“The great Leviathan is that one creature in the world which must remain unpainted to the last," Herman Melville said in Moby Dick. Melville was, of course, referring to the titular monster in his book, but it took until the very last map of the grand final for the VCT Americas Stage 1 champion to be painted, and it was none other than the Leviathan of Americas that ended up on top once again.

In a thrilling five-map series, G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #1 jawgemo Alexander Mor BABYBAY Andrej Francisty trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio leaf Nathan Orf took down LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN North America Rank #4 spike Rodrigo Lombardi blowz Guilherme Oliviera Neon Bruno Rodríguez Sato Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato kiNgg Francisco Aravena to claim its first Americas title since claiming all three in 2025 and its first with new signing BABYBAY . The series was played out on LEV's Fracture, G2's Haven, LEV's Ascent, G2's Pearl, and LEV's Split. As the team coming from the upper bracket, LEVIATÁN had a double map ban in the series, which allowed the team to stick to its guns and ban Lotus and Breeze. G2 won Fracture 13-12, LEV won Haven 13-11, LEV won Ascent 13-9, G2 won Pearl 13-10, and G2 won Split 13-11.

The winning moment for G2.

This story will be updated with a full recap shortly.