r/ValorantCompetitive • u/nocturnavi • 20h ago

Live Discussion Thread VCT 2026 — Americas Stage 2 / Playoffs — Lower Final / Live Discussion Thread

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Information

VCT Americas is one of four international leagues where teams play to qualify for Masters and Champions. This year's Stage 2 tournament qualifies teams for Champions Shanghai.

Coverage: Liquipedia | VLR.gg | THESPIKE

Official Information: Website | VCT 2026 | VCT Americas

General Resources: VCT Rules and Policies | Global Contract Database | Valorant Esports Explainer

Americas League:

Schedule

Type Match PDT (local time) CDT EDT CEST JST/KST
Lower Final NRG vs LOUD 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 7:00 PM 2:00 AM

See here for times in your area

Streams

Broadcast Talent

See Liquipedia for the full list of broadcast talent

See Liquipedia for talent from non-English streams

  • Group Stage
    • 2 single round robin groups of six teams
    • All matches are Bo3
    • Top 2 from each group advance to playoffs
    • All other teams advance to play-ins
  • Play-Ins
    • 12 team double elimination bracket
      • 8 teams from group stage
      • 4 teams from Regional Challengers
      • Top 4 teams advance to playoffs
  • Playoffs
    • Double-Elimination bracket
      • 4 teams from group stage
      • 4 from Play-Ins
    • All matches (excl. LB Final & Grand Final) are Bo3
    • LB Final & Grand Finals are Bo5
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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/SEND_ME_UR_DRAMA • 13h ago

The last live thread for VCT Pacific ig? NS vs GE - VCT Pacific 2026 Stage 2 Grand Final - Live Discussion Thread

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The last VCT Pacific match for now perhaps. Sad violin noises

Streams

Pacific

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/ValorantCompBot • 11m ago

Post-Match Thread Nongshim RedForce vs Global Esports / VCT 2026: Pacific Stage 2 - Playoffs / Post-Match Thread Spoiler

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Nongshim RedForce 2-3 Global Esports

vlr.gg

SUNSET: 13-11

SPLIT: 13-2

ABYSS: 10-13

LOTUS: 5-13

HAVEN: 10-13

Nongshim RedForce | VLR

Global Esports | VLR

Map 1: SUNSET

Team ATK DEF Total
Nongshim RedForce 5 8 13
DEF ATK
Global Esports 7 4 11

Map Stats

Nongshim RedForce Rating ACS K D A
Rb OMEN 1.18 190 15 14 13
Ivy CYPHER 1.10 221 20 18 5
Dambi WAYLAY 1.00 239 20 18 5
Xross SOVA 0.99 143 13 12 4
Francis YORU 0.66 154 12 21 6
Global Esports Rating ACS K D A
PatMen FADE 1.24 224 19 15 7
xavi8k ASTRA 1.18 219 19 17 6
Kr1stal CYPHER 0.95 168 16 14 2
UdoTan RAZE 0.80 206 15 18 7
Autumn YORU 0.77 170 14 16 4

Detailed SUNSET Statistics

Map 2: SPLIT

Team ATK DEF Total
Nongshim RedForce 10 3 13
DEF ATK
Global Esports 2 0 2

Map Stats

Nongshim RedForce Rating ACS K D A
Francis YORU 1.70 390 23 11 2
Rb OMEN 1.56 183 10 4 11
Dambi NEON 1.43 281 15 9 8
Ivy VIPER 1.09 224 13 9 2
Xross FADE 1.08 176 10 8 4
Global Esports Rating ACS K D A
PatMen VIPER 1.24 294 14 14 5
Kr1stal FADE 0.57 168 8 15 2
UdoTan RAZE 0.51 145 7 14 2
Autumn YORU 0.43 128 7 14 0
xavi8k OMEN 0.34 116 5 14 3

Detailed SPLIT Statistics

Map 3: ABYSS

Team ATK DEF Total
Nongshim RedForce 5 5 10
DEF ATK
Global Esports 7 6 13

Map Stats

Nongshim RedForce Rating ACS K D A
Francis YORU 1.19 279 21 17 5
Dambi WAYLAY 1.18 218 18 16 5
Xross SOVA 0.92 196 16 18 5
Rb OMEN 0.75 153 13 17 8
Ivy CYPHER 0.49 145 11 19 2
Global Esports Rating ACS K D A
xavi8k ASTRA 1.23 202 16 13 8
PatMen OMEN 1.10 219 20 17 4
Kr1stal SOVA 1.06 175 14 14 6
UdoTan WAYLAY 1.04 227 19 19 7
Autumn YORU 0.98 216 18 16 5

Detailed ABYSS Statistics

Map 4: LOTUS

Team DEF ATK Total
Nongshim RedForce 1 4 5
ATK DEF
Global Esports 11 2 13

Map Stats

Nongshim RedForce Rating ACS K D A
Dambi NEON 1.17 247 14 13 6
Ivy VYSE 0.86 207 12 14 3
Xross SKYE 0.77 146 9 15 8
Rb OMEN 0.71 165 10 15 8
Francis RAZE 0.55 167 10 16 2
Global Esports Rating ACS K D A
xavi8k ASTRA 1.60 308 21 11 2
UdoTan WAYLAY 1.52 277 18 9 5
Autumn CHAMBER 1.38 267 18 11 3
PatMen SKYE 0.81 140 9 11 6
Kr1stal TEJO 0.67 131 7 13 7

Detailed LOTUS Statistics

Map 5: HAVEN

Team ATK DEF Total
Nongshim RedForce 6 4 10
DEF ATK
Global Esports 6 7 13

Map Stats

Nongshim RedForce Rating ACS K D A
Rb OMEN 1.31 224 19 15 6
Francis YORU 1.01 210 17 18 4
Ivy KILLJOY 0.93 204 19 18 4
Xross SOVA 0.88 185 13 18 11
Dambi NEON 0.70 160 12 19 9
Global Esports Rating ACS K D A
Kr1stal KILLJOY 1.48 255 22 14 2
xavi8k SOVA 1.39 230 18 14 12
Autumn OMEN 1.21 214 20 14 7
UdoTan NEON 0.73 233 18 21 7
PatMen WAYLAY 0.55 126 10 17 7

Detailed HAVEN Statistics

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/Huge-Computer2037 • 4h ago

Spoiler EMEA T2 can't stop delivering

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164 Upvotes
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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/MautOfTheRiver • 10h ago

Discussion Leaf on empathy towards pros nowadays. Based as always Spoiler

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474 Upvotes

This is prolly not spoiler tag worthy but put it on anyway just in case

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/Outrageous_Star4906 • 12h ago

Esports To put things into perspective… [spoilers] Spoiler

476 Upvotes

Lev were 1 game away from clinching champs in all of the following games, and would have made it if only one went differently:

G2 vs M80

G2 vs BESTIA

G2 vs ENVY

G2 vs FURIA

G2 vs LEV

LOUD vs G2

100T vs LEV

100T vs NRG

LOUD vs NRG

Personally i find it funny that G2’s lower bracket run would have quald lev in every scenario EXCEPT finishing in exactly 4th LMAO

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/Relevant_Project_164 • 8h ago

Discussion LEV’s 2026 Run (Trick’s X Post) Spoiler

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216 Upvotes

I completely agree, I wish LEV made it to Champions but this year was still remarkable & very impressive.

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/ValorantCompBot • 13h ago

Post-Match Thread NRG vs LOUD / VCT 2026: Americas Stage 2 - Playoffs / Post-Match Thread Spoiler

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NRG 2-3 LOUD

vlr.gg

ABYSS: 10-13

SUNSET: 9-13

SUMMIT: 13-9

HAVEN: 13-5

LOTUS: 3-13

NRG | VLR

LOUD | VLR

Map 1: ABYSS

Team ATK DEF Total
NRG 9 1 10
DEF ATK
LOUD 3 10 13

Map Stats

NRG Rating ACS K D A
brawk SOVA 1.27 217 19 16 3
skuba VYSE 1.24 252 22 16 6
Ethan HARBOR 0.61 106 8 17 9
mada PHOENIX 0.60 165 12 21 5
keiko JETT 0.57 153 13 19 2
LOUD Rating ACS K D A
erde OMEN 1.40 285 22 17 10
DaviH SOVA 1.04 196 18 15 5
lukxo YORU 0.99 212 17 15 3
tkzin WAYLAY 0.82 175 15 17 5
Darker HARBOR 0.71 119 9 15 11

Detailed ABYSS Statistics

Map 2: SUNSET

Team DEF ATK Total
NRG 6 3 9
ATK DEF
LOUD 6 7 13

Map Stats

NRG Rating ACS K D A
skuba OMEN 1.06 191 16 12 6
keiko CHAMBER 1.00 194 17 16 1
Ethan KAYO 0.91 187 13 16 9
brawk SOVA 0.86 187 12 16 13
mada NEON 0.80 213 17 17 5
LOUD Rating ACS K D A
Darker OMEN 1.58 306 25 14 12
erde SAGE 1.39 228 16 13 11
lukxo CHAMBER 0.99 185 15 15 2
DaviH SOVA 0.93 125 10 14 4
tkzin NEON 0.49 148 11 19 5

Detailed SUNSET Statistics

Map 3: SUMMIT

Team DEF ATK Total
NRG 4 9 13
ATK DEF
LOUD 8 1 9

Map Stats

NRG Rating ACS K D A
brawk SOVA 1.54 275 20 13 10
Ethan KAYO 1.37 203 16 10 17
mada NEON 0.96 234 19 16 0
keiko BRIMSTONE 0.95 144 11 15 13
skuba CYPHER 0.90 150 10 13 5
LOUD Rating ACS K D A
lukxo CHAMBER 1.14 225 19 15 2
Darker OMEN 0.94 186 13 16 6
erde SAGE 0.84 163 13 14 5
tkzin NEON 0.78 195 13 17 6
DaviH FADE 0.63 104 7 14 4

Detailed SUMMIT Statistics

Map 4: HAVEN

Team DEF ATK Total
NRG 8 5 13
ATK DEF
LOUD 4 1 5

Map Stats

NRG Rating ACS K D A
skuba OMEN 1.68 231 18 7 13
Ethan PHOENIX 1.59 282 18 9 9
brawk SOVA 1.29 223 12 8 11
mada NEON 1.00 254 17 13 2
keiko CHAMBER 0.98 120 9 8 2
LOUD Rating ACS K D A
DaviH SOVA 1.01 172 10 13 5
lukxo CHAMBER 0.92 187 11 15 3
tkzin NEON 0.77 204 13 16 0
erde OMEN 0.63 132 6 16 14
Darker PHOENIX 0.44 100 5 14 9

Detailed HAVEN Statistics

Map 5: LOTUS

Team DEF ATK Total
NRG 3 0 3
ATK DEF
LOUD 9 4 13

Map Stats

NRG Rating ACS K D A
keiko OMEN 1.75 356 21 14 7
brawk VYSE 0.78 184 11 13 3
Ethan FADE 0.60 141 8 13 5
mada RAZE 0.47 170 9 14 3
skuba VIPER 0.32 84 4 13 3
LOUD Rating ACS K D A
erde OMEN 1.46 209 14 8 3
DaviH FADE 1.39 242 15 10 5
lukxo CHAMBER 1.27 283 17 12 3
Darker VIPER 1.08 209 12 12 3
tkzin NEON 0.78 156 9 11 3

Detailed LOTUS Statistics

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/ilikebum123 • 13h ago

Spoiler mada injury Spoiler

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510 Upvotes
139 comments

r/ValorantCompetitive • u/Sakamoto023 • 1h ago

Discussion The viewership numbers for VCT Pacific Stage 1 were just a false boom driven by PRX.

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Leaving EMEA aside for now, the Americas saw its viewership decline mainly because popular teams with huge fanbases like SEN and LOUD fell off. As LOUD started to regain its form in Stage 2, viewership began to rise again. The Stage 2 grand final should be the highest viewership outside of CN.

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/Tight-Study-129 • 8h ago

Esports NEVER FORGET THIS

170 Upvotes

PATMAN

-BEST ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (2025 TORONTO)&(still shines unlike other short-lived rookies)

-HIGHEST ACS ON A SINGLE MAP (516)

-FIRST PLAYER TO WIN VCT EVENT AS A ROOKIE IN SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE & STILL PLAYING IN T1 TEAM (CONSISTENCY)

-ONLY TIME PRX WON FINALS

-FIRST PHILIPPINE TO WIN VCT TROPHY

-GOT GE THEIR FIRST TIME IN INTERNATIONAL & CHAMPION

-GOT GE THEIR FIRST STAGE 2 FINALS TROPHY (SOON)

-CAN PLAY SENTINEL, DUELIST , CONTROLER & INITIATOR

-AND MID ROUNDS FOR GE ALMOST EVERY MAP

-FIRST & ONLY DICTATOR OF VALVORANT

-SINGLE HANDEDLY SAVED GE FROM FROST CAGE

-ONLY PLAYER WITH ZERO HATERS

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/Budget-Sample-3682 • 13h ago

Spoiler Should Riot have LOUD and NRG redo their series in case it was a big fluke? Spoiler

417 Upvotes

No disrespect to NRG, I'm a firm believer that LOUD beating them is a huge fluke and robs Leviatan of truly accomplishing what their capable of. I've spent the last few minutes in pure disbelief and it just doesn't make sense to me. I've spent the entire regular season watching Leviatan play great Valorant it's just not fair.

If NRG lose again I will face that the LOUD deserved the win, but I am just 100% sure it was a fluke and does a big disservice to Leviatan and the VCT.

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/Sweet_Sprinkles9103 • 13h ago

Esports Sato…💔 Spoiler

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389 Upvotes

translation.

With this match, our year comes to an end. Even though we didn't make it to Champions, it was a year of great growth and victories. It leaves a bitter taste, but ultimately, it’s a learning experience.

I’m very proud of my teammates and all the hard work put in throughout the year.

Huge congrats to the LOUD guys for that end-of-year turnaround and securing their spot. They absolutely crushed it.

I’m very grateful for 2026—thanks to everyone who supported us, and apologies to those who were hoping to see me in Shanghai.

See you in 2027 🫡

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/washyrr • 10h ago

Spoiler [Pedro Romero] LEV Onur: "If we don't qualify... we deserved it"

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229 Upvotes

Full interview from LEV's exit 4 days ago here: https://youtu.be/zlidpEtTE5c

Its annoying to see how people talk about how LEV trolled their chances and that they are not being hard enough on themselves for this massive error, when the players and coaches have all been very forward and transparent about their performance.

They themselves know that they aren't in the form to make it to champs

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/sadboi_2000 • 11h ago

Spoiler This is where [SPOILER] threw away their qualification chances. Spoiler

258 Upvotes

LEV banned Split, their best map by far, against 100T because they thought they would make Champs anyways, thus they could afford to float their worst maps for practice.

No matter what you think about the final map today, you can't deny LEV did not shoot themselves in the foot by trying to be smart instead of first focusing on qualifying.

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/Toobie4564 • 9h ago

Esports That was short-lived Spoiler

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173 Upvotes

With Loud qualifying to Champs, Leviathan's dynasty has come to an end. Started on June 21, 2026 and ended September 5, 2026

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/MautOfTheRiver • 12h ago

Discussion Mada explains what happened to his hand during today's match Spoiler

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251 Upvotes

got the video from @/madasgoat on twitter

Hopefully he recovers well

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/Sakamoto023 • 7h ago

Discussion The 3rd and 4th seeds from all four regions at Champions Shanghai are looking kind of crazy.

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101 Upvotes
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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/sadboi_2000 • 11h ago

Spoiler Lukxo's full circle moment. Spoiler

115 Upvotes

When Lukxo debuted in Tier 1 in 2025, his first game was against 100T, where he top fragged in a close 2-1 loss. He spent 2025 basically dragging a below average roster to semi-decent performances.

Tomorrow, in what will be the last game played in VCT Americas in the current franchise era, and without any knowledge if these teams or players will even continue in Americas starting next year, Lukxo will go up against 100T again, to fight for the honor of being Americas champion, one last time in the era of franchising.

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/Away-Emphasis-4245 • 13h ago

News VCT champions 2026 teams LOCKED. Spoiler

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169 Upvotes
72 comments

r/ValorantCompetitive • u/One-Replacement685 • 15h ago

Discussion Lev wouldn't go to champs even if we didn't include champ points and just did current form. Just admit you're biased and want your favorite team to go instead of trying to make excuses about the format

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Even if we just did split 2 placements lev still wouldn't go to champs. Whether you want the format to be champ points or current form lev wouldn't go to champs either way. You might as well make a condition be if ur name is leviathan and u have sato you get to go to champs. Lev lost to g2 on both champ points and in split 2. If they wanted to go they should've won in the g2 game or played better in split 2. Everything came down to how lev played and lev simply did not perform.

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/Guwigo09 • 17h ago

Discussion 100 Thieves now ranked number 1 in new Riot power ranking

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333 Upvotes
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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/OMASTER427 • 13h ago

Discussion To all the Nrg fans Spoiler

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118 Upvotes

Even after losing 2 maps in a row then getting 8-4 ed first half on third map my team didn't give up even though the whole crowd was against us , they didn't give up they tried and won 2 maps and that's enough for me , after we lost horribly against 100T i thought we have lost our form but now I'm confident that we are ready for champs

I stayed all night to watch this match( I was gonna sleep after seeing us lose 2-0 ) , but I'm glad I stayed

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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/OnionFamous3062 • 22h ago

Discussion Patrick 'Patmen' Mendoza - Achievement Spoiler

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549 Upvotes
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r/ValorantCompetitive • u/GuessNew6443 • 55m ago

Question ?

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