After the first week of VCT LOCK//IN saw LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 pANcada Bryan Luna saadhak Matias Delipetro tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira and DRX DRX Korea Rank #7 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) make it into the final stage of the tournament, there are still two playoffs spots open.
As a reminder, Riot gathered all 30 partnered teams and two Chinese rosters in São Paulo for LOCK//IN, which gives teams a first chance to flex their muscles against teams from regions outside their own. These 32-teams were divided into two 16-team brackets, the first of which concluded last Sunday.
The Omega bracket kicks off later today, which will see the remaining 16 teams fight for themselves and their region: whichever team is crowned champion at LOCK//IN will award their region one extra slot for this year's only Masters event, come this Summer, in Japan.
VLR.gg has compiled everything that you need to know for the four-week tournament, as it moves into its second stage: the Omega bracket.
Format
The 32 teams have been split into two 16-team brackets: the Alpha and Omega bracket, named after the lore's Alpha and Omega Earths. Every match in these brackets will be a Bo3, where each team's life will be on the line, as the brackets are single-elimination.
Omega Bracket's teams are:
- Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #3 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid (Americas)
- 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #4 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk (Americas)
- KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo (Americas)
- LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee (Americas)
- FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #6 mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt nzr Agustin Ibarra (Americas)
- Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak (EMEA)
- Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #19 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky (EMEA)
- Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #9 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso (EMEA)
- FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #2 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder (EMEA)
- FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #8 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban (EMEA)
- Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #38 patrickWHO Mark Musni UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov kellyS Kelly Sedillo Papi Federico Evangelista (Pacific)
- Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #7 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes 2ge James Goopio Jremy Jeremy Cabrera (Pacific)
- Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #20 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kush Bryan Carlos Setiawan Estrella Park Gun (박건) (Pacific)
- ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori (Pacific)
- T1 T1 Korea Rank #3 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) Sylvan Ko Young-sub (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) (Pacific)
- EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 S1Mon Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋) ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) (China)
Prize Pool
There are $500,000 USD on the line in Brazil, half as much as money for double the teams. The prize distribution is as follows:
- 1st place: $100,000
- 2nd place: $60,000
- 3rd-4th place: $40,000
- 5th-8th place: $25,000
- 9th-16th place: $10,000
- 17th-32nd place: $5,000
Unlike last year, there are no VCT Points up for grabs. Whichever region comes out on top will have an extra slot at this year's Masters events, hosted in Japan later this year.
Teams will also collect 50% of net proceedings from the LOCK//IN Capsule. The limited edition capsule collection includes the Misericórdia knife, which has four variants (one for the VCT, three for each superregion), three regionally themed cards, and a spray. The capsule has been on sale since Feb. 8, and will be in the game's shop until March 7.
Schedule (Omega Bracket)
Wednesday, February 22
- 9:00 AM PST | 6:00 PM CET | 2:00 AM JST - Team Liquid vs. Team Secret
- 12:00 PM PST | 9:00 PM CET | 5:00 AM JST - Natus Vincere vs. KRÜ Esports
- 3:00 PM PST | 12:00 AM CET | 8:00 AM JST - ZETA DIVISION vs. Leviatán
Thursday, February 23
- 9:00 AM PST | 6:00 PM CET | 2:00 AM JST - Team Vitality vs. Global Esports
- 12:00 PM PST | 9:00 PM CET | 5:00 AM JST - FUT Esports vs. Rex Regum Qeon
- 3:00 PM PST | 12:00 AM CET | 8:00 AM JST - 100 Thieves vs. EDward Gaming
Friday, February 24
- 9:00 AM PST | 6:00 PM CET | 2:00 AM JST - Sentinels vs. FNATIC
- 12:00 PM PST | 9:00 PM CET | 5:00 AM JST - T1 vs. FURIA
Saturday, February 25
- 9:00 AM PST | 6:00 PM CET | 2:00 AM JST - Quarterfinal #1
- 12:00 PM PST | 9:00 PM CET | 5:00 AM JST - Quarterfinal #2
Sunday, February 26
- 9:00 AM PST | 6:00 PM CET | 2:00 AM JST - Quarterfinal #3
- 12:00 PM PST | 9:00 PM CET | 5:00 AM JST - Quarterfinal #4
Monday, February 27
- 9:00 AM PST | 6:00 PM CET | 2:00 AM JST - Semifinal #1
- 12:00 PM PST | 9:00 PM CET | 5:00 AM JST - Semifinal #2
Broadcast
VCT LOCK//IN will give out exclusive drops, which means that you can earn in-game rewards from watching official streams. If you connect your Valorant account with your Twitch or YouTube account, you may be rewarded in-game with a LOCK//IN-themed title and buddy.
The "Locked In" title can be earned by watching a live game from February 13 to March 4, and the Dad Hat Buddy by catching the streams on March 4.
English Broadcast Talent
- Yinsu Collins (Host)
- Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez (Host)
- James "Dash" Patterson (Host)
- Seth "Achilios" King (Analyst)
- Mimi "aEvilcat" Wermcrantz (Analyst)
- Lauren "Pansy" Scott (Commentator)
- Michael "hypoc" Robins (Commentator)
- Mitch "MitchMan" McBride (Commentator)
- Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire (Commentator)
- Brennon "Bren" Hook (Commentator)
- Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson (Commentator)
- Doug "EsportsDoug" Cortez (Commentator)
- Arten "Ballatw" Esa (Commentator)
- David "prius" Kuntz (Observer)
- Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo (Observer)
- Felix "Synga" Regitz (Observer)
- Nicholas "Yehty" Tesolin (Observer)
Streams
- twitch.tv/valorant
- twitch.tv/VALORANT_ES1
- twitch.tv/valleague_fr
- twitch.tv/grunexcom
- twitch.tv/valorantleague_east
- twitch.tv/leetesport
- twitch.tv/esportsfinland
- twitch.tv/valorantleague_tr
- twitch.tv/valorantmc_ua
- twitch.tv/valorant_br
- twitch.tv/VALORANT_LA
- twitch.tv/valorant_kr
- twitch.tv/valorant_jpn
- twitch.tv/nodwingaming
- twitch.tv/valorant_ph
- twitch.tv/valorant_th
- twitch.tv/valorant_id
- twitch.tv/valorant_tw
- English YouTube
- Balkan YouTube
- Turkish YouTube
- Hindi YouTube
- Chinese YouTube
- Filipino YouTube
- Vietnamese YouTube
- Thai YouTube
- Indonesian YouTube
- Taiwanese YouTube
- LATAM Youtube
Coverage
VLR.gg is covering all of LOCK//IN in our event hub, which includes our live match ticker and stats to comb over. The event also features pick'ems, which are open until the games start.