s1mple claims IEM Katowice MVP medal

Natus Vincere star Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev is the recipient of the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award of IEM Katowice.

The Ukrainian prodigy capped off a memorable individual tournament with a 1.50 rating in Na`Vi's 3-0 demolition job of G2 in the final, topping the scoreboard on Dust2, the closest of the three maps, where he posted a 1.35 rating.

s1mple leaves Katowice with the highest tournament rating overall (1.33), with his closest suitor being Vitality's Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut, who posted a 1.24 rating. He had only one below-average rating, in the 8-16 defeat to FaZe on Nuke (0.57), and brought his best to the playoffs, in which he averaged a sensational 1.50 rating.

s1mple scoops his tenth MVP medal

He was featured in the stats leaderboards in 13 categories besides rating, seven of which at the summit, most notably KDD (+119), Damage Difference per Round (+21.4), Kills per Round (0.83) and Success in Opening Duels (73.8%)

He increases his medal count to ten, becoming joint second on the list of players with the most MVP honors, together with Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund and Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub. Astralis' Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz still holds the record, with 15 medals to his name.

Vitality #7 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinMathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Natus Vincere #6 Egor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovIlya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy FaZe #9 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Age: 19 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.30 Maps played: 571 KPR: 0.87 DPR: 0.62 Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund Age: 29 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1617 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 24 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 1439 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62 Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif G2 #8 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNemanja 'huNter-' KovačKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 22 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.23 Maps played: 1117 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.65 Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 1647 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.63