torzsi on MOUZ improvements: “That’s what we are still figuring out because it’s not a fast process”

Ádám “torzsi” Torzsás has firmly established himself among the best CS2 AWPers since he joined the MOUZ lineup three and a half years ago. His progress has been steady, and now, he’s one of the most feared AWPers in the scene.

With MOUZ recently securing Quarter-Finals at IEM Cologne 2025, we spoke to torzsi ahead of their match against FURIA. We talked about their form so far, getting over the finish line, and more – you can find the full interview in both text and video form below:

torzsi on how MOUZ can win again this season

Daniel Morris: Obviously you guys come into the Cologne Playoffs after what was quite a painful season, lots of deep runs, but so close, so far in a lot of instances. What have you changed to try and get over the line in these big moments this season?

Ádám “torzsi” Torzsás: We try to work on a lot on our T-sides to be honest, because I think maybe last year we were lacking a little bit on our T-sides and we were not really winning too much rounds on them. I think after we came back from the player break, we had like one or two weeks of practice, maybe like one week. We tried to focus, as I said, on the T-sides and figure out how we can use and utilise everybody a little bit more and have a little bit more impact on T-sides and not just build around maybe one person. So yeah, that’s what we are still figuring out because it’s not a fast process. I think we are learning game by game, that is kind of our main focus.

Daniel: So you’ll be one of the main contenders when it comes to toppling Vitality this season. Have you got anything in mind specifically when it comes to those guys and how you’re going to challenge them?

torzsi: Yeah, I mean, of course they are a tough one for sure right now. They deserve it, they are playing really good. But I mean, we know we need to catch up to them and we are trying really hard. That’s why, as I said, we are working on different stuff, but we don’t really have anything specific or special versus them, I would say. So yeah, I really hope we can beat FURIA first, meet them for the first time this season and see if something changed and we did better or they got better. Yeah, I hope we can face, I mean, Semi-Finals, but I think that’s too far ahead at the moment because I think FURIA is also in front of us and that’s what we need to focus on.

Daniel: Let’s go back to yesterday’s match. You’ve already beaten Spirit a number of times this year, but they seemed to finally get it together against you guys yesterday. What do you think went wrong for you guys?

torzsi: Yeah, they played pretty good yesterday, to be honest. And yeah, last season I think we were 3:0 up on them. We’ve won three games vs. them and they didn’t really beat us since the Shanghai Major. So yeah, this game, I think it was a little bit on details. I think we always play close games, they are also really good. And yeah, for example, on Ancient, I think there were some rounds where we made some mistakes, you know, like just for example, at 7:8 where we are two on one versus zweih, the new guy, and we just double swing with xertioN on me and him. He gets a double-kill instantly because we line up and these little mistakes are at 11:11. I think Brollan made a really good call to go back to A Main after a slow round. Then we don’t watch out for the tempo and Spinx is a little bit in front of me and I don’t call “Let’s take a step back, wait for me,” and he gets entried. You know, it’s just really small details. I think on Mirage, we played pretty good, especially on CT-side. I think our T-side was not the best and we need to evaluate on that a little bit and yeah.. Overpass was also, it’s a new map, and we had to test how we are on it. You know, they play pretty good. I think it’s really advantageous to start on the CT-side, especially nowadays, I think on CT-side, the players and the teams are so creative and strong. They can do a lot of stuff and it’s really hard to punish them, especially on a map like Overpass. It’s so CT-side and it’s really tough to start T-side, to be honest.

Daniel: That actually sort of touches on what I was going to ask next because we’ve obviously seen Anubis come out, you guys haven’t played it all year, Overpass is in and you’ve got your first taste of it vs. Spirit. How do you think that map pool change will affect MOUZ for the rest of the season?

torzsi: I think it’s a good map change for us. I think it favors us a lot, especially now because teams don’t know what we are banning or we have seven maps or… like we can play around it a little bit, and we had really good practice on Overpass to be honest. I think it’s a shame that we didn’t fully show our best yesterday vs. Spirit, I think we can do much, much better on it. So yeah, I’m excited to play it for the next time and, yeah, I think it favors us, the map change.

Daniel: Last question for you – your Cologne Playoff run starts against FURIA, they’ve obviously overperformed expectations. What are you expecting to see from them when you play against them?

torzsi: Yeah, I think they are doing pretty good, especially the player changes were really successful, molodoy and YEKINDAR, you know, and I think they are doing pretty good. We didn’t play them yet, so I’m excited to go up against them. If I just look at that objectively, I feel like we are a better team. We should win that game if we show up, but they can be really dangerous. So we just need to make sure we will show up. And yeah, if we do show up, we have to win you know? We will win and I’m pretty confident in it. But to be honest, I think we are doing pretty good.