So when it's 03-2026 they will probably be:

Derke
Sayonara
Less
Sayf
UNFAKE (IGL)

Could be crazy.

Sayf was simply not himself as IGL and the break showed that as a 2nd indicator. Dude pulled the "ace per matches" world record in VCT as Duelist. Can't wait to see him back as Flex with no pressure. Not every player is meant to IGL.

tex and Sato are beasts! Was a crazy match...

Beautiful match by marteen, SUY and Saadhak.

Liquid are amazing but they simply got outsmarted tonight. Happens. Both teams are awesome and on a good way.

LewN... :O

pyroll can play literally every agent. I saw him during some matches when he played with our goat musashi at Acend (who could also easily IGL a VCT team btw.) and pyroll was impressive.

But I'm still wondering why they replace Elite. Dude is young and is def. great mechanically, so it has to be communication and stuff like that.

From the Tier 2 2024 season I also could imagine that Pa1ze would def. make a great addition for a team.

Currently it's crazy to see with that type of squads KOI and Apeks are competing. For the next season they could easily sign a way higher quality (obviously that goes down to several things, not just looking at stats and signing).

Why? Seriously... why?

azys, Boni, GLYPH, xavi8k, JA.... there are plenty Filipino players to choose from to build a new all-Philippines team with potential. Especially azys is a must sign.

Spear is crazy. Just arrived and doing gods work... and of course only 18 years young.

Too many Turkish prodigies. And some of the other T2 leagues also have crazy talents... so VCT 2026 could be crazy.

Mother of whiffs.

Okay, with FNC now showing this weird performance we have all top 10 teams done this year with showing weird matches.

I was kinda hoping for a little reminder before Champs so they start grinding again after the last win looked a bit messy, but this is actually their worst match this season so far. Sh*t happens no one is a robot, but when stuff like this would happen on Champs I would suffer a nuclear level meltdown.

GGs to a awesome Liquid! keiko and kamo are so damn good and trexx fits their squad so well. Happy for trexx that he found a new home.

Back to the grind boys. There is work to do.

Okay, Apeks is truly the first team for VCT 2026 that needs a FULL rebuild. Like check out all EMEA T2 leagues and let the best 3-5 players available from each league trial (and maybe also check EMEA players from NA... like alym etc.)

There is sooo much crazy talent left. Somebody could easily build another Heretics team... when I imagine a team with stonezy, Spear etc. that could be brutal!

al0 <3
No matter what happens with Fokus next season, he needs to be signed by a VCT team.

Happens. I mean... it was weird, but better get reminded of the need to grind again now instead of at Champs.

Spear will def. be one of the guys signed for VCT 2026 when teams are upgrading again.

Bro... that team did the best out of the last days they could sign someone. Sayf took a break because of mental health, Sayonara just got 17... still too young, ComeBack already signed with M8.

It's an absolute emergency roster for them.

Heretics looking hungry.
Wo0t still keeps making people speechless, dude is crazy!

Kicks nt clutch tho.

GGs

Rough day in the office... :P
But hey, not every match can be 13:1 kaajak dropping 1000 kills/second. Unrealistic to expect that, even though we got used to it somehow.

Always good when you get reminded that the grind is never allowed to stop.

GGs!

Noooooo... :( Suggest was one of my fav. GENG players.

stew needs to be signed by a Korean team. Dude is so good!

Besides the tech issues, probably the best T2 match I've watched in a while! Can't wait to see Canezerra, Reduxx, nightz etc. in VCT!

GGs Cubert <3

I just hope that Apeks and M8 or whoever will come up will build the best possible teams with all the T2 talent we have... and T2 EMEA is full with insane players.

When sociablEE stops playing for BBL, they know who to sign. Doubt anyways that ComeBack will play for M8 next season.

This will be a FIRE match!

al0 was so impressive today!

What a match. M8s are going to become a serious threat from now on.

I mean, GX didn't play flawless and BBL made several crazy mistakes by totally underestimating GX, but still... absolutely good performance by GX. Cloud is such a good IGL and finally he got a good vibing team. I still find it a bit sadge that purp0 went so much downhill with his performance, but hey... maybe he will get another chance in another team at some point.

Okay, it's finally happening. 99% of coaches and players said before that GX are insane in scrims but never play like that on stage. And now they finally start to do that.

Yeah, okay... aaaand here we go with the next Turkish wonderkid. Spear is impressive af!

Jesus Maria. How many top talents do you guys have? xD Like every year at least 3!

What a match. Robbie def. is an underrated IGL... he made some crazy calls. And yeah... virtyy is insane, that lukxo is crazy was already obvious since the beginning of the season and we actually saw glimpses of oldschool pancada (that 1v3 clutch was amazing).

Can't wait to see more of LOUD... wish them all the best!

Get well soon, leaf!

GGs

Alfa looked sooo sleepy before the match. I bet the boys were still 50% in their post EWC break... xD

But yeah... good win for the vibes and to get in the mood again. Even though it was bumpy... but I mean, literally every team of every region looked bumpy on their first matches so far. It's normal. KC had probably the same issues with break / vacation etc. and Avez is always so good.

kaajak... bro I have no words for this class.

I thinK FNS said it really well. No team will really remember EWC for the sake of being EWC but the tournament showed insane Valorant from the best teams and for the good performing teams the money is def. great. Also for Heretics I think this is insanely important for their mentality. zekken literally called this... he said that they need one win to regrow their confidence and then beat the best teams again. He was right.

But I think everyone is happy now to play VCT again and by that LAN servers.

Chron +17 / 1.21, kaajak +23 / 1.20, crashies +20 / 1.19 and how was the match? 3:0? Nah, 2:3. Ehehehe.

Jesus! When this would be a major grand final my heart would feel not very good right now.

GGs to Heretics, good to see them smile again and I'm happy they showed that they can win an event. Good to see our boys STILL smiling because it was "just" EWC and not VCT and now keep the heads high and keep up the will to win for Stage 2 and Champs. I'm also happy they showed insane plays (kaajak currently #1 Duelist by form) and that they can beat Paper Rex and GENG.

What a GF... but please nothing like that in Paris.

zekken was officially right. He said like 2 days ago that he still believes in Heretics and that they just need one good win to get rollin' again. He was right. From playing like not existing at Toronto and here against NRG to 4 amazing wins in a row with a crazy victory against GENG (who beat NRG).

Amazing trip and happy for the boys.

But same as seeing PRX lose... GENG is amazing and t3xture is the coolest dude. They deserved it, too. For more exciting matches!

Yeah man. PRX vs. FNC always fire!

GGs to PRX <3

Tier 2 and coming back stronger, ez. Still so young and very talented.

From what I've heard is that Serial is insanely silent during comms and just plays his game. But yeah... I think that's what several people said about trexx as well + that he tilts af.

But who knows? It's not our duty to solve that.

I'm very excited about TL and how good they eventually become.

To be fair, yes... xD But you would think EWC with that crazy much funding would be able to get a well connected hall.

And since weirdly enough CS and Dota NEVER have tech pauses, but Valorant and LoL do have enough tech issues for 10 games, I think it's a Riot issue because of server / hosting infrastructure.

Wo0t going maniac again? xD
The Heretics bros had enough...

The format is fine until that weird playoffs style imo. No grand finals make no sense. Direct elim is okay but then do it consequently.

Also why doing that long a** quali and group phase and then no upper and lower bracket? So yeah... playoffs are a bit weird.

Ahhhhh... here we go again. xD

Chron and Alfa... <3 Such BEASTS!

One more game Avez showing why he is feared already.

GGs.

KC has a future for sure. Getting better and better. GGs to them!

Saadhak is having so much fun in the regional season with his boys... like the cool unc. But at EWC now his true nature comes through. He is one of the best IGLs in VCT history and he is currently showing that. marteen f.e. was amazing all season, had 2 bad maps today and Saadhak makes everyone else compensate things if necessary with insanely well timed comms - he won them so many rounds also by stepping up and fragging.

Avez is also showing during the whole year that he is an monster (and of course SUYGETSU MVP of the day... insane performance by the legend)!

But yeah, beside of that exciting match.

marteen was very good at 90% of the season so far. Why would you hate him anyways? He says literally nothing about anyone and is just a nice kid.

What a tech mess, but good for SEN to close it out in the end. zekken more and more shows he's the best Neon.

XLG still clutched some crazy rounds with coach. happywei and Viva are shooters. Rarga sadly again with the communication issues... xD At this point with all the Jemkins, Rargas and vo0kashus we might see a all Russian team again at some point... under Chinese flag... xD

Yeah, def. makes sense. :) Good points.

Yeah, this is what I mean (especially with Jemkin). Is is the adrenalin on int. stage? And Tejo seems to be a heavy factor for RRQ and G2...

Would be nice if they manage to get quickly used to old ways again. Jemkin was insane during the season...

Btw.: I wonder how https://www.vlr.gg/473844/gen-g-vs-rex-regum-qeon-champions-tour-2025-pacific-stage-1-gf is possible and then they totally get destroyed by Fnatic, NRG etc. on international stage. And they played really, really good in Pacific. It feels like on int. stage it's a different team... like honestly, RRG look so different.

But yeah, again GGs to NRG -> insane team! Fun to watch them.

NRG is on the way to become the new NA monsters together with ENVY!
Regarding NRG player interviews during Toronto the only teams they lost to in scrims were Fnatic, PRX and ENVY...

But yeah... without the pressure on his IGLing (literally nobody was forcing him to be the best IGL after the last time) Ethan seems to be way cooler on the pitch. :P mada is insane... s0m is insane... absolute crazy team!

Jamppi proofed to be an amazing IGL, tbh. I'm def. impressef af!

And sociabLEE being this good with almost 30 years... crazy!

shhhack played actually a good map.
But yeah... no leaf and then this short amount of time is obviously a big L for G2.