lux: “We have the pressure, but we have the confidence” — Legacy embrace their new status as Major contenders

lux: “We have the pressure, but we have the confidence” — Legacy embrace their new status as Major contenders

Legacy captain Lucas “lux” Meneghini says his team are learning to live with the weight of expectations at the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025, stressing that the confidence they’ve built over the past month now outweighs the pressure of being labeled favorites.

From dark horses to Major favorites

Legacy entered Budapest riding their strongest form of the season: a championship at the CS Asia Championships (CAC) in October and a grand-final run at PGL Masters Bucharest soon after.
These results pushed them into top-tier Pick’em predictions — a dramatic shift from the BLAST.tv Austin Major, where they were seen as outsiders. lux acknowledges that this new status changes everything mentally for the squad.

Their Budapest campaign began shakily with a 10–13 loss to FlyQuest on November 24, but Legacy quickly stabilized by defeating Rare Atom 13–6 to move into the 1–1 pool.

lux shrugged off the early stumble, referencing a familiar trend in Major storylines: “In the last Major, Vitality lost to us and won the Major. It was something that we thought about.”
He also noted that FlyQuest have been a uniquely difficult matchup for Legacy in 2025, making the defeat far less worrying inside the camp.

“We have the pressure, but we have the confidence”

lux emphasized that pressure is inevitable now — but not destructive. With a fresh trophy and a recent grand final as proof points, Legacy are learning to thrive under expectations rather than hide from them.

“It’s different… now we have more confidence to play… We have the pressure, but we have the confidence.”

The sentiment mirrors what he said during their CAC run, when the roster was recovering mentally from Austin: they had been “pressuring themselves too much” and slipping into “bad vibes,” prompting a shift toward improving together rather than fixating on mistakes.

The CAC victory was the clearest sign yet that the reset worked. lux later admitted that the month leading up to the event had been “very difficult” for the team before everything finally clicked.

Teammate Eduardo “dumau” Wolkmer echoed the mindset shift, saying that once matches start, players must battle their inner doubts “with courage and faith.”

Across the Brazilian scene, other leaders have spoken about the toll of sudden success. paiN IGL Rodrigo “biguzera” Bittencourt recently admitted his team struggled heavily with pressure after their Austin breakout, saying they “couldn’t handle it well.”
For lux, Legacy’s journey is the opposite: they already went through that crash, learned from it, and feel better equipped this time.

Sizing up the contenders

When asked to evaluate the field in Budapest, lux named FURIA, Vitality, and Falcons as the three “clear favorites.” He placed Legacy in the next band of teams capable of winning the event, alongside names like MOUZ.

“I think we are in the group that can win the Major,” he said, suggesting that a top-eight finish is the baseline expectation given their recent results and ranking trajectory.

He also argued that starting in Stage 1 is beneficial, not a setback: early Swiss matches help Legacy find their footing — just like in Austin, where they warmed up in Stage 1 and then went 3–0 in Stage 2.

Bottom line

Legacy are no longer trying to shock the Counter-Strike world — they’re trying to validate the hype.
If lux’s confidence holds true, the pressure of being considered a favorite in Budapest won’t crack Legacy.
It may be exactly what sharpens them.