Rankings are based on how close the game was, the quality of play from both teams, the storylines coming into the match and how impressive the win was, based on the overall competition of the event.
10 - SEN vs FNC, Masters Reykjavik 2021 - This match was so early on in Valorant's lifespan that no one really knew how the game was meant to be played, so the quality of play was incredibly low at the whole tournament, with SEN winning pretty much off the back of pure firepower. It was a fairly clean 3-0, and while the maps were close it never really felt like FNC were gonna win at any point.
9 - OpTic vs Loud, Masters Reykjavik 2022 - Loud kinda came out of nowhere and made an incredible run through Reykjavik, but tripped at the final hurdle and choked at the Grand Final, losing in a pretty clean 3-0, and while they did at least make Bind and Breeze close, it was still a 3-0, with the only individual on Loud that really hit their stride being aspas. There was also the whole asterisk of most of the European teams being mega fucked over by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the lack of any other teams that could really measure that could measure up to OpTic or Loud
8 - FNC vs EG, Masters Tokyo 2023 - Much of the same as OpTic vs Loud, with one team coming out of nowhere and making an incredible run to the Grand Finals before falling short and losing 3-0. Obviously this gets points for being an incredibly high level of play, but it does also signify the brief period that FNC were completely unbeatable, with no one that could really challenge them.
7 - GMB vs NV, Masters Berlin 2021 - Another dominant 3-0 Grand Final, although GMB and NV were probably the first real great teams in Valorant, and played to a much higher level strategically than the teams at Reykjavik.
6 - GMB vs Acend, Champions Berlin 2021 - This was the first real Grand Finals that was close, and at one point it even looked like GMB were gonna win their second trophy. However it is retroactively worsened by the fact that all of Acend kinda fell off afterwards (though cNed is having a resurgence right now) and it was massively overshadowed by KRU vs GMB, which I feel like everyone kinda wished was the actual Grand Finals.
5 - EG vs PRX, Champions LA 2023 - The culmination of EG's Cinderella run, and a really great storyline to have for the winners of Champions. However, it's definitely made worse by the fact that PRX massively choked, and weren't playing anywhere near the level we had seen from them before. something underdelivered and Jinggg was getting shut down the whole series.
4 - OpTic vs Loud, Champions Istanbul 2022 - The culmination of the greatest rivalry in Valorant history, in maybe the most stacked tournament we've had yet, with Loud finally proving themselves to be world beaters, and finally winning a trophy for South America. Absolute cinema.
3 - Gen.G vs SEN, Masters Madrid 2024 - Two great storylines, with SEN and more specifically TenZ making a massive comeback after reinventing themselves, and Gen.G being the first Korean team to ever make a Grand Finals, plus it was incredibly close with a 3-2 scoreline, with Gen.G being incredibly close to winning it all on Split.
2 - FPX vs PRX, Masters Copenhagen 2022 - FPX may have the best storyline of any LAN winner in Valorant. They were arguably the best in the world at the start of the year, but couldn't attend Reykjavik because of factors completely out of their control, then they get overtaken and relegated to second best in Europe, losing to the same team 4 times in a row. When they finally make their international debut, one of their star players has visa issues and they have to play with a sub. They barely scrape through the group stage and their star player makes it to the event just in time for playoffs. They immediately get knocked down to the lower bracket and have to run an absolute gauntlet, beating a Guild who had beaten OpTic, DRX, the team that had knocked them down to the lower bracket and overtaken them as the best in Europe in FNC, the team who had won the previous event that they were forced to miss in OpTic, and then the first Asian team to make a Grand Finals who were absolutely on fire in PRX, who take them to an incredibly close 5 map series, which ends with the star player who had missed the group stage pulling out one of the best clips in Valorant history to finally win them an international trophy after getting fucked about by things out of their control for the first half of the year. Insane storyline, incredibly close Grand Final, gruellingly difficult route to win and a very high level of play.
1 - FNC vs Loud, Lock//In Sao Paulo 2023 - Just the best game ever played in Valorant history, with FNC pulling off a legendary comeback to deny a reverse sweep vs the reigning Champions in front of their home crowd, as well as finally overcoming their reputations as chokers, with Boaster, Derke and Mini finally winning a trophy after trying for one so long, as well as Alfajer getting his revenge on Loud by lifting a trophy in front of their home crowd after having to watch them lift one in front of his. Peak
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