After the first week of VCT LOCK//IN saw LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #1 Quick Gabriel Lima saadhak Matias Delipetro Less Felipe de Loyola tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira and DRX DRX Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) make it into the final stage of the tournament, there are still two playoffs spots open.
As a reminder, Riot gathered all 30 partnered teams and two Chinese rosters in São Paulo for LOCK//IN, which gives teams a first chance to flex their muscles against teams from regions outside their own. These 32-teams were divided into two 16-team brackets, the first of which concluded last Sunday.
The Omega bracket kicks off later today, which will see the remaining 16 teams fight for themselves and their region: whichever team is crowned champion at LOCK//IN will award their region one extra slot for this year's only Masters event, come this Summer, in Japan.
VLR.gg has compiled everything that you need to know for the four-week tournament, as it moves into its second stage: the Omega bracket.
Format
The 32 teams have been split into two 16-team brackets: the Alpha and Omega bracket, named after the lore's Alpha and Omega Earths. Every match in these brackets will be a Bo3, where each team's life will be on the line, as the brackets are single-elimination.
Omega Bracket's teams are:
- Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #2 TenZ Tyson Ngo Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Sacy Gustavo Rossi (Americas)
- 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #9 bang Sean Bezerra Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk (Americas)
- KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #4 keznit Angelo Mori Klaus Nicolas Ferrari Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro heat Olavo Marcelo (Americas)
- Leviatán Leviatán Latin America South Rank #1 tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena Mazino Roberto Rivas aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee (Americas)
- FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #8 kon4n Vitor Hugo mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt nzr Agustin Ibarra (Americas)
- Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #16 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Enzo Enzo Mestari Mistic James Orfila Keiko Georgio Sanassy (EMEA)
- Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #2 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Zyppan Pontus Eek SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin ardiis Ardis Svarenieks (EMEA)
- Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #14 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Kicks Kimmie Laasner runneR Emil Trajkovski ceNder Jokūbas Labutis Sayf Saif Jibraeel (EMEA)
- FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #1 Leo Leo Jannesson Derke Nikita Sirmitev Boaster Jake Howlett Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder (EMEA)
- FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #6 MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban (EMEA)
- Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #101 blaZek1ng Gary Dastin Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Polvi Niko Polvinen Benkai Benedict Tan Russ Russel Mendes (Pacific)
- Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #11 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes BORKUM Jim Timbreza JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Jremy Jeremy Cabrera NDG Noel De Guia (Pacific)
- Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #27 xffero David Monangin Lmemore Hagai Kristen Yesyurun Jemkin Maksim Batorov Estrella Park Gun (박건) fl1pzjder Saibani Rahmad (Pacific)
- ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #7 Laz Ushida Koji yuran Yushin Hato hiroronn Hiroki Yanai Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe (Pacific)
- T1 T1 Korea Rank #3 Sayaplayer Ha Jeong-woo (하정우) Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo Carpe Lee Jae-hyeok (이재혁) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) xccurate Kevin Susanto (Pacific)
- EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) Muggle Tang Shijun (唐时俊) CHICHOO Wan Shunji (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Haodong Guo Haodong (郭浩东) (China)
Prize Pool
There are $500,000 USD on the line in Brazil, half as much as money for double the teams. The prize distribution is as follows:
- 1st place: $100,000
- 2nd place: $60,000
- 3rd-4th place: $40,000
- 5th-8th place: $25,000
- 9th-16th place: $10,000
- 17th-32nd place: $5,000
Unlike last year, there are no VCT Points up for grabs. Whichever region comes out on top will have an extra slot at this year's Masters events, hosted in Japan later this year.
Teams will also collect 50% of net proceedings from the LOCK//IN Capsule. The limited edition capsule collection includes the Misericórdia knife, which has four variants (one for the VCT, three for each superregion), three regionally themed cards, and a spray. The capsule has been on sale since Feb. 8, and will be in the game's shop until March 7.
Schedule (Omega Bracket)
Wednesday, February 22
- 9:00 AM PST | 6:00 PM CET | 2:00 AM JST - Team Liquid vs. Team Secret
- 12:00 PM PST | 9:00 PM CET | 5:00 AM JST - Natus Vincere vs. KRÜ Esports
- 3:00 PM PST | 12:00 AM CET | 8:00 AM JST - ZETA DIVISION vs. Leviatán
Thursday, February 23
- 9:00 AM PST | 6:00 PM CET | 2:00 AM JST - Team Vitality vs. Global Esports
- 12:00 PM PST | 9:00 PM CET | 5:00 AM JST - FUT Esports vs. Rex Regum Qeon
- 3:00 PM PST | 12:00 AM CET | 8:00 AM JST - 100 Thieves vs. EDward Gaming
Friday, February 24
- 9:00 AM PST | 6:00 PM CET | 2:00 AM JST - Sentinels vs. FNATIC
- 12:00 PM PST | 9:00 PM CET | 5:00 AM JST - T1 vs. FURIA
Saturday, February 25
- 9:00 AM PST | 6:00 PM CET | 2:00 AM JST - Quarterfinal #1
- 12:00 PM PST | 9:00 PM CET | 5:00 AM JST - Quarterfinal #2
Sunday, February 26
- 9:00 AM PST | 6:00 PM CET | 2:00 AM JST - Quarterfinal #3
- 12:00 PM PST | 9:00 PM CET | 5:00 AM JST - Quarterfinal #4
Monday, February 27
- 9:00 AM PST | 6:00 PM CET | 2:00 AM JST - Semifinal #1
- 12:00 PM PST | 9:00 PM CET | 5:00 AM JST - Semifinal #2
Broadcast
VCT LOCK//IN will give out exclusive drops, which means that you can earn in-game rewards from watching official streams. If you connect your Valorant account with your Twitch or YouTube account, you may be rewarded in-game with a LOCK//IN-themed title and buddy.
The "Locked In" title can be earned by watching a live game from February 13 to March 4, and the Dad Hat Buddy by catching the streams on March 4.
English Broadcast Talent
- Yinsu Collins (Host)
- Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez (Host)
- James "Dash" Patterson (Host)
- Seth "Achilios" King (Analyst)
- Mimi "aEvilcat" Wermcrantz (Analyst)
- Lauren "Pansy" Scott (Commentator)
- Michael "hypoc" Robins (Commentator)
- Mitch "MitchMan" McBride (Commentator)
- Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire (Commentator)
- Brennon "Bren" Hook (Commentator)
- Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson (Commentator)
- Doug "EsportsDoug" Cortez (Commentator)
- Arten "Ballatw" Esa (Commentator)
- David "prius" Kuntz (Observer)
- Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo (Observer)
- Felix "Synga" Regitz (Observer)
- Nicholas "Yehty" Tesolin (Observer)
Streams
- twitch.tv/valorant
- twitch.tv/VALORANT_ES1
- twitch.tv/valleague_fr
- twitch.tv/grunexcom
- twitch.tv/valorantleague_east
- twitch.tv/leetesport
- twitch.tv/esportsfinland
- twitch.tv/valorantleague_tr
- twitch.tv/valorantmc_ua
- twitch.tv/valorant_br
- twitch.tv/VALORANT_LA
- twitch.tv/valorant_kr
- twitch.tv/valorant_jpn
- twitch.tv/nodwingaming
- twitch.tv/valorant_ph
- twitch.tv/valorant_th
- twitch.tv/valorant_id
- twitch.tv/valorant_tw
- English YouTube
- Balkan YouTube
- Turkish YouTube
- Hindi YouTube
- Chinese YouTube
- Filipino YouTube
- Vietnamese YouTube
- Thai YouTube
- Indonesian YouTube
- Taiwanese YouTube
- LATAM Youtube
Coverage
VLR.gg is covering all of LOCK//IN in our event hub, which includes our live match ticker and stats to comb over. The event also features pick'ems, which are open until the games start.