Legacy rout Virtus.pro 13–2 to open CS2 Asia Championships 2025

Brazil’s Legacy ripped through Virtus.pro 13–2 on Mirage in their opening best-of-one in Shanghai, dropping VP to Group A’s lower bracket and booking a winners’ semifinal vs. 3DMAX later today. VP will play The Huns Esports in the lower bracket. 

Map & veto: Mirage (single-map BO1). Veto order: VP removed Nuke, Inferno; Legacy removed Train, Overpass, Ancient; VP removed Dust2; Mirage left over. Final scoreline: 13–2 for Legacy. 

Event context: CS Asia Championships 2025 runs October 14–19 in Shanghai with 16 teams. HLTV’s event hub lists a $1,000,000 prize pool; multiple previews also cite $1M. (Some local reports list $400k.)

Lineups today

Legacy: latto, dumau, n1ssim, lux, saadzin. 

Virtus.pro: fame, FL1T, Perfecto, tO0RO, ICY (AWP).

Why ICY is back in the server

Virtus.pro fielded Kaisar “ICY” Faiznurov to comply with Valve’s VRS invited-core rule after initially planning to use academy AWPer b1st. HLTV confirmed the late change with the organizer and outlined the relevant Operating Requirements (teams must play with at least three players from the invited lineup). Russian outlets echoed the same explanation. 

What’s next today (Oct 14, local)

Winners’ semifinal: Legacy vs 3DMAX.

Lower bracket R1: The Huns vs Virtus.pro. 

Related tournament notes

Opening-round results alongside Legacy-VP included Liquid over GamerLegion and MIBR over Lynn Vision; the Group A winners’ semifinals are set for later today.

HLTV’s viewer’s guide has the full teams, schedule, format, talent and fantasy hubs. 

Player & team quotes (relevant background)

There were no official post-match quotes published at the time of writing, but recent interviews give context on each side:

dumau (Legacy) on the team’s growth after their Major run:

“Losing today was not really a loss because we could see we could go much further.” (June 16, 2025). 

Perfecto (Virtus.pro) on returning to top-tier play earlier this summer:
“Many think that no one comes back after a year. I figured that this is all nonsense.” (July 13, 2025). 

These quotes weren’t made in Shanghai today, but they frame Legacy’s upward arc and Virtus.pro’s ongoing rebuild with Perfecto’s comeback.