{"id":148116,"date":"2026-06-22T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/?p=148116"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:00:00","slug":"m0nesy-major-mvp-iem-cologne-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/m0nesy-major-mvp-iem-cologne-2026","title":{"rendered":"How m0NESY&#8217;s 2.13 Rating on Anubis Sealed His First Major MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>m0NESY<\/strong> has been named MVP of IEM Cologne Major 2026, capping off a dominant individual performance across the tournament as <strong>Team Falcons<\/strong> claimed the organisation&#8217;s first Major title with a 3\u20130 grand final victory over FURIA.<\/p>\n<p>The award marks m0NESY&#8217;s seventh career MVP but his first at a Major &#8211; a significant milestone that had been building throughout his career. He finished the event with a <strong>1.25 rating<\/strong>, the key number that separated him from teammates in what was reportedly a close internal race, with NiKo and kyousuke both posting competitive figures across the playoff run.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style='font-weight: 400;'><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href='https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/iem-cologne-2026-major-final-furia-falcons'>IEM Cologne 2026 Major Final: Falcons vs FURIA recap<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Number That Stood Out<\/h2>\n<p>His best map of the entire event came on <strong>Anubis in the grand final<\/strong>, where m0NESY posted a <strong>2.13 rating<\/strong> and finished 22\u201310 on kills and deaths. That kind of map-level performance in a title-deciding match is what tends to cement MVP cases, and it did exactly that here.<\/p>\n<p>The IEM Cologne Major 2026 ran from 2 to 21 June in Cologne, Germany, with 32 teams competing across a <strong>$1.25 million prize pool<\/strong>. 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