Vitality defeat aurora to win StarSeries Fall and end four-month title drought

Vitality defeat aurora to win StarSeries Fall and end four-month title drought

aurora 1:3 Vitality

Vitality have won StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026 after defeating aurora 3:1 in the Grand Final.

The title is Vitality 's first since BLAST Rivals on May 3, ending a drought that lasted more than four months.

Vitality completed the championship despite having already played a full best-of-three against FURIA Esports earlier in the day.

Vitality strike first on Anubis

aurora had defeated Vitality on Anubis during their upper-bracket meeting, but the rematch looked completely different.

Vitality surged to a 9:3 first-half lead before closing the map 13:4.

aurora responded on Inferno.

Wicadia played a major role as aurora built an 11:5 advantage before surviving Vitality 's comeback attempt to close the map 13:11 and level the series.

ZywOo dominates final two maps

Vitality regained complete control on Mirage.

ZywOo played with confidence throughout the map as Vitality dismantled aurora 13:4 and moved within one map of the title.

Cache proved to be the final battleground.

ZywOo again produced several decisive rounds as Vitality pulled away and finished the map 13:7.

The French superstar ended the Grand Final with 71 kills, 44 deaths, 95.3 ADR, and a 1.51 rating.

Wicadia was aurora 's strongest player at 1.15, while Jimpphat and XANTARES struggled to replicate their performances from the upper-bracket victory.

The 3:1 win gave Vitality their first championship of the second half of the season and restored some momentum ahead of the Singapore Major.