![]() LG then jumped out to a 2-0 series lead with a 13-10 regulation win on Bind. Luminosity and Sentinels went to overtime on the first map, Icebox, with Luminosity barely winning 15-13. 1 team in a ranking of North American teams. Sentinels could arguably be the game’s No. Despite VALORANT’s brief history, Sentinels are already a highly decorated team, finishing first in the PAX Arena Invitational, Pop Flash and the JBL Quantum Cup. On Sunday, Luminosity entered their match with Sentinels as heavy underdogs. ![]() Equinox jumped out to an 8-4 lead at halftime, but LG responded by going 9-1 on defense in the second half to take it 13-9. Luminosity closed out the series with a more comfortable Map 3 win.Ĭapping off a slog of a day, LG split the first two maps with Equinox in the semifinals, but it was in the third game that Luminosity’s tenacity and endurance shined through. The two sides again went to overtime on Map 2, Bind, with NRG emerging victorious 19-17. LG and NRG went to overtime on Split, with Luminosity narrowly escaping 16-14. In the quarterfinals on Saturday, Luminosity played what might have been the second-most memorable series of the entire tournament. In LG’s rematch with XSET in the decider match, XSET took the first map, followed by two map wins by LG. Facing 2D in the elimination match, LG dropped the first map before storming back to win the next two. In two Group C win-or-go-home matches, Luminosity did their best work when they had their backs against the wall. Diondre “YaBoiDre” Bond and Kaleb “moose” Jayne filled out the roster as temporary stand-ins during both the NSG x Complexity Invitational and the Winter Championship. ![]() LG’s roster is incomplete, with only three players on the active squad: in-game leader Alex “aproto” Protopapas, Brenden “stellar” McGrath and Brady “thief” Dever. LG defeated Sentinels - in five maps, of course, which spanned 119 rounds - to take the championship. The squad went the literal distance to win the Nerd St Gamers VALORANT Winter Championship.Īfter losing their opening match of the tournament to XSET, LG escaped victorious in four consecutive 2-1 series, including 152 rounds in the playoffs on Saturday, to earn the right to play Sentinels in the grand finals on Sunday. Look up the word “endurance” in the dictionary and you’ll see a picture of Luminosity Gaming’s VALORANT roster.
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