Can we not give the 1st seed a bye to playoffs next time? Don’t know why Riot has done this for the past 3 years
https://liquipedia.net/valorant/VALORANT_Champions_Tour/2021/EMEA/Stage_3/Challengers_Playoffs
this format is possible but i'm not a huge fan
Another possibility is to give s a by to 4 top seed then after 3 round you've got :
Still another possibility with same swiss round the only thing that change is decider game :