OpTic Gaming Claims First Win at VALORANT Champions 2022

The OpTic Gaming team outplayed BOOM Esports with a score of 2:1 at the start of the group stage of VALORANT Champions 2022. Now the North American team will play with LOUD for the right to get into the playoffs of the competition. In turn, the team from Indonesia will play with ZETA DIVISION for the right not to fly out of the championship.

The second match of the game day started on the Breeze map, which became the choice of the team from Southeast Asia. At the same time, BOOM Esports immediately took control of the game, managing to get a twofold advantage before switching sides - 8:4. However, after switching sides, the North Americans managed to catch up with the opponent and brought the card to overtime. Nevertheless, here BOOM Esports managed to take their toll, having obtained a hard-earned victory at their own peak — 18:16.

Next, the teams moved to the Bind map, which turned out to be the choice of OpTic Gaming. However, the North American team immediately began to correct for the failure on the first map, closing the half with a devastating score of 10:2. Of course, after the change of sides, the intrigue did not appear on the server, allowing OpTic Gaming to quickly equalize the score in the series — 13:5.

Everything was decided on the Fracture map, the first half of which again passed without intrigue, as the North Americans again took control of the game and were not going to stop before the victory. After switching sides, it was not difficult for OpTic Gaming to resolve all issues without nerves, and at the same time get the first victory in VALORANT Champions 2022 - 13:3.

VALORANT Champions 2022 takes place from August 31 to September 18 in Istanbul at the Volkswagen Arena. As part of the championship, sixteen teams from Europe, North and South America, Brazil, South Korea, Japan, China and Southeast Asia are fighting for a total prize pool of $1,000,000.