forZe forZe Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Art1st Vyacheslav Lyadnov Coffee Nikita Antsypirovich secured the crown of First Strike CIS after they defeated Team Singularity Team Singularity Inactive Insider Artem Puzanov NLaaeR Ilya Koppalov B1SK Vitaliy Emelyanov Dimaoneshot Dmitriy Bandurka hvoya Aleksandr Eremin in the grand final 3-2.

SUYGETSU was the difference maker in the tightly contested match, leading the server in ACS and going +33 in kills to deaths. He and zeddy continued putting up strong numbers as they had across the tournament to dispatch the squad led by trexx , who had the highest K:D across the tournament.

The grand final was notably missing Gambit Esports Gambit Esports Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Chronicle Timofey Khromov d3ffo Nikita Sudakov sheydos Bogdan Naumov nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin , a squad formed in September with hopes of becoming the top team in the region and one of the best in Europe. The team lost to Team Singularity in the semifinals by a 2-1 margin.

Still, despite missing Gambit, the CIS finals included two signed rosters that have established themselves as two of the best teams in the region.

forZe has been in the Valorant scene the longest of any CIS organization, first jumping into the game during its beta. Their roster struggled at first but has slowly improved with a few roster changes made in the last several months. This title cements the roster's rise to the top of the Russian-speaking scene.

Team Singularity, on the other hand, jumped into Valorant fairly recent and signed a roster that almost didn't come to fruition. They signed the FishkaVTom roster, which nearly disbanded after several players left to join Gambit Esports. The roster officially reformed less than a month later and were signed by Team Singularity despite initially struggling with the new roster. This tournament, the first they have competed in under the Team Singularity name, validates the organization's decision to sign the roster.

The competitiveness of the CIS region was put on display as both semifinals and the grand final went the full distance. Team Singularity in particular played out the full set in all three of their matches as they played in the lone quarterfinal match in which all three maps were played.