“We are hungry for the trophy”: MOUZ xertioN discusses Austin Major ambitions

MOUZ Counter-Strike 2 participant Dorian ‘xertioN’ Berman has shared that his crew is ‘tremendous assured’ of lifting BLAST.television Austin Main trophy because the organisation enters Stage 3 of the occasion.

Nonetheless, in an interview with Esports Insider, the participant was fast so as to add: “Confidence isn’t solely what you want. It is advisable to be actually robust, and that may solely be examined on the server.”

MOUZ joins the occasion as second within the global Valve Regional Rankings (VRS) following a powerful run of event outcomes. The German organisation has already received a big occasion this season, PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025, while additionally ending within the prime 4 in its final six S-Tier occasions.

Nonetheless, based on xertioN, lifting the Main trophy is what defines a profitable season.

“I feel that regardless of us having first rate outcomes earlier than this one. We have now misplaced a variety of finals, and we’re actually hungry for the trophy, and it could clearly be wonderful to win it right here, mentioned MOUZ’s Rifler.

“I feel any crew you’ll inform that they might win the Main, will inform you that their season immediately would achieve success. It doesn’t actually matter what occurred beforehand. After all, Workforce Vitality are the favourites. There’s little question about that. However we additionally noticed that Majors previously is usually a bit totally different, and that’s one thing we’re prepared for mentally.

There’s a very excessive probability of Workforce Vitality dealing with off towards xertioN primarily based on earlier occasions. This yr alone, MOUZ has confronted off towards Workforce Vitality in three S-Tier finals, with the French facet strolling out victorious on every event. 

Regardless of the unfavourable report, xertioN seems to be ahead to presumably preventing the ESL Grand Slam champions on the largest stage thus far this yr. 

He mentioned: “I feel they clearly are the perfect crew on this planet, on this second. They’ve an enormous win streak and a variety of momentum. It’s at all times actually thrilling to play a crew like this, since you repeatedly check your self and also you look ahead to getting higher each time.

“If we face them, we’re gonna give it our all. It doesn’t matter at which stage, we wish to beat them, and we additionally wish to win the Main. So finally, you’ll have to beat everybody on this event. However you’ll be able to by no means know the way it will go. If we’ll qualify, if they may not. You by no means know within the Main.”

When requested about his ideas on the Main thus far, xertioN highlighted Brazilian crew Legacy, which has made an impressive run by the Austin Main all the way in which from Stage 1.

“I feel that everybody who certified is in a great place,” he mentioned. “However primarily, Legacy actually shocked me to go 3-0. I feel I do know their potential. 

“They’ve at all times been an honest crew, particularly in Brazil…. It’s an excellent shock, and I’m wanting ahead to seeing how they’ll compete towards the State 3 groups.”

Having watched the Main as far as a Stage 3 crew, xertioN additionally highlighted the positives and negatives of getting to attend for an opportunity to compete within the occasion. Nonetheless, with the unpredictability of the Austin Main thus far, the participant is glad to be within the latter levels.

“You might see Workforce Falcons, for instance, huge shock, they went out. So in fact, you have got an opportunity to truly exit,” said the MOUZ participant.

“There have been a variety of good groups in Stage 2, even those who didn’t qualify. With the B01 system proper now within the Swiss and stuff like this, I feel it’s actually harmful. I’m glad to be by to stage three.”

MOUZ’s invitation to Stage 3 might be thought of a reward after dealing with a gruelling Counter-Strike 2 schedule thus far in 2025. The German organisation can be coming into into its eighth S-Tier occasion of the yr, and regardless of not having an excessive amount of time to calm down as a result of bootcamping, xertioN emphasises the significance of making a wholesome work/life steadiness.

“You can not at all times grind. It’s simply not wholesome. We didn’t have a lot off time coming into this event as a result of we additionally had an excellent boot camp. However, we took as a lot off time as we wanted,” mentioned xertioN.

“I feel in these final two weeks of this season, it will likely be loads about mentally, the way you put together your self and mentally, the way you set your self as much as compete. I feel that at this level, everybody is aware of one another’s techniques. You’ll be able to at all times add new issues, nevertheless it’s not going to win you the video games, in my view. I feel it will likely be extra about who’s mentally prepared. And this comes off having a steadiness and doing the precise issues outdoors the server.”

MOUZ kicks off its BLAST.tv Austin Main marketing campaign later at the moment (June twelfth) at 4pm BST towards Virtus.Professional. Followers can watch all of the motion dwell on BLAST’s official YouTube and Twitch channels.