Listed below are the highest 5 Valorant gamers who dominated the 2024 EMEA Kickoff with unimaginable stats
With rookies and underdogs dominating the occasion, the EMEA Kickoff has ended by crowning Karmine Corp because the winner.
Staff Heretics are accompanying them because the second squad from the area for Masters Madrid. Such upsets have been doable as a result of unimaginable efficiency of some newcomers, who’ve made their option to the highest of the leaderboard.
After trying on the VLR ranking of the occasion, listed here are the highest 5 gamers on the 2024 EMEA Kickoff.
5. Kirill “Cloud” Nehozhin – GIANTX
Function: Flex
Brokers: Breach, Fade, Skye
VLR Ranking: 1.15
Common Fight Rating (ACS): 241.3
Kill-Loss of life Ratio: 1.17
Common Harm Per Spherical (ADR): 155.6
Headshot Proportion: 30%
GIANTX solely performed two matches within the league, the place they misplaced each collection, resulting in an early elimination. Even with such a low map depend, Russian participant Cloud had some unimaginable numbers.
The 20-year-old towered over his teammates when it got here to statistical data whereas taking part in supportive Brokers like Breach, Fade and Skye. On GIANTX’s first collection in opposition to Karmine Corp, Cloud had the very best Common Fight Rating (ACS) in all 3 maps, and he did that whereas taking part in Initiator and getting a excessive variety of assists.
His highest rating comes from the group’s 13-6 loss in opposition to FUT Esports, the place the Initiator secured 303 ACS by way of 20-14 Ok-D. Sadly, even with Cloud’s unimaginable efficiency, the remainder of the group failed to point out up, leading to a 0-2 report for the squad.
4. Timofey “Chronicle” Khromov – Fnatic
Function: Flex
Brokers: Viper, KAY/O, Breach
VLR Ranking: 1.15
Common Fight Rating (ACS): 218.0
Kill-Loss of life Ratio: 1.20
Common Harm Per Spherical (ADR): 140.4
Headshot Proportion: 22%
Chronicle, the participant with probably the most success within the historical past of Valorant, is of course anticipated to do properly in occasions like these. The 21-year-old was the most effective participant from Fnatic on the Kickoff, which says quite a bit when names like Emir “Alfajer” Beder, Nikita “Derke” Sirmitev and Leo “Leo” Jannesson are on the identical group.
The flex participant dominated within the two collection Fnatic performed earlier than getting eradicated within the semifinals. His finest stats have been within the 0-2 loss in opposition to Karmine Corp, with a Ok-D of 33-32 and 217 ACS in two maps.
Even with Chronicle bringing world-class play alongside Alfajer, Fnatic confronted an enormous upset within the single-elimination playoffs, dropping their likelihood to make it to Masters Madrid.
3. Dominykas “MiniBoo” Lukaševičius – Staff Heretics
Function: Duelist
Brokers: Neon, Yoru, Raze
VLR Ranking: 1.19
Common Fight Rating (ACS): 254.7
Kill-Loss of life Ratio: 1.22
Common Harm Per Spherical (ADR): 165.1
Headshot Proportion: 28%
The EMEA scene has witnessed the rise of a number of rookies who came visiting from the Challengers scene and dominated tier 1. MiniBoo is one such participant who spent most of his 2023 with Case Esports, partaking in Ascension final yr.
After becoming a member of his brother Ričardas “Boo” Lukaševičius in Staff Heretics as the first Duelist, this novice has proven stats harking back to Max “Demon1” Mazanov from final yr.
The “brother buff” was on full show at this occasion as each Boo and MiniBoo have been constantly on prime of the scoreboard for his or her group, serving to the squad safe its first-ever Masters. These two constructed a powerful floor that allowed the underdogs to stand up.
MiniBoo’s finest numbers come from the 2-0 Group Stage recreation in opposition to Karmine Corp, the place the Lithuanian had an ACS of 393 on Raze with a 24-10 Ok-D.
2. Marshall “N4RRATE” Massey – Karmine Corp
Function: Flex
Brokers: Gekko, Raze, Fade
VLR Ranking: 1.21
Common Fight Rating (ACS): 249.9
Kill-Loss of life Ratio: 1.27
Common Harm Per Spherical (ADR): 166.2
Headshot Proportion: 26%
One other former tier 2 participant who cemented his title at this occasion was Karmine Corp’s N4RRATE, who was a superb participant within the North American Challengers League final yr. His excellence helped KC restore its popularity, from being one of many worst rosters within the 2023 EMEA Leauge to profitable the Kickoff this yr.
The 21-year-old performed as a flex for KC, taking over Brokers like Fade and Gekko alongside Duelists, and he had glorious impacts with all of these roles. He’s confirmed himself as a constant fragger, particularly since KC needed to play 7 matches on the occasion by going by way of the play-ins.
N4RRATE’s 300 ACS efficiency in opposition to KOI was by far his finest. In that play-in match, he secured a 25-9 with Gekko on Sundown and continued to dominate with many first bloods on Bind taking part in Raze.
1. Ata “AtaKaptan” Tan – FUT Esports
Function: Flex
Brokers: Breach, Omen, Viper
VLR Ranking: 1.22
Common Fight Rating (ACS): 216.9
Kill-Loss of life Ratio: 1.23
Common Harm Per Spherical (ADR): 140.5
Headshot Proportion: 30%
Regardless that FUT couldn’t make it previous the group stage, 22-year-old AtaKaptan managed to safe the most effective stats of the occasion. He did his finest for the Turkish squad to win by dominating on supportive Brokers like Breach, Omen and Viper. Sadly, the group needed to play in a gaggle that contained two of the finalists.
The 22-year-old was constant in all three matches performed by FUT, and his finest was in opposition to Karmine Corp, the place AtaKaptan began with a 30 bomb on Breach, then continued to dominate with Omen with a 20-9 Ok-D.
