Lynn Vision and Rare Atom become first teams eliminated at StarLadder Budapest Major

Darragh Harbinson, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 26/11/2025

Chinese rosters, Lynn Vision (LVG) and Rare Atom, have become the first teams eliminated at the StarLadder Budapest Major.

The teams finish in joint last place at Stage 1 of the Major, placing them 31st-32nd in the overall competition.

Rare Atom and Lynn Vision lost 0-2 to GamerLegion and The Huns, respectively.

Though many expected Rare Atom to have a tough time at Stage 1, many had predicted LVG to progress from the stage.

What went wrong for Lynn Vision in Budapest?

Lynn Vision had previously progressed at the BLAST.tv Austin Major earlier in the year, going all the way from Stage 1 of the Major to Stage 3, finishing with a 1-3 record there.

That run had seen the Chinese roster pick up wins against Liquid, B8, Tyloo, Falcons, NRG, Chinggis Warriors, and Legacy, but they leave Budapest without a single map victory.

Even as recently as IEM Chengdu and the CS Asia Championship, LVG had beaten 3DMAX and GamerLegion in Best of 3s.

A tough start against FaZe gave way to an even weaker defeat to Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Lynn Vision were suddenly on the precipice after only Day 1.

However, a draw for Day 2 against The Huns was meant to be the start of the recovery.

That recovery never came as The Huns fairly simply bowled Lynn Vision over. In truth, there were few moments of tension in the series.

On Ancient, The Huns recovered from losing the pistol to take a 7-5 halftime lead.

On their CT side, Yesuntumur ‘9ine’ Gantulga and Munkhtogtokh ‘xerolte’ Enkhbat put up a wall against a predictable LVG to take the map 13-7.

The Huns relied on a hugely impactful T-side display from Anarbileg ‘cobrazera’ Uuganbayar to open up the second map of Dust 2.

When the Chinese roster’s T-side arrived, it was greeted with limp performances across the board.

Only Qihao ‘CALLM3SU3’ Su went positive in a faltering T-side, which secured only three rounds behind his impact.

After that streak of rounds was broken, so were Lynn Vision, as they fell to a 13-8 loss, losing the series 0-2.

The team looked strikingly dissimilar to their Austin showing, which was defined by expressive CS and, above all, tenacity.

The elimination of Rare Atom and Lynn Vision means that Tyloo will have to fly the flag for Chinese CS solo from now on.

Tyloo won Fissure Playground 1, but have not shown strong recent form since.

Nevertheless, Chinese CS has enjoyed somewhat of a renaissance in 2025 despite the disappointing showing from Lynn Vision at Budapest.

Tyloo will start Stage 2 on November 29.

Darragh Harbinson, Senior Editor

Darragh Harbinson is an esports writer specialising in Counter-Strike. He has written for Esports News UK, Esports Insider, UKCSGO, Dexerto, and Rush B Media.

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