{"id":30126,"date":"2025-11-03T03:19:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T03:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30126"},"modified":"2025-11-03T11:52:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:52:56","slug":"laggia-crowned-snk-world-championship-2025-fatal-fury-city-of-the-wolves-champion-takes-home-1-5m","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-11-03\/laggia-crowned-snk-world-championship-2025-fatal-fury-city-of-the-wolves-champion-takes-home-1-5m\/","title":{"rendered":"Laggia crowned SNK World Championship 2025 Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves champion, takes home $1.5M"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Laggia crowned SNK World Championship 2025 Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves champion, takes home $1.5M<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Laggia.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"Laggia crowned SNK World Championship 2025 Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves champion, takes home $1.5M\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) 565px, (min-width: 1280px) calc(25vw + 172px), (min-width: 900px) 800px, (min-width: 380px) 91.8vw, calc(40vw + 178px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Laggia.jpg 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Laggia.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Laggia.jpg 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Laggia.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption>Laggia. 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class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Laggia won the Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves bracket at the SNK World Championship 2025.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>He took home $1.5 million in prize money after beating legendary fighting game player GO1.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>He\u2019s also the first back-to-back SNK World Championship winner.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>On Oct. 2, 2025, Reject\u2019s very own Laggia won the SNK World Championship 2025\u2019s <strong class=\"game\">Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves<\/strong> bracket, beating the legendary fighting game player Goichi \u201cGO1\u201d Kishida and taking home $1.5 million in prize money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laggia\u2019s path to the grand finals was filled with veterans such as Zeng \u201cXiao Hai\u201d Zhuojun, who appeared in his winner\u2019s 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 \u201cZJZ\u201d Chia-chen, a two-time Evo champion whom he quickly dispatched 3-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1st FATAL FURY: CITY OF THE WOLVES CHAMPION<br><br>1st BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPION<br><br>1st SNK CHAMPION<br><br>\ud83c\udfc6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laggia9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@laggia9<\/a> \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WzXOXVmwLB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/WzXOXVmwLB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SNK Esports Hub (@snk_esports_hub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snk_esports_hub\/status\/1985145596689445021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His final test was against the legendary GO1 in the grand final. The first set went GO1\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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\u2019s version of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was also crowned as the first SNK Champion after fighting all of the other winners of the tournament from the <strong class=\"game\">King of Fighters XV<\/strong>, <strong class=\"game\">Samurai Shodown<\/strong> and <strong class=\"game\">Art of Fighting 3<\/strong> brackets. 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