Paper Rex - Vinder Valorant India Invitational
/Came to the end of the Valorant India Invitational. As part of the championship, which was held from November 18 to 20 in Hyderabad, India at the GMR Arena, eight teams from Europe, Southeast Asia and India competed for a total prize pool of $100,000. The winner of the tournament was the Paper Rex team, which in the grand final was stronger than Team Heretics with a score of 3:1 (Bind - 13:11; Fracture - 6:13; Breeze - 13:10; Ascent - 13:8).
The championship for the team from Indonesia started with an excellent performance in the group stage, where it outplayed GodSquad (13:7) and BOOM Esports (13:1), but lost to Bleed eSports (6:13) and still took first place.
Having made it to the playoffs, the team confidently beat Team Secret (2:1), thus ending up in the grand final.
The team started the decisive match of the tournament on the Bind map, which became the opponent's choice. However, here the team showed a confident attack, thanks to which they took the lead in the series - 13:11. Next, the participants moved to the Fracture map, where Team Heretics still managed to level the score in the series — 13:6. Then the teams moved to the Breeze map, which again ended with the victory of the Indonesian team — 13:10. The fate of the grand final was decided on the map Ascent, which was left to the players of Paper Rex — 13:8.
Thanks to this victory, the alecks team got off to a good start in the off-season and earned a prize of $50,000.
Valorant India Invitational results
- 1st place: Paper Rex - $50,000
- 2nd place: Team Heretics - $20,000
- 3rd-4th place: Team Secret and Bleed eSports — $10,000
- 5th-6th place: GodSquad and Rex Regum Qeon — $2,500
- 7th-8th place: BOOM Esports and Enigma Gaming — $2,500