Until the end of these Reykjavik Masters on VALORANTthe community wanted to believe in the emergence of a new world-class teamcapable of winning against the best teams in the world, on the side of LOUD, Brazilian team. The players on the roster will still have made us dream. LOUD, currently the first team in the Brazilian ranking on VALORANT, was clearly considered an outsider in this competitionas well as other teams that surprised us all such as DRX or even Zeta Division. The Brazilian roster had already faced OpTiC Gaming during the Upper Final of the playoffs where she won 2 to 1thus letting us believe in a first international title for a team other than European or North American.
OpTiC did not give up, however, and after defeating Zeta Division in the Lower Bracket finals, FNS and his men seemed determined to get their revenge against LOUD. Where Friday evening we were able to observe a team which left a lot of room for the game of its opponent, this Sunday it was a completely different match which we were able to attend. Despite an excellent level of play on the side of LOUD, OpTiC was determined to return to the land of Uncle Sam with the trophy and it is a real demonstration of power that we have been able to witness, which allows them to win this final with the score of 3-0.
During the first map, rise, OpTiC quickly set its paceleaving no room for the Brazilians to adjust their game. At the end of the first half, it’s a score line of 10 to 2 that stands. Even though LOUD pulled itself together and managed to win a few rounds, OpTiC finally wins 13 to 9 on the Brazilian map pick, which last Friday had made them see all the colors on the same map. Here we can distinguish an incredible work made by Marved on his Omenwho with his 22 kills during the game will still have reached an incredible number of 50% headshots.
On the second map, bindwe had the right to a closer match. Although the first half is over on the score of 8-4 for OpTiCwe saw aspas, the LOUD duelist wake up on the second half in defensein order to carry his team to an overtime thanks to his 29 kills on Raze and his incredible holds on site A. Despite this, it will only be enough two rounds in overtime at OpTiC to win 14-12.
Finally, we find Breezethe opportunity for OpTiC to mark the young competitive history of VALORANT by winning a second major for the United States. From the outset, the roster imposed its rhythm. For one of the worst maps on the roster, yet we had the impression that everything was going according to their plans. After dominating their first half in attack, ending 8-4OpTiC, however, had some scares, rising to 11 points but leaving 5 rounds in a row to LOUD reaching 12 points, being only one point away from victory. After a round 24 mastered by the American roster, we then had the right to a second overtime, in which OpTiC won after 4 roundscompleting this third map on the score from 15 to 13 and thus becoming the best team in the world on VALORANT.
OpTic therefore imposes itself here like a superpower on the esports scene of VALORANT. The team, dominant during the Challengers, has transcended here. After a somewhat hesitant start to the roster, who still lost their very first match 2-0 against XERXIAthey got back on their feet and gave us their best level of play. As usual, yay in his sniper role provided us with an impressive level of play, still garnering 74 kills in total during this final. crashies has often surprised the public thanks to its clutches, Victor always seemed sure of himself and Marved pushed all his limits. It should also be noted the excellent work of FNS, IGL of genius of the rosterwho has demonstrated that his experience acquired on CS:GO is still present.
Even if it was the United States that won this 4th international major in the history of the game, further strengthening the EU/NA rivalrywe will however have seen during this competition many teams from smaller regions distinguish themselves, like the Indonesian players from Paper Rex, the Japanese from Zeta Division, the Koreans from DRX and of course LOUD on the Brazilian side. This can only hold good for us for the next Masters.