Formula Against Vitality: How to Beat the Best Teamin the World and End Their Era

The Bees have dominated the professional CS2 scene for the second season in a row. In 2026 alone, the team took part in six major tournaments – and won five of them. Over the past year and a half, Vitality has never fallen below the top 2 in the HLTV ratings, has always made it to the playoffs and has never stopped before the semi-finals. The team held the first line of the ranking for about 12 months in a row. During this period, the “bees” collected two majors in a row and became the first team to win two Intel Grand Slams in a row. The total prize money was about $5.97 million - this is the second result in the history of Counter-Strike, second only to Natus Vincere. Also this year, Vitality surpassed Astralis in the number of major tournament trophies: the team now has 24 titles. The k