Laggia crowned SNK World Championship 2025 Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves champion, takes home $1.5M
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Key points
- Laggia won the Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves bracket at the SNK World Championship 2025.
- He took home $1.5 million in prize money after beating legendary fighting game player GO1.
- He’s also the first back-to-back SNK World Championship winner.
On Oct. 2, 2025, Reject’s very own Laggia won the SNK World Championship 2025’s Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves bracket, beating the legendary fighting game player Goichi “GO1” Kishida and taking home $1.5 million in prize money.
Laggia’s path to the grand finals was filled with veterans such as Zeng “Xiao Hai” Zhuojun, who appeared in his winner’s semifinal match. Their set went the distance, with Laggia barely able to edge it out and close the set. Then he had to face Tseng “ZJZ” Chia-chen, a two-time Evo champion whom he quickly dispatched 3-1.
His final test was against the legendary GO1 in the grand final. The first set went GO1’s way convincingly with a 3-1 score. However, Laggia was able to answer back with his very own 3-1 set to end the tournament, take home the trophy and claim the largest first-place prize money in fighting game history: $1.5 million.
The win makes Laggia not just the first Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves champion but also the first back-to-back SNK World Championship winner, having been able to win 2023’s version of the tournament.
He was also crowned as the first SNK Champion after fighting all of the other winners of the tournament from the King of Fighters XV, Samurai Shodown and Art of Fighting 3 brackets. He was able to defeat them and take the belt home.
