MOUZ is still dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s in a process that started with Dorian “xertioN” Berman taking over in-game leadership and youngsters Adrian “xelex” Vincze and Oldřich “PR” Nový joining the team, but results are already starting to show as MOUZ travel to StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026 having reached two grand finals — winning one of them — and one quarter-final.
The team’s AWPer, Ádám “torzsi” Torzsás, believes that this lineup has the potential to be a consistent trophy contender as the newcomers start to find their footing in a team structure that is still being tweaked. The Hungarian sniper has also been showing his best, posting a 1.16 rating over the past three months, which is a result of the leadership team of xertioN and Dennis “sycrone” Nielsen setting him up to succeed. “They want to utilize what I can give to the team,” he says.
Listen to the interview here.
You’ve been pretty hot with the AWP lately, and it’s a weapon that we’ve seen players go up and down with over the past couple of years. How’ve you been figuring it out and making it to a point where you’ve been pretty comfortable with it?
It’s a little bit different than it was in CS:GO, where it was easier to make aggressive moves and things like this. In CS2, there’s the peeker’s advantage, it’s pretty strong, so it’s a little bit difficult for the AWPers. At the same time, I feel like the AWPer depends a lot on the structure of the team. What do you need from the AWPer? If it’s more of a support AWPer, maybe you won’t have the best stats if you set up the riflers more. Sometimes you’ll play more with rifles if you’re more of a support AWPer.
There are many maps where the rifle is just better than playing the AWP, like Inferno T-side and Ancient T-side. On these maps, you can utilize five riflers better than having an AWP, and if you do have an AWP, I think it’s important to set up the AWP to get those entry kills. Other than that, it’s a bit useless, I would say.
Lately, the structure in MOUZ has changed a little bit, and I feel like xertioN and sycrone want the best out of me, and they want to utilize what I can give to the team. I’m doing that pretty well lately. The last event maybe wasn’t the best, but I hope I can step up again.
You have two young guys coming in. How has their adaptation been? You really promoted xelex as a player coming up, and you were helping him take those steps. How has that relationship been?
The relationship between me and xelex is really good. It’s really nice for me to see that there’s another Hungarian player who got his foot into tier one. There was sl3nd, but now I can also share him being my teammate. It’s really nice to see. I really enjoy watching him develop because he’s putting in a lot of good work into the game, and I think that he has a really good working relationship with xertioN — I think he’s helping him a lot. They are developing his identity a lot by watching demos.
sycrone is also helping them a lot, watching demos and watching what he does in different scenarios. They’re doing a lot of good work, and I’m just trying to support him in the game and outside of the game. But yeah, he’s great, and I think he’s amazingly talented. His individual skill is top-notch.
It’s good sometimes to get a slap in the face and realize that there are some things to work on
How about the other change, PR? He was always high in our prospect ranking, and he had carry potential in GamerLegion. Now in MOUZ, he’s settling more into being a role player. How do you see his integration in the team?
We’re still trying to figure out exactly how the system will look, but I think we’re getting a grasp of it right now. When PR joined, we wanted to put him sometimes as an entry, to trade xelex, and things like this, but we figured out that maybe it wasn’t the best option. It wasn’t working that well, even though we won the first event; just in practice and at EWC, we saw some flaws we had. We felt like we needed to change some things around.
We’re still trying to figure out what’s best for him, but he likes to be in clutch situations, 2v3s, the post-plants, things like this. Maybe he’s taking more of the support role, and he’s playing more for the clutches and the late rounds, which means that xertioN can also lead in the front some rounds, and some rounds he can support as the IGL, but he was very good at entry fragging.
I think xertioN was the best entry fragger when he played his role, and he can also do it while he’s leading, so I think it’s just beneficial for the team because it’s good for both of them and good for the team that xertioN can entry some rounds and PR can support and be in the clutches.
You had two good results at BLAST — one was perfect since you won it — and then the EWC in between where FUT got the best of you. What do you make of that match against FUT and the other events this season, and where do you see this MOUZ right now compared to how it was before?
At EWC we definitely saw that we had some flaws after winning the BLAST tournament, and I think it’s good sometimes to get a slap in the face and realize that there are some things to work on.
It did good for us to go to BLAST again, and reaching the grand final again was a really good tournament for us. So yeah, out of the last three tournaments, we made the grand final twice, won it once, and one time we reached the quarters. For a young team like us, I think it’s really good, and it means that the new guys get a lot of game time, so they’re gaining a lot of experience.
It was beneficial for us, and definitely, as you said, in 2025 we were the second or third best team in the world, reaching grand finals and semis all the time… I think it’s a bit similar now, but we have the option to take the next step as well. We showed the potential we had in Malta, and I think that at the last event in BLAST we made the grand final — where we fell off versus Spirit — but I think we’re showing more consistently that we can be there and lift trophies.
