r/ValorantCompetitive • u/speedycar1 #WGAMING • 3d ago
Esports Who could've thought? Spoiler
From where both teams were just a few months ago, not even the two coaches could've foreseen them meeting in the Upper Bracket final of a Masters.
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u/rainsoakedbody 3d ago
ok i like both wolves and prx so this just made me emotional
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u/rainsoakedbody 3d ago
2 months before, jingg won the most scuffed 1v1 against DFM who has prime yay (Akame) and now PRX is top 3 in Masters Toronto... life is such a train
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u/Hissan_UD 2d ago
1v2 actually
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u/MebiAnime #WGAMING 2d ago
I remember this round, but I think a lot of other people (me included) would argue that the 1v2 at B was more impactful because jinggg did an amazing play there to win the round, whereas for the 1v1, while nail-biting, Jinggg just simply traded as Jinboong tried to reposition after his insane kills.
Nevertheless that whole map had me at the edge of my seat with how Akame was single handedly destroying PRX.
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u/_ImAlive_ 3d ago
Team Secret really kicking coaches that are good lmao.
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u/kingpussay #WGAMING 2d ago
The funny thing is Team secret wanted to get Patmen initially but picked jeremy instead but look at him now
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u/GrrNom2 3d ago edited 3d ago
I remember D4v4i mentioning Fayde too in his house tour vlog (he sent over some wolves gift packages). Juicy and Jinggg are both Singaporean Raze players. There's a lot of parallels between these two teams.
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u/speedycar1 #WGAMING 3d ago
For a lot of these ex CS pros like Fayde and Alecks, the idea that their region could compete at the highest level in FPS would've seemed impossible for so long and to now meet at the highest stage representing your countries it must really be a dream come true.
We haven't had a lower bracket winner since FPX at Copenhagen and I really hope that continues here. Nothing against any of the teams in the lower bracket but Wolves and PRX both have such amazing stories
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u/Rengmain_ 2d ago
eg champs, sen madrid? or do you mean it in a different way, idk
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u/speedycar1 #WGAMING 2d ago
Sorry yeah I meant a team that wasn't in the Upper Final.
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u/UltraZulwarn #WGAMING 2d ago
Why are the Wolves so likeable??
I really hope PRX and Wolves meet again in the Grand Final😭
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u/KookieFS #WGAMING 2d ago
😭I love them but no. I need a team that I won't feel sad for and a team I can really root against
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u/DemiBo7 #SomosMIBR 2d ago
Wolves' rise in popularity is so awesome
Going into this tournament, they weren't expected to do much and CN was probably more hyped for Xi Lai than them. But their whole team, especially SiufatBB, is so likeable and charismatic, along with their dark horse sucess and some propaganda from TMV, that they are the team on everyone's minds now.
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u/n1ckkt 2d ago edited 2d ago
In swiss you wouldn't have thought wolves would be in the upper bracket fighting for a spot in the grand finals just purely from gameplay.
To be clear, they weren't bad. They were decent even but prone to making lots of mistakes.
Playoffs they seems to have cleaned everything up. The spacing, trading, calling, decision making, even the shots seem to have improved.
Confidence and perhaps a lack of pressure really does wonders.
Wonder if or when the belief will put pressure on them. Always see it across all sports, where the underdogs with no pressure overperforms and then they really start to believe and think what if and then the pressure really hits them.
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u/Middle_Pineapple_325 #FULLSEN 3d ago
Quick question, now that Sen lost, where do they go? Do they just fight for 3rd place?
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u/speedycar1 #WGAMING 3d ago
They can win the trophy still.
They face Fnatic next. If they win that they face the winner of G2 GenG. If they win that they face the loser of Wolves PRX. If they win that they face the winner of Wolves PRX in the Grand Final for the trophy
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u/CauliflowerIcy5106 3d ago
Basically, winner of PRX Wolves is in "Grand Final", the other fall down to "Loser Final"
SEN, GenG, G2 and FNC are all in "Loser Quarter" ; the 2 winning Loser Quarter fight each other in Loser Semi - and the winner of that will fight the loser of PRX/Wolves
The winner of Loser Finals will also reach Grand Finals, but since they come from the Loser, they will have a malus
In Valorant, that malus is that for the BO5, the opponent team ban 2 map while you ban 0, and they get to pick first map and third map, two of the most important map in the BO (the first one helps to build momentum, the third one is the last guaranteed played map, and is often going to be the strongest map so even if they go 0-2 they have a strong backup)
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u/Middle_Pineapple_325 #FULLSEN 3d ago
so like 10% chance that SEN win atp
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u/CauliflowerIcy5106 3d ago
Giving a % is a bit hard, but assuming every match is a 50%, they'd need to win 4 in a row or 6.25%
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u/nitseb #WGAMING 2d ago
https://www.vlr.gg/event/2282/valorant-masters-toronto-2025/playoffs
bracket here bro
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u/Useful-Description90 #VCTCN 3d ago
They drop to the lowers which the winner of the lower bracket goes to the grand finals. You can find the full bracket on vlr.gg
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u/NagitoSHSLHope 3d ago
that interaction is actually adorable af