Valorant Champions 2024 finally comes to an end with EDward Gaming getting crowned champions. EDward Gaming faced off with Team Heretics in a five-map series in the grand finals. It was an adrenaline-filled Champions season. Both teams went neck to neck until the fifth match to become the deciders who will be crowned champions at Valorant Champions 2024.
Grand finals were held at the INSPIRE Arena in Incheon, South Korea. Korean crowd was like always very supportive. Edward Gaming was the Chinese team competing in the grand finals and their map knowledge and consistency finally got them the win in a 3-2 series. It was a tough battle with both teams giving their best in the finals.
We’re going to dive deep into the Valorant Champions 2024 grand finals to go through everything that happened.
EDward Gaming vs Team Heretics Valorant Champions 2024
First Map – Haven
EDward Gaming was banning maps and they chose Ascent and Icebox to be banned from the series. They started the game by choosing Haven as their first match. Despite Haven being chosen by EDward Gaming and they prepared for their map and tactics, Team Heretics dominated Haven. KangKang gave a stunning performance on the first map from EDward Gaming. However, RieNs was the best player in the first match, he scored 17/10/6 carrying TH to victory in Haven with a score reaching 13-6.
Second Map – Sunset
Team Heretics’ pick was Sunset and they have one of the best stats and playstyle on the map being the most dominant team on this map. But once again, the competitive show of Valorant and the skills of EDG come into play and they switch the map around. EDG scored the victory in Sunset with a score of 11-1 in the first half and finished the second half with 13-4 tying the series to 1-1. KangKang once again showed his over-skill above every other player scoring 22 kills.
Third Map – Lotus
Lotus was next map in the Valorant Champions 2024 Grand Finals. The first half was really neck to neck coming to a tie at 6-6. TH have been really comfortable and calm throughout their performance and body language in the finals. However, EDG’s S1Mon destroyed Benjyfishy the Fortnite pro player, and MiniBoo in round 20, helping EDG to win the map with a score of 13-9. CHICHOO was phenomenal in Lotus scoring a whopping 27 kills.
Fourth Map – Bind
Bind was chosen to be the fourth map and the best map in the series. It was the Valorant gameplay and true skill shown by both teams leaving fans in awe. TH scored another match after a hard-fought battle with their insane map knowledge and patience. Bind came to an end with the score being 13-11.
Meanwhile, the last round of Bind is going to be one of the best epic rounds in Valorant esports history. With the spike on the plant by TH and EDG in a timed moment to score the round, KangKang once again showed his skills. KangKang scored an Ace in the final round but they lost the round to the spike timer going off and finally losing the map and TH scoring another map in the series. Making the series to go its full potential in the final game with both teams scoring 2-2 in the series.
Final Map – Abyss
Now, it all came down to the final match in the series which was Abyss Valorant’s newest map.
Surprisingly, EDG had a very good first half and they were dominating the whole half in Abyss. However, TH did a great performance in the other half and picked up momentum. They won five consecutive rounds and narrowed the score to 11-9.
KangKang did an insane thrifty round to stop the momentum of TH and finally carried EDward Gaming and the final map to end the series at 3-2 with the score reaching Abyss at 13-9.
EDward Gaming finally got crowned Champions in Valorant Champions 2024 becoming the only Chinese team to have an international VCT tournament. They participated in the event for six years but finally scored their first trophy.
KangKang broke the world record for the most number of kills
Valorant Champions 2024 was full of exciting moments and quality gameplay. EDG’s KangKang made a new record and broke the world record of the most number of kills in Valorant Esports history. KangKang EDward Gaming’s insane Duelist role player scored a whopping 111 kills in Valorant Champions 2024 Grand Finals against Team Heretics. He was awarded the first-ever trophy for MVP for his performance at Valorant Champions 2024.
With the Champions 2024 coming to an end and the new Agent Vyse around the corner with the new Valorant Episode 9 Act 2 update. Everyone is excited to play the new Agent. You can check out how to unlock Vyse and get ready to learn her lineups and rank up to Radiant soon.