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发布时间：2025-04-21 05:55:43

The Danish coach discussed MOUZ NXT’s progress in the last couple of months and Ádám "⁠torzsi⁠" Torzsás readiness for tier 1 Counter-Strike.

MOUZ NXT lived up to fan expectations as they became the first team to reach the grand final at WePlay Academy League S2 Finals in Kyiv. In the upper-bracket final, the European squad swept Young Ninjas, closing out the second map of Ancient with just one round lost.

HLTV sat down with the team’s coach Dennis "⁠sycrone⁠" Nielsen shortly after the match to hear about their growth since the first season, getting anti-strated by academy squads, and who he wants to go up against in the final series.

sycrone is learning a lot from his experience with the academy team

The Dane also commented on torzsi’s statement from our previous interview, saying that the Hungarian sniper "would perform anywhere" when he gets the chance to prove himself against the tier 1 opposition.

When I talked to Adam [torzsi], he told me that this MOUZ NXT is the same MOUZ NXT that won Season 1 Finals. But from your perspective, what has changed within the team?

Obviously, we have the same players, but I think we are at a much better stage now than we were a couple of months ago. With the victory behind us, we put in another good bootcamp, we've made tremendous progress in our map pool, and we put in individual work, which we didn't do before the last season. For example, we have a sports psychologist in MOUZ: some of the players talk to him, I do as well. One of our players is also taking English lessons, so we are doing a lot of things outside of the game as well. Those are the things that have changed since the last season.

I demand a very high standard in terms of communication Dennis "⁠sycrone⁠" Nielsen

I heard that MOUZ NXT have the best communication in this tournament. How did you achieve that?

Part of it is that we have players that are just good at communicating. JDC is naturally good at it, xertioN talks a lot, Adam [torzsi] also likes to speak when he wants to do something during rounds, Kamil [siuhy] is, of course, the captain and, since he's from Ireland, English is super natural to him. That foundation is super strong to build on.

And then I have the background in the Danish scene, and in the Danish scene you have to be good at communication. I remember, five years ago, I was very inspired by olofmeister, who said a famous quote that for him the game is 50% communication, and I think the same. So I demand a very high standard in terms of communication, and it's always the focus point in practice and after practice. Before games, we always try to make sure we are where we should be.

I keep hearing that Kamil [siuhy] is a great caller. Has he always been like that, or has he progressed over time?

I think for sure he's improved since we started. He was always a great playmaker, which is also what I saw before we picked him up; he's making a lot of difficult moves around the map. He finds small timings and gaps that not many players can, and he takes risks when it's needed. He reads the game very well. Someone who's very similar to him is probably hampus as he plays a similar style.

siuhy was compared to hampus by his coach

Tell me who is the most dangerous opponent for your team at this tournament: NAVI or NIP?

That's a tough question. I think today we played much better than we did yesterday against NAVI, and I do believe that NIP are better. But I think NAVI have better individual players. If you were to ask me who I hope to play in the final, I would say NAVI. They deserve to be in the final, and I'd like to go up against them again.

In our previous interview, torzsi said that skill-wise he is ready for tier 1 CS but still needs some experience on LAN. What do you think? Would he perform if he were to join a top team?

I think Adam would perform anywhere. Right now we found a structure and a system that he thrives in; he did it also in Budapest Five. For sure, he could go on to a great team and play tier 1 CS at some point.

Read more torzsi: "Skill-wise I'm ready for tier 1, but I need to gain some LAN experience"

In your opinion, does he have the highest chances of making the next step among all players in your team?

I think we have great players in all roles in our team. Obviously, if you look at the main team, there are really big shoes to fill. But I think that in every role in our team we have some of the best talent there is.

He also told me that you get anti-strated much more in the Academy League than in any other tournament. Is it true?

I think it's true, we get anti-strated more than anyone. Whenever we run a strategy, a set-piece, the next day we see another team running the exact same strat. A lot of teams cover our ideas, but I'm not sure these teams have the best idea on how to anti-strat, actually. I think they maybe put too much focus on it, while they really just should play their own game. We tried to do that, and that's also the philosophy we have going into it. We are aware that they will look for specific rounds, and we have to mix it up a little bit, but I think we have players that are super aware that they need to do this.

You can't anti-strat against great communication, great teamplay, right moves around the map. That's what we are good at Dennis "⁠sycrone⁠" Nielsen

Because of that, is it harder to play against academy teams that anti-strat you often?

The anti-strat aspect makes it a little bit difficult because we have to mix up what we are doing, and suddenly you are playing the exact same game you would against another team. But what we are doing, you can't replicate. You can't anti-strat against great communication, great teamplay, right moves around the map. That's what we are good at, and it's always what we put our focus on.

The last question: how has this project helped you improve as a coach?

It's a really good question. I think just getting the chance to work with some of the best talent is truly inspiring. In a way, it makes me work even harder, because I have players around me that work extremely hard, and I have a great organization behind me that pushes me even further. We have a sports psychologist that I talk with; I think the staff in MOUZ is really supportive: from the media team to managers. These are people who've been in the industry for a long time, and from just looking at what they are doing, I'm learning a lot.