Chapter 3 Season 3 FNCS is over, and these teams stand as the winners of Fortnite’s most prestigious regional event.
700 players across all seven regions showed up at Chapter 3 Season 3 FNCS regionals with stars in their eyes looking to become the next grand champions of Fortnite. When the dust settled the next day, only one from each continent claimed the crown. The event remains one of the most competitive tournaments in Fortnite history due to its massive pool of players and eye-popping prize pool. With over $1.3 million to claim from each region, here are the teams that came out on top for Chapter 3 Season 3 FNCS.
Here are the winners of Chapter 3 Season 3 FNCS for Europe and North America West, the game’s two most competitive regions.
After two days of competition, Alexander “Vadeal” Schlik and Jannis “JannisZ” Matwin claimed victory at the EU regional for Chapter 3 Season 3 FNCS.
Starting off in the most competitive region, EU had an intense battle on the leaderboard. Even after day one, the first-place team was only five points ahead of 2nd place. Vadeal and Jannisz played extremely consistently throughout the first day. The duo started with a victory royale and earned third, third, eighth, eighth, and a low point of 28th.
Moving on to day two, the pair once again started with a victory and kept a narrow lead throughout the final leg of the event. Runners-up Danila “Malibuca” Yakovenko and Andrejs “Merstach” Piratovs failed to close the gap in time. The German winners took home $150,000 each for their troubles.
The rest of the leaderboard consisted of many of the best names in competitive Fortnite. David “freemok” Mikolayovich and Márk “faki13” Szilágyi earned the ignominious honor of last place, still taking home $1,500.
Fans can view the rest of the EU Chapter 3 Season 3 FNCS leaderboard here.
NE East was the closest competition of Chapter 3 Season 3 FNCS, but in the end, Josh “Commandment” Roach and Jilani “Avery” Bouajila took it home.
The reigning FNCS champions Peter “Peterbot” Kata and Bylah started out strong, dominating the leaderboard on day one of the event. The two won the first match with eight eliminations. The pair also earned the highest average eliminations of the day at 4.33, and appeared to have the trophy locked in.
However, the absolute mayhem that occurred on data two makes this tournament go down in the FNCS history book. Going into the final game, Matthew “Mero” Faitel and Fortnite World Cup 2019 champion Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf snatched the lead. Now fans believed the historic pair would claim the throne, but the tournament was still far from over.
An underdog team with a player that placed 50th in the previous season’s FNCS, was lurking in the shadows. After seeing Bugha and Mero dying in the midgame, Commandment and Avery rose to the occasion. Avery ended up falling early to and left Commandment flying solo in the third zone. However, through extremely calculated plays and ridiculous shots, Commandment managed to clutch sixth place with five eliminations. After Commandment went down in sixth, the entire community was in shock wondering if Commandment had managed the impossible and clutched up just enough points to become the champion.
Commandment and Avery wound up beating Bugha and Mero by a single point, finishing the tournament at a score of 316 with one victory royale, a 3.17 elimination average, a 12.58 placement average, and, most importantly, $80,000.
Check out the rest of the NAE Chapter 3 Season 3 FNCS leaderboard here.
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