Boombl4: Current Vitality Roster Stronger Than 2021 NAVI

Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov has placed the current Team Vitality lineup above the Natus Vincere roster he represented in 2021. The BETBOOM TEAM player made the comparison when CS2NEWS asked whether Vitality could be called the strongest team in Counter-Strike history.

His answer was direct: he believes this Vitality roster is the best the game has seen. Boombl4 based that view on the players’ individual understanding and on how difficult they are to face when every member is performing at his peak.

The comparison is notable because Boombl4 was part of NAVI’s celebrated 2021 lineup. That team won PGL Major Stockholm 2021, BLAST Premier World Final 2021 and Intel Grand Slam Season 3. He is therefore comparing Vitality with a roster whose biggest achievements he experienced from inside.

Boombl4 did not dismiss NAVI’s run. Instead, he separated its record from his assessment of the present competitive level. In his view, reaching the number-one position becomes harder as time passes, which is why he gives extra weight to what Vitality are doing now.

What Boombl4 Said About Vitality

Boombl4’s praise focused on decision-making at the individual level. He described Vitality’s players as very smart on their own and said an opponent faces an extremely difficult match when the lineup is in peak form. The published comment does not reduce the comparison to one star or one result; his point concerns the strength of the roster as a whole.

The results cited alongside his comment give the discussion a clear factual base. Vitality have won three Majors and broken several Counter-Strike records. Those accomplishments explain why the historical comparison was raised, while Boombl4’s own words explain why he personally favors the current lineup.

• Boombl4 won PGL Major Stockholm 2021 as a member of NAVI.
• The same NAVI lineup also won BLAST Premier World Final 2021.
• Boombl4 earned Intel Grand Slam Season 3 with the 2021 NAVI roster.

Those three achievements define the NAVI side of the comparison without adding claims that were not present in Boombl4’s comment. On the Vitality side, the documented points are the three Major victories, the records they have broken and his judgment about the intelligence of the current players.

Boombl4 also addressed the obvious follow-up: what would happen if the two lineups could actually meet. He stopped short of naming a winner. He said a match between NAVI 2021 and Vitality 2026 would produce a very interesting battle, leaving the hypothetical result open.

What the Comparison Does and Does Not Settle

The distinction matters. Boombl4 gave a clear answer about which roster he rates more highly, but he did not claim that a theoretical head-to-head had an inevitable winner. His opinion rests on the rising difficulty of becoming number one and on Vitality’s collective level at their best.

The published evidence also supports a limited, precise reading of the 2021 NAVI record. It names the Major, the World Final and the Intel Grand Slam, but it does not provide map-by-map results or a formula for comparing different years. Keeping those boundaries visible makes the central point stronger: a player from that NAVI roster still places today’s Vitality above it.

Boombl4’s comment is not a rejection of NAVI’s 2021 achievements. It is an assessment from someone who shared them and now believes the competitive standard has moved higher. His explanation combines respect for that earlier roster with a firm judgment about Vitality’s present strength.

The question of a direct winner remains hypothetical because Boombl4 left it that way. What he did settle was his own ranking: when the current Vitality players are at their peak, he considers them the strongest roster in the history of Counter-Strike.