VCT Day 3: Vivo Keyd & Fnatic cause upsets, Envy breeze past X10

An exciting Day 3 of VCT 2021 - VALORANT Champions 2021 comes to an end with Vivo Keyd Stars and Envy picking up opening wins in Group D and Fnatic being the first team to qualify for the tournament playoffs.

Everything was pointing to a close last map on Breeze, and things did in fact start off very competitive in the first five rounds. However, Vivo Keyd were able to win key rounds that gave them an economic advantage, and meant that Acend were on the back foot for the rest of the half, which ended 8-4. Things got bad to worse when the Brazilians grabbed the pistol and anti-eco and then moved onto match point, from where it was only a matter of time before they closed out the map.

As expected, heat just could not be outdone and ended the match at the top of the scoreboard with a 1.19 rating and 57 kills. His unbelievable skill with Jett is a pleasure to watch for fans and neutrals alike.

VCT 2021 - VALORANT Champions 2021

Acend

2

X

1

Vivo Keyd Stars

Group A - Opening Match, Best of 3 - December 3, 2021 - 2:00PM

9

Icebox

13

13

Bind

3

13

Breeze

10

Acend

player

Rating

ACS

K/D/A

+/-

K/D

KAST

ADR

HS%

FBSR

FB

FD

zeek

1.21

230

47/35/21

+12

1.34

82.3%

141.4

19%

67%

14

7

cNed

1.09

221

43/41/17

+2

1.05

81.6%

139.1

28%

67%

10

5

kiles

0.91

162

34/36/24

-2

0.94

75.4%

104.5

30%

57%

4

3

BONECOLD

0.83

153

35/35/15

0

1.00

79.7%

108.5

29%

25%

1

3

starxo

0.80

166

35/43/15

-8

0.81

77.4%

114.2

19%

43%

3

4

Vivo Keyd Stars

player

Rating

ACS

K/D/A

+/-

K/D

KAST

ADR

HS%

FBSR

FB

FD

heat

1.08

231

54/40/3

+14

1.35

71.2%

152.0

38%

43%

9

12

mwzera

1.03

217

45/39/14

+6

1.15

80.6%

127.4

13%

67%

4

2

v1xen

0.83

139

30/36/28

-6

0.83

71.2%

98.9

19%

25%

2

6

murizzz

0.79

149

34/37/16

-3

0.92

81.2%

104.5

24%

30%

3

7

Jhow

0.62

146

27/42/15

-15

0.64

71.1%

99.7

17%

44%

4

5

The second match of the day was crucial to DRX and Fnatic’s lofty ambitions of going deep into the tournament. It began on Icebox and the map was nothing but the Nikita "Derke" Sirmitev show. The Jett was on his A-game and helped his team string together a decent lead in the first half, but the tables were turned by Vision Strikers, who ended it 6-6. The Europeans brought their heavy defender side aggression into the attacker side and managed to close the map out 13-10.

The story of Haven was somewhat similar to Icebox, both teams dealing blows and with the score 6-6 at half time, the map was completely up in the air. In the second half, the Koreans took the pistol and the anti-eco and were looking good, but Fnatic fought back with four rounds of their own. It was time for the Vision Strikers players to step up and they did, winning five rounds in a row to take the game to Fracture.

At this point both teams had warmed up into the game and the newest map to the pool, Fracture, could go either way. It certainly did go the way of Fnatic, as they were a storm that could not be weathered on attack. Led by Derke and Doma, the team grew up to a 9-3 advantage in the half, and while Vision Strikers were able to pick up a few consolation rounds, they could not prevent the inevitable, losing the map 6-13.

VCT 2021 - VALORANT Champions 2021

DRX

1

X

2

Fnatic

Group D - Winners Match, Best of 3 - December 3, 2021 - 5:45PM

10

Icebox

13

13

Haven

10

6

Fracture

13

DRX

player

Rating

ACS

K/D/A

+/-

K/D

KAST

ADR

HS%

FBSR

FB

FD

MaKo

1.04

205

47/44/21

+3

1.07

70.3%

136.4

25%

44%

4

5

stax

0.99

187

47/45/16

+2

1.04

68.9%

127.9

32%

29%

2

5

Rb

0.83

161

38/46/19

-8

0.83

70.0%

107.6

32%

44%

7

9

Lakia

0.83

203

15/16/3

-1

0.94

73.9%

136.9

17%

60%

3

2

BuZz

0.83

201

42/46/7

-4

0.91

74.7%

126.4

25%

47%

8

9

k1Ng

0.47

128

16/28/8

-12

0.57

63.3%

94.5

26%

18%

2

9

Fnatic

player

Rating

ACS

K/D/A

+/-

K/D

KAST

ADR

HS%

FBSR

FB

FD

Derke

1.30

275

61/40/12

+21

1.53

75.9%

177.4

26%

59%

16

11

Doma

1.19

211

52/39/20

+13

1.33

78.8%

143.1

31%

80%

4

1

MAGNUM

0.97

200

48/39/6

+9

1.23

77.0%

129.6

26%

69%

9

4

Boaster

0.83

161

37/41/22

-4

0.90

80.8%

119.8

16%

38%

3

5

Mistic

0.64

120

27/46/23

-19

0.59

70.3%

85.6

30%

58%

7

5

The day was capped off with an easy 2-0 win for Envy over X10 Esports, the last of the opening matches for Champions.

Since the Thai squad were going into the matchup as underdogs, they were hoping to win their map pick of Breeze. Things did start well for them after they won the pistol and the rounds after, but lost their footing once the full rifle rounds started. Envy were able to combo some rounds together and the teams went into the half as equals. The North Americans showed a much better attacking side, full of the creativity that Pujan "FNS" Mehta brings to the team, and were able to claim the map 13-8.

X10 Crit were up against the wall going into Ascent, but they made a good account for themselves in the first half, ending it only narrowly behind 5-7. But things got out of hand on their attacking side, even with Thanamethk "Crws" Mahatthananuyut performing impressively with a 1.34 rating, and they collapsed eventually at 13-7.

VCT 2021 - VALORANT Champions 2021

Envy

2

X

0

X10 Esports

Group A - Opening Match, Best of 3 - December 3, 2021 - 9:30PM

13

Breeze

8

13

Ascent

7

Envy

player

Rating

ACS

K/D/A

+/-

K/D

KAST

ADR

HS%

FBSR

FB

FD

yay

1.23

245

37/25/8

+12

1.48

70.6%

152.7

13%

63%

10

6

crashies

1.09

205

31/22/12

+9

1.41

83.0%

133.7

20%

67%

2

1

Victor

1.01

185

30/26/12

+4

1.15

63.3%

119.3

24%

45%

5

6

Marved

0.99

208

28/24/12

+4

1.17

80.5%

144.2

32%

67%

2

1

FNS

0.94

207

30/28/5

+2

1.07

70.6%

131.4

21%

50%

4

4

X10 Esports

player

Rating

ACS

K/D/A

+/-

K/D

KAST

ADR

HS%

FBSR

FB

FD

Crws

1.07

196

27/32/22

-5

0.84

75.6%

128.3

25%

30%

3

7

patt

0.97

231

30/33/6

-3

0.91

70.7%

151.4

19%

62%

8

5

sScary

0.85

177

26/29/8

-3

0.90

70.7%

114.9

26%

40%

2

3

Foxz

0.71

173

23/29/4

-6

0.79

65.5%

119.9

22%

38%

3

5

sushiboys

0.55

139

19/33/4

-14

0.58

56.1%

93.1

17%

40%

2

3

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