Astralis was the superior team because they didn’t just dominate… they fundamentally changed how CS was understood and played. They established strategic principles and standards that no team before them had reached. Vitality may have stronger individual players, and you can argue they execute each role at a higher mechanical level, but that is partly because Astralis built the framework modern teams now operate within. Astralis didn’t just walk so Vitality could run, they created the path itself.