz and ZywOo now have three titles each.

StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 was held in Hungary from November 24 to December 14. The 32 best VRS teams participated in the event, fighting for a share of a $1.25 million prize pool.