Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #12 Jelly Julia Iris Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela defeated Shopify Rebellion Gold Shopify Rebellion Gold North America Rank #124 dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo meL Melanie Capone alexis Alexis Guarrasi Noia Nicole Tierce sarahcat Sarah Simpson 2-1 in the upper final of the Game Changers 2025 Championship, punching their tickets to the grand final and taking another step towards the coveted trophy.

The one and only time these teams had previously met was in the grand final of GCC 2023, where Shopify won 3-2 to lift the trophy on Liquid's home turf in São Paulo, Brazil.

“ daiki , I can see you have revenge on your mind,” meL said to her in-game leader counterpart in the pre-match teaser. “If you want it, come and earn it.”

Haven was a natural map pick for Liquid to start the series, as they had dominated G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #253 Akita Esllene Xu amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin mimi Michaela Lintrup on it while Shopify had suffered their only map loss of the tournament on it thus far to Karmine Corp GC Karmine Corp GC Europe Unranked alkyia Azra Erin Jiex Şura Yıldırım anesilia Anastasia Ivanova safiaa Safia Leghzal Glance Anastasia Anisimova . Liquid delivered on the pick early on with a strong 8-4 defensive half, winning the pistol and finding hard shutdowns on all three sites with a combination of forward positions to find information and individual plays.

daiki locks down the C site by herself.

Not to be counted out, Shopify drew even at 8-8 with a pistol round win and a bonus conversion. After a Liquid timeout, attention primarily turned towards the C site, where Liquid found success in multiple close postplants to recover their lead to 11-9 and then 12-9 after changing up to an A hit.

Heroics from Shopify led to overtime. alexis , who had a standout 26-kill map on Killjoy, locked down C with a 3K in round 23, and Noia followed up with an ace that included four kills through smokes in round 24. Team Liquid ultimately came out on top, winning 14-12 after a flawless defense round and a 1v1 attack round. alexis ended at the top of the scoreboard, while Bizerra led her side on Sova with 20 kills, 162 ADR, and six first bloods.

The first half of Shopify's pick of Pearl was a tale of two streaks of rounds. Shopify converted the bonus on defense with a KAY/O flash trap in Art to go up 6-0, but Liquid clawed back six of their own, winning out clutches and adapting to Shopify's A main pushes to make it an even half.

A second bonus conversion swung the momentum back in Shopify's favor as they once again took the lead, this time going up 10-6 and then 12-7. Liquid fought back to double digits, forcing a Shopify timeout, but a chaotic final round led to a 13-10 map win for the defending champions.

Noia burns down the clock to secure a second bonus for Shopify.

Noia put up an impressive 27/14/3 performance on Killjoy for Shopify, while daiki's heroics were key to keeping the map close as she scored 21 kills of her own.

Everything came down to Sunset. It was the first time playing the map in the event for Liquid, who brought out a double-Controller composition with a Sage against Shopify's double-Sentinel. The new look found success as they seized an early 7-2 lead on their attack, winning the pistol and outwitting Shopify in midround situations.

Shopify brought things back to 7-7, stabilizing their defense with key retakes and taking the second pistol with a 1v3 clutch from sarah.

The Sage wall breaks and sarah strikes.

The critical decider was round 17. Shopify went all-in on an eco, investing three ultimates, but isaa won a 1v1 against Noia to deny the gambit and go up 10-7. From there, Liquid could no longer be stopped, storming ahead to a 13-7 victory and exacting revenge on Shopify for the heartbreak they suffered two years ago.

Jelly ended the map as the top-fragger with 20 kills on Neon, but it's daiki who continues to stand out the most. The Brazilian IGL led her team by example over the course of the series with a 47/40/19 KDA, a 1.25 rating, and four clutches, and continues to be the highest-rated player in the tournament all while demonstrating formidable calling.

Liquid finally have their revenge, but Shopify remains in the hunt as they go down to the lower final, where they will face the winner of KRÜ BLAZE versus MIBR GC tomorrow. The winner will claim the right to challenge Liquid in a decisive grand final.