A surprise happened when Acend soon became the former king of Valorant Champions when he was eliminated early at EMEA LCQ this time.
After losing 1-2 to M3C who were in very high performance and had to go to the losing bracket, Acend continued to suffer another 1-2 defeat against G2 Esports and was eliminated.
Two consecutive defeats have revealed many problems of the Acend squad at the moment. Compared to the squad since winning Valorant Champions 2021, Acend only retains cNed and starxo, while other members like zeek, BONECOLD or Kiles have all left or stopped playing for many reasons. Acend’s new lineup doesn’t seem to have really found a common voice and relies too much on the brilliance of individuals like cNed, and when the stars in the lineup like cNed can’t speak up, Acend realizes failure.
Competing with only individual brilliance as well as a lack of cohesion in the squad, Acend’s last year was an extremely disappointing time when the purple army was unable to participate in any major tournaments. which economy. Even going to the EMEA region, in stage 1, they were eliminated from the group stage and on to stage 2, they were not much better when they stopped at 6th place after receiving 2 consecutive defeats right at the start of the round. playoffs.
Certainly, improving the cohesion in the gameplay between players will take time, especially with a multi-national roster like Acend. The boys in purple will have to take a long break when this season ends early this year to refresh themselves as well as practice more and try harder next season if they want to regain their position. . After being eliminated early in the LCQ, Acend also made a post thanking the fans, promising to improve as well as affirming that their journey will continue.
In other notable developments in the EMEA LCQ 2022 qualifiers, Natus Vincere, an extremely new name in the village of Valorant (but too familiar in the CS: GO world) suddenly knocked down the Esports Guild and pushed the team to the top. 3 EMEA Challengers Stage 2 down to the losing bracket. Is this the beginning of a legendary journey like what they did for CS: GO?
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