Team Envy join Sentinels and 100T at Masters 3 Berlin with NA VCT win over XSET

After taking the lengthy street by the decrease bracket of NA VCT Stage Three: Challengers Playoffs, Crew Envy have lastly punched their ticket to the subsequent worldwide VALORANT LAN. With their win over XSET at the moment, Envy safe the third and closing NA spot at Masters Three Berlin and can be part of Sentinels and 100 Thieves in Germany in September.

Within the opening map of the deciding sequence towards XSET, the 2 groups traded rounds backwards and forwards all through the primary half, earlier than buying and selling streaks of consecutive rounds within the second half. Envy had an 11-6 lead on Ascent earlier than XSET shored up their protection with 5 straight rounds to tie it, however Envy prevented what may have been a devastating collapse with two straight rounds to shut out the map. Crashies had an amazing sport on Sova, ending with a server-high 26 kills and wowing viewers with some spectacular arrows.

Envy had struck first in a large method, stealing away XSET’s decide of Ascent and heading into their very own decide of Haven with a 1-0 benefit. Smelling blood and trying to begin reserving their flights to Germany, they stonewalled XSET’s assault by a lot of the first half, surrendering solely three rounds as yay capped off an enormous first half with a incredible clutch with Jett’s knives. XSET gained a much-needed second half pistol spherical and took the next two bonus rounds, however Envy regained management within the first gun spherical with a swarming C website take, by no means wanting again. They gained 4 of the final 5 rounds to take their very own map decide convincingly, 13-7, to win the sequence.

The event just isn’t over but for Crew Envy, however the objective has been reached. The group led in-game by FNS and made up of completely totally different gamers than those that have been signed with him again in 2020 have locked of their spot at Masters Three Berlin, with three wins towards TSM, FaZe Clan, and XSET. Their win over XSET, who handed shockingly defeated 100T and Sentinels in Challengers One this stage, was essentially the most dominant of the three. Their reward is a best-of-five towards 100T within the decrease bracket closing, with a best-of-five grand finals towards Sentinels awaiting the winner.

Whereas all three are locked in for Berlin, they nonetheless have seeding and prize cash to battle for, and if Sentinels’ upper bracket final rout of 100T is any indication, nobody is taking the ultimate two days of Challengers Playoffs flippantly.