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MATCH OUTCOME
Haven XSET 9-13 OPTIC
Ascent XSET 13-11 OPTIC
Pearl XSET 8-13 OPTIC
HIGHLIGHT HEAD TO HEADS
Cryo vs yay: yay went 14-11 against cryo
Zekken vs victor: zekken was 12-11 against victor
FNS vs dephh: FNS was 8-9 against dephh
THE MAPS, THE ROUNDS, THE FRAGS
-This is the first time an NA team has lost on Pearl (although it was against another NA team)
-Optic won 4 of the 6 pistols
-Victor led the server in 2Ks with 13
-yay led the server in 3Ks with 4
-yay, cryo, and zekken all had 4Ks
-zekken and crashies both had 1v2 clutches
-6 players played 2 agents
-3 players played 3 agents
-yay only played chamber
ADDITIONAL STATS
-yay continues his consistent performance, as the best performing player stat-wise at the tournament, despite having the 2nd most rounds played
-This is optic's 4th win against XSET this year, two of which have been at lan
-zekken was 5-1 on openers on ascent, as sova
-FNS was 1-9 on FK/FD
-yay had 21 total op kills (this does not include chamber op)
-Victor had 226 ADR on the attack side of Haven as phoenix, despite this being his first game on Phoenix this year
-both teams lost their map pick
-This is XSET's first loss at Champions
-OpTic have secured a top 3 placement at Champions, and are the first team in Valorant history to secure a Top 3 spot at every international tournament of the year
LOOKING AHEAD
-OpTic will play Loud for the FIFTH time this year in the upper bracket final for a spot in the grand finals
-XSET will play FPX in the lower bracket to keep their run alive. If they lose, they will exit champions in 5th-6th
ADDITIONAL THREADS
-DRX v LOUD: https://www.vlr.gg/139965/drx-vs-loud-postmatch-analysis
-TL vs FNC: https://www.vlr.gg/139630/tl-vs-fnc-postmatch-analysis
-FPX v LEV; https://www.vlr.gg/139627/fpx-v-lev-postmatch-analysis
-DRX v FPX: https://www.vlr.gg/139445/drx-vs-fpx-postmatch-analysis
-LOUD v LEV: https://www.vlr.gg/139437/loud-vs-lev-postmatch-analysis
-groups matches: https://www.vlr.gg/137875/champions-groups-megathread
-my twitter (all threads are posted here) twitter.com/RyanG2B
I apologize for the infrequency and lateness of some of these threads, school and work are catching up with me so I'm having to delegate my time and resources elsewhere, but I intend on finishing out all writeups for the event. Thank you for the continued support <3
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