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\nIn an unexpected turn of events, Leviathan took down Team Liquid with a clean sweep in Valorant Champions 2022 action on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
For Liquid, who had a terrible season which almost resulted in the team losing their spot at Champions, it was a terrible start to their campaign. The second Group A match slated for the event was the battle between Leviat\u00e1n and EMEA\u2019s Team Liquid. The team showcased a reformed playing style that enabled them to triumph over Liquid, who they had previously clashed with. 2-0 \ud83c\udd9a @TeamLiquid<\/a>, \u00a1GGWP! <\/p>\n VAMOOOOOOOS #VALORANTChampions<\/a>#SomosLatam<\/a>\ud83c\udf0e #BeLeviat\u00e1n<\/a>\ud83d\udc09 pic.twitter.com\/S475TVdZQC<\/a><\/p>\n — Leviat\u00e1n – #VALORANTChampions \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 (@LeviatanGG) August 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\nThe 2022 VCT Champions tournament<\/a> commenced with an intense match between Paper Rex and Edward Gaming, with Paper Rex emerged as the victor. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the match against Liquid, Leviathan showed a new side of themselves. They displayed noticeable improvement compared to their previous performance that got the team eliminated from the Masters Copenhagen tournament, which occurred two months ago. <\/p>\n
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\nDue to Marco “Melser” Amaro getting some multi-kill rounds in, Leviathan started the first map strong. Liquid picked the starting map, Haven, to the surprise of fans who expected Ascent to be selected due to both teams\u2019 strength in it.
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\nAlthough Leviathan is known for their more chaotic play-style, the team seemed more composed during the first half of the match and displayed calculated strength and strategy. They carried on in the lead in the second half of the map, with Francisco “kiNgg” Aravena and Melser in full control.
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\nTeam Liquid soon stepped up after the team went on a number of timeouts and received stern talks from Emil “eMIL” Sandgren, the head coach. As a result of the efforts of Nabil “Nivera” Benrlitom and Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom, Liquid was able to stop the match from being entirely one-sided. Leviathan eventually came out on top with a 13-10 record.
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\nThe second map, Ascent, saw different strategies from both teams and was chosen by Leviat\u00e1n. The franchise used Vicente “Tacolilla” Compagnon\u2019s agent Chamber when playing the map in LATAM. In Ascent, Tacolilla usually held long angles while playing patiently.
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\nLiquid\u2019s strategy in Ascent involved the use of Phoenix by ScreaM. The team was able to use the player to dominate the EMEA field. However, they were unable to win the match against Leviathan.
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\nIn the first half of the map, the Argentinian esports franchise was able to convert multiple thrifty rounds of the stinger meta. This was done while Liquid made use of ScreaM\u2019s aggressive Phoenix play against Leviathan.
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\nHalfway into the first half, Leviathan started to play in their previous anarchic style and bought stingers on the team\u2019s save rounds. The first half of Ascent continued with back-and-forth wins from both teams and ended in a 6-6 tie.
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\nThe second half of the map saw Leviathan set up advantages while Liquid continued to put pressure on them. Despite this, they were able to end the map with a 13-10 score against their Netherlands counterpart.
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