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At the end of May, Riot had announced its collaboration with Nodwin Gaming to give the South Asian region its first-ever official Championship event, a part of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Circuit. The Conquerors Championship playoffs event will lead the winner to the APAC Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) and from there onto the VCT Champions event, to be held later in November. 

Here in this article, we will bring you some best moments from the VCC grand finals playoffs. Velocity gaming engaged with Exceeli Esports from Bangladesh in B03 matches.

XLE Hermoine picked VLT Amaterasu using his Hunters Fury but VLT already took control of A site and members of XLE had to play on the retake. VLT mw1 switched to blade storm and took players 1 by 1 entering A site through Astra Nebula. mw1 took a total of 3 kills in this round.

Players of Velocity gaming headed towards C site. mw1 who was trying to enter the site through dash got picked by XLEm1syl but equally traded by Vibhor, making it to 4v4. XLE’s Hermoine and Kyojin try to enter the C site from Garage through Nebula by Hellf. But Vibhor caught them off guard and picked 2 for him and Velocity won this round.

XLE as an attacking side rushed towards B site, headed by XLEm1syl. But mw1 at B snowman picked XLE kyojin at B yellow through his operator. M1syl and Hellf engaged at 1 v1 at A site, where M1syl emerged as victorious but took a lot of damage and was defeated by Amaterasu. Although VLT was at an advantage in terms of manpower but Viper’s pit by XLE fancy hurdled them. Vibhor and Fancy engaged 1 on 1 inside viper’s pit and won by Vibhor.

XLE decided to Push A side, but mw1’s instant pick from the mid-Blue of hate crew delayed them, giving enough time to Amaterasu to push from B garage and picked  XLEfancy9. M1syl backfire and took trades of  rite2Ace and Vibhor at A main with his Blade storm. Amaterasu shut down m1syl at B garage. Hermoine and Kyojin both rushed towards  Amaterasu at B cubby but he emerges victorious by picking both of them and saving round for his team.

Velocity gaming as an Attackers marched towards B, Vibhor took the opening by killing fancy9 and making man disadvantage for XLE. Velocity gaming took complete control of the B side. mw1 insane rotation A site to B snowman was completely unexpected for XLE. mw1 caught 3 members of XLE off guards and picked them, resulting map in favor of Velocity gaming.

The Valorant Conquerors Championship, organized by NODWIN Gaming and Riot Games, will provide a total prize pool of INR 25,00,000 ($33,000 USD) to the top four teams and the event MVP (Most Valuable Player). Only one team from throughout South Asia will advance to the Playoffs stage to represent the area at the upcoming APAC (Asia-Pacific) Last Chance Qualifier.

Here are the best moments from the grand finals playoffs, where Enigma gaming took down Salt Esports from Pakistan and advances further in the seed.

Enigma Gaming decided to march towards B side headed by Rawfuil. Enigmahikka took the opening of SaltBeast towards the defenders’ side spawn by classic. Badman shutdown Salt Kasper making it 1V5 for Stranger. Stranger picked hikka in Kitchen. However, Rawfuil 3 headshots have already turned the table.

EnigmaEzzzy got picked while making an entrance to A side, making a 4v5 advantage in favor of Salt Esports. Stranger also picked hikka towards A Pipes. While Engaging A side, Rawfuil and Badman are caught completely off-guard by Salt Beast who flanked from Blue mid.

Salt Trick and Salt Hatz pushed C side from the garage side but Enigma Badman 2 swift headshot completely shut down both. The remaining player  Beast and Kaper pushed from sides of C long but didn’t notice Badman at sides and got picked. The final player Stranger was also picked by Badman at the garage.

3 players of Salt rushed towards B sides, But Ezzzy and godvexy were already present at the A link and C link respectively. Trick and Hatz were picked by Ezzzy but traded by godvexy. Stranger was the last man surviving picked 3 players of Enigma making it 1v1 for Enigma Hikka at B box. But Hikka outshined Stranger and becomes a savior for his Team.

Failing to enter A sides, all members of Salt rushed towards C. Badman was behind the C box anticipated enemies approach and quickly picked 3 players of Salt Esports with vandal’s headshots. The remaining players Kaper and Stranger killed by Enigma Ezzy at C long.

The online regional qualifiers and group stage matches of Valorant Conquerors Championship have finally concluded, and we have our top four teams who will battle it out for the title this weekend.

The winners of the much-anticipated VCC grand finals will get a chance to earn their spot at the prestigious Valorant Champions Tour 2021 after competing against other Asian giants in the APAC Last Chance Qualifiers. 

For the unaware, Valorant Champions Tour 2021 is set to be the biggest annual Valorant tournament of 2021 conducted by Riot Games themselves. It will feature top Valorant teams from across the globe with the winner being crowned as the Valorant champions of the year. 

The Valorant Conquerors Championship is scheduled to start on August 27 and will run till August 29. The tournament will feature a prize pool of a whopping $33,000.

Valorant Conquerors Championship: Qualified Teams

Here are the four qualified teams for the Valorant Conquerors Championship Playoffs:

• Team Exploit
• Global Esports
• Velocity Gaming
• Enigma Gaming

The playoffs that will start August 27th will see Team Exploit taking on Enigma Gaming followed by an exciting Global Esports vs Velocity Gaming match.
Fans can catch the action live on NODWIN Gaming’s official channels on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch. Streams will be organized in both English and Hindi, with separate channels dedicated to each.

It’s been almost a week since Global Esports triumphed over Velocity Gaming at the Valorant Conquerors Championship, hosted by Nodwin in association with Riot Games. VCC has been recognized as a framework of the Valorant Champions Tour circuit and the former’s winner would get a chance to contest at the APAC Last Chance Qualifier, a final passage towards the Valorant Champions event, to be held later this year.

Eight teams had qualified for Valorant Conquerors Championship playoffs from across eight regional qualifiers including a wildcard event as well. These eight teams were further seeded in two groups for their VCC playoffs campaign.

The VCC playoffs saw its first ever ace, secured by Vibhor “Vibhor” Vaid in their Group A opener against Exceeli Esports. This was indeed paid a tribute in an episode of Esports360, presented to you by Nodwin Gaming. Vibhor’s ace was dubbed as the most “splendid” performance in the playoffs of the main event.

Splendid Ace by Velocity’s Vibhor in VCC Playoffs, VLT Sentinel lauds SA Valorant Teams | Esports360

While fending off his team from the attackers (Exceeli Esports) on the A site, Vibhor tightened up his position as his opponents seemed to walk into his crosshair with the fellow VLT player picking them off one by one. He went on to be the first player ever to secure an ace in the playoffs of the Valorant Conquerors Championship. VLT were able to take away the series 2-0 and were to face Team Exploit in the winner’s bracket.

You catch the entire episode of Esports360 on Nodwin’s YouTube Channel :

Splendid Ace by Velocity’s Vibhor in VCC Playoffs, VLT Sentinel lauds SA Valorant Teams | Esports360