With this win, C9 will face The Guard in the winning bracket and Shopify will face Sentinel in the losing bracket next Sunday.
Yesterday, the VCT LCQ NA 2022 tournament was an extremely interesting confrontation between the bottom team – Shopify Rebellion and the top rated team in North America, Cloud9. This is not only an important match, branching out to win and lose, but it is also Shopify’s debut under the new name, although before, these players were still teammates under the color of Luminosity.
Despite a 2-0 victory, the match was enough to satisfy Valorant fans because it was filled with thrilling combat situations and extremely long overtime rounds. According to many people, these are not two weak teams, but their squad frame just doesn’t have a strong cohesion to be able to reach out to the world. Tactically, this match doesn’t have much to say, but in terms of individual skill, this is a game worth watching.
Opening the game with Shopify’s Ascent map pick with C9 on the defensive side, they continuously destroyed rounds and took the lead. However, when catching the general pace of the competition, Shopify also had a very strong response, ending the first half of the game with an extremely tense 6-6 score. After switching sides, the two teams struggled until each round and C9 was the team that finished with an emotional 13-10 score.
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Coming to the second map, Fracture, Shopify’s bdog player had an excellent performance with a total of 40 kills and only fell 20 times. However, vanity and Xeppaa are two bright spots in C9’s gameplay when it is these two members who have had extremely satisfying plays and clutched a few rounds. After several stressful overtime series, C9 also ended the game with a score of 17-15, putting their name on the list of teams in the winning bracket.
In the next pair of matches, C9 will face The Guard in the win bracket tomorrow, while Shopify will face Sentinel in the losing bracket next Sunday.
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