Rain rolls back the years, claims inaugural CS2 MVP award at IEM Sydney

After a thrilling 2-1 grand finals victory over Complexity at IEM Sydney, Håvard “rain” Nygaard is your first HLTV MVP in the CS2 era for IEM Sydney. FaZe Clan looked shaky early in the tournament but rallied for a strong playoff run that featured wins over ENCE, MOUZ, and Complexity.

Rain notched a 1.20 HLTV Rating for the event, and led the server in rating and kills in a 19-16 double overtime victory in map three against Complexity to take home the hardware. He was solid throughout the course of the tournament, and his consistent above-average performance in all measurable categories propelled him to the event MVP honors. When the lights got brightest, rain performed his best: On deciding maps, he had a sterling 1.50 Rating, 100 flat ADR, and was +30 in kills to deaths.