{"id":13996,"date":"2021-03-22T01:28:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T01:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/firstkiller-leads-rogue-to-back-to-back-rocket-league-championships"},"modified":"2024-07-19T07:36:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:36:48","slug":"firstkiller-leads-rogue-to-back-to-back-rocket-league-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/rocket-league\/firstkiller-leads-rogue-to-back-to-back-rocket-league-championships","title":{"rendered":"Firstkiller leads Rogue to back-to-back Rocket League championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rogue became two-time North American RLCS X regional champions after defeating Kansas City Pioneers 4-1 in the Verizon 5G Ultra Cup Grand Finals.<\/p>\n

Jason “Firstkiller” Corral was chosen by Twitch chat as the Verizon 5G Ultra Cup MVP and will be provided a Samsung Fold courtesy of Verizon as his reward.<\/p>\n

With a shot by Leonardo “Turinturo” Wilson and the assists by Firstkiller, Rogue took a 4-1 lead in Game 5 to seal the Regional Championship victory.<\/p>\n

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Rogue have earned themselves $30,000 and 451 points whereas second place Kansas City Pioneers walk away with $15,000 and 350 points.<\/p>\n

This is the second regional win for Rogue (after winning RLCS X Games<\/a>) and the second runner-up finish for KCP (losing to Envy in Fall Regional #3) since the start of the revamped RLCS X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rogue vs KC Pioneers: The path to the final<\/h3>\n

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Both the #1 and #2 seeds in North America, NRG and Team Envy respectively, were eliminated early on Championship Sunday, giving the rest of the region leeway to take the steering wheel of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Rogue entered the grand finals as favourites having had two consecutive tournaments with impressive showings while KC Pioneers walked in as the Spring Split dark horses, pun intended.<\/p>\n

As Michael “Memory” Moss assisted captain Jalen “rapid” Parker for the equalizer in Game 1, Rogue still took a quick 3-0 series lead, immediately shattering KCP’s hope of a regional championship.<\/p>\n

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While Pioneers did manage to take one game away from the back-to-back champions after a tactical timeout, it still wasn’t enough to stop the growing monster that Rogue is becoming, losing the series in Game 5.<\/p>\n

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Rogue outscored Kansas City Pioneers 11-3 to win themselves their second regional championship, the Verizon 5G Ultra Cup.<\/p>\n

Spring Split format shenanigans<\/h3>\n

The paths to Championship Sunday’s Grand Finals were eerily similar between the two finalists.<\/p>\n

While both Rogue and Kansas City Pioneers qualified to the Knockout Gauntlet as their round-robin #2 seeds, each of them had to go through their own struggles in either the upper or lower bracket.<\/p>\n

Rogue qualified to Championship Sunday sweeping reigning Major Champions NRG, sending them to the lower bracket where they were eventually eliminated.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, KCP was knocked down to the lower bracket by G2 Esports, breaking the North American RLCS OT record<\/a> in the process.<\/p>\n

They later had to go through Spacestation Gaming, sweeping them to make their way to the last phase of the Spring Split tournament.<\/p>\n