Following an especially aggressive first day of the 2022 VALORANT Champions event, Leviatán and Paper Rex have been ready to go head-to-head at present to see who the first team to make it out of the group stage can be.
Though the Singaporean VALORANT team Paper Rex have extra expertise on the worldwide stage, Latin America’s Leviatán have impressed by making huge enhancements in the previous couple of months to rise to the highest of their area and proceed to upset internationally.
And at present, Leviatán continued to enhance much more on their gameplay from yesterday, the place they beat EMEA’s Team Liquid, taking down PRX 2-0 in convincing vogue.
PRX did be taught from Liquid’s mistake yesterday and took out Ascent, a map that Leviatán proved is one of their greatest. Hoping to keep away from Tacolilla having one other stellar efficiency, PRX banned the map without hesitation.
The groups started off on Haven, Leviatán’s map decide that has additionally confirmed to be their residence floor. After their debut at Champions yesterday towards Liquid, it’s clear the LATAM team has refined their methods since Masters Copenhagen. They started off the map robust and cheers rang out from the team throughout the stage.
PRX have been ready to stabilize after a scary begin to the map and the first half ended even at 6-6. Leviatán continued their streak of amassing wins in pistol rounds within the second half, nevertheless, and by no means misplaced their momentum. Leviatán took Haven 13-8.
PRX appeared ahead to their map decide of Bind, a map that Leviatán has dangerous recollections of after going through Fnatic within the longest extra time of Masters Copenhagen in July.
PRX opted to put their duelist participant, f0rsakeN, on Yoru, a decide the team has grow to be identified for. And with this decide, they accomplished the complete roster of brokers at this yr’s Champions. It’s solely day two and each agent has already been performed at least as soon as.
In a surprise twist, Leviatán’s star Chamber participant Tacolilla locked in Skye. Obviously going for a special strategy from the final time they performed Bind, the team composition pointed to an aggressive technique. Leviatán started off the map by taking nearer fights to capitalize on this compositional change, however PRX matched their each transfer.
Bind was as shut as it probably might have been, and simply when it appeared like PRX might have gotten a lead, some massive errors in spherical 21 saved Leviatán within the sport. They cruised by the following three rounds and took Bind 13-11, with no extra time in sight.
The greatest participant on Leviatán at present was Shyy. Though Tacolilla is often their massive star, the squad confirmed much more improvement as a roster by pulling collectively their complete team to step up. The team celebrated jubilantly on stage after their win, upsetting many individuals’s bracket predictions by cruising by Group A with ease.
Leviatán grow to be the first team at VCT Champions to make it out of the group stage. The team will now get a number of days of relaxation in Istanbul earlier than starting the playoff stage of the event.