Team SoloMid has officially won the biggest tournament VALORANT has seen thus far. The champions took down the hosts of the event, T1, in a clean 3-0 series sweep in🦹 the finals.
Part of the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:VALORANT 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Ignition Series, T1 and Nerd Street Gamers 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:partnered with Riot Games to host the first North American event. The tournament was stacked with talent, with nearly every major organization in North America fiel⛄ding rosters. Along with T1 and TSM, other organizations who competed included G😼en.G, Sentinels, Immortals, Cloud9, 100 Thieves and FaZe Clan, all vying for a chunk of the $50,000 prize pool.
Coming into the event as one of the favorites, TSM dominated their opposition, going 3-0 in the group stage, and dropped only two maps in the playoffs to the orgless Together We Are Terrific and T1. Matthew "Wardell" Yu was the clear star of the tournament, proving to the world that no one can match his skills with the Operator𒐪. Wardell fielded the highest KDA (Kill, Death, Assist) ratio while simultaneously having the lowest deaths per map with 1.69 and 11 respectively.
Taylor "Drone" Johnson propelled his team with some mind-boggling pop-offs while Ste💃phen "reltuC" Cutler and Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik put their opponents to rest. With veteran James "hazed" Cobb le♛ading the way as the TSM in-game leader, no one was able to come close to touching the talented squad.
Although the majority of the limelight rightfully went to the victors, TSM weren't the only ones who impressed the North American VALORANT fans. Despite losing their own event, T1 was the clear-cut second best team, never dropping a map to anyone besides TSM. Cloud9's Tys𝔉on "Tenz" Ngo went absolutely off, posting a whopping 23.4 kills per map despite his team not making it out of the group stage.
In his first event playing under the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:FaZe Clan banner, former 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Overwatch League star Corey "Corey" Nigra proved that you don't need a background in competitive 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Counter Strike to dominate in VALORANT. FaZe excited with a fourth-place finish after losing to Immortals. 100 Thieves' Spenc🍰er "Hiko" Martin also showed why he was one of the highes𝓀t touted players early in the game's scene.
With their tournament victory, Team SoloMid has officially set the bar for competitive VALORANT in North America. But with the esports sဣcene just getting started, fans of the game are sure to see more exciting event in the future.