After weeks of matches, VALORANT Champions 2025 concluded last night. In the grand finals, two esports titans, NRG and Fnatic, faced off against each other in a thrilling five-match series. In the end, NRG were crowned winners of VALORANT Champions 2025 after defeating Fnatic 3-2. Here is everything that went down during VALORANT Champions 2025 Grand Finals.
Going into this game, all eyes were on FNATIC, who made it the grand finals by shutting down DRX in the lower bracket finals.. Many believed that if the team won, Boaster would announce his retirement. On the other hand, both Chronicle and crahies would finally win their first VALORANT Champions events after four years. The last time these two teams met was during the upper bracket final of this event. During that game NRG dominated Fnatic winning 2-0. In the rematch, everyone wondered if FNATIC would get their revenge.
Map 1 was a blood bath as NRG, the first team to qualify to the grand finals, shut down FNATIC. Following the first half, NRG was leading 9-3 while on defense. On attack, they won the first four rounds in a row to secure the first map in their name. Brawk ended the game with a KDA of 24/7/2. At the same time, no player from FNATIC had a positive KDA. In game two, we saw a similar state of events.
On the Lotus map (map 2), NRG dominated the attacking half and ended the half 9-3 in the lead. While FNATIC tried to initiate a comeback, it wasn’t enough however as NRG secured the win 13-6.
Map 3 was a tale of two halves. During the first half, NRG crushed Fnatic 11-1. Nearly all fans were shocked at this performance by FNATIC. They were being crushed on every single map. But then, FNATIC did what they do best: complete an impossible comeback. One round after another, FNATIC clawed their way back through sheer resilience and took the game to 12-12. In overtime, they won the map and took us to game 4.
During Map 4, we saw the true essence of FNATIC; they took the lead in the first half, 8-4. Both Alfajer and Kaajak played incredibly to take the grand finals into map 5. At this point, the crowd was on fire and re-energized. The atmosphere at the arena was truly incredible. Following each round, everyone in the crowd was on their feet, barely believing their eyes. Every single fan of wondering if FNATIC would complete the reverse sweep.
On the final map, FNATIC won the first two rounds back-to-back. Building hope for this incredible achievement to come truly. Sadly, that wasn’t the case as NRG was done playing around. On defense, they shut down FNATIC around after around. The first half ended with a score of 9-3 in favor of NRG. Still, fans believed that after the 11-1 comeback FNATIC could claw their way back to victory. That wasn’t the case as Ethan on Breach shut down FNATIC on their attacking half. Thus, NRG secured the map 13-5 and to win the grand finals 3-2, adding their name of the list of VALORANT Champions winners.
FNATIC placed second at VALORANT Champions 2025 after an incredible show of strength and resilience. Image: FNATIC on X
Following this, together with the lion’s share of the Champions prize pool, each player from NRG received a Champions necklace, which consisted of multiple diamonds.
The tournament MVP was none other than Brock “brawk” Somerhalder. In his rookie year, he became the MVP of a VALORANT Champions tournament. With this NRG victory, Ethan “Ethan” Arnold has become the only player to be a VALORANT Champions winner twice. He has now become the first player to secure over $516,224 through just prize pool winnings in VALORANT Esports.
The next season iteration of VALORANT Champions will be held in Shanghai, while VALORANT Masters events will take place in Chile and London. Earlier this month Riot Games announced for the several major changes to VCT 2026.
Featured image credit: Riot Games/Valorant Esports
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