Counter-Strike team
Natus Vincere: two Majors, twelve years apart in style
Natus Vincere have been a top-tier Counter-Strike organisation since the 1.6 era, but their CS:GO story splits neatly in two: a decade of nearly, then two Majors in three years with almost no overlap between the rosters.
They are also the team most associated with a single player. s1mple joined in 2016 and stayed until 2024, and for most of that period NAVI's ceiling was defined by whoever was standing next to him.
- Game
- Counter-Strike 2
- Region
- Ukraine
- Founded
- 2009
The long build
Zeus led the team through the mid-2010s, left for Gambit and won a Major there in 2017, then returned to NAVI to try to finish the job. It did not happen under him: the roster reached finals and lost them, and the organisation carried a reputation for collapsing in the biggest matches.
Stockholm 2021 ended that in the most emphatic way available — a title run without dropping a map in the playoffs, with a rebuilt supporting cast in which b1t was a rookie and electronic had moved into a secondary star role.
The rebuild
By the time NAVI won again in Copenhagen in 2024, only b1t remained. Aleksib had arrived as a Finnish in-game leader, w0nderful had taken the sniper role, and jL and iM completed a line-up that was younger and more structured than the star-led version. s1mple stepped back from the active roster shortly afterwards.
That makes NAVI a rare team where the same organisation gives you two completely distinct line-up answers, distinguishable by a single shared name.
NAVI Major titles and notable finals
| Year | Event | Result | Line-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | PGL Major Stockholm | Champion | s1mple, electronic, b1t, Perfecto, Boombl4 |
| 2024 | PGL Major Copenhagen | Champion | Aleksib, iM, jL, b1t, w0nderful |
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Compiled from public tournament and roster records. Last reviewed: September 2026.